Information between 14th February 2024 - 5th March 2024
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Division Votes |
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21 Feb 2024 - Ceasefire in Gaza - View Vote Context Cat Smith voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 173 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 20 Noes - 212 |
21 Feb 2024 - Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Reform) - View Vote Context Cat Smith voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 77 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 63 Noes - 81 |
20 Feb 2024 - Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill - View Vote Context Cat Smith voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 155 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 286 Noes - 221 |
20 Feb 2024 - Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill - View Vote Context Cat Smith voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 161 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 226 Noes - 287 |
27 Feb 2024 - Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill - View Vote Context Cat Smith voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 150 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 179 Noes - 294 |
27 Feb 2024 - Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill - View Vote Context Cat Smith voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 151 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 169 Noes - 306 |
27 Feb 2024 - Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill - View Vote Context Cat Smith voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 151 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 170 Noes - 299 |
27 Feb 2024 - Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill - View Vote Context Cat Smith voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 152 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 171 Noes - 300 |
Written Answers |
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Hospitals: Lancaster
Asked by: Cat Smith (Labour - Lancaster and Fleetwood) Monday 19th February 2024 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it remains her Department's policy to build a new hospital in Lancaster. Answered by Andrew Stephenson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care) We remain committed to delivering a new hospital for University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust, for the new Royal Lancaster Infirmary. This is alongside our commitment for a new hospital for the Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, for the new Royal Preston Hospital. Up until the end of the 2022/23, we provided the trusts with over £11 million in funding to further develop the plans for the new hospitals. Additionally, we have already provided over £450,000 to both trusts in 2023/24 for surveys and land assessments on potential sites for the new hospitals. |
Sodium Valproate: Compensation
Asked by: Cat Smith (Labour - Lancaster and Fleetwood) Tuesday 20th February 2024 Question to the HM Treasury: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make provision for compensation to those affected by sodium valproate in the forthcoming Budget. Answered by Laura Trott - Chief Secretary to the Treasury On 7 February, the Patient Safety Commissioner published The Hughes Report, which provides recommendations for redress for those harmed by valproate and pelvic mesh.
The Government is carefully considering these recommendations and will respond to the report in due course. |
Sodium Valproate and Surgical Mesh Implants
Asked by: Cat Smith (Labour - Lancaster and Fleetwood) Wednesday 21st February 2024 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what her planned timetable is to respond to the Patient Safety Commissioner's report entitled Hughes Report: Options for redress for those harmed by valproate and pelvic mesh, published on 7 February 2024. Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women) The Government commissioned the Patient Safety Commissioner (PSC) to produce a report on redress for those affected by sodium valproate and pelvic mesh. We are grateful to the PSC and her team for completing this report and our sympathies remain with those affected by sodium valproate and pelvic mesh. The Government is now carefully considering the PSC’s recommendations and will respond substantively in due course. |
Dental Services: Lancashire
Asked by: Cat Smith (Labour - Lancaster and Fleetwood) Wednesday 14th February 2024 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of access to NHS dentistry in Lancashire. Answered by Andrea Leadsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care) Patients in England are not registered with a National Health Service dental practice, although many NHS dental practices do tend to see patients regularly. There is no geographical restriction on which practice a patient may attend, allowing patients the choice of where they would like to receive a course of treatment. Within the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board and as of 2023, 78% of people trying to get an NHS appointment in the last two years were successful, compared to 77% nationally. In the previous 24 months up to June 2023, around 558,000 adults were seen by an NHS dentist. This was 41% of the total population, matching the national average. In addition, in the previous 12 months up to June 2023, around 196,000 children were seen by an NHS dentist, representing 55% of the total population, above the national average of 53%. Patients unable to access an urgent dental appointment directly through an NHS dental practice are advised to contact NHS 111 for assistance. NHS dentists are now required to update their NHS website profiles regularly, at least every 90 days, to ensure patients have access to up-to-date information on where they can access care. The Dentistry Recovery Plan will make dental services faster, simpler and fairer for patients and will fund around 2.5 million additional appointments. The plan sets out a number of actions which will improve access for patients, by helping the sector to recover activity more quickly, addressing underlying issues and setting out the action needed for longer term reform of the system. |
Dental Services: Lancaster and Fleetwood
Asked by: Cat Smith (Labour - Lancaster and Fleetwood) Wednesday 14th February 2024 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS dentists are taking on new patients in Lancaster and Fleetwood constituency. Answered by Andrea Leadsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care) Whilst the information requested is not held centrally, in 2022/23 1,109 dentists in the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board performed some National Health Service work work. This is equivalent to 65.2 dentists per 100,000. NHS dentists are required to update their NHS website profiles regularly, at least every 90 days, to ensure patients have access to up-to-date information on where they can access care. Patients unable to access an urgent dental appointment directly through an NHS dental practice are advised to contact NHS 111 for assistance. On 7 February 2024 we published Faster, simpler and fairer: our plan to recover and reform NHS dentistry. This plan sets out a number of actions which will improve access for patients by helping the sector to recover activity more quickly, addressing underlying issues, and setting out the action needed for longer term reform of the system. The Government is backing the plan with £200 million, and it includes the offer of additional payments to dental practices for each additional new patient requiring treatment. This will be rolled out from March this year, making it easier for patients to access NHS treatment. |
Postural Tachycardia Syndrome: Health Services
Asked by: Cat Smith (Labour - Lancaster and Fleetwood) Wednesday 14th February 2024 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she plans to establish a patient care pathway for postural tachycardia syndrome. Answered by Andrew Stephenson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care) The Government has made no estimate of the number of diagnoses of postural tachycardia syndrome (PoTS), although we know that PoTS UK has estimated the prevalence of PoTS to be 0.2%. Further information on the estimated prevalence is available at the following link: https://www.potsuk.org/pots-for-medics/gp-guide/ Services for PoTS are locally commissioned and, as such, it is the responsibility of the local commissioning teams within integrated care boards to ensure that their services meet the needs of their local population. NHS England does not hold information on the services that provide a PoTS service for adults or children in England. |
Postural Tachycardia Syndrome
Asked by: Cat Smith (Labour - Lancaster and Fleetwood) Wednesday 14th February 2024 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the number of diagnoses of postural tachycardia syndrome since 2019. Answered by Andrew Stephenson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care) The Government has made no estimate of the number of diagnoses of postural tachycardia syndrome (PoTS), although we know that PoTS UK has estimated the prevalence of PoTS to be 0.2%. Further information on the estimated prevalence is available at the following link: https://www.potsuk.org/pots-for-medics/gp-guide/ Services for PoTS are locally commissioned and, as such, it is the responsibility of the local commissioning teams within integrated care boards to ensure that their services meet the needs of their local population. NHS England does not hold information on the services that provide a PoTS service for adults or children in England. |
Pregnancy: Sodium Valproate
Asked by: Cat Smith (Labour - Lancaster and Fleetwood) Thursday 29th February 2024 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she plans to meet with (a) patient groups and (b) campaigners representing people affected by sodium valproate harm in pregnancy. Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women) The Government commissioned the Patient Safety Commissioner (PSC) to produce a report on redress for those affected by sodium valproate and pelvic mesh. As part of this work the Government asked the PSC to seek views from those affected about what redress would be appropriate. The PSC has engaged with patients and patient groups in preparing her report. We are grateful to the PSC and her team for completing this report and our sympathies remain with those affected by sodium valproate and pelvic mesh. The Government is now carefully considering the PSC’s recommendations and will respond substantively in due course. |
Early Day Motions |
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Monday 4th March 20th Anniversary of Lancaster, Morecambe & District Fairtrade Group 3 signatures (Most recent: 6 Mar 2024)Tabled by: Cat Smith (Labour - Lancaster and Fleetwood) That this House congratulates Lancaster, Morecambe and District Fairtrade Group on their 20th Anniversary; thanks them for their dedication and ambition in promoting Fairtrade across our community as one of the most effective ways of combatting poverty across the globe; recognises their achievements over the last twenty years, bringing communities … |
Monday 4th March 3 signatures (Most recent: 6 Mar 2024) Tabled by: Cat Smith (Labour - Lancaster and Fleetwood) That this House congratulates Lancaster Men’s Hub; thanks them for striving to reach out to local men that may be vulnerable to mental health issues and suicide; recognises their achievements in being shortlisted for the Suicide Prevention Grant 2023-25; pays tribute to incredible local volunteers, Chairman David Mace and the … |
Monday 19th February Cash payments and Avanti West Coast catering services 26 signatures (Most recent: 4 Mar 2024)Tabled by: Cat Smith (Labour - Lancaster and Fleetwood) That this House notes with concern reports that rail operator Avanti West Coast is proposing to withdraw cash as an accepted payment method for its catering services from March 2024; expresses concern about the impact of this decision on people who rely on, or prefer to use, cash; further notes … |
Early Day Motions Signed |
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Tuesday 20th February Cat Smith signed this EDM on Monday 18th March 2024 Detention of Frenchie Mae Cumpio 15 signatures (Most recent: 18 Mar 2024)Tabled by: Liz Saville Roberts (Plaid Cymru - Dwyfor Meirionnydd) That this House demands the immediate release of Filipino community journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio, who has been in detention since her arrest along with four human rights defenders since 7 February 2020 in Tacloban City; believes that the evidential basis for her arrest was fabricated, and that she is innocent … |
Monday 19th February Cat Smith signed this EDM on Tuesday 12th March 2024 Alan Bates and the Freedom of the City of Liverpool 48 signatures (Most recent: 18 Mar 2024)Tabled by: Ian Byrne (Labour - Liverpool, West Derby) That this House supports the call for the Freedom of the City of Liverpool to be bestowed upon Liverpool-born Post Office Horizon campaigner Alan Bates; notes this is the highest civil award in the city and has previously been awarded to those who have left an indelible mark on the … |
Friday 1st March Cat Smith signed this EDM as a sponsor on Wednesday 6th March 2024 Funding for children's hospices 9 signatures (Most recent: 14 Mar 2024)Tabled by: George Howarth (Labour - Knowsley) That this House is concerned that children’s hospices are yet to receive written confirmation of how and when they will receive their NHS England Children’s Hospice Grant in the 2024-25 financial year, nor how much they are likely to receive; is concerned about the impact that this is having on … |
Wednesday 6th March Cat Smith signed this EDM on Wednesday 6th March 2024 29 signatures (Most recent: 18 Mar 2024) Tabled by: Grahame Morris (Labour - Easington) That this House condemns the horrific and cowardly unprovoked razor attack on a prison officer at HMP Humber on 9 February 2024, which resulted in 53 stitches for a facial wound; notes with alarm the rising tide of prison violence since the end of pandemic lockdowns, with assaults against staff … |
Friday 23rd February Cat Smith signed this EDM on Tuesday 27th February 2024 Closure of the Inter Faith Network 15 signatures (Most recent: 7 Mar 2024)Tabled by: Wera Hobhouse (Liberal Democrat - Bath) That this House deeply regrets the Government’s announcement that it will cut off funding to the Inter Faith Network; further regrets that this decision came despite new Government funding having been promised; notes with concern that islamophobia is rising and antisemitism in the UK is at the highest level on … |
Wednesday 7th February Cat Smith signed this EDM on Friday 23rd February 2024 International Court of Justice Ruling on Gaza and the UK’s duties under the Genocide Convention 63 signatures (Most recent: 18 Mar 2024)Tabled by: Zarah Sultana (Labour - Coventry South) That this House notes the ruling of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on 26 January 2024, which found that it is plausible that Israel’s ongoing attacks on the Palestinian people in Gaza are in breach of the Genocide Convention; further notes that the ICJ issued provisional measures, including ordering … |
Bill Documents |
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Mar. 05 2024
Notices of Amendments as at 5 March 2024 Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24 Amendment Paper Found: Barker Mr Rob Roberts Justin Tomlinson Yvonne Fovargue Ben Lake Dawn Butler Caroline Lucas Cat |
Mar. 04 2024
Notices of Amendments as at 4 March 2024 Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24 Amendment Paper Found: Barker Mr Rob Roberts Justin Tomlinson Yvonne Fovargue Ben Lake Dawn Butler Caroline Lucas Cat |
Mar. 01 2024
Notices of Amendments as at 1 March 2024 Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24 Amendment Paper Found: Barker Mr Rob Roberts Justin Tomlinson Yvonne Fovargue Ben Lake Dawn Butler Caroline Lucas Cat |
Feb. 29 2024
Notices of Amendments as at 29 February 2024 Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24 Amendment Paper Found: Barker Mr Rob Roberts Justin Tomlinson Yvonne Fovargue Ben Lake Dawn Butler Caroline Lucas Cat |
Feb. 28 2024
Notices of Amendments as at 28 February 2024 Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24 Amendment Paper Found: Barker Mr Rob Roberts Justin Tomlinson Yvonne Fovargue Ben Lake Dawn Butler Caroline Lucas Cat |
Feb. 27 2024
Notices of Amendments as at 27 February 2024 Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24 Amendment Paper Found: Barker Mr Rob Roberts Justin Tomlinson Yvonne Fovargue Ben Lake Dawn Butler Caroline Lucas Cat |
Feb. 26 2024
Notices of Amendments as at 26 February 2024 Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24 Amendment Paper Found: Barker Mr Rob Roberts Justin Tomlinson Yvonne Fovargue Ben Lake Dawn Butler Caroline Lucas Cat |
Feb. 23 2024
Notices of Amendments as at 23 February 2024 Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24 Amendment Paper Found: Barker Mr Rob Roberts Justin Tomlinson Yvonne Fovargue Ben Lake Dawn Butler Caroline Lucas Cat |
Feb. 22 2024
Notices of Amendments as at 22 February 2024 Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24 Amendment Paper Found: Barker Mr Rob Roberts Justin Tomlinson Yvonne Fovargue Ben Lake Dawn Butler Caroline Lucas Cat |
Feb. 21 2024
Notices of Amendments as at 21 February 2024 Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24 Amendment Paper Found: Barker Mr Rob Roberts Justin Tomlinson Yvonne Fovargue Ben Lake Dawn Butler Caroline Lucas Cat |
Feb. 20 2024
Notices of Amendments as at 20 February 2024 Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24 Amendment Paper Found: Barker Mr Rob Roberts Justin Tomlinson Yvonne Fovargue Ben Lake Dawn Butler Caroline Lucas Cat |
Feb. 19 2024
Notices of Amendments as at 19 February 2024 Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24 Amendment Paper Found: Barker Mr Rob Roberts Justin Tomlinson Yvonne Fovargue Ben Lake Dawn Butler Caroline Lucas Cat |
Feb. 16 2024
Notices of Amendments as at 16 February 2024 Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24 Amendment Paper Found: Barker Mr Rob Roberts Justin Tomlinson Yvonne Fovargue Ben Lake Dawn Butler Caroline Lucas Cat |
Calendar |
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Tuesday 27th February 2024 2 p.m. Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee - Private Meeting View calendar |
Tuesday 27th February 2024 2 p.m. Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee - Oral evidence Subject: UK trade policy: food and agriculture View calendar |
Wednesday 28th February 2024 2 p.m. Environmental Audit Committee - Oral evidence Subject: The role of natural capital in the green economy At 2:15pm: Oral evidence Andy Howard - Global Head of Sustainable Investment at Schroders Gordon Bennett - Managing Director, Utility Markets at Intercontinental Exchange Helen Avery - Director of Nature Programmes and GFI Hive at Green Finance Institute At 3:15pm: Oral evidence Oliver Lewis CBE - Founder at Joe's Blooms Ana Haurie - CEO at Respira Jonathan Shopley - Managing Director of External Affairs at Climate Impact Partners View calendar |
Wednesday 6th March 2024 2:30 p.m. Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission - Private Meeting View calendar |
Wednesday 6th March 2024 4 p.m. Environmental Audit Committee - Private Meeting View calendar |
Wednesday 6th March 2024 2:30 p.m. Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission - Oral evidence Subject: Local Government Boundary Commission for England and Electoral Commission: Main Estimates 2024-25 At 2:45pm: Oral evidence Professor Colin Mellors OBE - Chair at Local Government Boundary Commission for England Ailsa Irvine - Chief Executive at Local Government Boundary Commission for England Kathryn Trower - Director of Corporate Services at Local Government Boundary Commission for England At 3:15pm: Oral evidence John Pullinger CB - Chair at Electoral Commission Rob Vincent CBE - Commissioner at Electoral Commission Vijay Rangarajan - Chief Executive at Electoral Commission David Moran - Interim Finance Director at Electoral Commission View calendar |
Tuesday 5th March 2024 9 a.m. Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Education and Careers in Land-based Sectors At 9:30am: Oral evidence Ken Sloan - Vice Chancellor at Harper Adams University Jeremy Gibbs - Founder at Forces Farming Nina Prichard - Head of Sustainable and Ethical Sourcing at McDonald's Martin Emmett - Director at Tristram Plants View calendar |
Wednesday 28th February 2024 10 a.m. Zoological Society of London (Leases) Bill - Debate Subject: To consider the Bill View calendar |
Wednesday 28th February 2024 10 a.m. Zoological Society of London (Leases) Bill - Debate Subject: To consider the Bill View calendar |
Tuesday 12th March 2024 2 p.m. Environmental Audit Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Enabling sustainable electrification of the UK economy At 2:15pm: Oral evidence Rt Hon Graham Stuart MP - Minister of State (Minister for Energy Security and Net Zero) at Department for Energy Security and Net Zero Emily Bourne - Director for Energy Systems and Networks at Department for Energy Security and Net Zero Eleanor Warburton - Director, Energy Systems Management and Security at Ofgem View calendar |
Tuesday 12th March 2024 2 p.m. Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Vet shortages View calendar |
Tuesday 12th March 2024 2 p.m. Environmental Audit Committee - Private Meeting View calendar |
Tuesday 19th March 2024 2 p.m. Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Fairness in the food supply chain View calendar |
Wednesday 20th March 2024 2 p.m. Environmental Audit Committee - Oral evidence Subject: The role of natural capital in the green economy At 2:15pm: Oral evidence Susannah Stock - Banking Director responsible for Natural Capital at UK Infrastructure Bank (UKIB) Paul Scaping - Public Policy Specialist at The Investment Association Dr Scott Steedman CBE - Director-General, Standards, and Group Executive at British Standards Institution (BSI) At 3:15pm: Oral evidence Dr Pernille Holtedahl - Research Fellow at Centre for Climate Finance and Investment, Imperial College Business School Professor David Hill CBE DL - Chairman at Environment Bank Peter Bachmann - Managing Director, Sustainable Infrastructure at Gresham House plc Professor Guy Standing - Professorial Research Associate at SOAS University of London View calendar |
Tuesday 26th March 2024 12:30 p.m. Liaison Committee (Commons) - Oral evidence Subject: Work of the Prime Minister At 1:00pm: Oral evidence Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP, Prime Minister View calendar |
Select Committee Inquiry |
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18 Mar 2024
Climate change and security Environmental Audit Committee (Select) Submit Evidence (by 29 Apr 2024) The Environmental Audit Committee is undertaking an inquiry into the interaction of climate change and security issues and the UK Government’s approach to anticipating, preventing, and responding to the security threats posed by climate change. Read the call for evidence for more information about this inquiry. |