In January with Theresa May in China I stood in for Jeremy Corbyn at Prime Minister’s Questions. As we are celebrating the Centenary of some women gaining the right to vote I used this opportunity to remind the House that we still need to make a lot more progress before women are fully represented in Parliament. In light of this Centenary, I believe it is time to lower the voting age to 16, and I made that argument to the Prime Minister’s stand in David Lidington. Scotland and Wales have led the way in reducing the voting age to 16 and I believe it is time for England to follow suit. Opposition Day Debate On the 24th of January I led an opposition day debate for Labour on the issue of human rights, conflict resolution and the international refugee crisis. I moved the motion that conflict resolution, climate change and the protection of human rights should be at the heart of UK foreign policy. Effective action should be taken to alleviate the refugee crisis, and I called on the Government to lead international efforts through the United Nations and other international organisations to ensure that human rights are protected and upheld around the world. This was an essential chance for the Labour Party to set the agenda in Parliament and highlight the dire situation in countries such as Myanmar, Yemen and Syria. With President Trump withdrawing funds from the UN agency supporting Palestinian refugees and moving the US Embassy to Jerusalem it is clear that the UK cannot simply continue to follow meekly behind America and hope for the best on the world stage. Constituency Report (February 2018) Prime Minister’s Questions Celebrating the Centenary of Women’s Suffrage, 6 Feb Campaigning in Bexley, 20 Jan Meeting LGBT Activists from across the Commonwealth, 23 Jan
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In January with Theresa May in China I stood in for
Jeremy Corbyn at Prime Minister’s Questions. As we
are celebrating the Centenary of some women gaining
the right to vote I used this opportunity to remind the
House that we still need to make a lot more progress
before women are fully represented in Parliament.
In light of this Centenary, I believe it is time to lower
the voting age to 16, and I made that argument to the
Prime Minister’s stand in David Lidington. Scotland
and Wales have led the way in reducing the voting age
to 16 and I believe it is time for England to follow suit.
Opposition Day Debate
On the 24th of January I led an opposition day debate
for Labour on the issue of human rights, conflict
resolution and the international refugee crisis.
I moved the motion that conflict resolution, climate
change and the protection of human rights should be
at the heart of UK foreign policy. Effective action
should be taken to alleviate the refugee crisis, and I
called on the Government to lead international efforts
through the United Nations and other international
organisations to ensure that human rights are
protected and upheld around the world.
This was an essential chance for the Labour Party to
set the agenda in Parliament and highlight the dire
situation in countries such as Myanmar, Yemen and
Syria. With President Trump withdrawing funds from
the UN agency supporting Palestinian refugees and
moving the US Embassy to Jerusalem it is clear that
the UK cannot simply continue to follow meekly behind