Thank you for inviting your MP to come to our 20th birthday reception in Parliament last night and the Infant Feeding APPG yesterday afternoon. Here is a list of all the MPs who came.
If your MP is on either list, please do thank them for coming along, consider following up with them by inviting them to come along to a drop in group (if you feel it’s appropriate) or meet with them to discuss issues around infant feeding in your area. Having a relationship with your MP really does help in campaigning for better breastfeeding support services.
At our 20th anniversary parliamentary reception the following MPs were there:
- Alison Thewliss – SNP MP for Glasgow Central
- David Linden – SNP MP for Glasgow East
- Sharon Hodgson – Labour MP for Washington and Sunderland West
- Mohammed Yasin – Labour MP for Bedford
- Mike Gapes – Labour and Co-operative MP for Ilford South
- George Hollingberry – Conservative MP for Meon Valley
- Steve McCabe – Labour MP for Birmingham, Selly Oak
- Stephen Morgan – Labour MP for Portsmouth South
- Marion Fellows – SNP MP for Motherwell and Wishaw
- Eleanor Smith – Labour MP for Wolverhampton South West
- Bill Grant – Conservative MP for Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
And at the APPG earlier on in the day the following MPs were there:
- Alison Thewliss – SNP MP for Glasgow Central
- Bim Afolami – Conservative MP for Hitchen and Harpenden
- Jon Ashworth – Labour and Co-operative MP for Leicester South
- Carol Monaghan – SNP MP for Glasgow North West
- Gavin Newlands – SNP MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire North
- Jim Shannon – DUP MP for Strangford
If you know your MP was there and we have missed them out then do let us know. We have tried to make this list as accurate as possible, but there were times when we were speaking or organising things, and may have missed somebody.
If your MP said they would come but didn’t turn up, it could well be because there was an important Brexit debate going on. It would be great if you could still follow up with them and invite them to meet you/visit your group/find out more etc.
It was very clear yesterday that the MPs who turned up had been invited by their constituents and that was the reason they had chosen to be there. It really works!
You can also ask all your MPs to drop in to the UNICEF Baby Friendly Call to Action event on the 5th December – more details on that here .
Here’s a selection of photos from our day yesterday. Thank you to everyone who made it possible. Here’s to the next 20 years!
