Information between 11th July 2025 - 10th August 2025
Note: This sample does not contain the most recent 2 weeks of information. Up to date samples can only be viewed by Subscribers.
Click here to view Subscription options.
Division Votes |
---|
15 Jul 2025 - Welfare Spending - View Vote Context Iqbal Mohamed voted No and in line with the House One of 10 Independent No votes vs 2 Independent Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 106 Noes - 440 |
16 Jul 2025 - Competition - View Vote Context Iqbal Mohamed voted Aye and in line with the House One of 6 Independent Aye votes vs 1 Independent No votes Tally: Ayes - 333 Noes - 54 |
16 Jul 2025 - Competition - View Vote Context Iqbal Mohamed voted Aye and in line with the House One of 6 Independent Aye votes vs 1 Independent No votes Tally: Ayes - 334 Noes - 54 |
Speeches |
---|
Iqbal Mohamed speeches from: Birmingham Bin Strikes
Iqbal Mohamed contributed 1 speech (135 words) Tuesday 22nd July 2025 - Commons Chamber Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government |
Iqbal Mohamed speeches from: Humanitarian Situation in Sudan
Iqbal Mohamed contributed 2 speeches (743 words) Tuesday 22nd July 2025 - Westminster Hall Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office |
Iqbal Mohamed speeches from: Independent Water Commission
Iqbal Mohamed contributed 1 speech (118 words) Monday 21st July 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
Iqbal Mohamed speeches from: Middle East
Iqbal Mohamed contributed 1 speech (100 words) Monday 21st July 2025 - Commons Chamber Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office |
Iqbal Mohamed speeches from: Giving Every Child the Best Start in Life
Iqbal Mohamed contributed 5 speeches (1,436 words) Wednesday 16th July 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for Education |
Iqbal Mohamed speeches from: Welfare Spending
Iqbal Mohamed contributed 1 speech (55 words) Tuesday 15th July 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for Work and Pensions |
Iqbal Mohamed speeches from: Taxes
Iqbal Mohamed contributed 1 speech (54 words) Tuesday 15th July 2025 - Commons Chamber HM Treasury |
Written Answers |
---|
Imports: Sanctions
Asked by: Iqbal Mohamed (Independent - Dewsbury and Batley) Monday 14th July 2025 Question to the HM Treasury: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of HMRC’s capacity to monitor the importation of goods from (a) countries and (b) territories subject to (i) arms embargoes, (ii) trade sanctions and (iii) other trade restrictions. Answered by James Murray - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury) HMRC operates a risk-based model for customs compliance which is designed to support the flow of compliant international trade, while maintaining effective controls to collect revenue, protect the UK economy and wider society from harm and uphold the UK’s reputation as a trusted trading partner.
Imported and exported goods must be declared to HMRC and are subject to risk-based controls and verification. There are additional controls and restrictions on goods imported from and exported to certain countries, including those subject to arms embargoes and sanctions.
The controls and verification are tailored to the underlying risks but may include physical examinations of goods at the time of import or export and/or documentary checks.
HMRC collects the UK’s international trade in goods data and publishes this as two accredited official statistics series on gov.uk.
|
Medical Treatments: Innovation
Asked by: Iqbal Mohamed (Independent - Dewsbury and Batley) Tuesday 15th July 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 considered providing (a) funding and (b) other support to NHS Trusts to participate in early access programmes for (i) Givinostat for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and (ii) other medicines. Answered by Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care) The Department understands the importance of rapid patient access to new medicines for patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, and has worked with NHS England to consider the issues raised by the givinostat early access programme. The first National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) committee meeting for givinostat took place on 10 July 2025, with a provisional date for a decision in September. If the manufacturer, Italfarmaco, can offer a cost-effective price to enable a positive NICE recommendation, NHS England is ready to work with the company to explore immediate funding options for the treatment. Although medicines administered via company-sponsored early access programmes (EAPs) are licensed, EAPs do not share common clinical, data, or regulatory standards, meaning each one demands a new protocol to be devised and delivered by each participating trust, and that can create significant pressures on clinical and financial resources. It would not be appropriate for the Government or NHS England to issue any form of national direction around the participation in these early access programmes as it would both pre-empt and undermine the role of NICE, whose very purpose is to advise the National Health Service on whether or not particular treatments should be made routinely available on the NHS. The Government does, however, support patients getting early access to new, innovative medicines through established routes such as the Early Access to Medicines Scheme.
|
Special Educational Needs
Asked by: Iqbal Mohamed (Independent - Dewsbury and Batley) Thursday 17th July 2025 Question to the Department for Education: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support structured partnerships between mainstream schools and specialist SEND education providers. Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Education) The government has committed to enhancing the capability of mainstream schools to better support pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). We are encouraged by emerging examples of effective collaboration, where special schools are working in partnership with mainstream settings to share specialist expertise. Through our Change Programme, we are currently piloting approaches whereby alternative provision settings provide outreach support to mainstream schools. The insights gained from these pilots will inform future policy development and help shape sustainable, effective partnerships between mainstream schools and specialist SEND providers. |
Waste: Crime
Asked by: Iqbal Mohamed (Independent - Dewsbury and Batley) Friday 18th July 2025 Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to amend the regulatory framework for waste (a) carriers, (b) brokers and (c) dealers to help reduce criminal activity in the sector. Answered by Mary Creagh - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) The Government recently announced plans to tighten up the regulation of those who transport and manage waste services, moving them from a light-touch registration system into environmental permitting. This will give the Environment Agency a greater range of powers and more resources to be able to take action against those operating illegally. It will also introduce the possibility of up to 5 years imprisonment for those who breach these new laws. |
Waste: Crime
Asked by: Iqbal Mohamed (Independent - Dewsbury and Batley) Friday 18th July 2025 Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the potential impact of waste crime and illegal waste exports on the economy in each of the last five years. Answered by Mary Creagh - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) The Environmental Services Association (ESA) estimated in 2021 that waste crime costs the economy in England about £1 billion per year. The ESA estimate that of that cost illegal waste exports amount to at least £42 million per year. (see here: ESA_Cost_of_Waste_Crime.pdf.) |
Medical Treatments: Innovation
Asked by: Iqbal Mohamed (Independent - Dewsbury and Batley) Thursday 17th July 2025 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the review of the early access to medicines system will include Early Access Programmes of the type used for Givinostat; and what steps he is taking to (a) help tackle geographic variations in uptake and (b) improve equitable access to innovative treatments across the NHS. Answered by Ashley Dalton - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care) The UK Rare Diseases Framework sets out improving access to specialist care, treatments, and drugs as a priority, and health equity as a cross-cutting theme. The Department understands the importance of rapid patient access to new medicines for patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy and has worked with NHS England to consider the issues raised by the Givinostat early access programme. We are also working to review the effectiveness of access schemes for rare disease therapies. This will focus on the Early Access to Medicines Scheme, the Innovative Licensing and Access Pathway, and the Innovative Medicines Fund, but will broadly consider access to rare disease therapies. |
Special Educational Needs: Home Education
Asked by: Iqbal Mohamed (Independent - Dewsbury and Batley) Friday 18th July 2025 Question to the Department for Education: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had recent discussions with (a) SEND advocacy organisations and (b) special school leaders on (i) attendance, (ii) attainment and (iii) wellbeing for students with SEND who spend part of their education learning from home. Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Education) My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Education and I continue to engage with special educational needs and disabilities charities, stakeholders and parents and carers on a wide variety of issues, including through weekly engagement sessions via webinars, meetings and visits. We also conduct roundtables with charities and campaigners, the most recent of which was in June. These engagements will carry on throughout the White Paper consultation period into the autumn and beyond. |
AI Security Institute
Asked by: Iqbal Mohamed (Independent - Dewsbury and Batley) Friday 18th July 2025 Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether the AI Security Institute will be given statutory powers to (a) carry out audits, (b) approve the training of powerful AI models and (c) shut down unsafe systems. Answered by Feryal Clark - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology) Artificial intelligence is the defining opportunity of our generation, and the Government is taking action to harness its economic benefits for UK citizens. As set out in the AI Opportunities Action Plan, we believe most AI systems should be regulated at the point of use, with our expert regulators best placed to do so. Departments are working proactively with regulators to provide clear strategic direction and support them on their AI capability needs. Through well-designed and implemented regulation, we can fuel fast, wide and safe development and adoption of AI. |
AI Security Institute
Asked by: Iqbal Mohamed (Independent - Dewsbury and Batley) Friday 18th July 2025 Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he plans to give statutory powers to the AI Security Institute. Answered by Feryal Clark - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology) Artificial intelligence is the defining opportunity of our generation, and the Government is taking action to harness its economic benefits for UK citizens. As set out in the AI Opportunities Action Plan, we believe most AI systems should be regulated at the point of use, with our expert regulators best placed to do so. Departments are working proactively with regulators to provide clear strategic direction and support them on their AI capability needs. Through well-designed and implemented regulation, we can fuel fast, wide and safe development and adoption of AI. |
Palliative Care
Asked by: Iqbal Mohamed (Independent - Dewsbury and Batley) Wednesday 23rd July 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 expand the provision of (a) palliative and (b) end-of-life care in the community. Answered by Stephen Kinnock - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care) We want a society where every person receives high-quality, compassionate care from diagnosis through to the end of life. Palliative care services are included in the list of services an integrated care board (ICB) must commission. This promotes a more consistent national approach and supports commissioners in prioritising palliative and end of life care. ICBs, including the Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent ICB, which covers the Stafford constituency, are responsible for the commissioning of palliative and end of life care services, to meet the needs of their local populations. To support ICBs in this duty, NHS England has published statutory guidance and service specifications. As set out in the Government’s recently published 10-Year Health Plan, we are determined to shift more care out of hospitals and into the community, to ensure patients and their families receive personalised care in the most appropriate setting. Palliative care and end of life care services, including hospices, will have a big role to play in that shift, and were highlighted in the plan as being an integral part of neighbourhood teams. The Government and the National Health Service will closely monitor the shift towards the strategic commissioning of palliative and end of life care services to ensure that, in future, services reduce variation in access and quality, although some variation may be appropriate to reflect both innovation and the needs of local populations. Officials will present further proposals to ministers over the coming months, outlining how to operationalise the required shifts in palliative care and end of life care to enable the shift from hospital to community, including as part of neighbourhood health teams. |
Palliative Care
Asked by: Iqbal Mohamed (Independent - Dewsbury and Batley) Wednesday 23rd July 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 the 10-Year Plan for Health enables equitable access to (a) palliative and (b) end-of-life care. Answered by Stephen Kinnock - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care) Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for the commissioning of palliative and end of life care services, to meet the needs of their local populations. To support ICBs in this duty, NHS England has published statutory guidance and service specifications. One of the three shifts that the 10-Year Health Plan will deliver is the shift of healthcare from the hospital into the community, to ensure patients and their families receive personalised care in the most appropriate setting. Palliative care and end of life care services will have a big role to play in that shift and were highlighted in the plan as being an integral part of neighbourhood teams. I have tasked officials to look at how to improve the access, quality, and sustainability of all- age palliative and end of life care, in line with the 10-Year Health Plan. |
Palestinians: Humanitarian Aid
Asked by: Iqbal Mohamed (Independent - Dewsbury and Batley) Thursday 7th August 2025 Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has cooperated with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation; whether his Department plans to cooperate with this organisation; and whether it is his policy that UK humanitarian aid support for Palestine should be delivered solely by (a) the UN and (b) established humanitarian partners. Answered by Hamish Falconer - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) The UK has not cooperated with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. We have been clear that we will not cooperate with any aid delivery mechanism that does not fully respect humanitarian principles. In a joint statement on 19 May with 26 partners, we highlighted our concerns that Israel's new mechanisms for aid delivery in Gaza place beneficiaries and aid workers at risk, undermine the role and independence of the UN and our trusted partners, and link humanitarian aid to political and military objectives. We continue to call on Israel to enable the UN and humanitarian non-governmental organisations to do their work safely and effectively, in line with the humanitarian principles. |
Israel: Palestinians
Asked by: Iqbal Mohamed (Independent - Dewsbury and Batley) Wednesday 6th August 2025 Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has held discussions with the (a) Tony Blair Institute and (b) Boston Consulting Group on the situation in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories since 7 October 2023. Answered by Hamish Falconer - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) Officials have met with the Tony Blair Institute to discuss Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories since 7 October 2023. We have no record of meetings with the Boston Consulting Group. We continue to call for a ceasefire in Gaza, for the release of the hostages and for Israel to allow for a full and unhindered resumption in the flow of aid, including allowing the entry of more types of aid such as medicine, fuel and shelter. |
Gaza: Humanitarian Aid
Asked by: Iqbal Mohamed (Independent - Dewsbury and Batley) Wednesday 6th August 2025 Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department plans to (a) support the establishment of a peacekeeping mandate and (b) pursue other multilateral action at the United Nations Security Council to protect the provision of UN-delivered aid to Gaza. Answered by Hamish Falconer - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) On 4 June, the UK voted in favour of a UN Security Council Resolution calling for urgent improvements to the humanitarian situation in Gaza. We co-called a meeting of the UN Security Council on 16 July where we reiterated calls for a ceasefire and for Israel to lift its restrictions on aid, raising serious concerns about the imminent collapse of basic services in Gaza. On 21 July, together with 30 international partners, we released a statement condemning the appalling humanitarian conditions in Gaza, the killing of civilians, and called for the war to end immediately. On 25 July we released a statement, together with France and Germany, calling on Israel to immediately lift restrictions on the flow of aid into Gaza. The political and security conditions in Gaza are not currently suitable for the deployment of a United Nations peacekeeping operation. |
Early Day Motions Signed |
---|
Monday 21st July Iqbal Mohamed signed this EDM on Tuesday 22nd July 2025 10 signatures (Most recent: 22 Jul 2025) Tabled by: Ayoub Khan (Independent - Birmingham Perry Barr) That this House notes with serious concern that Jagtar Singh Johal, a British citizen from Dumbarton, has been arbitrarily detained in India since November 2017; further notes reports that Mr Johal has been subject to torture and mistreatment, and that he continues to be held without trial after more than … |
Monday 21st July Iqbal Mohamed signed this EDM as a sponsor on Tuesday 22nd July 2025 Government's role in Birmingham bin strikes 6 signatures (Most recent: 22 Jul 2025)Tabled by: Ayoub Khan (Independent - Birmingham Perry Barr) That this House regrets the formal breakdown of negotiations to end the ongoing bin strikes in Birmingham; further regrets the continued hardship placed on residents of Birmingham by missed collections, widespread fly-tipping and threats to the environment and public health; expresses profound concern over recent findings that the Government-appointed commissioners … |
Monday 21st July Iqbal Mohamed signed this EDM on Tuesday 22nd 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 … |
Tuesday 15th July Iqbal Mohamed signed this EDM on Tuesday 22nd July 2025 Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules 23 signatures (Most recent: 22 Jul 2025)Tabled by: Liz Saville Roberts (Plaid Cymru - Dwyfor Meirionnydd) That the Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules, HC 997, a copy of which was laid before this House on 1 July, be disapproved. |
Friday 11th July Iqbal Mohamed signed this EDM on Monday 21st July 2025 14 signatures (Most recent: 22 Jul 2025) Tabled by: Adrian Ramsay (Green Party - Waveney Valley) That an humble Address be presented to His Majesty, praying that the Welfare of Animals (Transport) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 776), dated 30 June 2025, a copy of which was laid before this House on 1 July, be annulled. |
Tuesday 15th July Iqbal Mohamed signed this EDM on Friday 18th July 2025 UK-based medical charities in Palestine 68 signatures (Most recent: 22 Jul 2025)Tabled by: Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat - Oxford West and Abingdon) That this House expresses its appreciation for those working for UK-based medical charities in Palestine, including Medical Aid for Palestinians, Glia, Doctors Without Borders and the British Red Cross; commends volunteers for these charities, whose Palestine-based staff take huge personal risks to provide medical aid so crucial to a Gazan … |
Monday 14th July Iqbal Mohamed signed this EDM on Friday 18th July 2025 Mandatory ethnicity pay gap reporting and action plans 28 signatures (Most recent: 22 Jul 2025)Tabled by: Dawn Butler (Labour - Brent East) That this House notes with concern that nationally, there is a 6% pay gap between employees from Black, African Caribbean or Black British ethnic groups and their White counterparts; further notes that in London the ethnicity pay gap is the highest in the country at 23.8%; expresses concern that Black, … |
Wednesday 14th May Iqbal Mohamed signed this EDM on Friday 18th July 2025 Import of goods from Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory 71 signatures (Most recent: 22 Jul 2025)Tabled by: Ellie Chowns (Green Party - North Herefordshire) That this House notes that the International Court of Justice has called for all states to abstain from entering into economic or trade dealings with Israel concerning the Occupied Palestinian Territory or parts thereof which may entrench its unlawful presence in the territory and to take steps to prevent trade … |
Parliamentary Debates |
---|
Humanitarian Situation in Sudan
58 speeches (13,340 words) Tuesday 22nd July 2025 - Westminster Hall Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Mentions: 1: Andrew Rosindell (Con - Romford) Member for Dewsbury and Batley (Iqbal Mohamed); I thank both Members for highlighting it. - Link to Speech |
Middle East
149 speeches (14,736 words) Monday 21st July 2025 - Commons Chamber Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Mentions: 1: Pamela Nash (Lab - Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke) Member for Dewsbury and Batley (Iqbal Mohamed) touched on, the situation in Gaza is all the more infuriating - Link to Speech |
Giving Every Child the Best Start in Life
110 speeches (25,837 words) Wednesday 16th July 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for Education Mentions: 1: Rebecca Paul (Con - Reigate) East Hertfordshire (Chris Hinchliff), for Cannock Chase (Josh Newbury), for Dewsbury and Batley (Iqbal Mohamed - Link to Speech 2: Janet Daby (Lab - Lewisham East) Member for Dewsbury and Batley (Iqbal Mohamed). My hon. - Link to Speech |
Welfare Spending
174 speeches (18,781 words) Tuesday 15th July 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for Work and Pensions Mentions: 1: Danny Kruger (Con - East Wiltshire) Member for Dewsbury and Batley (Iqbal Mohamed) and others, particularly Members on the Government Benches - Link to Speech |
Select Committee Documents |
---|
Tuesday 22nd July 2025
Report - 3rd Report - Status of independent Members of Parliament Procedure Committee Found: On 26 February 2025, we took oral evidence from Shockat Adam MP and Iqbal Mohamed MP, each of whom were |
Bill Documents |
---|
Jul. 08 2025
Report Stage Proceedings as at 8 July 2025 Football Governance Act 2025 Bill proceedings: Commons Found: Not called_NC6 Alex Sobel Chris Evans Kim Johnson Ms Stella Creasy Iqbal Mohamed Liz Jarvis . |