Lee Pitcher
Labour - Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme
2,311 (5.9%) majority - 2024 General ElectionFirst elected: 4th July 2024
4 APPG memberships (as of 12 Feb 2025)
Sustainable Flood and Drought Management, Tidy Britain, Water, Zoos and AquariumsDivision Voting information
Debates during the 2024 Parliament
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Sparring Partners
Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
(25 debate interactions)
Shadow Minister (Science, Innovation and Technology)
(3 debate interactions)
Department Debates
(14 debate contributions)
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(6 debate contributions)
(4 debate contributions)
Legislation Debates
(1,625 words contributed)
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(100 words contributed)
Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme Petitions
e-Petitions are administered by Parliament and allow members of the public to express support for a particular issue.
If an e-petition reaches 10,000 signatures the Government will issue a written response.
If an e-petition reaches 100,000 signatures the petition becomes eligible for a Parliamentary debate (usually Monday 4.30pm in Westminster Hall).
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Latest EDMs signed by Lee Pitcher
Disclosure and Barring Service checks for hon. Members and Peers
Tabled by: Jo White (Labour - Bassetlaw)That this House believes that all Parliamentarians should be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check when they take their place in the House of Commons or House of Lords.
(Most recent: 6 Jan 2025)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 15
Green Party: 4
Liberal Democrat: 3
Independent: 2
Alliance: 1
Review into breast cancer screening
Tabled by: Wera Hobhouse (Liberal Democrat - Bath)That this House recognises the worrying rise in breast cancer cases in younger women; notes with concern that breast cancer accounts for 43% of all cancers diagnosed in women aged 25-49, yet women wait until they are 50 or older to begin routine screening; urges everyone to work together to …
(Most recent: 10 Feb 2025)
Signatures by party:
Liberal Democrat: 34
Labour: 15
Independent: 3
Green Party: 2
Democratic Unionist Party: 1
Social Democratic & Labour Party: 1
Traditional Unionist Voice: 1
Conservative: 1
Commons initiatives
These initiatives were driven by Lee Pitcher, and are more likely to reflect personal policy preferences.
MPs who are act as Ministers or Shadow Ministers are generally restricted from performing Commons initiatives other than Urgent Questions.
Lee Pitcher has not been granted any Urgent Questions
Lee Pitcher has not been granted any Adjournment Debates
1 Bill introduced by Lee Pitcher
A Bill to make provision about the installation and maintenance of, and access to, safety equipment at reservoirs; to create an offence of damaging or destroying safety equipment near bodies of water; to make provision about the teaching of water safety in schools; and for connected purposes.
Friday 20th June 2025
Order Paper number: 9
(Unlikely to be Debated - would require unanimous consent to progress)
1 Bill co-sponsored by Lee Pitcher
Elections (Accessibility for Blind Voters) Bill 2024-26
Sponsor - Julie Minns (Lab)
Latest 2 Written Questions
(View all written questions)The Department continues to engage with suppliers of Creon and other pancreatic enzyme replacement therapies (PERT) to boost production to mitigate the supply issue. The supplier of Creon expects to receive increased quantities for 2025. Suppliers of alternative PERT and specialist importers of unlicensed medicines continue to supply increased volumes to assist in covering the gap in the market. The Department has issued management advice to healthcare professionals which directs clinicians to unlicensed imports when licensed stock is unavailable, and which includes actions for integrated care boards to ensure local mitigation plans are implemented. The Department, in collaboration with NHS England, has created a webpage to include the latest update on PERT availability and easily accessible prescribing advice for clinicians.
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
On 6 and 16 January, the Home Secretary announced to Parliament a raft of measures to go further in tackling child sexual abuse and exploitation, including 'grooming gangs' offending.
The Home Secretary has written to the National Police Chiefs' Council requesting officers look again at these unsolved and closed grooming gangs cases, backed by £2.5m in funding for stronger investigations The remit of the Independent Child Sexual Abuse Review Panel has also been extended so that it covers not just historic cases before 2013 but all cases since to ensure victims of abuse have the right to an independent review
This includes appointing Baroness Louise Casey to oversee an audit to improve our understanding of the scale, nature and drivers of group-based child sexual exploitation and abuse at a national and local level, and to make recommendations on what additional action is needed to improve our response.
We will provide stronger support for local areas which are interested in undertaking work to better understand and tackle local grooming gang issues and improve their own local responses going forward.
We will also be working across Government to set out a clear timeline for taking forward the 20 recommendations from the final report of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse by Easter.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)