Information between 11th March 2025 - 21st March 2025
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18 Mar 2025 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Cat Smith 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 |
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18 Mar 2025 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Cat Smith 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 |
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18 Mar 2025 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Cat Smith 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 |
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18 Mar 2025 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Cat Smith 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 |
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18 Mar 2025 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Cat Smith 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 |
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17 Mar 2025 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Cat Smith 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 |
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17 Mar 2025 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Cat Smith 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 |
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17 Mar 2025 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Cat Smith 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 |
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19 Mar 2025 - National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context Cat Smith 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 |
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19 Mar 2025 - National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) 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 - 313 Noes - 190 |
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19 Mar 2025 - National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context Cat Smith 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 |
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19 Mar 2025 - Winter Fuel Payment - View Vote Context Cat Smith 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 |
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19 Mar 2025 - National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context Cat Smith 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 |
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19 Mar 2025 - National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context Cat Smith 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 |
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19 Mar 2025 - National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context Cat Smith 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 |
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11 Mar 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Cat Smith voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 313 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 105 Noes - 409 |
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11 Mar 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Cat Smith voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 319 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 106 Noes - 340 |
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11 Mar 2025 - Employment Rights 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 - 189 Noes - 324 |
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11 Mar 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Cat Smith 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 - 95 Noes - 323 |
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Cat Smith speeches from: Oral Answers to Questions
Cat Smith contributed 1 speech (72 words) Wednesday 19th March 2025 - Commons Chamber Cabinet Office |
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Cat Smith speeches from: Oral Answers to Questions
Cat Smith contributed 2 speeches (76 words) Tuesday 18th March 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for Energy Security & Net Zero |
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Cat Smith speeches from: Women’s Changed State Pension Age: Compensation
Cat Smith contributed 1 speech (53 words) Monday 17th March 2025 - Westminster Hall Department for Work and Pensions |
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Cat Smith speeches from: Sustainable Farming Incentive
Cat Smith contributed 1 speech (90 words) Wednesday 12th March 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
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Multi-sport Grassroots Facilities Programme: Women
Asked by: Cat Smith (Labour - Lancaster and Wyre) Friday 21st March 2025 Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make it her policy to support (a) sports with higher levels of female participation, (b) tennis and (c) netball through the Multi-Sport Grassroots Facilities Programme. Answered by Stephanie Peacock - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport) The Government is dedicated to supporting every aspect of women’s sport and committed to ensuring all women and girls, no matter their background, have access to high quality facilities. On Friday 21 March, we confirmed that DCMS is investing £100 million in high-quality sports facilities over the next year in communities across the UK through the Multi-Sport Grassroots Facilities Programme. All projects - which primarily focus on pitches and ancillary facilities like changing rooms - funded through this programme are required to demonstrate how they increase access and participation levels among under-represented groups, which includes women and girls. Of the funded projects, at least 40% will have a multi-sport offer so that more people can get access to a wider variety of sports and activities that appeal to them.
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Sports: Women
Asked by: Cat Smith (Labour - Lancaster and Wyre) Friday 21st March 2025 Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many women and girls will be impacted by the Multi-Sport Grassroots Facilities Programme. Answered by Stephanie Peacock - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport) The Government is dedicated to supporting every aspect of women’s sport and committed to ensuring all women and girls, no matter their background, have access to high quality facilities. On Friday 21 March, we confirmed that DCMS is investing £100 million in high-quality sports facilities over the next year in communities across the UK through the Multi-Sport Grassroots Facilities Programme. All projects - which primarily focus on pitches and ancillary facilities like changing rooms - funded through this programme are required to demonstrate how they increase access and participation levels among under-represented groups, which includes women and girls. Of the funded projects, at least 40% will have a multi-sport offer so that more people can get access to a wider variety of sports and activities that appeal to them.
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Epilepsy: Women
Asked by: Cat Smith (Labour - Lancaster and Wyre) Wednesday 19th March 2025 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to support women with epilepsy. Answered by Ashley Dalton - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care) The Government is committed to prioritising women’s health, placing women’s equality at the heart of our agenda and ensuring women’s health is never again neglected. At a national level, there are several initiatives supporting service improvement and better care for patients with epilepsy, including women, such as the RightCare Epilepsy Toolkit, and the Getting It Right First Time Programme (GIRFT) for Neurology and the Neurology Transformation Programme (NTP). The GIRFT National Specialty Report made recommendations designed to improve services nationally and to support the National Health Service to deliver care more equitably across the country. The National Specialty Report highlighted differences in how services are delivered and offered an unprecedented opportunity to share successful initiatives between trusts to improve patient services nationally. Building on the GIRFT National Specialty Report, the NTP has developed a model of integrated care for neurology services to support integrated care boards (ICBs) to deliver the right service, at the right time for all neurology patients, including providing care closer to home. A toolkit is being developed to support ICBs to understand and implement this new model. The RightCare Epilepsy Toolkit includes specific recommendations regarding supporting women with epilepsy. For example, it states that support should be provided to women with epilepsy who are pregnant and those who are of childbearing age which makes clear the risks of certain anti-epileptic drugs that are known to cause birth defects, such as sodium valproate. The Toolkit also makes clear that it is equally important to provide clear information and guidance on the risks of stopping an anti-epileptic drug treatment, which include Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy, that is not related to causing birth defects, and the risks that poses to the mother and unborn baby to support balanced informed decisions on care. |
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Friday 4th October Cat Smith signed this EDM on Monday 31st March 2025 Scientific hearing on animal experiments 40 signatures (Most recent: 31 Mar 2025)Tabled by: John McDonnell (Independent - Hayes and Harlington) That this House applauds the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Act 2022, enshrining in law the ability of animals to experience joy and feel suffering and pain; notes the science-based campaign For Life On Earth, with its Beagle Ambassador, rescued laboratory dog Betsy; is shocked to see the continuing harrowing exposés that … |
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Tuesday 25th March Cat Smith signed this EDM on Wednesday 26th March 2025 Benefit reforms and Personal Independence Payment consultation 10 signatures (Most recent: 27 Mar 2025)Tabled by: Clive Betts (Labour - Sheffield South East) That this House welcomes proposals which have the objective of ensuring more young people are supported into work; wishes to ensure that the people with the most severe disabilities continue to get Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and other support; and, to ensure this happens, requires the Secretary of State for … |
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Tuesday 25th March Cat Smith signed this EDM as a sponsor on Wednesday 26th March 2025 Avanti West Coast ticket offices and station staffing 18 signatures (Most recent: 1 Apr 2025)Tabled by: Rebecca Long Bailey (Labour - Salford) That this House understands that First Group majority-owned rail operator Avanti West Coast has been undertaking a stations rostering review; is alarmed at reports that this review may be used to undermine ticket offices and station staffing, with Manchester Piccadilly, Birmingham New Street and London Euston stations particularly affected; recognises … |
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Monday 27th January Cat Smith signed this EDM on Wednesday 26th March 2025 54 signatures (Most recent: 4 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 … |
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Monday 17th March 2025
Special Report - 2nd Special Report – Written Parliamentary Questions – Departmental performance in Session 2023–24: Government Response Procedure Committee Found: Current membership Cat Smith (Labour; Lancaster and Wyre) (Chair) James Asser (Labour; West Ham and Beckton |
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Mar. 24 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 24 March 2025 Crime and Policing Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: McAllister Graeme Downie Frank McNally Sarah Champion Iqbal Mohamed Kirsteen Sullivan Mary Glindon Cat Smith |
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Mar. 21 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 21 March 2025 Crime and Policing Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Douglas McAllister Graeme Downie Sarah Champion Iqbal Mohamed Kirsteen Sullivan Mary Glindon Cat Smith |
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Mar. 20 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 20 March 2025 Crime and Policing Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Irene Campbell Douglas McAllister Sarah Champion Iqbal Mohamed Kirsteen Sullivan Mary Glindon Cat Smith |
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Mar. 19 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 19 March 2025 Crime and Policing Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Catherine Fookes Rosie Duffield Sarah Champion Iqbal Mohamed Kirsteen Sullivan Mary Glindon Cat Smith |
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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: Manuela Perteghella Caroline Voaden Jess Asato Siân Berry Adrian Ramsay Mrs Sharon Hodgson Cat Smith |
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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: Duncan-Jordan Liz Jarvis Ian Lavery Dr Marie Tidball Siân Berry Adrian Ramsay Natasha Irons Cat Smith |
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Mar. 18 2025
Consideration of Bill Amendments as at 18 March 2025 Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Duncan-Jordan Liz Jarvis Ian Lavery Dr Marie Tidball Siân Berry Adrian Ramsay Natasha Irons Cat Smith |
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Mar. 18 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 18 March 2025 Crime and Policing Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Catherine Fookes Rosie Duffield Sarah Champion Iqbal Mohamed Kirsteen Sullivan Mary Glindon Cat Smith |
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Mar. 18 2025
All proceedings up to 11 March 2025 at Report Stage Employment Rights Bill 2024-26 Bill proceedings: Commons Found: Not called_NC72 Alex Sobel Cat Smith Jon Trickett Grahame Morris Anna Dixon Mr Alistair Carmichael |
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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: Manuela Perteghella Caroline Voaden Jess Asato Siân Berry Adrian Ramsay Mrs Sharon Hodgson Cat Smith |
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Mar. 17 2025
Consideration of Bill Amendments as at 17 March 2025 Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Manuela Perteghella Caroline Voaden Jess Asato Siân Berry Adrian Ramsay Mrs Sharon Hodgson Cat Smith |
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Mar. 17 2025
Report Stage Proceedings as at 17 March 2025 Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill 2024-26 Bill proceedings: Commons Found: Manuela Perteghella Caroline Voaden Jess Asato Siân Berry Adrian Ramsay Mrs Sharon Hodgson Cat Smith |
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Wednesday 26th March 2025 2:30 p.m. Procedure Committee - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |
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26 Mar 2025
Written Parliamentary Questions: Departmental performance in Session 2024-25 Procedure Committee (Select) Not accepting submissions No description available |