Over the last week, I have had many constituents contact me voicing their dismay at the dreadful loss of life we have seen in recent months with people attempting to cross the Mediterranean, along with harrowing images of children drowned at sea and washed up on beaches and people suffocated to death in smuggler’s lorries.

Sharon Hodgson MP meets survivors of the Holocaust at a launch of resources for Holocaust Memorial Day 2016 in Parliament.

Sharon pictured here with Martin Stern in Parliament

Sharon Hodgson meets with St John Ambulance volunteers, and the man whose life they saved.

Pictured left to right: John Sharp (from Newcastle) - Emergency Transport Attendant, St John Ambulance; Sharon Hodgson; Mr Keith Richards (from Stanley) - driver AAH Pharmaceuticals, Gateshead; and Ryan Robson (from Sunderland) - Ambulance Team Leader, St John Ambulance.

Sharon Hodgson has visited the CAB's new pop-up shop in the Galleries in Washington.

Left to right: Denise Irving (Manager, Citizens Advice Sunderland); Sharon Hodgson MP; Jenny Beavis (from the Galleries Centre Management Team); and Chris Graham (Chair, Citizens Advice Sunderland).

Sharon Hodgson MP responds to constituents' concerns over Rob Marris' Assisted Dying Bill 2015-16

I am proud of the Human Rights Act which was passed through Parliament under the last Labour Government, as it protects basic rights that we all benefit from such as the right to be free from torture, the right to free speech, the right to a fair trial, the right to protest and freedom of association.

Sharon Hodgson MP responds to recent queries by constituents on tax avoidance and the related campaign on closing the “Mayfair tax loophole”.

Sharon went along to meet with Gary Collin, General Manager of the Nissan Sports and Leisure Complex to hear about their exciting Washington Football Club “Community Family Festival” event on Sunday August 9^th 2015.

Sharon Hodgson MP pledged her support for families with disabled children at an event organised by charity Contact a Family at the Houses of Parliament last week.

Sharon pictured here with Maureen Morris and her daughter Caitlin.

Sharon Hodgson MP, as Labour’s Shadow Children and Families Minister, spoke at the launch of a new report from the Children’s Commissioner for England on tackling poverty in early years.

"We must decide as a nation we’re going to do something and start to eradicate it, otherwise the cycle will continue.” Sharon Hodgson MP