I attended Carers Week in the Attlee Suite on 7 June 2023 and pledged to raise awareness of unpaid carers in Walsall South this Carers Week which takes place this year from 5-11 June 2023.

On Wednesday 7 June 2023 I met campaigners from the Lets Talk Clean Air in Whalley Range who are a group of local people in Manchester. They are campaigning for environmental justice and clean air.  They have made a film to highlight this. Dr Sinead Millwood cycled to work and was shocked at the high

It was a pleasure to meet the President of the National Assembly of Armenia, Mr Alen Simonyan, at a reception in Speaker's House. We were also able to meet with other members of the delegation and discuss Armenia's export, wine. Both Mr Speaker and President Simonyan spoke about the important relationship between our 2 countries

I met Eddie Crouch, Chair of the British Dental Association Executive Committee, on Wednesday 7 June 2023 to hear about the current state of Dentistry in England.

The BDA has recently found out that NHS Dentists are at their lowest levels in a decade. Information obtained by the BDA under Freedom of Information requests indicate that

My colleague Emma Lewell Buck, MP for South Shields, held a drop-in on Wednesday 7 June 2023 to discuss her Bill "the Health Eating Start Scheme (Take-up) (No 2) Bill which would ensure families eligible for the Healthy Start Scheme are automatically registered to receive it.

The Healthy Start Scheme is a lifeline for many pregnant

At the National Farmers Union Drop-In I spoke to people in the farming industry about food security and farming. Farmers are having to face rising input costs eg. energy, fertilisers and soil improvers and animal feed.There is an impact on the dairy sector, livestock and horticulture - a recent report suggested that growers cost of production

On the 5th June 2023 , The Minister Jeremy Quinn made a statement to the House on the Government's position on issuing Judicial Review proceedings on the Covid 19 Inquiry to prevent all documents being produced to the Chair of the Inquiry.  The Chair, Dame Heather Hallett has asked for documents to be produced so

The Secretary for Health and Social Care presented a statement on Patients Choice on Thursday 25 May 2023. I asked the Secretary of State a question. I started with a tribute to Karen Lumley a former MP who sadly died.