The Queens Speech was a missed opportunity to change course on the decision to make cuts that will result in 2.5 million working families losing over £2,100 a year. The impact of these cuts will hit vulnerable people in our society the hardest. The opportunity available through Universal Credit to create a simpler benefit system is being undermined by financial decisions and … [Read more...]
Westminster Archive
Steel Debate Speech
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Moon. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland (Tom Blenkinsop) on securing this most important debate. Steel and the steel industry is vital to the UK, Wales and my constituency of Neath. The Tata steel plant in Port Talbot is in the neighbouring constituency of Aberavon and the … [Read more...]
Safety in Youth Custody – 20th January 2016
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Wilson. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Bradford South (Judith Cummins) on securing a timely and much-needed debate on this subject, and I thank all hon. Members for their contributions. It is agreed that the safety of children in custody is paramount. The investigation by the BBC broadcast on 11 January, … [Read more...]
Letter from the Minister about the use of the word “illegitimacy” on the Government’s Passport website
Letter from the Minister The link above will take you to a copy of the letter Sarah Champion, MP for Rotherham and Shadow Home Office Minister, has received from James Brokenshire, the Immigration Minister, following a point she had raised during the 8th December Westminster Hall debate on … [Read more...]
Mothers’ names on marriage certificates Westminster Hall Debate
8 December 2015 Thank you, Mr Chair I am delighted that the Honourable Lady from Meriden has secured this debate. As has pointed out, I presented a private member’s Bill on 4th November to change the marriage certificate in England and Wales, and notwithstanding the now-abandoned rule against “anticipation” I am pleased to have the opportunity to speak on … [Read more...]
Why I voted no on intervention in Syria
I am not a pacifist. Military intervention should not be a decision taken lightly, but unfortunately under some conditions is a necessary one. We are an outward looking, internationalist party and country, a member of NATO and the EU, having and using armed forces when needed is part and parcel of that. The current situation in Syria is horrific and no one would deny that … [Read more...]
Off-Patent Drugs Bill
Friday 6th November Thank you Madam Deputy Speaker and I’d like to congratulate my honourable friend the member for Torfaen on bringing this important Bill before the House today. And can I also pay tribute to him for the huge amount of work he has done in pursuing this Bill – gathering a wealth of evidence, engaging widely with stakeholders from across the … [Read more...]
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