Information between 13th May 2024 - 11th August 2024
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Division Votes |
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15 May 2024 - Criminal Justice Bill - View Vote Context Alex Cunningham voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 147 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 167 Noes - 275 |
15 May 2024 - Criminal Justice Bill - View Vote Context Alex Cunningham voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 148 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 171 Noes - 272 |
21 May 2024 - Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill - View Vote Context Alex Cunningham voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 164 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 217 Noes - 268 |
Speeches |
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Alex Cunningham speeches from: Criminal Justice Bill
Alex Cunningham contributed 4 speeches (2,821 words) Report stage (day 1) Wednesday 15th May 2024 - Commons Chamber Home Office |
Alex Cunningham speeches from: Oral Answers to Questions
Alex Cunningham contributed 1 speech (112 words) Tuesday 14th May 2024 - Commons Chamber Ministry of Justice |
Written Answers |
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Bail: Remote Hearings
Asked by: Alex Cunningham (Labour - Stockton North) Monday 13th May 2024 Question to the Ministry of Justice: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with the Courts and Tribunals Judiciary on its decision to make second and subsequent bail applications remote by default. Answered by Edward Argar - Shadow Secretary of State for Justice It is standard practice not to comment on discussions between Ministers and the judiciary. The Lord Chancellor is supportive of any efforts to help ensure sufficient capacity in the courts to hear bail applications and to remove principal structural barriers to applications being submitted, and he welcomes the revised guidance launched by Judicial Office which sets out that all second and subsequent bail applications to the Crown Court should be heard remotely unless ordered otherwise by a judge. |
Railways: Passengers
Asked by: Alex Cunningham (Labour - Stockton North) Thursday 16th May 2024 Question to the Department for Transport: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether any operators have lost their accreditation to the Safeguarding on Rail Scheme. Answered by Huw Merriman Since the first Safeguarding on Rail Scheme accreditation for Great Western Railway (GWR) in 2021, no rail operator has lost their accreditation.
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Safety of Women at Night Fund
Asked by: Alex Cunningham (Labour - Stockton North) Thursday 16th May 2024 Question to the Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of introducing a new Safety of Women at Night Fund. Answered by Chris Philp - Shadow Leader of the House of Commons The independent evaluation of the Safety of Women at Night (SWaN) Fund, worth £5 million and delivered over the 2021/22 financial year, was published on 10 April. Learnings from the SWaN Fund were incorporated into rounds Four and Five of the Safer Streets Fund, worth £50m and £35m respectively, which included a primary objective around combatting violence against women and girls in public spaces, and have funded a range of interventions including CCTV, streetlighting and educational initiatives with a focus on changing attitudes and behaviours. Round five is currently ongoing. |
Alcoholic Drinks: Public Health
Asked by: Alex Cunningham (Labour - Stockton North) Thursday 16th May 2024 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring the labelling of alcohol products with consumer health information. Answered by Andrea Leadsom Clear and accurate alcohol product labelling is crucial to ensuring consumers have access to essential information about the products they are purchasing, whilst also promoting transparency, responsible consumption, and safety. Current alcohol labelling guidance recommends that health information, including pregnancy warnings, a drink driving warning, and the Chief Medical Officer’s weekly limit guidance, are included on the label for alcohol products. It is also a legal requirement to display alcohol by volume (ABV) labelling on drinks above the 1.2% ABV threshold. The Department has recently consulted on updating labelling guidance for non-alcoholic and low alcohol products. This consultation closed on 23 November 2023, and the consultation response will be published shortly. |
School Meals: Processed Food
Asked by: Alex Cunningham (Labour - Stockton North) Thursday 16th May 2024 Question to the Department for Education: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the proportion of ultra-processed foods in school meals. Answered by Damian Hinds - Shadow Secretary of State for Education There is no universally agreed definition of ultra-processed foods. The term defines foods by how much processing they have been through rather than their nutritional composition. The standards for school food are set out in The Requirements for School Food Regulations 2014. These regulations are designed to ensure that schools provide pupils with healthy food and drink options and to make sure that pupils have the energy and nutrition they need throughout the school day. The ‘School Food Standards’ define the foods and drinks that must be provided, those which are restricted and those which must never be provided. The standards already restrict foods high in fat, salt and sugar, including crisps, confectionery and high-sugar drinks, as well as low quality reformed or reconstituted foods. They also ensure that the right foods are available for children every day. For example, one or more portions of fruit must be provided every day and at least three different fruits every week. Compliance with the standards is mandatory for all maintained schools, academies and free schools. School governors and trustees have a responsibility to ensure compliance and should appropriately challenge the headteacher and the senior leadership team to ensure the school is meeting its obligations. The department believes that the standards provide a robust yet flexible framework for school food provision. The government continues to keep the standards under review. |
Social Services: Migrant Workers
Asked by: Alex Cunningham (Labour - Stockton North) Friday 17th May 2024 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the salary threshold for visas for social workers on the recruitment of social workers from overseas. Answered by Helen Whately - Shadow Secretary of State for Transport Social workers are recruited under the Health and Care Worker visa, and therefore are exempt from the salary threshold of £38,700 required by the Skilled Worker visa. Social workers recruited from overseas are subject to national pay scales, and therefore must be paid in line with the National Health Service agenda for change pay scales. |
Asylum: Children
Asked by: Alex Cunningham (Labour - Stockton North) Friday 17th May 2024 Question to the Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many young people have been referred by Kent County Council to the National Transfer Scheme in each of the last three months. Answered by Michael Tomlinson The most recently available information is regularly published on the government website. |
Asylum: Children
Asked by: Alex Cunningham (Labour - Stockton North) Friday 17th May 2024 Question to the Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many young people are awaiting allocation to a transfer to an authority under the National Transfer Scheme. Answered by Michael Tomlinson The most recently available information is regularly published on the government website. |
Asylum: Children
Asked by: Alex Cunningham (Labour - Stockton North) Friday 17th May 2024 Question to the Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many young people have been referred onto the National Transfer Scheme in each of the last three months. Answered by Michael Tomlinson The most recently available information is regularly published on the government website. |
Asylum: Children
Asked by: Alex Cunningham (Labour - Stockton North) Friday 17th May 2024 Question to the Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many young people have been (a) allocated to a local authority and (b) have yet to be relocated under the National Transfer Scheme. Answered by Michael Tomlinson The most recently available information is regularly published on the government website. |
Asylum: Children
Asked by: Alex Cunningham (Labour - Stockton North) Friday 17th May 2024 Question to the Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unaccompanied asylum-seeking children arrived in Kent in each of the last three months. Answered by Michael Tomlinson The most recently available information is regularly published on the government website. |
Asylum: Children
Asked by: Alex Cunningham (Labour - Stockton North) Tuesday 21st May 2024 Question to the Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of children have refused their (a) first and (b) second move on the National Transfer Scheme; and what guidance his Department issues on refusals by children to move through the National Transfer Scheme. Answered by Michael Tomlinson The decision for any UAS child to be referred to the NTS for transfer lies with the local authority as the child’s corporate parent. The NTS Protocol sets out the criteria for referring a child to the NTS, and the associated timeframes, which can be found here: Unaccompanied asylum seeking children: national transfer scheme - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). The NTS Protocol also outlines the escalation procedure on how to proceed when any issues arise between the receiving local authority around a transfer. The most recent published data can be found at: RASI (Resettlement, Asylum Support and Integration) data: Q3 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). |
Asylum: Children
Asked by: Alex Cunningham (Labour - Stockton North) Tuesday 21st May 2024 Question to the Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of children who have been allocated a transfer to a local authority through the National Transfer Scheme have been refused by that local authority. Answered by Michael Tomlinson The decision for any UAS child to be referred to the NTS for transfer lies with the local authority as the child’s corporate parent. The NTS Protocol sets out the criteria for referring a child to the NTS, and the associated timeframes, which can be found here: Unaccompanied asylum seeking children: national transfer scheme - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). The NTS Protocol also outlines the escalation procedure on how to proceed when any issues arise between the receiving local authority around a transfer. The most recent published data can be found at: RASI (Resettlement, Asylum Support and Integration) data: Q3 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). |
Asylum: Children
Asked by: Alex Cunningham (Labour - Stockton North) Tuesday 21st May 2024 Question to the Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department has issued guidance on the time period within which young people should be (a) referred to the National Transfer Scheme and (b) moved to the receiving local authority. Answered by Michael Tomlinson The decision for any UAS child to be referred to the NTS for transfer lies with the local authority as the child’s corporate parent. The NTS Protocol sets out the criteria for referring a child to the NTS, and the associated timeframes, which can be found here: Unaccompanied asylum seeking children: national transfer scheme - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). The NTS Protocol also outlines the escalation procedure on how to proceed when any issues arise between the receiving local authority around a transfer. The most recent published data can be found at: RASI (Resettlement, Asylum Support and Integration) data: Q3 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). |
Northern Rock plc: Compensation
Asked by: Alex Cunningham (Labour - Stockton North) Thursday 23rd May 2024 Question to the HM Treasury: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of a compensation scheme for Northern Rock shareholders. Answered by Bim Afolami HM Treasury considers the issue of compensation for former Northern Rock shareholders to be settled. Both the Upper Tribunal in 2011 and the Court of Appeal in 2013 upheld the independent valuation of Northern Rock shares at nil value immediately prior to public ownership, and that no compensation was therefore due. HM Treasury does not intend to revisit this issue. |
Parliamentary Debates |
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Planning, the Green Belt and Rural Affairs
92 speeches (29,954 words) Friday 19th July 2024 - Commons Chamber Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Mentions: 1: Caroline Nokes (Con - Romsey and Southampton North) Alex Cunningham, the former Member for Stockton North, said that the Labour party would bring forward - Link to Speech |
Debate on the Address
141 speeches (59,033 words) Wednesday 17th July 2024 - Commons Chamber Cabinet Office Mentions: 1: Chris McDonald (Lab - Stockton North) chance to help the people who need it most.It is an honour for me to have the good fortune to succeed Alex - Link to Speech |
Criminal Justice Bill
131 speeches (46,794 words) Report stage (day 1) Wednesday 15th May 2024 - Commons Chamber Home Office Mentions: 1: Laura Farris (Con - Newbury) Member for Stockton North (Alex Cunningham) on prisoner transfer to overseas prisons. - Link to Speech 2: Caroline Nokes (Con - Romsey and Southampton North) Member for Stockton North (Alex Cunningham), for his comments about the amendment. - Link to Speech 3: Gerald Jones (Lab - Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney) Friend the Member for Stockton North (Alex Cunningham) earlier. - Link to Speech 4: Roger Gale (Con - North Thanet) Member for Stockton North (Alex Cunningham). - Link to Speech 5: Laura Farris (Con - Newbury) Member for Stockton North (Alex Cunningham). - Link to Speech 6: Iain Duncan Smith (Con - Chingford and Woodford Green) Member for Stockton North (Alex Cunningham). - Link to Speech |
Bill Documents |
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May. 15 2024
All proceedings up to 15 May 2024 at Report Stage Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24 Bill proceedings: Commons Found: Not called _58 Alex Cunningham Shabana Mahmood . |
May. 15 2024
Consideration of Bill Amendments as at 15 May 2024 Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24 Amendment Paper Found: _58 Alex Cunningham Shabana Mahmood . |
May. 14 2024
Notices of Amendments as at 14 May 2024 Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24 Amendment Paper Found: _57 Alex Cunningham Shabana Mahmood . |
May. 14 2024
Notices of Amendments as at 14 May 2024 - large print Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24 Amendment Paper Found: Alex Cunningham 57 Clause 28, page 104, leave out lines 14 to 17 and insert— “(4) The court may, as |
May. 10 2024
Research Briefing on progress of the Bill Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24 Briefing papers Found: Shadow justice minister Alex Cunningham pushed two Opposition amendments to a division: the first to |