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I responded to the following Urgent Question to the Leader of the House on 22 January 2019: "to ask the Leader of the House of Commons if she will make a statement on the obstacles to introducing proxy voting in Parliament."
I have signed the Holocaust Educational Trust's Book of Commitment, pledging my commitment to Holocaust Memorial Day and honouring those murdered during the Holocaust as well as acknowledging the extraordinary work carried out by Holocaust survivors to educate young people today. Sunday 27th January will mark the anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration and
I held a meeting at Great Barr War Memorial Hall on Saturday 19 January 2019 to hear residents’ concerns about the Netherhall Park Estate. Residents told me about snagging issues in their homes, the state of public landscaping across the estate and the difficulties they have had with maintenance and repair from Bovis Homes and
In yesterday’s confidence vote debate the Prime Minister said: “when you have worked hard all your life, you will get a good pension and security and dignity in your old age”. Not if you are a WASPI woman, and not if you are a couple where only one of you is over pensionable age, because
After a month of delay, Parliament finally had a chance to vote on the Government’s deeply flawed Brexit deal. Labour voted against this deal because it does not protect jobs, workplace rights or environmental standards; does not ensure frictionless trade for UK businesses and provides no certainty about our future relationship with the EU. The
I was delighted to attend Les Stockwell (pictured left) and Noel Kirby's (right) farewell event in Parliament on Thursday 10 January 2019.
This is a Government without a majority. They are in crisis and in denial about the crisis. The Government have faced two defeats in one week, breaking records. This is the first Government to be defeated on a Finance Bill since 1978. Our constituencies, businesses, the science community, the NHS, security and this House have
The Government was defeated again in Parliament on Wednesday 9 January 2019 on an amendment to the Business of the House motion on the EU Withdrawal Act by 11 votes. In the event that the Government loses the vote on its Brexit deal next week, the Prime Minister must come back to the House of Commons