Joani Reid

Defence Manufacturing Jobs

3. What steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to support jobs in the defence manufacturing sector in Scotland.

Spoke in debate: Defence Manufacturing Jobs

Parliamentary appearance by Joani Reid

Defence Manufacturing Jobs

This Government’s increase in defence spending is delivering £2 billion a year for Scotland as well as 12,000 jobs. Does my right hon. Friend agree that the greatest threat to my constituents is an SNP Government who are playing student politics with defence and will not use their existing powers to back Scottish industry, young people and our national security?

Antisemitism

3. What assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of recent trends in levels of antisemitism.

Spoke in debate: Antisemitism

Parliamentary appearance by Joani Reid

Antisemitism

I thank the Minister for her response. As she rightly outlines, antisemitism is on the rise. During the ongoing by-election campaign in Gorton and Denton, senior Green party figures engaged with 5Pillars—an outlet that has previously been disciplined for anti-Jewish hatred and that is well known for amplifying extremist voices. Those in public office have a duty to act responsibly, and there are serious questions to ask here about judgment. Does she agree that parties seeking office should not l

Holocaust Memorial Day

Madam Deputy Speaker, I can confirm that I have written to all the Members I have included in my speech. Another Member talked about Israel’s “blood-soaked tentacles”. There is no safe limit of antisemitism that we should tolerate, and no requirement for us to apply weaker moral tests of what is an acceptable opinion because of the religious heritage of our interlocutor. Human rights apply universally, and so do human responsibilities. We need to enforce those responsibilities before it is too l

Spoke in debate: Holocaust Memorial Day

Parliamentary appearance by Joani Reid

Holocaust Memorial Day

I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket (Peter Prinsley) for not just his opening remarks but his commitment to this cause, both in this House and outside it. The Holocaust was a unique event in human history in which the state waged external war with expressly genocidal aims, combined with the industrialisation of killing as a transcontinental enterprise. The Holocaust matters to us today because we owe it to the dead, and to the living who went through that horror,

West Midlands Police

This sorry saga with West Midlands police reveals a serious story about public life in Britain. It has become clear that employees in our public institutions do not recognise, understand or perhaps care about antisemitism in the police, local government, universities, political parties and elsewhere, and they are all too willing to accept at face value the claims by antisemites that their real objection is to the Israeli Government. They are unwitting agents of an agenda from the far left, the f

Spoke in debate: West Midlands Police

Parliamentary appearance by Joani Reid

Spoke in debate: Pornography and violence against women

Parliamentary appearance by Joani Reid

Pornography and violence against women

I rise to present a petition in the same terms as the hon. Member for Reigate (Rebecca Paul). It is a petition calling for stronger action on online pornography, which fuels violence against women and girls. As we approach the end of the United Nations’ 16 days of activism, we are reminded of just how pervasive online pornography is, and how it is shaping attitudes towards women and girls. Its production relies on coercion, and violent portrayals of women are treated as routine. This normalisati