This week in Parliament

A great final week down in Westminster as the house rose on Thursday for the Christmas recess.

The week began in Oldham with the Sports Town roundtable at Boundary Park before heading to the station.

Parliamentary activity began with a Westminster Hall 𝗱𝗲𝗯𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗦𝗮𝗳𝗲𝘁𝘆 𝗔𝗰𝘁, where I pressed the Government to make sure the law does enough to protect people, especially children, and keeps pace with how fast the online world is changing.

In the Chamber on Wednesday, I made a statement on the 𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗚𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 and what this means for Oldham and our local frontline services, setting out why fair funding matters and what what will change for local people after years of Tory underfunding.

I met with representatives from 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻 𝗟𝗲𝘄𝗶𝘀’𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆 & 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗲 to discuss a number of fairness campaigns whether it’s council tax collection, parking enforcement or the work I’m undertaking on HMRC mileage allowance payment so it reflects the real costs people face and stops working people being left out of pocket. A long way to go but great to see so many stakeholders & organisations engaging in our campaign.

There were also votes in the Commons this week on a number of Government bills which now mean that both the 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 & 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗔𝗰𝘁 and the 𝗘𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗔𝗰𝘁 are now in law strengthening workers’ rights and helping unlock the homes and infrastructure our communities need.

Then back up home to Oldham for our team Christmas meal at the fantastic Stocco restaurant on Yorkshire Street, and today through the weekend some important meetings, visits & engagements across the constituency before staying put into January.

Wishing everyone in Oldham West, Chadderton & Royton a very merry Christmas and a happy New Year