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Steve Baker MP

13 Jan, 10 tweets, 8 min read

💬 Now that the President of Azad Kashmir has accused India of genocide, Govt must take allegations of human rights abuses in Kashmir seriously.

Disappointed I can’t speak in today’s debate as I am now self-isolating with Covid symptoms awaiting results of an NHS test 🏥

@BBCWorld

In an article published by @BBCWorld on 16 May 2019, they write “there’s a real concern that those who wield power in today’s India are embracing a culture of impunity”

bbc.co.uk/news/world-asi…

@BBCWorld

@BBCWorld The same article from @BBCWorld reported in January 2018 an “eight-year-old Muslim girl…in Indian administered Kashmir…was drugged and repeatedly gang-raped and tortured before she was murdered”

bbc.co.uk/news/world-asi…

@BBCWorld

@BBCWorld @BBCWorld continued, “there have been several instances where members of the BJP party have openly supported the perpetrators of religious violence”

bbc.co.uk/news/world-asi…

@BBCWorld

@BBCWorld In another @BBCWorld article, published on 28 Nov 2018, titled ‘Injured baby refuels India Kashmir pellet gun debate’, “an estimated 3,000 people have sustained eye injuries in recent years, with many disabled for life”

bbc.co.uk/news/world-asi…

@BBCWorld

@BBCWorld In the same article, @BBCWorld claimed a 19-month old girl “has suffered eye injuries after being hit by a pellet gun fired by security forces”

bbc.co.uk/news/world-asi…

@BBCWorld

@BBCWorld On 10 September 2019, @Reuters published an article titled ‘Pakistan warns of genocide in Kashmir’

reuters.com/article/us-ind…

@BBCWorld

@BBCWorld @Reuters A report published by @hrw on 17 Jan 2020 titled ‘India Failing on Kashmiri Human Rights’, explains that in August 2019 “the government had also blocked phone lines and access to the internet”

hrw.org/news/2020/01/1…

@BBCWorld

@BBCWorld @Reuters @hrw In the same article, @hrw author concludes “India needs to do better in Kashmir”

hrw.org/news/2020/01/1…

@BBCWorld

@BBCWorld @Reuters @hrw All this is why I am calling on @DominicRaab and @FCDOGovUK to take the situation in Kashmir as seriously as the situation in China.

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12 Jan

Govt confirms that 88% of COVID-19 fatalities will be accounted for once the top 4 JCVI groups have been vaccinated 💉

Positive news ☑️

But Govt now needs to publish full details about how and by when people’s freedoms will return as the vaccinations roll out 👇 #Road2Recovery

https://twitter.com/BucksCouncil/status/1349038934181998594

I am thrilled further Covid-19 vaccination sites in #Wycombe, which I referred to in my question this morning, have been announced.

All GP Led vaccination sites will be operating by 25 January.

https://twitter.com/BucksCouncil/status/1349038934181998594

The sites which will administer the vaccine are:

-Millbarn Medical Centre
-Highfield Surgery
-Marlow Medical Centre
-Cherrymead Surgery
-The Simpson Centre
-Bourne End & Wooburn Green Medical Centre
-Tower House Surgery
-Desborough Surgery
-Kingswood Surgery
-Priory Surgery

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Steve Baker MP

@SteveBakerHW

8 Jan

A thread which details the Government’s welfare response during the coronavirus outbreak 👇

Claimants of Universal Credit and Working Tax Credit now receive around £20 more a week and the amount available to support private renters has increased

Changes were made to Statutory Sick Pay, sickness and carer benefits in order to help people follow public health guidelines

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Steve Baker MP

@SteveBakerHW

30 Dec 20

Listening to grumpy MPs in the Commons today, you might incorrectly think the UK-EU agreement didn’t cover much.

Find the agreements here:

gov.uk/government/pub…

The contents follow below to illustrate scope.

PART ONE: COMMON AND INSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS
Title I: General provisions
Title II: Principles of interpretation and definitions
Title III: Institutional framework

PART TWO: TRADE, TRANSPORT, FISHERIES AND OTHER ARRANGEMENTS
HEADING ONE: TRADE
Title I: Trade in goods
Title II: Services and investment
Title III: Digital trade
Title IV: Capital movements, payments, transfers and temporary safeguard measures
Title V: Intellectual property

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Steve Baker MP

@SteveBakerHW

19 Dec 20

https://twitter.com/WycombeSound/status/1340340766707757064

💬 Sad day. Lockdowns have failed in slowing the transmission of Covid.

Now Govt expects people to sacrifice sharing Xmas with family & friends, just a few days after promising the opposite ❓

❌We need a clear exit strategy from this nightmarish, cycle of damaging lockdowns.

https://twitter.com/WycombeSound/status/1340340766707757064

🚨 As we deliver the vaccine to the most at risk groups, the public needs to see how this will translate into a return to normal life, with restrictions being lifted at every stage & a clear roadmap to all our freedoms being restored as soon as this work is done

#Road2Recovery

💡It is essential the Government moves swiftly to obtain competitive expert advice with formal challenge.

More ⤵️

bit.ly/ExpertAdviceTh…

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Steve Baker MP

@SteveBakerHW

18 Dec 20

Now that Parliament is in recess, and you are a constituent trying to contact my office, you may find the following numbers useful.

Thread below 👇

@BucksCouncil

Social services at @BucksCouncil:

0800 137 915
0800 999 7677 outside office hours
0845 4600001 for concerns about a child

@BucksCouncil

@BucksCouncil NHS Crisis Support team (mental health):

01865 901147
You should call 999 if you have a health emergency or 111 if you would like NHS advice.

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Steve Baker MP

@SteveBakerHW

18 Dec 20

At one-minute past midnight on Saturday, Wycombe, and the whole of Buckinghamshire, will enter Tier 3. As disappointed & frustrated with the decision as I am, I encourage all to comply.

I know how devasting the impact of these additional restrictions will be for local business.

I understand that Buckinghamshire Council is currently exploring what additional support they can provide to local businesses based upon the Government’s financial Tier 3 support.

Further updates will be posted on buckinghamshire.gov.uk/coronavirus/co….

A summary of the Tier 3 restrictions can be found below.

The full details of the restrictions can be found through gov.uk/guidance/tier-….

You can view this information in different languages through gov.uk/guidance/local….

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