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I spoke about the EU, broadband, mental health, the , housing and eduction during the debate following the Queen’s Speech.

See my speech below and read the full debate here.

18 May 2016

I did not intend to be drawn on the issue of Europe, but I feel provoked by…

Path to Success is looking for companies to take part in a unique team-building challenge - playing wheelchair basketball alongside Team GB Paralympians at an iconic Olympics venue.

Corporate teams will take each other on at the tournament, which is being staged at the Copper Box Arena in the Queen…

Average prices in the borough are well over half a million pounds, rent is soaring, with overcrowding and demand for social housing the highest I have seen in 20 years.

Yet the Government's Housing and Planning Bill offers Hackney nothing.

The fact that many so called affordable homes are out…

I called on the Prime Minister to step up and improve tax transparency.

See below my question and the Prime Minister's response.

Meg Hillier (Hackney South and Shoreditch) (Lab/Co-op)

One of the main benefits of the journalism that uncovered the Panama papers was that it shone sunlight on areas where…

Five years ago I'd have thought a double Irish would have been a potent drink and a Dutch sandwich a nice snack in the Netherlands.

My innocence was shattered on the roller coaster ride as the Public Accounts Committee uncovered a world of corporate tax arrangements that were shocking to…