Josh Fenton-Glynn MP

Today Parliament passed the Rare Cancers Bill. This will lead to more focus for developing rare cancer drugs. In this job you have the privilege of turning personal grief into real change. I did that today speaking about losing my brother Alex to a rare cancer earlier this year.

Here are the questions I asked @gmcuk Charlie Massy on sexual misconduct among doctors.

I have recently been researching sexual abuse and misconduct in healthcare. After waiting over four months for a reply from @nmcnews for a response to my FoI requests for information I raised it in Parliament last week. They have since replied.

@NJ_Timothy You’re not being silenced you’re being criticised. If you were being silenced you wouldn’t have been able to write a telegraph column about being silenced!

I will not be silenced. Labour are only demonstrating that they cannot see right from wrong. They will not stand up for our way of life. But we will.

One doesn’t get the impression that American republicans are treating this conflict with the seriousness it deserves

@NorthernDj It might be that they won’t have them

@JoshFG Surprised she not got to reform all the rest of the trash have

It genuinely can’t be understated how recklessly irresponsible it was for Conservative MPs to put someone so clearly temperamentally unfit for the office into the role of Prime Minister. This isn’t even subtle enough to pass for an antisemitic dogwhistle.

@JohannaBaxter @patrick_hurley Potentially because he keeps changing his mind on his views on the conflict.

The leader of Reform had a question on the order paper today in Defence Qs, on an important topic, but did not show up to ask it. This is not the first time. You’ve got to wonder what took priority over being in the chamber to ask this question on behalf of constituents…🤔

Bernard served with my grandfather 🥹

Reform would not hesitate to follow America into Iran.

Today is international women’s day. A day that originated from a protest by garment workers in New York against unsafe working conditions. So it is right that when we think about international women’s day we both celebrate the women around us, but also see the day as a rallying cry to fix the barriers that women face every day. One area I have campaigned on extensively is violence against women and girls - the Labour government have committed to halving violence against women and girls in 10 years. But I believe we need to do more. We need better support and understanding for victims of abuse and to stop abusers using systems be they legal or financial to continue their abuse. Next week in the Crime and Courts Bill there will be an amendment to reverse the presumption of parental involvement in the family courts, which means that abusive ex partners can currently use family courts to further their abuse. As well as allowing them access to their children even when it’s unsafe. Something I’ve been campaigning on for over a year spending time with the inspirational Claire Throssell whose sons Jack and Paul were murdered by her abusive ex partner on a visit mandated by the court despite the abuse being known about. Beyond working to tackle abuse I believe we need to do more to tackle the inequality women face in the world of work. For example work predominantly done by women, care work undoubtedly skilled work but paid often at minimum wage. I’m glad the employment rights bill will see us introducing collective pay agreements but I hope we see more clear support for women working in low paid work all around us. In the spirit of striking New York garment workers in the 19th century we must treat international women’s day as not just the opportunity to celebrate the amazing women around us but to fight for a world which no longer discriminates against women.

A moving service for Councillor Geraldine Carter at Halifax Minster today. A coffin resplendent with flowers, a St George’s flag, one of her famous jars and her deputy mayoral chain of office. The Minster was more full than I’ve ever seen it. I’m sure she’d approve. Thoughts are with her family & friends.

📖 Today is World Book Day, and it's also the National Year of Reading. 📖 Reading is a brilliant habit to have. I read regularly because it gives me space away from screens and turns on different parts of the brain. When we read with our kids and they see us reading it shows them it matters. We are so lucky to have the wonderful @CMBClibraries who are passionate about helping people of all ages get into reading and being creative. They host lots of free and low cost events.

@AlanJi73069669 In general there is a story we should learn from on how well schools on poor areas in London have performed.

@JoshFG Newham is now leading England in getting pupils from free school meals into University.

I’d forgotten Robin Wales existed. My main memory of him was when I worked for a charity who campaigned on child poverty he lashed out angrily at a press release about the level of poverty in Newham. He said it’d encourage the far right… Welp!

Today at Prime Minister’s Questions I the prime minister about what more can be done to support skills in Calder Valley’s specialist manufacturing sector. This is one of the things our area is truly world class at and I will always champion local manufacturers. But there is an existential workforce crisis and I will keep pushing for the prime minister to work with me on national action for engineering skills.

Today the Prime Minister spoke for over 2 hours in the House of Commons about the American attack on Iran. While I have no sympathy with the Iranian regime, I do not believe that on and of itself is a reason for militarily intervention. I am glad our prime minister has confirmed that we declined to take part in the action of the US government (something Reform and Conservative MPs said they would have supported). We live in a volatile world and I fear this weekend has made it more so.

Ashley has been a champion of cancer patients and a real inspiration in this job. I’ll miss working with her

Dudley MP delivers physiotherapy help to Ukraine bbc.in/408f4Aa

@SamTheodoridi @BeccyCooper4Lab @leftrestoration @WorthingWestCLP @PeterKLamb @SELabour @CrawleyLabour @labourcv @CalderLabour Well earned

I'm always inspired by the passion and hard work of Party staff and activists up and down the country. They're the beating heart of our movement. As for me, I'm knackered after 3 canvassing sessions yesterday, and GOTV today, all on 2 hours sleep. Time for a drink.

Four sessions today in Gorton and Denton. I met brilliant activists from round the country who wanted to be part of something. We spoke to voters passionate about having an MP they can believe in. Manchester even layed on some traditional weather for us!