Commons Diary October 2017

13 Oct 2017

House Magazine ‘It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness,…

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Healing the divides

09 Oct 2017

Progress, Written by Stephen Kinnock and Joe Jervis Labour’s next big social democratic project must be to unite our fractured nation Britain has so much going for it – economically, democratically and culturally. Yet as a country we find ourselves more divided and polarised than at any time since the second…

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Aberavon MP Stephen Kinnock Cautiously Welcomes News Of Joint Venture

20 Sep 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…

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

18 Sep 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. Attending to give updates will be Stephen Kinnock, MP…

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

06 Sep 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…

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Squaring Our Brexit Circle

31 Aug 2017

LabourList AN EEA / EFTA-BASED TRANSITION DEAL COULD UNITE THE LABOUR MOVEMENT AROUND A BREXIT THAT COMBINES MAXIMUM ACCESS TO THE SINGLE MARKET WITH PROGRESSIVE REFORM OF FREE MOVEMENT On Sunday Keir Starmer used an article in The Observer to call time on the ambiguity that had come to define Labour’s approach…

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Aberavon MP calls on Minister to reconsider decision that has left locals feeling ‘second class’

25 Aug 2017

Stephen Kinnock has written to Transport Secretary, Chris Grayling MP, to highlight the local anger and frustration felt over the decision to abandon plans to electrify the Great Western Main Line between Cardiff and Swansea. Local residents have been expressing their disappointment to the local MP about the Government’s decision…

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Tata Steel Pensions

11 Aug 2017

Aberavon MP calls on trustees to provide BSPS members with all required information, welcomes potential end to uncertainty and hails commitment of workforce to standing up for the steel industry, but it is about time we saw similar commitment from the government Commenting on the news that Tata Steel UK,…

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Kinnock Invites Minister To Port Talbot To Meet Residents Over Proposed Prison Plans

10 Aug 2017

Aberavon MP, Stephen Kinnock, has invited Sam Gyimah to Port Talbot to meet residents at a public meeting to discuss the proposals for a prison in Port Talbot. The public meeting will take place on Wednesday 20 September at 7pm in the Aberavon Beach Hotel. In his letter to the Minister Mr Kinnock…

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Britain can use EEA as comfortable waiting room before Brexit

31 Jul 2017

Financial Times The debate about what sort of Brexit the government should be seeking to secure has generated a tremendous amount of heat but not a great deal of light. Hard, soft, car crash, red white and blue — you name it, the list of random adjectives used to describe…

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Tory broken promises on rail electrification show they don’t care about Wales

20 Jul 2017

Responding to the shock announcement today that the electrification of the Great Western Main Line will not extend beyond Cardiff, Stephen Kinnock, Member of Parliament for Aberavon, said: “For years now the Tory government in Westminster has been promising that it will deliver full mainline rail electrification from Paddington to…

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A Song For Jo

17 Jul 2017

Jo Cox: More In Common, Book Review There’s a scene in Brendan Cox’s book that will remain seared into my memory for as long as I live. It takes place the day after Jo was brutally murdered. Her husband Brendan is sitting with their two young children, Cuillin and Lejla,…

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Steel To Be Used In Type 26 Frigates

13 Jul 2017

Commenting on reports following the tabling of his Written Questionsregarding the steel to be used in Type-26 Frigates and announcements from BAE, Stephen Kinnock, Member of Parliament for Aberavon, home of the Port Talbot steelworks, said: “It is a disgrace that the majority of steel to be used in the Type-26…

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Stephen Kinnock meets with Prisons Minister to raise local community concerns, leaving Minister in no doubt about strength of local feeling

12 Jul 2017

Today (Wednesday 12 July) Aberavon MP Stephen Kinnock met with the Prisons Minister, Sam Gyimah, and senior Ministry of Justice Officials to discuss the proposed prison in Baglan, leaving them in no doubt about the opposition and concerns of the local community. In what was a robust discussion, Kinnock repeatedly…

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Labour should reach out to Tories on Brexit

16 Jun 2017

New European June 8 shifted the political centre of gravity. There is now no mandate for the Theresa May-Daily Mail catastrophically extreme version of Brexit. Instead, the Labour Party now has the opportunity to forge a coalition of common sense that can seize the moment and chart a new course through…

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Ignoring Brexit during this election would be a mistake

28 Apr 2017

Imagine driving through central London, at rush hour, with no traffic lights. Imagine the Merseyside derby (the fixture that has seen more red cards than any other in British football) being played without a referee. Imagine flights trying to land at Heathrow without any air traffic controllers. It probably would…

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Aberavon MP stands up for local residents and demands answers on the proposed local prison

26 Apr 2017

Local Aberavon MP, Stephen Kinnock, today asked the Secretary of State for Wales to explain why the Baglan Industrial Park has been chosen as the location for the proposed Category C prison. Stephen Kinnock also asked why he has yet to receive any response to his letter to the Prisons…

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Triggering of Article 50

29 Mar 2017

Speaking as the Prime Minister triggered Article 50, Stephen Kinnock said: “With the triggering of Article 50 we have begun the two-year process of negotiating our departure from the European Union. I voted in favour of triggering Article 50, and I think it is right that we get on with…

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Plans to build a new prison in Port Talbot

22 Mar 2017

Commenting on the Ministry of Justice announcement that they are due to build a new prison in Port Talbot, Stephen Kinnock MP said: “The building of a prison in Port Talbot would bring much-needed construction work to the local area and in the long term would mean more jobs for the…

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Rebuilding trust

17 Mar 2017

For the Fabian Society I have written an article on how Labour’s long journey back to electoral relevance must start by rebuilding trust in our ability to manage the economy: Not since the omnishambles budget of 2012 have we seen a chancellor look quite so uncomfortable and out of touch. Yet…

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Government’s PIP Changes Will Fail Those Who Need Most Support

09 Mar 2017

Stephen Kinnock MP has condemned for the Government’s changes to Personal Independence Payments (PIP) saying the Government is failing those people who need the most help .In Aberavon 3613 people are on PIP. The Government have announced plans to cut £3.7bn from the disability benefit and to tighten the eligibility…

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