Mary Kelly Foy leads calls for FA to finance defibrillators for grassroots clubs
Today Mary, along with 50 other MPs and Peers, has written to the CEO of…
Mary Kelly Foy MP Member of Parliament for the City of Durham
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Mary Kelly Foy Launches Survey for Carers
To mark Carers Week, Mary today launched a survey on the experiences of carers in…
Mary Kelly Foy hosts meeting on Gypsy Roma Traveller experiences
On 8th June Mary hosted a meeting with Friends, Families & Travellers, the secretariat of…
Mary begins Carers’ Week by asking Education Secretary to support disabled children in recovery plans
On 7th June Mary was drawn to ask a question following the Education Secretary’s statement…
Mary Kelly Foy writes to oppose plans to open IRC in County Durham
Mary Kelly Foy wrote an article for Left Foot Forward highlighting her opposition the proposed…
Mary Kelly Foy responds to Durham County Council’s new Coalition Administration
The recent Durham County Council elections were hugely disappointing for the Labour Party. Although Labour…
Mary signs letter calling for immediate Covid Public Inquiry
Mary has signed a letter calling for more accountability of the Government on its handling…
Mary Kelly Foy Re-Establishes Friends of Durham Uni APPG
On 20th May 2021 Mary Kelly Foy chaired the re-established ‘Friends of Durham University All…
Mary Kelly Foy addresses Rally for Palestine in Newcastle
After writing to the Foreign Secretary calling for the Government to help in the de-escalation…
Mary in the Media: BBC & ITV
Mary Kelly Foy has been featured on regional BBC and ITV political news programmes this…
Mary Kelly Foy writes to Foreign Secretary on Palestine
Following an influx of correspondence from constituents concerned about the escalating violence between Israel and…
Mary tables EDM to congratulate “fantastic” success of Palatinate at Student Publication Association Awards
Mary Kelly Foy tabled an Early Day Motion in Parliament to congratulate Palatinate on their successes…
Mary writes to Home Secretary on Hassockfield Detention Centre
Mary has recently been contacted by a significant number of constituents who have voiced their…
Mary visits Durham Markets
As non-essential retail continues to reopen across the country, on Thursday 15 April Mary took…
Mary’s Budget Statement
I am glad that the Chancellor has bowed to public pressure and trade union campaigning in extending financial support for workers and businesses – yet this was the bare minimum needed, and anything less would have been disastrous for the economy. Overall, the Chancellor’s Budget was incredibly unimaginative and unambitious,…
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Vaccinations and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities
During the first wave of COVID-19, it became clear that the virus was disproportionately affecting…
Mary calls on Government to support remote education
Following the announcement that certain schools will remain closed in January, Mary joined with cross-Party…
Mary joins call for permanent free parking for NHS staff
At the height of the coronavirus pandemic, the Government took the decision to provide extra funds for NHS Foundation Trusts to allow them to provide free parking for staff, however since the summer, this has no longer been guaranteed, with some staff seeing parking charges reintroduced. Mary recently joined with…
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Mary co-chairs first meeting of the APPG on cerebral palsy
Mary Foy, MP for the City of Durham today co-chaired the first meeting of the new All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Cerebral Palsy. Mary worked with the charity, Action Cerebral Palsy, along with Conservative MP, Paul Maynard, to create the APPG this year, and will act as co-chair alongside Mr…
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County Durham MPs write to VOA about Dominic Cummings
Following an investigation by Durham County Council after Dominic Cummings’ visit to Durham during lockdown, it was determined that changes to the North Lodge property had breached planning and building control regulations, and that council tax was due on the property dating back many years. Since this information was passed…
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The Internal Market Bill and the Good Friday Agreement
Yesterday Mary spoke in the Internal Market Bill debate, and highlighted the real threat that this Bill poses to the Good Friday Agreement. Mary spoke on the work that communities in Ireland have done to ensure a lasting peace, and that the Government should not be so complacent that this…
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