Parliament
Charlie joined us this week!
Saturday 2 November: It was so great to welcome Charlie to Westminster this week! Here is what he got up to during his time in Parliament: My work experience at Parliament began with a tour of the parliament grounds, ranging from the modern facilities built recently all the way to the historic areas of parliament…
Read MoreTackling the Climate Emergency!
Monday 29 October: It was so good today to meet representatives from the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) and Rewilding Britain. We had a great discussion about the ways restoring nature can help decarbonise the UK and can go such a long way in tackling the climate emergency we are facing. It…
Read MoreSophie joined us this week!
Saturday 26 October: It was a pleasure to have Sophie in my office this week for work experience. It was such an exciting week (again!) to be in Westminster and Sophie really made the most of it. Please see below for Sophie’s ‘My Time in Parliament’ piece: My Time In Parliament. Sophie Wilkinson…
Read MoreWe need debate on mental health support!
Friday 25 October: The long term outlook of children who need mental health services is directly correlated to the time it takes them to access that care. The Government has put in extra money. However the Leader of the House himself has said that families wade through a lot of ‘treacle’. I asked the leader…
Read MoreHonoured to become Chair of the WPS APPG.
Thursday 24 October: I am delighted and honoured to have been selected again as Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security. Events have significantly changed since 2005 (when I last chaired this APPG), but ‘no women, no peace’! My grateful thanks to Baroness Hodgson and the APPG team. If you want…
Read MoreSpeaking for small businesses in Guildford!
22 October 2019: 97% of businesses in Guildford are small businesses. Today, I asked the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy what progress has the Government made to make sure that employers can use the apprenticeship levy to build the skilled workforce this country desperately needs? You can see my question here.…
Read MoreHaving my say on the Queen’s Speech.
Friday 18 October: This week, I had the opportunity to give my thoughts on the public services aspect of the Queens Speech. I was given 7 minutes to speak, so I didn’t have the chance to quite raise everything I’d hoped, but you can see my comments here: In case you want to read through…
Read MoreThe Queen’s Speech 2019
Monday 14 October: Today, the Queen laid out the Government’s plans for the new Parliamentary session. The Queen’s Speech said: My Lords and Members of the House of Commons My Government’s priority has always been to secure the United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union on 31 October. My Government intends to work towards a…
Read MoreClosing the Loophole!
8 October 2019: The NSPCC’s #CloseTheLoophole campaign did a great job in January highlighting the gap in the law that legally allowed people in some positions of power – for example sports coaches or youth group leaders – to get away with grooming 16 & 17 year olds. This is unacceptable. Although I look forward…
Read MoreThe PM’s new proposals.
3 October 2019: Today, the Prime Minister has laid out his proposals to reach a new deal with the EU. You can find a copy of his letter to the President of the EU Commission here: https://tinyurl.com/y3g5lm2w You can also find a full copy of the Prime Minister’s statement, and the debate that followed,…
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