Sexual Assault backlog
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central) (Lab) Under the leadership of Kim McGuinness, our police and crime commissioner, Northumbria police have invested heavily in victim support. But they cannot make up for the wholesale failure of the justice system, with victims telling us that they feel revictimised by the length of delays and the complexity […]
Afghan crisis – no response from Government
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central) (Lab) My constituent queued for 20 hours to get into the Baron hotel; she was trying to protect her baby daughter from the Taliban, who were firing shots and using tear gas. She was evacuated, but her nightmare did not end there; her daughter’s emergency passport has expired, and […]
The poorer you are, the higher the rate of inflation
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central) (Lab) As the campaigner Jack Monroe has highlighted, and as Newcastle’s West End food bank sees in practice, the cruel truth is that the poorer you are, the higher the rate of inflation you face and the fewer choices you have. But the Government have choices, and my constituents […]
Parliamentary Report 2010- 2022
About Me I was born in Wallsend, grew up on Hillsview Avenue in Kenton and went to Kenton School before studying Electrical Engineering in London. I have lived in many different cities around the world, without ever for a moment forgetting where I am from: Newcastle. My values and beliefs were formed in Newcastle based […]
When will Newcastle get buses of same quality & price as London?
Buses are so important in #NewcastleCentral yet too often my constituents are left waiting for overpriced bus services that might not turn up & its getting worse! But the Minister couldn’t tell me when or if we will ever get bus services similar in price & quality to London’s Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne […]
Dear Newcastle May 13th 2022
Newcastle can’t afford the Tories – and told them so Kidical Mass Cycling in Fenham Spring is here but it has brought misery […]
Levelling Up White Paper offered no new investment for the North East
The #LevellingUp White Paper offered no new investment for the #NorthEast, but it did have grand ‘missions’ which we now learn Ministers can change at will. I asked the MInister if this wasn’t a cheaters charter – he tried to say breaking promises was democracy. Maybe for Tories! The #LevellingUp White Paper offered no […]
Queen’s Speech is a new low even for the Tories
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central) (Lab) It is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Leeds East (Richard Burgon) and his passionate calls for action. I have become accustomed to feeling disappointment, dismay, despair and, at times, disgust in response to Government pronouncements, but this Queen’s Speech is a new low. […]
Government failing Physics and Girls
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central) (Lab) On a point of order, Mr Speaker. Yesterday, in evidence to the Select Committee on Science and Technology, the chair of the Government’s Social Mobility Commission said that “physics isn’t something that girls tend to fancy. They don’t want to do it, they don’t like it…I just think […]
A successful manufacturer – facing glycerine price rocketing – I secured a meeting with the Minister
Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central) (Lab) A successful slush syrup manufacturer in my constituency recently reformulated its recipe to reduce sugar, replacing it with glycerine as the anti-freezing agent. As a result of the war in Ukraine and covid, glycerine has become unobtainable, or obtainable only at absolutely exorbitant prices. Will the Minister urgently […]