My speeches and debates in Parliament - Alison McGovern

Here are my most recent appearances in Parliament, including my speeches in the Chamber and other debates, as well as questions I’ve put to Government ministers.

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Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill

Commons debates

The Bill offers more questions than answers, it has so much missing from it. We do know, given the coronavirus crisis, that how much someone earns is not related to how skilled they are; we have...

Sports: Coronavirus

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Alison McGovern received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions officials in his Department have had with representatives of sporting organisations on the provision of...

Cricket: Coronavirus

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Alison McGovern received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many cricket clubs have (a) applied for and (b) been awarded business support grant funding from the Government during the...

Sports: Health Hazards

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Alison McGovern received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Government has assessed the health risks of (a) cricket and (b) other non-contact sports resuming in the summer at...

Rugby: Government Assistance

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Alison McGovern received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many rugby league clubs have (a) applied for and (b) received funding from Government backed business support loans.

Sports: Coronavirus

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Alison McGovern received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what process the Government is using to provide sporting organisations overseeing elite sports with up to date medical advice...

Sports: Coronavirus

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Alison McGovern received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government has taken to support the sporting sector during the covid-19 emergency.

Football: Coronavirus

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Alison McGovern received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate the Government has made of the financial losses incurred by football clubs as a result of cancelled matches due...

Football: Coronavirus

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Alison McGovern received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment the Government has made of the long-term financial effects of the covid-19 outbreak on lower league football clubs.

Covid-19

Commons debates

What extra support will be available for pharmacists, and when will local authorities know what their public health funding allocation will be?

Topical Questions

Work and Pensions

Alison McGovern made a speech in the House of Commons

The Health Secretary has said that changes will be made to provide financial support to workers currently ineligible for statutory sick pay. Will the Minister confirm that those changes will...

Social Care

Commons debates

Will the Secretary of State commit to publishing a distributional analysis of where that money is coming from and who it is going to?

Syria: Security Situation

Commons debates

Thank you for granting this urgent question, Mr Speaker, and I thank the right hon. Member for Bournemouth East (Mr Ellwood) for asking it in the way that he did. When the Minister describes the...

Rough Sleeping

Housing, Communities and Local Government

Alison McGovern made a speech in the House of Commons

Nearly three years ago, a terrible explosion in New Ferry in my constituency left many buildings derelict. Local residents tell me that we now have people sleeping rough in derelict buildings,...

Pensions: Public Sector

Alison McGovern received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to resume the 2016 valuations for public sector pension schemes which were paused in January 2019.

Transport Infrastructure

Commons debates

It is kind of funny, in a way, to see the Prime Minister come here to gleefully re-announce a project that he himself and his office tried to put a stop to. But while he is in train set-building...

Productivity

Alison McGovern made a speech in the House of Commons

The people with the least productive, lowest-paid jobs, although often highly skilled, are women working in care, retail or hospitality. Where is the Chancellor’s productivity plan for the...

Leaving the EU: Human Rights

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Alison McGovern made a speech in the House of Commons

The 6,500 children fleeing Idlib in Syria daily, where barrel bombs are being used on hospitals and schools, must wonder where on earth the protectors of their human rights are. Unfortunately, in...

Wuhan Coronavirus

Commons debates

Merseyside is home to the oldest Chinese community in Europe, so I certainly associate myself with the remarks of the shadow Secretary of State. While some in the Wirral were surprised by the...

Climate Change: International Cooperation

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Alison McGovern received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what diplomatic steps he is taking with his counterparts in the (a) Chinese Government, (b) US Administration and (c) EU on...