Dawn Butler

Commons Debates - Petitions - EDMs (69) - Legislation tabled (1) - Commons Actions - Written Questions (110)

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Labour

Member for Brent Central

dawn.butler.mp@parliament.uk / dawnbutlerbrent
Select Committees
Science and Technology Committee (Commons) (since May 2020)
5 APPG memberships (as of 7 Aug 2020)
Caribbean, Child and Youth Crime, Governance and Inclusive Leadership, Music, Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia
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Debate information

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Sparring Partners
Victoria Atkins (Conservative) Minister for Women (30 debate interactions) View debates with Victoria Atkins John Bercow (Speaker) (14 debate interactions) View debates with John Bercow Penny Mordaunt (Conservative) Paymaster General (14 debate interactions) View debates with Penny Mordaunt View All MP Sparring Partners
Department Debates
Home Office (29 debate contributions) View Home Office debates
Department for International Trade (25 debate contributions) View Department for International Trade debates
HM Treasury (22 debate contributions) View HM Treasury debates
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Legislation Debates
Finance Act 2018 - Government Bill (4,241 words contributed) View Finance Act 2018 - Government Bill debates
Remote Participation in House of Commons Proceedings Bill 2019-21 - Private Members' Bill (under the Ten Minute Rule) (1,147 words contributed) View Remote Participation in House of Commons Proceedings Bill 2019-21 - Private Members' Bill (under the Ten Minute Rule) debates
Domestic Abuse Bill 2019-21 - Government Bill (681 words contributed) View Domestic Abuse Bill 2019-21 - Government Bill debates
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Significant Brent Central Petitions

Highest Brent Central signature proportion
Status Signatures Title
Open 326 of 19,901 (1.64%) Pay Slavery Reparations to all Caribbean & African Descendants
Gov Responded - 4 Aug 2020
Open 232 of 15,639 (1.48%) Amnesty for UK undocumented immigrants in this COVID-19 World pandemic
Gov Responded - 30 Jun 2020
Open 432 of 29,692 (1.46%) Grant British citizenship to all people in the UK during the Pandemic.
Gov Responded - 17 Jun 2020
Open 325 of 24,242 (1.34%) Create an earned amnesty route for migrants without leave to remain
Gov Responded - 14 May 2020
Open 358 of 27,525 (1.30%) Include Sickle Cell Anemia in the List of Illnesses Eligible for a MedEx Card
Gov Responded - 8 Sep 2020
Most Brent Central signatures
Status Signatures Title
Open 1,824 of 169,217 (1.08%) Scrap removal of free transport for under-18s from TfL bailout
Gov Responded - 10 Aug 2020
Closed 1,345 of 353,128 (0.38%) Reimburse all students of this year’s fees due to strikes and COVID-19
Gov Responded - 5 Jun 2020
Open 907 of 210,541 (0.43%) Broker a ceasefire for all sides in Yemen to carry out humanitarian aid
Gov Responded - 6 Aug 2020
Open 859 of 264,969 (0.32%) Teach Britain's colonial past as part of the UK's compulsory curriculum
Gov Responded - 30 Jul 2020
Open 564 of 192,527 (0.29%) Require universities to partially refund tuition fees for 20/21 due to Covid-19
Dawn Butler has not participated in any petition debates

Most recent EDMs signed by Dawn Butler

Date Tabled Title Signatures
14 Sep 2020
 Dawn Butler signed this EDM as a sponsor on Monday 14th September 2020

Centrica

 Tabled by: John Cryer (Labour - Leyton and Wanstead)
That this House recognises the constructive approach taken by GMB Union and Unison in negotiations around their members' pay and conditions with British Gas and its parent company Centrica; condemns the tactics employed by that company in commencing those negotiations with threats to dismiss and re-engage its UK workforce on … 		50 signatures
(Most recent: 23 Sep 2020)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 32
Scottish National Party: 11
Plaid Cymru: 2
Liberal Democrat: 2
Democratic Unionist Party: 1
Independent: 1
Green Party: 1
10 Sep 2020
 Dawn Butler signed this EDM as a sponsor on Thursday 10th September 2020

Greencore

 Tabled by: Dawn Butler (Labour - Brent Central)
That this House notes that the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Greencore) Regulations 2020 (921) require staff at the company, which makes M&S sandwiches, to self-isolate for 14 days, without compensating staff for loss of earnings either at Greencore or elsewhere; further notes that staff have either been on SSP or … 		16 signatures
(Most recent: 18 Sep 2020)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 13
Independent: 1
Democratic Unionist Party: 1
Green Party: 1
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Commons initiatives

1 Urgent Question tabled by Dawn Butler

Date Forum Title
8 Jan 2018 Commons Chamber Office for Students: Appointment

Dawn Butler has not been granted any Adjournment Debates in the current sitting

1 Bill introduced by Dawn Butler

Title Bill Type Last Event Next Event Date Last Updated
Remote Participation in House of Commons Proceedings Bill 2019-21
Presented by Dawn Butler (Labour) 		Private Members' Bill
Ten Minute Bill 		1st reading: House of Commons 16 September, 2020 2nd reading: House of Commons

25 Sep 2020

 		17 Sep 2020, 11:09 a.m.

A Bill to require the Leader of the House of Commons to move a Motion asserting the equal right of all Members of the House of Commons to participate in proceedings and establishing mechanisms for MPs unable to attend Westminster to vote remotely and to participate remotely in proceedings, including debates and general committees.

Dawn Butler has not supported any legislation in the current parliamentary sitting

110 Written Questions

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Cabinet Office
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Dyson: Ventilators Cabinet Office: Written Questions Civil Service: Ethnic Groups Office for Tackling Injustices Office for Tackling Injustices Office for Tackling Injustices Cleaning Services: Coronavirus Females: Coronavirus Civil Service: LGBT People Census: Gender Recognition Public Sector: Ethnic Groups Public Sector: Equality Public Sector: Ethnic Groups Public Service: Equality Public Service: Equality Public Service: Equality
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
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Coronavirus: Disease Control Equal Pay: Ethnic Groups Business: LGBT People Equal Pay: LGBT People Business: Equality Employment: LGBT People Paternity Leave: Discrimination Directors: Females Ethnic Diversity of UK Boards Review Renewable Energy: Technology Transfer Renewable Energy: Jamaica
Home Office
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Financial Services: Fraud Immigration: Windrush Generation Immigration: Windrush Generation Immigration: Windrush Generation Immigration: Windrush Generation Immigrants: Domestic Abuse Immigration: EU Nationals LGBT People: Hate Crime Females: Domestic Violence Visas: Fees and Charges
Department for Work and Pensions
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Shared Housing: Housing Benefit Access to Work Programme Statutory Sick Pay: Coronavirus Universal Credit: Coronavirus Universal Credit: Coronavirus Sign Language: Television Government Departments: Sign Language Universal Credit Universal Credit Jobcentre Plus: Brent
Department for Transport
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London Underground: Coronavirus Govia Thameslink Railway: Coronavirus Govia Thameslink Railway: Coronavirus Govia Thameslink Railway: Coronavirus Railways: Coronavirus Railways: Coronavirus Govia Thameslink Railway: Coronavirus Railways: Coronavirus Belly Mujinga