Welcome to the Website of Angela Smith MP

“Welcome to my website, where you will find my latest news, a brief biography, details of how to contact me, and some other useful links and information.

Also there is some information about the constituency and local contact numbers that might be useful.

I am here for all my constituents, so if you have any queries or other concerns, please contact me or make an appointment to see me at one of my regular advice surgeries.

As the MP for Penistone & Stocksbridge, I am always looking for different ways to keep in touch with my constituents, so I hope you find this site useful and informative. The site is updated regularly, so please do come back often.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Member of Parliament

Penistone & Stocksbridge

How to contact Angela

Tuesday, 08 June 2010 17:57

How to contact Angela

Write:

The MPs Office

The Arc

Town hall

Manchester Road

Stocksbridge

S36 2DT

Tel: 0114 2831855

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or can use the website by going here

For the times and dates of Angela's regular surgeries go here.

Angela supports campaign to save elephants

Friday, 20 April 2012 12:53

Angela supports campaign to save elephants

Angela Smith has shown her commitment to protecting elephants by pledging her support for the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW)’s campaign against the ivory trade.

Angela recently sponsored an event in Westminster for IFAW’s campaign ‘Dying as Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Conservation and Wildlife Group. Key speakers included Rt Hon Nick Herbert MP, Minister for Policing, and IFAW’s Asia Regional Director, Grace Ge Gabriel.

Angela can be seen posing with a large confiscated elephant tusk to highlight the issue and send a clear message that she’s wants the UK to take the lead in the international community to stop elephants dying to fuel the ivory trade.

Recent months have seen the shocking scenes of massacred elephants killed by poachers for their ivory tusks. For example, in the first two months of 2012, it is reported that as many as 650 elephants were butchered in a national park in north Cameroon. First-hand information collected by IFAW indicates the indiscriminate, violent nature of the killings of entire elephant families, including mothers and even juveniles with small tusks.

Angela has challenges the Deputy Prime Minister

Friday, 20 April 2012 12:51

Angela has challenges the Deputy Prime Minister to come clean on Bus Passes

After a recent statement by the Deputy Prime Minister that pensioner bus passes should be means tested, Angela Smith wrote to Transport Minister and LibDem MP, Norman Baker, asking the government’s position on pensioner bus passes.

His response outlines a policy position that flatly contradicts that of his own Deputy Prime Minister.

Angela is now challenging Nick Clegg to come clean with pensioners over his views on free bus travel for pensioners.

In the letter, Mr Baker says it is Nick Clegg’s personal view that people who can afford to pay should, and that his comments referred to pensioners “who are clearly in a position where cost is not a vital factor in their travel arrangements and who, therefore, view the use of a bus pass simply as an additional travel option’.

Commenting Angela said,

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Angela supports new employment campaign

Friday, 20 April 2012 12:42

Angela Smith, local MP for Penistone & Stockabridge is supporting The National Autistic Society’s (NAS) nationwide campaign aimed at getting more adults with autism into employment.

‘The Undiscovered Workforce’ calls upon MPs across the UK to work together with local authority services, as well as local businesses and employment providers to improve job opportunities for people with autism in their own constituencies.

For many, employment is a crucial factor in living a happy and independent life. However, NAS research indicates that only 15% of adults with autism are in full-time employment, despite the fact that 79% of those claiming out-of-work benefits told us they want to work. It is also true that 26% of graduates with autism are unemployed, by far the highest rate of any disability group. One in 100 people living in north Sheffield/west Barnsley has autism and it is therefore vital that more is done locally to support these adults into employment.

With the right support, people with autism can overcome the barriers to work that they often face. Simple adjustments like making job interviews more accessible and providing support so that those in work understand the ‘unwritten rules’ of the workplace, can unlock the potential of a whole army of people ready and willing to work

Angela said:

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Youth unemployment rises by 130%

Friday, 20 April 2012 12:35

Angela Smith today recorded her deep concern and worry at Britain's jobs crisis which shows no signs of letting up.

Nationally unemployment in the three months to January is 2.67 million unemployed people, up 28,000 on the previous quarter.

The unemployment rate is 8.4 per cent, up 0.1 on the quarter. This is the highest rate since 1995.

The JSA claimant count is the worst figure since November 2009 and youth unemployment now stands at 1.04 million in the three months to January and women’s unemployment stands at 1.13 million in the three months to January.

Locally in Yorkshire Unemployment increased by 9,000 on the previous quarter and currently stands at 261,000

After looking at these disappointing figures, Angela responded by claiming that

“Complacent ministers are failing to act on this crisis."

Even worse in Penistone and Stocksbridge, long term youth unemployment has increased by 131% in the last year, yet the government has still no alternative in place for Labour’s successful Future Jobs fund.

“It is young people that are being left to pay the price for this government’s failure”, say’s Angel

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Angela’s Speeches

Tuesday, 29 June 2010 19:32

Angela asks many questions and makes many speeches on behalf of her constituents of Penistone and Stocksbridge. For information on these speeches and other news from parliament please go here.

To read information about questions that Angela has asked in parliament go here.

Angela's Expenses

Tuesday, 29 June 2010 16:55

In addition to their salary, MPs are allowed to claim various expenses or allowances to enable them carry out duties on behalf of constituents

These allowances or expenses cover things such as running offices in the constituency and Westminster, the paying of staff, as well as claiming for a second home, which is necessary expense for many MPs who have to spend part of the week in Westminster.

In the spirit of openness, these claims can be seen by going here.

From May 7th the new Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority will take over the scrutiny of MPs expenses. They will publish the full totals of all Members expenses online on a 3 monthly basis. For more details go here