Author Archives: JimfromOldham

Sky News Interview on Cassie & Ryan Claydon’s Stillbirth Registration Campaign

It was an honour to sit alongside Chadderton couple Cassie and Ryan Claydon on Sky News to talk about their campaign to allow remote stillbirth registrations in England and Wales, so that grieving parents don’t have to attend the registrars office in person waiting alongside new parents and their newborn babies. It was a privilegeContinue reading “Sky News Interview on Cassie & Ryan Claydon’s Stillbirth Registration Campaign”

Summer School 2026 Day 3

Thanks to the BBC at MediaCityUK and Aviva Studios in Manchester for giving the students such a fantastic day in the heart of our city-region. Their morning was spent at Aviva Studios which had the ‘AI WEIWEI: BUTTON UP!’ Exhibition, a brilliant look at the impact of protest through art and how we can allContinue reading “Summer School 2026 Day 3”

This Ten Minute Rule Bill on Stillbirth Registration is thanks to Ryan & Cassie Claydon

It was a pleasure to welcome Chadderton couple Cassie and Ryan Claydon to Parliament today to hear the Ten Minute Rule Bill they proposed to change the law in England and Wales to allow the remote registration of stillbirths. This is quite a moment; to see an issue raised at a constituency advice surgery inContinue reading “This Ten Minute Rule Bill on Stillbirth Registration is thanks to Ryan & Cassie Claydon”

Statement during the debate on the Immigration & Asylum Bill

The Home Office is moving quickly to change the law and remove the legal block to deport evil Rochdale Grooming Gang ringleader Shabir Ahmed. I welcome these efforts and ask that we see both pace and look at the option of recalling him back to prison pending deportation – in the end the Parole BoardContinue reading “Statement during the debate on the Immigration & Asylum Bill”

Summer School 2026 Day 2

It was great to welcome this year’s summer school to Parliament. They were given a brilliant tour of the Parliamentary estate including Westminster Hall & Central Lobby before joining me on the terrace overlooking the Thames and opposite the London Eye. We had a chance to talk about the process of taking important issues andContinue reading “Summer School 2026 Day 2”

A small change that will make a meaningful difference

Parents of stillborn babies are asking for a simple change to the law that would spare them unnecessary distress at one of the most challenging moments of their lives. Cassie and Ryan Claydon are constituents of mine in Chadderton. They experienced the devastating loss of their daughter, Matilda at 36 weeks, and told me aboutContinue reading “A small change that will make a meaningful difference”

Update on Miocare at Chadderton Hall Park

I know users and families are concerned about the uncertainty on the day centre at Chadderton Hall Park operated by Miocare. I raised the issue with council officials recently and was assured that the closure proposed as part of budget savings was not going ahead as planned originally and it had been paused to allowContinue reading “Update on Miocare at Chadderton Hall Park”