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Siobhain has brought together a number of other MPs to ask the UK government not to back away from its prior support for a strong, international justice mechanism in Sri Lanka

Siobhain spoke about the difficulties of home ownership in London

Siobhain pressed the Foreign Office Minister, Hugo Swire, to ensure the international community does more to bring the perpetrators of crimes against humanity in Sri Lanka to justice.

Siobhain gives speech on social mobility

Siobhain is urging the Government to curb Buy-to-Let tax breaks and instead use the money to increase the number of affordable homes.

Siobhain urged Ministers to do more to tackle the housing crisis by cutting the £14 billion of tax breaks Buy-to-Let landlords enjoy, which stop first-time buyers getting on the housing ladder.

Siobhain has written to the Prime Minister David Cameron urging him to persuade the Commonwealth to sack Sri Lanka President Rajapaksa as Chair

The impact of the Mayor of London's police cuts is being felt in Mitcham, so Siobhain has called a meeting for residents to raise their concerns with the Metropolitan Police Commissioner

Following revelations that Merton's police force has lost 80 officers since 2010, and that several local police offices have shut, Siobhain has written to the Mayor of London complaining about the impact on the local community

Health chiefs have admitted that the promised £219m development of St Helier Hospital is off, a decision described by Siobhain as "an apalling betrayal by this Government"