I spoke in Education Questions today about the importance of ensuring we invest now in the skills of the future.
"โ๐๐ณ ๐๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ณ , ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐๐ถ๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐-๐ด๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐๐ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด.
๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐ฎ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฃ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐บ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ป
I was the second MP to sign Simon Clarkes amendment last week and my name appears on the bill.
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'๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฌ๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต ๐ข๐ฃ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ค๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐จ๐บ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐บ.
Today is White Ribbon Day - Founded by White Ribbon UK -the UKโs leading charity engaging men and boys to end violence against women and girls.
The focus this year is on #TheGoal - A campaign to raise awareness about the challenges โ and dangers โ women and girls face in traditionally male-dominate
I hosted a meeting for businesses affected by the closure of the Menai Bridge with two Senedd representatives for North Wales - Sam Rowlands and Mark Isherwood MS โ and the Mayor of Porthaethwy/Menai Bridge, William Love, representing the Cyngor Tref Porthaethwy/Menai Bridge Town Council.
In Business Questions I said pob lwc - good luck - to the Wales football team in their match against England next Tuesday - especially Anglesey's Wayne Hennessey - and of course for their match against Iran tomorrow too!
I also asked the Leader of the House Penny Mordaunt MP the following:
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Following my recent meetings and conversations with Menai Bridge and Beaumaris businesses I wrote to Lee Walters MS the Welsh Government Climate Minister.
I asked the Minister to meet with myself and business owners to discuss some of the points raised, including reduced business rates and financia
I asked the Secretary of State Michael Gove the following:
โI am delighted to support Anglesey Councils ยฃ17m levelling-up bid which includes excellent representation from the Holyhead Town Council - Cyngor Tref Caergybi, Mรดn CF Anglesey & Gwynedd, the Ucheldre Holyhead and the Church of Wales.
Welsh Affairs Select Committee - Talking floating offshore wind
Welsh Questions - Talking Freeports with the Secretary of State for Wales
Prime Minister's Questions - Great British Nuclear post Sizewell-C
Diabetes Day in Westminster - celebrating our Diabetes UK Champions
1922 Committee meeti
Today is #askhertostand day and the anniversary of the 1918 Qualification of the Women's Act being passed.
Women make up 51% of the UK Population (ONS) but only 35% of MPs are women.
The #AskHerToStand initiative puts the responsibility on everyone to reach out within their communities and ask wom