Information between 8th December 2025 - 18th December 2025
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8 Dec 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Cat Smith voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 305 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 327 Noes - 162 |
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8 Dec 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Cat Smith voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 294 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 300 Noes - 96 |
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8 Dec 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Cat Smith voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 309 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 326 Noes - 162 |
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8 Dec 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Cat Smith voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 305 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 395 Noes - 98 |
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8 Dec 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Cat Smith 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 - 327 Noes - 96 |
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9 Dec 2025 - Railways Bill - View Vote Context Cat Smith voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 316 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 170 Noes - 332 |
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9 Dec 2025 - Railways Bill - View Vote Context Cat Smith voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 314 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 329 Noes - 173 |
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16 Dec 2025 - Finance (No. 2) Bill - View Vote Context Cat Smith voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 329 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 341 Noes - 195 |
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16 Dec 2025 - Finance (No. 2) Bill - View Vote Context Cat Smith voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 333 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 118 Noes - 340 |
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17 Dec 2025 - National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context Cat Smith voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 300 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 312 Noes - 165 |
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Cat Smith speeches from: Quarries: Planning Policy
Cat Smith contributed 2 speeches (377 words) Tuesday 16th December 2025 - Westminster Hall Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government |
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Licensing Laws: Alcoholic Drinks
Asked by: Cat Smith (Labour - Lancaster and Wyre) Wednesday 17th December 2025 Question to the Department for Business and Trade: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 5 November 2025 to Question 85812, whether he plans to introduce his Department's proposed reforms to alcohol licensing through (a) legislative changes to the Licensing Act 2003 or (b) regulatory guidance. Answered by Kate Dearden - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) The Government is undertaking activity to implement the initial announcements made by the Chancellor on 26 November. Those include a guidance document (the National Licensing Policy Framework) which is already available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-licensing-policy-framework-for-the-hospitality-and-leisure-sectors and taking forward legislation to reform the Temporary Event Notices available to on-trade licensed premises. In addition, plans are being developed to assess the remaining recommendations made by the Taskforce and in relation to these the need for further legislation and guidance will be considered in due course. |
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Licensing Laws: Reform
Asked by: Cat Smith (Labour - Lancaster and Wyre) Wednesday 17th December 2025 Question to the Department for Business and Trade: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 5 November 2025 to Questions 85811 and 85813, if he will publish all evidence received by the Licensing Taskforce (a) during meetings and (b) through written evidence or other stakeholder engagement. Answered by Kate Dearden - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) The Government is undertaking activity to implement the initial announcements made by the Chancellor on 26 November. Those include a guidance document (the National Licensing Policy Framework) which is already available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-licensing-policy-framework-for-the-hospitality-and-leisure-sectors and taking forward legislation to reform the Temporary Event Notices available to on-trade licensed premises. In addition, plans are being developed to assess the remaining recommendations made by the Taskforce and in relation to these the need for further legislation and guidance will be considered in due course. |
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Licensing Laws
Asked by: Cat Smith (Labour - Lancaster and Wyre) Wednesday 17th December 2025 Question to the Department for Business and Trade: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 5 November 2025 to Question 85808, if he will publish all responses received to the call for evidence on proposed licensing reforms. Answered by Kate Dearden - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) On 26 November an initial analysis of responses to a number of the Call for Evidence questions was published, available at https://www.gov.uk/government/calls-for-evidence/reforming-the-licensing-system. We will be publishing a summary of responses received to all of the call for evidence on proposed licensing reforms in the New Year. |
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Licensing Laws: Reform
Asked by: Cat Smith (Labour - Lancaster and Wyre) Wednesday 17th December 2025 Question to the Department for Business and Trade: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 5 November 2025 to Question 85806, on what evidential basis his Department chose to issue a call for evidence rather than a consultation. Answered by Kate Dearden - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) The Government invited views and evidence to inform the development of a modern, proportionate and enabling licensing system. A Call for Evidence ran for four weeks, primarily via an online survey, and this attracted a significant number of responses. Alongside discussions were held with key stakeholders to supplement the evidence we received. This process enabled us to elicit views and draw on evidence in relation to the key recommendations of the Licensing Taskforce. |
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Monday 27th October Cat Smith signed this EDM on Wednesday 17th December 2025 Buying community energy locally 93 signatures (Most recent: 18 Dec 2025)Tabled by: Abtisam Mohamed (Labour - Sheffield Central) That this House recognises the many social, economic and environmental benefits that community energy schemes create; notes that the number of such schemes would grow greatly if they were enabled to sell their clean power directly to households and businesses in their communities; welcomes the Minister for Energy Security and … |
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Monday 8th December Cat Smith signed this EDM on Wednesday 17th December 2025 Armed exports to the United Arab Emirates and the situation in Sudan 25 signatures (Most recent: 17 Dec 2025)Tabled by: Brian Leishman (Labour - Alloa and Grangemouth) That this House is deeply alarmed by evidence that British-made military equipment exported to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been diverted to, and is being used by, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan; notes that the RSF is carrying out mass atrocities, including the killing of more than … |
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Monday 15th December Cat Smith signed this EDM on Wednesday 17th December 2025 23 signatures (Most recent: 17 Dec 2025) Tabled by: Rachael Maskell (Labour (Co-op) - York Central) That this House expresses its alarm at the growing number of higher education institutions deploying approaches which are having a negative impact on the pension schemes of academics and staff, including through fire and rehire proposals and other approaches tantamount to forcing workers onto worse contracts, terms and conditions; further … |
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Thursday 11th December Cat Smith signed this EDM on Wednesday 17th December 2025 27 signatures (Most recent: 17 Dec 2025) Tabled by: Mary Kelly Foy (Labour - City of Durham) That this House recognises with gratitude the dedication and hard work of shop workers, particularly during the Christmas period when they work longer hours under significant pressure to serve their communities; acknowledges the essential role they play in ensuring families can access food, gifts and everyday necessities at the busiest … |
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Monday 1st December Cat Smith signed this EDM on Thursday 11th December 2025 Palestine Action hunger strike 62 signatures (Most recent: 18 Dec 2025)Tabled by: John McDonnell (Labour - Hayes and Harlington) That this House expresses its extreme concern that six prisoners associated with Palestine Action have felt that they had no other recourse to protest against their prison conditions but to launch a hunger strike; and calls upon the Secretary of State for Justice to intervene urgently to ensure their treatment … |
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Monday 27th October Cat Smith signed this EDM on Tuesday 9th December 2025 Fireworks anti-social behaviour and regulation 29 signatures (Most recent: 16 Dec 2025)Tabled by: Imran Hussain (Labour - Bradford East) That this House notes with deep concern the growing impact of fireworks misuse on communities across the UK; recognises that the unpredictable use of high-decibel fireworks causes significant distress to animals, wildlife, and those with sensory sensitivities or neurodiverse conditions; further notes that local councils and police forces lack sufficient … |
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9 Dec 2025, 2:28 p.m. - House of Commons " Cat Smith well, firstly, let me >> Cat Smith well, firstly, let me pay tribute to my hon. Friend and the work that he has done on taxi " Rt Hon Shabana Mahmood KC MP, The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Birmingham Ladywood, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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9 Dec 2025, 5:41 p.m. - House of Commons "delivers for Britain. >> Yay, Cat Smith! >> Thank you. " Baggy Shanker MP (Derby South, Labour ) - View Video - View Transcript |
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16 Dec 2025, 12:04 p.m. - House of Commons "of time, they're effectively becoming Cat Smith prisons. But " Mr Andrew Snowden MP (Fylde, Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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Fairtrade Certification
42 speeches (11,963 words) Thursday 11th December 2025 - Westminster Hall Department for Business and Trade Mentions: 1: Martin Rhodes (Lab - Glasgow North) Friend the Member for Lancaster and Wyre (Cat Smith) wished to speak today but is unable to do so due - Link to Speech |
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Wednesday 17th December 2025
Correspondence - Letter from the Chair to the Leader of the House of Commons relating to changes to the process for allocating estimates day debates, dated 12 December 2025 Procedure Committee Found: Yours sincerely, Cat Smith MP Chair of the Procedure Committee 3 Appendix 1 - Draft Motion to |
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Tuesday 16th December 2025
Special Report - Written evidence – Appendix: 15th anniversary of the Backbench Business Committee Backbench Business Committee Found: At the ConsJtuJon Unit 2025 conference, Cat Smith MP , chair of the Procedure Commi? |
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Tuesday 16th December 2025
Special Report - 1st Special Report – 15th anniversary of the Backbench Business Committee Backbench Business Committee Found: UCL Constitution Unit described as “a striking 13 departure from the committee’s early years.”27 Cat Smith |
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Monday 15th December 2025
Oral Evidence - Sir Keir Starmer Liaison Committee (Commons) Found: Florence Eshalomi; Bill Esterson; Patricia Ferguson; Helen Hayes; Simon Hoare; Andy Slaughter; Cat Smith |
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Friday 12th December 2025
Formal Minutes - Formal minutes 2024-25 Backbench Business Committee Found: Singh Josan, Warinder Juss and Naushabah Khan: Commemoration of the 1947 Partition of India • Cat Smith |
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Wednesday 10th December 2025
Oral Evidence - House of Commons Procedure Committee Found: Watch the meeting Members present: Cat Smith (Chair); James Asser; Bambos Charalambous; Sir Christopher |
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Wednesday 17th December 2025 2:30 p.m. Procedure Committee - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |