MP calls for more consultation on housing plans
This morning Alison McGovern MP joined a group of local campaigners and Labour Party Candidate…
Alison McGovern MP Member of Parliament for Wirral South
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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
Constituency report for February 2018
Urban Areas: Departmental Responsibilities
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Alison McGovern received a response to a question they put to the government
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which towns in the UK have a ministerial champion in the Government.
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Universal Credit: Domestic Abuse
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 steps staff in her Department are authorised to take when they suspect an abusive partner is attending an appointment with a universal...
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UK’s Withdrawal from the EU
Business of the House (Today)
Alison McGovern made a speech in the House of Commons
I simply listen to the words of the right hon. Member for Meriden (Dame Caroline Spelman) and my hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham, Erdington (Jack Dromey). I find it hard to listen to them...
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UK’s Withdrawal from the EU
Business of the House (Today)
Alison McGovern made a speech in the House of Commons
It is truly an honour to follow the right hon. and learned Member for Beaconsfield (Mr Grieve). I was in Belfast and Bangor last week, where I met many people who felt that they had been...
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Business of the House
Commons debates
New Ferry in my constituency is not the only town in the country that needs regeneration, so can I implore the Leader of the House to allow a debate in Government time about town centres? New...
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Examination of Witnesses
Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill
Alison McGovern made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law
Q Rosa, any thoughts on this particular subject?
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Examination of Witnesses
Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill
Alison McGovern made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law
Probably more so, because they do a physical job.
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Examination of Witnesses
Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill
Alison McGovern made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law
ProfessorQ Kinnair, to begin with, this morning we heard from Migration Watch and I asked them what they thought the consequences might be of restricting immigration to this country in the way...
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Examination of Witnesses
Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill
Alison McGovern made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law
Q What would you like the retirement age to be raised to—something like 70 or 75?
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Examination of Witnesses
Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill
Alison McGovern made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law
Q The point has been made. How do you see your proposal as improving—or otherwise—our dependency ratio in the labour market?
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Examination of Witnesses
Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill
Alison McGovern made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law
Q It is unfortunate language, with respect, Lord Green. It is dehumanising language.
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Examination of Witnesses
Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill
Alison McGovern made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law
Q You described people coming to work in this country as being “shipped in”.
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Examination of Witnesses
Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill
Alison McGovern made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law
Q If I may say so, I would hesitate to describe anybody who comes to work in this country as “shipped in”. I think that is unfortunate. I want to ask about our ageing population, to...
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Examination of Witnesses
Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill
Alison McGovern made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law
Q The clock is ticking.
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Examination of Witnesses
Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill
Alison McGovern made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law
Q Or it could.
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Examination of Witnesses
Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill
Alison McGovern made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law
Q One final question, if I may. Professor Ryan, you have said to us on several occasions that there is a major gap in this Bill as regards EU nationals who will have settled status. You...
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Examination of Witnesses
Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill
Alison McGovern made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law
Q Okay. Professor Manning, you are saying that we do not fully understand how the Bill will affect the different locations in our country, even though, economically speaking, we know we have a...
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Examination of Witnesses
Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill
Alison McGovern made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law
Q Has MAC disaggregated that data? Productivity gains and where they could be made affect different regional economies in quite a diverse manner. Areas dominated by manufacturing, where there...
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Examination of Witnesses
Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill
Alison McGovern made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law
Q I just want to be clear about what you are saying. Obviously, there are second order effects, so there is the simple function of supply and demand, which might put pressure on employers to...
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Examination of Witnesses
Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill
Alison McGovern made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law
Professor Manning, on behalf of the Migration Advisory Committee, in relation to EEA nationals working in this country, you were careful to say just now that the root cause of low wages in the...
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