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As I chaired the Bill Committee I was unable to vote on the Bill. These are my comments on the Bill.
Our economy is blighted by insecure work, low pay and poor productivity. I therefore welcome that this Bill will deliver the biggest upgrade to workers’ rights in a generation and make work pay. It will
On Tuesday 4 March 2025 MPs and Peers at a meeting chaired by Debbie Abrahams MP, heard from the Ambassadors, H E Manar Dabbas, , Ambassador at the Embassy of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Ambassador Husam S. Zomlot Head of the Palestinian Mission to the United Kingdom, Ambassador for Saudi Arabia Prince Khalid bin Salman
World Book Day has been celebrated on the first Thursday in March since 1998 in the UK. This year Parliament marked World Book Day on Tuesday 4 March 2025.
As Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Publishing, I was pleased to see that there were many MPs who dropped in to collect the books for
On Tuesday 4 March 2025 the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Human Rights marked International Women's Day celebrated on 8 March. The event was also organised by the British Interparliamentary Union.
Representatives of the Peace Brigades International were there. This is an organisation that provides support to women human rights defenders across 7 countries in
As Chair of the APPG on Publishing and in the week of World Book Day, I was able to present some books to Rivers Primary on my visit on 28 February 2025.
The School have invested in a great space for their Library and consulted the children who wanted a campfire so in the centre there
Here you can read the eNews for February 2025
By a happy coincidence, I had arranged to visit Rivers Primary Academy which is in partnership with Goldsmith Primary Academy and run by the Windsor Trust on Friday 28 February 2025. And on 24 February 2025 the Government announced the schools who would be named as early adopters of the Breakfast clubs.
Rivers and Goldsmith
On Wednesday 26 February 2025, I chaired the Delegated Legislation Committee, which considered the draft Flood Reinsurance (Amendment) Regulations 2025. The motion was moved by Emma Hardy, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
This statutory instrument allows for an increase to a levy placed on UK household insurance providers, from £135 million