… He became active in the Labour Party from 1982, being Assistant Secretary for Croydon North East Labour Party and Chair of Croydon Central Constituency Labour Party, and was a member of the Association of Scientific, Technical and Managerial Staffs,[4] and later the Manufacturing, Science and Finance union. The Bill was presented again in 2017 and re-presented in 2019 and pre-dates the “People's Vote Campaign” or support from other political parties. London Borough of Croydon-Wikipedia. He had also served as Leader of Croydon Borough Council. [46] Davies said "this shows I was one of the most hard-working MPs in Britain. His family comes from west Wales; his civil servant father is from Aberystwyth and his mother's family are from Swansea. The Bill was reintroduced to Parliament in September 2016[17] and subsequently published.[18]. [3], At the 1987 general election, Davies contested the safe Conservative seat Croydon South, coming third. His Multinational Motor Manufacturing Companies (Duty of Care to Former Employees) Bill 2012–13[14] was designed to ensure that former Ford employees, including those from Swansea, who were transferred to an arms-length company called Visteon that Ford created, were compensated for the under-funding of their pension fund. Using delivery vehicles to monitor air quality with new sensors and gathering data is a key part of DPD’s green strategy. He sought to address children's issues with a Healthy Children Manifesto (June 2004) to ban junk food advertising to children and regulate food labeling (adopted by Government 11/06) and a School Meals and Nutrition Bill in January 2005 that sought to include nutrition in OFSTED and to ban unhealthy vending (provisions adopted 3/05 & 10/05). Geraint Davies (Labou This included air quality targets, vehicle testing reflecting on-road conditions, air pollution measurement and warnings, powers to restrict and ban diesel vehicles in urban centres, a national infrastructure of electric and hydrogen filling points and a fiscal strategy to incentivise consumers and producers towards cleaner vehicles. The alternative is no deal, which would trigger a hard Brexit inflicted by a right-wing Tory prime minister between 2019 and 2022. On his re-election for Swansea West in 2010, Davies became the first newly elected MP to present a Private Members' Bill – The Credit Regulation (Child Pornography) Bill[13] in July 2010 that received national media coverage and cross-party support including an Early Day Motion signed by 203 MPs. Geraint Davies, Member of Parliament for Swansea West, this month opened the Stockholm. Davies asked the Prime Minister to support his Bill in the House of Commons on the day it was presented on 27 October 2014 and David Cameron responded: "there's an awful lot of scare stories going round and this greater scrutiny can lay some of those to rest". Previously, Davies was the Labour Party MP for Croydon Central from 1997 to 2005. Re-elected in 2001, Davies was appointed NSPCC Parliamentary Ambassador in 2003 (−2005) following his proposed Regulation of Childcare Providers Bill in April 2003 which saw the law changed so that childminders were no longer permitted to smack children and parents had the right to see records of complaints about prospective childminders in respect of child safety. [50], The Wikipedia article about him was one of a number edited ahead of the 2015 General Election by computers inside Parliament, an act which the Daily Telegraph says "appears to be a deliberate attempt to hide embarrassing information from the electorate." In the 2017 general election his majority grew to 10,598 with a 59.8% share of the vote, the highest Labour vote in Swansea West's history. 14196 (2016) - the exploration and exploitation of non-conventional hydrocarbons in Europe", "Mr Geraint Davies – Former Labour MP for Croydon Central", MPs' expenses: Geraint Davies spent £4,000 on renovation just before general election, "Expenses and sex scandal deleted from MPs' Wikipedia pages by computers inside Parliament", If my party backs another Brexit referendum, Jeremy Corbyn will become prime minister next year, "Brexit latest: The Welsh MPs who voted for a second referendum", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Geraint_Davies_(Labour_politician)&oldid=1007365522, Politics of the London Borough of Croydon, Councillors in the London Borough of Croydon, Labour Co-operative MPs for English constituencies, Labour Co-operative MPs for Welsh constituencies, Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Swansea constituencies, Pages containing links to subscription-only content, Short description is different from Wikidata, Wikipedia articles with UKPARL identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 17 February 2021, at 19:28. [42] The APPG for Speech and Language Difficulties attempts to raise awareness about the difficulties facing those who have communication needs and encourages early intervention and treatment for SLCN. [38][39], As a member of the European Scrutiny Committee, Davies has addressed ministers on subjects including the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), the Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA), and the 2016 referendum on the UK's membership of the European Union.[40]. [7][8] He was also chair of the Housing Committee of the London Boroughs Association, the predecessor of London Councils, from 1996 to 1997. Geraint Richard Davies (born 3 May 1960) is a British politician who is the Labour Co-operative Member of Parliament (MP) for Swansea West. However, Geraint Davies sometimes differs from their party colleagues, such as: Geraint Davies generally voted for a stricter asylum system; most current Labour MPs generally voted against. - Present, 2 March 2020 Mr. Davies is in the process of updating the Bill which will include clearer safeguards for Trans people when it is published in 2019. [28][29] This bill was incorporated in the EU REACH directive 09/06 and supported by the World Wide Fund for Nature UK. Davies also published his Plastics Bill in 2017[33] that calls for the government to set and enforce ambitious targets that would reduce the amount of plastic produced and also ensure that the producer pays for the recycling of plastic products through an Extended Producer Responsibility Plan. do not work properly without it enabled. Environment Institute Conference, marking the inaugural World Clean Air Day. Previously, Davies was the Labour Party MP for Croydon Central from 1997 to 2005. Most current Labour MPs voted a mixture of for … In October 2014, he proposed a Bill to prohibit the advertising of electronic cigarettes and to prohibit their sale to children[20], Davies' International Trade Agreement Scrutiny Bill[21] would require scrutiny of, and enable amendments to, international trade agreements, including the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (the proposed EU–US free trade deal) and the Investor State Dispute Settlements (which threatens to give multi-national companies the power to sue governments for laws they pass which protect consumers or workers and thereby affect future profit streams), by the European and UK Parliaments. Geraint Davies is the Labour (Co-op) MP for Swansea West, and has been an MP continuously since 6 May 2010. [3] He married Dr. Vanessa Fry in September 1991 and they now live in Swansea. The report was instrumental in replacing ISDS with the more democratically accountable Investor Court System (ICS) in the EU-Canada free trade agreement CETA (Comprehensive Economic Trading Area). These provisions were subsequently adopted by the Government. - Present, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (Substitute Member). The parliamentary office address of Geraint Davies is House of Commons London SW1A 0AA. 60 years after the Clean Air Act, Davies introduced the Clean Air Bill[30] to curb emissions and develop sustainable transport systems by road, rail air and sea. [50], Davies favours a second referendum over Brexit. Geraint Richard Davies (born 3 May 1960) is a British politician who is the Labour and Co-operative Member of Parliament (MP) for Swansea West. Geraint Davies is the Labour (Co-op) MP for Swansea West, and has been an MP continuously since 6 May 2010. Davies joined Unilever as a Group Product Manager in 1982, and became Group Product Manager before joining Colgate-Palmolive Ltd. as Marketing Manager and then starting his own companies including Pure Crete Ltd. and Equity Creative Ltd. Davies was elected to succeed Mary Walker as Leader of the Council in 1996,[6] resigning from the role and his council seat in 1997. I support the announcement that an additional £6.2m funding package has today been made available to the National Library of Wales and Amgueddfa Cymru. Previously, Davies was the Labour Party MP for Croydon Central from 1997 to 2005. His report on fracking was agreed by PACE and adopted by the newly elected Macron government to ban fracking in France.[45]. The email address is geraint.davies.mp@parliament.uk.. Official Websites and Email Address Davies wrote, "To make Jeremy Corbyn prime minister next year, Labour must back a public vote on the EU deal. [49] Davies repaid £156 used to post his annual report calendars by prepaid envelopes instead of stamps[48] Davies spent £2,285 on his kitchen and £1,500 on his living room at the taxpayers’ expense. Speaking at the Conference, Geraint Davies said “Seven million people die each year from air pollution and millions more will die as a result of climate change. Geraint Richard Davies (born 3 May 1960) is a British politician who is the Labour and Co-operative Member of Parliament (MP) for Swansea West. Show vote. Geraint Davies MP. How Geraint Davies voted on Business and the Economy #. [52], Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).