Information between 27th April 2026 - 27th May 2026
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28 Apr 2026 - Business without Debate - View Vote Context Jo Platt voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 297 Labour Aye votes vs 6 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 304 Noes - 28 |
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28 Apr 2026 - Pension Schemes Bill - View Vote Context Jo Platt voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 322 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 335 Noes - 158 |
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28 Apr 2026 - Referral of Prime Minister to Committee of Privileges - View Vote Context Jo Platt voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 333 Labour No votes vs 15 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 223 Noes - 335 |
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28 Apr 2026 - Business without Debate - View Vote Context Jo Platt voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 304 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 308 Noes - 81 |
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19 May 2026 - Energy Security - View Vote Context Jo Platt voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 309 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 108 Noes - 323 |
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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Health Services
Asked by: Jo Platt (Labour (Co-op) - Leigh and Atherton) Monday 27th April 2026 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if the Department can outline how many NHS outpatient services for ME/CFS are currently operational in England, and how many of these accept referrals for patients with severe or very severe ME/CFS. Answered by Sharon Hodgson - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care) Our ME/CFS Final Delivery Plan, published in July 2025, includes an action for the Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England to explore whether a specialised service should be prescribed by my Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for very severe myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). The third and final session in NHS England’s ME/CFS e-learning series, Managing Severe ME/CFS, is now live on the NHS Learning Hub. This session provides practical, evidence-based guidance to support people living with severe and very severe ME/CFS, and has universal access. There is also an additional version of this module, which is only available to healthcare professionals, and includes clinical guidance on severe and very severe ME/CFS. NHS England has already started its work on co-designing resources, including a ‘template service specification’ for mild/moderate ME/CFS services, to support systems to improve services for mild and moderate ME/CFS. NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care have met with a group of key stakeholders to move this work on. This template will now include reference to severe ME/CFS. |
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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Health Services
Asked by: Jo Platt (Labour (Co-op) - Leigh and Atherton) Monday 27th April 2026 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had since the publication of the Final Delivery Plan for ME/CFS regarding the commissioning of a specialised service for people with very severe ME/CFS. Answered by Sharon Hodgson - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care) Our ME/CFS Final Delivery Plan, published in July 2025, includes an action for the Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England to explore whether a specialised service should be prescribed by my Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for very severe myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). The third and final session in NHS England’s ME/CFS e-learning series, Managing Severe ME/CFS, is now live on the NHS Learning Hub. This session provides practical, evidence-based guidance to support people living with severe and very severe ME/CFS, and has universal access. There is also an additional version of this module, which is only available to healthcare professionals, and includes clinical guidance on severe and very severe ME/CFS. NHS England has already started its work on co-designing resources, including a ‘template service specification’ for mild/moderate ME/CFS services, to support systems to improve services for mild and moderate ME/CFS. NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care have met with a group of key stakeholders to move this work on. This template will now include reference to severe ME/CFS. |
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Special Educational Needs
Asked by: Jo Platt (Labour (Co-op) - Leigh and Atherton) Tuesday 28th April 2026 Question to the Department for Education: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of developing a joint workforce plan with the Department for Health and Social Care to support sustainability of Experts at Hand service. Answered by Georgia Gould - Minister of State (Education) The department is working closely with the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and NHS England on special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) reforms, including delivery of the Experts at Hand offer, strengthening joint workforce planning and commissioning at a local level between education and health partners. We are investing around £1.8 billion over the next three years for local area partnerships, including local authorities and integrated care boards to develop a new ‘Experts at Hand’ offer, strengthening mainstream education through access to health and specialist education support. To support delivery, we are investing over £40 million in the specialist workforce, including £26 million to increase educational psychologists and £15 million to grow the speech and language therapy workforce. Local area partnerships will develop and deliver their own Experts at Hand, tailored to local population needs and supported by strong national oversight. The government will set the overall framework, provide guidance and tools, and work closely with local areas to ensure consistent quality. |
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Special Educational Needs
Asked by: Jo Platt (Labour (Co-op) - Leigh and Atherton) Wednesday 29th April 2026 Question to the Department for Education: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help ensure that individual needs are assessed and met through Specialist Provision Packages. Answered by Georgia Gould - Minister of State (Education) It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation. |
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Music: Streaming
Asked by: Jo Platt (Labour (Co-op) - Leigh and Atherton) Tuesday 19th May 2026 Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of consulting on sub‑quotas within future investment obligations to ensure a defined proportion of streamer spend is directed to independent UK producers. Answered by Ian Murray - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology) The UK’s independent production sector plays a vital role in our world-leading creative economy. We recognise that the current market is challenging for many independent producers, which is why we are providing support though a generous 53% tax credit for independent production; through scaling up the UK Global Screen Fund from £7 million to £18 million a year so it can better support independent production, distribution and business development; and through a £150 million Creative Places Growth Fund for six priority areas to support their creative industries, for example by boosting their local screen ecologies. Our Creative Industries Sector Plan also commits to removing barriers to growth by supporting better access to finance, including through increased support from public finance institutions such as the British Business Bank to increase the pool of debt and equity finance available to the creative industries, with a specific focus on IP-backed lending. We want our film and TV sector to remain vibrant and dynamic, where production companies of all sizes can create, collaborate and invest in the UK. We have been clear that we do not believe that introducing levies or investment obligations on streamers is the right way to achieve this. We will however continue to engage with major streaming services, with the independent production sector and with Public Service Broadcasters on how best to ensure mutually beneficial conditions for all parties. |
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Music: Production
Asked by: Jo Platt (Labour (Co-op) - Leigh and Atherton) Tuesday 19th May 2026 Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has considered the potential merits of providing support for independent producers impacted by inflation in talent, locations and IP acquisition. Answered by Ian Murray - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology) The UK’s independent production sector plays a vital role in our world-leading creative economy. We recognise that the current market is challenging for many independent producers, which is why we are providing support though a generous 53% tax credit for independent production; through scaling up the UK Global Screen Fund from £7 million to £18 million a year so it can better support independent production, distribution and business development; and through a £150 million Creative Places Growth Fund for six priority areas to support their creative industries, for example by boosting their local screen ecologies. Our Creative Industries Sector Plan also commits to removing barriers to growth by supporting better access to finance, including through increased support from public finance institutions such as the British Business Bank to increase the pool of debt and equity finance available to the creative industries, with a specific focus on IP-backed lending. We want our film and TV sector to remain vibrant and dynamic, where production companies of all sizes can create, collaborate and invest in the UK. We have been clear that we do not believe that introducing levies or investment obligations on streamers is the right way to achieve this. We will however continue to engage with major streaming services, with the independent production sector and with Public Service Broadcasters on how best to ensure mutually beneficial conditions for all parties. |
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Music: Streaming
Asked by: Jo Platt (Labour (Co-op) - Leigh and Atherton) Tuesday 19th May 2026 Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if her Department will take steps to support rights retention for independent producers in negotiations with global streaming platforms. Answered by Ian Murray - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology) The UK’s independent production sector plays a vital role in our world-leading creative economy. We recognise that the current market is challenging for many independent producers, which is why we are providing support though a generous 53% tax credit for independent production; through scaling up the UK Global Screen Fund from £7 million to £18 million a year so it can better support independent production, distribution and business development; and through a £150 million Creative Places Growth Fund for six priority areas to support their creative industries, for example by boosting their local screen ecologies. Our Creative Industries Sector Plan also commits to removing barriers to growth by supporting better access to finance, including through increased support from public finance institutions such as the British Business Bank to increase the pool of debt and equity finance available to the creative industries, with a specific focus on IP-backed lending. We want our film and TV sector to remain vibrant and dynamic, where production companies of all sizes can create, collaborate and invest in the UK. We have been clear that we do not believe that introducing levies or investment obligations on streamers is the right way to achieve this. We will however continue to engage with major streaming services, with the independent production sector and with Public Service Broadcasters on how best to ensure mutually beneficial conditions for all parties. |
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Urban Areas: Regeneration
Asked by: Jo Platt (Labour (Co-op) - Leigh and Atherton) Wednesday 27th May 2026 Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment has been made of the potential merits of cultural infrastructure in supporting high street regeneration and local economic resilience. Answered by Nesil Caliskan - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government) Cultural infrastructure can support high streets by boosting footfall and dwell time, strengthening community identity, and enhancing the public realm. It contributes to a more diverse, experiential offer, with spillover benefits for retail and hospitality, and can help develop local creative industries, supporting economic resilience. The Government will set out its position in the forthcoming High Streets Strategy, backed by £301 million of support, to help turn the tide on the high streets most in need. |
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Local Growth Plans: Culture
Asked by: Jo Platt (Labour (Co-op) - Leigh and Atherton) Wednesday 27th May 2026 Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of using guidance for Local Growth Plans to encourage Mayoral Strategic Authorities and local authorities to map, protect and grow cultural infrastructure as part of place-based regeneration. Answered by Nesil Caliskan - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government) Local Growth Plans are produced and owned by Mayoral Strategic Authorities, providing a long-term, 10-year strategic framework for growth in their region. Local Growth Plans must set out an economic overview; shared local growth priorities agreed with the government; and a pipeline of investment opportunities. Alongside this, the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act introduced culture as an area of competency. Our guidance on Local Growth Plans is clear that Mayoral Strategic Authorities have the flexibility to consider their own local sectoral strengths, challenges, and opportunities, and this includes the particular cultural strengths of their own areas. |
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Special Educational Needs: Dyslexia
Asked by: Jo Platt (Labour (Co-op) - Leigh and Atherton) Friday 22nd May 2026 Question to the Department for Education: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of collecting data on the number of pupils in each local authority receiving SEN support for literacy and dyslexia, particularly in relation to (a) the Government's White Paper 'Every Child Achieving and Thriving' and (b) to support the Expert at Hands service. Answered by Georgia Gould - Minister of State (Education) The department continuously seeks to update and build its evidence base on the prevalence of different types of special educational needs (SEN). The department publishes annual statistics on the primary and secondary types of need for pupils receiving SEN support in the ‘Special educational needs in England’ publication.
The department is consulting on the approach to areas of development and will set out future plans in due course. |
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Special Educational Needs: Dyslexia
Asked by: Jo Platt (Labour (Co-op) - Leigh and Atherton) Friday 22nd May 2026 Question to the Department for Education: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish the number of pupils in England receiving SEN support for literacy and dyslexia. Answered by Georgia Gould - Minister of State (Education) The department continuously seeks to update and build its evidence base on the prevalence of different types of special educational needs (SEN). The department publishes annual statistics on the primary and secondary types of need for pupils receiving SEN support in the ‘Special educational needs in England’ publication.
The department is consulting on the approach to areas of development and will set out future plans in due course. |
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Tuesday 9th June Jo Platt signed this EDM on Tuesday 9th June 2026 15 signatures (Most recent: 10 Jun 2026) Tabled by: Grahame Morris (Labour - Easington) That this House welcomes the establishment of the Orgreave Inquiry into the events surrounding the policing of the miners’ strike at Orgreave on 18 June 1984; recognises the profound significance of this decision for former miners, their families and coalfield communities across the UK; notes that, more than four decades … |
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Monday 1st June Jo Platt signed this EDM on Thursday 4th June 2026 39 signatures (Most recent: 10 Jun 2026) Tabled by: Sorcha Eastwood (Alliance - Lagan Valley) That this House notes with alarm that the UK hospitality sector is under severe and compounding pressure, with thousands of businesses entering insolvency and margins eroded by rising energy costs, increased business rates, staff shortages, and supply chain inflation; recognises that the United Kingdom is an outlier among European countries, … |
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Monday 1st June Jo Platt signed this EDM on Wednesday 3rd June 2026 75th anniversary of the Easington Pit Disaster 16 signatures (Most recent: 4 Jun 2026)Tabled by: Grahame Morris (Labour - Easington) That this House commemorates the 75th anniversary of the Easington Pit Disaster of 29 May 1951, in which 83 men lost their lives following an explosion at Easington Colliery in County Durham; remembers the 81 miners who died underground, together with the two rescue workers who lost their lives attempting … |
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Monday 1st June Jo Platt signed this EDM on Monday 1st June 2026 Liushenyu mining disaster and workers’ safety 36 signatures (Most recent: 10 Jun 2026)Tabled by: Ian Lavery (Labour - Blyth and Ashington) That this House expresses its deep sorrow at the deaths of at least 82 workers in the Liushenyu coal mine explosion in Shanxi province on 23 May 2026; notes with alarm evidence of concealed tunnels, falsified drawings, unregistered labour, and the deliberate removal of life saving safety systems, all pointing … |
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Wednesday 13th May Jo Platt signed this EDM on Wednesday 13th May 2026 63 signatures (Most recent: 20 May 2026) Tabled by: Ian Byrne (Labour - Liverpool West Derby) That this House calls for the Public Office (Accountability) Bill, better known as the Hillsborough Law, to be passed in full as one of the first Acts of the new Parliamentary session; notes with concern the lack of progress on the Bill since the postponed Report Stage and Third Reading … |
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Monday 8th June 2026 2:30 p.m. Home Office Oral questions - Main Chamber Subject: Home Office (including Topical Questions) Danny Chambers: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Danny Chambers: What assessment she has made of the potential impact of planned changes to immigration rules on the economy. Douglas McAllister: What discussions she has had with the Metropolitan Police on the policing of the Unite the Kingdom rally on 16 May 2026. Edward Morello: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Laura Kyrke-Smith: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Alan Mak: How many asylum seekers were in asylum accommodation on (a) 31 March 2026 and (b) 30 June 2024. Luke Charters: What steps her Department is taking to help tackle identity fraud. Liam Conlon: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Laura Kyrke-Smith: What assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proposed changes to indefinite leave to remain on skilled, legal migrants resident in the UK. Ian Lavery: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Martin Wrigley: What discussions her Department has had with police forces on the adequacy of competitive tendering for trials of AI. John Lamont: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Jack Rankin: When she plans to implement her proposed changes to indefinite leave to remain. Helen Maguire: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Jo Platt: What steps her Department is taking to help tackle illegal trading on high streets. Gareth Bacon: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Damien Egan: What steps her Department is taking to help tackle extremism. Sureena Brackenridge: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Rachael Maskell: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Jim Dickson: What recent progress her Department has made on tackling antisocial behaviour. Richard Baker: What steps the Defending Democracy Taskforce is taking to help reduce the level of threats to people standing at local and national elections. Jas Athwal: What recent progress her Department has made on implementing the violence against women and girls strategy. Dave Robertson: What steps her Department plans to take to help support the response to alleged abuse at workplaces connected to Mohamed Al Fayed. Rachel Taylor: What steps her Department is taking to help reduce levels of illegal migration. Perran Moon: What steps her Department is taking to introduce new safe and legal routes for migrants. Alan Gemmell: What steps her Department is taking to introduce new safe and legal routes for migrants. Clive Jones: What steps her Department is taking to help tackle violence against women and girls. Mary Kelly Foy: What recent progress her Department has made on implementing the violence against women and girls strategy. Damian Hinds: What recent assessment she has made of trends in levels of fraud. Catherine Fookes: What steps she is taking to help tackle financial abuse. Jerome Mayhew: What recent assessment her Department has made of trends in levels of shoplifting. Christine Jardine: What assessment she has made of the potential impact of planned changes to immigration rules on the economy. Pete Wishart: What assessment she has made of the potential impact of the use of AI facial age estimation technology by Border Force and police on vulnerable children. Neil Shastri-Hurst: What recent assessment her Department has made of trends in levels of shoplifting. Roz Savage: What steps she is taking to help tackle rural crime. View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Tuesday 19th May 2026
Oral Evidence - Sir Peter Bazalgette, Patrick Younge, and Dr Alex Mahon CBE BBC Royal Charter Review - Culture, Media and Sport Committee Found: Caroline Dinenage (Chair); Mr Bayo Alaba; Vicky Foxcroft; Damian Hinds; Dr Rupa Huq; Liz Jarvis; Jo Platt |
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Tuesday 19th May 2026
Oral Evidence - Marina Hyde, and James Graham OBE BBC Royal Charter Review - Culture, Media and Sport Committee Found: Caroline Dinenage (Chair); Mr Bayo Alaba; Vicky Foxcroft; Damian Hinds; Dr Rupa Huq; Liz Jarvis; Jo Platt |
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Thursday 14th May 2026
Report - Large Print – 2nd Report – Virtual participation by Members in select committee meetings Modernisation Committee Found: Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk) Jesse Norman (Conservative; Hereford and South Herefordshire) Jo Platt |
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Thursday 14th May 2026
Report - 2nd Report – Virtual participation by Members in select committee meetings Modernisation Committee Found: Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk) Jesse Norman (Conservative; Hereford and South Herefordshire) Jo Platt |
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Tuesday 28th April 2026
Oral Evidence - Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Department for Culture, Media and Sport, and Department for Culture, Media and Sport Major events - Culture, Media and Sport Committee Found: Alaba; Vicky Foxcroft; Damian Hinds; Dr Rupa Huq; Natasha Irons; Liz Jarvis; Anneliese Midgley; Jo Platt |
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Tuesday 19th May 2026 9:30 a.m. Culture, Media and Sport Committee - Oral evidence Subject: BBC Royal Charter Review At 10:00am: Oral evidence James Graham OBE - playwright and screenwriter Marina Hyde - journalist and podcaster At 11:00am: Oral evidence Sir Peter Bazalgette - Co-Chair, Creative Industries Council Dr Alex Mahon CBE - media executive Patrick Younge - Chair, British Broadcasting Challenge View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Tuesday 2nd June 2026 9:30 a.m. Culture, Media and Sport Committee - Oral evidence Subject: BBC Royal Charter Review At 10:00am: Oral evidence Rob Collier - Principal at 3 Reasons - MTM Gill Hind - Managing Director, Media at Enders Analysis At 11:00am: Oral evidence Professor Justin Lewis - Professor of Communication and Creative Industries at Cardiff University, and Director at Media Cymru Professor Maria Michalis - Professor of Communication Policy at University of Westminster View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Wednesday 3rd June 2026 1 p.m. Culture, Media and Sport Committee - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Tuesday 9th June 2026 9:30 a.m. Culture, Media and Sport Committee - Oral evidence Subject: BBC Royal Charter Review At 10:00am: Oral evidence Iain Dale - broadcaster, author, journalist and podcaster Jordan Schwarzenberger - CEO and Founder at Arcade At 11:00am: Oral evidence Professor Dame Elan Closs Stephens - Former interim Chair at BBC James Harding - Editor-in-Chief at The Observer, Founder at Tortoise Media, and Former Head at BBC News View calendar - Add to calendar |