Week 16 May - 22 May In a week when the Queen carried out her 63rd State Opening of Parliament, Andy Burnham launched his bid to be mayor of Greater Manchester, and Manchester United won the FA Cup, what did James Heappey do? Speeches and written questions James Heappey hasn't spoken in Parliament since 9 May. It's … Continue reading James Heappey weekly: No.9 →

Week 9 May - 15 May In a week when it was announced that the Chilcot inquiry into the Iraq war would be published on 6 July, David Cameron called Afghanistan and Nigeria two of the most corrupt countries in the world, and Ukraine won Eurovision, what did James Heappey do? Speeches and written questions James Heappey spoke … Continue reading James Heappey weekly: No.8 →

Week 1 May - 8 May In a week when Labour's Sadiq Khan was elected Mayor of London and the Conservatives came second in the Scottish parliament elections, the government u-turned on their plans to make all schools become academies by 2020, and Leicester City won the Premier League, what did James Heappey do? Speeches … Continue reading James Heappey weekly: No.7 →

Week 25 April - 1 May In a week when a two year long inquiry found that the 96 victims of the Hillsborough disaster were unlawfully killed and that the fans were in no way responsible for their deaths, Labour MP Naz Shah was suspended from the Labour Party for making anti-semitic comments on Facebook … Continue reading James Heappey weekly: No.6 →

Week 18 April - 24 April In a week when President Barack Obama said it was in Britain's best interest to stay in the EU, the Queen turned 90, and legendary musician and performer Prince died, what did James Heappey do? Speeches and written questions On 20 April James Heappey spoke in a Commons debate considering … Continue reading James Heappey weekly: No.5 →

Week 11 April - 17 April 2016 The parliamentary Easter recess has, at long last, come to an end. So in a week where several prominent politicians published their tax returns, Vote Leave was designated the official campaign for leaving the EU, and Jeremy Corbyn made a reluctant pro-EU speech, what did James Heappey do? … Continue reading James Heappey weekly: No.4 →

Week 4 April - 10 April 2016 Parliament is still on its recess. Therefore James Heappey hasn't made any speeches or cast any votes or really done anything worth writing here. Again, I'm going to pick a random day in the last 11 months that James Heappey has been in Parliament and write about that. … Continue reading James Heappey weekly: No.3 →

Week 28 March - 3 April 2016 The week after I started this summary of my MP's work in Parliament, he went on holiday. Obviously James Heappey hasn't done anything since the start of the House of Commons recess on 24 March and as a result I have nothing to write about. My contingency plan for this … Continue reading James Heappey weekly: No.2 →

This is the start of a week by week summary of the parliamentary activities of my MP, James Heappey. I'm starting this weekly summary for mainly two reasons. Firstly (and mainly), because I have to fill up this blog with something. And secondly, as my Parliamentary representative, and just possibly yours too, James Heappey must … Continue reading James Heappey weekly: No.1 →