2013
December
Speaking at the Eastern Regional Labour conference in Luton – 23/12/2013
London Labour Summit – 16/12/2013
Morely and Outwood Annual Dinner – 14/12/2013
Commission for Older Women meeting – 10/12/2013
Meeting with Labour Women Parliamentary Candidates – 10/12/2013
Interview with BBC Radio London on reporting rape - 06/09/13
Trade Union Group of Labour MPs Reception – 04/12/2013
Clegg is Cameron's little helper - 4/12/2013
Speaking at IPPR event on older women – 04/09/2013
Meeting UNISON members and representatives - 03/09/2013
November
Meeting with Labour Members in Ipswich - 26/11/2013
Joining a TUC Rally to call for a proper national inquiry into blacklisting - 20/11/2014
Young people in Reading talk politics - 19/11/13
Press Statement: Call for summit on cycle safety following death - 19/11/13
Challenging Nick Clegg on Childcare at Deputy Prime Minister’s Questions - 19/11/2013
Reading Parents facing high childcare costs - 19/11/13
Energy Campaign, Battersea - 9/11/13
Campaign for energy price freeze in Brentford & Isleworth - 9/11/2013
October
Door knocking in Leamington Spa with Lynnette Kelly – 30/10/2013
Press Statement - Cross Party Royal Charter - 30/10/13
Challenging Nick Clegg on the Bedroom Tax at DPMQs - 15/10/2013
New Shadow Cabinet Photo call - 15/10/13
My statement on detained journalist Kieron Bryan - 09/10/2013
September
Speech to the TUC Congress dinner – 09/09/2013
Winning With Women Conference - 07/09/2013
Interview with BBC Radio London on reporting rape - 06/09/2013
August
July
Labour's new Parliamentary Candidate for Bermondsey and Old Southwark - 11/07/2013
Meeting Labour members in Bristol – 03/07/13
Roundtable discussion on women’s sport – 02/07/13
June
Visiting the Turner Contemporary in Margate – 25/06/13
Meeting Labour members in Margate – 25/06/13
Calling for cross-party action on media ownership – 20/06/13
Meeting Creative Councillors in Coventry – 20/06/13
Leading a Commons debate on the arts and creative industries – 19/06/13
Opposition Day speech on the importance of the arts and creative - 19/06/2013
Response to the consultation on the London Fire Safety Plan 2013 -17/06/2013
Nursery Visit in Aberdeen - 14/06/13
Meeting with executives from the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference - 14/06/2013
Delivering the Charles Wheeler Lecture on media ownership reform - 13/06/2013
Speaking on a panel about the future of the arts - 13/06/13
Speaking to Fabian Society members about the arts – 09/07/13
Memorial event for Emily Davison in Westminster Hall – 05/06/13
Press release on increase in A&E waiting times and cancelled operations 05/06/2013
Interview with BBC London Radio on Winter Fuel Payments - 03/06/2013
Press release on Winter Fuel Payments - 03/06/2013
May
Appearing on Radio 3’s Private Passions – 19/05/13
Prime Minister ducks out of PMQs on day of key Commons Euro vote 15/05/2013
New figures show women over 50 disappear from our TV screens - 15/05/2013
Welcoming Labour's Newest MP, Emma Lewell-Buck - 08/05/13
April
Campaigning in South Shields - 30/04/13
Commenting on today’s Leveson-related developments – 25/04/13
Speaking to What Next - 24/04/13
Meeting to discuss Government cuts in Dover – 23/04/13
Commission on Older Women meeting - 17/04/2013
Giving evidence to the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee - 16/04/2013
Local election launch in Derbyshire – 08/04/2013
Local election launch in Nottinghamshire – 08/04/2013
March
The Labour Party in Cornwall 27/03/13
People's Policy Forum, Birmingham - 23/03/13
Meeting Welsh councillors in Llandudno – 22/03/13
Older Women’s Commission meeting in Llandudno – 22/03/13
Speaking on the Royal Charter on press conduct - 18/03/13
Visiting Milton Keynes food bank collection for Big Little Give 02/03/2013
February
Older Woman's Commission meeting in Durham 28/02/13
Challenging Maria Miller on the arts - 14/02/13
Campaigning in the Eastleigh by-election 13/02/13
Urgent question on a Royal Charter for press regulation - 13/02/13
Serious concerns about Royal Charter plans on press regulation - 12/02/2013
The future of Britain's art and culture policy - 12/02/13
Addressing the Hacked Off conference - 11/02/13
Labour Local Government Conference - 09/02/13
January
Creative councillors meeting - 29/01/13
South West Regional Labour Party Conference 26/01/13
Speech to the Oxford Media Convention - 23/01/13
Discussing Leveson at the Oxford Media Convention - 23/01/13
Challenging Government over Lewisham A&E closure and the impact - 22/01/2013
African's for Labour Reception - 17/01/13
Calling on the government to give local people a say over betting shops - 10/01/2013
Attorney General Refers Rape Sentence to Court of Appeal- 08/01/2013
Challenging Nick Clegg at Deputy Prime Minister's Questions - 08/01/2013
2012
December
Discussing the arts in Cardiff - 17/12/12
Older Women's Commission meeting - 10/12/12
Speaking to Milton Keynes Labour Party members – 08/12/11
Marking 30 years in the House of Commons - 06/12/12
Interview with the Aylesbury Echo - 04/12/12
Meeting Chief Inspector John Sutherland, Southwark Borough Police - 03/12/12
November
Reception to welcome Steve Reed as the new MP for Croydon North - 29/11/2012
Campaigning in Rotherham - 26/11/12
Speaking at Labour's Eastern Regional Conference in Norwich - 24/11/2013
Supporting White Ribbon Day - 23/11/12
Tayo Situ Foundation Award winners attend Westminster reception - 22/11/12
Speaking at the CWU political conference - 22/11/12
Culture, Media and Sport questions - 22/11/12
Welcoming the new Director General of the BBC - 22/11/12
Deputy Prime Minister's Questions - 20/11/12
Welcoming Labour's new MPs to Parliament - 19/11/12
Campaigning with Rebecca Lury in East Walworth - 17/11/12
Campaigning in Manchester Central - 14/11/12
On the doorstep in Corby 13/11/12
Asking an urgent question about the BBC - 12/11/12
Speaking at the Parliamentary Conference on Gender and Politics - 8/11/2012
Campaigning in Bristol - 08/11/12
Writing to the Arts Council about restructuring - 5/11/12
Calling for tougher action on metal theft - 01/11/12
October
Visit to Wallsend Boys Club – 30/10/2012
Celebrating with Mike Gapes MP - 27/10/12
Celebrating Diane Abbott's 25th year as an MP - 26/10/12
Joining UK Feminista on Parliament Square - 24/10/12
Writing to the Prime Minister about emails to Rebekah Brooks - 19/10/2012
Speaking at Show Racism the Red Card reception - 17/10/12
Dartford CLP fundraising dinner 15/10/12
Urgent question on Jimmy Savile - 15/10/12
Shakespeare, Power and Leadership at the British Museum 13/10/12
Police cuts triple whammy - 08/10/12
September
Speaking to Labour Party Conference - 29/09/11
Speaking to Labour's Women's Conference - 24/09/11
Visiting Battersea Arts Centre - 21/09/12
Interviewed on Radio 4's Media Show - 19/09/12
Asking the Culture Secretary about Hillsborough and Leveson - 13/12/2012
Roundtable discussion on local newspapers - 13/09/12
Shadow Cabinet and Labour Parliamentary Candidates reception – 12/09/2012
Andy Sawford and Harriet Harman launch ‘listening to Corby and East Norhtamptonshire - 03/09/2012
August
July
The Olympic torch comes to Peckham - 26/07/12
Touring the Sky Skills Studios - 18/07/12
Criticising the Government on G4S and Olympic security - 15/07/12
Thanking Labour's Creative Industries Network - 10/07/12
Cambridge House Opening Visit - 05/07/2012
Speaking at the BPI AGM - 03/07/12
June
Addressing the Fabian Conference - 30/06/2012
'One-nation Labour' article in Progress magazine – 29/06/12
Aung San Suu Kyi opens new Labour Party office and attends Shadow Cabinet - 26/06/2012
Speaking at 3rd place 1st Progress conference in Reading – 23/06/2013
Joan Walley Celebrates 25 years as MP for Stoke-on-Trent North with family & friends - 23/06/2012
Challenging the Foreign Secretary, William Hague at Prime Minister's Questions - 20/06/2012
Working together for Sport for All - 18/06/12
Speaking to Chief Cultural and Leisure Officers - 15/06/12
Speaking at the CLOA AGM on local government, sport and culture - 15/06/2012
May
Responding to Vince Cable on the BSkyB bid - 30/05/12
Responding to the DCMS statement on Jeremy Hunt - 26/04/12
Speaking to BBC News about my call for Jeremy Hunt's resignation - 25/05/2012
Meeting with ANC Treasurer General - 23/05/12
Challenging Nick Clegg at DPMQs - 22/05/12
Charity campaign for more donations to charity shops - 18/05/2012
Speaking at the Rally for Media Reform - 17/05/12
Visiting the British Library - 16/05/12
Responding to the latest Hunt revelations at Leveson - 11/05/12
Writing to the Speaker about Jeremy Hunt – 10/05/12
Clegg clueless on school sport travesty - 10/07/12
Visiting the Rock School in Harlow - 01/05/2012
April
Roundtable on the Creative Industries at the Northern Ballet - 30/04/2012
Re-opened Royal Albert Memorial Museum in Exeter following four-year refurbishment - 29/04/2012
Writing to Jeremy Hunt and the DCMS about BSkyB - 26/4/12
Joining Tower Hamlets Labour Party at their Gala Dinner - 25/04/2012
Jeremy Hunt and breaches of the Ministerial Code - 25/04/12
David Cameron should assure us he won’t abolish the DCMS - 20/04/2012
Creative industries growth in Exeter - 11/04/12
Government tax changes threaten philanthropic support for the arts - 11/04/2012
Campaigning with Karen Buck MP and activists - 03/04/2012
March
Visiting SportPark at Loughborough University - 28/03/12
Responding to the Budget in the House of Commons - 26/03/12
Speaking at AIM's Women in Music and Entertainment evening - 26/03/2012
Challenging the Government at DCMS Questions - 22/03/12
Challenging Nick Clegg at DPMQs - 20/03/12
Meeting with Somali Relief - 15/03/12
Prime Minister's Questions - 14/03/2012
Welcoming film industry figures to roundtable discussion - 13/03/2012
Campaigning in New Cross with Joan Ruddock MP - 11/03/2012
Beyond the role of Government - 10/03/2011
LGA Labour Group Spring Conference - 10/03/12
Speaking at the LGA culture, tourism and sport conference - 8/3/2012
Tour of Leeds Arena - 30/03/12
February
Speaking at the University of Hertfordshire on the UK music industry - 20/02/2012
Speaking at the launch of Africa UK - 16/02/2011
Labour Party South East Regional Conference – 11/02/12
Visit to Media City in Salford - 09/02/12
Visit to BBC's new HQ at MediaCity in Salford - 09/02/2012
Radio interview for BBC Radio Manchester - 09/02/12
People’s History Museum - 09/02/12
Meeting at Manchester City Council - 09/02/12
This morning I was interviewed on BBC Radio London - 08/02/12
Zero tolerance to Female Genital Cutting - 06/02/12
January
Meeting Tanzanian Women MPs at the House of Commons - 26/01/2012
Performing Arts Roundtable - 25/01/2012
Speaking at Oxford Media Conference - 25/01/12
The UK music industry - building on a global success story - 20/01/2012
Joining Labour Members of the Culture, Tourism and Sport Board - 19/01/2012
Roundtable on growth and innovation in the Music Industry - 19/01/2012
New Year Message and Resolutions for 2012 - 01/01/12
2011
December
Speaking at Mitcham and Morden Labour Party Social - 14/12/11
A Tribute to Joan Amodio 1932 to 2011 - 07/12/11
November
Phone canvassing for Ken and London's GLA candidates - 17/11/11
Speaking to West Midlands Labour Party Conference - 12/11/11
London will host 2017 World Athletics Championships - 11/11/11
The coalition must make the case for aid - 11/11/11
Speaking to the Business in Sport and Leisure conference - 10/11/11
Speaking to the Creative Coalition Campaign - 9/11/11
Meeting with Ruth Mackenzie, Director of the Cultural Olympiad - 04/11/11
Radical change needed after phone hacking scandal - 03/11/11
October
Meeting with the Riots Panel - 27/10/11
Celebrating Labour's commitment to Equality and Diversity - 17/11/11
Speaking with Labour Party Members in Colchester - 14/10/11
PCC should be independent of government and impartial - 11/10/11
September
Speech to Labour Party Conference - 29/09/11
Speaking to Labour's Women's Conference - 24/09/11
Launching Ealing and Hillingdon GLA campaign- 09/09/2011
August
July
One Year Anniversary of the Pakistan Floods- 27/07/2011
Summer dinner with Putney CLP- 15/07/2011
Calling on Mayor to Save Our Sergents- 13/07/2011
June
Meeting with Burma Campaign UK - 21/06/11
'You can't leave equality to the Tories' - 17/06/11
Raising cancer concerns with Health Secretary - 16/06/11
Speaking ahead of GAVI conference - 13/06/11
UK Government must support women in Egypt - 06/06/11
May
Meeting women activists in Cairo – 31/05/11
Taking part in ‘Just Jobs’ conference in Cairo – 30/05/11
Celebrating the life of Mayor Cllr Tayo Situ - 23/05/2011
Petition to save the NHS - 20/05/11
Presentation of OBE by Home Secretary to Richard Taylor - 16/05/11
Meeting with UN Women at the United Nations - 11/05/11
Tribute to David Cairns MP- 10/05/11
Discussing the importance of humanitarian aid with OCHA - 10/05/2011
Labour regains control of Sheffield Council - 06/05/2011
Door knocking in Lane Ward for by-election – 05/05/2011
Campaigning with activists in Cardiff – 03/05/2011
April
Campaigning with Labour Party Members in Chesterfield - 28/04/11
Supporting Jon Ashworth in Leicester South - 28/04/11
Campaigning in Felixstowe - 21/04/11
Campaigning in Bristol - 19/04/2011
Humanitarian situation in Libya – 19/04/2011
Campaigning in Brentwood - 16/04/2011
Visit to Sheffield - 15/04/2011
Inviting local GPs to discuss NHS changes - 14/04/2011
Campaigning in South Dorset ahead of local elections – 08/04/201
Response to the Government's "Social Mobility" strategy - 05/04/11
Speech on Humanitarian Relief and Libya - 05/04/11
March
Prostate Cancer Day of Action in the House of Commons – 31/03/11
International Development Questions - 30/03/2011
Humanitarian Emergency Response Review -28/03/2011
Women Joining The TUC March for the Alternative - 26/03/2015
Labour Party’s Fresh Ideas Listening Event in Chester - 24/03/2011
Speaking at Diaspora Communities Conference – 24/03/2011
United Nations World Water Day - 22/03/2011
Campaigning in Swindon -18/04/2011
Campaigning in York - 17/03/2011
Battersea CLP Fundraising Dinner - 16/03/2011
Campaigning in Abingdon Caldecott Ward - 11/03/2011
Speaking to Oxford University Labour Club - 11/03/2011
Speech to London South Bank University - 10/03/2011
Beyond the role of Government - 10/03/2011
By-election in Brunswick Park - 10/03/2011
International Women's Day - 08/03/2011
International Women's Day Conference - 08/03/2011
Campaigning In Wales - 05/03/2011
Responding to the Government's aid reviews - 01/03/11
The government must maintain the UK's leadership on aid - 01/03/11
Welcoming Fairtrade Fortnight - 01/03/11
February
Meeting with Labour members in the South West - 26/02/11
Speaking about official launch of UN Women – 21/02/2011
Speech to Welsh Labour Conference - 19/02/2011
Launching "the Keep the .7/2013 Promise" campaign - 16/02/2011
2011 Remittances Survey - 09/02/11
January
We must mobilise support for world's poorest - 26/01/11
Meeting with Cathy Ashton - 25/01/11
No Child Born to Die - 24/01/11
Protecting Sure Start - 19/01/11
Meeting UN Special Representative - 18/01/11
Reaction to floods in Sri Lanka - 13/01/11
Campaigning with Debbie Abrahams 12/01/11
The Lib Dems are fig leaves - 12/01/11
First anniversary of the devastating Haiti earthquake - 12/01/11
2010
December
Clare Cozens Memorial - 11/12/10
Meeting with London South Bank University - 08/12/10
Commemorating World AIDS Day - 01/12/10
November
Eastern Region Conference - Saturday 27/11/10
October
Christian Aid Lobby to Parliament Wednesday 20/10/10
September
Labour Party Conference 2010 - 30/09/10
Prime Minister's Questions 15/09/10
Trades Union Congress - 13/09/10
Co-operative Party Conference - 11/09/10
Norwich and Exeter By Elections - 09/09/10
August
Meeting Australian Voters at Australia House 18/08/10
Saying goodbye to Clare Cozens - 11/08/10
Good News for Labour in Local By-Elections - 10/08/10
Saying goodbye to Clare Cozens - 11/08/10
July
Prime Minister's Questions - 14/07/10
Prime Minister's Questions - 07/07/10
Prime Minister's Questions - 01/0710
June
Prime Minister's Questions - 23/06/10
Response to the Budget in the House of Commons - 22/06/10
Prime Minister's Questions - 17/06/10
May
Queen's Speech response - 25/05/10
April
Campaigning with local Labour candidates in Plymouth - 20/04/10
Meeting Shoppers in Dunbartonshire - 17/04/10
Listening to Voters in Brighton and Hove - 09/04/10
Saving the South London Line - 09/04/10
March
Campaigning in the North East 19/03/10
Gala dinner with Labour members in Durham - 19/03/10
February
January