Information between 15th July 2025 - 25th July 2025
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Division Votes |
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15 Jul 2025 - Welfare Spending - View Vote Context Grahame Morris voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 344 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 106 Noes - 440 |
15 Jul 2025 - Taxes - View Vote Context Grahame Morris voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 333 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 165 Noes - 342 |
Speeches |
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Grahame Morris speeches from: Orgreave Inquiry
Grahame Morris contributed 1 speech (203 words) Tuesday 22nd July 2025 - Commons Chamber Home Office |
Grahame Morris speeches from: Sir David Amess Summer Adjournment
Grahame Morris contributed 1 speech (365 words) Tuesday 22nd July 2025 - Commons Chamber |
Written Answers |
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Kinship Care: Finance
Asked by: Grahame Morris (Labour - Easington) Wednesday 16th July 2025 Question to the Department for Education: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what is the eligibility criteria for local authorities to qualify to be a pilot area for a financial allowance for kinship carers. Answered by Janet Daby - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education) All local authorities are eligible to apply for the Kinship Allowance Pilot, except for those which have received a section 114 notice and/or already offer a regular financial allowance that matches the National Minimum Allowance (NMA) to kinship carers with legal orders. Local authorities remain eligible to apply if they pay a financial allowance that matches the NMA, but one of the following applies:
Local authorities will be ineligible to apply for the kinship allowance pilot if all the following conditions are met:
Further information can be found online at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/apply-to-become-a-kinship-allowance-pilot-provider. |
Prisons: Education
Asked by: Grahame Morris (Labour - Easington) Tuesday 22nd July 2025 Question to the Ministry of Justice: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2025 to Question 34243, Prisons: Education, what guidance was given to her Department by (a) HM Treasury and (b) other Departments on the application of New Fair Deal to prison educators transferring from further education colleges to the private sector as a result of new Prison Education Service contracts. Answered by Nicholas Dakin - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury The Department followed guidance from His Majesty’s Treasury (HMT), at the time of tender publication, and included all the relevant details to bidders on the application of the New Fair Deal (NFD) in the Invitation to Tender documentation. Further information can be found using the following links: Prisoner Education Services Panel (Inc. Core Education) - Find a Tender (find-tender.service.gov.uk) and Procurement for the Provision of Prisoner Education Services (Careers Information, Advice and Guidance (CIAG)) - Find a Tender. Once HMT policy on pensions was announced on 14 November 2024, all contracts were awarded to suppliers to include the application of NFD to transferring educators. |
Prisons: Education
Asked by: Grahame Morris (Labour - Easington) Tuesday 22nd July 2025 Question to the Ministry of Justice: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2025 to Question 34243, Prisons: Education, whether prison educators who transfer from further education colleges to the private sector as a result of new Prison Education Service contracts will have access to (a) the Local Government Pension Scheme and (b) the Teachers' Pension Scheme. Answered by Nicholas Dakin - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury I can confirm that staff transferring from further education colleges to the private sector will have access to (a) the Local Government Pension Scheme and (b) the Teachers' Pension Scheme. |
Prisons: Education
Asked by: Grahame Morris (Labour - Easington) Tuesday 22nd July 2025 Question to the Ministry of Justice: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2025 to Question 34243, Prisons: Education, whether New Fair Deal will apply to prison educators transferring from further education colleges to the private sector as a result of new Prison Education Service contracts. Answered by Nicholas Dakin - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury I can confirm that the New Fair Deal will apply. The Department will honour the Government pension policy set by His Majesty’s Treasury. |
Prisons: Education
Asked by: Grahame Morris (Labour - Easington) Tuesday 22nd July 2025 Question to the Ministry of Justice: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2025 to Question 34243, Prisons: Education, whether her Department will underwrite New Fair Deal for staff transferring from further education colleges to the private sector in the event that the admitting process to relevant public-sector pension schemes to seek admitted body status as a result of new Prison Education Service contracts is not complete before the effective date of transfer of staff. Answered by Nicholas Dakin - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury The application process is managed by the supplier and so no such assurance can be provided by the Department. As the scheme employer, the Department works proactively with suppliers supporting early applications being made to obtain admitted body status and to provide a scheme guarantee from the relevant Secretary of State in the Admissions Agreement expediently. The Department also works with the supplier to ensure migration plans and post migration plans have a confirmed process for maintaining the pension status until the individuals are fully admitted. |
Prisons: Education
Asked by: Grahame Morris (Labour - Easington) Tuesday 22nd July 2025 Question to the Ministry of Justice: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2025 to Question 34243, Prisons: Education, whether her Department has made any assurances to private-sector providers of prison education as to whether the admitting process to relevant public-sector pension schemes to seek admitted body status as a result of new Prison Education Service contracts will be complete before the effective date of transfer of staff. Answered by Nicholas Dakin - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury The application process is managed by the supplier and so no such assurance can be provided by the Department. As the scheme employer, the Department works proactively with suppliers supporting early applications being made to obtain admitted body status and to provide a scheme guarantee from the relevant Secretary of State in the Admissions Agreement expediently. |
Prisons: Education
Asked by: Grahame Morris (Labour - Easington) Tuesday 22nd July 2025 Question to the Ministry of Justice: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2025 to Question 34243, Prisons: Education, whether her Department has made any assurances to private-sector providers of prison education in the event that applications to relevant public-sector pension schemes to seek admitted body status as a result of new Prison Education Service contracts are unsuccessful. Answered by Nicholas Dakin - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury The Department has not made any such assurances to private-sector providers of prison education. Instead, as the scheme employer, the Department works collaboratively with suppliers to assist in the completion of their Admissions Agreement(s) to the appropriate pension fund. Furthermore, the Department provides a scheme guarantee from the Secretary of State in the Admissions Agreement. |
Prisons: Education
Asked by: Grahame Morris (Labour - Easington) Tuesday 22nd July 2025 Question to the Ministry of Justice: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2025 to Question 34243 on Prisons: Education, what guidance her Department has provided to private-sector providers of prison education on establishing contingency plans in the event that the admitting process to relevant public-sector pension schemes to seek admitted body status as a result of new Prison Education Service contracts is not complete before the effective date of transfer of staff. Answered by Nicholas Dakin - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury The Department works with the supplier to ensure migration plans and post migration plans have a confirmed process for maintaining the pension status until the supplier is fully admitted. |
Prisons: Education
Asked by: Grahame Morris (Labour - Easington) Tuesday 22nd July 2025 Question to the Ministry of Justice: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2025 to Question 34243, Prisons: Education, whether it is her expectation that private-sector providers of prison education will apply directly to relevant public-sector pension schemes to seek admitted body status as a result of new Prison Education Service contracts. Answered by Nicholas Dakin - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury It is the expectation that private-sector providers of prison education will apply directly to relevant public-sector pension schemes to seek admitted body status. The Department will collaborate with suppliers to achieve admittance to relevant pension schemes. |
Food Supply
Asked by: Grahame Morris (Labour - Easington) Wednesday 23rd July 2025 Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 July 2025 to Question 64014 on Food Supply, by what metrics his Department (a) measures and (b) forecasts annual domestic food production. Answered by Daniel Zeichner - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) Defra produces a comprehensive set of metrics to measure annual domestic food production but does not produce forecasts of domestic food production. These statistics cover a wide range of indicators, including:
These metrics are publicly available in either the annual publication "Agriculture in the United Kingdom" at Agriculture in the United Kingdom - GOV.UK or on the Food & Farming Statistics publication page at Food, Farming and Bio-security statistics - GOV.UK. |
Early Day Motions |
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Thursday 17th July 12 signatures (Most recent: 22 Jul 2025) Tabled by: Grahame Morris (Labour - Easington) That this House recognises that the blood-borne virus hepatitis C, which disproportionately affects disadvantaged and marginalised communities, is preventable, treatable and curable; notes that the United Kingdom’s commitment to achieve the World Health Organization’s goal to eliminate hepatitis C as a public health concern by 2030 would have a huge … |
Early Day Motions Signed |
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Tuesday 22nd July Grahame Morris signed this EDM as a sponsor on Tuesday 22nd July 2025 Arrest of protestors in Liverpool 10 signatures (Most recent: 22 Jul 2025)Tabled by: John McDonnell (Independent - Hayes and Harlington) That this House expresses its concern at the physical methods used by the police to arrest a 74 year old woman protesting about Palestine in Liverpool on Sunday 20 July 2025; and calls upon the Secretary of State for the Home Department to launch an independent inquiry into the methods … |
Monday 21st July Grahame Morris signed this EDM on Monday 21st July 2025 31 signatures (Most recent: 23 Jul 2025) Tabled by: Richard Burgon (Labour - Leeds East) That this House welcomes the proposal from leading tax experts for the introduction of an annual wealth tax of 2% on individual assets over £10 million, which could raise an estimated £24 billion each year; believes that such a measure would represent a fairer alternative to cuts and could provide … |
Monday 14th July Grahame Morris signed this EDM on Wednesday 16th July 2025 Peace and sovereignty in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 23 signatures (Most recent: 22 Jul 2025)Tabled by: Kim Johnson (Labour - Liverpool Riverside) That this House expresses deep concerns about the devastating violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and the humanitarian crisis that’s caused over 15 million civilian deaths since 1996; notes that Amnesty International and UN experts have reported that the Rwandan-backed M-23 militia is committing war crimes through arbitrary … |
Parliamentary Debates |
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Sir David Amess Summer Adjournment
116 speeches (35,223 words) Tuesday 22nd July 2025 - Commons Chamber Mentions: 1: David Reed (Con - Exmouth and Exeter East) Member for Easington (Grahame Morris) for his kind words about Sir David. - Link to Speech 2: Anna McMorrin (Lab - Cardiff North) Friend the Member for Easington (Grahame Morris) spoke about World Hepatitis Day, which is on 28 July - Link to Speech |
Bill Documents |
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Jul. 23 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 23 July 2025 - large print Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL] 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: REPORT STAGE Wednesday 23 July 2025 28 _NC25 Grahame Morris Kate Osborne John McDonnell Kim Johnson |
Jul. 23 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 23 July 2025 Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL] 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: _NC25 Grahame Morris Kate Osborne John McDonnell Kim Johnson REPORT STAGE Wednesday 23 July 2025 |
Jul. 22 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 22 July 2025 - large print Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL] 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: REPORT STAGE Tuesday 22 July 2025 _NC25 Grahame Morris . |
Jul. 22 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 22 July 2025 Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL] 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: _NC25 Grahame Morris . |
Jul. 21 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 21 July 2025 Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL] 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: _NC25 Grahame Morris . |
Jul. 21 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 21 July 2025 - large print Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL] 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: _NC25 Grahame Morris . |
Jul. 18 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 18 July 2025 Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL] 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: _NC25 Grahame Morris ★. |
Jul. 18 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 18 July 2025 - large print Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL] 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: _NC25 Grahame Morris ★. |