Information between 19th January 2026 - 18th February 2026
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27 Jan 2026 - Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill - View Vote Context Lewis Atkinson voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 301 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 88 Noes - 310 |
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27 Jan 2026 - Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Committee - View Vote Context Lewis Atkinson voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 300 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 61 Noes - 311 |
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27 Jan 2026 - Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Committee - View Vote Context Lewis Atkinson 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 - 88 Noes - 310 |
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27 Jan 2026 - Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Committee - View Vote Context Lewis Atkinson 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 - 91 Noes - 378 |
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3 Feb 2026 - Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill - View Vote Context Lewis Atkinson voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 358 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 458 Noes - 104 |
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4 Feb 2026 - Climate Change - View Vote Context Lewis Atkinson voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 316 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 392 Noes - 116 |
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11 Feb 2026 - Local Government Finance - View Vote Context Lewis Atkinson voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 272 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 277 Noes - 143 |
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11 Feb 2026 - Climate Change - View Vote Context Lewis Atkinson voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 290 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 362 Noes - 107 |
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11 Feb 2026 - Local Government Finance - View Vote Context Lewis Atkinson voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 272 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 279 Noes - 90 |
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Lewis Atkinson speeches from: Oral Answers to Questions
Lewis Atkinson contributed 1 speech (61 words) Thursday 12th February 2026 - Commons Chamber Department for Transport |
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Lewis Atkinson speeches from: Lord Mandelson: Government Response to Humble Address Motion
Lewis Atkinson contributed 1 speech (31 words) Thursday 12th February 2026 - Commons Chamber Cabinet Office |
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Lewis Atkinson speeches from: Business of the House
Lewis Atkinson contributed 1 speech (106 words) Thursday 12th February 2026 - Commons Chamber Leader of the House |
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Lewis Atkinson speeches from: National Cancer Plan
Lewis Atkinson contributed 1 speech (74 words) Thursday 5th February 2026 - Commons Chamber Department of Health and Social Care |
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Lewis Atkinson speeches from: Indefinite Leave to Remain
Lewis Atkinson contributed 1 speech (68 words) Monday 2nd February 2026 - Westminster Hall Home Office |
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Lewis Atkinson speeches from: Business Rates
Lewis Atkinson contributed 1 speech (100 words) Tuesday 27th January 2026 - Commons Chamber HM Treasury |
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Lewis Atkinson speeches from: Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill
Lewis Atkinson contributed 2 speeches (1,652 words) 2nd reading Tuesday 27th January 2026 - Commons Chamber Department of Health and Social Care |
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Lewis Atkinson speeches from: Police Reform White Paper
Lewis Atkinson contributed 1 speech (91 words) Monday 26th January 2026 - Commons Chamber Home Office |
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Question Link
Asked by: Lewis Atkinson (Labour - Sunderland Central) Thursday 12th February 2026 Question to the Department for Transport: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the performance of Network Rail and Northern Trains in the refurbishment of Sunderland station. Answered by Keir Mather - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport) Network Rail has apologised for the frustration and inconvenience caused to the people of Sunderland. It has conducted an investigation of the issues raised, and I am aware that Northern is working with the honourable member to improve various aspects of the station. |
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Driving Tests: Staff
Asked by: Lewis Atkinson (Labour - Sunderland Central) Wednesday 11th February 2026 Question to the Department for Transport: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the (a) retention of DVSA employed driving test examiners and (b) pay of DVSA driving test examiners in comparison to the earnings of private sector driving instructors. Answered by Simon Lightwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport) To aid retention and to encourage existing driving examiners (DE) to stay in role, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is making an exceptional payment of £5,000 to DEs and eligible roles (divided into two payments) over the next 12 months. By keeping more experienced driving examiners and bringing in new ones, DVSA will lose less testing capacity from the system, making more tests available for learner drivers.
Examiner capacity is rising, with 1,542 FTE examiners now in post (the highest since 2021) as of December 2025.
DEs are civil servants and as such, their salary is determined by the Civil Service Pay Remit Guidance. The guidance sets out the financial parameters Civil Service departments can use to determine pay awards for their staff. DVSA cannot act independently from this guidance. DVSA continues to look at different financial incentives to recruit examiners and, indeed, to offer to existing employees conducting tests.
The attached excel spreadsheet shows the (a) average and (b) highest waiting time for driving test centres (DTC) in the North East of England, from the financial year 2015/16 to the financial year-to-date (YTD). Please note, that DVSA does not hold data for Elswick and South Shields DTCs beyond 2022/23, due to these centres closing. |
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Driving Tests: North East
Asked by: Lewis Atkinson (Labour - Sunderland Central) Wednesday 11th February 2026 Question to the Department for Transport: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) average and (b) longest waiting time was for a driving test in each of the the test centres in the North East region in each of the last ten years. Answered by Simon Lightwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport) To aid retention and to encourage existing driving examiners (DE) to stay in role, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is making an exceptional payment of £5,000 to DEs and eligible roles (divided into two payments) over the next 12 months. By keeping more experienced driving examiners and bringing in new ones, DVSA will lose less testing capacity from the system, making more tests available for learner drivers.
Examiner capacity is rising, with 1,542 FTE examiners now in post (the highest since 2021) as of December 2025.
DEs are civil servants and as such, their salary is determined by the Civil Service Pay Remit Guidance. The guidance sets out the financial parameters Civil Service departments can use to determine pay awards for their staff. DVSA cannot act independently from this guidance. DVSA continues to look at different financial incentives to recruit examiners and, indeed, to offer to existing employees conducting tests.
The attached excel spreadsheet shows the (a) average and (b) highest waiting time for driving test centres (DTC) in the North East of England, from the financial year 2015/16 to the financial year-to-date (YTD). Please note, that DVSA does not hold data for Elswick and South Shields DTCs beyond 2022/23, due to these centres closing. |
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26 Jan 2026, 4:55 p.m. - House of Commons " Lewis Atkinson. " Rt Hon Shabana Mahmood KC MP, The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Birmingham Ladywood, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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27 Jan 2026, 3:23 p.m. - House of Commons " Lewis Atkinson. >> 15% off. >> Pubs business rates for pubs in Sunderland? Because we're a music city where music live music is core " Lewis Atkinson MP (Sunderland Central, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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27 Jan 2026, 4:59 p.m. - House of Commons ">> Lewis Atkinson. >> Thank you. Madam Deputy Speaker. I welcome the government bringing forward this legislation, not just " Dr Ben Spencer MP (Runnymede and Weybridge, Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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5 Feb 2026, 1:53 p.m. - House of Commons " Lewis Atkinson thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I want to thank NHS cancer teams in Sunderland doing incredible work for our constituency. Other members have already mentioned that unacceptable variation in NHS performance " Lewis Atkinson MP (Sunderland Central, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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12 Feb 2026, 10:28 a.m. - House of Commons "affordable for young people again? Lewis Atkinson. >> We published the Motor. " Jas Athwal MP (Ilford South, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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12 Feb 2026, 10:33 a.m. - House of Commons "him. >> Lewis Atkinson. >> Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Network Rail have rightly apologised for their failure to deliver a " Rt Hon Heidi Alexander MP, The Secretary of State for Transport (Swindon South, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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12 Feb 2026, 11:02 a.m. - House of Commons "it in a, in a in the right priority as well. >> Lewis Atkinson. >> Thank you, Mr. Speaker. " Chris Ward MP, The Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office (Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill
20 speeches (6,039 words) Committee of the whole House Tuesday 27th January 2026 - Commons Chamber Department of Health and Social Care Mentions: 1: Caroline Johnson (Con - Sleaford and North Hykeham) Member for Sunderland Central (Lewis Atkinson) spoke about ordinary children from the north-east. - Link to Speech |
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Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill
107 speeches (28,551 words) 2nd reading Tuesday 27th January 2026 - Commons Chamber Department of Health and Social Care Mentions: 1: Caroline Johnson (Con - Sleaford and North Hykeham) Member for Sunderland Central (Lewis Atkinson) talked about the likelihood of international medical graduates - Link to Speech 2: Karin Smyth (Lab - Bristol South) Friend the Member for Sunderland Central (Lewis Atkinson), for his experience and for outlining the capacity - Link to Speech |
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Friday 13th February 2026
Report - Forty-eighth Report - 1 Statutory Instrument Reported Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) Found: Life peer) House of Commons Sir Bernard Jenkin (Conservative; Harwich and North Essex) (Chair) Lewis Atkinson |
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Wednesday 11th February 2026
Report - Twelfth Report of Session 2024-26 - No Statutory Instruments Reported Statutory Instruments (Select Committee) Found: Instruments Current membership Sir Bernard Jenkin (Conservative; Harwich and North Essex) (Chair) Lewis Atkinson |
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Tuesday 10th February 2026
Oral Evidence - 2026-02-10 16:15:00+00:00 Proposals for backbench debates - Backbench Business Committee Found: Would you consider reaching out to other Members—Lewis Atkinson, Adam Dance or Adrian Ramsay—to consider |
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Tuesday 10th February 2026
Oral Evidence - Metropolitan Police Service Home Affairs Committee Found: Watch the meeting Members present: Dame Karen Bradley (Chair); Lewis Atkinson; Mr Paul Kohler; Margaret |
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Friday 6th February 2026
Report - Forty-seventh Report - 5 Statutory Instruments Reported Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) Found: Life peer) House of Commons Sir Bernard Jenkin (Conservative; Harwich and North Essex) (Chair) Lewis Atkinson |
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Wednesday 4th February 2026
Oral Evidence - Home Office, and Home Office Home Affairs Committee Found: Watch the meeting Members present: Dame Karen Bradley (Chair); Lewis Atkinson; Mr Paul Kohler; Ben Maguire |
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Tuesday 3rd February 2026
Oral Evidence - Project for the Registration of Children as British Citizens, We Belong, Migration and Refugee Children’s Legal Unit, Islington Law Centre, (Children's Services) Barnardo's, Trades Union Congress, Confederation of British Industry, and Care England Routes to Settlement - Home Affairs Committee Found: Watch the meeting Members present: Dame Karen Bradley (Chair); Lewis Atkinson; Mr Paul Kohler; Robbie |
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Friday 30th January 2026
Report - Forty-sixth Report - 3 Statutory Instruments Reported Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) Found: Life peer) House of Commons Sir Bernard Jenkin (Conservative; Harwich and North Essex) (Chair) Lewis Atkinson |
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Wednesday 28th January 2026
Oral Evidence - Institute of Directors, The Association of Digital Verification Professionals, DAC Beachcroft, the3million, and University of Bristol Harnessing the potential of new digital forms of identification - Home Affairs Committee Found: Watch the meeting Members present: Dame Karen Bradley (Chair); Lewis Atkinson; Ben Maguire; Robbie Moore |
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Friday 23rd January 2026
Report - Forty-fifth Report - 4 Statutory Instruments Reported Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) Found: Life peer) House of Commons Sir Bernard Jenkin (Conservative; Harwich and North Essex) (Chair) Lewis Atkinson |
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Thursday 22nd January 2026
Special Report - 3rd Special Report – The Home Office’s management of asylum accommodation: Government Response Home Affairs Committee Found: Current membership Dame Karen Bradley (Conservative; Staffordshire Moorlands) (Chair) Lewis Atkinson |
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5 Feb 2026
The impact of serious and organised crime on local neighbourhoods Home Affairs Committee (Select) Submit Evidence (by 20 Mar 2026) The impacts of serious and organised crime (SOC) in local communities can make residents feel unsafe and affect confidence in policing. SOC covers a range of crimes, including child sexual exploitation and abuse; illegal drugs trafficking; fraud; money laundering; organised immigration crime; modern slavery and human trafficking and cybercrime. Annually, SOC is estimated to cost the UK at least £47 billion. There are estimated to be over 75 organisations involved in protecting the public and tackling SOC, including law enforcement and criminal justice bodies; the UK intelligence community; Government departments; local authorities; regulatory and professional bodies; and overseas law enforcement agencies. In January 2026 the Government published a White Paper on police reform: From Local to National: A New Model for Policing. In it, the Government commits to “ensur[ing] that local police forces are equipped to make their local communities safer” while “introducing a new approach to national policing that protects us all.” Key proposals outlined include a new national police force - the National Police Service (NPS). This will incorporate the National Crime Agency, which currently leads on SOC, and include new Regional Crime Hubs. The White Paper also proposes the reorganisation of existing forces into fewer regional forces and the introduction of Local Policing Areas (LPAs) with responsibility for neighbourhood policing. This inquiry will examine the extent of the linkage between SOC and neighbourhood crime and explore the capacity of neighbourhood policing to support the wider police response to SOC. It will investigate the extent to which the new structures outlined in the White Paper will support the role of neighbourhood policing in tackling SOC on high streets and in local communities, with the aim of ensuring that local, regional and national approaches to SOC work together effectively and are resourced appropriately. Individual cases In line with the general practice of select committees the Home Affairs Committee is not able to take up individual cases; nor will it investigate individual police forces. The IOPC is independent of the police, government and interest groups, and is able to investigate the most sensitive allegations involving the police in England and Wales. The IOPC can be contacted at: We are the Independent Office for Police Conduct | Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC). Legal cases We can’t publish submissions that mention ongoing legal cases. Please do not include details of an ongoing case, or details that are likely to be the subject of future proceedings, in your submission. Safeguarding If your evidence raises any safeguarding concerns about you, or other people, then the Committee has a responsibility to raise these with the appropriate safeguarding authority. If you have immediate safeguarding concerns about yourself or someone else, please contact the Police on 999. Signposting We understand that the issues raised in this work may be sensitive or upsetting. Victim Support provides independent, free and confidential advice for people who need help after crime. Report Fraud is the place to tell the police about cyber crime and fraud.
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