Individual Issues raised by constituents 2021 to 2022
Policy Issues raised by constituents 2021 to 2022
Visa Application Centres still failing Refugees
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central) (Lab) In 2019 the all-party parliamentary group on Africa, which I chair, published a detailed and damning report on the visa application centres. Many of the points we made on outsourcing, TLScontact, digitalisation, scanning,…
Football governance delay announced by Government
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central) (Lab) I have repeatedly raised with the Minister the impact on Newcastle United fans of the Premier League’s arrogance and lack of accountability, so I welcome his recognition of the need for reform. Will…
US – UK Trade Deal ensure a worker voice at every trade meeting and discussion
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central) (Lab) During the recent British-American Parliamentary Group trade and security delegation to the US, we received the unequivocal message that any US-UK trade deal would have to be worker-centric. We also heard that the…
The Asylum Process is broken with long delays & plummeting decision rates
Chi Onwurah Newcastle upon Tyne Central) (Lab) Between 2015 and 2020, the number of asylum applications decided early stayed constant at about 30,000, but the proportion decided within the Secretary of State’s six-month target plummeted from 80% to 17%, despite…
Prime Minister’s apology for Law Breaking is not accepted
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central) (Lab) Many Newcastle upon Tyne Central residents have contacted me to share precious moments missed, and have charged me with holding the Prime Minister to account. They do not accept his apology, because they…
Individual Issues raised by constituents FEBRUARY 2022
