Sarah Champion MP met with Home Office Minister, Jess Phillips, to seek Government support for her amendments to the Crime and Policing Bill.
Champion has tabled several amendments to the Bill [1], including one on the provision of training for Mandatory Reporting, and another to prevent Registered Sex Offenders from changing their name. These amendments seek to better protect children, as well as victims of rape and sexual offences.
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Sarah Champion MP is looking for a confident, detail-orientated individual to join her Westminster office as her Personal Assistant and Diary Manager.
Working with the Executive Office Manager as well as the Parliamentary team, the PA will provide primary support to Sarah with diary management and administration. They will align Sarah’s diary with daily Parliamentary duties, such as votes, manage all diary entries for Parliamentary appointments, prepare paperwork and other materials for meetings and events, greet and escort guests, and generally ensure Sarah is where she needs to be when she needs to be there.
Read MoreSarah Champion MP and Baroness Hodgson of Abinger met with Foreign Office Minister, Lord Collins, to seek Government support for their Women, Peace & Security (WPS) Bill, scheduled for 2nd Reading in the Commons on 20th June.
Champion urged the Minister to adopt her proposed law to soften the impact of the aid cuts. She argued that at a moment when women’s and girls’ rights are under attack, the UK must do more, not less to champion women’s’ voices.
Read MoreSarah Champion, Member of Parliament for Rotherham, celebrates historic investment into Rotherham’s local transport system, after years of campaigning for improvements. [1]
Today, the Chancellor announced that working people in South Yorkshire will benefit from a £1.5bn investment into local transport, forming part of the biggest ever investment in buses, trams and local train infrastructure.
Read MoreSarah Champion, Member of Parliament for Rotherham, has worked with brave campaigners from Open Justice for All to secure Free Sentencing Remarks Transcripts for victims and survivors of rape.
The Ministry of Justice has been running a Rape and Sexual Offences Pilot Scheme to allow victims access to Free Sentencing Remarks. Champion tabled a series of Parliamentary Questions to apply pressure on the Government to make the scheme permanent [1]. The Minister for Justice wrote to Champion, to confirm the scheme would be rolled out permanently from 30th May, following the publishing of the Independent Sentencing Review.
Read MoreSarah Champion, Member of Parliament for Rotherham, is pushing the Government to provide more allotment and community garden land, under Labour’s planning reforms.
Champion has joined forces with the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) and the National Allotment Society (NAS) to campaign for the provision of more of these sites.
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