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Cobham Letter

I have written to Andrea Leadsom, Secretary of State for Business, calling for government to intervene in the proposed takeover of British aerospace firm Cobham by a US vulture private equity firm.

Terror victim legal aid EDM

I signed EDM 2368 calling on government to fund legal aid costs for the families of victims of terrorism, a campaign started by the family of a victim of the London Bridge attack.

Dilpasand Restaurant

I visited Dilpasand, a great new restaurant on the High Road and one of the few serving Pakistani food in Streatham, to talk about local business, and the challenges of opening a restaurant.

Creative Soul

Visiting Creative Soul, an arts and design shop on Streatham High Road to discuss business, the local economy and the art and creative scene in Streatham that supply them.

Roupell Estate Campaigning

I visited the Roupell Park estate in Brixton Hill to talk to residents about issues on the estate and to hear their views on local and national issues.

Grieve SO24

I wrote to the new Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid calling on him to back our call for significant investment in public services, skills, infrastructure and adopt a full industrial strategy.

Brexit rally

I attended the March for Change with Remain activists and Liberal Democrat members to call for a People’s Vote and to stop Brexit.

Balham campaigning

I knocked on doors on Cavendish Road to talk to residents about local issues. Two local school children gave me one of their posters raising awareness of climate change!

Sudbourne School

I visited Clapham Park estate to see the new community centre The Cube for a tour of the new facilities and to talk to local young people about issues such as knife crime and youth services.

Sudbourne School

I visited Sudbourne School to talk to students and the school council about politics, Brexit and their aspirations for the future on the last day of term.

Prorogation Amendment

I voted in favour of Hilary Benn’s amendment to the Northern Ireland bill to prevent a future Tory Prime Minister from suspending Parliament to force through a No Deal Brexit.

BEIS Q

I raised the issue of the new mandatory two-factor authentication rules for online purchases from September with the Business Minister and warned of the major disruption to online retail unprepared for the changes.

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