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Stop Ticket Office Closures
6th September at 6pm Rally at Truro Train Station to Support the Campaign to Protect…
8,200 Truro & Falmouth families hit by Tory mortgage penalty
Families face annual mortgage payment increase of £3500 this year under the Conservatives. Labour analysis…
Labour candidate Jayne Kirkham raises plight of Fal oyster fisheries
Jayne Kirkham is to speak to South West Water to discuss the latest threat to…
Moresk & Trehaverne candidate Sara Barnicoat
Moresk & Trehaverne by-election Thursday 22nd June Labour candidate Sara Barnicoat Born in Penzance, educated…
Cornwall’s Labour candidates pushing for extensive new housing powers from the next Labour government
The Labour Party Parliamentary Candidates, Jayne Kirkham in Truro and Falmouth, and Perran Moon in…
Labour calls for urgent action to address the Cornish housing crisis
While Cornwall suffers a crippling housing crisis affecting almost every aspect of local communities, the Conservative Government’s answer is to launch a limited consultation on planning permission. The proposal highlights just how out of touch the Conservatives are on one of the most pressing crises facing Cornwall. The Conservative Government…
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Labour Party MPs meet local Cornish business leaders
Chair of the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Parliamentary Select Committee, Labour’s Darren Jones MP, was in Truro on Thursday to listen to a group of Cornwall’s business leaders and attend a fundraising event in Redruth in the evening. Darren Jones was joined at the business meeting by Kerry McCarthy…
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Wes Streeting, Shadow Secretary for Health & Social Care, visits Cornwall
Wes Streeting, Shadow Secretary for Health & Social Care, visited Cornwall today. He was accompanied by Labour’s Parliamentary Candidates Perran Moon and Jayne Kirkham on a visit to the Royal Cornwall Hospital at Treliske, where he spoke to staff in the emergency and maternity wards about the immense pressures they…
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Jayne Kirkham MP – Latest Parliamentary Activity
See how our fantastic new Labour MP is representing you in parliament!
Agricultural Wages Board
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Jayne Kirkham received a response to a question they put to the government
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to restore the Agricultural Workers’ Board.
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Sustainable Farming Incentive
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Jayne Kirkham received a response to a question they put to the government
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether new Sustainable Farming Incentives will take into account the potential impacts of grazing moorland on controlling...
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Livestock: Dartmoor
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Jayne Kirkham received a response to a question they put to the government
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on what evidential basis reducing the number of (a) Dartmoor ponies and (b) other livestock will effectively control...
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Veterans: Asbestos
Ministry of Defence
Jayne Kirkham received a response to a question they put to the government
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he will consider including those veterans who were exposed to asbestos pre-1987 whilst on active service and who later contract lung cancer in...
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Geology: UK Trade with EU
Department for Business and Trade
Jayne Kirkham received a response to a question they put to the government
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to help make the process of moving geological samples between the UK and the EU (a) faster and (b) easier.
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First Time Buyers: Cornwall
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Jayne Kirkham received a response to a question they put to the government
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what support is available for first-time buyers in Cornwall.
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Rented Housing: Standards
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Jayne Kirkham received a response to a question they put to the government
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to help support landlords to ensure their properties comply with the Decent Homes...
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Ambassador to the United States
Commons debates
Will the right hon. Member give way?
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Palestinians: Visas
Home Office
Jayne Kirkham received a response to a question they put to the government
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has considered the potential merits of allowing Palestinians to (a) apply for visas online and (b) provide biometrics after...
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Palestinians: Visas
Home Office
Jayne Kirkham received a response to a question they put to the government
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made on supporting Palestinians with UK job offers to leave Gaza.
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Swimming Pools: Finance
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Jayne Kirkham received a response to a question they put to the government
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has considered the potential merits of targeting the £400 million grassroots sports fund on swimming pools.
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First Time Buyers: Government Assistance
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Jayne Kirkham received a response to a question they put to the government
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has considered introducing additional measures to support first-time buyers.
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After Clause 22 - Contractual duties of confidentiality relating to harassment and discrimination
Employment Rights Bill
Jayne Kirkham made a speech in the House of Commons
I refer the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. I, too, was a Unison rep, and I have taken contributions from Unison and other unions towards my election...
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After Clause 22 - Contractual duties of confidentiality relating to harassment and discrimination
Employment Rights Bill
Jayne Kirkham made a speech in the House of Commons
I am a former teaching assistant, and many teaching assistants were working under a form of zero-hours contracts. Does my hon. Friend agree that this Bill, as well as bringing back the...
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Regional Transport Inequality
Commons debates
Since I was elected last July, I have become closely acquainted with the long-distance London Paddington to Penzance line, which a number of my colleagues have mentioned. There was a big storm in...
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Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
Commons debates
As a member of the Committee, I attended the trip to Dover where we saw just how much meat could have been coming in in the white vans that were flooding in. Border Force is very busy and has...
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Business of the House
Commons debates
I congratulate Cornwall on being in wave one of the Government’s innovative roll-out of the neighbourhood health services. We are one of 43 areas making that shift and we have provided...
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Bus Services: Schools
Department for Transport
Jayne Kirkham received a response to a question they put to the government
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help ensure school bus travel is (a) affordable and (b) accessible in rural areas.
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Energy Performance Certificates
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Jayne Kirkham received a response to a question they put to the government
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he plans to take to support landlords to meet the deadline for all rental properties to have an EPC C minimum rating by 2030.
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Healthwatch: Cornwall
Department of Health and Social Care
Jayne Kirkham received a response to a question they put to the government
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the transfer of the functions of Healthwatch England to the Patient Experience...
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