Contact Bell
The most efficient way to raise an individual issue is to send Bell and her team an email with a short summary of your case at bell.ribeiroaddy.mp@
News
International Sign Language Day
The 23rd of September marks International Sign Language Day, an annual day of recognition to support and protect the linguistic identity and cultural diversity of all deaf people and other sign language users.
Delivering Devices to Streatham Schools
Yesterday, I delivered ten tablets to (my old primary school) as part of my ongoing efforts to get devices to the most disadvantaged students in our community and address the digital divide locally.
Opposing the Government’s Illegal No-Deal Brexit Plan
This week, I spoke against the disastrous No-Deal Brexit plans which breach international law, threaten the union and lower the UK’s global standing.
How to communicate with deaf children and young people while wearing a mask
The National Deaf Children’s Society has put together this useful infographic with some practical advice to show you how to communicate with deaf children while wearing a mask.
Press Releases
Press Release – Streatham MP slams “shambolic” test & trace system
Bell has today slammed the Government’s coronavirus test and trace system, citing complaints from multiple constituents told testing was unavailable, or asked to travel unreasonable distances in order to get a test.
Press Release – Streatham MP calls for an end to rip-off rail fares
I’m speaking out against rail fare rises and calling on the Government to take rail into public ownership to stop the rip-off.
Press release – Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP highlights plight of migrant care workers
I’ve written to the Home Secretary, highlighting the current situation faced by many migrant care workers and calling on the Government to grant them indefinite leave to remain.
Press release – Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP calls on small businesses to enter nationwide contest for Best Small Shop
Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP is calling on Streatham’s small shopkeepers to enter the Best Small Shops Competition, celebrating the successes of local shops as well as the central role they’ve played in the community response to Covid-19.
Articles
Throw Out the Overseas Operations Bill
The Overseas Operations Bill is the Government’s latest attempt to use domestic law to row back on the UK’s international obligations.
Refugees are not the problem
Rather than trying to push refugees and asylum seekers back onto continental Europe (whether by clumsy Brexit diplomacy or Naval war ship), the Government must accept its international obligations and accept our fair share of refugees.
We don’t just need green investment, we need a Green New Deal – In My View (Column for the South London Press)
The decisions we take now as we head into the next recession will determine the future health of our planet. The environment must be at the heart of our rebuilding efforts and that means every single government policy must fit with the bigger push towards net-zero.
The hostile environment in healthcare hurts everyone. We must maintain the pressure to end it.
Universality was the founding principle of the welfare state and must underpin our country’s approach to the coronavirus crisis and its economic aftermath: providing help to all who need it to get the country back on its feet.