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Friday 13th June 2025
Gareth Snell (Labour (Co-op) - Stoke-on-Trent Central)

Private Members' Bills - Main Chamber
Subject: Ceramics (Country of Origin Marking) Bill: Second Reading
Ceramics (Country of Origin Marking) Bill 2024-26
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Division Votes
7 May 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context
Gareth Snell voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 287 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 160 Noes - 294
7 May 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context
Gareth Snell voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 292 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 76 Noes - 295
7 May 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context
Gareth Snell voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 288 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 97 Noes - 363
7 May 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context
Gareth Snell voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 283 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 88 Noes - 287


Speeches
Gareth Snell speeches from: Oral Answers to Questions
Gareth Snell contributed 2 speeches (155 words)
Tuesday 6th May 2025 - Commons Chamber
Department of Health and Social Care
Gareth Snell speeches from: Oral Answers to Questions
Gareth Snell contributed 1 speech (75 words)
Thursday 1st May 2025 - Commons Chamber
Department for Business and Trade
Gareth Snell speeches from: Energy Prices: Energy-intensive Industries
Gareth Snell contributed 2 speeches (539 words)
Thursday 1st May 2025 - Commons Chamber
Department for Business and Trade


Written Answers
Libraries: Finance
Asked by: Gareth Snell (Labour (Co-op) - Stoke-on-Trent Central)
Friday 2nd May 2025

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on (a) public and (b) school library funding.

Answered by Darren Jones - Chief Secretary to the Treasury

In line with the practice of successive administrations, details of internal discussions are not normally disclosed.

Local government is responsible for running or commissioning public library services. The Government has delivered a Local Government Finance Settlement (LGFS) that begins to fix the foundations of local government by providing significant investment and redirecting funding towards the services and places that need it most. The Settlement for 2025-26 makes available over £69 billion for local government, which is a 6.8% cash terms increase in councils’ Core Spending Power on 2024-25.

The Government provides funding to schools and academies through the Dedicated Schools Grant. Schools and academies are best placed to make decisions on how to prioritise this funding, including on school library provision.

Media: Education
Asked by: Gareth Snell (Labour (Co-op) - Stoke-on-Trent Central)
Friday 2nd May 2025

Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will take steps to ensure that media literacy programmes are part of (a) local and (b) regional strategies.

Answered by Feryal Clark - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)

Government is adopting a holistic approach to digital inclusion integrating related policy on digital skills and media literacy. The Digital Inclusion Action Plan outlines steps towards delivering digital inclusion for everyone in the UK, including supporting community initiatives for boosting digital skills and media literacy. The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology coordinates activity across policy areas, aiming to embed media literacy across cross-cutting government strategies.

Under updated media literacy duties, Ofcom is developing a ‘place-based’ model to embed media literacy into community digital strategies, working with the Good Things Foundation to support Digital Inclusion Hubs to offer media literacy.

Media: Adult Education
Asked by: Gareth Snell (Labour (Co-op) - Stoke-on-Trent Central)
Friday 2nd May 2025

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to increase access to adult education on media literacy.

Answered by Janet Daby - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)

The adult skills fund (ASF) fully funds or co-funds education and skills training for eligible adults aged 19 and above from pre-entry to level 3, including media literacy education.

Currently, approximately 62% of the ASF is devolved to 9 mayoral strategic authorities and the Greater London Authority. These authorities are responsible for the provision of ASF-funded adult education for their residents and allocation of the ASF to learning providers to best meet their local needs. The department is responsible for the remaining ASF in non-devolved areas. In non-devolved areas, adults who earn less than £25,000 in annual gross salary are eligible for full funding, but it is the responsibility of providers to decide what training to offer.

More broadly, civil society and community organisations are instrumental in delivering media literacy programmes to adults, leveraging their expertise to support diverse and vulnerable groups.

The Digital Inclusion Action Plan outlines steps toward delivering digital inclusion and media literacy for everyone in the UK, including supporting local and community initiatives to increase digital participation.

Under updated media literacy duties, Ofcom is developing a ‘place-based’ model to embed media literacy into community digital strategies, working with the Good Things Foundation to support Digital Inclusion Hubs.

Media: Education
Asked by: Gareth Snell (Labour (Co-op) - Stoke-on-Trent Central)
Friday 2nd May 2025

Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the potential contribution of (a) civil society and (b) community organisations in delivering lifelong media literacy programmes for adults.

Answered by Feryal Clark - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)

Civil society and community organisations are instrumental in delivering media literacy programmes to adults, leveraging their expertise to support diverse and vulnerable groups. Libraries and community centres provide accessible locations where adults of all ages can get guidance and advice.

The Digital Inclusion Action Plan outlines steps toward delivering digital inclusion and media literacy for everyone in the UK, including supporting local and community initiatives to increase digital participation.

Under updated media literacy duties, Ofcom is developing a ‘place-based’ model to embed media literacy into community digital strategies, working with the Good Things Foundation to support Digital Inclusion Hubs.

Public Health: Disinformation
Asked by: Gareth Snell (Labour (Co-op) - Stoke-on-Trent Central)
Friday 2nd May 2025

Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to help tackle health misinformation due to levels of media literacy.

Answered by Feryal Clark - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)

The government understands the importance of building audience resilience to mis- and disinformation, noting that improved media literacy is essential for helping people to recognise this content. The Online Safety Act updates Ofcom’s statutory duty to promote media literacy by adding targeted duties to develop internet users’ understanding of the nature and impact of mis- and disinformation.

The Act also requires platforms to tackle health mis- and disinformation that is illegal or harmful to children. Additionally, where it is prohibited in Category 1 platforms’ terms of service, they must remove it and enforce this consistently.

Media: Curriculum
Asked by: Gareth Snell (Labour (Co-op) - Stoke-on-Trent Central)
Friday 2nd May 2025

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will ensure that media literacy becomes a core component of the Curriculum and Assessment Review in the context of generative AI.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Education)

I refer my hon. Friend, the Member for Stoke-on-Trent Central to the answer of 1 May 2025 to Question 47184 .

Media: Education
Asked by: Gareth Snell (Labour (Co-op) - Stoke-on-Trent Central)
Friday 2nd May 2025

Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of poor media literacy skills on young people's (a) employability and (b) workplace readiness.

Answered by Feryal Clark - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)

According to the Essential Digital Skills Framework, media literacy-related skills, including understanding online risks, are essential for work. The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology has worked with FutureDotNow to analyse the benefits of essential digital skills for earnings and employability, with findings being published shortly.

The Digital Inclusion Action Plan outlines steps towards delivering digital inclusion and media literacy for everyone in the UK. The independent Curriculum and Assessment Review is also considering how young people will acquire the digital skills needed for future life, with the interim report highlighting the need for a renewed focus on media literacy.

Media: Education
Asked by: Gareth Snell (Labour (Co-op) - Stoke-on-Trent Central)
Friday 2nd May 2025

Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of poor media literacy skills on young people's (a) employability and (b) workplace readiness.

Answered by Feryal Clark - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)

According to the Essential Digital Skills Framework, media literacy-related skills, including understanding online risks, are essential for work. The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology has worked with FutureDotNow to analyse the benefits of essential digital skills for earnings and employability, with findings being published shortly.

The Digital Inclusion Action Plan outlines steps towards delivering digital inclusion and media literacy for everyone in the UK. The independent Curriculum and Assessment Review is also considering how young people will acquire the digital skills needed for future life, with the interim report highlighting the need for a renewed focus on media literacy.

UK Emissions Trading Scheme: Ceramics
Asked by: Gareth Snell (Labour (Co-op) - Stoke-on-Trent Central)
Wednesday 7th May 2025

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2025 to Question 38091 on UK Emissions Trading Scheme: Ceramics, which recommendations he supports for the decarbonisation of the ceramics sector; and what is the nature of that support.

Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

I refer my hon Friend to the answer given in the House on 1 May which focussed on the ceramics sector. The Government recognises that we need to support a range of energy intensive industries, including ceramics, that are essential to our economy and our missions. For example, to build the 1.5 million homes and the clean energy infrastructure projects that this Government is already investing in.


The Ceramics UK report mentioned describes a role for: energy efficiency improvements; addressing grid decarbonisation and self -generation; fuel switching to electrification, hydrogen and biomass; product and material adaptation; and addressing process emissions through a combination of Carbon Capture, Usage and Storage (CCUS) and addressing residual emissions. While the exact balance will vary between firms and between subsectors of industry, we expect a role for each of these measures, and are taking action to support and provide signals to the market on each of these. Government will bring forward a renewed industrial decarbonisation strategy in due course to address energy and decarbonisation issues across industries in a holistic way, and is committed to working closely with the ceramics sector as we develop that approach.

State Retirement Pensions
Asked by: Gareth Snell (Labour (Co-op) - Stoke-on-Trent Central)
Thursday 8th May 2025

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when a person who reached state pension age before 2016 would become entitled to their basic state pension.

Answered by Torsten Bell - Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)

The basic State Pension was available for those who reached State Pension age before 6 April 2016.

Men were eligible for basic State Pension at age 65. Women born prior to 6 April 1950 were eligible for the basic State Pension at age 60.

Following changes to the State Pension age due to the Pensions Act 1995, women born from 6 April 1950 to 5 April 1953 were eligible for the basic State Pension on a phased basis between 6 May 2010 and 6 March 2016. They had a State Pension age of between 60 years and one day and 63 years.

Details can be found in Table 1 here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a7f02e640f0b62305b84929/spa-timetable.pdf




Gareth Snell mentioned

Parliamentary Debates
Assets of Community Value (Sports Facilities)
2 speeches (1,018 words)
1st reading1st Reading
Wednesday 7th May 2025 - Commons Chamber

Mentions:
1: Emma Foody (LAB - Cramlington and Killingworth) , Chris Vince, Sally Jameson, Anneliese Midgley, Dame Karen Bradley, Ellie Chowns, Joe Morris, Gareth Snell - Link to Speech

Energy Prices: Energy-intensive Industries
38 speeches (4,396 words)
Thursday 1st May 2025 - Commons Chamber
Department for Business and Trade
Mentions:
1: Liam Byrne (Lab - Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North) Friend the Member for Stoke-on-Trent Central (Gareth Snell) is an enormous champion of the ceramics industry - Link to Speech



Select Committee Documents
Friday 9th May 2025
Report - Twenty-third Report - 2 Statutory Instruments Reported

Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee)

Found: Democrat; Witney) Andrew Pakes (Labour; Peterborough) David Pinto-Duschinsky (Labour; Hendon) Gareth Snell

Friday 2nd May 2025
Report - Twenty-second Report - 3 Statutory Instruments Reported

Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee)

Found: Democrat; Witney) Andrew Pakes (Labour; Peterborough) David Pinto-Duschinsky (Labour; Hendon) Gareth Snell

Friday 2nd May 2025
Report - Seventh Report of Session 2024-25 - 1 Statutory Instrument Reported

Statutory Instruments (Select Committee)

Found: Democrat; Witney) Andrew Pakes (Labour; Peterborough) David Pinto-Duschinsky (Labour; Hendon) Gareth Snell




Gareth Snell - Select Committee Information

Calendar
Tuesday 20th May 2025 10 a.m.
Committee on Standards - Private Meeting
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Tuesday 20th May 2025 10 a.m.
Committee on Standards - Oral evidence
Subject: Outside employment and interests
At 10:30am: Oral evidence
Sebastian Enser Wight - Chief Strategy Officer at LBC
Tom Cheal - Senior Managing Editor at LBC
At 11:30am: Oral evidence
Professor David Hine - Emeritus Fellow and Tutor in Politics at Christ Church, University of Oxford
Ms Rose Whiffen - Senior Research Officer at Transparency International UK
Alex Parsons - Democracy Lead at MySociety
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Tuesday 20th May 2025 10 a.m.
Committee on Standards - Oral evidence
Subject: Outside employment and interests
At 10:30am: Oral evidence
Sebastian Enser Wight - Chief Strategy Officer at LBC
Tom Cheal - Senior Managing Editor at LBC
At 11:30am: Oral evidence
Professor David Hine - Emeritus Fellow and Tutor in Politics at Christ Church, University of Oxford
Ms Rose Whiffen - Senior Research Officer at Transparency International UK
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Tuesday 20th May 2025 10 a.m.
Committee on Standards - Oral evidence
Subject: Outside employment and interests
At 10:30am: Oral evidence
Tom Cheal - Senior Managing Editor at LBC
At 11:30am: Oral evidence
Professor David Hine - Emeritus Fellow and Tutor in Politics at Christ Church, University of Oxford
Ms Rose Whiffen - Senior Research Officer at Transparency International UK
Alex Parsons - Democracy Lead at MySociety
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Tuesday 13th May 2025 10 a.m.
Committee on Standards - Oral evidence
Subject: Outside employment and interests
At 10:15am: Oral evidence
Cristina Nicolotti Squires - Group Director for Broadcasting and Media at Ofcom
Kate Davies - Public Policy Director at Ofcom
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Tuesday 20th May 2025 10 a.m.
Committee on Standards - Oral evidence
Subject: Outside employment and interests
At 10:30am: Oral evidence
Sebastian Enser-Wight - Chief Strategy Officer at Global Media & Entertainment
Tom Cheal - Senior Managing Editor at LBC
At 11:30am: Oral evidence
Professor David Hine - Emeritus Fellow and Tutor in Politics at Christ Church, University of Oxford
Ms Rose Whiffen - Senior Research Officer at Transparency International UK
Alex Parsons - Democracy Lead at MySociety
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Wednesday 14th May 2025 3:40 p.m.
Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) - Private Meeting
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Wednesday 21st May 2025 3:40 p.m.
Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) - Private Meeting
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Wednesday 4th June 2025 3:40 p.m.
Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) - Private Meeting
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Wednesday 11th June 2025 3:40 p.m.
Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) - Private Meeting
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Select Committee Documents
Friday 2nd May 2025
Report - Twenty-second Report - 3 Statutory Instruments Reported

Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee)
Friday 2nd May 2025
Report - Seventh Report of Session 2024-25 - 1 Statutory Instrument Reported

Statutory Instruments (Select Committee)
Friday 9th May 2025
Report - Twenty-third Report - 2 Statutory Instruments Reported

Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee)
Tuesday 13th May 2025
Attendance statistics - Members' attendance 2024-25 (Standards)

Committee on Standards
Tuesday 13th May 2025
Oral Evidence - 2025-05-13 10:15:00+01:00

Outside employment and interests - Committee on Standards
Friday 16th May 2025
Report - Twenty-fourth Report - 2 Statutory Instruments Reported

Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee)
Tuesday 20th May 2025
Oral Evidence - 2025-05-20 10:30:00+01:00

Outside employment and interests - Committee on Standards
Friday 23rd May 2025
Report - Twenty-fifth Report - 2 Statutory Instruments Reported

Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee)