Thank you for contacting me about the childcare sector.
Read MoreThank you for contacting me about adult social care reform.
Read MoreThank you for contacting me about the Health and Care Bill 2021-22
Read MoreThank you for contacting me about Bounce Back Loan Scheme repayments.
Read MoreThank you for contacting me about support for pubs.
Read MoreThank you for contacting me about beer duty and tax on pubs. I appreciate the importance of this issue, particularly with pubs having been hit so hard by COVID-19.
Read MoreThank you for contacting me about plastic pollution and deposit return schemes.
Read MoreI share your concerns, and I think it is scandalous that the UK’s plastic waste rate is second only to the United States.
Read MoreI have long agreed with calls for a change in the law to protect retail workers from abuse and violence. This is why, during the recent consideration of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill in the House of Commons on 5 July, I voted for an Opposition amendment that would have introduced a new offence of assaulting a retail worker. Disappointingly, the Government rejected the amendment.
Read MoreThank you for contacting me about flexible working. I agree that we need legislation on this issue and that a right to flexible working should be the default for all workers.
Read MoreOn Monday (5 July 2021), the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill returned to the House of Commons.
Read MoreThank you for contacting me about legal protections for hedgehogs.
Read MoreThank you for contacting me about the vital work of council staff in our constituency and across the country.
Read MoreThank you for contacting me about coronavirus household debt and its impact on the poorest families.
Read MoreThank you for contacting me about the Electoral Commission, the independent regulatory body which oversees elections and referendums, and regulates political finance in the UK.
Read MoreThank you for contacting me about the recent debate the House of Commons held to mark Windrush Day 2021.
Read MoreThank you for contacting me about joint replacement surgery for people living with arthritis.
Read MoreThank you for contacting me about diabetes care and prevention.
Read MoreThank you for contacting me about the use of animals in scientific research and your concerns about ensuring that the requirement to use non-animal methods is properly enforced.
Read MoreThank you for contacting me about measures in the Government’s Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill relating to protests.
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