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Barry Sheerman MP

Barry Sheerman MP

Labour/Co-operative MP for Huddersfield

Rishi Sunak’s maths plan is impossible without a plan to recruit more teachers
Education
By Barry Sheerman MP
Rishi Sunak’s maths plan is impossible without a plan to recruit more teachers
I listened with interest to the speeches from Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer, both setting out their priorities for 2023. The Prime Minister’s plan to introduce compulsory maths for pupils until the age of 18 especially caught my attention.
The shocking truth about air pollution on the parliamentary estate
Environment
By Barry Sheerman MP
The shocking truth about air pollution on the parliamentary estate
In the past, Parliament has passed ground-breaking acts that transformed air quality in this country; from public health legislation passed in the 19th century which regulated smoke from coal in industrial towns and cities, to the 1956 “Great Smog” Clean Air Act and, in recent memory, the 2021 Environment Act, with its binding targets on air quality.
Only a seriously joined up global approach will protect the marine environment from plastic
Environment
By Barry Sheerman MP
Only a seriously joined up global approach will protect the marine environment from plastic

Labour MP Barry Sheerman writes following a Westminster Hall debate on the UK's role in degradation of the marine environment.