On 17 March 2025, St Patrick's Day was marked with an event in Parliament celebrating the work of Irish in Britain. This charity champions representation and advocacy for the Irish community in Britain. With over 130 member organisations supporting local communities, they have made significant strides in launching health and wellbeing initiatives, contributing to national

Dame Barbara Woodward DCMG OBE, Ambassador for the UK to the United Nations since 2020 spoke to the APPG for the UN.  and leads on security, prosperity, and global development for the UK. She was previously UK Ambassador to China, seeing trade between the UK and China double over that time. Her diplomatic career spans

On 12 March 2025 Amnesty International UK (AIUK) organised a drop-in to brief MPs on their work to fight Islamaphobia. The U.N. General Assembly established the International Day to Combat Islamophobia in 2022, designating March 15 as the day of the celebration. The UK also marks Islamophobia Awareness Month in November, to raise awareness and take collective

As Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Portugal, I was delighted to host His Excellency Nuno Brito,  Ambassador for Portugal to the UK in  Parliament for a meeting with MPs , Lords and members of the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce.

Ambassador Brito has an impressive career in diplomacy, starting at the age of 24 in

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 where there. This is an organisation that provides support to women human rights defenders across 7 countries in South America,