As we approach the anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, I asked the government what they are doing to secure justice for victims of the Troubles and about the implementation of a border poll in Northern...
On the International Day of Remembrance for Victims of the Transatlantic Slave Trade, I presented a Parliamentary Petition calling for an unequivocal apology and an All-Party Parliamentary Commission for Truth and Reparatory Justice to address these grave crimes and...
This month, Ghana tabled a historic resolution at the UN to recognise the trafficking and enslavement of Africans as a crime against humanity. Ahead of the vote, I wrote to the government to ask whether they would support this motion and raised a point of order on the...
I hosted a book launch for author and academic Malik Al-Nasir in Parliament. Taking the author’s own heritage as a Black Liverpudlian as a starting point, ‘Seaching for my Slave Roots’ is an important excavation of our country’s historic role in the...
I hosted a well-attended discussion in Parliament with author Nova Reid about activism, burnout and rest. We cannot underestimate the physiological impact of being a Black woman in public life. As Nova said, “we cannot burn ourselves out into liberation”. It was great...
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