In Parliament - Karen Buck MP

Here you’ll find all the speeches I’ve made and the questions I’ve asked in Parliament as MP for Westminster North.

I do my best to speak up on the issues that really matter to our community and our country. If you ever want to know where I stand on something that matters to you, please feel free to email me at buckk@parliament.uk

Rented Homes: End of Evictions Ban

Commons debates

Where landlords and tenants can reach an agreement between them, that is clearly to be welcomed, but the point is that many cannot. Can the Minister confirm whether there is a duty on landlords...

Railways: Coronavirus

Department for Transport

Karen Buck received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2020 to Question 60677 on railways: coronavirus, what restrictions have been placed on the payment of dividends to...

Railways: Franchises

Department for Transport

Karen Buck received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2020 to Question 60670 on railways: franchises, by what date his review of the approach to the contractual...

Railways: Coronavirus

Department for Transport

Karen Buck received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2020 to Question 60669, what the difference is in frequency of the additional financial scrutiny of train operators...

Free Travel for Under-18s: London

Commons debates

My local authority, Westminster, has told me that it estimates that between 5,000 and 9,000 children in our borough alone are affected by this issue. Importantly, it says that, given the...

Railways: Coronavirus

Department for Transport

Karen Buck received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2020 to Question 60669, whether there have been changes to the pre-Emergency Measures Agreements obligations...

Railways: Coronavirus

Department for Transport

Karen Buck received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the condition on the additional funding to TfL that Government officials will attend TfL board meetings, whether his Department...

Railways: Franchises

Department for Transport

Karen Buck received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he (a) has appointed, or (b) intends to appoint an external advisor to the board of each train operator with a franchise agreement with his...

Railways: Coronavirus

Department for Transport

Karen Buck received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the additional funding provided by Government in (a) March, (b) April and (c) May 2020 to (i) Thamselink, (ii) c2c, (iii)...

Railways: Franchises

Department for Transport

Karen Buck received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether each train company with a franchise agreement has been asked by his Department to provide evidence of its potential to raise additional (a)...

Railways: Franchises

Department for Transport

Karen Buck received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether each train company with a franchise agreement has been asked to identify opportunities it is pursuing for further efficiencies in relation to...

Railways: Franchises

Department for Transport

Karen Buck received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether each train operator with a franchise agreement with his Department has been asked to provide options for revenue maximisation such as...

Examination of Witnesses

Fire Safety Bill

Karen Buck made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

Q Is that a significant minority, and we are not just talking about this being very rare?

Examination of Witnesses

Fire Safety Bill

Karen Buck made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

I want to return to the issue of access, because I feel that the Government underestimated fairly consistently the complexities of access, be it in respect of fire doors or the issue of...

Railways: Franchises

Department for Transport

Karen Buck received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether each train company with a franchise agreement has been asked by his Department to undertake a review of its approach to capital spending in...

Railways: Coronavirus

Department for Transport

Karen Buck received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the condition on the additional funding to TfL that Government officials will attend TfL board meetings, whether Government...

Covid-19: BAME Health

Health and Social Care

Karen Buck made a speech in the House of Commons

We now know the full extent to which covid and other health inequalities affect black and minority ethnic communities, and the extent to which that is reflected in regional inequalities, but does...

Covid-19: BAME Health

Health and Social Care

Karen Buck made a speech in the House of Commons

What assessment he has made of the effect of covid-19 on the health of people in BAME communities.

Railways: Coronavirus

Department for Transport

Karen Buck received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on train companies that received additional Government funding during 2020-21 paying dividends to shareholders.

Railways: Franchises

Department for Transport

Karen Buck received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether each train company with a franchise agreement has been asked by his Department to provide information on its (a) balance sheet and (b)...