Information between 7th June 2025 - 17th June 2025
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9 Jun 2025 - Planning and Infrastructure Bill - View Vote Context Helen Morgan voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 57 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 180 Noes - 307 |
9 Jun 2025 - Planning and Infrastructure Bill - View Vote Context Helen Morgan voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 54 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 73 Noes - 323 |
9 Jun 2025 - Planning and Infrastructure Bill - View Vote Context Helen Morgan voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 55 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 167 Noes - 334 |
10 Jun 2025 - Planning and Infrastructure Bill - View Vote Context Helen Morgan voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 58 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 78 Noes - 309 |
10 Jun 2025 - Planning and Infrastructure Bill - View Vote Context Helen Morgan voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 56 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 306 Noes - 174 |
10 Jun 2025 - Planning and Infrastructure Bill - View Vote Context Helen Morgan voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 58 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 73 Noes - 312 |
10 Jun 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Helen Morgan voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 56 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 1 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 304 Noes - 189 |
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Helen Morgan speeches from: Oral Answers to Questions
Helen Morgan contributed 1 speech (87 words) Monday 9th June 2025 - Commons Chamber Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government |
Helen Morgan speeches from: Planning and Infrastructure Bill
Helen Morgan contributed 1 speech (91 words) Report stage (day 1) Monday 9th June 2025 - Commons Chamber Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government |
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Local Transport Plans
Asked by: Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat - North Shropshire) Monday 9th June 2025 Question to the Department for Transport: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 October 2024 to Question 5803 on Local Transport Plans, what progress she has made on reviewing guidance for Local Transport Authorities on Local Transport Plans. Answered by Simon Lightwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport) The Government is currently reviewing guidance for Local Transport Authorities on Local Transport Plans. The Government intends to publish updated Local Transport Plan guidance later this year. |
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Integrated Care Boards: Redundancy
Asked by: Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat - North Shropshire) Tuesday 10th June 2025 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England has provided guidance to integrated care boards on sequencing cost reduction to avoid operational disruption. Answered by Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care) NHS England provided guidance to integrated care boards (ICBs), National Health Service trusts, and NHS foundation trusts in a letter on 1 April 2025, where ICBs were tasked with developing plans setting out how they will manage their resources to deliver across their priorities. This letter is available at the following link: https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/working-together-in-2025-26-to-lay-the-foundations-for-reform/ NHS England has also circulated a draft of The Model ICB - blueprint document to all ICBs to assist them in shaping their future plans, including which functions they should focus on. These ICB reforms are not about reductions to front line services. We are clarifying the role of ICBs to focus on strategic commissioning and reduce duplication. ICBs have submitted their plans to deliver these changes, and NHS England is currently reviewing these plans, including implementation. |
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Dairy Farming: North Shropshire
Asked by: Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat - North Shropshire) Tuesday 10th June 2025 Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support dairy farmers in North Shropshire constituency. Answered by Daniel Zeichner - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) This Government recognises that food security is national security, and that it requires a resilient and healthy food system that works with nature and supports farmers. That is why we are introducing new deals for farmers to boost rural economic growth and strengthen food security.
Ensuring fairness in supply chains is key for UK dairy farmers in supporting the sustainability of the sector. The Fair Dealing Obligations (Milk) Regulations 2024 apply to new dairy contracts from 9 July 2024 and all dairy contracts from 9 July 2025. These regulations improve fairness and transparency, requiring clear terms on pricing, termination, and prohibiting unilateral changes. |
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Neighbourhood Plans: Parish and Town Councils
Asked by: Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat - North Shropshire) Wednesday 11th June 2025 Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to support town and parish councils with the costs of developing Neighbourhood Development Plans. Answered by Matthew Pennycook - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government) I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 55389 on 5 June 2025. |
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Integrated Care Boards: Redundancy
Asked by: Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat - North Shropshire) Tuesday 10th June 2025 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England has (a) issued and (b) waived guidance to integrated care boards on redundancy policies since 1 April 2025. Answered by Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care) NHS England expects integrated care boards (ICBs) to manage any change programmes within their local policies. Where two or more ICBs come together, we will expect them to apply a consistent change policy approach, as agreed with local unions. |
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Bus Services: North Shropshire
Asked by: Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat - North Shropshire) Thursday 12th June 2025 Question to the Department for Transport: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to improve (a) access to and (b) the (i) frequency and (ii) affordability of bus services in North Shropshire constituency. Answered by Simon Lightwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport) The government recognises the importance of accessible, frequent and affordable bus services in keeping communities connected. The government introduced the Bus Services (No.2) Bill on 17 December as part of its ambitious plan for bus reform. The Bill puts the power over local bus services back in the hands of local leaders and is intended to ensure bus services reflect the needs of the communities that rely on them right across England, including in North Shropshire. In addition, the government has confirmed £955 million for the 2025 to 2026 financial year to support and improve bus services in England outside London. This includes £243 million for bus operators and £712 million allocated to local authorities across the country, of which Shropshire Council has been allocated £4.5 million. Local authorities can use this funding to introduce new bus routes, make services more frequent and protect crucial bus routes for local communities. Future funding for buses will be announced following the conclusion of the multi-year spending review. |
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Integrated Care Boards: Redundancy
Asked by: Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat - North Shropshire) Thursday 12th June 2025 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has approved a national redundancy scheme for the 50% integrated care board cost reduction target; and whether he has allocated funds allocated to meet exit costs. Answered by Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care) There are significant workforce implications following the Prime Minister’s announcement of the integration of the Department and NHS England, and the associated reduction in size, as well as the subsequent announcement of integrated care board and National Health Service trusts corporate cost reductions. These reforms will deliver a more efficient, leaner centre, and will also free up capacity and help deliver significant savings of hundreds of millions of pounds a year, which will be reinvested in frontline services to cut waiting times through the Government’s Plan for Change. Through the 2025 Spending Review, we are working with NHS England and HM Treasury on how the costs of restructuring will be met. Those discussions have not yet concluded. NHS England expects to launch a national scheme shortly. |
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Integrated Care Boards: Finance
Asked by: Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat - North Shropshire) Thursday 12th June 2025 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking with NHS England to ensure (a) patient safety and (b) the maintenance of the NHS’ statutory functions following changes to the level of funding for to integrated care boards. Answered by Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care) NHS England has asked integrated care boards (ICBs) to act primarily as strategic commissioners of health and care services and to reduce the duplication of responsibilities within their structure, with the expectation of achieving a reduction in their running cost allowance. NHS England provided additional guidance to ICBs, National Health Service trusts, and NHS foundation trusts in a letter on 1 April 2025. This letter is available at the following link: https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/working-together-in-2025-26-to-lay-the-foundations-for-reform/ These changes will form part of a package of measures, including the forthcoming 10-Year Health Plan, that positively impact patient care and safety by driving quality of care, productivity, and innovation in the NHS. ICBs will continue to deliver their statutory responsibilities and will work with the new transformation team at the top of NHS England, led by Sir Jim Mackey, to ensure this is done effectively and within the running costs allowance, and that the savings will be reinvested in frontline services to deliver better care for patients. |
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Banking Hubs: Market Towns
Asked by: Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat - North Shropshire) Thursday 12th June 2025 Question to the HM Treasury: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of LINK’s banking hub criteria for market towns. Answered by Emma Reynolds - Economic Secretary (HM Treasury) The Government understands the importance of face-to-face banking to communities and high streets in market towns and across the UK, and is committed to championing sufficient access for all as a priority. This is why the Government is working closely with industry to roll out 350 banking hubs across the UK. The UK banking sector has committed to deliver these hubs by the end of this Parliament. Over 230 hubs have been announced so far, and over 160 are already open. Where a branch closure is announced or a community has submitted a cash access assessment request, LINK, the independent industry coordinating body responsible for making access to cash assessments, assesses a community’s access to cash needs. LINK will recommend appropriate solutions where it considers that a community requires additional cash services, such as a banking hub or deposit service. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) rules require LINK to consider a range of factors in their assessments which will account for challenges in cash access faced by market towns. For example, firms are required to consider the actual travel times and costs to reach cash access facilities and identify gaps in provision where these are unreasonable, which may be particularly the case in rural areas.
LINK also takes into account local population demographics and levels of vulnerability within the community. The criteria also assess whether there is likely to be seasonal demand for cash, which may be the case in certain market towns. These considerations help to ensure the specific needs of a community are assessed. Any decisions on changes to LINK’s independent assessment criteria are a matter for LINK and the financial services sector.
Alternative options to access everyday banking services can be via telephone banking, through digital means such as mobile or online banking, and via the Post Office. The Post Office Banking Framework allows personal and business customers to withdraw and deposit cash, check their balance, pay bills and cash cheques at 11,500 Post Office branches across the UK.
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Agriculture and Business: Inheritance Tax
Asked by: Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat - North Shropshire) Thursday 12th June 2025 Question to the HM Treasury: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to Answer of 4 March 2025 to Question 33135 on Agriculture and Business: Inheritance Tax, what the evidential basis is that the alternative clawback mechanism to the proposed changes to agricultural property relief and business property relief would raise much less revenue. Answered by James Murray - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury) The Government believes its reforms to agricultural property relief and business property relief from 6 April 2026 get the balance right between supporting farms and businesses, and fixing the public finances. The reforms reduce the inheritance tax advantages available to owners of agricultural and business assets, but still mean those assets will be taxed at a much lower effective rate than most other assets. Despite a tough fiscal context, the Government will maintain very significant levels of relief from inheritance tax beyond what is available to others and compared to the position before 1992.
In accordance with standard practice, the Government does not publish internal modelling of alternative tax proposals that are not Government policy.
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Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Asked by: Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat - North Shropshire) Thursday 12th June 2025 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's guidance entitled Estates Safety Fund: 2025 to 2026, updated on 30 May 2025, whether the site for the funding allocated to the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is correct. Answered by Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care) The published list for the Estates Safety Fund has been updated to reflect the correct allocations for the Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care Board (ICB). Further information is available at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/estates-safety-fund-2025-to-2026 We apologise for the confusion caused and thank you for drawing this error to our attention. The following table shows the value of the estate infrastructure work, along with the site location and a short description of the work, for the Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin ICB:
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Tomography: Waiting Lists
Asked by: Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat - North Shropshire) Friday 13th June 2025 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for diagnostic scans in North Shropshire constituency. Answered by Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care) In March 2025, the diagnostic waiting list at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust was 14,808, 3,229 of which, or 21.8%, were waiting over six weeks. This compares to a waiting list of 12,771 in March 2024, where 3,165 people, or 24.8%, were waiting over six weeks. To date, the Shropshire Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care Board (ICB) has taken a number of steps to reduce waiting times for diagnostic tests. The Shrewsbury Telford and Wrekin Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) in Telford is providing additional capacity to see patients away from hospital sites, reducing unnecessary hospital visits. This fully operational, standard CDC is providing cardiorespiratory services, which include echocardiograms, spirometry, and electrocardiograms, as well as radiology, which includes computed tomography, x-ray, ultrasound, and magnetic resonance imaging scans, phlebotomy, and teledermatology services. The CDC is providing capacity for approximately 13,000 diagnostic tests each month. In addition to the CDC, there are currently two mobile magnetic resonance imaging scanners on site at the Princess Royal Hospital, and an additional room for scanning non-obstetric ultrasound patient referrals has been opened. Through the introduction of this additional capacity, imaging waiting lists have reduced by 41% from the end of January 2025 across the Shropshire Telford and Wrekin ICB. In January, 58% of imaging patients had a scan within six weeks of referral and, in May, 87% of patients had a scan within six weeks of referral. The Shropshire Telford and Wrekin ICB recognises that there is further to go in reducing diagnostic waiting times, and the system is now looking to extend opening hours at the Shrewsbury Telford and Wrekin CDC, in order to provide additional diagnostic capacity across all radiology services, alongside current magnetic resonance imaging services that are already open 12 hours a day, seven days a week. This will be supported by continuing work with the independent sector, through the outsourcing of reporting, to ensure scan results are available in a timely manner. Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin are committed to sustaining the improvements they are making to ensure patients are having the tests and scans they need at the right time. NHS England is also engaging with the Shropshire Telford and Wrekin ICB as part of the process to identify the most appropriate locations for new CDCs, and therefore there is the possibility of a second CDC for the population of Shropshire. This process considers that any new CDC will be positioned in a location that addresses local need and health inequalities. Details of future CDCs will be communicated in due course. |
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Integrated Care Boards
Asked by: Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat - North Shropshire) Monday 16th June 2025 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals to to transfer (a) statutory duties and (b) functions from Integrated Care Boards to other bodies. Answered by Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care) NHS England has asked the integrated care boards (ICBs) to act primarily as strategic commissioners of health and care services and to reduce the duplication of responsibilities within the health and care structure. To deliver on this commitment, NHS England rapidly convened a group of ICB leaders, including clinical representatives, in order to start developing the blueprint. The work was split into three areas: defining a vision and the future functions of ICBs; mapping functions and duties across the system; and managing a safe transition. We recognise that not all function transferrals can be done this year, particularly those rooted in ICB statutory duties. For the areas which will be reviewed for transfer, we recognise that further work and engagement is required, and we acknowledgment that, even with this flexibility, transferring functions requires careful consideration of interdependencies with other functions and the readiness of partner organisations to receive the function. The Department is working with NHS England and the ICBs to develop these plans to ensure the timely implementation of the changes, whilst expecting ICBs to continue to deliver on their statutory responsibilities. |
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Integrated Care Boards: Operating Costs
Asked by: Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat - North Shropshire) Monday 16th June 2025 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on what statutory basis NHS England has required Integrated Care Boards to reduce their running cost allowances by 50% by Quarter 3 of the 2025-26 financial year. Answered by Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care) The National Health Service Act 2006, as amended by The Health and Care Act 2022, grants NHS England powers to establish integrated care boards (ICBs) as statutory bodies for commissioning the majority of health and care services in England. The National Health Service Act 2006 also grants NHS England powers to ensure that expenditure incurred by ICBs does not exceed the aggregated sum allocated to them in a financial year. |
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Children: Protection
Asked by: Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat - North Shropshire) Monday 16th June 2025 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that integrated care boards are sufficiently resourced to carry out their statutory child safeguarding duties following changes to their level of funding. Answered by Ashley Dalton - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care) NHS England has asked the integrated care boards (ICBs) to act primarily as strategic commissioners of health services and to reduce the duplication of responsibilities within their structure. NHS England provided additional guidance to ICBs, National Health Service trusts, and NHS foundation trusts in a letter on 1 April 2025, where ICBs were tasked with developing plans setting out how they will manage their resources to deliver across their priorities. This letter is available at the following link: https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/working-together-in-2025-26-to-lay-the-foundations-for-reform/ NHS England is actively engaging with safeguarding professionals across the system, including those in local government, ICBs, and provider organisations, to ensure that safeguarding responsibilities are not compromised. This engagement is being supported by the NHS Safeguarding Accountability and Assurance Framework 2024 and the National Safeguarding Steering Group ICB Safeguarding Protocols, which outline the roles, accountabilities, responsibilities, and expectations for safeguarding across NHS-funded care. NHS England is also setting up a joint working group with the Local Government Association to carefully consider issues relating to safeguarding. Ministers and the Department will work with the new transformation team at the top of NHS England, led by Sir Jim Mackey, to ensure that ICBs continue to fulfil their functions effectively within the running costs cap and unlock the benefit of working at scale to deliver better care for their population. |
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Kerslake Commission on Armed Forces Housing
Asked by: Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat - North Shropshire) Monday 16th June 2025 Question to the Ministry of Defence: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has produced a timeline to implement the recommendations of the Kerslake Review. Answered by Al Carns - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for Veterans) The Government has commissioned a new Defence Housing Strategy, due for publication later this year, that will set out a roadmap to deliver a generational renewal of military accommodation. The Ministry of Defence remains committed to improving military housing, widening entitlement, and the new consumer charter announced in April 2025.
With Strategic Defence Review and Spending Review only recently published and as part of ongoing Defence Reform activity we are actively working on producing a detailed timeline on how to implement the recommendations from the Kerslake review, aligned to the priorities set out by the Secretary of State for Defence.
A new taskforce has been formed including HM Treasury, the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government that is reviewing how estate disposals are conducted. |
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Planning: Bank Services and Postal Services
Asked by: Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat - North Shropshire) Monday 16th June 2025 Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure that adequate access to (a) banking and (b) postal services is considered during the planning process. Answered by Matthew Pennycook - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government) The National Planning Policy Framework is clear that planning policies and decisions should plan positively for the provision and use of community facilities and other local services to enhance the sustainability of communities and residential environments.
Polices and decisions should also guard against the unnecessary loss of valued facilities and services, particularly where this would reduce the community’s ability to meet its day-to-day needs. |
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Armed Forces: Housing
Asked by: Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat - North Shropshire) Monday 16th June 2025 Question to the Ministry of Defence: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2024 to Question 8912 on Armed Forces: Housing, how much of the funding for (a) maintaining and (b) improving Service Family Accommodation in 2024-25 will be spent in North Shropshire constituency. Answered by Al Carns - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for Veterans) In Financial Year 2024-25 circa £3.3 million was spent on maintaining and improving Service Family Accommodation (SFA) in the North Shropshire constituency. Circa £400,000 was spent on maintenance costs and circa £2.9 million was spent on improvements to SFA.
The figures provided do not include the core maintenance costs of the Future Defence Infrastructure Services (FDIS) Accommodation contract as we are unable to break the costs down into constituency. |
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Clive Barracks
Asked by: Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat - North Shropshire) Monday 16th June 2025 Question to the Ministry of Defence: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to improve the quality of military accommodation at Clive Barracks. Answered by Al Carns - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for Veterans) The Ministry of Defence is currently undertaking an extensive review of its entire Service Family Accommodation portfolio which will include Clive Barracks. The review will also include how the Department will make best use of the properties that have been reacquired from Annington, and which homes and locations can most benefit from investment. The Defence Housing Strategy, to be published later this year, will set out wider plans to improve the standard of Service family homes. The sites that will be refurbished are being worked through carefully, with the ambition to fairly make improvements across the UK. Clive Barracks has been identified for closure, as such, work has been largely limited to ongoing works to improve and maintain ablutions. During Financial Year 2024-25, a project providing new temporary Single Living Accommodation SLA with ensuite bathrooms, comprising of 88 single occupancy bedspaces, with supporting kitchens and utility rooms, was delivered to replace old accommodation that comprised of four-man rooms with shared ablutions, and address a shortfall of bedspaces. No other SLA improvement works are programmed. |
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RAF Shawbury
Asked by: Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat - North Shropshire) Monday 16th June 2025 Question to the Ministry of Defence: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to improve the quality of military accommodation at (a) RAF Shawbury and (b) of armed forces personnel in the surrounding area. Answered by Al Carns - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for Veterans) The Ministry of Defence is currently undertaking an extensive review of its entire Service Family Accommodation portfolio, including RAF Shawbury. The review will also include how the Department will make best use of the properties that have been reacquired from Annington, and which homes and locations can most benefit from investment. The Defence Housing Strategy, to be published later this year, will set out wider plans to improve the standard of SFA. The sites that will be refurbished are being worked through carefully, with the ambition to fairly make improvements across the UK. No major improvement projects are currently planned for Single Living Accommodation at RAF Shawbury.
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Armed Forces: Housing
Asked by: Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat - North Shropshire) Monday 16th June 2025 Question to the Ministry of Defence: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2024 to Question 8912 on Armed Forces: Housing, how much and what proportion of the (a) £41 million funding for refurbishment, heating, and room conversions to provide extra bed spaces and (b) £7.5 million funding for improving the condition and heating she plans to spend on single living accommodation in North Shropshire constituency. Answered by Al Carns - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for Veterans) No major improvement projects are currently planned for Single Living Accommodation (SLA) at sites in the North Shropshire constituency.
However, routine maintenance and improvement works take place at all sites as required.
Previous works at Clive Barracks in Financial Year 2023-24 and 2024-25 included:
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Integrated Care Boards: Standards
Asked by: Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat - North Shropshire) Monday 16th June 2025 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England has set formal (a) criteria and (b) guidance on the key functions Integrated Care Boards will be expected to provide under the proposed cost envelope. Answered by Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care) NHS England has asked integrated care boards (ICBs) to act primarily as strategic commissioners of health and care services and to reduce the duplication of responsibilities within their structure with the expectation of achieving a reduction in their running cost allowance. NHS England provided additional guidance to ICBs, National Health Service trusts, and NHS foundation trusts in a letter on 1 April 2025. This letter is available at the following link: https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/working-together-in-2025-26-to-lay-the-foundations-for-reform/ NHS England has circulated the document, Model Integrated Care Board – Blueprint v1.0, to all ICBs to assist them in shaping their plans. The document identifies the functional changes that ICBs will have to manage and indicates the responsibilities they may look to grow, adapt, or review for transfer, including the functions and activities that might be safely transferred to other parts of the system over time, such as national bodies, regional teams, or providers. NHS England’s transformation team will continue to work with ICBs to develop their plans, including how the key functions will be delivered within the revised running cost allocations, ensuring a focus on delivering NHS statutory functions in line with the legislation. |
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Integrated Care Boards
Asked by: Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat - North Shropshire) Monday 16th June 2025 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will list (a) all functions identified for (i) transfer and (ii) decommissioning in the NHS England Model Integrated Care Board Blueprint and (b) the designated receiving organisations for each function. Answered by Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care) NHS England has asked integrated care boards (ICBs) to act primarily as strategic commissioners of health and care services and to reduce the duplication of responsibilities within their structure with the expectation of achieving a reduction in their running cost allowance. NHS England provided additional guidance to ICBs, National Health Service trusts, and NHS foundation trusts in a letter on 1 April 2025. This letter is available at the following link: https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/working-together-in-2025-26-to-lay-the-foundations-for-reform/ NHS England has circulated the document, Model Integrated Care Board – Blueprint v1.0, to all ICBs to assist them in shaping their plans. The document identifies the functional changes that ICBs will have to manage and indicates the responsibilities they may look to grow, adapt, or review for transfer, including the functions and activities that might be safely transferred to other parts of the system over time, such as national bodies, regional teams, or providers. NHS England’s transformation team will continue to work with ICBs to develop their plans, including how the key functions will be delivered within the revised running cost allocations, ensuring a focus on delivering NHS statutory functions in line with the legislation. |
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Integrated Care Boards: Operating Costs
Asked by: Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat - North Shropshire) Monday 16th June 2025 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the template issued by NHS England to Integrated Care Boards for completing their cost reduction plans by 31 May 2025. Answered by Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care) NHS England has asked integrated care boards (ICBs) to act primarily as strategic commissioners of health and care services and to reduce the duplication of responsibilities within their structure with the expectation of achieving a reduction in their running cost allowance. NHS England provided additional guidance to ICBs, National Health Service trusts, and NHS foundation trusts in a letter on 1 April 2025. This letter is available at the following link: https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/working-together-in-2025-26-to-lay-the-foundations-for-reform/ NHS England has circulated the document, Model Integrated Care Board – Blueprint v1.0, to all ICBs to assist them in shaping their plans. The document identifies the functional changes that ICBs will have to manage and indicates the responsibilities they may look to grow, adapt, or review for transfer, including the functions and activities that might be safely transferred to other parts of the system over time, such as national bodies, regional teams, or providers. NHS England’s transformation team will continue to work with ICBs to develop their plans, including how the key functions will be delivered within the revised running cost allocations, ensuring a focus on delivering NHS statutory functions in line with the legislation. |
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Tuesday 22nd April Helen Morgan signed this EDM on Wednesday 25th June 2025 Introduction of the Hillsborough Law and the 36th anniversary 50 signatures (Most recent: 25 Jun 2025)Tabled by: Tom Morrison (Liberal Democrat - Cheadle) That this House supports the urgent introduction of the Hillsborough Law to ensure justice, transparency and accountability in public inquiries and inquests; recognises the tireless campaigning of the Hillsborough families and survivors, who have fought for over three decades for the truth to be acknowledged and for meaningful reform; notes … |
Friday 20th June Helen Morgan signed this EDM on Monday 23rd June 2025 26 signatures (Most recent: 30 Jun 2025) Tabled by: Vikki Slade (Liberal Democrat - Mid Dorset and North Poole) That this House is deeply concerned by the crisis in local government funding and the findings of the Thirty-First Report of the Committee of Public Accounts of Session 2024–25 on Local Government Financial Sustainability, published on 18 June 2025, and the estimate that local authority deficits will reach between £2.9bn … |
Friday 20th June Helen Morgan signed this EDM on Monday 23rd June 2025 Role of relationship education in preventing violence against women and girls 31 signatures (Most recent: 30 Jun 2025)Tabled by: Helen Maguire (Liberal Democrat - Epsom and Ewell) That this House recognises the critical role of comprehensive, age-appropriate relationship education in preventing violence against women and girls (VAWG); notes with concern that many young people are growing up in environments where harmful and misogynistic messages are prevalent both online and offline; acknowledges that without early, preventative education focusing … |
Friday 20th June Helen Morgan signed this EDM on Monday 23rd June 2025 Press ownership by foreign states 38 signatures (Most recent: 30 Jun 2025)Tabled by: Max Wilkinson (Liberal Democrat - Cheltenham) That this House recognises that a free press is the cornerstone of our democracy; understands that holding power to account relies on journalistic independence and editorial freedom; notes with concern that foreign state ownership of national newspapers risks allowing foreign states to undermine the independence and integrity of British journalism; … |
Thursday 19th June Helen Morgan signed this EDM on Monday 23rd June 2025 Residential estate management companies 18 signatures (Most recent: 30 Jun 2025)Tabled by: Lee Dillon (Liberal Democrat - Newbury) That this House notes with concern the rising service costs that many freeholders are currently facing from residential estate management companies; recognises that many people are experiencing significant financial strain due to the ongoing cost of living crisis, which is exacerbated by forecasted service charges, some of which may exceed … |
Wednesday 18th June Helen Morgan signed this EDM on Thursday 19th June 2025 28 signatures (Most recent: 26 Jun 2025) Tabled by: Calum Miller (Liberal Democrat - Bicester and Woodstock) That this House believes this country has a proud record of standing up for Hong Kongers; condemns the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s interference in Hong Kong’s democracy, including through the 2020 National Security Law; further condemns the CCP’s efforts to intimidate Hong Kongers living abroad who are critical of the … |
Tuesday 17th June Helen Morgan signed this EDM on Thursday 19th June 2025 Farmers, growers and the supermarket supply chain 25 signatures (Most recent: 24 Jun 2025)Tabled by: Andrew George (Liberal Democrat - St Ives) That this House recognises that farmers and growers, in the UK and overseas, require fair dealing in the grocery supply chain in order to survive and thrive; welcomes the 2008 Competition Commission Inquiry which found that larger retailers and supermarkets often abused their power by transferring excessive risk and unexpected … |
Monday 16th June Helen Morgan signed this EDM on Wednesday 18th June 2025 UK-US Trade Deal and animal welfare and farming 22 signatures (Most recent: 24 Jun 2025)Tabled by: Pippa Heylings (Liberal Democrat - South Cambridgeshire) That this House notes with concern the announcement on 8 May 2025 of the UK-US Trade Deal which significantly expands tariff-free access for US beef exports from 1,000 to 13,000 tonnes annually; further notes that while the Government has stated that sanitary and phytosanitary standards must be maintained, the deal … |
Monday 16th June Helen Morgan signed this EDM on Wednesday 18th June 2025 24 signatures (Most recent: 26 Jun 2025) Tabled by: Clive Jones (Liberal Democrat - Wokingham) That this House notes that blood cancer is the UK's third largest cancer killer and that myeloma remains an incurable blood cancer; welcomes the recent announcement that the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence have approved belantamab mafodotin to treat myeloma; further welcomes that eligible patients in the UK … |
Thursday 1st May Helen Morgan signed this EDM on Tuesday 17th June 2025 86 signatures (Most recent: 30 Jun 2025) Tabled by: Clive Lewis (Labour - Norwich South) That this House declared an environment and climate change emergency on 1 May 2019, recognising the urgent need for action; notes that the Second Reading debate of the Climate and Nature Bill was adjourned, but not concluded, on 24 January 2025; further notes that the Secretary of State for Environment, … |
Friday 13th June Helen Morgan signed this EDM on Monday 16th June 2025 46 signatures (Most recent: 20 Jun 2025) Tabled by: Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat - Westmorland and Lonsdale) That this House recognises with deep concern the Chancellor’s Spending Review decision to cut the DEFRA budget in real terms by 2.3% annually, with a real terms cut to the farming budget of around £100m; understands budget cuts will have potentially devastating consequences for the environment, the rural economy, farming … |
Tuesday 10th June Helen Morgan signed this EDM on Wednesday 11th June 2025 38 signatures (Most recent: 24 Jun 2025) Tabled by: Alison Bennett (Liberal Democrat - Mid Sussex) That this House commends the second report of the Health and Social Care Committee of Session 2024–25 on Adult Social Care: the Cost of Inaction, published on 5 May 2025; agrees with their conclusion that unpaid carers are bearing the highest cost from successive governments’ failures to reform adult social … |
Thursday 5th June Helen Morgan signed this EDM on Tuesday 10th June 2025 53 signatures (Most recent: 24 Jun 2025) Tabled by: Calum Miller (Liberal Democrat - Bicester and Woodstock) That this House expresses deep concern about the proposed construction of a Chinese mega-Embassy in London; notes with alarm the potential national security risks which would result from the proposed Embassy, including an increased capacity for surveillance by the Chinese Communist Party; acknowledges the grave concerns raised by pro-democracy Chinese … |
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Jun. 16 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 16 June 2025 Crime and Policing Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Steve Witherden Sarah Russell Claire Hanna Ann Davies Ben Lake Llinos Medi Jess Asato Helen Morgan |
Jun. 13 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 13 June 2025 Crime and Policing Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Chambers Neil Coyle Anneliese Midgley Jim Dickson Ann Davies Ben Lake Llinos Medi Jess Asato Helen Morgan |
Jun. 12 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 12 June 2025 Crime and Policing Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Chambers Neil Coyle Anneliese Midgley Jim Dickson Ann Davies Ben Lake Llinos Medi Jess Asato Helen Morgan |
Jun. 11 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 11 June 2025 Crime and Policing Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Martin Steve Yemm Lloyd Hatton Liz Saville Roberts Carla Denyer Sorcha Eastwood Jess Asato Helen Morgan |
Jun. 10 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 10 June 2025 Crime and Policing Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Duncan-Jordan Connor Naismith Liz Saville Roberts Carla Denyer Sorcha Eastwood Jess Asato Helen Morgan |
Jun. 09 2025
Bill 38 2024-25 (as introduced) Access to Telecommunications Networks Bill 2024-26 Bill Found: Presented by Helen Morgan Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed, 21st October 2024. |
APPG Publications |
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Park Homes APPG Document: Membership list as of 19 May 2025 Found: Leigh MP Rt Hon Dr Julian Lewis MP Josh MacAlister MP James MacCleary MP Layla Moran MP Helen Morgan |
Sustainable Flood and Drought Management APPG Document: Minutes Found: - In the name of the Chair, Secretariat to prepare a letter to Helen Morgan MP, Chair of the Flooding |
Global Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights APPG Document: upcoming business of interest w/c 16th December 2024 Found: merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to create domestic abuse-aggravated offences – Helen Morgan |
Down Syndrome APPG Document: APPGDS Inaugural Minutes 08.10.24 Found: Apologies: Chris Evans MP, Dame Karen Bradley MP, Baroness Sheila Hollins, Abtisam Mohammed MP, Helen Morgan |
Homelessness APPG Document: minutes (PDF) - Inaugural general meeting Found: Cordova MP Apologies from APPG Members Baroness Lister, Baroness Armstrong, Baroness Healy, Helen Morgan |
Homelessness APPG Document: Inaugural general meeting Found: Cordova MP Apologies from APPG Members Baroness Lister, Baroness Armstrong, Baroness Healy, Helen Morgan |
Baby Loss APPG Document: 19 March 2024 Found: Stewart Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust Jenny Tata Michelle Tomkinson Alex Twemlow Helen Morgan |
Science and Technology in Agriculture APPG Document: Notes - Feeding the nation: how innovation in the UK poultry meat industry is delivering sustainable British food Found: Sturdy MP (chair) Lord Carrington Earl of Caithness Sir Bill Wiggin MP Earl of Leicester Helen Morgan |
Baby Loss APPG Document: 9 January 2024 Found: Group on Baby Loss Tuesday 9th January, 10.00am – 12.00pm Chairs: Cherilyn Mackrory MP & Helen Morgan |
Fire Safety and Rescue APPG Document: APPG-FIRE-SAFETY--Rescue---Annual-Report-2023-to-2024 Found: the Minister was asked a question about elements of the Act in the House of Commons recently by Helen Morgan |
Global Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights APPG Document: Annual Report 2023-2024 Found: Baby Loss Awareness Week – 19th October 2023 Helen Morgan MP, Co-Chair of the APPG on Baby Loss, moved |
Waterways APPG Document: APPGW November 2023 Minutes Found: Apologies had been received from Kate Osborne MP, Steve Tuckwell MP, Helen Morgan MP, Steven Timms MP |
Baby Loss APPG Document: 12 September 2023 Found: Group on Baby Loss Tuesday 12th September, 10.00am – 12.00pm Chairs: Cherilyn Mackrory MP & Helen Morgan |
Baby Loss APPG Document: 17 May 2023 Found: Wednesday 17th May, 10.00am – 12.00pm Room B 1 Parliament Street Chairs: Cherilyn Mackrory MP & Helen Morgan |
Baby Loss APPG Document: 6 March 2023 Found: Baby Loss Monday 6th March, 2.00pm – 4.00pm Room C 1 Parliament Street & Online Chair: Helen Morgan |
Homelessness APPG Document: Meeting on homelessness amongst Ukrainian refugees living in Britain Found: APPGEH Co-Chair Florence Eshalomi MP, APPGEH Co-Chair Jason McCartney MP, APPGEH Vice-Chair Helen Morgan |
Homelessness APPG Document: minutes (PDF) - Meeting on homelessness amongst Ukrainian refugees living in Britain Found: APPGEH Co-Chair Florence Eshalomi MP, APPGEH Co-Chair Jason McCartney MP, APPGEH Vice-Chair Helen Morgan |
Baby Loss APPG Document: 8 November 2022 Found: Online MINUTES Members and representatives in attendance: • Cherilyn Mackrory MP (Chair) • Helen Morgan |
Baby Loss APPG Document: 12 July 2022 Found: Cherilyn Mackrory MP (Co-Chair, APPG on Baby Loss) • Jill Mortimer MP (Chair, APPG on Maternity) • Helen Morgan |
Baby Loss APPG Document: 12 July 2022 - joint meeting with the APPG on Maternity Found: Cherilyn Mackrory MP (Co-Chair, APPG on Baby Loss) • Jill Mortimer MP (Chair, APPG on Maternity) • Helen Morgan |