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I raised with the Leader of the House the debate on postgraduate student nurses’ bursaries which the Government plans to abolish, despite them being so important in upskilling people and dealing with the skills shortage in the NHS.
I supported ‘EqualiTeas’ in Parliament on 1 May 2018.
As Shadow Leader of the House of Commons, I gave a tribute to Lord Martin of Springburn on 1 May 2018. You can read my speech below:
I was delighted to attend the launch of the Rubery Owen Darlaston book on Saturday 28 April. The book has been compiled by David Owen OBE and Tony Highfield and includes stories of the Rubery Owen Darlaston offices.
On Saturday 28 April 2018 I campaigned with Carolyn Harris MP in Walsall. Carolyn has been the Member of Parliament for Swansea East since 2015, is the Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities, and became Welsh Labour Deputy Leader on 21 April 2018.
I raised the treatment of the Windrush Generation again with the Leader of the House. The Home Office should know who is in detention and must know why they are there. I asked when the Government will produce these figures and why we are now waiving the citizenship fee for anyone in the Windrush generation
I raised the Disabled Students’ Allowance at Business Questions on 19 April 2018.
You can keep track of the parliamentary progress of legislation introduced to implement Brexit on the Institute for Government’s website here: