In Parliament - Karen Buck

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

Middle East Peace Plan

Commons debates

Does the Minister not accept that the imposition of this so-called “plan” is the worst possible context for any form of negotiation? Can he think of another example of an independent...

Scotch whisky: US tariffs - [Ms Karen Buck in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

Members have been admirably restrained.

Scotch whisky: US tariffs - [Ms Karen Buck in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

It might be helpful to Members to know that we will start the winding-up speeches at about 2.40 pm. Given the number of people who want to speak, Members should limit themselves to about five...

Homelessness

Commons debates

Does my right hon. Friend also believe that the rise in homelessness is connected with the continuing fall in the number of social housing properties, which actually fell by a further 17,000 in...

Policing and Crime

Commons debates

On that point, does my right hon. Friend agree that the public value safer neighbourhood policing above almost everything else? They like to see the police out and about, building good community...

Grenfell Tower Inquiry: Phase 1 Report

Commons debates

I am grateful to the hon. Lady for that intervention and hope that Ministers are listening, because that is cross-party consensus among people who have more experience than most of representing...

Grenfell Tower Inquiry: Phase 1 Report

Commons debates

Like my right hon. Friend the Member for Tottenham (Mr Lammy), I woke at 5 am on that terrible night to phone calls from friends and colleagues who were at the scene of the fire. They were...

Building Safety

Commons debates

The issue of retrofitting sprinklers in social housing blocks seems to be less determined by risk assessment than by cost and the legal right to access those properties. We have seen Wandsworth...

Grenfell Tower Inquiry

Commons debates

The inquiry and the Government’s wider response had two obligations. One was to get justice for the families and survivors of the Grenfell disaster, and the other was to make sure that...

Engagements

Karen Buck made a speech in the House of Commons

In my constituency, the squeeze on Government spending has meant that we have a third fewer police than we had in 2010, we have lost half our children’s centres and the state of disrepair...

Environment Bill

Commons debates

I thank the Secretary of State very much. On air quality, will she join me in congratulating the Mayor of London on the success of the ultra low emission zone, which has seen such a dramatic fall...

Diabetes: Tailored Prevention Messaging - [Ms Karen Buck in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

Earlier, I was advising the right hon. Gentleman not to stray in terms of breadth, not in terms of length.

Diabetes: Tailored Prevention Messaging - [Ms Karen Buck in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

indicated dissent.

Diabetes: Tailored Prevention Messaging - [Ms Karen Buck in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

Order. I gently encourage the right hon. Gentleman to stay within the topic.

Topical Questions

Oral Answers to Questions - Justice

Karen Buck made a speech in the House of Commons

The number of civil legal aid providers has fallen by a third since 2013. In February, the Government announced, under the legal support plan, a review of criminal legal aid providers. Will the...

Independent Case Examiner

Department for Work and Pensions

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what Independent Case Examiner’s Office budget is for 2019-20.

Independent Case Examiner

Department for Work and Pensions

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will set out the performance targets for the determination of complaints to the Independent Case Examiner’s Office in 2019-20.

Domestic Abuse Bill

Commons debates

Will my hon. Friend give way?

Deaths of Homeless People

Commons debates

My local authority, Westminster, has the highest number of rough sleepers in the country. Its rough sleeping strategy found that a third of rough sleepers had been discharged on to the streets...

Health Infrastructure Plan

Commons debates

With a £1.3 billion maintenance backlog, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, which includes St Mary’s, which serves my constituency, faces the largest challenges in the country and...