During a statement on Child Poverty on Wednesday 1st July, Sharon Hodgson MP raised how important investment in early years, including Sure Start Centres, can be to helping transform the lives of disadvantaged children and helping lift children out of poverty.

At a reception at the Houses of Parliament, Sharon Hodgson MP, a member of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Autism (APPGA), pledged to promote more autism awareness in Washington and Sunderland West.

Sharon Hodgson has thanked staff and volunteers at Citizens' Advice Sunderland for providing constituents with the advice and support they need to solve their problems.

Sharon pictured here with volunteer puppy walker Sally and her puppy-in-training Joni, and volunteer puppy walker Susan and her puppy-in-training Bianca.

Today in the House of Commons Sharon Hodgson welcomed the Lords amendment to the Consumer Rights Bill, that will boost greater transparency in the secondary ticketing market, and will help make sure genuine fans are not ripped off and stopped from seeing the sports, shows or bands that they love.

Sharon Hodgson MP hands in Metro Petition to Parliament.

"Every classroom, dinner hall and playground free from homophobia" – Labour's plan to eradicate LGBT bullying in schools.

Sharon Hodgson MP urges people to register to vote on National Voter Registration Day - 5th Feb 2015.

Washington and Sunderland West MP, Sharon Hodgson, attends a Parliamentary event in support of Cancer Research UK’s "Cross Cancer Out" campaign on World Cancer Day (4th February).

Today marks the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration and death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, the site of the largest mass murder in history.