Information between 13th May 2024 - 17th June 2025
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Division Votes |
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21 May 2024 - Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill - View Vote Context Alexander Stafford voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 259 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 217 Noes - 268 |
21 May 2024 - High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill (Instruction) (No. 3) - View Vote Context Alexander Stafford voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 222 Conservative Aye votes vs 5 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 323 Noes - 7 |
Speeches |
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Alexander Stafford speeches from: Local Government (Pay Accountability) Bill
Alexander Stafford contributed 3 speeches (205 words) Committee stage Wednesday 22nd May 2024 - Public Bill Committees Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government |
Alexander Stafford speeches from: Oral Answers to Questions
Alexander Stafford contributed 1 speech (70 words) Tuesday 21st May 2024 - Commons Chamber Department for Energy Security & Net Zero |
Alexander Stafford speeches from: Oral Answers to Questions
Alexander Stafford contributed 1 speech (74 words) Monday 20th May 2024 - Commons Chamber Ministry of Defence |
Alexander Stafford speeches from: Oral Answers to Questions
Alexander Stafford contributed 2 speeches (96 words) Monday 13th May 2024 - Commons Chamber Department for Work and Pensions |
Written Answers |
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Assistance Animals
Asked by: Alexander Stafford (Conservative - Rother Valley) Monday 13th May 2024 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help support the mental health of people working in the companion animal welfare sector. Answered by Maria Caulfield Mental health is a cross-Government issue as it affects everyone in society, and we continue to work closely with other Government departments in addressing the wider determinants of mental ill health. We are currently working with stakeholders to develop a Mental Health Policy Tool to support Government policymakers to take mental health and wellbeing impacts into account, and address disparities when designing new policies. Through the NHS Long Term Plan, the Government is providing record levels of investment to expand and transform National Health Service mental health services in England, so that more people, including those working in the companion animal welfare sector, can get the help and support that they need. |
Cats: Tagging
Asked by: Alexander Stafford (Conservative - Rother Valley) Wednesday 15th May 2024 Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to raise awareness of legal changes requiring the microchipping of cats by 10 June 2024. Answered by Mark Spencer We have worked closely with animal welfare and veterinary stakeholders to develop and implement a co-ordinated communication strategy to raise awareness that owned cats over the age of 20 weeks will be required to be microchipped by 10 June this year. The strategy has included press releases and a visible social media campaign. |
Smoking
Asked by: Alexander Stafford (Conservative - Rother Valley) Wednesday 15th 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 estimate of the number of hospital admissions for issues related to cigar smoking in the last (a) 12 months, (b) five years and (c) 20 years. Answered by Andrea Leadsom Smoking is responsible for approximately 80,000 deaths a year in the United Kingdom, and causes around one in four UK cancer deaths. It also costs our country £21.8 billion a year, and puts a huge burden on the National Health Service. The latest estimates from Action on Smoking and Health put the cost of smoking to the NHS at £1.9 billion a year. All tobacco products are harmful. Tobacco smoke from cigars leads to the same types of diseases as cigarette smoke. Research has shown that using smokeless tobacco raises the risk of both mouth and oesophageal cancer. Data from the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities’ Smoking Profile showed that in 2019/20 there were an estimated 448,031 smoking attributable hospital admissions, but we cannot differentiate by the type of tobacco. As such, the Department does not hold data on the annual costs to the NHS of cigar smoking and snuff taking, nor data on the number of hospital admissions for issues related to cigar smoking or snuff taking in the last 12 months, five years, or 20 years. |
Snuff
Asked by: Alexander Stafford (Conservative - Rother Valley) Wednesday 15th 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 estimate of the number of hospital admissions for issues related to the taking of snuff in the last (a) 12 months, (b) five years and (c) 20 years. Answered by Andrea Leadsom Smoking is responsible for approximately 80,000 deaths a year in the United Kingdom, and causes around one in four UK cancer deaths. It also costs our country £21.8 billion a year, and puts a huge burden on the National Health Service. The latest estimates from Action on Smoking and Health put the cost of smoking to the NHS at £1.9 billion a year. All tobacco products are harmful. Tobacco smoke from cigars leads to the same types of diseases as cigarette smoke. Research has shown that using smokeless tobacco raises the risk of both mouth and oesophageal cancer. Data from the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities’ Smoking Profile showed that in 2019/20 there were an estimated 448,031 smoking attributable hospital admissions, but we cannot differentiate by the type of tobacco. As such, the Department does not hold data on the annual costs to the NHS of cigar smoking and snuff taking, nor data on the number of hospital admissions for issues related to cigar smoking or snuff taking in the last 12 months, five years, or 20 years. |
Tobacco: Health Services
Asked by: Alexander Stafford (Conservative - Rother Valley) Wednesday 15th 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 estimate of the annual cost to the NHS of (a) cigar smoking and (b) snuff taking. Answered by Andrea Leadsom Smoking is responsible for approximately 80,000 deaths a year in the United Kingdom, and causes around one in four UK cancer deaths. It also costs our country £21.8 billion a year, and puts a huge burden on the National Health Service. The latest estimates from Action on Smoking and Health put the cost of smoking to the NHS at £1.9 billion a year. All tobacco products are harmful. Tobacco smoke from cigars leads to the same types of diseases as cigarette smoke. Research has shown that using smokeless tobacco raises the risk of both mouth and oesophageal cancer. Data from the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities’ Smoking Profile showed that in 2019/20 there were an estimated 448,031 smoking attributable hospital admissions, but we cannot differentiate by the type of tobacco. As such, the Department does not hold data on the annual costs to the NHS of cigar smoking and snuff taking, nor data on the number of hospital admissions for issues related to cigar smoking or snuff taking in the last 12 months, five years, or 20 years. |
Smoking: Health Services
Asked by: Alexander Stafford (Conservative - Rother Valley) Monday 20th 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 estimate of the annual cost to the NHS of pipe smoking. Answered by Andrea Leadsom Tobacco is responsible for approximately 80,000 deaths a year in the United Kingdom, and causes approximately one in four UK cancer deaths. It also costs our country £21.8 billion a year and puts a huge burden on the National Health Service. Latest estimates from Action on Smoking and Health put the cost of smoking to the NHS and social care at £3 billion a year. All smoked tobacco is extremely harmful, including pipe smoking. Smoking is the main driver for conditions such as lung cancer and severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and is a major factor for others such as premature cardiovascular disease. Data from the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities Smoking Profile showed that in 2019/20 there were an estimated 448,031 smoking attributable hospital admissions, but we cannot differentiate by the type of tobacco. As such, the Department does not hold data on the annual costs to the NHS of pipe smoking, nor data on the number of hospital admissions for issues related to pipe smoking in the last 12 months, five years, or 20 years. |
Smoking
Asked by: Alexander Stafford (Conservative - Rother Valley) Monday 20th 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 estimate of the number of hospital admissions for issues related to pipe smoking in the last (a) 12 months, (b) five years and (c) 20 years. Answered by Andrea Leadsom Tobacco is responsible for approximately 80,000 deaths a year in the United Kingdom, and causes approximately one in four UK cancer deaths. It also costs our country £21.8 billion a year and puts a huge burden on the National Health Service. Latest estimates from Action on Smoking and Health put the cost of smoking to the NHS and social care at £3 billion a year. All smoked tobacco is extremely harmful, including pipe smoking. Smoking is the main driver for conditions such as lung cancer and severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and is a major factor for others such as premature cardiovascular disease. Data from the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities Smoking Profile showed that in 2019/20 there were an estimated 448,031 smoking attributable hospital admissions, but we cannot differentiate by the type of tobacco. As such, the Department does not hold data on the annual costs to the NHS of pipe smoking, nor data on the number of hospital admissions for issues related to pipe smoking in the last 12 months, five years, or 20 years. |
Environment Protection: Technology
Asked by: Alexander Stafford (Conservative - Rother Valley) Tuesday 21st May 2024 Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps she is taking to help increase investment in green technologies. Answered by Andrew Bowie - Shadow Minister (Energy Security and Net Zero) The UK has made tremendous progress securing investment into green technologies. Recent figures indicate that the UK saw £60bn of investment in 2023.
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Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme
Asked by: Alexander Stafford (Conservative - Rother Valley) Wednesday 22nd 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 effectiveness of the vaccine damage payment scheme at assessing (a) claims related to covid-19 vaccines and (b) other claims. Answered by Maria Caulfield All routine policy, including the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (VDPS), is reviewed on a regular basis. My Rt hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care is currently looking into aspects of the scheme, following recent meetings with interested stakeholders. Separately, work is underway with the scheme’s administrator, the NHS Business Service Authority, to review processes and make administrative changes, to improve the scheme within the current legislative framework. Formal consideration of whether any reforms to the VDPS are necessary will form part of Module 4 of the COVID-19 Inquiry, chaired by the Rt Hon Baroness Heather Carol Hallett DBE. |
Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme
Asked by: Alexander Stafford (Conservative - Rother Valley) Wednesday 22nd 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 require a review of the effectiveness of the vaccine damage payment scheme. Answered by Maria Caulfield All routine policy, including the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (VDPS), is reviewed on a regular basis. My Rt hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care is currently looking into aspects of the scheme, following recent meetings with interested stakeholders. Separately, work is underway with the scheme’s administrator, the NHS Business Service Authority, to review processes and make administrative changes, to improve the scheme within the current legislative framework. Formal consideration of whether any reforms to the VDPS are necessary will form part of Module 4 of the COVID-19 Inquiry, chaired by the Rt Hon Baroness Heather Carol Hallett DBE. |
Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme
Asked by: Alexander Stafford (Conservative - Rother Valley) Wednesday 22nd May 2024 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has had recent discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the operation of the vaccine damage payment scheme. Answered by Maria Caulfield My Rt hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care meets regularly with other Cabinet colleagues to discuss a variety of issues, including vaccines. |
Tree Planting: Rother Valley
Asked by: Alexander Stafford (Conservative - Rother Valley) Thursday 23rd May 2024 Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information his Department holds on how many trees have been planted in Rother Valley constituency in the last (a) year, (b) five years and (c) decade. Answered by Rebecca Pow I would refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave the hon. Member for Wellingborough on 22 May 2024 to question 26823. |
Parliamentary Debates |
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Budget Responsibility Bill
92 speeches (23,910 words) Committee of the whole House Wednesday 4th September 2024 - Commons Chamber HM Treasury Mentions: 1: None In that spirit, I praise Alexander Stafford, my predecessor, who was a hard-working MP, and who leaves - Link to Speech |
Select Committee Documents |
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Friday 31st May 2024
Formal Minutes - Formal minutes Session 2021-22 (May 2021 to April 2022) Foreign Affairs Committee Found: Claudia Webbe Harriet Baldwin, Deirdre Brock, Barry Gardiner, Chris Law, Mark Logan and Alexander Stafford |
Bill Documents |
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May. 24 2024
Notices of Amendments as at 24 May 2024 Tobacco and Vapes Bill 2023-24 Amendment Paper Found: _NC9 Alexander Stafford . |
May. 24 2024
Notices of Amendments as at 24 May 2024 Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24 Amendment Paper Found: George Galloway Bob Blackman Neil O'Brien Sir John Hayes Marco Longhi Karl McCartney Alexander Stafford |
May. 23 2024
Notices of Amendments as at 23 May 2024 Tobacco and Vapes Bill 2023-24 Amendment Paper Found: _NC9 Alexander Stafford . |
May. 23 2024
Notices of Amendments as at 23 May 2024 Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24 Amendment Paper Found: George Galloway Bob Blackman Neil O'Brien Sir John Hayes Marco Longhi Karl McCartney Alexander Stafford |
May. 22 2024
Notices of Amendments as at 22 May 2024 Tobacco and Vapes Bill 2023-24 Amendment Paper Found: _NC9 Alexander Stafford ★. |
May. 22 2024
Notices of Amendments as at 22 May 2024 Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24 Amendment Paper Found: George Galloway Bob Blackman Neil O'Brien Sir John Hayes Marco Longhi Karl McCartney Alexander Stafford |
May. 21 2024
Notices of Amendments as at 21 May 2024 Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24 Amendment Paper Found: George Galloway Bob Blackman Neil O'Brien Sir John Hayes Marco Longhi Karl McCartney Alexander Stafford |
May. 20 2024
Notices of Amendments as at 20 May 2024 Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24 Amendment Paper Found: George Galloway Bob Blackman Neil O'Brien Sir John Hayes Marco Longhi Karl McCartney Alexander Stafford |
May. 17 2024
Notices of Amendments as at 17 May 2024 Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24 Amendment Paper Found: Julian Lewis Sir Edward Leigh Chris Green Sir John Hayes Marco Longhi Karl McCartney Alexander Stafford |
May. 16 2024
Notices of Amendments as at 16 May 2024 Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24 Amendment Paper Found: Julian Lewis Sir Edward Leigh Chris Green Sir John Hayes Marco Longhi Karl McCartney Alexander Stafford |
APPG Publications |
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Energy Studies APPG Document: Annual Report 2023-24 Found: Tommy Sheppard MP Henry Smith MP Jeff Smith MP Alex Sobel MP Mark Spencer MP Alexander Stafford |
Energy Studies APPG Document: Annual Report 2022-23 Found: Tommy Sheppard MP Henry Smith MP Jeff Smith MP Alex Sobel MP Mark Spencer MP Alexander Stafford |
Climate Change APPG Document: Climate APPG Annual Report 2023-24 Found: Christina Rees MP Selaine Saxby MP Andrew Selous MP Tommy Sheppard MP Jeff Smith MP Alex Sobel MP Alexander Stafford |
Scientific APPG Document: Science in Parliament - Winter 2023 Found: Pawsey MP, Conservative Dr Dan Poulter MP, Conservative Lloyd Russell-Moyle MP, Conservative Alexander Stafford |
Energy Studies APPG Document: PGES Energy Policy Priorities 2023 Found: Chapman MP, Sir Chritopher Chope MP, Julie Elliott MP; Jim Shannon MP, Taiwo Owatemi MP, Alexander Stafford |
Scientific APPG Document: Science in Parliament - Autumn 2023 Found: Pawsey MP, Conservative Dr Dan Poulter MP, Conservative Lloyd Russell-Moyle MP, Conservative Alexander Stafford |
Energy Studies APPG Document: Minutes of AGM 2022-23 Found: Bennett of Manor Castle David Duguid MP Rt Hon Lord Hunt of Kings Heath OBE Henry Smith MP Alexander Stafford |
Scientific APPG Document: Science in Parliament - Summer 2023 Found: Pawsey MP, Conservative Dr Dan Poulter MP, Conservative Lloyd Russell-Moyle MP, Conservative Alexander Stafford |
Obesity APPG Document: Annual Report of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Obesity Found: Attendees were: • Mary Glindon MP • Jo Gideon MP • Alexander Stafford MP • Baroness Walmsley |
Self-Driving Vehicles APPG Document: All-Party Parliamentary Group for Self-Driving Vehicles: Inaugural Meeting Found: Ben Everitt MP proposed Stephen Metcalfe MP, Gavin Newlands MP, Alexander Stafford MP, Lord Berkeley, |
Fair Banking APPG Document: AGM 2023 Found: Lindsay • Sammy Wilson MP • Chris Stephens MP • Ben Lake MP • Kirsty Blackman MP • Alexander Stafford |
Scientific APPG Document: Science in Parliament - Spring 2023 Found: Labour Andy McDonald MP, Labour Charlotte Nichols MP, Labour Mark Pawsey MP, Conservative Alexander Stafford |
Global Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights APPG Document: Annual Report 2022-2023 Found: Questions Violence Against Women and Girls – 25th April 2022 During Oral Questions to the HD, Alexander Stafford |
Energy Studies APPG Document: Minutes of AGM 2021-22 Found: Sir Christopher Chope MP Angus MacNeil MP Secretariat: Matthew Gordon Henry Smith MP Alexander Stafford |
Energy Studies APPG Document: Annual Report 2021-22 Found: Jim Shannon MP Tommy Sheppard MP Jeff Smith MP Alex Sobel MP Mark Spencer MP Alexander Stafford |
Net Zero APPG Document: MINUTES NZ APPG AGM 27.04.22 Found: Vice-Chair: Afzal Khan MP – Labour • Vice-Chair: Alan Whitehead MP – Labour • Vice-Chair: Alexander Stafford |
Global Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights APPG Document: Annual Report 2021-2022 Found: Violence against Women and Girls – 25th April 2021 During questions to the SoS for the HO, Alexander Stafford |
Energy Studies APPG Document: Annual Report 2020-21 Found: Andrew Selous MP Jim Shannon MP Tommy Sheppard MP Jeff Smith MP Alex Sobel MP Alexander Stafford |
Energy Studies APPG Document: Energy Bulletin May 19 2021(PDF) Found: PGES.org.uk Officers Alan Brown MP; Julie Elliott MP; Taiwo Owatemi MP; Jim Shannon MP; Alexander Stafford |
Energy Studies APPG Document: Annual Report 2019-20 Found: Andrew Selous MP Jim Shannon MP Tommy Sheppard MP Jeff Smith MP Alex Sobel MP Alexander Stafford |