The past week has been extremely busy both in the constituency and Westminster.

Last Thursday I addressed striking Cardiff University staff at their rally, and discussed the concerns that have led Cardiff and Wales UCU members, along with other university staff across the country, to take industrial action over pensions. I offered my full support for their actions and their rejection of the recent inadequate offer.

Many of the staff live locally in Penarth, and I am meeting Cardiff University’s Vice Chancellor this week to raise their concerns directly.

On Friday morning, I was back in Westminster and was proud to join 128 other MPs in voting to help ensure the Families Together Bill for refugees took a step closer to becoming law.

People whose families have been torn apart while fleeing war or persecution need to be treated more fairly, and this Bill aims to do just that.

Also on Friday, we saw the dreadful sight of far right graffiti and posters appearing in the constituency, almost certainly timed to coincide with a planned official anti-racism event taking place in Grangetown the next day. I worked with South Wales Police and the local authority to ensure the hate-filled material was removed immediately, and an investigation launched, and to reassure the local community and those planning to attend the march that they remain safe and secure.

The march on Saturday - which was attended by many Penarth people - was a powerful and united response against hatred and showed that we will NOT tolerate racism or extremism in our communities.

Back in Parliament on Monday, I raised serious questions in the Commons on the developing revelations about Cambridge Analytica, their attempts to undermine democracy, and the utterly irresponsible practices of Facebook; and also on the matter of dirty Russian money in the UK.

I am deeply concerned about the alleged influence of Russian Government money in our politics - from the Brexit referendum (let alone what has apparently gone on in the USA), to corruption and money laundering through the UK or our tax havens.

We need a full and thorough investigation into all these matters and must leave no stone unturned when examining the Russian state’s attempts to subvert our parliamentary democracy, whether with human assets or financial, cyber, propaganda or other means, however uncomfortable some of those findings might be for us.