Information between 18th June 2025 - 28th June 2025
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Division Votes |
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18 Jun 2025 - Crime and Policing Bill - View Vote Context Apsana Begum voted Aye and against the House One of 9 Independent Aye votes vs 4 Independent No votes Tally: Ayes - 147 Noes - 305 |
18 Jun 2025 - Crime and Policing Bill - View Vote Context Apsana Begum voted No and against the House One of 9 Independent No votes vs 4 Independent Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 312 Noes - 95 |
18 Jun 2025 - Crime and Policing Bill - View Vote Context Apsana Begum voted No and in line with the House One of 5 Independent No votes vs 8 Independent Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 178 Noes - 313 |
18 Jun 2025 - Crime and Policing Bill - View Vote Context Apsana Begum voted No and in line with the House One of 10 Independent No votes vs 2 Independent Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 102 Noes - 390 |
18 Jun 2025 - Crime and Policing Bill - View Vote Context Apsana Begum voted Aye and against the House One of 8 Independent Aye votes vs 4 Independent No votes Tally: Ayes - 114 Noes - 310 |
20 Jun 2025 - Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill - View Vote Context Apsana Begum voted No and against the House One of 12 Independent No votes vs 3 Independent Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 314 Noes - 291 |
Written Answers |
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Emergency Services: Crimes of Violence
Asked by: Apsana Begum (Independent - Poplar and Limehouse) Tuesday 24th June 2025 Question to the Ministry of Justice: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she plans to undertake research on the potential impact of the offence of assault against an emergency worker on women. Answered by Alex Davies-Jones - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice) The Ministry of Justice, which is responsible for the legislation relating to assaults on emergency workers, has not made an assessment of the impact, or potential impact, of the offence under section 1 of the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018 on trends relating to the arrest or conviction of women. Nor does it plan to conduct further assessments or research relating specifically to the offence in the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018. Following changes made by provisions in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 the then Government published an Equalities Impact Assessment of the changes on the offence in the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018. The assessment can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/police-crime-sentencing-and-courts-bill-2021-equality-statements/assault-on-emergency-workers-in-the-police-crime-sentencing-courts-bill-equalities-impact-assessment. |
Emergency Services: Crimes of Violence
Asked by: Apsana Begum (Independent - Poplar and Limehouse) Tuesday 24th June 2025 Question to the Ministry of Justice: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will conduct an equality impact assessment for the offence of assault against an emergency worker. Answered by Alex Davies-Jones - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice) The Ministry of Justice, which is responsible for the legislation relating to assaults on emergency workers, has not made an assessment of the impact, or potential impact, of the offence under section 1 of the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018 on trends relating to the arrest or conviction of women. Nor does it plan to conduct further assessments or research relating specifically to the offence in the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018. Following changes made by provisions in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 the then Government published an Equalities Impact Assessment of the changes on the offence in the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018. The assessment can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/police-crime-sentencing-and-courts-bill-2021-equality-statements/assault-on-emergency-workers-in-the-police-crime-sentencing-courts-bill-equalities-impact-assessment. |
Emergency Services: Crimes of Violence
Asked by: Apsana Begum (Independent - Poplar and Limehouse) Tuesday 24th June 2025 Question to the Ministry of Justice: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the offence of assault against an emergency worker on trends in the level of (a) arrests and (b) convictions of women. Answered by Alex Davies-Jones - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice) The Ministry of Justice, which is responsible for the legislation relating to assaults on emergency workers, has not made an assessment of the impact, or potential impact, of the offence under section 1 of the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018 on trends relating to the arrest or conviction of women. Nor does it plan to conduct further assessments or research relating specifically to the offence in the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018. Following changes made by provisions in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 the then Government published an Equalities Impact Assessment of the changes on the offence in the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018. The assessment can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/police-crime-sentencing-and-courts-bill-2021-equality-statements/assault-on-emergency-workers-in-the-police-crime-sentencing-courts-bill-equalities-impact-assessment. |
Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018
Asked by: Apsana Begum (Independent - Poplar and Limehouse) Tuesday 24th June 2025 Question to the Ministry of Justice: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the implementation of the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018. Answered by Alex Davies-Jones - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice) The Ministry of Justice, which is responsible for the legislation relating to assaults on emergency workers, has not made an assessment of the impact, or potential impact, of the offence under section 1 of the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018 on trends relating to the arrest or conviction of women. Nor does it plan to conduct further assessments or research relating specifically to the offence in the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018. Following changes made by provisions in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 the then Government published an Equalities Impact Assessment of the changes on the offence in the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018. The assessment can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/police-crime-sentencing-and-courts-bill-2021-equality-statements/assault-on-emergency-workers-in-the-police-crime-sentencing-courts-bill-equalities-impact-assessment. |
Assaults on Police: Convictions
Asked by: Apsana Begum (Independent - Poplar and Limehouse) Thursday 26th June 2025 Question to the Ministry of Justice: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of convictions for the offence of assault against an emergency worker in 2024 were in relation to incidents in which the victim was a police officer. Answered by Alex Davies-Jones - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice) The Ministry of Justice publishes data on the number of prosecutions and convictions across England and Wales in the Outcomes by Offences data tool, that can be downloaded from the Criminal Justice Statistics landing page here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/criminal-justice-statistics. The data tool includes the number of convictions for an offence under section 1 of the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018 in 2024. Information on the number of males and females who were proceeded against and convicted for these offences is available within the published data and can be accessed by filtering the ‘overall volumes’ dataset by sex. This data is held on a principal-offence basis and therefore reports information relating to the most serious offence that a defendant was dealt for. The Ministry of Justice does not centrally record the specific occupation of the victim of an offence under section 1 of the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018 so it is not possible, without disproportionate cost, to state the proportion of emergency worker victims who were police officers, or the number or proportion of women convicted of an assault on a police officer under the 2018 Act offence. |
Assaults on Police: Women
Asked by: Apsana Begum (Independent - Poplar and Limehouse) Thursday 26th June 2025 Question to the Ministry of Justice: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of convictions of women for the offence of assault against an emergency worker in 2024 related to an incident where the victim was a police officer. Answered by Alex Davies-Jones - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice) The Ministry of Justice publishes data on the number of prosecutions and convictions across England and Wales in the Outcomes by Offences data tool, that can be downloaded from the Criminal Justice Statistics landing page here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/criminal-justice-statistics. The data tool includes the number of convictions for an offence under section 1 of the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018 in 2024. Information on the number of males and females who were proceeded against and convicted for these offences is available within the published data and can be accessed by filtering the ‘overall volumes’ dataset by sex. This data is held on a principal-offence basis and therefore reports information relating to the most serious offence that a defendant was dealt for. The Ministry of Justice does not centrally record the specific occupation of the victim of an offence under section 1 of the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018 so it is not possible, without disproportionate cost, to state the proportion of emergency worker victims who were police officers, or the number or proportion of women convicted of an assault on a police officer under the 2018 Act offence. |
Emergency Services: Crimes of Violence
Asked by: Apsana Begum (Independent - Poplar and Limehouse) Thursday 26th June 2025 Question to the Ministry of Justice: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of people convicted for the offence of assault against an emergency worker in 2024 were women. Answered by Alex Davies-Jones - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice) The Ministry of Justice publishes data on the number of prosecutions and convictions across England and Wales in the Outcomes by Offences data tool, that can be downloaded from the Criminal Justice Statistics landing page here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/criminal-justice-statistics. The data tool includes the number of convictions for an offence under section 1 of the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018 in 2024. Information on the number of males and females who were proceeded against and convicted for these offences is available within the published data and can be accessed by filtering the ‘overall volumes’ dataset by sex. This data is held on a principal-offence basis and therefore reports information relating to the most serious offence that a defendant was dealt for. The Ministry of Justice does not centrally record the specific occupation of the victim of an offence under section 1 of the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018 so it is not possible, without disproportionate cost, to state the proportion of emergency worker victims who were police officers, or the number or proportion of women convicted of an assault on a police officer under the 2018 Act offence. |
Crime and Policing Bill
Asked by: Apsana Begum (Independent - Poplar and Limehouse) Friday 27th June 2025 Question to the Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with (a) the police, (b) women's groups, (c) representatives of the legal profession, (d) human rights organisations and (e) civil liberties organisations on amendments 61 to 63 of the Crime and Policing Bill. Answered by Diana Johnson - Minister of State (Home Office) The Home Office engaged with law enforcement and third sector partners prior to introduction of the Bill. The Home Office continues to engage with these stakeholders to ensure that the measures meet the needs of operational colleagues as well as victims and survivors. An equality impact statement for the new offence has been published alongside the Bill and is available at: EIA. The Government also published on introduction a memorandum addressing issues arising under the ECHR in respect of measures in the Bill. The programme motion agreed by the House on 17 June extended from one to two days the normal time available for the remaining stages of the Bill. |
Crime and Policing Bill
Asked by: Apsana Begum (Independent - Poplar and Limehouse) Friday 27th June 2025 Question to the Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the time allowed for consideration of amendments 61 to 63 of the Crime and Policing Bill. Answered by Diana Johnson - Minister of State (Home Office) The Home Office engaged with law enforcement and third sector partners prior to introduction of the Bill. The Home Office continues to engage with these stakeholders to ensure that the measures meet the needs of operational colleagues as well as victims and survivors. An equality impact statement for the new offence has been published alongside the Bill and is available at: EIA. The Government also published on introduction a memorandum addressing issues arising under the ECHR in respect of measures in the Bill. The programme motion agreed by the House on 17 June extended from one to two days the normal time available for the remaining stages of the Bill. |
Crime and Policing Bill
Asked by: Apsana Begum (Independent - Poplar and Limehouse) Friday 27th June 2025 Question to the Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what pre-legislative consultation she undertook on amendments 61 to 63 at Report Stage of the Crime and Policing Bill. Answered by Diana Johnson - Minister of State (Home Office) The Home Office engaged with law enforcement and third sector partners prior to introduction of the Bill. The Home Office continues to engage with these stakeholders to ensure that the measures meet the needs of operational colleagues as well as victims and survivors. An equality impact statement for the new offence has been published alongside the Bill and is available at: EIA. The Government also published on introduction a memorandum addressing issues arising under the ECHR in respect of measures in the Bill. The programme motion agreed by the House on 17 June extended from one to two days the normal time available for the remaining stages of the Bill. |
Crime and Policing Bill: Impact Assessments
Asked by: Apsana Begum (Independent - Poplar and Limehouse) Friday 27th June 2025 Question to the Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will conduct an equality impact assessment for new offences created by amendments 61 to 63 at Report Stage of the Crime and Policing Bill. Answered by Diana Johnson - Minister of State (Home Office) The Home Office engaged with law enforcement and third sector partners prior to introduction of the Bill. The Home Office continues to engage with these stakeholders to ensure that the measures meet the needs of operational colleagues as well as victims and survivors. An equality impact statement for the new offence has been published alongside the Bill and is available at: EIA The Government also published on introduction a memorandum addressing issues arising under the ECHR in respect of measures in the Bill. The programme motion agreed by the House on 17 June extended from one to two days the normal time available for the remaining stages of the Bill. |
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Zinc Network
Asked by: Apsana Begum (Independent - Poplar and Limehouse) Thursday 26th June 2025 Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many times Zinc Network Limited has provided his Department with copies of unpublished (a) YouTube and (b) social media videos in order for his Department to provide approval or feedback since January 2023. Answered by Stephen Doughty - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) regularly provides feedback on videos for social media (including YouTube) from our project implementers as part of standard FCDO programming procedures to ensure alignment with overarching project objectives, and conflict and gender sensitivity criteria. Due to the risks posed to our partners and beneficiaries of these projects we do not publish detailed information about them. |
Early Day Motions Signed |
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Wednesday 9th July Apsana Begum signed this EDM on Thursday 10th July 2025 Government policy on the Hillsborough Law 50 signatures (Most recent: 11 Jul 2025)Tabled by: Ian Byrne (Labour - Liverpool West Derby) That this House notes the Prime Minister’s promise to introduce the Hillsborough Law to Parliament before the 36th anniversary of the disaster on 15 April 2025; deeply regrets that this commitment was not met and that the Government has yet to table the legislation; expresses grave concern at reports that … |
Wednesday 9th July Apsana Begum signed this EDM on Wednesday 9th July 2025 Outsourced cleaners on Tyne and Wear Metro 20 signatures (Most recent: 11 Jul 2025)Tabled by: Grahame Morris (Labour - Easington) That this House welcomes the Labour Government’s promise to ‘oversee the biggest wave of insourcing for a generation’; notes that the North East Combined Authority transport provider Nexus, while publicly owned, outsources cleaning of the Tyne and Wear Metro to a private company, Churchill, and that this contract is now … |
Monday 30th June Apsana Begum signed this EDM on Monday 30th June 2025 25 signatures (Most recent: 11 Jul 2025) Tabled by: Mary Kelly Foy (Labour - City of Durham) That this House celebrates the 139th Durham Miners’ Gala, to be held on Saturday, 12 July 2025, organised by the Durham Miners’ Association (DMA); recognises the Gala, known as The Big Meeting, as the world’s greatest celebration of trade-unionism, working-class culture, and international solidarity; notes its historical significance since 1871; … |
Tuesday 17th June Apsana Begum signed this EDM as a sponsor on Wednesday 18th June 2025 Military escalation between Israel and Iran 11 signatures (Most recent: 11 Jul 2025)Tabled by: Brian Leishman (Labour - Alloa and Grangemouth) That this House expresses immense concern at the escalating military confrontation between Israel and Iran, which has already claimed hundreds of civilian lives and risks igniting a full-scale regional war; notes that both the Israeli Government and Iranian regime have long records of repressing dissent, violating international law, and disregarding … |
Bill Documents |
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Jun. 17 2025
Report Stage Proceedings as at 17 June 2025 Crime and Policing Bill 2024-26 Bill proceedings: Commons Found: Not called_164 Kim Johnson Bell Ribeiro-Addy Apsana Begum Richard Burgon Zarah Sultana Siân Berry |
Jun. 10 2025
All proceedings up to 10 June 2025 at Report Stage Planning and Infrastructure Bill 2024-26 Bill proceedings: Commons Found: Not called_NC36 Chris Hinchliff Neil Duncan-Jordan John McDonnell Steve Witherden Apsana Begum Ellie |