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Fan-led Football and Fair Game

Fair Game‘s sustainability index proposal is a great initiative to reward responsible football clubs that engage with their communities – like supporter-owned Newport County AFC I raised this with the DCMS Sec this morning. Watch the full video for her answer.

Consideration for fuel costs for care workers

In the last few weeks, I have met with a care company whose carers are from, and serve Newport East. They wanted to talk about how many care workers are struggling with the impact of the cost-of-living crisis – particularly the price of fuel, which they have to use to…

Responding to the Queen’s Speech

Yesterday, The Prince of Wales delivered The Queen’s Speech to MPs and Peers in the House of Lords. Ahead of it, I was hopeful that we would see more support for struggling families, a proper commitment to levelling up rail in Wales – particularly in Newport East, some more solid…

My March Parliamentary Report

My latest monthly report back to constituents is available now – click here to read it.

Gwent Police Federation Visit

Earlier this morning I joined Gwent MPs at Gwent Police Federation to call on the Home Secretary to rethink freezing frontline police officers’ pay. You can find out more information about the campaign here: ⤵️ https://www.polfed.org/news/latest-news/2021/members-urged-to-share-their-views-on-pay-and-morale/

#TalkMoneyWeek – What an MP can do to help you

Not everybody knows what an MP can do to help them. This #TalkMoneyWeek I thought it would be a good opportunity to highlight what my team and I can do to help. Here’s just a few of the things I’ve been able to help #NewportEast constituents with recently: 💬 Raised…

Environment Bill Amendments Vote

📩 Thank you to all the #NewportEast constituents who contacted me about yesterday’s vote on amendments to the Environment Bill – I know that this is a really important issue for a lot of people across our community. 🗳 I voted to keep the Lord’s Amendment to the bill which…

Sale of Fireworks Westminster Hall Debate and Petition

📝 Thank you to the 553 #NewportEast residents who took the time to sign the parliamentary petition on limiting the sale and use of fireworks to organisers of licensed displays, and the many others who have emailed me to highlight their concerns about the impact loud fireworks have on vulnerable…

Letter to the Foreign Secretary – Tuesday 18th May

Here’s the text of my letter to the Foreign Secretary, Dominic Raab, regarding the ongoing situation in Israel and Palestine. The Rt Hon Dominic Raab MP Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office King Charles Street London SW1A 2AH Our Ref: JM32119 18…

Banning LGBT Conversion Therapy – Westminster Hall Debate

Lots of constituents have been in touch with me regarding yesterday’s Westminster Hall debate on making LGBT conversion therapy illegal in the UK. All major psychotherapy and counselling bodies in the UK – including the NHS – condemn the practice of LGBT conversion therapy. In 2017 the Church of England also…