Darren appeared on this topical debate show with Sarah Wollaston, the Conservative MP for Totnes and Lib Dem Peer Baroness Judith Jolly, who’s from North Cornwall. The topics of debate were obesity and Brexit. This was because Dr Sarah Wollaston and Darren both sit on committees which had recently done work on addressing obesity, and moreover […]
Rolls Royce employ 3,000 people in Bristol. This week, they announced 4,600 job cuts, some of which will be in Bristol. Darren wrote to Greg Clark MP, Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to ask how he was going to help strengthen the Aerospace industry, including Rolls Royce, in the future. Darren […]
This week, the EU (Withdrawal) Bill, which decides how we will leave the EU – if we do – came back to the House of Commons. The House of Lords had added amendments including for EEA membership and a meaningful vote in Parliament on the final deal. The Commons was asked to vote on these. […]
Today, Darren was on BBC Sunday Politics West, appearing as a studio guest alongside Conservative MP for Wells James Heappy. He was asked about Brexit, energy and transport. Firstly, Darren was asked about his views on Brexit. He took the opportunity to restate his commitment to mitigating the effects of Brexit as far as possible. […]
For the first three months of their diagnosis, young cancer patients aren’t allowed PIP benefits. Darren wrote to the Government minister responsible to ask her to review this. This is wrong. Young cancer patients do not need to be worrying about their financial situation. I’ve written to Sarah Newton MP, the government minister responsible, to […]
Darren has signed a joint, cross-party letter from MPs concerned about the scale of child sexual exploitation. It is addressed to the government, and calls on them to take some specified actions which will help tackle child abuse. Writing on Facebook, Darren said: At the moment, 15% of girls and 5% of boys will experience […]
Darren spoke to the Bristol Cable – Bristol’s independent, cooperatively owned newspaper – about the impact of artificial intelligence and robots on society. Writing on Facebook about the interview, Darren said that The impact of AI and automation will be felt – these are issues that will affect all of us. It’s time the government […]
Darren welcomed Google and YouTube to Southmead. The companies were there to train teachers and youth workers about online safety and digital citizenship for the young people they work with. Gaps in young people’s online safety is a significant issue. According to the NSPCC, last year there were 12,000 calls made to Childline concerning online […]
The Post Office at 155 Crow Lane, Henbury, is due to close today. Local residents have mounted a campaign to ensure it reopens ass soon as possible. You can support them by signing this petition. Darren had this to say about the Post Office closure: I know this branch is a much-valued community facility and […]
Channel 4 have started looking for cities to host their new national headquarters. Thanks to the work of Bristol City Council, led by Labour’s Bristol Mayor Marvin Rees, Bristol are on the shortlist. On Facebook, Darren congratulated Marvin: Great news! Well done to Marvin Rees and the team for getting us this far. Now to […]
