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Division Votes
18 Mar 2025 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Cat Eccles voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 312 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 167 Noes - 324
18 Mar 2025 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Cat Eccles voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 314 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 107 Noes - 324
18 Mar 2025 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Cat Eccles voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 311 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 382 Noes - 104
18 Mar 2025 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Cat Eccles voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 301 Labour No votes vs 6 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 77 Noes - 315
18 Mar 2025 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Cat Eccles voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 306 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 77 Noes - 313
17 Mar 2025 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Cat Eccles voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 307 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 65 Noes - 317
17 Mar 2025 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Cat Eccles voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 311 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 159 Noes - 317
17 Mar 2025 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Cat Eccles voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 309 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 160 Noes - 319
19 Mar 2025 - National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context Cat Eccles voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 312 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 316 Noes - 187
19 Mar 2025 - National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context Cat Eccles voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 308 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 313 Noes - 190
19 Mar 2025 - National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context Cat Eccles voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 310 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 314 Noes - 187
19 Mar 2025 - National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context Cat Eccles voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 307 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 310 Noes - 183
19 Mar 2025 - Winter Fuel Payment - View Vote Context Cat Eccles voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 289 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 177 Noes - 293
19 Mar 2025 - National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context Cat Eccles voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 310 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 316 Noes - 189
19 Mar 2025 - National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context Cat Eccles 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 - 307 Noes - 182
1 Apr 2025 - Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Cat Eccles voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 293 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 110 Noes - 302
1 Apr 2025 - Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Cat Eccles voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 293 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 303 Noes - 110
2 Apr 2025 - Energy Conservation - View Vote Context Cat Eccles voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 288 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 349 Noes - 14
2 Apr 2025 - Driving Licences: Zero Emission Vehicles - View Vote Context Cat Eccles voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 295 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 304 Noes - 101
2 Apr 2025 - Onshore Wind and Solar Generation - View Vote Context Cat Eccles voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 299 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 307 Noes - 100

Speeches
Cat Eccles speeches from: Onshore Wind and Solar Generation Cat Eccles contributed 1 speech (648 words) Wednesday 2nd April 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for Energy Security & Net Zero
Cat Eccles speeches from: Welfare Reform Cat Eccles contributed 1 speech (52 words) Tuesday 18th March 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for Work and Pensions
Cat Eccles speeches from: Business of the House Cat Eccles contributed 1 speech (81 words) Thursday 13th March 2025 - Commons Chamber Leader of the House

Written Answers
Social Rented Housing: Finance Asked by: Cat Eccles (Labour - Stourbridge) Wednesday 19th March 2025 Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to increase funding for social housing in the next Spending Review in the context of levels of homelessness. Answered by Matthew Pennycook - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government) The government is committed to delivering the biggest increase in social and affordable housebuilding in a generation. I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 30393 on 24 February 2025 for more detail on the steps we have already taken to increase social and affordable housebuilding. We will set out details of new investment to succeed the 2021-26 Affordable Homes Programme at the Spending Review. This new investment will deliver a mix of homes for sub-market rent and homeownership, with a particular focus on delivering homes for Social Rent.
Rents: Increases Asked by: Cat Eccles (Labour - Stourbridge) Wednesday 19th March 2025 Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to help tackle unaffordable rent increases. Answered by Matthew Pennycook - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government) The government recognises that paying rent is likely to be a tenant’s biggest monthly expense. The Renters’ Rights Bill empowers private rented sector tenants to challenge unreasonable rent increases, with all rent increases taking place via an existing statutory process. Tenants who receive a rent increase that they feel is not representative of the market value will be able to challenge the increase at the First-tier Tribunal. This will prevent unscrupulous landlords using rent increases as a backdoor means of eviction, while ensuring rents can be increased to reflect market rates. The Bill also prohibits rental bidding practices and landlords demanding large amounts of rent in advance.
Recreation Spaces Asked by: Cat Eccles (Labour - Stourbridge) Wednesday 19th March 2025 Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that green spaces are adequately designed to (a) tackle climate challenges, (b) support water availability and (c) increase flood resilience. Answered by Matthew Pennycook - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government) The revised National Planning Policy Framework published on 12 December 2024 makes clear that the planning system should take full account of all climate impacts, including water scarcity and flood risk. Planning should help to shape places in a way that minimises vulnerability and improves resilience to the effects of climate change though suitable adaptation measures, including through incorporating green infrastructure and sustainable drainage systems. The government provides design guidance through the National Design Guide (NDG) and National Model Design Code (NDMC) which support the National Planning Policy Framework. The department intends to update this guidance in Spring 2025. Natural England have also published The Green Infrastructure Framework and accompanying Design Guide in February 2023. This can be used to support local planning authorities and developers to design and create more nature-rich urban greenspaces.
Biodiversity: Reviews Asked by: Cat Eccles (Labour - Stourbridge) Wednesday 19th March 2025 Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will conduct a review of the statutory framework for biodiversity net gain; and if he will take steps with environmental horticulture experts to include cultivated plant diversity in its metrics. Answered by Mary Creagh - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) The Government is working with stakeholders, including the horticulture sector, to monitor the implementation of biodiversity net gain to make sure it is working as intended.
Cats: Animal Breeding Asked by: Cat Eccles (Labour - Stourbridge) Wednesday 19th March 2025 Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his planned timetable is for reviewing the recommendations of the Animal Welfare Committee Opinion on the welfare implications of current and emergent feline breeding practices, published in December 2024. Answered by Daniel Zeichner - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) The Government welcomes the Animal Welfare Committee’s Opinion on the welfare implications of current and emergent feline breeding practices. We are carefully considering the Committee’s recommendations.

Written Answers

Social Rented Housing: Finance
Asked by: Cat Eccles (Labour - Stourbridge)
Wednesday 19th March 2025

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to increase funding for social housing in the next Spending Review in the context of levels of homelessness.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

The government is committed to delivering the biggest increase in social and affordable housebuilding in a generation.

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 30393 on 24 February 2025 for more detail on the steps we have already taken to increase social and affordable housebuilding.

We will set out details of new investment to succeed the 2021-26 Affordable Homes Programme at the Spending Review. This new investment will deliver a mix of homes for sub-market rent and homeownership, with a particular focus on delivering homes for Social Rent.

Rents: Increases
Asked by: Cat Eccles (Labour - Stourbridge)
Wednesday 19th March 2025

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to help tackle unaffordable rent increases.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

The government recognises that paying rent is likely to be a tenant’s biggest monthly expense. The Renters’ Rights Bill empowers private rented sector tenants to challenge unreasonable rent increases, with all rent increases taking place via an existing statutory process.

Tenants who receive a rent increase that they feel is not representative of the market value will be able to challenge the increase at the First-tier Tribunal. This will prevent unscrupulous landlords using rent increases as a backdoor means of eviction, while ensuring rents can be increased to reflect market rates.

The Bill also prohibits rental bidding practices and landlords demanding large amounts of rent in advance.

Recreation Spaces
Asked by: Cat Eccles (Labour - Stourbridge)
Wednesday 19th March 2025

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that green spaces are adequately designed to (a) tackle climate challenges, (b) support water availability and (c) increase flood resilience.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

The revised National Planning Policy Framework published on 12 December 2024 makes clear that the planning system should take full account of all climate impacts, including water scarcity and flood risk.

Planning should help to shape places in a way that minimises vulnerability and improves resilience to the effects of climate change though suitable adaptation measures, including through incorporating green infrastructure and sustainable drainage systems.

The government provides design guidance through the National Design Guide (NDG) and National Model Design Code (NDMC) which support the National Planning Policy Framework. The department intends to update this guidance in Spring 2025.

Natural England have also published The Green Infrastructure Framework and accompanying Design Guide in February 2023. This can be used to support local planning authorities and developers to design and create more nature-rich urban greenspaces.

Biodiversity: Reviews
Asked by: Cat Eccles (Labour - Stourbridge)
Wednesday 19th March 2025

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will conduct a review of the statutory framework for biodiversity net gain; and if he will take steps with environmental horticulture experts to include cultivated plant diversity in its metrics.

Answered by Mary Creagh - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

The Government is working with stakeholders, including the horticulture sector, to monitor the implementation of biodiversity net gain to make sure it is working as intended.

Cats: Animal Breeding
Asked by: Cat Eccles (Labour - Stourbridge)
Wednesday 19th March 2025

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his planned timetable is for reviewing the recommendations of the Animal Welfare Committee Opinion on the welfare implications of current and emergent feline breeding practices, published in December 2024.

Answered by Daniel Zeichner - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

The Government welcomes the Animal Welfare Committee’s Opinion on the welfare implications of current and emergent feline breeding practices. We are carefully considering the Committee’s recommendations.

Early Day Motions Signed
Monday 24th March Cat Eccles signed this EDM on Tuesday 29th April 2025 Ensuring stability for Ukrainian refugees in the UK 73 signatures (Most recent: 2 May 2025) Tabled by: Pippa Heylings (Liberal Democrat - South Cambridgeshire) That this House believes that Ukrainian refugees fleeing war must be treated with compassion in the UK; recognises that the war in Ukraine still wages on, more than three years after Putin first invaded; notes with concern recent reports that some Ukrainian refugees have faced losing their homes and jobs …
Monday 28th April Cat Eccles signed this EDM as a sponsor on Tuesday 29th April 2025 Black Maternal Health Awareness Week 2025 13 signatures (Most recent: 2 May 2025) Tabled by: Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Labour - Clapham and Brixton Hill) That this House notes with concern that Black women in the UK are still three times more likely to die during pregnancy or childbirth, and Asian women are two times more likely; is further concerned by reports from MMBRACE UK’s maternity mortality data which indicates a statistically significant increase in …
Tuesday 22nd April Cat Eccles signed this EDM on Wednesday 23rd April 2025 St George’s Day 2025 21 signatures (Most recent: 28 Apr 2025) Tabled by: Adam Jogee (Labour - Newcastle-under-Lyme) That this House joins the people of England in celebrating St. George's Day on 23 April 2025; understands the significance of England’s national day to many people throughout the world; acknowledges the important role that England and her people play in strengthening the bonds of solidarity across the United Kingdom; …
Monday 7th April Cat Eccles signed this EDM on Tuesday 22nd April 2025 International Day of the Midwife 49 signatures (Most recent: 24 Apr 2025) Tabled by: Simon Opher (Labour - Stroud) That this House recognises the International Day of the Midwife, on 5 May, along with its theme for 2025, ‘Midwives: critical in every crisis’; expresses its support for midwives in the United Kingdom and around the world for the vital contribution they make in providing care and support to women …
Monday 31st March Cat Eccles signed this EDM on Tuesday 22nd April 2025 Households below average income 16 signatures (Most recent: 30 Apr 2025) Tabled by: Neil Duncan-Jordan (Labour - Poole) That this House is angered by the latest households below average income figures which reveal that 4.5 million children are living in relative poverty after housing costs, which amounts to nine children in every classroom and a record high; understands there has been an increase in child poverty of 200,000 …
Wednesday 12th March Cat Eccles signed this EDM on Tuesday 22nd April 2025 Workplace disabilities and sickle cell disease 22 signatures (Most recent: 28 Apr 2025) Tabled by: Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Labour - Clapham and Brixton Hill) That this House regrets that despite being a serious lifelong condition, sickle cell disease is not consistently recognised in workplaces; notes that many employers still lack awareness of how the condition affects daily life, resulting in individuals living with sickle cell disease finding it difficult to secure flexible working, reasonable …
Monday 27th January Cat Eccles signed this EDM on Tuesday 18th March 2025 Snares 62 signatures (Most recent: 24 Apr 2025) Tabled by: Ruth Jones (Labour - Newport West and Islwyn) That this House welcomes the Government’s commitment to ban the use of snares in England and is heartened that the governments of Wales and Scotland have already successfully implemented such a ban; notes that a 2016 motion calling for a ban on snares was passed unanimously, and further, that a …
Wednesday 5th February Cat Eccles signed this EDM on Monday 17th March 2025 Injury on Duty Award Scheme 83 signatures (Most recent: 2 May 2025) Tabled by: Tom Morrison (Liberal Democrat - Cheadle) That this House acknowledges the inherent risks undertaken by police officers, firefighters, paramedics and other members of the emergency services in the line of duty; notes that severe injuries sustained in the line of duty can prematurely end their careers; further notes with concern that current recognition for such sacrifices …
Thursday 27th February Cat Eccles signed this EDM on Monday 17th March 2025 National oversight mechanism 26 signatures (Most recent: 22 Apr 2025) Tabled by: Carla Denyer (Green Party - Bristol Central) That this House believes that the State owes it to bereaved families and victims to learn and implement lessons from deaths involving the State and corporate agencies; notes that the Grenfell Inquiry recognised a failure of the State to follow up on recommendations made by inquests and inquiries; acknowledges the …
Thursday 27th February Cat Eccles signed this EDM on Thursday 13th March 2025 Educationally subnormal schools in the 1960s and 1970s 27 signatures (Most recent: 22 Apr 2025) Tabled by: Kim Johnson (Labour - Liverpool Riverside) That this House acknowledges the historical injustice suffered by Black children who were wrongly classified as educationally subnormal and placed in schooling for those with severely physical and mental disabilities under racist policies; notes the findings of Subnormal: A British Scandal and the exceptional work of educational campaigners starting with …

Cat Eccles mentioned

Parliamentary Debates
Business of the House 103 speeches (10,524 words) Thursday 13th March 2025 - Commons Chamber Leader of the House Mentions: 1: Bob Blackman (Con - Harrow East) Member for Stourbridge (Cat Eccles), the first anniversary of the Hughes report on valproate and pelvic - Link to Speech

Bill Documents
Mar. 25 2025 All proceedings up to 25 March 2025 at Public Bill Committee Stage Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill 2024-26 Bill proceedings: Commons Found: Rachel Hopkins Neil Duncan-Jordan Vikki Slade Cameron Thomas Lizzi Collinge Ellie Chowns Cat Eccles
Mar. 19 2025 All proceedings up to 19 March 2025 at Public Bill Committee Stage Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill 2024-26 Bill proceedings: Commons Found: Rachel Hopkins Neil Duncan-Jordan Vikki Slade Cameron Thomas Lizzi Collinge Ellie Chowns Cat Eccles
Mar. 18 2025 All proceedings up to 18 March 2025 at Public Bill Committee Stage Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill 2024-26 Bill proceedings: Commons Found: Rachel Hopkins Neil Duncan-Jordan Vikki Slade Cameron Thomas Lizzi Collinge Ellie Chowns Cat Eccles
Mar. 18 2025 All proceedings up to 18 March 2025 at Report Stage Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill 2024-26 Bill proceedings: Commons Found: Not moved_NC14 Dame Siobhain McDonagh Paula Barker Ms Polly Billington Apsana Begum Cat Eccles Clive
Mar. 18 2025 Consideration of Bill Amendments as at 18 March 2025 - large print Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: _NC16 Cat Eccles Siân Berry Carla Denyer Ellie Chowns Neil Duncan-Jordan .
Mar. 18 2025 Consideration of Bill Amendments as at 18 March 2025 Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: _NC16 Cat Eccles Siân Berry Carla Denyer Ellie Chowns Neil Duncan-Jordan .
Mar. 18 2025 All proceedings up to 11 March 2025 at Report Stage Employment Rights Bill 2024-26 Bill proceedings: Commons Found: Sultana Freddie van Mierlo Sarah Hall Claire Hanna Helen Hayes Chris Webb Mrs Sharon Hodgson Cat Eccles
Mar. 17 2025 Consideration of Bill Amendments as at 17 March 2025 - large print Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: 17 March 2025 18 _NC14 Dame Siobhain McDonagh Paula Barker Ms Polly Billington Apsana Begum Cat Eccles
Mar. 17 2025 Consideration of Bill Amendments as at 17 March 2025 Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: _NC14 Dame Siobhain McDonagh Paula Barker Ms Polly Billington Apsana Begum Cat Eccles Clive Efford
Mar. 17 2025 Report Stage Proceedings as at 17 March 2025 Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill 2024-26 Bill proceedings: Commons Found: Not moved_NC14 Dame Siobhain McDonagh Paula Barker Ms Polly Billington Apsana Begum Cat Eccles Clive
Mar. 14 2025 Notices of Amendments as at 14 March 2025 Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: _NC14 Dame Siobhain McDonagh Paula Barker Ms Polly Billington Apsana Begum Cat Eccles Clive Efford
Mar. 13 2025 Notices of Amendments as at 13 March 2025 Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: _NC14 Dame Siobhain McDonagh Paula Barker Ms Polly Billington Apsana Begum Cat Eccles Clive Efford
Mar. 13 2025 Notices of Amendments as at 13 March 2025 Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: _NC14 Dame Siobhain McDonagh Paula Barker Ms Polly Billington Apsana Begum Cat Eccles Clive Efford
Mar. 12 2025 All proceedings up to 12 March 2025 at Public Bill Committee Stage Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill 2024-26 Bill proceedings: Commons Found: Rachel Hopkins Neil Duncan-Jordan Vikki Slade Cameron Thomas Lizzi Collinge Ellie Chowns Cat Eccles
Mar. 12 2025 Notices of Amendments as at 12 March 2025 Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: 12 March 2025 12 _NC14 Dame Siobhain McDonagh Paula Barker Ms Polly Billington Apsana Begum Cat Eccles
Mar. 12 2025 All proceedings up to 12 March 2025 at Report Stage Employment Rights Bill 2024-26 Bill proceedings: Commons Found: Sultana Freddie van Mierlo Sarah Hall Claire Hanna Helen Hayes Chris Webb Mrs Sharon Hodgson Cat Eccles
Mar. 11 2025 All proceedings up to 11 March 2025 at Public Bill Committee Stage Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill 2024-26 Bill proceedings: Commons Found: Rachel Hopkins Neil Duncan-Jordan Vikki Slade Cameron Thomas Lizzi Collinge Ellie Chowns Cat Eccles