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• September 2017 Newsletter

  September 22, 2017

  My July newsletter is now out, with news from Aberavon and Parliament.

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• Aberavon MP Stephen Kinnock Cautiously Welcomes News Of Joint Venture

  September 20, 2017

  Commenting on today's news of the joint venture between Thyssenkrupp and Tata Steel, Stephen Kinnock, Member of Parliament for Aberavon, home of the Port Talbot steelworks, said: "In principle I welcome this news as it brings together two giants of the European steel industry, creating the sort of scale and synergies that could potentially deliver significant competitive advantage. 

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• Cross party group of politicians joins forces with community campaigners to protest against proposed Baglan Prison

  September 18, 2017

  The cross-party group will be hosting representatives from the Ministry of Justice at a public meeting that has been organised by Stephen Kinnock MP. The meeting will be taking place on Wednesday 20th September at 7pm, in the Aberavon Beach Hotel.

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• Nissan Letter

  September 13, 2017

  My question to the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on the famous letter to Nissan:

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• Look Again At Felindre As A More Appropriate Site To Locate The Prison

  September 13, 2017

    It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Brady. I thank the hon. Member for Dwyfor Meirionnydd (Liz Saville Roberts) for securing this debate. The proposals for a new prison in my constituency have caused consternation among many local residents. Their frustration has been exacerbated by the Minister’s reluctance to visit the constituency and to hear the concerns of residents directly from them. Back in March, I warned the Minister that if he did not engage comprehensively with the local community, speculation would grow. Six months on, the Minister has failed to engage with the community, with the result that speculation is indeed rife, and there is guesswork and hearsay. When the Government fail to give us the information we need, what else do they expect?

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• Response From Sam Gyimah MP

  September 12, 2017

  The latest response I have received from the Minister for Prisons, Sam Gyimah MP:

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• European Union (Withdrawal) Bill Looks Like A Silent Coup

  September 12, 2017

  It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent South (Jack Brereton). Last June, the British people voted to leave the European Union. It was an outcome that I campaigned against, but it is a decision that I fully accept and respect as a democrat. That is why I voted to trigger article 50, and I have spent the past 15 months considering how to make Brexit work. It is precisely in that vein, driven by a desire to defend and advance our national interest and to enact the will of the British people, that I have risen today to urge hon. Members to decline to give this Bill a Second Reading.

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• Stephen Kinnock Calls On Government To Commit To Vote On Membership Of EEA

  September 07, 2017

  In questions to the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, I called on him to commit to a vote on British membership of the EEA:

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• Stephen Kinnock Expresses His Disappointment As Minister Turns Down Invite To Public Meeting

  September 06, 2017

    Aberavon MP Stephen Kinnock has expressed his disappointment after Prisons Minister Sam Gyimah MP turned down the invitation to attend a public meeting on the proposed prison in Port Talbot.  In the first questions in Parliament after the summer recess, Mr Kinnock said, ‘The Minister’s plans to build a prison on the Baglan industrial park in my constituency are causing a huge amount of concern and disquiet with the community. Could I urge the Minister to come to the public meeting that I have organised on the 20th of September to explain the position to the community?’

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• EU Negotiations

  September 06, 2017

  The Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union updated Parliament on the negotiations that have taken place during the summer recess. I asked him about how the chaotic and shambolic way the negotiations were impacting on economic growth.

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