Gareth Snell
Labour (Co-op) - Stoke-on-Trent Central
6,409 (18.2%) majority - 2024 General ElectionFirst elected: 4th July 2024
Select Committees
Committee on Standards (since October 2024)Committee of Privileges (since October 2024)
Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) (since March 2025)
Statutory Instruments (Select Committee) (since March 2025)
Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill (since June 2025)
4 APPG Officer Positions (as of 13 Apr 2026)
Ceramics, Literacy, Packaging in the Circular Economy, Sixth Form Education11 APPG Memberships
Belarus, Bus and Coach, Apprenticeships, Further Education and Lifelong Learning, Key Cities, Mutuals, Tidy Britain, University, Serbia, Humanist, Youth Affairs8 Former APPG Officer Positions
Business Brexit, Coalfield Communities, Credit Unions, Fairtrade, Housing and Employment, Mutuals, Serbia, WhistleblowingDivision Voting information
Debates during the 2024 Parliament
Speeches made during Parliamentary debates are recorded in Hansard. For ease of browsing we have grouped debates into individual, departmental and legislative categories.
Department Debates
(86 debate contributions)
(75 debate contributions)
(44 debate contributions)
(33 debate contributions)
Legislation Debates
(7,463 words contributed)
(4,983 words contributed)
(3,761 words contributed)
(2,197 words contributed)
Stoke-on-Trent Central 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).
of 66,109 signatures (0.77%)
of 244,189 signatures (0.45%)
of 29,990 signatures (0.44%)
of 30,385 signatures (0.38%)
of 52,774 signatures (0.37%)
of 244,189 signatures (0.45%)
of 66,109 signatures (0.77%)
of 206,167 signatures (0.16%)
of 202,892 signatures (0.16%)
of 189,929 signatures (0.17%)
Latest EDMs signed by Gareth Snell
Timetable for the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill
Tabled by: Lord Field of Birkenhead (Crossbench - Birkenhead)That this House calls on the Government, if it is granted a flexible extension to Article 50 by the European Union, to work to a 14-day timetable for passing the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill, and to bring to an immediate end the flexible extension as soon as the Bill …
(Most recent: 29 Oct 2019)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 7
Independent: 3
Conservative: 2
Crossbench: 1
Non-affiliated: 1
Attack in Halle, Germany
Tabled by: Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent (Labour - Stoke-on-Trent North)That this House condemns the attack and the ideology that radicalised the attacker in Halle, Germany; shows sympathy towards those who were tragically murdered, recognises that had it not been for the protective security measures at place in the synagogue, then it is likely that the death toll and the …
(Most recent: 16 Dec 2019)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 14
Independent: 4
Conservative: 4
Scottish National Party: 2
Non-affiliated: 1
The Independent Group for Change: 1
Plaid Cymru: 1
Liberal Democrat: 1
Commons initiatives
These initiatives were driven by Gareth Snell, 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.
Gareth Snell has not been granted any Urgent Questions
Gareth Snell has not been granted any Adjournment Debates
3 Bills introduced by Gareth Snell
A Bill to require the indication of country of origin for ceramic products; and for connected purposes.
Wednesday 5th March 2025
A Bill to establish an independent Office of the Whistleblower to protect whistleblowers and whistleblowing; to make provision for the Office of the Whistleblower to set, monitor and enforce standards for the management of whistleblowing cases, to provide disclosure and advice services, to direct whistleblowing investigations and to order redress of detriment suffered by whistleblowers; and for connected purposes.
Friday 29th May 2026
Order Paper number: 42
(Unlikely to be Debated - would require unanimous consent to progress)
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 health scrutiny by local authorities, including scrutiny of clinical commissioning groups' decisions; and for connected purposes.
11 Bills co-sponsored by Gareth Snell
Co-operative Housing Tenure Bill 2024-26
Sponsor - Andrew Pakes (LAB)
Assets of Community Value (Sports Facilities) Bill 2024-26
Sponsor - Emma Foody (LAB)
Youth Services Bill 2024-26
Sponsor - Natasha Irons (Lab)
Student Finance (Review of Payment Schedules) Bill 2024-26
Sponsor - Luke Charters (Lab)
Crime (Impact Statements) Bill 2017-19
Sponsor - Melanie Onn (Lab)
Banking (Cash Machine Charges and Financial Inclusion) Bill 2017-19
Sponsor - Ged Killen (LAB)
Private Landlords (Registration) Bill 2017-19
Sponsor - Lord Wilson of Sedgefield (Lab)
Ceramics (Country of Origin Marking) Bill 2017-19
Sponsor - Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent (Lab)
National Living Wage (Extension to Young People) Bill 2017-19
Sponsor - Holly Lynch (Lab)
Prisons (Substance Testing) Bill 2017-19
Sponsor - Bim Afolami (Con)
Channel 4 (Relocation) Bill 2017-19
Sponsor - Jack Brereton (Con)
Latest 50 Written Questions
(View all written questions)The government will launch a full public consultation on the design of the new Digital ID, and have already started to engage with a range of expert organisations.
At the heart of this will be the largest ever digital inclusion programme ever delivered in this country, to ensure everyone can access this new free ID and benefit from it.
We are considering options like a digitally enabled physical alternative for those without access to technology, as well as in-person onboarding support for those who struggle to engage digitally. This may include Post Offices but that decision has not yet been made and will depend on several different factors.
40 cars were manufactured in the UK which represents 37% of the current Government Car Service fleet.
Minister of State (Cabinet Office)
The Cabinet Office does not hold information regarding this, and it would incur disproportionate costs to gather this information.
The Government is committed to supporting British businesses and ensuring they have the best chance to win public contracts.
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
The Government is committed to supporting British businesses and ensuring they have the best chance to win public contracts.
The new Procurement Act creates a simpler and more transparent system that will support British small businesses bidding for work.
The Act also allows contracting authorities to set standards that recognise the quality and standard of UK businesses and products.
Alongside this, our new National Procurement Policy Statement encourages contracting authorities to consider this government’s industrial strategies and the sectors vital to our economic growth.
Minister of State (Education)
The Prime Minister announced at party conference that the duty of candour Bill will be introduced to Parliament before the next anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster in April 2025. The details of this Bill will be announced first to this House. The Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 (PIDA) serves to protect workers from suffering any detriment as a result of making a protected disclosure.
Minister of State (Education)
It has not proved possible to respond to the Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
It has not proved possible to respond to the Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
It has not proved possible to respond to the Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
It has not proved possible to respond to the Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
It has not proved possible to respond to the Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)
It has not proved possible to respond to the Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)
It has not proved possible to respond to the Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
It has not proved possible to respond to the Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
In the financial year 2025/2026, the Insolvency Service recorded a total of 315,424 potential redundancies from HR1 (Advance Notice of Redundancy) forms:
April 2025 | 23,769 |
May 2025 | 24,643 |
June 2025 | 32,428 |
July 2025 | 25,162 |
August 2025 | 23,436 |
September 2025 | 24,504 |
October 2025 | 25,461 |
November 2025 | 30,396 |
December 2025 | 22,076 |
January 2026 | 28,493 |
February 2026 | 27,903 |
March 2026 | 27,153 |
No assessment of the potential impact of energy costs on those figures has been made as no specific questions about energy costs are asked on the HR1 form.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)
The Redundancy Payments Service (RPS), acting on behalf of the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, collects information from HR1 submissions and distributes it on a daily basis to the appropriate government departments and agencies who offer job brokering services and/or training services.
These agencies include The Department for Work and Pensions who provide rapid response services in England and Wales and the Scottish Government’s Partnership Action for Continuing Employment (PACE) who provide these services in Scotland.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)
In the financial year 2025/2026, the Insolvency Service recorded a total of 4,566 HR1 (Advance Notice of Redundancy) forms as follows:
April 2025 | 365 |
May 2025 | 382 |
June 2025 | 414 |
July 2025 | 407 |
August 2025 | 285 |
September 2025 | 345 |
October 2025 | 412 |
November 2025 | 412 |
December 2025 | 248 |
January 2026 | 396 |
February 2026 | 430 |
March 2026 | 470 |
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
It has not proved possible to respond to the Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
It has not proved possible to respond to the Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
The Government is committed to working closely with industry to support business competitiveness and mitigate energy costs and regularly meets with business representative organisations, such as the British Chambers of Commerce.
The design of the British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme has been informed by ongoing engagement with stakeholders, including the recent consultation on scheme eligibility and open consultation on regulatory changes and scheme delivery.
The British Industry Supercharger and the Energy-Intensive Industries Compensation Scheme will both be reviewed this year. I encourage the British Chamber of Commerce and others to engage with the upcoming public consultation.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The Department for Business and Trade manages two electricity cost support schemes, the British Industry Supercharger and the Energy-Intensive Industries Compensation Scheme, to support eligible energy-intensive industries with the indirect costs of emissions levies and electricity policy and network costs.
Manufacturing of batteries and accumulators is a sector eligible for electricity price support through these schemes. These schemes provide support to around 550 manufacturing businesses across the whole of Great Britain, including businesses in the automotive sector and its supply chain.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
Government recognises the importance of electrification of transport, including heavy goods vehicles, in delivering transport decarbonisation targets, and is aware of the impact that energy costs are having on different sectors, including logistics.
Government is addressing wholesale and network costs through long‑term investment in clean, homegrown power to reduce exposure to volatile fossil fuel prices.
The Department for Business and Trade regularly engages across Government, including with the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and the Department for Transport, on matters relating to the cost of the electrification of transport. The Secretary of State for Business and Trade and his ministerial team will continue to have regular discussions with all Cabinet colleagues on energy costs.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
Government recognises the importance of electrification of transport, including heavy goods vehicles, in delivering transport decarbonisation targets, and is aware of the impact that energy costs are having on different sectors, including logistics.
Government is addressing wholesale and network costs through long‑term investment in clean, homegrown power to reduce exposure to volatile fossil fuel prices.
The Department for Business and Trade regularly engages across Government, including with the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and the Department for Transport, on matters relating to the cost of the electrification of transport. The Secretary of State for Business and Trade and his ministerial team will continue to have regular discussions with all Cabinet colleagues on energy costs.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The Department for Business and Trade does not hold this information. We continue to support UK businesses and have many avenues through which businesses of all sizes can explore opportunities to grow internationally. We will continue to review how we can support businesses.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
We understand the scale and depth of challenge that high industrial electricity prices present to businesses. This is why we are addressing wholesale and network costs through long‑term investment in clean, homegrown power to reduce exposure to volatile fossil fuel prices.
While most businesses are currently protected against recent prices spikes through long‑term energy contracts, the Government will remain agile and responsive. We are also providing longer-term support with initiatives such as the British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme to drive investment in our sectors most likely to grow.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The Government is aware of the pressure of high industrial energy costs in the life sciences and laboratory sectors. Officials from the Office for Life Sciences regularly engage with both companies and Trade Associations to understand the challenges facing the sector.
As one of the sectors within the UK Government’s Industrial Strategy, many manufacturing life sciences businesses will benefit from the British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme. The scheme will bring GB electricity costs more in line with other major economies in Europe, and level the playing field for British businesses.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The Government recognises the pressures that high energy costs can place on independent breweries. We engage regularly with colleagues across Government on measures to support businesses, and we keep the impact of energy prices under close review.
The Energy Secretary, Ed Miliband, and the interim CEO of Ofgem, Tim Jarvis, have written to business energy suppliers setting clear expectations that customers, particularly small businesses such as independent breweries, must be treated fairly. The letter makes clear that any unfair practices will not be tolerated, and that suppliers should take a fair and supportive approach, offering maximum flexibility and transparency for small business customers.
The Government also plans to legislate on Third Party Intermediaries, including energy brokers, through the forthcoming Energy Independence Bill to strengthen protections for SMEs, including independent breweries, when they engage in the business energy market.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)
Through our Clean Power 2030 mission we are taking action to accelerate the transition to clean, homegrown electricity helping to improve energy security and reduce exposure to the volatility of fossil fuel prices across of the UK economy. Alongside this, the government is considering and intends to consult stakeholders on a range of options to address the relative cost of electricity for non‑domestic users and to support the wider take‑up of low‑carbon heat.
We have introduced permanently lower business‑rates multipliers for retail, hospitality and leisure properties, worth nearly £900 million a year and benefiting over 750,000 premises and introduced a £4.3 billion transitional support package to protect ratepayers from large overnight increases. Later this year, we will bring forward a new High Streets Strategy, to help reinvigorate our communities. These measures will provide meaningful, long-term support to independent retailers at the heart of their communities.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The Government recognises the importance of green finance as it is one of the fastest growing sub-sectors of a low carbon economy.
The British Business Bank’s Green Growth Guarantee helps increase the supply of affordable finance for businesses investing in green technologies, by giving lenders confidence to support finance for green assets or lower the up-front cost of that finance.
Small businesses across the UK benefitted from Government funding and support to help them invest in sustainability, to cut their operating costs and boost their business. A recent £2m Made Smarter Adoption Programme initiative helped SMEs lower their bills and become more energy efficient through investment in technology in areas like heating, insulation and solar power. The Government will continue to review support for business energy efficiency projects.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The Government recognises the importance of green finance as it is one of the fastest growing sub-sectors of a low carbon economy.
The British Business Bank’s Green Growth Guarantee helps increase the supply of affordable finance for businesses investing in green technologies, by giving lenders confidence to support finance for green assets or lower the up-front cost of that finance.
Small businesses across the UK benefitted from Government funding and support to help them invest in sustainability, to cut their operating costs and boost their business. A recent £2m Made Smarter Adoption Programme initiative helped SMEs lower their bills and become more energy efficient through investment in technology in areas like heating, insulation and solar power. The Government will continue to review support for business energy efficiency projects.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
I recognise the pressure that energy costs place on ceramics manufacturers. A small number of ceramic firms are currently eligible for the British Industry Supercharger, which provides electricity cost relief and these companies are benefiting from the recent uplift to the Network Charging Compensation Scheme. I encourage the ceramics sector to engage with the upcoming review of the Supercharger. There is no equivalent scheme for industrial gas price relief, but my department always keeps industrial energy support under review. My officials, other ministers, and I engage regularly with the ceramics sector, including with Ceramics UK and individual businesses to discuss how the Government can support the sector.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
I recognise the pressure that energy costs place on ceramics manufacturers. A small number of ceramic firms are currently eligible for the British Industry Supercharger, which provides electricity cost relief and these companies are benefiting from the recent uplift to the Network Charging Compensation Scheme. I encourage the ceramics sector to engage with the upcoming review of the Supercharger. There is no equivalent scheme for industrial gas price relief, but my department always keeps industrial energy support under review. My officials, other ministers, and I engage regularly with the ceramics sector, including with Ceramics UK and individual businesses to discuss how the Government can support the sector.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)