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Division Votes
8 Jul 2025 - Football Governance Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Grahame Morris voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 331 Labour Aye votes vs 1 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 415 Noes - 98
8 Jul 2025 - Football Governance Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Grahame Morris voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 336 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 86 Noes - 340
8 Jul 2025 - Football Governance Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Grahame Morris voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 338 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 167 Noes - 346
8 Jul 2025 - Football Governance Bill [Lords] - 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 - 178 Noes - 338
9 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context Grahame Morris voted No - against a party majority and against the House One of 47 Labour No votes vs 333 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 336 Noes - 242
9 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context Grahame Morris voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House One of 47 Labour Aye votes vs 331 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 149 Noes - 334
9 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context Grahame Morris voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House One of 35 Labour Aye votes vs 333 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 130 Noes - 443
9 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context Grahame Morris voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 377 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 103 Noes - 416
9 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context Grahame Morris voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 356 Labour No votes vs 8 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 35 Noes - 469
9 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context Grahame Morris voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 377 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 175 Noes - 401
9 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context Grahame Morris voted No - against a party majority and against the House One of 37 Labour No votes vs 330 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 335 Noes - 135
9 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context Grahame Morris voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 364 Labour No votes vs 7 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 105 Noes - 370
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
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
Grahame Morris speeches from: Alcohol and Cancer Grahame Morris contributed 3 speeches (1,296 words) Tuesday 8th July 2025 - Westminster Hall Department of Health and Social Care

Written Answers
Offshore Industry: North Sea Asked by: Grahame Morris (Labour - Easington) Monday 7th July 2025 Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when he plans to respond to the consultation entitled Building the North Sea’s energy future which closed on 30 April 2025. Answered by Michael Shanks - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero) DESNZ is currently analysing the responses received. We will publish a government response setting out our next steps in due course.
Self-employed: Wood Group Asked by: Grahame Morris (Labour - Easington) Monday 7th July 2025 Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will discuss the position of contractor employees at Wood Group with trade union signatories to the Energy Services Agreement. Answered by Michael Shanks - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero) Ministers and officials regularly engage with trade union representatives to discuss a variety of issues.
Offshore Industry: Wood Group Asked by: Grahame Morris (Labour - Easington) Monday 7th July 2025 Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent assessment he has made of the viability of the Wood Group’s North Sea oil and gas contracts. Answered by Michael Shanks - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero) Wood Group’s North Sea oil and gas contracts are a commercial matter for the company.
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: Deductions are applied to the financial allowance, such as means testing. Financial support is provided for a limited duration. Financial support is only provided to some of the cohort. Local authorities will be ineligible to apply for the kinship allowance pilot if all the following conditions are met: They provide a weekly financial allowance for all Special Guardianship Orders and Child Arrangements Orders, granted through either private or public law. The allowance is equal to or greater than the Fostering NMA. The allowance is paid continuously until the child turns 18. The allowance is not subject to any deductions or limits, such as means testing or time cap. 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: Arable & Horticultural crop areas Crop yields Volume of production and value of crops, fruit and vegetables, red meat, poultry, dairy, and eggs Volume of production of dairy and egg products Imports and exports of agricultural commodities Total domestic uses of these commodities Livestock populations, including the breeding population, of cattle, pigs, sheep, and poultry Production to Supply ratios of all major agricultural commodities 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.

Written Answers

Offshore Industry: North Sea
Asked by: Grahame Morris (Labour - Easington)
Monday 7th July 2025

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when he plans to respond to the consultation entitled Building the North Sea’s energy future which closed on 30 April 2025.

Answered by Michael Shanks - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

DESNZ is currently analysing the responses received. We will publish a government response setting out our next steps in due course.

Self-employed: Wood Group
Asked by: Grahame Morris (Labour - Easington)
Monday 7th July 2025

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will discuss the position of contractor employees at Wood Group with trade union signatories to the Energy Services Agreement.

Answered by Michael Shanks - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

Ministers and officials regularly engage with trade union representatives to discuss a variety of issues.

Offshore Industry: Wood Group
Asked by: Grahame Morris (Labour - Easington)
Monday 7th July 2025

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent assessment he has made of the viability of the Wood Group’s North Sea oil and gas contracts.

Answered by Michael Shanks - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

Wood Group’s North Sea oil and gas contracts are a commercial matter for the company.

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:

Deductions are applied to the financial allowance, such as means testing.
Financial support is provided for a limited duration.
Financial support is only provided to some of the cohort.

Local authorities will be ineligible to apply for the kinship allowance pilot if all the following conditions are met:

They provide a weekly financial allowance for all Special Guardianship Orders and Child Arrangements Orders, granted through either private or public law.
The allowance is equal to or greater than the Fostering NMA.
The allowance is paid continuously until the child turns 18.
The allowance is not subject to any deductions or limits, such as means testing or time cap.

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

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:

Arable & Horticultural crop areas
Crop yields
Volume of production and value of crops, fruit and vegetables, red meat, poultry, dairy, and eggs
Volume of production of dairy and egg products
Imports and exports of agricultural commodities
Total domestic uses of these commodities
Livestock populations, including the breeding population, of cattle, pigs, sheep, and poultry
Production to Supply ratios of all major agricultural commodities

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
Wednesday 9th July Outsourced cleaners on Tyne and Wear Metro 26 signatures (Most recent: 21 Jul 2025) Tabled by: Grahame Morris (Labour - Easington) That this House welcomes the Labour Government’s promise to ‘oversee the biggest wave of insourcing for a generation’; notes that the North East Combined Authority transport provider Nexus, while publicly owned, outsources cleaning of the Tyne and Wear Metro to a private company, Churchill, and that this contract is now …
Wednesday 9th July Apprenticeships strategy 16 signatures (Most recent: 22 Jul 2025) Tabled by: Grahame Morris (Labour - Easington) That this House believes that the scandal of low pay for apprentices must end and that apprentices need pay above the national living wage, covered by Collective Bargaining; is concerned that many apprenticeships are offered on fixed-term contracts, meaning there is no guaranteed offer of employment to follow; recognises that …
Thursday 17th July Hepatitis C elimination 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
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 Proposal for a wealth tax 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 …
Monday 7th July Grahame Morris signed this EDM on Monday 14th July 2025 Equitable national prostate cancer screening 51 signatures (Most recent: 22 Jul 2025) Tabled by: Martin Wrigley (Liberal Democrat - Newton Abbot) That this House welcomes the #ProactiveForYourProstate campaign led by Prostate Cancer Research (PCR); congratulates campaigners, such as Teignmouth campaigner Jason Yeo, for their work advocating for prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing for all men at age 50, and earlier for those in high-risk categories; calls for the Government to back this …
Wednesday 9th July Grahame Morris signed this EDM on Thursday 10th July 2025 Government policy on the Hillsborough Law 76 signatures (Most recent: 22 Jul 2025) Tabled by: Ian Byrne (Labour - Liverpool West Derby) That this House notes the Prime Minister’s promise to introduce the Hillsborough Law to Parliament before the 36th anniversary of the disaster on 15 April 2025; deeply regrets that this commitment was not met and that the Government has yet to table the legislation; expresses grave concern at reports that …
Tuesday 8th July Grahame Morris signed this EDM as a sponsor on Tuesday 8th July 2025 Funding for training of professional journalists 24 signatures (Most recent: 21 Jul 2025) Tabled by: Rebecca Long Bailey (Labour - Salford) That this House is worried by guidance issued by the Secretary of State for Education to the Office for Students which suggests that the Department has decided to withdraw Strategic Priorities Grant funding from journalism courses for the 2025-26 financial year; shares the concerns of the National Union of Journalists …
Monday 7th July Grahame Morris signed this EDM as a sponsor on Monday 7th July 2025 Safe Inside Prisons Charter 21 signatures (Most recent: 15 Jul 2025) Tabled by: Liz Saville Roberts (Plaid Cymru - Dwyfor Meirionnydd) That this House notes with alarm the rising levels of violence against prison staff, which again have reached record highs after briefly dipping during the pandemic lockdowns; further notes with alarm the toxic culture of unacceptable behaviour within HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) identified by the Rademaker Review into …

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Parliamentary Debates
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
Alcohol and Cancer 31 speeches (11,146 words) Tuesday 8th July 2025 - Westminster Hall Department of Health and Social Care Mentions: 1: Caroline Johnson (Con - Sleaford and North Hykeham) Member for Easington (Grahame Morris) talked about an alcohol strategy; I would like to know whether - Link to Speech 2: Ashley Dalton (Lab - West Lancashire) Friend the Member for Easington (Grahame Morris) mentioned the real impacts on communities and families - Link to Speech

Parliamentary Debates

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

Alcohol and Cancer
31 speeches (11,146 words)
Tuesday 8th July 2025 - Westminster Hall
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Caroline Johnson (Con - Sleaford and North Hykeham) Member for Easington (Grahame Morris) talked about an alcohol strategy; I would like to know whether - Link to Speech
2: Ashley Dalton (Lab - West Lancashire) Friend the Member for Easington (Grahame Morris) mentioned the real impacts on communities and families - Link to Speech

Bill Documents
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 - large print 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. 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 ★.
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. 09 2025 Committee of the whole House Amendments as at 9 July 2025 - large print Universal Credit Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Bell Ribeiro-Addy Dr Simon Opher Ellie Chowns Ayoub Khan Iqbal Mohamed Jeremy Corbyn Grahame Morris
Jul. 09 2025 Committee of the whole House Proceedings as at 9 July 2025 Universal Credit Bill 2024-26 Bill proceedings: Commons Found: Sultana Bell Ribeiro-Addy Dr Simon Opher Ellie Chowns Ayoub Khan Iqbal Mohamed Jeremy Corbyn Grahame Morris
Jul. 09 2025 Committee of the whole House Amendments as at as at 9 July 2025 Universal Credit Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Sultana Bell Ribeiro-Addy Dr Simon Opher Ellie Chowns Ayoub Khan Iqbal Mohamed Jeremy Corbyn Grahame Morris
Jul. 08 2025 Notices of Amendments as at 8 July 2025 Universal Credit Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Sultana Bell Ribeiro-Addy Dr Simon Opher Ellie Chowns Ayoub Khan Iqbal Mohamed Jeremy Corbyn Grahame Morris
Jul. 08 2025 Notices of Amendments as at 8 July 2025 - large print Universal Credit Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Bell Ribeiro-Addy Dr Simon Opher Ellie Chowns Ayoub Khan Iqbal Mohamed Jeremy Corbyn Grahame Morris