On Monday evening, as a member of the Petitions Committee, I opened the debate in Westminster Hall on e-petition 548682 - Tom’s Law - which was created by the petitioner and Tom’s partner Christina Worsfold. The petition closed on 25th March 2021 with 104,868 … [Read More...]
News
My Weekly Round-up
My week in Westminster began when I joined the Wales All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Hospitality, Events, and Major Food and Drink Businesses, chaired by Jess Morden MP, to receive an update from many guest speakers involved in this very important … [Read More...]
My Weekly Round-up
My week began as a member of the Delegated Legislation Committee that met to discuss the Draft Statutory Instrument entitled “The Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008 (Amendment to Schedule 3) (England) Order 2021” which sought to extend the scope of … [Read More...]
Westminster
An Honour to Serve
It has been an immense honour to serve in Labour’s Shadow Cabinet during the past three years, and to be the voice for Wales in Westminster. It is no exaggeration to say I have enjoyed every minute of it. Since first being elected as Member of Parliament for … [Read More...]
Happy New Year
May I take this opportunity to wish all my constituents and everyone right across Neath a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year. It is a great privilege to serve as MP for Neath and I want to thank everyone for all their support during the past year. Below is … [Read More...]
2018 Review
With 2018 drawing to a close, here's a review of my year that was. 2018 Review … [Read More...]
My Month
Employment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) Bill
I had sought to speak in today’s debate on my colleague Barry Gardiner MP’s Private Members’ Bill, and this is the speech that I would have given, if the Deputy Speaker had called me. Thank you Madam Deputy Speaker. I commend my friend and comrade, the honourable member for Brent North, on bringing … [Read More...]
My Weekly Round-up
This week in Westminster there were a series of late night divisions in the House of Commons. On Monday, Labour MPs voted against New Clause 2 of the Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Bill which called for reviving the prerogative powers to dissolve … [Read More...]
My Weekly Round-up
On the morning of Saturday 4th September, as a Labour and Co-operative MP, I was pleased to deliver the Parliamentary Co-operative Group report to the Wales Co-operative Council Zoom meeting. My report highlighted that, even though Parliament has been on summer recess for the month of August, we have continued to work … [Read More...]
