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Shabir Ahmed Release

Videos

02 July 2026

Animal abuse record keeping

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02 July 2026

Hanson Springs Steel Tariffs

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17 June 2026

Business of the House

Commons debates

Shabir Ahmed was the ringleader of a disgusting Rochdale grooming gang. He was convicted of serial rapes against young white girls and repeated rapes of a young Asian girl. Today, Shabir Ahmed is...

Animal Abusers - [Dr Andrew Murrison in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

My hon. Friend makes a valid link between the abuse of animals and of human beings. I thank the petitioner, Bea, for bringing this issue to this place, because it shines a spotlight on both forms...

Steel Tariffs

Commons debates

This week I hosted a meeting between officials from the Department for Business and Trade and representatives of Hanson Springs, a brilliant family manufacturing business in my constituency that...

High Street Shops: Illicit Activity - [Peter Dowd in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

My hon. Friend is right that dodgy shops and mini-marts are often a front for organised crime, particularly drug dealing, but also for the sexual and criminal exploitation of children, which we...

Clause 52 - Compensation scheme regulations

Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill

Paul Waugh made a speech in the House of Commons

Simply to follow up, Ms Nokes, on the point the Minister was making about exemptions for individual companies, Hanson Springs in Rochdale relies heavily on imports of steel of a particular...

Clause 52 - Compensation scheme regulations

Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill

Paul Waugh made a speech in the House of Commons

On that point, will the Minister give way?

Middle East

Commons debates

I thank the Foreign Secretary for her statement, and in particular the fresh wave of sanctions she announced, as well as the new measures against British businesses and charities that fund and...

Lebanon: Israel Defence Forces Operations

Commons debates

The US news service Axios reported that this week President Trump held a direct phone call with Benjamin Netanyahu, in which he said that Netanyahu was “effing crazy” for escalating...

Armed Forces Day

Paul Waugh made a speech in the House of Commons

To celebrate Armed Forces Day this year in Rochdale, there will be not only the usual flag-raising ceremony at Rochdale town hall, but on Saturday 27 June we will have a free community picnic in...

Armed Forces Day

Paul Waugh made a speech in the House of Commons

What plans his Department has to mark Armed Forces Day.

Child Sexual Offender Data - [Dame Siobhain McDonagh in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

The hon. Member refers to real people. There are no people more real than the three girls mentioned in the 2017 BBC docudrama and the whistleblowers involved. Does he accept that within days of...

Business of the House

Commons debates

On Sunday, there were scenes of wild celebration among the Dale fans at Wembley, as our beloved club staged a fabulous comeback and won the play-off final to return to the English football...

Maternity Commissioner - [Sir Alec Shelbrooke in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Alec. I thank my hon. and learned Friend the Member for Folkestone and Hythe (Tony Vaughan) for leading this debate. I pay tribute to...

Business of the House

Commons debates

Council tax arrears can be devastating for people’s finances and mental health, so I warmly welcome the Government’s changes to the debt collection rules today, which mean that people...

Middle East

Commons debates

I thank the Prime Minister for refusing to allow the UK to be dragged into America’s war in Iran, which is hitting my constituents directly in the pocket and at the petrol pump. He rightly...

Business of the House

Commons debates

The latest Department for Education performance tables rank Rochdale sixth-form college as the No. 1 sixth-form college in England. It already scored highly on exam results, but it is now first...

Hatzola Ambulance Attack

Commons debates

May I express my solidarity and the solidarity of all Rochdalians with Britain’s Jewish community in the wake of this horrific attack on the ambulance station in Golders Green? Whenever...

Middle East

Commons debates

I put on record my thanks to the British armed forces, which are working round the clock to defend British interests and British people. My constituents have made it clear that they want no part...

Online Harms

Commons debates

The Minister for Safeguarding, my hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham Yardley (Jess Phillips), has repeatedly emphasised the need to crack down on and outlaw misogyny, as have many of my...

Online Harms

Commons debates

The latest Louis Theroux documentary for Netflix, “Inside the Manosphere”, was deeply shocking to many of us who watched it. But it was not remotely shocking for the millions of...