Welcome to my website, I am the Labour MP for Oxford East. I believe that the main priority for an MP should be to provide a service to constituents, helping with problems and taking up views and concerns. Communication and consultation is vital, I want to use this website to let you know what I am doing, in Oxford and in Westminster, and to give you ways to share your views with me.
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Andrew joined the Prime Minister at 10 Downing Street yesterday to welcome the addition of an all-electric, zero emissions ‘Mini E’ to the government’s car pool. The new car, designed by BMW, is to be trialled among 40 UK drivers over a year, as well as motorists in the US and Germany. Andrew said: “I am extremely proud that the Mini E has gone on trial and will be used by government ministers. I have always fought hard to keep the Cowley Mini plant alive in Oxford, because I recognise the brilliant work it does....
ANDREW has called in Parliament for environmental controls on bank investments on the eve of the Copenhagen Climate Conference. Warning that climate change is the biggest global danger we face, he said in a recent Queen’s Speech debate that it is vital for banks to show environmental responsibility in order to avoid “global catastrophe.” Andrew has been pressing for a Copenhagen deal with effective action to combat climate change. He said: “It is vital we secure firm commitments to combat this huge threat, and that we find ways to ensure poor countries – and...