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Florence Eshalomi

Florence Eshalomi, Labour MP for Vauxhall

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HIV Infection: Research

Department of Health and Social Care

Florence Eshalomi received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding her Department has provided for research and development into a (a) cure and (b) vaccine for HIV in each year since 2019.

HIV Infection: Research

Department of Health and Social Care

Florence Eshalomi received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding her Department plans to provide for research and development into HIV in the (a) 2024-25 and (b) 2025-26 financial year.

Clause 11 - Short title

Pedicabs (London) Bill [Lords]

Florence Eshalomi made a speech in the House of Commons

It is great to see progress on this Bill. I want to start by congratulating my constituency neighbour, the hon. Member for Cities of London and Westminster (Nickie Aiken), on first introducing...

Clause 1 - Power to regulate pedicabs

Pedicabs (London) Bill [Lords]

Florence Eshalomi made a speech in the House of Commons

I thank the Minister for making those points, and I thank the hon. Member for Cities of London and Westminster (Nickie Aiken). It is fitting, as we are coming to the last few debates in the...

Clause 1 - Power to regulate pedicabs

Pedicabs (London) Bill [Lords]

Florence Eshalomi made a speech in the House of Commons

My hon. Friend is making a good closing speech on why regulation is important. The hon. Member for Cities of London and Westminster (Nickie Aiken) and I share the view that the Bill strikes the...

Israel and Gaza

Commons debates

The Minister will remember that last week, in the previous statement, I mentioned a briefing I had attended with other Members that was led by leading aid organisations, including Oxfam, Islamic...

Topical Questions

Florence Eshalomi made a speech in the House of Commons

People want access to justice. The Women’s Budget Group has found that, as a result of the disastrous Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012, 85% of vulnerable women are...

Commonwealth: HIV Infection

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Florence Eshalomi received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether his Department is providing support to (a) the HIV Justice Network and (b) other organisations working to...

Commonwealth: HIV Infection

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Florence Eshalomi received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps he is taking to help encourage the repeal of HIV specific laws in the 20 jurisdictions in the Commonwealth...

Israel and Gaza

Commons debates

Humanitarian organisations have been warning repeatedly that this would happen. A group of us met them last week, and when this conflict started I met Islamic Relief, which is based in my...

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Defamation

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Florence Eshalomi received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to paragraphs 7.16 and 7.17 of the Ministerial Code, on how many occasions Ministers in his Department have...

Children’s Cancer Care: South-East

Duty Solicitor Scheme

Florence Eshalomi made a speech in a Westminster Hall debate

I thank the hon. Member for making a powerful speech and for referring to Jackson. Does she agree that the independence of NHS England is important, that any decision it makes tomorrow has to be...

Topical Questions

Health and Social Care

Florence Eshalomi made a speech in the House of Commons

The Secretary of State will know that NHS England is expected to announce the decision about the primary children’s centre for cancer treatment in south London and south-east London....

Topical Questions

Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Florence Eshalomi made a speech in the House of Commons

This week’s Budget will be a big one for young people—16 and 17-year-olds—who are starting work or making important education choices, yet they currently have no say on who...

International Women’s Day: Language in Politics

Commons debates

I pay tribute to the right hon. Member for Basingstoke (Dame Maria Miller) for securing the debate, and to my hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham, Yardley (Jess Phillips), who is no longer...

Security of Elected Representatives

Commons debates

I thank the Minister for his statement which, rightly, looks at the security of elected representatives. He referred to hustings; in practice, how does he feel that would work? Thinking back to...

Angiolini Inquiry Report

Commons debates

I thank the Home Secretary for his statement. Like many others, I pay tribute to the families of Sarah Everard and the many other women who have lost their lives to violence by men. I think about...

Pedicabs (London) Bill [Lords]

Commons debates

What the hon. Gentleman is referring to, as the Minister knows, is the trial of a low-traffic neighbourhood in the constituency of my hon. Friend the Member for Streatham (Bell Ribeiro-Addy),...

Pedicabs (London) Bill [Lords]

Commons debates

I agree on the safety of e-bikes. Tragically, a three-year-old was hit by an e-scooter on 19 July 2021 in Myatt’s Field park in my constituency. Thankfully, she did not die, but she was...

Pedicabs (London) Bill [Lords]

Commons debates

Does the hon. Gentleman agree with me, a lifelong Londoner, that some of the measures he has outlined, such as 20 mph limits, ULEZ and the congestion charge, are all benefits to help improve...