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Thursday 26th June 2025 1:30 p.m. Alex Sobel (Labour (Co-op) - Leeds Central and Headingley) Westminster Hall debate - Westminster Hall Subject: Select Committee statement from the Joint Committee on Human Rights View calendar - Add to calendar |
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9 Jun 2025 - Planning and Infrastructure Bill - View Vote Context Alex Sobel voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 326 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 113 Noes - 335 |
9 Jun 2025 - Planning and Infrastructure Bill - View Vote Context Alex Sobel voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 298 Labour No votes vs 15 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 180 Noes - 307 |
9 Jun 2025 - Planning and Infrastructure Bill - View Vote Context Alex Sobel voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 317 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 73 Noes - 323 |
9 Jun 2025 - Planning and Infrastructure Bill - View Vote Context Alex Sobel voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 326 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 167 Noes - 334 |
10 Jun 2025 - Planning and Infrastructure Bill - View Vote Context Alex Sobel voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 304 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 306 Noes - 174 |
10 Jun 2025 - Planning and Infrastructure Bill - View Vote Context Alex Sobel voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 299 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 107 Noes - 314 |
10 Jun 2025 - Planning and Infrastructure Bill - View Vote Context Alex Sobel voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 301 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 73 Noes - 312 |
10 Jun 2025 - Planning and Infrastructure Bill - View Vote Context Alex Sobel voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 301 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 78 Noes - 309 |
11 Jun 2025 - Electricity - View Vote Context Alex Sobel voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 344 Labour Aye votes vs 1 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 350 Noes - 176 |
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Alex Sobel speeches from: Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories
Alex Sobel contributed 1 speech (162 words) Tuesday 10th June 2025 - Commons Chamber Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office |
Alex Sobel speeches from: Chinese Embassy Development
Alex Sobel contributed 1 speech (57 words) Monday 9th June 2025 - Commons Chamber Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government |
Alex Sobel speeches from: Planning and Infrastructure Bill
Alex Sobel contributed 2 speeches (498 words) Report stage (day 1) Monday 9th June 2025 - Commons Chamber Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government |
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Nature Conservation: Government Departments
Asked by: Alex Sobel (Labour (Co-op) - Leeds Central and Headingley) Wednesday 4th June 2025 Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to page 326 his Department's Annual Report and Accounts 2023-24, HC 314, published on 18 December 2024, what recent progress has been made on (a) creating a natural asset register presented within an accessible geospatial mapping format and (b) other aspects of the cross-government nature strategy; when he plans to publish these maps; whether these maps will be available on the Multi-Agency Geographic Information for the Countryside website; and how the cross-government nature strategy relates to the forthcoming land use framework. Answered by Mary Creagh - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) Defra is making progress on creating a natural asset register presented within an accessible geospatial mapping format and developing a cross-Government nature strategy.
A geospatial natural capital register of the Defra group estate has now been developed. Defra is leading on expanding the geospatial natural capital register for the government estate. Defra is considering the publication of the geospatial natural asset register on the Multi-Agency Geographic Information for the Countryside (MAGIC) website. No date for publication has been set.
Defra is leading the development of a cross-Government nature strategy. The strategy will apply the principles of the land use framework. |
Personal Independence Payment: Students
Asked by: Alex Sobel (Labour (Co-op) - Leeds Central and Headingley) Thursday 5th June 2025 Question to the Department for Work and Pensions: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 20 May 2025 to Question 51421 on Students: Personal Independence Payment, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of consulting with students who receive Personal Independence Payment. Answered by Stephen Timms - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions) The Pathways to Work Green Paper set out a range of proposals to reform health and disability benefits and employment support and opened a public consultation on certain reforms. The consultation welcomes all views, and we hope that a wide range of voices, including students, will respond before it closes on the 30 June 2025.
We are also running a programme of accessible public events to further facilitate input. The series of both virtual and in-person events across the country, will help us to hear from people directly.
We are continuing to facilitate other ways to involve stakeholders and disabled people in our reforms. In addition to the consultation itself, we will establish ‘collaboration committees’ that bring groups, including disabled people and other experts, together for specific work areas.
Our wider review of the PIP assessment, led by myself, will also bring together a range of experts, stakeholders and people with lived experience. Throughout the review, we will work closely with disabled people, the organisations that support them and others, to ensure that the voices of those who go through the PIP assessment and those with expertise in the system are embedded in the review. |
Afghanistan: Resettlement
Asked by: Alex Sobel (Labour (Co-op) - Leeds Central and Headingley) Thursday 5th June 2025 Question to the Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to provide an additional resettlement quota for Afghan refugees in Pakistan identified by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for resettlement. Answered by Seema Malhotra - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Education) (Equalities) Between 2021 and March 2025, over 34,000 individuals have been resettled and relocated through the Afghan Resettlement Programme. The latest immigration statistics can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-system-statistics-year-ending-march-2025. The Government’s priority remains the resettlement and relocation of those already identified as eligible but who have not yet travelled. |
Personal Independence Payment: Students
Asked by: Alex Sobel (Labour (Co-op) - Leeds Central and Headingley) Friday 6th June 2025 Question to the Department for Work and Pensions: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 20 May 2025 to Question 51421 on Students: Personal Independence Payment, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper, published on 18 March 2025, on students no longer eligible for personal independence payment under proposed reforms. Answered by Stephen Timms - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions) We have committed to introduce a new requirement that claimants must score a minimum of four points in at least one daily living activity to be eligible for the daily living component of Personal Independence Payment (PIP). We are mindful of the impact this change to PIP eligibility could have on people. That is why, in the Green Paper Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working (published on 18 March), we are consulting on how best to support those who lose entitlement due to the reforms, including how to make sure health and care needs are met. We are working closely with the Department for Health and Social Care on this. For those already on PIP, the changes will only apply from November 2026 at their next award review, subject to parliamentary approval. People will be reviewed according to their normal schedule by a trained assessor or healthcare professional and assessed on individual needs and circumstance before any changes are made. More information on the impacts and equality analysis for these changes published on 26 March can be found: Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper - GOV.UK. |
Visas: British National (Overseas)
Asked by: Alex Sobel (Labour (Co-op) - Leeds Central and Headingley) Monday 9th June 2025 Question to the Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the White paper entitled Restoring Control over the Immigration System, published in May 2025, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to the settlement rule on British Nationals (Overseas) visa holders. Answered by Seema Malhotra - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Education) (Equalities) The British National (Overseas) (BN(O)) route was launched on 31 January 2021 in response to China’s passing of the National Security Law. The route reflects the UK’s historic and moral commitment to those people of Hong Kong who chose to retain their ties to the UK by taking up BN(O) status at the point of Hong Kong’s handover to China in 1997.
The Government is committed to supporting members of the Hong Kong community who have relocated to the UK and those who may come here in future.
Further details of all measures announced in the Immigration White Paper will be set out in the normal way in due course, and where necessary, will be subject to consultation. |
Government Departments: Environment Protection
Asked by: Alex Sobel (Labour (Co-op) - Leeds Central and Headingley) Thursday 5th June 2025 Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the next set of Greening Government Commitments will be published for the years 2025-2030. Answered by Mary Creagh - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave on 30 April 2025 to PQ 45716. |
Parliamentary Debates |
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Mass Transit: West Yorkshire
25 speeches (5,189 words) Tuesday 10th June 2025 - Westminster Hall Department for Transport Mentions: 1: Lilian Greenwood (Lab - Nottingham South) Friend the Member for Leeds Central and Headingley (Alex Sobel) nodding along with that. - Link to Speech |
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Ukraine: Foreign Investment
Asked by: Lord Davies of Gower (Conservative - Life peer) Tuesday 3rd June 2025 Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office: To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to drive private sector investment into Ukraine’s economy. Answered by Baroness Chapman of Darlington - Minister of State (Development) The UK recognises that private sector investment is critical for Ukraine's economic recovery. To de-risk investment, the UK will continue to support war risk insurance through partnerships with the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. The UK is leveraging its world-class insurance industry to explore ways to make insurance in Ukraine more accessible and affordable and is supporting the Government of Ukraine-led insurance task force working with industry to address barriers to trade and investment. British Investment International has committed to invest £30 million to support trade flows of critical goods and is actively pursuing further investments in Ukraine, up to a total of £250 million. Through the UK-Ukraine TechBridge and InnovateUkraine challenge fund we are expanding opportunities for UK and Ukrainian partnerships across multiple sectors. The Department for Business and Trade has delivered five defence trade missions to Ukraine since the full-scale invasion, supporting the development of long-term cooperation and investment, working closely with the Ministry of Defence's Taskforce HIRST. Trade Envoy Alex Sobel plays a crucial role engaging with UK and Ukrainian businesses to foster trade and industrial partnerships to support the recovery of Ukraine. |
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Crime and Policing Bill 2024-25: Progress of the bill - CBP-10281
Jun. 09 2025 Found: Act 2022 and the Public Order Act 2023).224 The committee considered new clause 53, tabled by Alex Sobel |
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Jun. 11 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 11 June 2025 Crime and Policing Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Carolyn Harris Dame Harriett Baldwin Afzal Khan Rosie Duffield Danny Kruger Mark Garnier Alex Sobel |
Jun. 10 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 10 June 2025 Crime and Policing Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Carolyn Harris Dame Harriett Baldwin Afzal Khan Rosie Duffield Danny Kruger Mark Garnier Alex Sobel |
Jun. 09 2025
Consideration of Bill Amendments as at 9 June 2025 - large print Planning and Infrastructure Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: REPORT STAGE Monday 9 June 2025 74 _NC58 Alex Sobel Olivia Blake Ellie Chowns Siân Berry Carla Denyer |
Jun. 09 2025
Consideration of Bill Amendments as at 9 June 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: _NC58 Alex Sobel Olivia Blake Ellie Chowns Siân Berry Carla Denyer Adrian Ramsay . |
Jun. 09 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 9 June 2025 Crime and Policing Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Carolyn Harris Dame Harriett Baldwin Afzal Khan Rosie Duffield Danny Kruger Mark Garnier Alex Sobel |
Jun. 06 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 6 June 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: _NC58 Alex Sobel Olivia Blake Ellie Chowns Siân Berry Carla Denyer Adrian Ramsay REPORT STAGE Friday |
Jun. 06 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 6 June 2025 Crime and Policing Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Carolyn Harris Dame Harriett Baldwin Afzal Khan Rosie Duffield Danny Kruger Mark Garnier Alex Sobel |
Jun. 05 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 5 June 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: _NC58 Alex Sobel Olivia Blake . |
Jun. 05 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 5 June 2025 Crime and Policing Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Carolyn Harris Dame Harriett Baldwin Afzal Khan Rosie Duffield Danny Kruger Mark Garnier Alex Sobel |
Jun. 04 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 4 June 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: _NC58 Alex Sobel Olivia Blake . |
Jun. 04 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 4 June 2025 Crime and Policing Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Carolyn Harris Dame Harriett Baldwin Afzal Khan Rosie Duffield Danny Kruger Mark Garnier Alex Sobel |
Jun. 03 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 3 June 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: authorities to require statements detailing such cooperation. 33 REPORT STAGE Tuesday 3 June 2025 _NC58 Alex Sobel |
Jun. 03 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 3 June 2025 Crime and Policing Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Carolyn Harris Dame Harriett Baldwin Afzal Khan Rosie Duffield Danny Kruger Mark Garnier Alex Sobel |
APPG Publications |
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Tennis APPG Document: APPG for Tennis Membership List .docx Found: Secretariat: Isabelle Michelson, LTA Public Policy Manager Members Alex Barros-Curtis MP Alex Sobel |
Park Homes APPG Document: Membership list as of 19 May 2025 Found: Nokes MP Lee Pitcher MP Jack Rankin MP Joshua Reynolds MP Dave Robertson MP Vikki Slade MP Alex Sobel |
Net Zero APPG Document: Meeting notes: Road to Net Zero Accelerating Net Zero Transport Found: CHAIR’S WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS Alex Sobel MP , Chair, Net Zero APPG ● |
University APPG Document: APPUG weekly update 9 - 13 Dec 2024.pdf Found: Overseas Students: Hong Kong Alex Sobel MP (Labour): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what |
Energy Studies APPG Document: Annual Report 2023-24 Found: Andrew Selous MP Jim Shannon MP Tommy Sheppard MP Henry Smith MP Jeff Smith MP Alex Sobel |
Energy Studies APPG Document: Annual Report 2022-23 Found: Andrew Selous MP Jim Shannon MP Tommy Sheppard MP Henry Smith MP Jeff Smith MP Alex Sobel |
Fusion Energy APPG Document: AGM Minutes Found: • John Howell MP was elected as Chair of the Group • Alex Sobel MP was elected as Officer of the |
Climate Change APPG Document: Climate APPG Annual Report 2023-24 Found: McMorrin MP Christina Rees MP Selaine Saxby MP Andrew Selous MP Tommy Sheppard MP Jeff Smith MP Alex Sobel |
Fire Safety and Rescue APPG Document: APPG-FIRE-SAFETY--Rescue---Annual-Report-2023-to-2024 Found: R King invited Alex Sobel MP the co chair of the Ukraine APPG to the meeting with the Minister. 26th |
Park Homes APPG Document: APPG Park Home meeting, 11 September 2023 – APPROVED minutes Found: PRESENT: Sir Christopher Chope MP (convenor and Chairman) Peter Aldous MP Alex Sobel MP Brian Doick |
Modern Conflict APPG Document: 2023 AGM Minutes Found: o Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle: continue as Vice-Chair o Alex Sobel MP: continue as Vice-Chair |
Scientific APPG Document: Science in Parliament - Summer 2023 Found: Once judging was over, I was visited by my local MPs; Hilary Benn and Alex Sobel. |
Fair Banking APPG Document: AGM 2023 Found: Alexander Stafford MP • Chris Law MP • Peter Gibson MP • Peter Dowd MP • Greg Smith MP • Alex Sobel |
Park Homes APPG Document: APPG Park Home meeting and AGM, 17 April 2023 – APPROVED minutes Found: also proposed the following as Vice Chairs: Peter Aldous MP, Lord Best, Lord Carter of Coles, Alex Sobel |
Antimicrobial Resistance APPG Document: Prevention first: why clean water and hygiene are the best medicine against the spread of drug-resistant infections Found: Conservative, Vice-Chair • Patrick Grady MP, SNP, Vice-Chair • Rachel Hopkins MP, Labour, Vice-Chair • Alex Sobel |
Children who need Palliative Care APPG Document: 7 March 2023: AGM Found: Attendees Siobhain McDonagh MP (Co-Chair) Lord Balfe (Co-Chair) Baroness Finlay Peter Dowd MP Alex Sobel |
Children who need Palliative Care APPG Document: Minutes: 7 March 2023: AGM Found: Attendees Siobhain McDonagh MP (Co-Chair) Lord Balfe (Co-Chair) Baroness Finlay Peter Dowd MP Alex Sobel |
Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases APPG Document: The APPG on Malaria & Neglected Tropical Diseases 2023 Annual Report Found: On ODA: Alex Sobel MP: I refer to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests as the chair |
Net Zero APPG Document: Net Zero Transport Minutes Found: Scaling up Net Zero travel and keeping costs down Wednesday 6th July 2022 Speakers: • Alex Sobel |
Energy Studies APPG Document: Annual Report 2021-22 Found: Rob Roberts MP Andrew Selous MP Jim Shannon MP Tommy Sheppard MP Jeff Smith MP Alex Sobel |
Park Homes APPG Document: APPG Park Home meeting and AGM, 16 May 2022 – APPROVED minutes Found: Michael Best OBE, DL Sir Peter Bottomley MP Simon Jones MP Anthony Mangnall MP Caroline Nokes MP Alex Sobel |
Net Zero APPG Document: MINUTES NZ APPG AGM 27.04.22 Found: Wednesday 27th April 2022 Virtual via Zoom ATTENDEES Dialling-in: • Alan Whitehead MP • Alex Sobel |
Net Zero APPG Document: NZ APPG Minutes Scaling Up Net Zero Energy and Keeping Costs Down Found: CBI • Mike Theobald, Director of Energy Transition, WSP CHAIR’S WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION Alex Sobel |
Tidy Britain APPG Document: Tidy Britain APPG (AGM) Minutes - April 2022 Found: Hollinrake MP (Chair) Mark Logan MP (Vice Chair) Simon Fell MP (Vice Chair) Baroness Thornton Alex Sobel |
Global Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights APPG Document: Annual Report 2021-2022 Found: November 2021 UK SRHR Network Key ask, in January 2022 on the newly appointed Minister Vicky Ford MP/Alex Sobel |
Net Zero APPG Document: NZ APPG Roadmap Report 2021 Found: Alex Sobel MP Chair of the Net Zero All Party Parliamentary GroupEXECUTIVE SUMMARY 4 The Net Zero |
Energy Studies APPG Document: Annual Report 2020-21 Found: Rob Roberts MP Andrew Selous MP Jim Shannon MP Tommy Sheppard MP Jeff Smith MP Alex Sobel |
Park Homes APPG Document: APPG Park Home meeting and AGM 17 May 2021 – APPROVED minutes Found: The meeting heard that Peter Aldous MP, Sir Peter Bottomley MP, Lord Carter of Coles and Alex Sobel |
Electric Vehicle APPG Document: Minutes from the AGM can be found here Found: Alex Sobel MP THE ASSOCIATION FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY AND CLEAN TECHNOLOGY 80 Strand, London, WC2R |
Park Homes APPG Document: APPG Park Home meeting 1 February 2021 – APPROVED minutes Found: Steve Double MP (represented by Anne Double) Mark Menzies MP Baroness Scott of Needham Market Alex Sobel |
Energy Studies APPG Document: Annual Report 2019-20 Found: Rob Roberts MP Andrew Selous MP Jim Shannon MP Tommy Sheppard MP Jeff Smith MP Alex Sobel |
Park Homes APPG Document: APPG Park Home meeting 10 February 2020 – APPROVED minutes Found: Communities and Local Government Sir Christopher Chope MP (convenor and Chairman) Peter Aldous MP Alex Sobel |
Japan APPG Document: February 2020 Minutes Found: Lord Gilbert, Rt Hon Greg Clark MP, Baroness Hooper, Lord Taylor of Holbeach, Viscount Trenchard, Alex Sobel |
Electric Vehicle APPG Document: Minutes from the meeting can be found here Found: Matt Western MP(Lab) Jamie Sweeney – Office of Matt Western MP Mark Pawsey MP (Con) Alex Sobel |
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) APPG Document: Annual General Meeting ME APPG Meeting Minutes 14 Jan 2020 Found: January 2020, 1 pm, PCH Room Q appgme.co.uk 2 Attendees Alex Sobel |
Electric Vehicle APPG Document: Minutes from the meeting (EGM) can be found here Found: Westminster, SW1A, London Attendees • Matt Western MP(Lab) • Mark Pawsey MP (Con) • Alex Sobel |
Park Homes APPG Document: APPG Park Home meeting 1 July 2019 – APPROVED minutes Found: Chairman) Peter Aldous MP Richard Benyon MP Sir Peter Bottomley MP Alex Sobel |
Electric Vehicle APPG Document: Minutes from the meeting (AGM) can be found here Found: Westminster, SW1A, London Attendees Rebecca Pow MP (Con) Mark Pawsey MP (Con) Alex Sobel |
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Wednesday 11th June 2025 2 p.m. Human Rights (Joint Committee) - Oral evidence Subject: Crime and Policing Bill At 2:15pm: Oral evidence Dr Alex Black - Lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University View calendar - Add to calendar |
Wednesday 11th June 2025 2 p.m. Human Rights (Joint Committee) - Oral evidence Subject: Crime and Policing Bill View calendar - Add to calendar |
Wednesday 18th June 2025 2:15 p.m. Human Rights (Joint Committee) - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |
Wednesday 25th June 2025 2 p.m. Human Rights (Joint Committee) - Oral evidence Subject: Universal Periodic Review View calendar - Add to calendar |
Wednesday 2nd July 2025 2 p.m. Human Rights (Joint Committee) - Oral evidence Subject: Human Rights and the Regulation of AI View calendar - Add to calendar |