SEND Roundtable

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Today, I hosted a roundtable in Parliament to hear from the real experts on SEND: parents and teachers.

Wonderful to be joined by the Minister for School Standards, Georgia Gould MP, who listened directly to headteachers and parents from Southgate and Wood Green on proposed reforms.

Thank you to everyone who attended and I look forward to following up on your concerns with the Department for Education. Your voices must be heard.

If you have SEND experience, please contribute to the consultation before it closes on the 18th of May: https://consult.education.gov.uk/…/send-reform-putting…/

Regulations on Forest Risk Commodities

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I alongside other cross-party MPs and peers have urged the UK government to act on deforestation in an open letter to the Secretary of State for Business & Trade, and to the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Our open letter calls for long-overdue regulations to end UK imports linked to illegal deforestation. Nearly five years after the Environment Act, the secondary legislation needed to make these protections real is still missing.

This is about more than forests, it’s about business certainty, human rights, and aligning with global standards. Major UK retailers and chocolate producers are already calling for clear, robust rules, and regulation that delivers both fairness and clarity across supply chains.

Read the letter below.

open-letter-about-forest-risk-commodity-regulationsDownload

Meeting Alice in Parliament

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It was a pleasure to meet Alice, a student of Laurel Park School proudly living with PANS.

As part of the PANS PANDAS UK Youth Advisory Board, Alice came to Parliament to talk to MPs about Paediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome and her experience with it. It was great to hear from the experts about the impact of PANS on both physical and mental health, and what more support young people like Alice need from the Government.

We even got a photo with Glitch the Panda! Well done, Alice!

Improving Palliative Care

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Please read the below letter I have signed with my colleagues calling for the new Modern Service Framework on Palliative and End of Life Care to deliver for the patients who need it.

Joint MP letter – The Great Daffodil Appeal and the Modern Service Framework for PEoLC in EnglandDownload

Investment Supporting Global Education

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Meeting with Home Secretary

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Many constituents of Southgate and Wood Green have contacted me about changes to immigration rules.

Following this, I sat down with the Home Secretary for a constructive discussion about these issues and to raise their concerns.

Cyprus APPG Briefing

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In response to the situation in the Middle East, Stephen Doughty MP, the Minister for Europe, sat down with members of the APPG for Cyprus today to brief us on the Government’s action on Cyprus and the UK’s Sovereign Bases.

In response to the situation in the Middle East, Stephen Doughty MP, the Minister for Europe, sat down with members of the APPG for Cyprus today to brief us on the Government’s action on Cyprus and the UK’s Sovereign Bases.

I was grateful for the opportunity to discuss the cooperation and coordination of the UK with the Republic of Cyprus in keeping Cyprus, active British personnel, their families and British nationals safe. I was also pleased to receive confirmation that RAF Akrotiri is not being used for any defensive action and the US is not operating from Akrotiri.

I would like to offer reassurance to my constituents that the Government has taken all necessary measures to protect the security of Cyprus.

Drone Attack on RAF Akrotiri

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Advice for constituents stranded in the Middle East

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The FCDO is providing support to British nationals in the Middle East.

Please register your presence in the region at http://www.contact.service.csd.fcdo.gov.uk/ or call the advice line on +44 (0)20 7008 5000.

Please follow FCDO travel advice: Foreign Office travel advice updates – GOV.UK