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In the spirit of supporting all women's sport at all levels, in all countries, I attended the reception hosted by The Football Association for the Lionesses, England Women's Football team, ahead of the FIFA World Cup in Australia and New Zealand starting on 20th July. My friend Tracey Crouch MP hosted the event, at which the guests were Secretary of … [Read more...]

My week in Westminster began at the Barnardo’s Journeys of Hope event held as part of Refugee’s Week, where I was honoured to meet some very brave unaccompanied asylum-seeking children and some young people supported by Barnardo’s. The event also launched Barnardo’s “A Warm Welcome” … [Read more...]

My week began celebrating Women in Cricket. The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Cricket, chaired by James Daly MP, England and Wales Cricket Board, and Lord’s Taverners hosted the event and we had the opportunity to meet some wonderful famous women cricketers. There was a panel discussion involving the stars and grassroots heroes which … [Read more...]

My week in Westminster began at the End Child Poverty Coalition event to discuss new research by Loughborough University, which found that more than one-in-five children in Welsh Local Authorities live in poverty. The rates are highest in … [Read more...]

On the 22nd May, International Biodiversity Day, I attended a joint meeting of the International Conservation APPG and the Climate Change APPG, organised and chaired by Barry Gardiner MP who is chair of the former. The topic for discussion was “Biomass: Bad for Biodiversity and Bad for Climate Change”, which provided a timely opportunity to talk … [Read more...]

I attended the briefing about the forthcoming Victims and Prisoners Bill, which was organised by Alex Mayes from Victim Support, an independent charity dedicated to supporting people affected by crime and traumatic incidents in England and Wales. It … [Read more...]

I am a member of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Choice at the End of Life, so I attended the My Death My Decision (MDMD) campaign for Assisted Dying event held in the Pierhead Building in Cardiff Bay, hosted by Jayne Bryant MS for Newport West and James Evans MS for Brecon and … [Read more...]

I attended the TSB Tackling Fraud Together event and report … [Read more...]

I attended the Guarantee Our Essentials event to listen to Ian from the Joseph Resolution Foundation (JRF), Jess from Trussell Trust (TT), and Sir Stephen Timms MP, Chair of the Work and Pensions Select Committee discussing the proposal that the UK Government should introduce an … [Read more...]

My week started with Mr Speaker calling me to ask a question in Department for Work and Pensions Oral Questions. If an MP is not selected to be included in the listed questions on the Order Paper, there is a convention that Mr Speaker can call that MP to … [Read more...]