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

During Education Questions on Monday 20th July, Sharon Hodgson MP, Shadow Minister for Children and Families, asked the Government why it is not investing in Children’s Centres as a way to improve the quantity and quality in our childcare system.

Image copyright: Parliamentary Recording Unit, 2015.

Welfare Reform and work Bill.  As constituents may be aware, I abstained in this vote, and although I know many people disagree with this course of action, I would like to explain to you why I believed it to be the decision I had to take.

Sharon Hodgson, MP for Washington and Sunderland West and Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for School Food, has hit out at the Government over their failure to address child hunger during the summer holidays after a damning report researched by YouGov for Kelloggs showed more than six out of ten parents with household incomes of less than £25,000 said they weren’t always able to afford to buy food outside of term time.

Sharon Hodgson, MP for Washington and Sunderland West, has demonstrated her support for women with breast cancer by becoming a Parliamentary Ambassador for leading charity "Breast Cancer Now".

Sharon Hodgson, MP for Washington and Sunderland West, attended an event in Parliament this month to hear the winner of the first ever National Responsible Business Champions Award.

Many constituents have been in contact with Sharon recently about the Hunting Act.

It is clear from the huge numbers of letters and e-mails that I have received on this issue, this is something that many people feel very passionate about.