Barry set out Labour's progressive trade agenda to a CLASS event in the House of Commons on 18 April 2018.

The headlines, day after day, spell out the appalling toll being taken by violent crime across our communities. Firearms and knives are being used to kill our young people – and the victims are mainly young – across the city of London.  More than fifty people have already been killed this year across the city and the Conservative Government appears to have washed its hands of the issue.  The Home Secretary, Amber Rudd claims that a fall in police numbers is not to blame for a rise in violent crime.  She is wrong. The figures don’t lie.

"The Good Friday Agreement is a vital and essential part of the relationship between the U.K. & the Republic of Ireland, and has been central to the two decades of peace it has brought about.

Barry spoke to an international seminar organised by the TUC, ETUC and Rosa Luxemburg Foundation on 20 March 2018.

In a letter to Liam Fox, the Secretary of State for International Trade, Barry has called on the Government to set out what representations they have made to their US counterparts on behalf of UK steel producers in order to protect our steel industry from the tariffs the US President has imposed on steel and aluminium exports. 

Barry will be holding a public meeting to discuss the academisation of the Village School. Please follow the link for details.

Watch Barry speak in the 2nd Reading of the Trade Bill in Parliament on 9 January.

Barry spoke at the parliamentary launch of the Trade Democracy campaign on 21 November.