Alan’s Speech on ‘Representing Hull’
One foggy evening in February 1997, driving up Gipsy Hill in South East London I was contacted by the office of Tony Blair – Leader of Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition. At the time I was the General Secretary of the Communication Workers Union, a member of the National Executive Committee of the Labour Party and I was [...]
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Adjournment Debate: Trawlermens Pensions
On Wednesday 2 March 2011, Alan gave his first speech from the backbenches since resigned from the Opposition frontbench in January. He applied to the Speaker of the House to secure an adjournment debate on the subject of trawlermens pensions: an issue he has been working on since uncovering the scandal in 2007. He has been working [...]
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Update on Trawlermens Pensions – 17 March 2011
Since the adjournment debate on 2 March, Alan has been contacted by ex-trawlermen and their relatives to see if they are one of the missing fishermen that Aviva are attempting to trace. If you want to contact Alan about this – please write to him or email him giving the name, address, date of birth, [...]
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Fuel Prices
17 March 2011 Alan Johnson voted in favour of the below Opposition Motion tabled by the Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury last night to reverse the Government’s VAT rise on petrol and diesel. The motion was defeated. “That this House recognises that rising world oil, food and commodity prices are increasing the cost of living and [...]
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Update on Bahrain from Minister for the Middle East & South Asia
17 March 2011 Dear Colleague, Further to my previous messages on Libya, I thought it would be helpful to send you an update on the situation in Bahrain and what action the British Government is taking. On the consular side, our travel advice is today advising British nationals against all travel to Bahrain and recommending that all [...]
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Travel Advice from UK Foreign Office
Please visit www.fco.gov.uk for updated information. 17 March 2011 · We advise against all non essential travel to Tokyo and north eastern Japan given the damage caused by the 11 March earthquake and resulting aftershocks and tsunami. Due to the evolving situation at the Fukushima nuclear facility and potential disruptions to the supply of goods, transport, [...]
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Government Press Notice, Japan
17 March 2011 Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Chris Huhne today set out further detail on the UK Chief Nuclear Inspector’s report into the implications of events at Japanese nuclear reactors on existing and new plants in the UK. This came as Ministers met with representatives from the nuclear industry in London. The Energy [...]
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This site has been put together with you in mind. I receive many letters and e-mails from constituents and I want to be able to help everyone as quickly and efficiently as possible. Hopefully this site will help you, as well as me, receive the best from our relationship.
At the very top of the website you will see a list of the different pages available to you. There is some information about me, a little about Hull West and Hessle, my surgery details and useful links, of course, details for how to contact me.
As well as providing information, the site also contains both News from Westminster and Local News updates. The articles in these sections show some of the policy decisions being taken in London as well as the local news and campaigns in Hull.
I hope you are able to find what you are looking for and I would welcome any suggestions for making the site easier to use.
Alan Johnson MP
25. October 2011
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