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Chancellor Urged To Extend Furlough

Geraint Davies MP has joined colleagues in calling on the Chancellor to extend furlough, as Coronavirus cases increase. More than 100 MPs have united to lobby the chancellor Rishi Sunak to extend the Job Retention Scheme (JRS) for the aviation sector until March 2021. Geraint Davies MP signed a letter,…

Byeline Times: Boris Johnson’s Government is Silencing MPs AND THE PEOPLE WE REPRESENT

Boris Johnson may give the impression of a loveable rogue but beneath the bluster lurks a more sinister threat than a man afflicted by serial, benign incompetence. He has, after all, already removed two Conservative Prime Ministers in his ruthless quest for power. To consolidate that power, he now has…

Geraint Speaks for UK Parliament at International Stockholm Environment Institute UN online Clean air, Covid-19 and Climate Change Conference

Geraint Davies, Member of Parliament for Swansea West, this month opened the Stockholm. Environment Institute Conference, marking the inaugural World Clean Air Day. Speaking at the Conference, Geraint Davies said “Seven million people die each year from air pollution and millions more will die as a result of climate change. …

Welsh Economy & Coronavirus Parliamentary Report shows urgent need for fair funding and UK intervention to support Welsh industry

Today’s Welsh Affairs Welsh Economy & Coronavirus Parliamentary Report shows urgent need for fair funding and UK intervention to support Welsh industry says Labour Welsh Affairs committee member and Swansea West MP Geraint Davies. Geraint Davies said, “The report gathers together a huge body of evidence from across all Wales…

Geraint Davies MP pioneers Online Constituent Meetings for Swansea West

Member of Parliament for Swansea West, Geraint Davies, has held the first online constituent meeting to speak directly with residents during the Coronavirus pandemic. Since the Coronavirus pandemic begun several months ago, concerns have been raised that local residents may be isolated and unable to communicate their concerns to public…

The immediate suspension of rubber bullet, tear gas and other exports to the US

Geraint Davies joined calls for the UK to stop policing and security equipment that is being misused in the US. The letter, which was sent to Liz Truss, Secretary of State for International Trade following the deaths of George Floyd, can be read in full below.

MPs ask British Airways’ to reconsider redundancy action

MPs have written to the CEO of British Airways regarding the redundancy of 12,000 British Airways staff. The decision to issue redundancies for furloughed staff was made, and published on April 28, without consultation with the staff, or their trade unions. Geraint Davies, Swansea West MP, was among the 37…

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…

Hundreds of MPs urge government to support world’s poorest people

Geraint Davies, MP for Swansea West, joined over 200 MPs in calling on the government to support the world’s poorest effected by Covid-19. The letter, by Rushanara Ali MP, calls on the government to provide support to the world’s poorest and most vulnerable communities in response to the crisis created…

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