My Week Archive

Christina Rees – My News August 2016 I Attended Melin Junior school along with Cllr Sheila Penry and Cllr Sandra Miller to visit the new Food and Fun School Holiday Enrichment Programme. (SHEP) The SHEP initiative Is a multi-agency programme, developed by the Food Cardiff partnership, to provide healthy meals, … [Read more...]

Westminster Days: Today July 4th, I supported Cancer research parliament day, Cancer research is basic research into cancer to identify causes and develop strategies for prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and cure. Cancer research ranges from epidemiology, molecular bioscience to the … [Read more...]

My Week June 27th – July 3rd Westminster Days On 27th June I asked the following, I have been working with Neath veterans support group to ensure that those leaving the armed forces receive the support they need. Will the Minister explain what his Government are doing to extend the support offered, through projects such as Change Step, so that the … [Read more...]

My Week June 20th – June 26th Westminster Days Parliament was recalled after the tragic news of Jo, I attended the very moving service for the her. A wonderful tribute to her. #moreincommon #weloveyoujo I have been extremely grateful for your kind … [Read more...]

My Week June 13th – June 19th Westminster Days On Monday 13th June, It was a pleasure to meet with members of the Armed Forces community who, along with their families, make huge sacrifices in the service of our country. I also enjoyed meeting with staff from The Royal British Legion and hearing more about their Count Them In campaign. [Read more...]

My Week June 6th – June 12th Westminster Days: On Monday 6th June I was pleased to talk to The Football Association Mars Team at Just Play Award Ceremony in the House of Commons ‪#football.

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My Week Recess Week saw me out and about in the constituency. May 30th – June 5th On Tuesday 31st May, Neath welcomed Labour's battle-bus with seasoned campaigners Alun Johnson MP and Maria Eagle MP, who are working hard to get the message out to Labour voters across the country that the UK is better, stronger, safer in Europe. A great response from … [Read more...]

My week Week 23rd May – 29th Weekdays at Westminster On 24th May I attended a reception at the Houses of Parliament held by animal welfare campaigners League Against Cruel Sports, highlighting the horrific reality of dog fighting. I heard about Cupcake, a Staffordshire bull terrier, who became the ‘poster dog’ for a campaign which is calling for tougher sentencing … [Read more...]

My Week May 16th – May 22nd Out and About. I travelled up to Merthyr on the morning of Monday 16th along with my Neath office staff Dean and Leanne, to welcome the Labour IN bus. It was great to see my labour colleagues supporting the IN campaign. [Read more...]

My Week May 9th – May 15th.   In the Chamber On the afternoon of May 9th I spoke in the Work and Pensions debate and asked the following “My constituents have reported huge inaccuracies between the information that they provide against PIP descriptors and the conclusions drawn by Capita’s … [Read more...]