Terry Rooney for Bradford East

Monday 1 February

-                Attended a memorial event for Graham Goddard, the former Deputy Joint General Secretary of Unite

-                Work and Pensions Questions in the Chamber

-                Attended the launch of the Civil Service Pensioners Alliance and UNITE Federation’s Call to Action

Votes on the Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill

Tuesday 2 February

-                Attended a photocall to pledge my support to the British Legion’s ‘Do your bit’ campaign

-                Met a group of Argentinean parliamentarians to talk about the work of the Work and Pensions Select Committee

-                Met Cadbury workers who were lobbying parliament in protest at the takeover of Cadbury by Kraft

-                Attended the Liaison Committee’s meeting with the Prime Minister

-                Attended the All Party Group on Smoking on Health at which the Public Health Minister, Gillian Merron spoke on the government’s tobacco strategy, and where tributes were paid to the late David Taylor MP, former chair of the Group

-                Attended the Homeless Link reception where they launched their manifesto for a country free from homelessness

-                Attended the UNITE Health B4 Profit briefing reception

-                Attended a meeting with the Director of Political Strategy to the Prime Minister

-                Attended a meeting of the Labour Campaign for International Development

Votes on the Flood and Water Management Bill

Wednesday 3 February

-                Chaired the meeting of the Work and Pensions Select Committee where we took evidence for our report on the Local Housing Allowance,

-                Hosted a round-table discussion on helping homeless people into work at which Jim Knight, Minister for Work, was present

-                Attended the Justice and Peace in Kashmir conference

Monday 8 February

-                Attended a reception hosted by the Speaker for the National Autistic Society

Vote on the Terrorist Asset-Freezing (Temporary Provisions) Bill

Tuesday 9 February

-                Recorded a slot for BBC Radio 4’s You and Yours on the publication of the Work and Pensions Committee report on Decision making and appeals in the benefits system

-                Attended the launch of 4Children’s ‘Shout out for Sure Start’ campaign

-                Attended the Fabian Society’s policy network seminar on ‘Work, Skills and the Benefit Trap’ at which Yvette Cooper, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions was speaking

-                One-to-one meeting with representatives of the Citizens Advice to discuss issues around the Work Capability Assessment

-                Attended a meeting of the Yorkshire Group of Labour MPs at which Jim Knight, Minister for Work, talked about the Employment White Paper

Votes on the Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill

Wednesday 10 February

-                Chaired meeting of the Work and Pensions Select Committee were we considered the draft of our report the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission

Thursday 11 February – Friday 19 February

Out and about in Bradford whilst the House of Commons was on recess

Monday 22 February

-                One-to-one meeting with representative of the National Autistic Society

-                Chaired a meeting of the Work and Pensions Select Committee where we met with DWP officials to contribute to a review of DWP employment support for disabled people

Tuesday 23 February

-                Attended the Vtalentyear graduation event and met young volunteers from Bradford who were receiving awards

-                One-to-one meeting with the Minister for Transport to discuss the provision of motorcycle test facilities in the Bradford area

-                Attended a meeting of the Yorkshire Group of Labour MPs at which Ed Miliband, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, was present

Votes on the Children, Schools and Families Bill

Wednesday 24 February

-                Chaired meeting of the Work and Pensions Select Committee where we considered our report on the Management of Employment Programmes

-                One-to-one meeting with the Chief Executive of the Construction Skills Certification Scheme

-                Attended an event to launch the Robin Hood Tax Campaign

-                Attended a reception hosted by the Social Investment Business