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

Universal Credit

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, with reference to the Information Commissioner’s letter to her Department of 10 April 2019 which stated that explicit consent for...

Universal Credit

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, with reference to the Information Commissioner's Office's recommendation of 10 April 2019, RFA0715409, if she will publish, alongside her...

End of Eviction Moratorium

Commons debates

Housing advisers are reporting a surge in illegal evictions, and indeed, I have had experience of this myself. Do the Government recognise those figures? Do the Government collect data on illegal...

Welfare Benefits: Rent Arrears

Work and Pensions

Karen Buck made a speech in the House of Commons

Direct payments to landlords can help vulnerable tenants, but the issue remains that the design flaws in universal credit leave many tenants at risk. We now know that on average, new claimants of...

Early Years Providers: Covid-19

Karen Buck made a speech in the House of Commons

I thank the Minister for that answer, but last week research was published by the TUC showing that four out of 10 working mothers either did not have or could not rely on childcare to enable them...

Early Years Providers: Covid-19

Karen Buck made a speech in the House of Commons

What steps he is taking to ensure the financial stability of early years providers during the covid-19 outbreak.

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...