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Division Votes
27 Apr 2026 - Northern Ireland Troubles Bill (Carry-over) - View Vote Context
Cat Smith voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 269 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 279 Noes - 176
27 Apr 2026 - Pension Schemes Bill - View Vote Context
Cat Smith voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 269 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 279 Noes - 164
27 Apr 2026 - English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - View Vote Context
Cat Smith voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 268 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 271 Noes - 171
27 Apr 2026 - English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - View Vote Context
Cat Smith voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 264 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 269 Noes - 170
27 Apr 2026 - English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - View Vote Context
Cat Smith voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 265 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 270 Noes - 170
27 Apr 2026 - English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - View Vote Context
Cat Smith voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 268 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 273 Noes - 167
27 Apr 2026 - 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 262 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 272 Noes - 64
28 Apr 2026 - Business without Debate - View Vote Context
Cat Smith voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 297 Labour Aye votes vs 6 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 304 Noes - 28
28 Apr 2026 - Business without Debate - 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 - 308 Noes - 81
28 Apr 2026 - Pension Schemes Bill - View Vote Context
Cat Smith voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 322 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 335 Noes - 158
28 Apr 2026 - Referral of Prime Minister to Committee of Privileges - View Vote Context
Cat Smith voted No - against a party majority - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 333 Labour No votes vs 15 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 223 Noes - 335
20 May 2026 - Defence Readiness - 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 - 307 Noes - 171
20 May 2026 - Defence Readiness - 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 0 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 78 Noes - 408
20 May 2026 - Defence Readiness - View Vote Context
Cat Smith voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 304 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 104 Noes - 317
20 May 2026 - Defence Readiness - View Vote Context
Cat Smith voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 302 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 104 Noes - 316
19 May 2026 - Energy Security - 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 1 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 108 Noes - 323


Speeches
Cat Smith speeches from: Oral Answers to Questions
Cat Smith contributed 2 speeches (106 words)
Wednesday 29th April 2026 - Commons Chamber
Cabinet Office
Cat Smith speeches from: Oral Answers to Questions
Cat Smith contributed 2 speeches (89 words)
Tuesday 28th April 2026 - Commons Chamber
HM Treasury
Cat Smith speeches from: Select Committee Statements
Cat Smith contributed 1 speech (213 words)
Tuesday 28th April 2026 - Commons Chamber
Leader of the House
Cat Smith speeches from: Park Home Owners
Cat Smith contributed 1 speech (473 words)
Tuesday 28th April 2026 - Westminster Hall
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government


Written Answers
Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties
Asked by: Cat Smith (Labour - Lancaster and Wyre)
Thursday 21st May 2026

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will instruct the DVLA to amend their V11 tax reminder form to include information on over-the-counter transaction options currently provided by the Post Office.

Answered by Simon Lightwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

This information is already contained on a number of The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency’s (DVLA) manual forms.

DVLA’s V11 tax reminder also advises customers to visit GOV.UK to access information on ways to pay vehicle excise duty. DVLA will review this position to understand if there is a customer demand for this to also be available on the V11 tax reminder.

International Humanitarian Law
Asked by: Cat Smith (Labour - Lancaster and Wyre)
Thursday 21st May 2026

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how the Government intends to monitor and track potential breaches of international humanitarian law following the closure of the international humanitarian law cell.

Answered by Stephen Doughty - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

As explained in the answer of 29 April to Question 129721, the International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Cell has not closed; it has simply moved to a different team within the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).



Early Day Motions Signed
Monday 8th June
Cat Smith signed this EDM as a sponsor on Tuesday 9th June 2026

Parliament Education and Engagement Outreach Service

20 signatures (Most recent: 10 Jun 2026)
Tabled by: Jim Allister (Traditional Unionist Voice - North Antrim)
That this House recognises the Parliamentary outreach service delivers in-person democratic engagement workshops to audiences in schools, colleges and adult community settings; acknowledges the work of the outreach team in engaging with disadvantaged and hard to reach audiences across the regions and nations of the UK; welcomes the outreach team’s …
Tuesday 9th June
Cat Smith signed this EDM on Tuesday 9th June 2026

Retirement of Tracy Thirlwall

30 signatures (Most recent: 9 Jun 2026)
Tabled by: Richard Burgon (Labour - Leeds East)
That this House warmly congratulates Tracy Thirlwall on her well earned retirement as Office Manager of the hon. Member for Leeds East's Constituency office after 11 successful years in that role; notes that her retirement comes after more than 4 decades of committed service for Leeds residents, firstly working in …
Monday 1st June
Cat Smith signed this EDM on Wednesday 3rd June 2026

Draft Code of Practice on Services, public functions and associations

129 signatures (Most recent: 10 Jun 2026)
Tabled by: Nadia Whittome (Labour - Nottingham East)
That the draft Code of Practice for Services, public functions and associations, a copy of which was laid before this House on 21 May, be disapproved.
Tuesday 2nd June
Cat Smith signed this EDM on Tuesday 2nd June 2026

Ban on industrial action by prison officers

26 signatures (Most recent: 9 Jun 2026)
Tabled by: Grahame Morris (Labour - Easington)
That this House notes it has been over 30 years since prison officers in the UK were banned from taking industrial action under section 127 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994; further notes that prison officers in Scotland have had the right to strike enshrined in law …
Wednesday 13th May
Cat Smith signed this EDM on Monday 1st June 2026

Care for people with depression and bipolar disorder

30 signatures (Most recent: 3 Jun 2026)
Tabled by: Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat - Westmorland and Lonsdale)
That this House notes that depression and bipolar disorder are major causes of disability, with substantial implications for patients' quality of life; further notes the impact of depression and bipolar on employment opportunities, the UK economy and the NHS; recognises that although innovative treatments exist, such as medication and neuromodulation …
Monday 1st June
Cat Smith signed this EDM on Monday 1st June 2026

Higher Education pensions

23 signatures (Most recent: 4 Jun 2026)
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 that are having a negative impact on the pension schemes of academics and staff, including through use of subsidiary companies, fire and rehire threats and other approaches tantamount to forcing workers onto worse contracts, …
Monday 1st June
Cat Smith signed this EDM on Monday 1st June 2026

Prison education insourcing

28 signatures (Most recent: 5 Jun 2026)
Tabled by: Kim Johnson (Labour - Liverpool Riverside)
That this House notes the worrying state of prison education, with 82 percent of prison and young offender institutions judged by Ofsted as requiring improvement or inadequate for overall effectiveness of education, skills and work provision; further notes that contracts for the new Prison Education Service (PES) have recently been …
Monday 18th May
Cat Smith signed this EDM on Monday 18th May 2026

US sanctions on Cuba

79 signatures (Most recent: 10 Jun 2026)
Tabled by: Steve Witherden (Labour - Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr)
That this House expresses grave concern at the executive order signed on 29 January 2026 by US President Donald Trump, which unjustifiably declares Cuba as an “extraordinary threat” to the national security of the United States and authorises new sanctions against any country supplying oil to Cuba; notes that Cuba …
Wednesday 13th May
Cat Smith signed this EDM as a sponsor on Wednesday 13th May 2026

Redress for people impacted by surgical mesh, sodium valproate and Primodos

52 signatures (Most recent: 8 Jun 2026)
Tabled by: Sarah Green (Liberal Democrat - Chesham and Amersham)
That this House deplores the avoidable harm caused by the use of surgical mesh, Primodos and Sodium Valproate; acknowledges the ongoing need to support the hundreds of victims in the UK suffering as a result of these interventions; regrets that the recommendations made by Baroness Cumberlege in her 2020 report …



Cat Smith mentioned

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28 Apr 2026, 12:22 p.m. - House of Commons
" Cat Smith Mr. Speaker, I'd like to thank the Chancellor for her "
Cat Smith MP (Lancaster and Wyre, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
29 Apr 2026, 11:43 a.m. - House of Commons
" Cat Smith. >> Mr. Speaker. With your permission, I will answer questions six and ten together today, our cross-Government Violence Against Women and Girls strategy, which was "
Q6. What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help tackle violence against women and girls. (908916) - View Video - View Transcript


Parliamentary Debates
Park Home Owners
79 speeches (14,557 words)
Tuesday 28th April 2026 - Westminster Hall
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Mentions:
1: Matthew Pennycook (Lab - Greenwich and Woolwich) Friend the Member for Lancaster and Wyre (Cat Smith), mentioned that there are some great park home sites - Link to Speech



Select Committee Documents
Thursday 21st May 2026
Correspondence - Correspondence from the Chair to the Department for Education, relating to Written Parliamentary Questions performance, dated 7 April 2026 and the reply, dated 7 May 2026

Procedure Committee

Found: parliament.uk +44 (0)20 7219 3351 Social: @CommonsProcCom Restricted: For Committee use only Cat Smith

Thursday 21st May 2026
Correspondence - Correspondence from the Chair to the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, relating to Written Parliamentary Questions performance, dated 7 April 2026 and the reply, dated 28 April 2026

Procedure Committee

Found: Yours ever, Cat Smith MP Chair of the Procedure Committee Rt Hon Emma Reynolds MP Secretary

Thursday 21st May 2026
Correspondence - Correspondence from the Chair to the Department for Culture, Media & Sport, relating to Written Parliamentary Questions performance, dated 7 April 2026 and the reply, dated 28 April 2026

Procedure Committee

Found: Yours ever, Cat Smith MP Chair of the Procedure Committee • Department for Culture,

Thursday 21st May 2026
Correspondence - Correspondence from the Chair to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, relating to Written Parliamentary Questions performance, dated 7 April 2026 and the reply, dated 27 April 2026

Procedure Committee

Found: Yours ever, Cat Smith MP Chair of the Procedure Committee 1 OFFICIAL Cat Smith

Thursday 21st May 2026
Correspondence - Correspondence from the Chair to the Office for Equality and Opportunity, relating to Written Parliamentary Questions performance, dated 7 April 2026 and the reply, dated 26 April 2026

Procedure Committee

Found: Yours ever, Cat Smith MP Chair of the Procedure Committee PRRtHonBridgetPhillipsonMP

Thursday 21st May 2026
Correspondence - Correspondence from the Chair to the Cabinet Office, relating to Written Parliamentary Questions performance, dated 7 April 2026 and the reply, dated 23 April 2026

Procedure Committee

Found: Prime Minister Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Cabinet Office 70 Whitehall London SWIA 2A8 Cat Smith

Thursday 21st May 2026
Correspondence - Correspondence from the Chair to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, relating to Written Parliamentary Questions performance, dated 7 April 2026 and the reply, dated 6 May 2026

Procedure Committee

Found: 7219 3351 Social: @CommonsProcCom Restricted: For Committee use only Yours ever, Cat Smith

Thursday 21st May 2026
Correspondence - Correspondence from the Chair to the Department of Health and Social Care, relating to Written Parliamentary Questions performance, dated 7 April 2026 and the reply, dated 27 April 2026

Procedure Committee

Found: Yours ever, Cat Smith MP Chair of the Procedure Committee From Karin Smyth MP Minister of

Wednesday 20th May 2026
Oral Evidence - Cabinet Office, and Cabinet Office

Written Parliamentary Questions - Procedure Committee

Found: Watch the meeting Members present: Cat Smith (Chair); James Asser; Bambos Charalambous; Mr Lee Dillon

Wednesday 20th May 2026
Oral Evidence - Warren Seddon, Director of FOI and Transparency at Information Commissioner’s Office

Written Parliamentary Questions - Procedure Committee

Found: Watch the meeting Members present: Cat Smith (Chair); James Asser; Bambos Charalambous; Mr Lee Dillon

Wednesday 20th May 2026
Oral Evidence - Dr Ben Worthy, Reader in Politics and Public Policy at Birkbeck College, University of London, Jenna Corderoy, Investigative Reporter at Democracy for Sale UK, and Alex Parsons, Democracy Lead and Senior Researcher at mySociety

Written Parliamentary Questions - Procedure Committee

Found: Watch the meeting Members present: Cat Smith (Chair); James Asser; Bambos Charalambous; Mr Lee Dillon

Wednesday 20th May 2026
Formal Minutes - Formal Minutes 2024-26

Backbench Business Committee

Found: Gurinder Singh Josan, Warinder Juss and Naushabah Khan: Commemoration of the 1947 Partition of India Cat Smith

Thursday 14th May 2026
Report - Large Print – 2nd Report – Virtual participation by Members in select committee meetings

Modernisation Committee

Found: We met Dame Meg Hillier MP , Chair of the Liaison Committee, and Cat Smith MP , Chair of the Procedure

Thursday 14th May 2026
Correspondence - Correspondence with the Procedure Committee relating to virtual participation by Members in Select Committee meetings

Modernisation Committee

Found: Yours ever, Cat Smith MP Chair of the Procedure Committee Modernisation HousE oF coMMoNs LONDON

Thursday 14th May 2026
Report - 2nd Report – Virtual participation by Members in select committee meetings

Modernisation Committee

Found: We met Dame Meg Hillier MP, Chair of the Liaison Committee, and Cat Smith MP, Chair of the Procedure




Cat Smith - Select Committee Information

Calendar
Tuesday 19th May 2026 2 p.m.
Ecclesiastical Committee - Private Meeting
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Wednesday 20th May 2026 2:30 p.m.
Procedure Committee - Oral evidence
Subject: Written Parliamentary Questions
At 2:45pm: Oral evidence
Dr Ben Worthy, Reader in Politics and Public Policy at Birkbeck College, University of London
Jenna Corderoy, Investigative Reporter at Democracy for Sale UK
Alex Parsons, Democracy Lead and Senior Researcher at mySociety
At 3:30pm: Oral evidence
Warren Seddon, Director of FOI and Transparency at Information Commissioner’s Office
At 4:00pm: Oral evidence
Clare Brunton - Acting Director, Constitution, Honours and Memorialisation, Information and Major Events at Cabinet Office
Eirian Walsh Atkins - Deputy Director, Freedom of Information at Cabinet Office
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Wednesday 3rd June 2026 2:30 p.m.
Procedure Committee - Oral evidence
Subject: Written Parliamentary Questions
At 3:00pm: Oral evidence
Ben Obese-Jecty MP
At 3:15pm: Oral evidence
Charlie Dewhirst MP
At 3:30pm: Oral evidence
Edward Morello MP
At 3:45pm: Oral evidence
Tessa Munt MP
At 4:00pm: Oral evidence
Martin Wrigley MP
At 4:15pm: Oral evidence
Neil Duncan-Jordan MP
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Wednesday 10th June 2026 2:30 p.m.
Procedure Committee - Oral evidence
Subject: Written Parliamentary Questions
At 2:45pm: Oral evidence
Dr Farrah Bhatti - Principal Clerk of the Table Office at House of Commons
Nick Beech - Acting Deputy Head of the Table Office at House of Commons
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Tuesday 23rd June 2026 5:30 p.m.
Liaison Committee (Commons) - Private Meeting
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Wednesday 17th June 2026 2:30 p.m.
Procedure Committee - Oral evidence
Subject: Written Parliamentary Questions: Departmental performance in Session 2024-26
At 2:45pm: Oral evidence
Josh MacAlister OBE MP - Minister for Children and Families at Department for Education
Tony Foot - Chief Operating Officer and Director General of Strategy and Operations Group at Department for Education
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Select Committee Documents
Thursday 21st May 2026
Correspondence - Correspondence from the Chair to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, relating to Written Parliamentary Questions performance, dated 7 April 2026 and the reply, dated 27 April 2026

Procedure Committee
Thursday 21st May 2026
Correspondence - Correspondence from the Chair to the Office for Equality and Opportunity, relating to Written Parliamentary Questions performance, dated 7 April 2026 and the reply, dated 26 April 2026

Procedure Committee
Thursday 21st May 2026
Correspondence - Correspondence from the Chair to the Cabinet Office, relating to Written Parliamentary Questions performance, dated 7 April 2026 and the reply, dated 23 April 2026

Procedure Committee
Thursday 21st May 2026
Correspondence - Correspondence from the Chair to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, relating to Written Parliamentary Questions performance, dated 7 April 2026 and the reply, dated 6 May 2026

Procedure Committee
Wednesday 20th May 2026
Oral Evidence - Warren Seddon, Director of FOI and Transparency at Information Commissioner’s Office

Written Parliamentary Questions - Procedure Committee
Wednesday 20th May 2026
Oral Evidence - Cabinet Office, and Cabinet Office

Written Parliamentary Questions - Procedure Committee
Thursday 21st May 2026
Correspondence - Correspondence from the Chair to the Department of Health and Social Care, relating to Written Parliamentary Questions performance, dated 7 April 2026 and the reply, dated 27 April 2026

Procedure Committee
Wednesday 20th May 2026
Oral Evidence - Dr Ben Worthy, Reader in Politics and Public Policy at Birkbeck College, University of London, Jenna Corderoy, Investigative Reporter at Democracy for Sale UK, and Alex Parsons, Democracy Lead and Senior Researcher at mySociety

Written Parliamentary Questions - Procedure Committee
Thursday 21st May 2026
Correspondence - Correspondence from the Chair to the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, relating to Written Parliamentary Questions performance, dated 7 April 2026 and the reply, dated 28 April 2026

Procedure Committee
Thursday 21st May 2026
Correspondence - Correspondence from the Chair to the Department for Culture, Media & Sport, relating to Written Parliamentary Questions performance, dated 7 April 2026 and the reply, dated 28 April 2026

Procedure Committee
Thursday 21st May 2026
Correspondence - Correspondence from the Chair to the Department for Education, relating to Written Parliamentary Questions performance, dated 7 April 2026 and the reply, dated 7 May 2026

Procedure Committee
Wednesday 20th May 2026
Written Evidence - Sir John Hayes
WRP0022 - Written Parliamentary Questions

Written Parliamentary Questions - Procedure Committee
Wednesday 20th May 2026
Written Evidence - Bell Ribeiro-Addy
WRP0020 - Written Parliamentary Questions

Written Parliamentary Questions - Procedure Committee
Wednesday 20th May 2026
Written Evidence - Dame Caroline Dinenage
WRP0021 - Written Parliamentary Questions

Written Parliamentary Questions - Procedure Committee
Wednesday 20th May 2026
Written Evidence - James McMurdock
WRP0024 - Written Parliamentary Questions

Written Parliamentary Questions - Procedure Committee
Wednesday 20th May 2026
Written Evidence - Green MPs
WRP0023 - Written Parliamentary Questions

Written Parliamentary Questions - Procedure Committee
Wednesday 20th May 2026
Written Evidence - Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
WRP0019 - Written Parliamentary Questions

Written Parliamentary Questions - Procedure Committee
Wednesday 20th May 2026
Written Evidence - Dr Wang Leung Ting
EVO0022 - Electronic voting

Electronic Voting - Procedure Committee
Wednesday 3rd June 2026
Report - Clergy Conduct Measure LP

Ecclesiastical Committee
Wednesday 3rd June 2026
Report - Clergy Conduct Measure

Ecclesiastical Committee
Wednesday 3rd June 2026
Report - Clergy Conduct Measure - Comments and Explanations LP

Ecclesiastical Committee
Wednesday 3rd June 2026
Report - Clergy Conduct Measure - Comments and Explanations

Ecclesiastical Committee
Wednesday 3rd June 2026
Correspondence - Letter from the Chair to the Foreign Secretary relating to a request for a ministerial appearance on WPQ performance, dated 21 May 2026

Procedure Committee
Wednesday 3rd June 2026
Written Evidence - University of Hull
EVO0023 - Electronic voting

Electronic Voting - Procedure Committee
Wednesday 3rd June 2026
Oral Evidence - Edward Morello

Written Parliamentary Questions - Procedure Committee
Wednesday 3rd June 2026
Oral Evidence - Tessa Munt

Written Parliamentary Questions - Procedure Committee
Wednesday 3rd June 2026
Oral Evidence - Neil Duncan-Jordan

Written Parliamentary Questions - Procedure Committee
Wednesday 3rd June 2026
Oral Evidence - Ben Obese-Jecty

Written Parliamentary Questions - Procedure Committee
Wednesday 3rd June 2026
Oral Evidence - Martin Wrigley

Written Parliamentary Questions - Procedure Committee
Wednesday 3rd June 2026
Oral Evidence - Charlie Dewhirst

Written Parliamentary Questions - Procedure Committee