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PRESS RELEASE | Spellar demands PM ‘sort out this scandal’ of Disclosure and Barring Scheme discrimination

In Parliament today, Black Country MP John Spellar was unrelenting in his pursuit of Prime Minister Boris Johnson – pressing him for a second week running on his campaign to end the ‘damaging and discriminatory’ practices of the Disclosure and Barring Scheme. Spellar expressed his frustration at ‘usual Home Office guff’…

PRESS RELEASE | Spellar: ‘we need action’ on DBS reform; slams ‘pathetic’ Home Office

In Parliament today, Black Country MP John Spellar demanded action from Ministers on reforming the ‘discredited’ Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Responding to an Urgent Question, Spellar pointed out that the 2017 Lammy Report and 2019 Gallagher Judgement of the Supreme Court pointed out the systemic flaws in the DBS…

Get on and make some plans for plastic waste, Spellar urges Government

In Parliament today, Black Country MP John Spellar urged the Government to ‘get on and make some plans’ for dealing with the ‘unavoidable plastic waste’ created as a result of the COVID-19 Pandemic. He outlined that ‘the covid-19 crisis has clearly necessitated the use and disposal of massive quantities of…

PRESS RELEASE | ‘You can break this logjam Prime Minister. Will you do it?’ Spellar urges Boris to back rehabilitation reforms

In Parliament today, Black Country MP John Spellar urged Prime Minister Boris Johnson to back reforms to the Disclosure and Barring System. Spellar said the DBS ‘is a major obstacle to people turning their lives around,’ branding it ‘inefficient, unfair and, frankly, discriminatory.’ ‘We don’t need any more commissions or…

Spellar: We need career opportunities for our youngsters in the NHS

In Parliament today, Black Country MP John Spellar said that: ‘The COVID Pandemic has revealed how shockingly dependent this country has become on other countries to train our medical workforce – and the previous neglect of training.’ In Education Questions, Spellar asked Secretary of State Gavin Williamson to ‘prioritise a…

Spellar: We don’t need more commissions; we need action on BME inequalities

In Parliament today, Black Country MP John Spellar called on the Government to act when it came to inequalities among BME communities. Spellar outlined that ‘We know that the Disclosure and Barring Service sometimes bars people from work for decades and is, frankly, unfair and discriminatory; we know that the…

Get Britain Back to Work or impact on North and Midlands could be worse than Thatcherism, says Spellar

It is imperative to get Britain back to work over the summer, warned Black Country MP John Spellar. In an article for the Financial Times, co-written with North Durham MP and former Defence Minister Kevan Jones, they warn that ‘Unless appropriate action is taken’ to get Brits to work safely,…

PRESS RELEASE | The return of live sports ‘a huge boost to morale and jobs’ says Spellar

In Parliament today, Black Country MP John Spellar welcomed the return of live sports, describing it as ‘not only a huge boost to morale across the country, but also a major provider of jobs.’ He highlighted that ‘racing alone supports over 80,000 jobs’, but also that the ‘betting industry supports…

PRESS RELEASE | Spellar: ‘Ministers and Whitehall need to up their game – fast’

Black Country MP and former Defence Minister John Spellar today called on Ministers and Government Departments to ‘up their game’ as the country prepares to ease lockdown restrictions. In an article for Huffington Post , Spellar argued that the ‘Coronavirus pandemic has completely exposed serial inadequacies, improper planning and lack of competence…

PRESS RELEASE | ‘Another Windrush waiting to happen’ – Spellar warns Government on repatriation flights

Black Country MP and former defence minister John Spellar today warned the Prime Minister over failure to get people stranded abroad back home to the UK – and that it could be ‘another Windrush waiting to happen’. After first raising the issue with the Prime Minister in March, Spellar acknowledged…

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