Christina has joined growing calls for tougher penalties for animal abuse and action to be taken to enforce bans on offenders from keeping animals. Attending the League Against Cruel Sports’ Annual Reception in Westminster on Wednesday, Christina heard how sentences are currently inadequate and outdated, remaining unchanged for over a hundred years and … [Read more...]
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Discussing the work of the APPG on HIV & AIDS and its supporters
Today, I and other parliamentary colleagues, met with the All-Party Parliamentary Group on HIV & AIDS and organisations from across the HIV sector to learn more about their work supporting some 37 million people estimated to be living with HIV across the globe. Each year, a further 1 million people acquire the virus and those groups that are disproportionately affected … [Read more...]
Christina Rees pledges to become an Arthritis Champion for Neath.
Christina has pledged to work alongside leading charity, Arthritis Research UK to represent the thousands of people in Neath living every day with the pain of arthritis. Arthritis is the single biggest cause of disability and pain across the country with 10 million people living with arthritis, and other musculoskeletal conditions such as back pain. The pain, fatigue and … [Read more...]
Christina Rees MP says “it’s the end of the road for unsafe pavement parking”
Christina Rees attended a Guide Dogs event at the House of Commons on 3 July to show their support for the campaign to end problem pavement parking. At the event, the MP for Neath heard from guide dog owners how parked cars blocking the pavement force them to walk in the road, into the path of traffic they cannot see. They heard that some guide dog owners face these … [Read more...]
Christina Rees MP elected as Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sepsis
Christina Rees, Member of Parliament for Neath, has been newly elected as Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sepsis. In a well-attended Parliamentary meeting in March, Christina was unanimously elected to Chair the Group which campaigns for sepsis awareness in parliament and the UK, thereby replacing incumbent Chair Cheryl Gillan MP. Sepsis is a life-threatening … [Read more...]
Written question to Oliver Heald.
Christina Rees Shadow Secretary of State for Wales: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the effect of the eligibility criteria for family legal aid funding on the number of litigants in person in domestic violence cases. Oliver Heald The Minister of State, Ministry of Justice: The Government is absolutely clear that victims of … [Read more...]
My Statement on the budget and the impact on Wales.
"Whilst keen to announce giveaways for those at the top, the Chancellor was less enthusiastic about committing to supporting key infrastructure projects across Wales. “As predicted, this is another disappointing budget for Wales. The additional revenue funding, in the shape of a measly 0.33% increase, will mean nothing against the continued commitment by the UK Government to … [Read more...]
Written question
Christina Rees Shadow Secretary of State for Wales: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she or officials of her Department have had regarding placing limitations on UK universities' ability to recruit international students to the UK. Robert Goodwill The Minister for Immigration: There is no cap on the number of genuine international … [Read more...]
Welsh Questions – 8th March.
Christina Rees Shadow Secretary of State for Wales: At a St David’s day celebration, Wales’s First Minister, Carwyn Jones, declared that Wales is open for business. Last week he spent four days in America, boosting post-Brexit trade between the USA and Wales. Does the Secretary of State plan to visit the USA and recruit more business for Wales? Alun Cairns The Secretary … [Read more...]
Written question to the Secretary of State for the Home Department:
Christina Rees Shadow Secretary of State for Wales: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the feasibility of extracting figures on the number of international students from overall migration numbers. Robert Goodwill The Minister for Immigration: The independent Office for National Statistics (ONS) is responsible for … [Read more...]
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