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Grahame Morris

Labour - Easington

First elected: 6th May 2010


Licensing Hours Extensions Bill
7th Feb 2024 - 30th May 2024
Transport Committee
2nd Mar 2020 - 30th May 2024
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill Select Committee (Commons)
13th Dec 2022 - 30th May 2024
Space Industry (Indemnities) Bill
1st May 2024 - 8th May 2024
Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill
24th Apr 2024 - 1st May 2024
Automated Vehicles Bill [HL]
13th Mar 2024 - 19th Mar 2024
Building Societies Act 1986 (Amendment) Bill
31st Jan 2024 - 7th Feb 2024
Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) Bill
1st Mar 2023 - 8th Mar 2023
Equipment Theft (Prevention) Bill
25th Jan 2023 - 1st Feb 2023
Seafarers' Wages Bill [HL]
11th Jan 2023 - 17th Jan 2023
Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL]
9th Feb 2022 - 10th Feb 2022
Consolidation, &c., Bills (Joint Committee)
9th Mar 2020 - 6th Jul 2020
Consolidation Bills (Joint Committee)
9th Mar 2020 - 6th Jul 2020
Consolidation, &c., Bills (Joint Committee)
6th Nov 2017 - 6th Nov 2019
Consolidation Bills (Joint Committee)
6th Nov 2017 - 6th Nov 2019
Transport Committee
5th Feb 2018 - 6th Nov 2019
Consolidation, &c., Bills (Joint Committee)
9th Nov 2015 - 3rd May 2017
Consolidation Bills (Joint Committee)
9th Nov 2015 - 3rd May 2017
Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and Shadow Minister for the Constitutional Convention
28th Jun 2016 - 7th Oct 2016
Opposition Whip (Commons)
18th Sep 2015 - 28th Jun 2016
Health and Social Care Committee
12th Jul 2010 - 30th Mar 2015


Division Voting information

During the current Parliament, Grahame Morris has voted in 0 divisions, and never against the majority of their Party.
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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.

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Legislation Debates
Grahame Morris has not made any spoken contributions to legislative debate
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Latest EDMs signed by Grahame Morris

17th July 2024
Grahame Morris signed this EDM as the primary signatory on Wednesday 17th July 2024

Avoidable deaths

Tabled by: Grahame Morris (Labour - Easington)
That this House is alarmed by Office for National Statistics data on avoidable mortality released on 18 June 2024 showing that the Avoidable Age-Standardised Mortality Rate (ASMR) for alcohol-related and drug-related deaths has continued to increase in England and Wales; notes that the ASMR for such deaths in England was …
13 signatures
(Most recent: 19 Jul 2024)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 8
Plaid Cymru: 4
Independent: 1
17th July 2024
Grahame Morris signed this EDM on Wednesday 17th July 2024

Ending the two-child benefit cap

Tabled by: Kim Johnson (Labour - Liverpool Riverside)
That this House recognises the new data published by the Department for Work and Pensions on the two-child limit to benefit payments which shows that there are now 1.6 million children living in families impacted by this policy, or one in every nine children; further recognises that of those families …
35 signatures
(Most recent: 18 Jul 2024)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 21
Green Party: 4
Plaid Cymru: 4
Independent: 4
Social Democratic & Labour Party: 2
Alliance: 1
Liberal Democrat: 1
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Commons initiatives

These initiatives were driven by Grahame Morris, 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.


Grahame Morris has not been granted any Urgent Questions

Grahame Morris has not been granted any Adjournment Debates

3 Bills introduced by Grahame Morris


A Bill to establish a duty on Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service and private prison operators to minimise violence in prisons; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 40%

Last Event - 2nd Reading
Friday 6th May 2022

A Bill to amend the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to apply its provisions to private healthcare companies and other bodies seeking health service contracts; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading: House Of Commons
Monday 1st September 2014

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 amend the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to apply to private healthcare companies; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading: House Of Commons
Tuesday 8th October 2013

Grahame Morris has not asked any Written Questions in the current parliament