Jason spent a fascinating day with the Morrisons supermarket chain as part of the Industry and Parliament Trust‘s “Made in Britain” series of site-visits for Parliamentarians.
He joined fellow MPs on a visit to the cutting edge Morrisons ‘Store of the Future’ in Leeds and toured the Morrisons HQ near Bradford.
Morrisons are Britain’s fastest growing supermarket chain and will create 7,000 new jobs across the UK in 2012.
Posted in Businesses, Parliament, Photos
Jason was pleased to chair a Gas Industry and Safety Group seminar on ‘Better Regulation’, attended representatives of numerous charities and groups, including British Gas, the Health and Safety Executive, Ofgem, the Health Protection Agency, the Gas Safety Trust and more.
He is a Co-Chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Gas Safety Group, which recently released an important report on Carbon Monoxide Poisoning. This seminer was the third in a series discussing the points raised by it. A copy of the report may be downloaded here.
Posted in Charity, National Campaigns, Parliament, Photos
Friday January 27th will mark the 67th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the Nazi concentration and extermination camp which is the site of the largest mass murder in history. Jason signed the Book of Commitment, which has been placed in the House of Commons by the Holocaust Educational Trust, to honour the memory of those who were persecuted and murdered during the Holocaust.
Jason joined 6th formers from Greenhead College on an educational visit to Auschwitz last year. To read more about about that visit, please click here.
In the weeks around Holocaust Memorial Day, thousands of commemorative events will be arranged by schools, faith groups and community organisations across the country to remember the victims of the Holocaust and subsequent genocides. For more information, please visit www.het.org.uk.
Posted in Events, International Issues, Parliament, Photos
Jason was delighted to have secured a debate on the Northern Rail Hub yesterday which attracted 25 MPs of all parties. The Northern Hub is a proposed series of infrastructure investment projects to the rail network in the north. The £560m Hub project could add up to 30,000 new jobs and be worth £4.2Bn to the northern economy. You can read Jason’s speech here.
The night before Jason spoke in the debate on Town Centres and High Streets following the Mary Portas review. Jason highlighted the Tesco planning application for Holmfirth and the success of Lidget Street in Lindley. You can read his contribution to the debate here.
Posted in Local Campaigns, Local Issues, National Issues, Parliament, Speeches, Transport
Jason joined Huddersfield Town in promoting the Organ Donors Register at Saturday’s game with Oldham. Fans were given information about the register and encouraged to sign up.
Only 29% of the population are currently signed up whilst thousands are waiting for life saving donations. Jason met a Linthwaite man who was given a life saving heart transplant last year.
Please help to save lives and sign up at www.organdonation.nhs.uk.
Posted in Events, Huddersfield Town, NHS, Photos
Jason met the inspiring students and staff at the Creative & Media Studio School at Netherhall Learning Campus in Huddersfield. The Studio School has businesses and pupils working side by side. Their new purpose-built £4.5m building will be one of the best learning facilities in the country, let alone Kirklees.
The idea is to take learning out of a traditional classroom setting, teaching the curriculum through real-life enterprise themed projects in the school and the surrounding community. Jason saw this in action as he met the dynamic team from Fourteen19 Youth Communications, a dedicated youth marketing agency and social enterprise.
For more information, please visit www.studio-school.org.uk and www.gcik.co.uk.
Jason was delighted to present the trophy at the Sportshall athletics day at the Sports Barn on Leeds Road. The inter-school competition is run by the Pennine School Sports Partnership.
Lindley Juniors (pictured) won the Junior School trophy, while Honley High School went on to win the Senior School trophy.
Jason caught up with ‘Restoration Man’ George Clarke and the team from Channel 4′s Great British Property Scandal to keep up the momentum on their Empty Homes campaign.
Facts and Figures:
Jason only last week met Fresh Horizons, a Huddersfield based Social Enterprise, who are working to bring Empty Homes back into use in our area.
For more information about this growing national campaign, please visit the Empty Homes website.
Posted in Housing, National Campaigns, News
Jason has welcomed news that the first stage of the high-speed HS2 rail network that will link London, Birmingham and Leeds has been given the go-ahead by the Government. Jason says:
“This is a once in a generation opportunity to tear down the North/South divide to bring more jobs and more growth to Yorkshire. HS2 will free up capacity on already-busy existing local rail lines.”
UPDATE after Ministerial Statement:
In March HS2 Ltd will advise the Secretary of State on the route and station options to Manchester and Leeds, and in autumn 2012 the Government will start an engagement programme on a preferred route to discuss local views.
Posted in Parliament, Photos, Transport
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