Lorraine Beavers
Labour - Blackpool North and Fleetwood
4,647 (11.1%) majority - 2024 General ElectionFirst elected: 4th July 2024
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Debates during the 2024 Parliament
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Sparring Partners
Shadow Minister (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
(1 debate interactions)
(1 debate interactions)
Department Debates
(1 debate contributions)
(1 debate contributions)
Legislation Debates
(861 words contributed)
Latest EDMs signed by Lorraine Beavers
Redundancies at TGI Fridays
Tabled by: Lee Barron (Labour - Corby and East Northamptonshire)That this House condemns TGI Fridays’ decision to terminate over 1,000 staff with less than an hour’s notice, without consultation, leaving many workers locked out of their workplaces and unable to access their possessions; urges the Secretary of State for Business and Trade to meet with the dismissed workers; calls …
(Most recent: 20 Nov 2024)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 10
Independent: 1
Democratic Unionist Party: 1
UN Special Rapporteur's report on atrocity crimes in Iran
Tabled by: Bob Blackman (Conservative - Harrow East)That this House welcomes the landmark Atrocity Crimes report by the UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Iran, published by the OHCHR in July 2024, which sheds light on grave human rights violations, including the 1988 massacre of political prisoners; notes that the report states that …
(Most recent: 20 Nov 2024)
Signatures by party:
Liberal Democrat: 22
Labour: 16
Conservative: 4
Plaid Cymru: 4
Green Party: 3
Democratic Unionist Party: 2
Independent: 1
Traditional Unionist Voice: 1
Scottish National Party: 1
Social Democratic & Labour Party: 1
Commons initiatives
These initiatives were driven by Lorraine Beavers, 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.
Lorraine Beavers has not been granted any Urgent Questions
Lorraine Beavers has not been granted any Adjournment Debates
Lorraine Beavers has not introduced any legislation before Parliament
Lorraine Beavers has not co-sponsored any Bills in the current parliamentary sitting
Latest 5 Written Questions
(View all written questions)2 Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Questions
(View all Lorraine Beavers's DCMS questions)The Health Lottery has social responsibility duties and requirements to provide information to the Gambling Commission about proceeds and how these are split between prizes, expenses and good causes under its licence from the Gambling Commission. The Department has not held discussions with the Health Lottery on fulfilling its social responsibility duties, and does not hold data on its proceeds and the proportion it allocates to good causes.
More information on the responsibilities of large lotteries can be found on the Gambling Commission’s website here.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
The Health Lottery has social responsibility duties and requirements to provide information to the Gambling Commission about proceeds and how these are split between prizes, expenses and good causes under its licence from the Gambling Commission. The Department has not held discussions with the Health Lottery on fulfilling its social responsibility duties, and does not hold data on its proceeds and the proportion it allocates to good causes.
More information on the responsibilities of large lotteries can be found on the Gambling Commission’s website here.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
3 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Questions
(View all Lorraine Beavers's Defra questions)The Secretary of State does not currently have plans to make an assessment of the potential merits of banning further licences for coastal landfill sites.
The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations provide an integrated framework for the regulation of activities that could harm the environment or human health. The Environment Agency issues permits only if pollution risks are acceptable and requires coastal landfill operators to prevent waste release, considering future climate risks. Local planning authorities have responsibility for providing planning consent for facilities such as landfill sites and decide upon future landfill locations.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
The waste data for landfills in England is publicly available through the Environment Agency. Operators must report waste types and quantities, which are part of a public register accessible via the Environment Agency and published annually on GOV.UK: How to access waste management data for England - GOV.UK
The most recent data can be found online through the 2023 Waste Data Interrogator - data.gov.uk webpage.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
Defra is responsible for the domestic legislation covering Statutory Nuisance under the Environmental Protection Act 1990, whilst Local Authorities environmental health departments are the main enforcers of the Statutory Nuisance regime and associated legislation.
It is Local Authorities, not the Environment Agency, that issue abatement notices if a statutory nuisance is found to have happened; is happening, or will happen in the future.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)