Following a petition by over 430 pupils, teachers and parents from Outwood Primary Academy Ledger Lane, Andrea asks the Secretary of State what is being done to improve road safety outside schools

Andrea is happy to support Early Day motion #1527. This is a cross party campaign to express concern about meat slaughtered in accordance with religious beliefs and thus not been pre-stunned.

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Between meetings in Parliament, Andrea visited the Parliamentary Reception for the Royal British Legion. 

Andrea met with members of the Royal British Legion and praised them for all their work in raising funds to help members of the armed forces, veterans, and their families.

Andrea was pleased to speak at Politeia, a UK based think tank analysing economic, constitutional & social policy, during the event in Parliament. The topic was Brexit and Beyond- Unfinished Business. 

I was very pleased to chair a patient safety conference in conjunction with Omnicell UK,the UK's leading provider of medication adherence packaging, hospital automated technology and robotic pharmacy systems. 

It was a busy week in Westminster this week. On Monday I took the opportunity to raise the issue of the Outwood Memorial Hall to the Home Secretary.

Andrea has held a very constructive meeting with the Secretary of State for the Department of Food, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs to hand over a constituency petition, signed by many residents, to demand action on puppy smuggling.

Andrea raises the large amount of often complex and stressful paperwork that those with mental health issues can face.

During Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Andrea asks the Minister what assessment he has made of the effect of tunnel construction into Israel by Hamas.

Members of Parliament shouldn't have to chose between their children and representing their constituents.

Andrea recalls having to drag Clifford, then weeks old, across the country in order to vote many times and therefore she support proxy voting.