Update on New Ferry redevelopments
Like lots of New Ferry residents, I have been highly frustrated by the length of…
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Coronavirus Constituency Office Update
Many constituents will be worried about covid-19. I know our community is resilient and will…
Alison McGovern’s response to Budget 2020
The Government have set out their spending plans for the next 12 months in their…
Making Ends Meet: Wirral South MP leads campaign to end food Poverty
Over the past year Alison McGovern MP has worked on a report and subsequent campaign…
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MP calls for more consultation on housing plans
This morning Alison McGovern MP joined a group of local campaigners and Labour Party Candidate…
Alison urges Prime Minister to implement Hillsborough Law
Alison McGovern MP sends letter to the Prime Minister, urging support for ‘Hillsborough Law’ to…
Alison welcomes £100,000 investment in New Ferry
Alison has welcomed the announcement that Homes England have pledged £100,000 of initial investment into…
Alison welcomes Homes England £100,000 kick-start investment into New Ferry
Kickstart Scheme
Department for Work and Pensions
Alison McGovern received a response to a question they put to the government
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Kickstart places have been taken up by residents in each parliamentary constituency.
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Employment Schemes
Department for Work and Pensions
Alison McGovern received a response to a question they put to the government
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many work coaches there are at each job centre in the UK, broken down by job centre.
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Afghanistan: Humanitarian Crisis
Commons debates
I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Norwich South (Clive Lewis) for bringing forward this urgent question. Children facing starvation in a manner that was, as my hon. Friend the Member for...
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Transport Connectivity: Merseyside
Westminster Hall debates
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Robertson. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Birkenhead (Mick Whitley) on securing this debate, which is much needed and very...
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Low Pay
Department for Work and Pensions
Alison McGovern received a response to a question they put to the government
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the Government plans to respond to the In-work Progression Commission's report entitled Supporting progression out of low pay: a call to...
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Employment Schemes
Department for Work and Pensions
Alison McGovern received a response to a question they put to the government
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many sector based work academies have taken place in each (a) country and (b) region of the UK since that programme began.
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Downing Street Garden Event
Commons debates
I thank you for granting this important urgent question, Mr Speaker. The Minister will not think me fair and will go on about process, but I have to say, having listened to what everybody has...
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Driving Licences
Department for Transport
Alison McGovern received a response to a question they put to the government
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the reasons for delays in the return of physical driving licences to applicants by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency.
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Help for Jobseekers: Local Employers and Skills Providers
Work and Pensions
Alison McGovern made a speech in the House of Commons
Thank you, Mr Speaker. People across the country who have had a really hard time at work in the past year need DWP Ministers focused on their jobs. It will not have escaped your notice that it...
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Health and Social Care
Commons debates
When my hon. Friend the Member for Leicester West (Liz Kendall) and I spoke to social care professionals from the Wirral last night, they made it clear that the crisis is not to come; the crisis...
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New Clause 49 - Cap on Care Costs for charging Purposes
Health and Care Bill
Alison McGovern made a speech in the House of Commons
The right hon. Gentleman gets to the heart of the matter, which is what people will get, compared with what they were promised. Is that not the heart of this matter?
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New Clause 49 - Cap on Care Costs for charging Purposes
Health and Care Bill
Alison McGovern made a speech in the House of Commons
My hon. Friend and neighbour is making an excellent speech. We should be talking about a plan for social care, but we are actually talking about a tax on the people who have lost out over the...
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Sports Bodies’ Bids to Host Major Sporting Events
Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Alison McGovern made a speech in the House of Commons
Mr Speaker, you and I both support major sporting events coming to the UK, but I want to return briefly to the situation in cricket. The lesson for all sports is that those who fail to deal with...
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Clause 1 - Protection of cultural objects on loan
Cultural Objects (Protection from Seizure) Bill
Alison McGovern made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law
It is, as others have said, a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Hosie. I commend the right hon. Member for Central Devon for bringing the Bill forward. It is limited in scope and effect....
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Terrorist Incident at Liverpool Women’s Hospital
Commons debates
I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Liverpool, Riverside (Kim Johnson) and you, Mr Speaker, for this urgent question, which is very important to the people of Merseyside. I associate myself...
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Cop26
Commons debates
I noticed that the Prime Minister mentioned Aristotle in his statement, so could he explain how breaking his own manifesto promise to the poorest people in the world, those worst affected by...
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Committee on Standards: Decision of the House
Commons debates
Does my right hon. and learned Friend not think that the sham is continuing even today? Not only is the Prime Minister not here, despite the importance of this issue, but the Leader of the...
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Levelling Up
Treasury
Alison McGovern made a speech in the House of Commons
The Exchequer Secretary says that levelling up is the defining mission of this Government, yet if we look at the spending review priority outcomes and metrics, we can see that across the...
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Musicians: Touring the EU
Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Alison McGovern made a speech in the House of Commons
We welcome all the new Ministers, but I want to be clear on this issue: the Minister said in response to those questions that extensive efforts are being made, yet on 4 August when the...
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Cultural Objects (Protection from Seizure) Bill
Commons debates
I commend the right hon. Member for Central Devon (Mel Stride) for bringing this Bill to the House. It might be easy to think of it as somewhat narrow and potentially even niche, but we often...
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