Information between 28th June 2025 - 8th July 2025
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Division Votes |
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30 Jun 2025 - Business without Debate - View Vote Context Mark Sewards voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 287 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 315 Noes - 4 |
1 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context Mark Sewards voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 333 Labour Aye votes vs 49 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 335 Noes - 260 |
1 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context Mark Sewards voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 325 Labour No votes vs 42 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 149 Noes - 328 |
2 Jul 2025 - Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism - View Vote Context Mark Sewards voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 276 Labour Aye votes vs 9 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 385 Noes - 26 |
2 Jul 2025 - Deferred Division - View Vote Context Mark Sewards voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 326 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 333 Noes - 168 |
2 Jul 2025 - Deferred Division - View Vote Context Mark Sewards voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 327 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 338 Noes - 79 |
2 Jul 2025 - Armed Forces Commissioner Bill - View Vote Context Mark Sewards voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 314 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 321 Noes - 158 |
2 Jul 2025 - Prisons - View Vote Context Mark Sewards voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 326 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 333 Noes - 168 |
2 Jul 2025 - Competition - View Vote Context Mark Sewards voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 327 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 338 Noes - 79 |
Speeches |
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Mark Sewards speeches from: Giving Every Child the Best Start in Life
Mark Sewards contributed 1 speech (88 words) Monday 7th July 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for International Development |
Mark Sewards speeches from: Business of the House
Mark Sewards contributed 1 speech (173 words) Thursday 3rd July 2025 - Commons Chamber Leader of the House |
Mark Sewards speeches from: NHS 10-Year Plan
Mark Sewards contributed 1 speech (117 words) Thursday 3rd July 2025 - Commons Chamber Department of Health and Social Care |
Mark Sewards speeches from: Parental Leave Review
Mark Sewards contributed 1 speech (83 words) Tuesday 1st July 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for Business and Trade |
Mark Sewards speeches from: Road Safety Powers: Parish and Town Councils
Mark Sewards contributed 1 speech (170 words) Monday 30th June 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for Transport |
Written Answers |
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Cervical Cancer: Screening
Asked by: Mark Sewards (Labour - Leeds South West and Morley) Monday 30th June 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 expand access to smear tests. Answered by Ashley Dalton - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care) NHS England launched its first ever cervical cancer elimination creative campaign and communications toolkit for Cervical Screening Awareness Week, from 16 June 2025 to 24 June 2025. The campaign included digital resources that create a strong sense of shared responsibility and aim to increase awareness of the elimination goal, educate the public, and build confidence in cervical screening.
In March 2025, NHS England published its Cervical cancer elimination plan by 2040 – plan for England, setting out how the National Health Service will improve equitable uptake and coverage across cervical screening to meet the goal to eliminate cervical cancer by 2040. Further information on the Cervical cancer elimination plan by 2040 – plan for England is available at the following link:
https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/cervical-cancer-elimination-by-2040-plan-for-england/
NHS England will build on what is already working well to drive vaccination and screening uptake and coverage, focussing on five cross-cutting themes: increasing access; raising awareness; reducing inequalities; improving digital capabilities; and strengthening workforce capacity.
From January 2026, screening providers in the NHS Cervical Screening Programme in England will be able to offer human papillomavirus self-sampling kits to women if they have not attended their appointment for six months or more, following routine invitation. |
Hormone Replacement Therapy
Asked by: Mark Sewards (Labour - Leeds South West and Morley) Tuesday 1st July 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 merits of increasing levels of access to hormone replacement therapy treatment on the NHS. Answered by Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care) While menopause is a natural part of a woman’s life course, we recognise that menopause symptoms can be wide-ranging and debilitating, affecting a woman’s physical and mental health. Women should not have to suffer in silence and any woman concerned about menopause symptoms should seek advice from their general practitioner or other healthcare professional. It is important that women are provided with accurate information and are able to make informed choices about their care, including hormone replacement therapy (HRT). HRT is the main treatment for menopause symptoms, and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommends that for most women it is safe and effective. In November 2024, NICE published their updated guideline which recommends more treatment choices for menopause symptoms. NICE guidelines are not mandatory, but healthcare professionals are expected to take NICE guidance fully into account in their prescribing decisions. |
MP Financial Interests |
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30th June 2025
Mark Sewards (Labour - Leeds South West and Morley) 4. Visits outside the UK International visit to Gibraltar between 04 June 2025 and 06 June 2025 Source |
30th June 2025
Mark Sewards (Labour - Leeds South West and Morley) 4. Visits outside the UK International visit to Palestine between 25 May 2025 and 29 May 2025 Source |
Parliamentary Debates |
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Road Safety Powers: Parish and Town Councils
51 speeches (6,980 words) Monday 30th June 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for Transport Mentions: 1: Lilian Greenwood (Lab - Nottingham South) and Whitby (Alison Hume), for Cannock Chase (Josh Newbury), and for Leeds South West and Morley (Mark Sewards - Link to Speech |
Select Committee Documents |
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Tuesday 1st July 2025
Oral Evidence - Department for Education, and Department for Education Solving the SEND Crisis - Education Committee Found: Q236 Mark Sewards: Thank you, Minister. |
Tuesday 24th June 2025
Oral Evidence - Department for Education, and Department for Education Further Education and Skills - Education Committee Found: Members present: Helen Hayes (Chair); Mrs Sureena Brackenridge; Amanda Martin; Darren Paffey; Mark Sewards |
Calendar |
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Tuesday 8th July 2025 9:30 a.m. Education Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Curriculum and Assessment Review At 10:15am: Oral evidence Professor Becky Francis CBE - Chair at The Curriculum and Assessment Review View calendar - Add to calendar |
Tuesday 15th July 2025 9:15 a.m. Education Committee - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |
Tuesday 2nd September 2025 9:30 a.m. Education Committee - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |
Tuesday 22nd July 2025 9:15 a.m. Education Committee - Oral evidence Subject: School Attendance At 10:00am: Oral evidence Julie McCulloch - Senior Director of Strategy, Policy & Professional Development at Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) Dr Susan Morris-King - Deputy Director for Schools and Early Education at Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted) Heather Sandy - Chair of Association of Directors of Children’s Services Education Policy Committee and Executive Director of Children’s Services at Lincolnshire County Council Cllr Gerald Vernon-Jackson CBE - Deputy Chair of the LGA’s Children & Young People Board at Local Government Association (LGA) At 11:00am: Oral evidence Dan Lilley - Senior Researcher at Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) Ellie Costello - Executive Director at Square Peg Rachael Kenningham - Head of Policy and Engagement at School-Home Support View calendar - Add to calendar |