Alison McGovern
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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
Alison urges Prime Minister to implement a Hillsborough Law
Alison McGovern MP joins Acre Lane Action Group to call for more consultation on housing plans
Statement about the New Ferry explosion one year on
Alison joins Frank Field MP to call on government to explore DIPG treatment options
Early Parliamentary General Election Bill
Commons debates
This has been a fractious, challenging, controversial and difficult debate at times. Do you agree, Mr Speaker, that in the context of this debate, it is extraordinarily important that all Members...
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Early Parliamentary General Election Bill
Commons debates
On a point of order, Mr Speaker.
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Leaving the EU: Workers’ Rights
Commons debates
I am not sure how much of a favour you have done me there, Mr Speaker. The truth is that the reality of our labour market is that lived by my constituents, not the picture being painted from the...
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European Union (Withdrawal) Acts
Prime Minister’s Statement
Alison McGovern made a speech in the House of Commons
I want to say some words about the nature of the deal before us. This is all a question of trust: whether we should support the deal depends on trust. We have heard that from their...
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Racism in Football
Commons debates
The Minister calls it exactly right—this is an issue that unites the House. Several Members on both sides have applauded Gareth Southgate, the manager of the England men’s football...
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Climate Change: Curriculum
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Alison McGovern received a response to a question they put to the government
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Education on the role of schools in promoting knowledge of the...
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Climate Change: Curriculum
Department for Education
Alison McGovern received a response to a question they put to the government
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he has taken to ensure the national curriculum includes (a) up to date scientific understanding of climate change and (b) the role of human...
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Universal Credit
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, what the most recent annual estimate is of the cost of ending the two child limit for universal credit between now and 2033/34.
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Universal Credit
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, if she will make an estimate of the cost of increasing the child element of the universal credit payment by (a) £10 a week and (b) 70 per...
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Children: Day Care
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, whether the Scottish Government has requested that her Department administer the new Scottish child payment and; and what estimate she has...
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HMRC Impact Analysis: Customs
Commons debates
I think we are all confused about the nature of conservatism this afternoon. When the Minister and I joined the House in 2010, Prime Minister David Cameron was embarking on a red tape challenge....
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Us Troop Withdrawal from Northern Syria
Commons debates
Syrian civilians have suffered again and again in this conflict. Further to the question asked by my hon. Friend the Member for Liverpool, West Derby (Stephen Twigg), may I ask the Minister what...
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No-Deal Brexit: Schedule of Tariffs
Commons debates
For manufacturers in the north of England, it is hard to know which is worse: the fact that this Government are prepared to countenance no deal, or the fact that the deal that they are proposing...
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Personal Independence Payment
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 people of pensionable age receiving personal independence payments have been sent a notification requiring them to reapply for that...
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Brexit Negotiations
Commons debates
The Prime Minister said some moments ago that the history of referendums in this country was not good, but may I remind him that by 71% the Good Friday agreement was passed by a referendum? I...
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Prime Minister's Update
Commons debates
The irony is not lost on any of us that the Prime Minister told us that Prorogation was nothing to do with Brexit and yet here we are talking constantly about Brexit. I want to raise with the...
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Brexit Readiness: Operation Yellowhammer
Commons debates
The Minister told us that HMRC has allocated EORI numbers to 88,000 VAT-registered businesses that currently trade with the EU. However, two years ago, HMRC told the Treasury Committee that...
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Thomas Cook
Commons debates
I can tell the Secretary of State that my constituents are not happy with the Government’s response. However, at the heart of this problem is a company that was signed off by auditors last...
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Spending Round 2019
Commons debates
The Chancellor claims that this is a boom in public spending, but we all know how big the bust has been, and nowhere has it been bigger than in DWP spending. Its spending will see a real-terms...
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G7 Summit
Commons debates
The Prime Minister tells us he is going to Dublin on Monday to see the Taoiseach where no doubt he will be asked, as he has been asked today, about his proposals for the backstop, so may I ask if...
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