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13th December 2016

Clampdown on high stakes gambling machines welcomed

SWANSEA East MP Carolyn Harris has expressed her delight at powers being given to the Welsh Government to ban high stakes gambling machines. … [Read more...]

27th November 2016

Swansea MP leads debate calling for child burial fees to be scrapped

A Swansea MP will press the government to fund a scheme to scrap children’s burial fees. Carolyn Harris who represents Swansea East will speak at adjournment debate tonight [Monday] urging ministers to put money into a proposed central fund. Mrs Harris lost her son Martin in a car accident in 1989. She was forced to take out a loan to bury the eight-year-old. Speaker John Bercow has … [Read more...]

21st November 2016

Labour wants Pension Credits extended for WASPI women

Labour has today outlined our plans to help end the plight of the tens of thousands of women abandoned to live in poverty by the Tory Government’s changes to their state pension age. Under the plan, Pension Credit will be extended to those who were due to retire before the chaotic pension age increase of the Conservative-led Coalition Government. This would alleviate the worst of the impacts … [Read more...]

16th November 2016

Welsh Charitable Housing Association Hafan Cymru delivers Spectrum session to MPs

Staff from Hafan Cymru today delivered an informative session of their ground breaking Spectrum programme to MPs and senior officials following an invitation by Carolyn Harris MP to the House of Commons. Spectrum which is funded by Welsh Government, began in 2005 and is delivered in schools across Wales. Since 2014 alone Spectrum resources have helped to educate 47,335 children and young … [Read more...]

10th November 2016

MP highlights internet sales safety awareness

A Swansea MP is pressing the government to highlight the dangers of counterfeit and substandard electrical goods in the run up to the Christmas retail period. The call comes in advance of National Consumer Week, starting on 28 November, which will focus on the growing trend of potentially hazardous gifts bought on the internet and entering the UK. Speaking in the House of Commons, Carolyn … [Read more...]

8th November 2016

Swansea MP condemns rock band being investigated for alleged hate crimes

Swansea East MP Carolyn Harris has issued a withering attack on a city-based rock band being investigated by police for alleged hate crimes. … [Read more...]