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  • Preet Gill – 2021 Comments on the Government’s Afghanistan Aid Announcement

    Preet Gill – 2021 Comments on the Government’s Afghanistan Aid Announcement

    The comments made by Preet Gill, the Shadow Secretary of State for International Development on 3 September 2021.

    While this latest U-turn to return to 2019 levels for Afghanistan is welcome, the savage cuts already imposed by this government on the Afghan people have caused untold damage.

    Afghanistan was already facing a humanitarian crisis with 18 million people needing humanitarian assistance earlier this year when Dominic Raab decided to unnecessarily slash life-saving aid to programmes without any due diligence or care.

    Labour has consistently called for the Government to reverse the aid cuts and warned of the dangers of retreating from the world stage.

  • Nick Thomas-Symonds – 2021 Comments on Laughing Gas Possession

    Nick Thomas-Symonds – 2021 Comments on Laughing Gas Possession

    The comments made by Nick Thomas-Symonds, the Shadow Home Secretary, on 3 September 2021.

    Under the Conservatives we have seen anti-social behaviour rocket recently and serious concerns about people openly dealing drugs, clamping down on this must be a priority.

    It is right that the Independent Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs assesses the concerning use of nitrous oxide, to assess the harm this causes and considers different options. However, this will not be an answer to the terrible impact Conservative cuts to policing have caused.

  • Ed Miliband – 2021 Comments on Supply Chain Problems

    Ed Miliband – 2021 Comments on Supply Chain Problems

    The comments made by Ed Miliband, the Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on 3 September 2021.

    The Government must get a grip on the supply chain crisis facing our economy. While they act as if the problem will solve itself, businesses are telling government these problems are only going to grow. The serious disruption and added costs risk harming our recovery and passing costs to consumers.

    Ministers have a habit of ignoring warnings and shifting the burden of blame to businesses. But it is their undermining of our country’s skills training system, failure to deliver on their promise to cut barriers facing businesses and belief in an insecure labour market with poor terms and conditions that has created this crisis.

    The long-term problems in the HGV sector will not be solved by making drivers work longer hours but by training workers and improving their terms and conditions. What we are seeing across our economy should be a wake-up call to government that insecurity and low pay cannot build the high performing economy we need.

    It’s time for the Prime Minister to take this situation seriously and appoint a minister to work across government and come up with a clear plan with businesses and unions to improve wages and conditions in key sectors. Any responsible government would act to sort out the problems firms are facing. This is what Britain’s businesses, workers and consumers have a right to expect.

  • CONSTITUENCY ARCHIVE : Itchen Constituency

    Part of the constituency archive.

    ITCHEN

    23 Feb 1950 – Ralph Morley (25 Oct 1882 – 14 Jun 1955) aged 72

    26 May 1955 – Horace Maybray King,later [1971] Baron Maybray-King [L] (25 May 1901 – 3 Sep 1986) aged 85

    27 May 1971 – Richard Charles Mitchell (22 Aug 1927 – 18 Sep 2003) aged 76

    9 Jun 1983 – Christopher Robert Chope (19 May 1947 – )

    9 Apr 1992 – John Yorke Denham (15 Jul 1953 – )

    7 May 2015 – Royston Matthew Smith GM (13 May 1964 – )

  • CONSTITUENCY ARCHIVE : Islwyn Constituency

    Part of the constituency archive.

    ISLWYN

    9 Jun 1983 – Neil Gordon Kinnock,later [2005] Baron Kinnock [L] (28 Mar 1942 – )

    16 Feb 1995 – James Donnelly Touhig, later [2010] Baron Touhig [L] (5 Dec 1947 – )

    6 May 2010 – Christopher James Evans (7 Jul 1976 – )

  • CONSTITUENCY ARCHIVE : Islington Central Constituency

    Part of the constituency archive.

    ISLINGTON CENTRAL

    28 Feb 1974 – John Douglas Grant (16 Oct 1932 – 29 Sep 2000) aged 67

    CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1983

  • CONSTITUENCY ARCHIVE : Isle of Thanet Constituency

    Part of the constituency archive.

    ISLE OF THANET

    1 Dec 1885 – Edward Robert King-Harman (1838 – 10 Jun 1888) aged 49

    29 Jun 1888 – James Lowther (1 Dec 1840 – 12 Sep 1904) aged 63

    7 Oct 1904 – Harry Hananel Marks (9 Apr 1855 – 22 Dec 1916) aged 61

    25 Jan 1910 – Norman Carlyle Craig (15 Nov 1868 – 14 Oct 1919) aged 50

    15 Nov 1919 – Esmond Cecil Harmsworth,later [1940] 2nd Viscount Rothermere (29 May 1898 – 12 Jul 1978) aged 80

    30 May 1929 – Harold Harington Balfour,later [1945]  1st Baron Balfour of Inchrye (1 Nov 1897 – 21 Sep 1988) aged 90

    26 Jul 1945 – Edward Carson (17 Feb 1920 – 6 Mar 1987) aged 67

    12 Mar 1953 – William Rupert Rees-Davies (19 Nov 1916 – 12 Jan 1992) aged 75

    CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED FEB 1974 (split into Thanet East and Thanet West)

  • CONSTITUENCY ARCHIVE : Isle of Ely Constituency

    Part of the constituency archive.

    ISLE OF ELY

    14 Dec 1918 – Colin Reith Coote [kt 1962] (18 Oct 1893 – 8 Jun 1979) aged 85

    15 Nov 1922 – Norman Coates (27 Apr 1890 – 21 Mar 1966) aged 75

    6 Dec 1923 – Henry Ludwig Mond,later [1930] 2nd Baron Melchett (10 May 1898 – 22 Jan 1949) aged 50

    29 Oct 1924 – Sir Hugh Vere Huntly Duff Lucas-Tooth (Munro-Lucas-Tooth from 1965),1st baronet (13 Jan 1903 – 18 Nov 1985) aged 82

    30 May 1929 – James Armand Edmond de Rothschild (1 Dec 1878 – 7 May 1957) aged 78

    26 Jul 1945 – Edward Alexander Henry Legge-Bourke [kt 1960] (16 May 1914 – 21 May 1973) aged 59

    26 Jul 1973 – Clement Raphael Freud [kt 1987] (24 Apr 1924 – 15 Apr 2009) aged 84

    CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1983

  • Robert Jenrick – 2021 Comments on Affordable Housing

    Robert Jenrick – 2021 Comments on Affordable Housing

    The comments made by Robert Jenrick, the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, on 31 August 2021.

    Creating more opportunities for home ownership is central to this government. This £9 billion funding is a landmark moment for our Affordable Homes Programme and will ensure good quality housing for all as we build back better after the pandemic.

    This huge funding package will make the ambition of owning a home a reality for families by making it realistic and affordable.

    We are also ensuring tens of thousands of new homes for rent are built in the years ahead, including social rent, so those on the lowest incomes can enjoy good quality, secure rented homes, built and managed by reputable providers.

  • Lothian Buses – 2021 Statement on Running Advertising Sexualising Passengers

    Lothian Buses – 2021 Statement on Running Advertising Sexualising Passengers

    The statement issued by Lothian Buses on 31 August 2021.

    External advertising on our vehicles is managed by our partners, Global – we have passed your comments on for their attention.