John Austin
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Welcome to my ePolitix.com website.
I hope that this site will help you to understand the work I do as a Labour Member of Parliament for Erith and Thamesmead. I was first elected to Parliament for the Woolwich constituency in 1992 but following boundary changes have represented Erith and Thamesmead since May 1997.
I served as a member of the House of Commons Health Select Committee from 1994 to 2005 and since 2005 have been a member of the UK delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). I serve on the Equal Opportunities Committee of PACE. Since 2007, I have served on the Joint Committee on Human Rights. The Joint Committee on Human Rights consists of twelve members appointed from both the House of Commons and the House of Lords and is charged with considering general human rights issues in the UK and all UK legislation and potential impact on human rights.
My main areas of personal interest are Environment, Equal Opportunities, Foreign Affairs, Health, Mental Health and Social Services
If you live in my constituency and would like to contact me please write or phone me. Click the contact link on the left for details.
Latest Press Releases
- MP's farewell speech to party "on course for victory"
- Local MP joins breakthrough breast cancer to ensure patients are given every chance to beat breast cancer
- MP welcomes £2m extra school funding
- MP to lead UK delegation on climate change and poverty reduction
- John Austin MP helps Thames learning group set sail
- Austin welcomes extra government cash for Thamesmead
- John Austin MP backs new campaign to drive up voting amongst people with learning disabilities
- Local MPs commit to safeguard the legacy of Holocaust survivors
- Bring back living seas
- MPs back sunbed ban for under 18s
Latest Speeches
- Situation in the Middle East
- The functioning of democratic institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- House of Commons Parliamentary Debate on the Address[5TH DAY]
- Western European Union: European Security and Defence Assembly
- Palliative care
- Western European Union: European Security & Defence Assembly Plenary Session
- Europe -Maghreb Relations
- KOSOVA
- Human Trafficking
- Western European Union: European Security & Defence Assembly Plenary Session
Latest Articles
- Queen Mary’s Hospital (Sidcup)
- Thames Gateway Bridge - Evidence of John Austin MP
- Belvedere incinerator public inquiry: evidence of John Austin MP
- Wall Is A Barrier To Peace And Justice
- Belvedere incinerator public inquiry: evidence of John Austin MP
- News from John Austin MP
- Israel's road blocks to peace
- Bush and Blair - double standards on UN resolutions
- Webminster Brief Response: Housing and regeneration
- What Peace Process?
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