Daniel Zeichner

Shadow Minister (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

 (since April 2020)

Commons Debates - Petitions - EDMs (261) - Legislation tabled (2) - Commons Actions - Written Questions (391)

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Labour

Member for Cambridge

daniel@danielzeichner.co.uk / danielzeichner
17 APPG memberships (as of 7 Aug 2020)
Arts and Heritage, Climate Change, Cycling and Walking, Data Analytics, Design and Innovation, East of England, Future Generations, Homelessness, Innovation Corridor, Internet, Communications and Technology, Life Sciences, Medical Research, Short Lets Sector, Social Science and Policy, Taxis, University, Video Games and Esports
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Sparring Partners
Victoria Prentis (Conservative) Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) (68 debate interactions) View debates with Victoria Prentis Mr Robert Goodwill (Conservative) (34 debate interactions) View debates with Mr Robert Goodwill George Eustice (Conservative) Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (23 debate interactions) View debates with George Eustice View All MP Sparring Partners
Department Debates
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (223 debate contributions) View Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs debates
Department for Transport (52 debate contributions) View Department for Transport debates
Department for Education (37 debate contributions) View Department for Education debates
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Legislation Debates
Agriculture Bill 2019-21 - Government Bill (61,864 words contributed) View Agriculture Bill 2019-21 - Government Bill debates
Data Protection Act 2018 - Government Bill (5,054 words contributed) View Data Protection Act 2018 - Government Bill debates
Direct Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) Act 2020 - Government Bill (4,602 words contributed) View Direct Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) Act 2020 - Government Bill debates
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Significant Cambridge Petitions

Highest Cambridge signature proportion
Status Signatures Title
Open 207 of 7,152 (2.89%) Extend business rates relief to include every English language teaching school
Open 332 of 24,189 (1.37%) Permit weddings of 5 people (registrar/couple/2 witnesses) during COVID19
Gov Responded - 2 Jul 2020
Open 195 of 15,741 (1.24%) Refund university rent and tuition fees due to coronavirus
Gov Responded - 16 Jun 2020
Open 168 of 15,308 (1.10%) Extended Visas indefinitely for International Students.
Gov Responded - 28 Apr 2020
Open 69 of 7,974 (0.87%) Condemn the Belarus Government for harassment and detention of its citizens
Most Cambridge signatures
Status Signatures Title
Open 1,333 of 264,763 (0.50%) Teach Britain's colonial past as part of the UK's compulsory curriculum
Gov Responded - 30 Jul 2020
Open 1,245 of 352,421 (0.35%) Reimburse all students of this year’s fees due to strikes and COVID-19
Gov Responded - 5 Jun 2020
Open 661 of 210,385 (0.31%) Broker a ceasefire for all sides in Yemen to carry out humanitarian aid
Gov Responded - 6 Aug 2020
Open 463 of 148,851 (0.31%) Review the decision to use previous data to calculate exam grades
Gov Responded - 4 Sep 2020
Open 440 of 126,929 (0.35%) Encourage lenders, landlords and utilities to freeze payments during lockdown
Gov Responded - 5 Jun 2020
Daniel Zeichner has not participated in any petition debates

Most recent EDMs signed by Daniel Zeichner

Date Tabled Title Signatures
21 Jul 2020
 Daniel Zeichner signed this EDM on Tuesday 1st September 2020

Town and Country Planning

 Tabled by: Keir Starmer (Labour - Holborn and St Pancras)
That an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, praying that The Town and Country Planning (Permitted Development and Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020 (S.I., 2020, No. 632), dated 23 June 2020, a copy of which was laid before this House on 24 June 2020, be annulled. 		52 signatures
(Most recent: 15 Sep 2020)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 41
Liberal Democrat: 8
Conservative: 1
Plaid Cymru: 1
Green Party: 1
15 Jun 2020
 Daniel Zeichner signed this EDM on Wednesday 24th June 2020

BBC Inside Out and Politics East

 Tabled by: Clive Lewis (Labour - Norwich South)
This this House is concerned to learn the important BBC regional programme Inside Out East is under threat as the corporation seeks to make cuts to programming; understands that regional segments of Politics East are similarly threatened; regrets that all filming of these award-winning BBC regional current affairs programmes has … 		11 signatures
(Most recent: 16 Jul 2020)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 8
Democratic Unionist Party: 1
Scottish National Party: 1
Liberal Democrat: 1
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Commons initiatives

Daniel Zeichner has not been granted any Urgent Questions in the current sitting

Daniel Zeichner has not been granted any Adjournment Debates in the current sitting

2 Bills introduced by Daniel Zeichner

Title Bill Type Last Event Next Event Date Last Updated
Dockless Bicycles (Regulation) Bill 2017-19
Presented by Daniel Zeichner (Labour) 		Private Members' Bill
Ten Minute Bill 		1st reading: House of Commons 24 July, 2019 25 Jul 2019, 10:57 a.m.

The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to give powers to local authorities to regulate dockless bicycle-sharing schemes; and for connected purposes.
Licensing of Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles (Safeguarding and Road Safety) Bill 2017-19
Presented by Daniel Zeichner (Labour) 		Private Members' Bill
Ballot Bill 		1st reading: House of Commons 19 July, 2017 26 Nov 2018, 12:23 p.m.

The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to make provision about the exercise of taxi and private hire vehicle licensing functions in relation to persons about whom there are safeguarding or road safety concerns; and for connected purposes.

4 Bills supported by Daniel Zeichner

Terms of Withdrawal from the EU (Referendum) (No. 2) Bill 2017-19 - Private Members' Bill (Presentation Bill)
Sponsor - Geraint Davies (LAB)

Plastics Bill 2017-19 - Private Members' Bill (Presentation Bill)
Sponsor - Geraint Davies (LAB)

Terms of Withdrawal from EU (Referendum) Bill 2017-19 - Private Members' Bill (Presentation Bill)
Sponsor - Geraint Davies (LAB)

Automatic Electoral Registration (No. 2) Bill 2017-19 - Private Members' Bill (under the Ten Minute Rule)
Sponsor - Jo Stevens (LAB)

391 Written Questions

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Department of Health and Social Care
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Care Quality Commission: Care Homes Care Homes: Standards Health Services: Immigrants Adult Social Care Infection Control Fund Health Services: Labour Turnover Coronavirus: Disease Control NHSX: Computer Software NHSX: Computer Software Social Services: Conditions of Employment NHS: Computer Software NHS: Computer Software Carers: Protective Clothing Coronavirus: Surveys European Medicines Agency: Coronavirus Coronavirus: Midwives Nurses: Recruitment Cancer: Research Breast Cancer: Screening Breast Cancer: Screening National Institute for Health and Care Excellence National Institute for Health and Care Excellence National Institute for Health and Care Excellence National Institute for Health and Care Excellence National Institute for Health and Care Excellence Breast Cancer: Screening Breast Cancer: Screening Breast Cancer NHS: Drugs Health Services: Cambridgeshire Antibiotics: Drug Resistance Pharmacy: Safety Pharmacy: Capital Investment Pharmacy: Staff Pharmacy Nicotine Replacement Therapy Nicotine Replacement Therapy Antibiotics: Drug Resistance Radiology Vaccination Health Meningitis: Vaccination Pneumococcal Diseases: Vaccination NHS: Drugs NHS: Drugs Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme Drugs: Research Rare Diseases: Drugs Drugs Drugs: Prices Rare Diseases General Practitioners: Postnatal Care Postnatal Care Mental Health Services: Children Mental Health Services Mental Health Services: Children and Young People Mental Health Services: Children and Young People Joint Replacements NHS: Drugs Orphan Drugs Muscular Dystrophy: Medical Treatments Health Services and Social Services Health Services and Social Services NHS: Reorganisation Hospitals: Waiting Lists Medicine: Research Eating Disorders Drugs: Manufacturing Industries
Department for Transport
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Trains: Diesel Fuel Railways: Season Tickets Electric Vehicles: Charging Points Driving Instruction: Coronavirus Driving Instruction: Coronavirus Driving Instruction: Coronavirus Driving Tests: Coronavirus Driving Tests: Coronavirus Driving Tests: Coronavirus Driving Instruction: Coronavirus Driving Tests: Coronavirus Department for Transport: Electric Vehicles Buses: Hydrogen Bus Services: Coronavirus Buses: Electric Vehicles East West Railway Company: Trains East-West Rail Link East-West Rail Link: Freight High Speed 2 Railway Line and East-West Rail Link Taxis: Licensing East-West Rail Link: Electrification Taxis: Licensing Taxis: Licensing Driving Tests: Languages Driving Tests: Languages Driving Tests: Languages Bus Services: Fares Bus Services Cycleways Bus Services Buses: Exhaust Emissions Taxis: CCTV Buses: Exhaust Emissions Taxis: CCTV Taxis: Licensing Taxis: Licensing Bus Services: Franchises Bus Services Bus Services Taxis: Licensing Bus Services: Franchises Electric Vehicles: Bicycles Electric Vehicles: Bicycles Electric Vehicles: Bicycles Electric Vehicles: Bicycles Bus Services: Disability Bus Services: Disability Bus Services: Disability Bus Services: Concessions Bus Services Electric Vehicles Electric Vehicles Electric Vehicles: Taxis Driving under Influence Bus Services: Information Bus Services: Information Taxis: Passengers Taxis: Disability Bus Services: Disability Taxis: Vetting Crossrail 2 Line Roads: Accidents A14: Safety Public Transport: Staff Bus Services Act 2017 Crossrail 2 Line Roads: Accidents
Department for Education
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Overseas Students Health Services: Students Schools: Coronavirus Free School Meals: Coronavirus Free School Meals: Coronavirus Free School Meals: Coronavirus Free School Meals: Coronavirus Free School Meals: Coronavirus Pupils: Coronavirus Students: Coronavirus Free School Meals: Voucher Schemes Assessments: Finance Sixth Form Education Education: Coronavirus Free School Meals: Voucher Schemes Free School Meals Free School Meals: Voucher Schemes Free School Meals: Voucher Schemes Free School Meals: Coronavirus Nurseries: Coronavirus Students: Assessments Child Benefit Child Benefit: Apprentices Universities Overseas Students: EU Nationals Overseas Students: EU Nationals Free School Meals: Cambridge Mental Health Services: Children Postgraduate Education Overseas Students: EU Nationals Overseas Students: EU Nationals Overseas Students: EU Nationals Higher Education: Admissions Higher Education: Admissions Families: Counselling Children: Day Care Schools: Cambridgeshire Regional Schools Commissioners Teachers: Cambridge
Home Office
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Asylum: Interviews Licensed Premises Entry Clearances: Overseas Students Asylum: Interviews Entry Clearances: Overseas Students Overseas Students: Visas Fingerprints: Databases Internet: Offences against Children and Terrorism Business: Crime Prevention Immigration: EU Nationals Passports: British National (Overseas) Visas: Arts Immigration: EU Nationals Health Immigration: EU Nationals Immigration: EU Nationals Immigration: EU Nationals Immigration: EU Nationals Domestic Violence Migration Advisory Committee Visas: Health Professions Visas: Skilled Workers Migrant Workers: Doctors Visas: Email Immigration: EU Nationals Visas UK Visas and Immigration: Email UK Visas and Immigration: Email Intercountry Adoption
HM Treasury
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Economic Situation Hydrogen: Investment Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties Financial Services: UK Relations with EU Consumer Goods: Payments Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme Arts: Coronavirus Concert Halls and Theatres: VAT Agricultural Shows: Coronavirus Postgraduate Education: Coronavirus Self-employment Income Support Scheme Research: Coronavirus Remote Working: Coronavirus Climate Change Small Businesses: Corporation Tax Research and Development Tax Credit Fuels: Excise Duties Biotechnology EU Grants and Loans EU Grants and Loans Public Expenditure: East of England Immigrants: Caribbean Investment Bank Services: Standards Bank Services Payments: EU Law Nurseries: Registration Nurseries: Registration Nurseries: Registration