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Division Vote (Commons)
4 Feb 2026 - Climate Change - View Vote Context
Alex Sobel (LAB) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 316 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 392 Noes - 116
Division Vote (Commons)
3 Feb 2026 - Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill - View Vote Context
Alex Sobel (LAB) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 358 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 458 Noes - 104
Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 02 Feb 2026
China and Japan

"It is right that the Prime Minister goes to China if he is acting in the best interests of all those living here. Last year, the Joint Committee on Human Rights undertook an inquiry into transnational repression. In front of us, we had Chloe Cheung, a young Hongkonger from Leeds …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 02 Feb 2026
Indefinite Leave to Remain

"Many people in my constituency who are on the skilled worker visa programme have written to me. They are being told, if they are already on a five-year programme, that it will be changed retrospectively to a 10-year programme. Does my hon. Friend agree that there is an inherent issue …..."
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Written Question
Childminding: Tax Allowances
Friday 30th January 2026

Asked by: Alex Sobel (Labour (Co-op) - Leeds Central and Headingley)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support the financial sustainability of childminders in the context of the removal of the wear and tear allowance.

Answered by Olivia Bailey - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Education) (Equalities)

This department is taking a range of measures to support the financial sustainability of childminding businesses and other early years providers. From April 2026, local authorities will be required to pass at least 97% of their funding directly to providers, an increase from 96%.

We are also working with local authorities and others to ensure that childminders and other early years providers can be paid monthly for the funded hours they provide, making their income more stable. From 1 November 2024, the government introduced new flexibilities to help childminders join and stay in the profession, supporting the government’s commitment to roll out expanded childcare entitlements and give children the best start in life.

In addition, the expansion of the early years entitlements will benefit childminders in different ways. The national average three and four-year-old hourly funding rate of local authorities is increasing by 4.1%, the two-year-old hourly funding rate is increasing by 3.3%, and the nine months to two-year-old hourly funding rate is increasing by 3.4%.

Scheduled Event - 29 Jan 2026, 1:30 p.m. - Add to calendar
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Commons - Westminster Hall debate - Westminster Hall
Non-recognition of Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine
MP: Alex Sobel
Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 29 Jan 2026
Holocaust Memorial Day

"The hon. Member is making an excellent speech. This Sunday, I went to our Holocaust Memorial Day event in Leeds and met Trude Silman, my former constituent from when I was a councillor. She is 97 years old, and we have fewer and fewer of these Holocaust survivors. I pay …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 29 Jan 2026
Ukraine: Non-recognition of Russian-occupied Territories

"We had almost absolute unanimity; I think this is the most unanimous debate that I have taken part in during my time as a Member. Nearly every Member who contributed to it has been to Ukraine, sometimes many times—sometimes, unfortunately, they have had to travel with me. There may be …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 29 Jan 2026
Ukraine: Non-recognition of Russian-occupied Territories

"I beg to move,

That this House has considered the matter of non-recognition of Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine.

Today is 1,435 days since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. It has been nearly 12 years since Russia’s invasion of Crimea, which many would say is when the war really …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 29 Jan 2026
Ukraine: Non-recognition of Russian-occupied Territories

"I deeply thank my hon. Friend for her intervention. It is absolutely right that the most vulnerable children on this planet are Ukrainian children in the Russian-occupied territories, and Ukrainian children who used to be in the Russian occupied territories but who are now falsely imprisoned in Russia, either in …..."
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