Campaigns - Geraint Davies

Byline Times: Government’s new exit test & ‘Immunity’ Passport’ puts public at risk

The plan for ‘immunity passport’, allowing those who have contracted the Coronavirus to go back to work on the untested assumption that they are neither infectious nor are at risk from re-infection, should cause us all alarm. This seems to be the latest evidence that the government is still singing off the herd…

Geraint Davies MP supports First Minister’s bid for more time to assess the Brexit Deal in Wales

Geraint Davies, the Labour MP for Swansea West, joined up with Wales’ first minister Mark Drakeford to ask the government to give the Welsh Assembly more time to establish what the latest deal means for Wales. Said Mr Davies, “it’s no use repeating ‘Get Brexit done’ and rushing forward with…

Extinction Rebellion are right to be angry. The Environment Bill fails to live up to the environmental crisis we are in.

(A version of this article was published in the Independent 20/10/2019) The decision to ban thousands of Extinction Rebellion protesters from London’s streets cannot hide the widening gulf between the public and political leaders over climate change. Protestors know that the window for preventing irreversible climate change is swiftly closing. Meanwhile, the government…

Geraint Davies, MP commits to making Swansea safer

Geraint Davies Labour MP for Swansea West has met up with Joanna Maal Swansea Neath Port Talbot Police Chief Superintendent to commit to working together Said Geraint Davies MP Swansea West “ I’m very impressed with the professionalism, focus and drive of Police Chief Joanna Maal who’s been in post since…

Geraint speaks out for Swansea climate change protestors who join him in protest.

Swansea West MP, Geraint Davies, met up with Swansea Extinction Rebellion protestors and spoke out against the government’s failure to take urgent action on climate change as thousands stood protesting outside Parliament. Speaking in Parliament Mr Davies said, “Climate change is not an inconvenient truth, as Al Gore put it.…

Geraint Davies, MP wants to make Swansea high street safe, welcoming and friendly.

This week Swansea West MP Geraint Davies attended the Swansea High Street Summit to hear from residents about how to improve the local area. Geraint Davies said: “Swansea’s High Street is a gateway to our city so it needs to be a friendly and inviting environment for visitors, shoppers and…

Swansea MP campaigns against the closure of local Lloyds TSB bank branch.

More than 250 people have replied to a campaign to halt the closure of The Lloyds bank branch in Sketty. The bank is set to close later this year, which would leave the area without a bank branch. Geraint Davies, Swansea West MP, said, “Hundreds of people and local businesses…

No more excuses, it’s time to ban conversion therapy – Pink News

A version of this article was published by Pink News. 50 years on from the Stonewall riots a month of Pride celebrations will see millions of people unite across the world in support of LGBT+ rights. Yet despite the successes of liberation movements in recent decades the practice of conversion…

Discrimination against guide dog owners must end says Swansea West MP.

Today, Geraint Davies, MP for Swansea West, spoke out in favour of improving the access of guide dog owners to public services and spaces. Geraint Davies said, “Constituents from all over Wales came to parliament today demanding that MPs improve access for guide dog owners. They were rightly outraged that many guide dog owners…

The government should stop Fracking and support the Swansea Bay tidal lagoon

France has banned fracking, why hasn't the UK? Rather than investing in renewable energy this government is looking at ways to turn Swansea Bay into a fracking mine. If you live in or near the area, please share. Posted by Geraint Davies on Wednesday, 2 May 2018 During Business, Energy…