Naz Shah

15 Jul 2026   Engagements

This Monday will mark 10 years since the brutal rape and murder of my constituent Samia Shahid in a so-called honour killing. May I thank the Prime Minister for all his leadership on the agenda to end violence against women and girls? Will…

9 Jul 2026   Israeli Settlements: Trade Ban

I thank the hon. Member for his comment. I was going to come to that in my speech, but I am having to miss lots out because of the time limit. Currently, the UK Government strongly advise against conducting any economic and financial ac…

9 Jul 2026   Israeli Settlements: Trade Ban

I want to start by putting on record my thanks to my hon. Friend the Member for Sheffield Central (Abtisam Mohamed) for bringing forward this important debate. I congratulate her on her tremendous, very passionate speech. I am grateful …

21 May 2026   Middle East: Economic Response

May I congratulate the Chancellor on the very welcome announcement that she has made? For people in Bradford West, the Great British summer savings scheme will go down an absolute treat. Does she agree that it will also benefit the hospita…

13 May 2026   Debate on the Address

I beg to move, That an humble Address be presented to His Majesty, as follows: Most Gracious Sovereign, We, Your Majesty’s most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, i…

21 Apr 2026   Topical Questions

As the conflict in the middle east has fundamentally demonstrated, modern warfare has evolved. Ballistic and hypersonic missiles are capable of overwhelming traditional air defence systems, and energy supplies, food security and critical g…

21 Apr 2026   Topical Questions

T1. If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.

21 Apr 2026   Gulf Conflict

Following reports that the Israeli military has published a map designating south Lebanese territory as a buffer zone, and given Israel’s refusal to confirm whether displaced Lebanese families will be allowed to return, can the Foreign Sec…

21 Apr 2026   Gulf Conflict

6. What steps her Department is taking with international counterparts to help achieve a lasting resolution to the conflict in the Gulf.

10 Mar 2026   Courts and Tribunals Bill

I thank the Secretary of State for the progress he is making. I am for reform. My concern, as his own review in 2017 highlighted, is that this will fall on people from black and minority ethnic backgrounds and the inequalities that they al…

9 Mar 2026   Social Cohesion Action Plan

I thank the Secretary of State and his Ministers; the previous Minister, Lord Khan, who started the process; and the working group for all their hard work. The Centre for Media Monitoring launched its landmark “The State of British Media 2…

2 Mar 2026   Middle East

Overnight, my constituents have lost the benefit—promised to them only last week—of savings on energy prices through the attacks on refineries across Saudi Arabia and Qatar. Oil prices have soared, and gas prices in Europe have surged by u…

24 Feb 2026   Preventing Ill Health

In Bradford West, more than one in five children begins primary school overweight or obese. By the time they leave primary school, that figure rises to one in three children. Will the Minister set out how this Government’s world-leading ne…

24 Feb 2026   Preventing Ill Health

10. What steps his Department is taking to help prevent ill health.

17 Nov 2025   Asylum Policy

I thank the Home Secretary for her statement. As the Member for Bradford West, I am really proud that Bradford is a city of sanctuary. The Home Secretary is aware that I am a former foster parent to an Afghan refugee, and my concern is abo…

14 Oct 2025   Middle East

May I first associate myself with the comments of the Prime Minister regarding the heinous attack in Manchester and on Peacehaven mosque? An attack on any place of worship is an attack on our democracy and way of life. I thank the Prime…

13 Oct 2025   Baby Loss

I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Rossendale and Darwen (Andy MacNae) for his work to secure this debate and for sharing his personal experience. I also thank my hon. Friend the Member for Sherwood Forest (Michelle Welsh). Hearing peop…

9 Jul 2025   Sport England: Tackling Racism

I know how passionate my hon. Friend is about this issue in his constituency. I absolutely agree that we need such opportunities, because that is what it leads to. When we fail at the grassroots level due to institutional issues, we fail a…

9 Jul 2025   Sport England: Tackling Racism

I thank my hon. Friend for his intervention. I absolutely agree, because often sporting bodies do not reflect the diversity of those playing sport within their structures and systems. That is absolutely the case at senior management levels…

9 Jul 2025   Sport England: Tackling Racism

I thank the hon. Member for his intervention; he is absolutely right. I will come on to the role that sport plays in bringing communities together and why it is so important. Just as its institutional nature was to pass off bias and dis…

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