Madeleine Moon MP

Madeleine Moon MP - Working hard for Bridgend

News from Westminster

• Support for Patriotic March Colombia

  

  With dangers in Colombia increasing whilst the peace talks continue between the Government and FARC without a ceasefire, Madeleine Moon MP showed her support for Colombian civil society's brave growing...

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• MP for Bridgend hears about hidden slaves in her constituency

  

  Madeleine Moon MP attended one of the most dramatic and distressing exhibitions ever promoted in the House of Commons highlighting the hidden nature of Modern Day Slavery....

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• Test your immigration knowledge - new interactive quiz

  Test your knowledge of immigration in the UK with this interactive quiz. Click through the quiz using the options. Any feedback gratefully received via moonm@parliament.uk...

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• You never know when a crisis will happen

  You never know when a crisis will happen, it is an unknown, unknown as Donald Rumsfeld would say. My crisis hit when I found my car was dead....

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• Madeleine Moon MP offers support for Fairtrade Fortnight

  

  Madeleine Moon, MP for the Bridgend constituency last week met Frank Olok, Coordinator of Malawi Fairtrade Network, to hear about the challenges facing smallholder farmers and presented her...

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• Time, stress and tensions

  You never quite know what is coming your way as an MP and time seems to shrink as you try and cram more and more into each day. I have...

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• One Billion Rising campaign

  February 14th has long been ‘Valentine’s Day’, a helpful reminder of the value of a little special effort from time to time. But some campaigners are also using the date...

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• MPs call for compulsory local suicide prevention strategies

  An all-party group of MPs and Peers has called for all local authorities to be required to develop and implement a suicide prevention strategy. Their inquiry discovered that current rules...

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• MP meets Minister to discuss rail safety education

  

  Madeleine Moon, MP for Bridgend met Transport Minister Simon Burns to discuss the need for rail safety lessons to be offered in primary schools. Mrs. Moon was accompanied...

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• Tackling Drink Driving

  Christmas is a chance to relax visiting family and friends, the public holidays and the mood of celebration filling local pubs and bars like at no other time of the...

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• Blunted by overuse

  As the colder temperatures begin to make an appearance, so do common infections, which people are quick to dismiss with the help of antibiotics. We have become reliant on visiting...

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• Fast moving revolution

  Back in 1967 when the BBC started broadcasting in colour for four hours a week, few would imagine how much television and later developments with computers, mobile phones and the...

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• White Ribbon Campaign

  Bridgend MP Madeleine Moon last week took part in a Parliamentary event to promote the White Ribbon Campaign (www.whiteribboncampaign.co.uk). The aim of the campaign is to ensure that...

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• Instability in the MENA region

  As I write reports are coming in of missile attacks between Gaza and Israel. The world waits to see if ground forces will follow the Israeli destruction of the...

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• MP takes role with internet child abuse watchdog

  Madeleine Moon MP says she is delighted to take on a role with the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), a UK internet hotline that allows the public to report criminally obscene...

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• Who are the hidden unemployed?

  Keeping up with changes to the benefit system is a full time job. The age at which people have access to their pensions are changing. Announcements of changes...

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• On the other side of the Atlantic

  November 6th will see the culmination of one of the most expensive political operations in history. The race for the Whitehouse, pitting two candidates and their fundraising machines in a...

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• Colombian trade unionists targeted

  Trade unionists are being specifically targeted in Colombia. That is the conclusion of a report funded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. More needs to be done to ensure they...

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• Environment and Development Update

  Please click on the icon to the left to see my latest newsletter on the environment and international development. This is a newsletter I produce for local churches and...

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• MP backs Community Covenants

  Madeleine Moon, MP for the Bridgend constituency, recently attended an event at the House of Commons to promote the creation of Community Covenants across the United Kingdom. Organised by The...

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