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January 2010
Monday 11 January
- Attended a meeting on Social Care with Phil Hope, the Minister for Care Services
Vote on the Children, Schools and Families Bill
Tuesday 12 January
- Attended Westminster Hall... November 2009 Westminster Diary
Monday 2 November - Visited Leeds with the Select Committee where we met a number of senior people in DWP tribunal system to learn more about the DWP appeals system... October 2009 Westminster Diary
Monday 12 October
- Return to Westminster
Votes on Health Bill
Tuesday 13 October
- One-to-one
meeting with representatives of FourstaR Employment and
Skills
- Chaired
special briefing meeting of the Work and Pensions Select Committee
with... June 2009 Westminster Diary
Monday 1 June
- Attended a reception organised by Skillsmart
Retail on the theme of ‘Upskilling
for Recovery”
- Attended the Parliamentary launch of the
Friends of Off the
Streets and into Work
- Attended the... May 2009 Westminster Diary
Monday 4 May – Thursday 7th
May
- Work
and Pensions Select Committee visit to Canada looking at their
policies on Pensioner Poverty
Monday 11 May
- Attended
the launch of the South Asian Consensus Group... April 2009 Westminster Diary
Wednesday 1st
April
- Chaired the meeting of the Work and Pensions
Select Committee where we discussed our Equalities
Inquiry
- Meeting with Bradford MPs and representatives
of Westfield to talk about lack of progress on... March 2009 Westminster Diary
Monday 2nd
March
- Attended
a celebration to mark the successful passage of the Health &
Safety Act with Lord McKenzie at the Department for Work and
Pensions
Vote on the Political Parties and Elections
Bill... February 2009 Westminster Diary
Monday 2 February
Although I
managed to make it into the office in the House of Commons,
unfortunately some of my meetings were cancelled because all
transport in London was severely affected by the... January 2009 Westminster Diary
Monday
12th January - Attended the launch of the Women’s Budget
Group - Attended a meeting to
discuss the future of the Social Fund Vote on the Business Rate Supplements
Bill Tuesday 13th January... Week beginning 21 July 2008
Monday 21 July
I went with
one of my constituents, Majidu
Ahmed, to meet Bill Rammell, the Minister for Lifelong
Learning, to see what can be done to help Majidu get a place
to study... Week beginning 14 July 2008
Monday 14 July
My first
meeting of the week was with representatives of the British Chambers of Commerce who were
interested in my views on the impact of regulation on businesses as
well as... Week beginning 7 July 2008
Monday 7 July
At our
regular meeting, the Work and Pensions Select Committee met the
Chief Executive of the Personal Accounts
Delivery Authority.
Tuesday 8 July
I began the
day by attending a breakfast meeting organised... Week beginning 30 June
Monday 30 June
I met with a
representative of the CREATE
consortium and heard about their proposals for a community
allowance. See
here for more
information.
Tuesday 1 July
I had a
productive meeting with Stephen Timms,
the Minister... Week beginning 23 June
Tuesday 24 June
I went to an
event organised by the National Deaf
Children’s Society as part of their Close the Gap campaign.
The campaign aims to break down the barriers that are holding... Week beginning 16 June
Monday 16 June
I began the
morning with a very useful meeting with someone from the
Consumer Council to talk about
consumer debt and advice available for those struggling with
debt.
In the
afternoon I... Week beginning 9 June
Monday 9 June
There was a
big rally and lobby of Parliament today organised by the TUC called
“Speak up for Public
Services”
The TUC
organised the mass rally and lobby of Parliament with thousands... Week beginning 2nd June
Monday 2 June
Arrived back
in Westminster after the Whitsun recess. First thing in the afternoon was
Work and Pensions Questions where
I raised the important question of the disproportionate costs of
child care... Week beginning 12 May
I spent the
week in Australia with the Work and Pensions Select
Committee as part of our current inquiry into the
Government Carers’ Strategy.
I arrived in
Sydney on Saturday morning (having left London... Week beginning 5 May 2008
Tuesday
6 May
On Tuesday afternoon
I chaired a round-table discussion organised by Microsoft on “How are innovations in
accessible technology bringing benefit to the UK economy and
society at large?” One of the... Week beginning 28 April 2008
Monday 28 April
I
began the week at an event hosted by John
Grooms and the Shaftesbury Society at which
they launched their ‘Freedom to Live’ campaign looking at issues
faced by the severely disabled....
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