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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!
Leasehold
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, if she will take steps to prevent long leases from becoming assured shorthold tenancies.
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Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme: Truro and Falmouth
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, which listed places of worship have received grants under the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme in Truro and Falmouth constituency.
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Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme
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, how she plans to support listed places of worship with repairs and renovation after the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme ends.
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Free School Meals
Department for Education
Jayne Kirkham received a response to a question they put to the government
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of increasing the qualifying earnings threshold for free school meals on levels of child...
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Engagements
The Prime Minister was asked
Jayne Kirkham made a speech in the House of Commons
I start by congratulating Truro City football club, who have gone from homelessness to league champions in one season. In Cornwall, clean energy is a huge opportunity. We are fortunate to have...
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Higher Education: Finance
Department for Education
Jayne Kirkham received a response to a question they put to the government
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support rural and regional universities to access funding.
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Universal Credit: Free School Meals and Health Start Scheme
Department for Work and Pensions
Jayne Kirkham received a response to a question they put to the government
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of registering eligible households for (a) free school meal and (b) NHS Healthy...
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Healthy Start Scheme
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 steps he is taking to ensure that everyone entitled to NHS Healthy Start is registered to receive it.
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Healthy Start Scheme
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, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of training convenience store staff and managers on the (a) administration and (b)...
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Schools: Solar Power
Department for Education
Jayne Kirkham received a response to a question they put to the government
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of permitting pay-as-you-save soft loans from community energy enterprises into solar panels on...
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Legal Aid Scheme: Cornwall
Ministry of Justice
Jayne Kirkham received a response to a question they put to the government
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many civil legal aid firms there were in Cornwall in each year for which data is available.
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Legal Aid Scheme: Finance
Ministry of Justice
Jayne Kirkham received a response to a question they put to the government
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding the Government has allocated to legal aid in England and Wales in each financial year since 2010.
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Legal Aid Scheme: Truro and Falmouth
Ministry of Justice
Jayne Kirkham received a response to a question they put to the government
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she has taken to increase provision of legal aid in the south west of England.
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Legal Aid Scheme: Truro and Falmouth
Ministry of Justice
Jayne Kirkham received a response to a question they put to the government
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data her Department holds on the number of civil legal aid firms in Truro and Falmouth for each year data is available.
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Civil Proceedings: Legal Aid Scheme
Ministry of Justice
Jayne Kirkham received a response to a question they put to the government
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many civil legal aid offices with a civil legal aid contract started less than 10 cases by each (a) local authority and (b) area of law in the (i)...
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Civil Proceedings: Legal Aid Scheme
Ministry of Justice
Jayne Kirkham received a response to a question they put to the government
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many civil legal aid offices with a civil legal aid contract started zero cases by each (a) local authority and (b) area of law in the (i) 2022-23,...
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Sewage
Commons debates
I sit on the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, and we are also making submissions to the Cunliffe review. I do not believe ownership of water is outside the scope of the review. It...
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British Steel
Commons debates
Does the Minister, in contrast with the last speaker, agree that the future of this country is in clean power, safely produced from our own natural resources, such as floating offshore wind in...
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Museums and Galleries: 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, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of expanding the funding criteria for the Museum Renewal Fund to include museums...
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Legal Aid: Rural Areas
Justice
Jayne Kirkham made a speech in the House of Commons
Cornwall is a big rural legal aid desert. We have many volunteers who would be prepared to help and Citizens Advice could act as an umbrella organisation. Will the Minister meet me to discuss how...
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