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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 28 Apr 2026
Referral of Prime Minister to Committee of Privileges

"Before I start, let me pay tribute to the victims of Jeffrey Epstein, because their views have been heard far too little in these debates.

Let me address some of the quite patronising comments made to Back-Bench Labour MPs today. Nobody has asked me to speak today, and nobody has …..."
Johanna Baxter - View Speech

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 28 Apr 2026
Referral of Prime Minister to Committee of Privileges

"Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker.

Those are the issues we could have been debating today, but instead we are debating a political stunt. This Government are standing up for the British people, showing leadership in our support for Ukraine, bringing our national rail services back into public ownership and delivering …..."
Johanna Baxter - View Speech

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Division Vote (Commons)
28 Apr 2026 - Business without Debate - View Vote Context
Johanna Baxter (Lab) 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
Vote Tally: Ayes - 304 Noes - 28
Division Vote (Commons)
28 Apr 2026 - Business without Debate - View Vote Context
Johanna Baxter (Lab) 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
Vote Tally: Ayes - 308 Noes - 81
Division Vote (Commons)
28 Apr 2026 - Referral of Prime Minister to Committee of Privileges - View Vote Context
Johanna Baxter (Lab) 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
Vote Tally: Ayes - 223 Noes - 335
Division Vote (Commons)
28 Apr 2026 - Pension Schemes Bill - View Vote Context
Johanna Baxter (Lab) 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
Vote Tally: Ayes - 335 Noes - 158
Written Question
Employment: Migraines
Tuesday 28th April 2026

Asked by: Johanna Baxter (Labour - Paisley and Renfrewshire South)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether migraine has been considered as part of cross government efforts to improve workforce participation among people with long term conditions.

Answered by Stephen Timms - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)

Good work is good for health, so we want everyone to get work and get on in work when they can including people who suffer from migraine. In our Pathways to Work Green Paper we set out our Pathways to Work offer, backed by £1 billion a year of new funding by the end of the decade.

Disabled people are a diverse group so access to the right work and health support for every individual is key. We therefore have a range of specialist initiatives to support individuals to stay in work and get back into work, including those that join up employment and health systems. Existing measures include support from Work Coaches and Disability Employment Advisers (DEAs) in Jobcentres and Access to Work grants. Our Supported Employment programme, Connect to Work, is supporting disabled people, people with health conditions and people with complex barriers to employment across England and Wales.

DEAs in the Jobcentres supporting the constituency hold in-depth Work Ability conversations that focus on strengths, suitable work options, workplace adjustments and confidence building.

Our Pathways to Work support offer will ensure a coherent and navigable offer of support, building on and bringing together initiatives such as Connect to Work, WorkWell and local Trailblazers. We are building towards a guaranteed offer of personalised work, health and skills support for all disabled people and people with health conditions on out of work benefits. We anticipate that the Pathways to Work offer, once fully rolled out, will include a support conversation to identify support needs and signpost to services, one-to-one caseworker support, periodic engagement and an offer of specialist long-term work, health and skills support.

Written Question
Employment: Migraines
Tuesday 28th April 2026

Asked by: Johanna Baxter (Labour - Paisley and Renfrewshire South)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of migraines as a driver of health related economic activity.

Answered by Diana Johnson - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)

I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave on the 30 March 2026 to Question UIN 122660.

Division Vote (Commons)
27 Apr 2026 - Pension Schemes Bill - View Vote Context
Johanna Baxter (Lab) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 269 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 279 Noes - 164
Division Vote (Commons)
27 Apr 2026 - Northern Ireland Troubles Bill (Carry-over) - View Vote Context
Johanna Baxter (Lab) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 269 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 279 Noes - 176