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Community cafe ask for helpI recently visited FoodCycle’s Station House Community Café . They also had celeb Thom from Channel 4’s ‘Three Hungry Boys’ . We were invited there to show our support for FoodCycle and help to reach their £5,000 target on crowdsourcing website PeopleFund.it. The café is based at MIND in Haringey on Stapleton Hall Road. It uses surplus food... |
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Body Confidence – Huffington Post
The campaign to push back against the relentless pressure to be a singular perfect shape and size continues. Here is my recent piece on the Government Body Confidence campaign for the Huffington Post. ...
What 10 minute rule bill would you like me to raise?
Sorry for doing two posts in a day, but because I only found out about this yesterday, and the deadline is short, I didn’t want to delay. The good news is I won in the ballot to get a ten minute … Continue reading →...
Speaking out about prejudice
This week I signed a Book of Commitment in the House of Commons to honour those who died during the Holocaust. Today marks the 67th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the Nazi concentration camp which is the site of the largest … Continue reading →...
High Pay – time to call a halt to the executive gravy train
Vince Cable has made announcements this week on Coalition Government proposals to help rein in excessive levels of pay for company directors and senior staff. It’s an issue that I have raised on many occasions so I’m pleased to see action at last. As I pointed out in a debate on bankers’...
Silk Commission gives evidence in Parliament to Select Committee
Commenting after the Silk Commission’s appearance at the Welsh Affairs Select Committee, Mark Williams said: “I am delighted to hear that the Silk Commission will undertake the widest possible consultation across Wales and the border, though I hope the much maligned curry nights of the All Wales...
Williams opens the ‘Send my Sister to School’ Exhibition in Parliament
Welsh Liberal Democrat MP Mark Williams has spoken at the opening of the Send my Sister to school Exhibition in Parliament. The exhibition is a showcase of work done by young people in schools, colleges and voluntary groups across the whole country as part of ActionAid’s ‘Send my Sister to School’...
Williams reports back to the Royal British Legion County Conference
Speaking at the County Conference of Ceredigion’s Royal British Legion, Welsh Liberal Democrat MP Mark Williams commended the leader once again for the Legion’s work over the preceding year, and their success in the 2011 Poppy Appeal. Mark Williams reported back that the Government had conceded...
Williams backs Individual Voter Registration
Welsh Liberal Democrat MP Mark Williams has this week debated in the House of Commons the issue Individual Voter Registration with Government Ministers. Whilst Mr Williams and the Liberal Democrats very much welcome the proposals to register voters individually rather than by a head of household, he...
Guest Blog: Let’s Celebrate Chinese New Year
Today Manchester and communities all over the world will celebrate Chinese New Year. Chinese New Year is the longest and most important festivity in the Chinese calendar, and enjoys a whole 15 days of celebrations, from luscious banquets to spectacular … Continue reading →...
Australian Government Peak Oil Report
The link is to a copy of a report produced by the Australian Government in 2009 which was then as far as I can tell sat on and removed from the list of reports.The summary includes the following:The trends in discovery of oil can be used to project similar trends in the subsequentproduction of oil. Using...
Australian Government Peak Oil Report
The link is to a copy of a report produced by the Australian Government in 2009 which was then as far as I can tell sat on and removed from the list of reports.The summary includes the following:The trends in discovery of oil can be used to project similar trends in the subsequentproduction of oil. Using...
Representation
This is my most recent column published in the Ham & High: Our Parliament has come a long way in recent years. In fact, watching ‘The Iron Lady’ with Margaret Thatcher sticking out like a blue female sore thumb amongst the total male greyness of the then chamber – it reminded me of how recently...
Court of protection story in The Telegraph
The link is to a story where a local council attempted to stop an elderly lady with dementia from going on a cruise. In this instance the CoP found for the human beings. My experience is that it normally finds for the state however bad the arguments for the state happen to be....
Speaking up for Bristol’s High Streets in Parliament
Parliament yesterday spent over 6 hours debating the future of our high streets and town centres. The debate came on the back of the Portas Review of the High Street, commissioned by the PM and DPM. Mary Portas made 28 recommendations, most of which I endorse. Bristol’s retail scene has been...
