Catherine Fookes
Labour - Monmouthshire
3,338 (6.6%) majority - 2024 General ElectionFirst elected: 4th July 2024
1 APPG membership (as of 20 Nov 2024)
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Debates during the 2024 Parliament
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Sparring Partners
(4 debate interactions)
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
(4 debate interactions)
Department Debates
(9 debate contributions)
(8 debate contributions)
(3 debate contributions)
(3 debate contributions)
Legislation Debates
(2,416 words contributed)
(444 words contributed)
Monmouthshire Petitions
e-Petitions are administered by Parliament and allow members of the public to express support for a particular issue.
If an e-petition reaches 10,000 signatures the Government will issue a written response.
If an e-petition reaches 100,000 signatures the petition becomes eligible for a Parliamentary debate (usually Monday 4.30pm in Westminster Hall).
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Latest EDMs signed by Catherine Fookes
Support for endometriosis care
Tabled by: Catherine Fookes (Labour - Monmouthshire)That this House is concerned about the severe impact that endometriosis has on the physical and mental health of one in ten women in the UK; notes that this painful condition affects 1.5 million women causing chronic pain, and fatigue and, in some cases, an inability to conceive and that …
(Most recent: 9 Dec 2024)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 7
Plaid Cymru: 4
Independent: 3
Green Party: 3
Democratic Unionist Party: 1
Liberal Democrat: 1
Establishment of the Women’s Caucus in Westminster
Tabled by: Kirsty Blackman (Scottish National Party - Aberdeen North)That this House agrees to establish a Women’s Caucus in the UK Parliament, which is the women Members of Parliament working together to advance issues that disproportionately affect women; notes that there are women’s caucuses in the devolved nations of Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland; further notes that now is …
(Most recent: 16 Dec 2024)
Signatures by party:
Liberal Democrat: 29
Labour: 20
Scottish National Party: 4
Green Party: 3
Independent: 2
Plaid Cymru: 1
Democratic Unionist Party: 1
Commons initiatives
These initiatives were driven by Catherine Fookes, and are more likely to reflect personal policy preferences.
MPs who are act as Ministers or Shadow Ministers are generally restricted from performing Commons initiatives other than Urgent Questions.
Catherine Fookes has not been granted any Urgent Questions
Catherine Fookes has not been granted any Adjournment Debates
Catherine Fookes has not introduced any legislation before Parliament
1 Bill co-sponsored by Catherine Fookes
E-scooters (Review and Awareness) Bill 2024-26
Sponsor - Jessica Morden (Lab)
Latest 4 Written Questions
(View all written questions)1 Department for Science, Innovation & Technology Questions
(View all Catherine Fookes's DSIT questions)The Government is committed to keeping children safe online. Our priority is the effective implementation of the Online Safety Act so that children benefit from its wide-reaching protections.
The Act requires that all in scope services that allow pornography use highly effective age assurance to prevent children from accessing it, including services that host user-generated content, and services which publish pornography. Ofcom has robust enforcement powers available against companies who fail to fulfil their duties.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is advised by the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council (IIAC), an independent scientific body, on changes to the list of occupational diseases for which Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit (IIDB) can be paid. IIAC's advice is limited to entitlement to benefits under the Industrial Injuries Scheme and does not cover the classification of ‘an industrial illness’ more widely.
In November 2022, IIAC published a Command Paper which recommended five severe post-COVID-19 complications should bring entitlement to IIDB for certain health and social care workers. In November 2024, IIAC published a further command paper which concluded that the 2022 recommendation should be extended to cover certain transport workers.
The Department is carrying out a detailed assessment of the recommendations in both reports and will respond in due course.
In its most recent command paper, IIAC concluded that there is currently insufficient evidence available to recommend prescription for further complications following COVID-19 infection, or for further occupations. IIAC will continue to keep the situation under review and monitor the evidence and available data.
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
There are no current plans to meet. However, I note that my colleague the Minister for Early Education has met with and visited Auditory Verbal UK to understand the work they are doing to improve the lives of deaf children.
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
The Government publishes the latest Inheritance Tax liabilities statistics at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/inheritance-tax-liabilities-statistics. Table 12.9 of the Inheritance Tax liabilities statistics has the estimated numbers of estates liable to tax on death by UK (Westminster) Parliamentary Constituency, for the latest available tax year, which is currently 2021-22. The statistics for 2022-23 has not yet been published.
In that year, 58 estates were liable for inheritance tax in the Monmouth Parliamentary constituency. The equivalent number of estates in 2020-21 and 2019-20 were 47 and 39 respectively.
Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury)