Last year the Government announced the creation of a single Veteran’s Day to act as a day of celebration and commemoration for all the nation’s veterans.

Here Jim raises another issue that has exercised him since his election. Ticket touts take tickets out of the affordability of many people and make sporting and musical events the preserve of the rich. This is entirely unacceptable and means that touts do need to be controlled. Jim is keen that the Department of Culture Media and Sport (DCMS) move faster in developing a real strategy for dealing with the touts.

Iran has become the major foreign policy issue in the world at the moment. The Iranians are thought to be developing nuclear weapons and many countries are keen for that to happen. Here, Jim attempts to broaden the debate to discuss the internal issues in Iran and how these might be taken into account during negotiations with the Iranian Government.

Pension’s policy is a very complicated issue and one that Jim takes a keen interest in. Here, he attempts to raise a number of issues that have not been sufficiently addressed by his colleagues during a long debate on the future of pensions.

Dundee West MP, Jim McGovern today backed new Government plans to help more people who were exposed to asbestos at work to get proper compensation.