The effects of state pension equalisation on women or the WASPI campaign continues to raise a lot of concerns with women in Bootle.
Many residents have for contacted me about dementia care and the related campaign by the Alzheimer’s Society.
Many residents contacted me about family reunification for unaccompanied child refugees. I agree that this is an important issue. Families belong together. We should be doing everything we can to help reunite those families who have been separated after experiencing the trauma of war, persecution and conflict. It is about who we want to be as a country.
Many local constituents have contacted me about fox hunting. I believe this cruel blood sport has no place in our country and should be consigned to the history books.
Many local people have contacted me about specialist support for unaccompanied and trafficked children in the UK.
Local constituents have contacted be about the issue of mortgage prisoners. Mortgage prisoners are homeowners who are trapped paying higher rates of interest to their borrower as they cannot meet strict borrowing criteria, which were introduced after the financial crisis.
Many residents have contacted me about funding for the National Wildlife Crime Unit (NWCU). I appreciate your concerns on this issue.
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Many constituents are concerned that there had been delays to the publication of the Windrush Lessons Learned review.
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On Thursday (9 January 2020), the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs made a statement on the bushfires in Australia.
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Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani was killed on 2 January by a US drone strike and on Tuesday the Defence Secretary made a statement to MPs on the security situation in the Middle East .
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The Queen's Speech is a traditional part of the State Opening of Parliament. It is written by Ministers but it is delivered by the Queen from the throne of the House of Lords.
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On Wednesday (23 October 2019), MPs resumed debate on the Queen’s Speech with a focus on the National Health Service.
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On Wednesday (16th October), the debate on the Queen’s Speech focused on public services.
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On Tuesday (1 October 2019), the Government was asked to make a statement on the action it is taking to prevent the deaths of people who are homeless.
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On Thursday (26 September 2019), the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy made a statement on the UN climate action summit in New York.
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Prorogation is the formal name for the suspending of Parliament at the end of a parliamentary session before the state opening of Parliament and Queen’s Speech that begin the next session. Parliament was prorogued at the end of Monday’s (9 September 2019’s) sitting and will not return until 14 October.
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