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Public Accounts Committee report: Progress in remediating dangerous cladding

Wednesday, 16 September 2020

The Public Accounts Committee has today published a report on the Government's Progress in remediating dangerous cladding.

Three years after the Grenfell Tower disaster in which 72 people lost their lives, only a third (155 out of 455) of high-rise buildings with Grenfell-style flammable cladding due to be fixed by now have had their…

Meg challenges the Government to fix the testing fiasco

Tuesday, 15 September 2020

All walk-in services at Hackney COVID test centres have now stopped although it took over two days for the Government to notify Hackney Council. This is not good enough.

The Government needs to step up and get a grip on this testing fiasco.

 

Meg's weekly round-up: Friday 11 September

Friday, 11 September 2020

This week the Government confirmed what has become increasingly evident over the previous months: it is one rule for them and another for everyone else. 

I was astounded to see the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland admit that the Government was preparing to break international law. The UK Government…

Meg receives a response from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs about supertrawlers

Friday, 11 September 2020

A number of constituents have contacted me to raise their concerns about supertrawlers (large fishing vessels) operating in Marine Protected Areas. I wrote to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and received this response. 

I am clear that the Government must take steps now to ensure the health of…

Can you help Meg find new spaces for local community groups in Hackney?

Monday, 7 September 2020

COVID-19 means many Hackney community groups – dance schools, drama groups, sports clubs – are being forced to find new premises.

 

Can you help?

 

If you have access to spaces these groups can use, please let me know. You can email me at meg.hillier.mp@parliament.uk

 

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