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Wednesday 19th March 2025 9:30 a.m. Jo Platt (Labour (Co-op) - Leigh and Atherton) Westminster Hall debate - Westminster Hall Subject: Improving transport connectivity in the North West View calendar - Add to calendar |
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12 Mar 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Jo Platt voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 303 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 333 Noes - 100 |
12 Mar 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Jo Platt voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 302 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 167 Noes - 328 |
12 Mar 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Jo Platt voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 303 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 164 Noes - 324 |
12 Mar 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Jo Platt voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 304 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 168 Noes - 314 |
12 Mar 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Jo Platt voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 305 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 333 Noes - 100 |
12 Mar 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Jo Platt voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 305 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 337 Noes - 98 |
11 Mar 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Jo Platt voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 319 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 106 Noes - 340 |
11 Mar 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Jo Platt voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 313 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 105 Noes - 409 |
11 Mar 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Jo Platt voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 316 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 189 Noes - 324 |
11 Mar 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Jo Platt voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 317 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 95 Noes - 323 |
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Jo Platt speeches from: Oral Answers to Questions
Jo Platt contributed 1 speech (46 words) Thursday 13th March 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for Business and Trade |
Jo Platt speeches from: Business of the House
Jo Platt contributed 1 speech (68 words) Thursday 13th March 2025 - Commons Chamber Leader of the House |
Jo Platt speeches from: Victory in Europe and Japan: 80th Anniversaries
Jo Platt contributed 1 speech (75 words) Thursday 13th March 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport |
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Patient Choice Schemes
Asked by: Jo Platt (Labour (Co-op) - Leigh and Atherton) Friday 7th March 2025 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to take steps to ensure a patients right of choice is not impacted by the proposed 2025-26 NHS payment scheme. Answered by Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care) A patients’ right to choose is set out in legislation, and the proposed 2025/26 NHS Payment Scheme (NHSPS) makes no changes to this right. As required by the Health and Care Act 2022, NHS England has conducted an assessment of the impact of the proposed NHSPS. This is available at the following link: This impact assessment includes consideration of the impact on patient choice, as well as an assessment of the impact on patients, in line with NHS England’s public sector equality duty. The Government is committed to patients having the right to choose their provider when referred to consultant-led treatment, or to a mental health professional, for their first appointment as an outpatient. Further information on the choices available for patients can be found on the NHS Choice Framework, which is available at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-nhs-choice-framework |
Patient Choice Schemes
Asked by: Jo Platt (Labour (Co-op) - Leigh and Atherton) Friday 7th March 2025 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the proposed 2025-26 NHS Payment Scheme on a patients right to choose. Answered by Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care) A patients’ right to choose is set out in legislation, and the proposed 2025/26 NHS Payment Scheme (NHSPS) makes no changes to this right. As required by the Health and Care Act 2022, NHS England has conducted an assessment of the impact of the proposed NHSPS. This is available at the following link: This impact assessment includes consideration of the impact on patient choice, as well as an assessment of the impact on patients, in line with NHS England’s public sector equality duty. The Government is committed to patients having the right to choose their provider when referred to consultant-led treatment, or to a mental health professional, for their first appointment as an outpatient. Further information on the choices available for patients can be found on the NHS Choice Framework, which is available at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-nhs-choice-framework |
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Health Services
Asked by: Jo Platt (Labour (Co-op) - Leigh and Atherton) Monday 10th March 2025 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 30 January 2025 to Question 26770 on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Health Services, whether the results from the NHS England stocktake will be published. Answered by Ashley Dalton - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care) NHS England’s long COVID and myalgic encephalomyelitis, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome, stocktake aimed to collate information about service commissioning, activity, and delivery, to provide a national overview of the services commissioned by integrated care boards as part of their core activity. The stocktake was completed for an internal NHS England committee and, therefore, there are no plans to publish the findings. However, those findings did confirm the widely recognised challenges of significant variation in care delivery across England, and a lack of comprehensive activity data. |
Film and Television: Subscriptions
Asked by: Jo Platt (Labour (Co-op) - Leigh and Atherton) Friday 7th March 2025 Question to the Department for Business and Trade: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Department of Culture, Media and Sport's consultation on the implementation of the new subscription contract regime under the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of proposals on cooling-off rights on the (a) film and (b) television sectors. Answered by Justin Madders - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) The Consultation on the implementation of the new subscriptions contract regime closed on 10 February 2025. We are analysing the responses, including submissions from the film and television sectors. Officials have also met with relevant trade associations and individual businesses in those sectors to hear their views. The impact assessment for subscriptions chapter in the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer Act can be found here: Subscription traps: annex 2 impact assessment. Together the subscription measures are anticipated to provide £400m of consumer benefits per year and the estimated net cost to businesses is £171m per year. |
Film and Television: Subscriptions
Asked by: Jo Platt (Labour (Co-op) - Leigh and Atherton) Friday 7th March 2025 Question to the Department for Business and Trade: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to his Department's consultation on the implementation of the new subscription contract regime under the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of proposals on cooling-off rights on the (a) film and (b) television sectors. Answered by Justin Madders - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) The Consultation on the implementation of the new subscriptions contract regime closed on 10 February 2025. We are analysing the responses, including submissions from the film and television sectors. Officials have also met with relevant trade associations and individual businesses in those sectors to hear their views. The impact assessment for subscriptions chapter in the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer Act can be found here: Subscription traps: annex 2 impact assessment. Together the subscription measures are anticipated to provide £400m of consumer benefits per year and the estimated net cost to businesses is £171m per year. |
Long Covid
Asked by: Jo Platt (Labour (Co-op) - Leigh and Atherton) Tuesday 11th March 2025 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to supporting people with Long Covid in the context of the closure of Long Covid clinics. Answered by Ashley Dalton - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care) Across the National Health Service in England there are services supporting people with post-COVID syndrome, also known as long COVID. These services offer physical, cognitive, and psychological assessment, and, where appropriate, refer patients onto existing services for treatment and rehabilitation. Further information can be found on NHS England’s website, at the following link: https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/post-covid-syndrome-long-covid/ The commissioning of post-COVID services transitioned from the long COVID national programme to local integrated care boards (ICBs) at the end of March 2024. Funding for post-COVID services in 2024/25 was expected to be allocated based on the previous distribution for 2023/24, to minimise disruption to funding flows and maintain services. NHS England has published commissioning guidance for post-COVID services which sets out the commissioning and service requirements and the oversight of post-COVID services by the ICBs in England for adults, and children and young people (CYP). It outlines the elements that post-COVID services should comprise of and the principles of care for long COVID, and is available at the following link: There is specific advice for general practitioners to manage long COVID. Patients should be managed according to current clinical guidance, such as that published and updated by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network, and the Royal College of General Practitioners, which is available at the following link: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/NG188 Primary care plays a key role in the long COVID clinical pathway, in considering and excluding potential other causes of symptoms and in determining the appropriate management of symptoms and the timing of onward referral to post-COVID services, if appropriate. A post-COVID-19 syndrome diagnostic pathway, the criteria for referral to post-COVID services, and separate adult and CYP pathways are outlined in the commissioning guidance to help provide consistency of delivery and to improve patient experience. Not all people who report long COVID symptoms will require assessment in a post-COVID assessment service. For example, some of the most common symptoms may still not warrant a specialist assessment as people can benefit from self-management advice, including from the NHS website. Some people may be seen in other disease-specific pathways, depending on their individual circumstances. NHS England has recently completed a long COVID and myalgic encephalomyelitis, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), stocktake, which aimed to provide a nationwide overview of service delivery in commissioning and contracting, assessing access, activity, and outcomes. The findings confirmed widely recognised challenges, specifically significant variation in care delivery across England, and a lack of comprehensive activity data. Executive NHS England board members were updated on the current provision of long COVID and ME/CFS services, noting those challenges. Discussions considered service prioritisation and potential COVID Inquiry recommendations. It was agreed that long COVID and ME/CFS services are rightly commissioned by ICBs, which have responsibility for ensuring coverage for their population. Furthermore, to support clinical leadership in this area, NHS England has worked in partnership with the British Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine to develop a new Clinical Post-COVID Society to facilitate the ongoing sharing of best practice, to support people affected by long COVID. Further information about the society is available at the following link: |
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Tuesday 18th March Jo Platt signed this EDM on Tuesday 25th March 2025 Coalfields Regeneration Trust funding 44 signatures (Most recent: 26 Mar 2025)Tabled by: Grahame Morris (Labour - Easington) That this House recognises the invaluable contribution of the Coalfields Regeneration Trust (CRT) in supporting economic regeneration, employment, and growth in coalfield communities across the UK; notes that the CRT was established in 1999 by the then Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott to address the economic and social challenges resulting … |
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Mar. 12 2025
Bill 128 2024-25 (as introduced) Debt Relief (Developing Countries) Bill 2024-26 Bill Found: Kyrke-Smith, Gordon McKee, Chris Law, Ellie Chowns, Liz Saville Roberts, Tonia Antoniazzi and Jo Platt |
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Tuesday 18th March 2025 10 a.m. Culture, Media and Sport Committee - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |
Tuesday 25th March 2025 4 p.m. Modernisation Committee - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |
Tuesday 29th April 2025 11:30 a.m. Modernisation Committee - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |
Tuesday 1st April 2025 2:30 p.m. Modernisation Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Access to the House of Commons and its Procedures View calendar - Add to calendar |
Tuesday 25th March 2025 4:30 p.m. Modernisation Committee - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |
Tuesday 25th March 2025 9:30 a.m. Culture, Media and Sport Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Game On: Community and school sport At 10:00am: Oral evidence Sarah Kaye - Chief Executive at Sported Andy Taylor - Chief Executive at Active Partnerships Lisa Wainwright MBE - Chief Executive at Sport and Recreation Alliance At 11:00am: Oral evidence Stephanie Hilborne OBE - Chief Executive at Women in Sport Mark Lawrie - Chief Executive at StreetGames Emily Robinson - Chief Executive at London Sport View calendar - Add to calendar |
Tuesday 25th March 2025 4:50 p.m. Modernisation Committee - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |
Tuesday 25th March 2025 9:30 a.m. Culture, Media and Sport Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Game On: Community and school sport At 10:00am: Oral evidence Sarah Kaye - Chief Executive at Sported Andy Taylor - Chief Executive at Active Partnerships Lisa Wainwright MBE - Chief Executive at Sport and Recreation Alliance At 11:00am: Oral evidence Stephanie Hilborne OBE - Chief Executive at Women in Sport Mark Lawrie - Chief Executive at StreetGames Emily Robinson - Chief Executive at London Sport Anna Scott-Marshall - Director of Communications & Social Impact at ParalympicsGB View calendar - Add to calendar |
Thursday 27th March 2025 11:30 a.m. Crime and Policing Bill - Oral evidence Subject: To consider the bill View calendar - Add to calendar |
Thursday 27th March 2025 2 p.m. Crime and Policing Bill - Oral evidence Subject: Further to consider the Bill View calendar - Add to calendar |
Thursday 27th March 2025 2 p.m. Crime and Policing Bill - Oral evidence Subject: Further to consider the Bill At 2:00pm: Oral evidence Christopher Morris - Deputy Head of Research and Policy at Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW) Paul Gerrard - Campaigns and Public Affairs Director at Cooperative Group Graham Wynn - Assistant Director for Consumer, Competition and Regulatory Affairs at British Retail Consortium (BRC) At 2:40pm: Oral evidence The Baroness Newlove - Victims’ Commissioner at Office of the Victims' Commissioner Suky Bhaker - CEO at Suzy Lamplugh Trust At 3:10pm: Oral evidence Sharon Maciver - Director of Child Criminal Exploitation at Action for Children Dan Sexton - Chief Technology Officer at Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) At 3:40pm: Oral evidence Councillor Sara Conway - Member of the Safer and Stronger Communities Board at the LGA, and Cabinet Member for Community Safety and Resident Participation at Barnet London Borough Council at Local Government Association (LGA) Councillor Neil Garratt AM - Leader of the Conservative group at London Assembly At 4:10pm: Oral evidence Emily Spurrell - Chair at Association of Police and Crime Commissioners (APCC) Matthew Barber, Police and Crime Commissioner for Thames Valley Jonathan Evison, Humberside Police and Crime Commissioner Roger Hirst, Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Essex At 4:45pm: Oral evidence Dr Lawrence Newport At 5:00pm: Oral evidence Sam Durham - Chief Adviser (Land Management) at National Farmers Union (NFU) At 5:15pm: Oral evidence Venita Yeung - Project Officer at Fight for Freedom. Stand with Hong Kong. At 5:30pm: Oral evidence Rt Hon Dame Diana Johnson MP - Minister for Policing, Fire and Crime Prevention at Home Office Alex Davies-Jones MP - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at Ministry of Justice View calendar - Add to calendar |
Thursday 27th March 2025 11:30 a.m. Crime and Policing Bill - Oral evidence Subject: To consider the bill At 11:30am: Oral evidence Chief Constable Tim De Meyer - Lead for Disclosure at National Police Chiefs’ Council Dan Murphy - Assistant National Secretary at Police Superintendents Association of England and Wales Tiff Lynch - Deputy National Chair at Police Federation of England and Wales At 12:15pm: Oral evidence Oliver Sells KC The Rt Hon. Robert Buckland KBE KC At 12:45pm: Oral evidence Colin Mackie - Chair/Founder at Spike Aware UK View calendar - Add to calendar |
Tuesday 1st April 2025 9:30 a.m. Culture, Media and Sport Committee - Oral evidence Subject: The work of Channel 4 At 10:00am: Oral evidence Dr Alex Mahon - Chief Executive at Channel 4 Sir Ian Cheshire - Chair at Channel 4 View calendar - Add to calendar |
Tuesday 1st April 2025 2:30 p.m. Modernisation Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Access to the House of Commons and its Procedures At 2:45pm: Oral evidence Robert Halfon, former Member of Parliament Dr Marie Tidball MP Sarah Bool MP Steve Darling MP Marsha De Cordova MP View calendar - Add to calendar |
Thursday 27th March 2025 2 p.m. Crime and Policing Bill - Oral evidence Subject: Further to consider the Bill At 2:00pm: Oral evidence Christopher Morris - Deputy Head of Research and Policy at Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW) Paul Gerrard - Campaigns and Public Affairs Director at Cooperative Group Graham Wynn - Assistant Director for Consumer, Competition and Regulatory Affairs at British Retail Consortium (BRC) At 2:40pm: Oral evidence The Baroness Newlove - Victims’ Commissioner at Office of the Victims' Commissioner Suky Bhaker - CEO at Suzy Lamplugh Trust At 3:10pm: Oral evidence Sharon Maciver - Director of Child Criminal Exploitation at Action for Children Dan Sexton - Chief Technology Officer at Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) At 3:40pm: Oral evidence Councillor Sara Conway - Member of the Safer and Stronger Communities Board at the LGA, and Cabinet Member for Community Safety and Resident Participation at Barnet London Borough Council at Local Government Association (LGA) Councillor Neil Garratt AM - Leader of the Conservative group at London Assembly At 4:10pm: Oral evidence Emily Spurrell - Chair at Association of Police and Crime Commissioners (APCC) Matthew Barber, Police and Crime Commissioner for Thames Valley Jonathan Evison, Humberside Police and Crime Commissioner Roger Hirst, Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Essex At 4:50pm: Oral evidence Dr Lawrence Newport At 5:05pm: Oral evidence Sam Durham - Chief Adviser (Land Management) at National Farmers Union (NFU) At 5:20pm: Oral evidence Venita Yeung - Project Officer at Fight for Freedom. Stand with Hong Kong. At 5:35pm: Oral evidence Rt Hon Dame Diana Johnson MP - Minister for Policing, Fire and Crime Prevention at Home Office Alex Davies-Jones MP - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at Ministry of Justice View calendar - Add to calendar |
Tuesday 1st April 2025 9:25 a.m. Crime and Policing Bill - Debate Subject: Further to consider the Bill View calendar - Add to calendar |
Tuesday 1st April 2025 2 p.m. Crime and Policing Bill - Debate Subject: Further to consider the Bill View calendar - Add to calendar |
Thursday 3rd April 2025 11:30 a.m. Crime and Policing Bill - Debate Subject: Further to consider the Bill View calendar - Add to calendar |
Thursday 3rd April 2025 2 p.m. Crime and Policing Bill - Debate Subject: Further to consider the Bill View calendar - Add to calendar |
Thursday 27th March 2025 2 p.m. Crime and Policing Bill - Oral evidence Subject: Further to consider the Bill At 2:00pm: Oral evidence Christopher Morris - Deputy Head of Research and Policy at Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW) Paul Gerrard - Campaigns and Public Affairs Director at Cooperative Group Graham Wynn - Assistant Director for Consumer, Competition and Regulatory Affairs at British Retail Consortium (BRC) At 2:40pm: Oral evidence The Baroness Newlove - Victims’ Commissioner at Office of the Victims' Commissioner Suky Bhaker - CEO at Suzy Lamplugh Trust At 3:10pm: Oral evidence Sharon Maciver - Director of Child Criminal Exploitation at Action for Children Dan Sexton - Chief Technology Officer at Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) At 3:40pm: Oral evidence Councillor Sara Conway - Member of the Safer and Stronger Communities Board at the LGA, and Cabinet Member for Community Safety and Resident Participation at Barnet London Borough Council at Local Government Association (LGA) Councillor Neil Garratt AM - Leader of the Conservative group at London Assembly At 4:10pm: Oral evidence Emily Spurrell - Chair at Association of Police and Crime Commissioners (APCC) Matthew Barber, Police and Crime Commissioner for Thames Valley Roger Hirst, Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Essex At 4:50pm: Oral evidence Dr Lawrence Newport At 5:05pm: Oral evidence Sam Durham - Chief Adviser (Land Management) at National Farmers Union (NFU) At 5:20pm: Oral evidence Venita Yeung - Project Officer at Fight for Freedom. Stand with Hong Kong. At 5:35pm: Oral evidence Rt Hon Dame Diana Johnson MP - Minister for Policing, Fire and Crime Prevention at Home Office Alex Davies-Jones MP - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at Ministry of Justice View calendar - Add to calendar |
Select Committee Inquiry |
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20 Mar 2025
Access to the House of Commons and its Procedures Modernisation Committee (Select) Submit Evidence (by 9 May 2025) One of the most frequently raised areas of interests during the committee’s call for views has been accessibility. This inquiry will consider the accessibility of the physical parliamentary estate and of Parliamentary procedures, language and information. The committee’s work will be focused on finding new ways of ensuring the work of the House of Commons is inclusive and more easily understood. There is currently work in progress to consider the plan for the restoration and renewal of the Palace of Westminster and other parts of the Parliamentary estate, which this inquiry will not cover. This inquiry will not consider individual cases or complaints. The committee’s work on accessibility will be covering:
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