Information between 29th June 2025 - 18th August 2025
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1 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context Catherine Fookes voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 325 Labour No votes vs 42 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 149 Noes - 328 |
1 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context Catherine Fookes voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 333 Labour Aye votes vs 49 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 335 Noes - 260 |
8 Jul 2025 - Football Governance Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Catherine Fookes voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 331 Labour Aye votes vs 1 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 415 Noes - 98 |
8 Jul 2025 - Football Governance Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Catherine Fookes voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 338 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 167 Noes - 346 |
8 Jul 2025 - Football Governance Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Catherine Fookes 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 - 178 Noes - 338 |
8 Jul 2025 - Football Governance Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Catherine Fookes voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 336 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 86 Noes - 340 |
9 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context Catherine Fookes voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 331 Labour No votes vs 47 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 149 Noes - 334 |
9 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context Catherine Fookes voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 333 Labour No votes vs 35 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 130 Noes - 443 |
9 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context Catherine Fookes voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 377 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 175 Noes - 401 |
9 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context Catherine Fookes voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 333 Labour Aye votes vs 47 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 336 Noes - 242 |
9 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context Catherine Fookes voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 377 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 103 Noes - 416 |
9 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context Catherine Fookes voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 356 Labour No votes vs 8 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 35 Noes - 469 |
9 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context Catherine Fookes voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 330 Labour Aye votes vs 37 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 335 Noes - 135 |
9 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context Catherine Fookes voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 364 Labour No votes vs 7 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 105 Noes - 370 |
15 Jul 2025 - Welfare Spending - View Vote Context Catherine Fookes voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 344 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 106 Noes - 440 |
15 Jul 2025 - Taxes - View Vote Context Catherine Fookes 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 - 165 Noes - 342 |
16 Jul 2025 - Competition - View Vote Context Catherine Fookes voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 313 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 333 Noes - 54 |
16 Jul 2025 - Competition - View Vote Context Catherine Fookes 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 - 334 Noes - 54 |
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Catherine Fookes speeches from: Oral Answers to Questions
Catherine Fookes contributed 1 speech (35 words) Wednesday 16th July 2025 - Commons Chamber Wales Office |
Catherine Fookes speeches from: Oral Answers to Questions
Catherine Fookes contributed 1 speech (94 words) Wednesday 9th July 2025 - Commons Chamber Scotland Office |
Catherine Fookes speeches from: Road and Rail Projects
Catherine Fookes contributed 1 speech (97 words) Tuesday 8th July 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for Transport |
Catherine Fookes speeches from: Oral Answers to Questions
Catherine Fookes contributed 2 speeches (119 words) Tuesday 1st July 2025 - Commons Chamber HM Treasury |
Written Answers |
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Development Aid: Women
Asked by: Catherine Fookes (Labour - Monmouthshire) Monday 7th July 2025 Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that UK ODA spending supports women and girls internationally. Answered by Stephen Doughty - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is committed to supporting women and girls around the world. We are strengthening the integration of gender equality across the full breadth of FCDO work and will use our convening power and diplomacy to maximise our impact, including through encouraging multilateral organisations to deliver on their commitments to women and girls. Following the Spending Review, detailed decisions on how the Official Development Assistance (ODA) budget will be used are being worked through as part of ongoing resource allocation processes. We will publish the FCDO final 2025/26 ODA programme allocations in the Annual Report & Accounts in July. |
Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Driving Tests
Asked by: Catherine Fookes (Labour - Monmouthshire) Monday 7th July 2025 Question to the Department for Transport: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the availability of (a) HGV driving test slots and (b) HGV driving test examiners. Answered by Lilian Greenwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport) As of 30 June 2025, there were 15,918 vocational practical driving tests booked and 1,216 tests available in the 10-week booking window The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is seeing some of the highest demand for car practical driving tests it has ever seen. Whilst DVSA are continuing to deploy examiner resource to vocational testing, it needs to ensure this is done in a way which balances all of the demands on DVSA’s examiner resource.
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Immigration: Ukraine
Asked by: Catherine Fookes (Labour - Monmouthshire) Tuesday 8th July 2025 Question to the Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of making changes to Ukraine visa schemes to facilitate routes to settlement. Answered by Seema Malhotra - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Education) (Equalities) We are committed to standing with Ukraine and providing stability for those we have welcomed to the UK and who still need our sanctuary. The Ukraine Permission Extension (UPE) scheme, which opened to applications on 4 February 2025, provides up to an additional 18 months’ permission to stay in the UK for those with existing Ukraine Scheme permission. We keep the Ukraine schemes under continuous review in line with the ongoing conflict and the Ukrainian government’s desire for the future return of its citizens to Ukraine. This is why the Ukraine Schemes are temporary and do not lead to settlement in the UK. Similarly, time spent in the UK with permission granted under the Ukraine Schemes cannot be relied upon towards the continuous qualifying period for the purposes of a Long Residence application. There are other routes available for those who wish to settle in the UK permanently, if they meet the requirements, such as work routes and family routes. These routes are published on GOV.UK at: Work in the UK - GOV.UK (opens in a new tab) and Family in the UK - GOV.UK (opens in a new tab). |
Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services
Asked by: Catherine Fookes (Labour - Monmouthshire) Tuesday 8th July 2025 Question to the HM Treasury: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of HMRC phone line performance. Answered by James Murray - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury) HMRC publish monthly performance data, including information on their telephony service, which can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmrc-monthly-performance-reports.
A key part of this plan is expanding HMRC’s digital services. Improving day-to-day performance is one of the Government’s key priorities for HMRC.
A key part of this plan is expanding HMRC’s digital services. More than 6 million customers now use the HMRC app, which allows people to manage their tax affairs quickly and easily.
This summer, HMRC will publish a transformation roadmap. Setting out further steps to improve the customer experience for taxpayers, agents, and businesses.
This will reduce pressure on phone lines, freeing up HMRC advisors to help those who are digitally excluded, have complex tax affairs, or find themselves in vulnerable circumstances. |
Parliamentary Debates |
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Road and Rail Projects
113 speeches (11,767 words) Tuesday 8th July 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for Transport Mentions: 1: Ann Davies (PC - Caerfyrddin) Member for Monmouthshire (Catherine Fookes) said, we are set to receive just £445 million over a 10-year - Link to Speech |
Parliamentary Research |
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Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: HL Bill 112 of 2024–25 - LLN-2025-0030
Jul. 29 2025 Found: provision that was made in committee.56 Welsh MPs Alex Barros-Curtis (Labour MP for Cardiff West), Catherine Fookes |
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Jul. 29 2025
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: HL Bill 112 of 2024–25 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill 2024-26 Briefing papers Found: provision that was made in committee.56 Welsh MPs Alex Barros-Curtis (Labour MP for Cardiff West), Catherine Fookes |
Jun. 18 2025
All proceedings up to 18 June 2025 at Report Stage Crime and Policing Bill 2024-26 Bill proceedings: Commons Found: Not called_23 Sarah Owen Christine Jardine Alex Brewer Rosie Duffield Kirith Entwistle Catherine Fookes |
Calendar |
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Wednesday 9th July 2025 2 p.m. Women and Equalities Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Misogyny: the manosphere and online content At 2:20pm: Oral evidence Baroness Gabrielle Bertin - Lead Reviewer of the Independent Porn Review View calendar - Add to calendar |
Wednesday 16th July 2025 2 p.m. Women and Equalities Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Health impacts of breast implants and other cosmetic procedures At 2:20pm: Oral evidence Professor Aidan Fowler - National Director of Patient Safety at NHS England, and Deputy Chief Medical Officer at Department for Health and Social Care Dr Alison Cave - Chief Safety Officer at Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) Andy Morling - Deputy Director, Criminal Enforcement at Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) At 3:10pm: Oral evidence Elaine Sassoon - Plastic Surgeon and Board Member at British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons Nora Nugent - Cosmetic Surgeon and President at British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons Professor David Sines - Executive Chair and Registrar at Joint Council for Cosmetic Practitioners Rieka Taghizadeh - Consultant plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic Surgeon and Chair of British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeon’s Breast Special Interest and Advisory Group View calendar - Add to calendar |
Wednesday 3rd September 2025 2 p.m. Women and Equalities Committee - Oral evidence Subject: The prevalence of sexually transmitted infections At 2:20pm: Oral evidence Dr Amanda Doyle - National Director for Primary Care, Community, Vaccination and Screening Services at NHS England Cathy Morgan - Director of Secondary Prevention at Department of Health and Social Care Kate Folkard - Head of Programme Delivery and Service Improvement, Blood Safety, Hepatitis, STIs and HIV Division at UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) Richard Angell OBE - Chief Executive at Terrence Higgins Trust Kat Smithson - Chief Executive Officer at British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) View calendar - Add to calendar |
Wednesday 10th September 2025 2:20 p.m. Women and Equalities Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Access to British Sign Language At 2:20pm: Oral evidence Dr Jo Atkinson - Honorary Senior Associate Researcher, University College London and member BSL Advisory Board Craig Crowley MBE - Chief Executive Officer, Action Deafness and Co-Chair, BSL Advisory Board Rebecca Mansell - Chief Executive, British Deaf Association View calendar - Add to calendar |
Wednesday 10th September 2025 2 p.m. Women and Equalities Committee - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |
Select Committee Inquiry |
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24 Jul 2025
Reproductive health conditions: girls and young women Women and Equalities Committee (Select) Submit Evidence (by 30 Sep 2025) The Committee is following up its previous work on women’s reproductive health, with a focus on better meeting the needs of girls and young women. It is assessing progress in diagnoses, treatments and pain management of conditions including endometriosis, adenomyosis and heavy menstrual bleeding. |
12 Aug 2025
Access to British Sign Language Women and Equalities Committee (Select) Not accepting submissions The Committee is examining progress in access to British Sign Language (BSL) - particularly the effects so far of the BSL Act 2022 – and other issues of concern to the Deaf signing community |