Marsha De Cordova
Labour - Battersea
12,039 (25.6%) majority - 2024 General ElectionFirst elected: 8th June 2017
1 APPG membership (as of 28 Aug 2024)
Christians in Parliament42 Former APPG memberships
Adult Social Care, Adverse Childhood Experiences, Afrikan Reparations, Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Barbados, Black Maternal Health, Child Criminal Exploitation and Knife Crime, Childhood Trauma, Council Housing, Creative Diversity, Cuba, Disability, Environment, Ethnicity Transplantation and Transfusion, Eye Health and Visual Impairment, Food and Drink Supply Chain, Football, Football Supporters, Governance and Inclusive Leadership, Hate Crime, Hockey, Homelessness, Human Rights, Jamaica, Kinship Care, Leasehold and Commonhold Reform, Loan Charge and Taxpayer Fairness, London, Palestine, Race Equality in Education, Renters and Rental Reform, Showing Racism the Red Card, Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia, Sixth Form Education, South Western Railway, Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, Tennis, Universal Credit, Wine and Spirits, Women in Contact with the Justice System, Women in Transport, Women's FootballDivision Voting information
Debates during the 2024 Parliament
Speeches made during Parliamentary debates are recorded in Hansard. For ease of browsing we have grouped debates into individual, departmental and legislative categories.
Department Debates
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Legislation Debates
Marsha De Cordova has not made any spoken contributions to legislative debateLatest EDMs signed by Marsha De Cordova
Support for families of British Palestinians
Tabled by: Drew Hendry (Scottish National Party - Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey)That this House absolutely condemns the ongoing conflict in Gaza; further condemns the futile and tragic loss of life and the impact on all Palestinians; notes with specific concern the situation of Salim Ghayyada’s 40 immediate family members who have been forced to abandon their homes in Gaza City and …
(Most recent: 14 May 2024)
Signatures by party:
Scottish National Party: 21
Labour: 7
Independent: 4
Plaid Cymru: 3
Green Party: 1
Alliance: 1
Palestinian family visa scheme
Tabled by: Geraint Davies (Independent - Swansea West)That this House notes that at least 18,000 civilians have already been killed by the bombardment and siege of Gaza alongside an escalating death toll in the West Bank; further notes that 60 per cent of buildings in Gaza have been flattened and hospitals and schools bombed, food, water and …
(Most recent: 15 Apr 2024)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 17
Scottish National Party: 14
Independent: 9
Plaid Cymru: 3
Social Democratic & Labour Party: 2
Alliance: 1
Green Party: 1
Commons initiatives
These initiatives were driven by Marsha De Cordova, 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.
Marsha De Cordova has not been granted any Urgent Questions
Marsha De Cordova has not been granted any Adjournment Debates
2 Bills introduced by Marsha De Cordova
A Bill to require the Secretary of State to publish a national eye health strategy for England; and to require that strategy to include measures for improving eye health outcomes, for reducing waiting times for eye health care, for improving patient experiences of eye health care, for ensuring that providers of eye health care work together in an efficient way, for increasing the capacity and skills of the eye health care workforce, and for making more effective use of research and innovation in eye health care.
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to require freeholders of certain properties that have failed fire safety tests to carry out remedial work; to make provision for sanctions for such freeholders who fail to carry out such work; to ensure that leaseholders are not held liable for the costs of such work; to make provision for a loan scheme to assist freeholders in carrying out such work; and for connected purposes.
7 Bills co-sponsored by Marsha De Cordova
Offensive Weapons Bill 2023-24
Sponsor - Helen Hayes (Lab)
Care Supporters Bill 2022-23
Sponsor - Dan Carden (Lab)
Child Criminal Exploitation Bill 2021-22
Sponsor - Lyn Brown (Lab)
Pension Charges Bill 2017-19
Sponsor - Angela Eagle (Lab)
Toilets (Provision and Accessibility) Bill 2017-19
Sponsor - Paula Sherriff (Lab)
Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Act 2018
Sponsor - Steve Reed (LAB)
Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018
Sponsor - Karen Buck (Lab)
Latest 10 Written Questions
(View all written questions)2 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Questions
(View all Marsha De Cordova's Defra questions)We are firmly committed to maintaining and improving animal welfare and want to work closely with the farming sector to deliver high standards.
The use of farrowing crates for pigs is an issue we will want to fully consider in due course.
Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 23 July 2024 to the Rt Hon Member for Islington North, PQ 592.
Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
NHS England is unable to provide an exact date for the publication of the Accessible Information Standard (AIS), due to their internal assurance and governance process. In addition, the AIS can only be published once the accessible versions are in place, all web content has been produced, and all stakeholders have been informed in advance, all of which can only be considered post-internal assurance and governance.
It should be noted that the current AIS remains in force and therefore, there should not be a gap in provision for people using services.
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The requested data is not held centrally.
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
NHS England remains committed to implementing the Accessible Information Standard (AIS) effectively, and this remains a priority for the People and Communities division. NHS England has identified a number of ways to support the standard, including through a self-assessment framework, and has committed to reviewing the efficacy of implementation.
When NHS England publishes anything, the item will require approval via their publications approval process. This involves checking the item for compliance with website accessibility guidelines as well as general accessibility, for example complexity of language. In addition, their Equality and Involvement team will, as part of the process, review the proposed content and approach, with a view to ensuring that it is compliant with the Equality Act 2010 and the Public Sector Equality duty, before giving clearance. The Department has included the AIS within the NHS England mandate, which illustrates the commitment to NHS England implementing the AIS in its work.
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
NHS England is committed to implementing the Accessible Information Standard (AIS) effectively. NHS England has identified a number of ways to support the standard, including through a self-assessment framework, and has committed to reviewing the efficacy of implementation. This will be achieved through existing staffing and team allocations.
For health and care systems, the AIS is an existing standard which has been in place since 2016, and we would expect systems to implement it within existing budgets, making it a priority where any costs are accrued to implement it. NHS England has invested officer time in developing the standard, and will invest further staff time in the launch and suitable communications as planned.
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
Under the Equality Act (2010), health and social care organisations must make reasonable adjustments to ensure that disabled people are not disadvantaged. National Health Service organisations and publicly funded social care providers must comply with the Accessible Information Standard (AIS) to meet the communication needs of patients and carers with a disability, impairment, or sensory loss.
Once the revised standard receives publishing approval, NHS England will continue work to support implementation with awareness raising, communication and engagement, and updated e-learning modules on the AIS to ensure NHS staff are better aware of the standard, and their roles and responsibilities in implementing it.
NHS England is in the process of developing updated e-learning training modules on the AIS, to complement the updated AIS. These will raise awareness of the standard and ensure that NHS staff can access up to date training on their roles and responsibilities under the AIS, which should support better and more consistent implementation of the standard.
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The Accessible Information Standard (AIS) review has been completed, and the updated standard and supporting documents are in the process of being transferred to web copy. NHS England is working on ensuring accessible versions are available for publication, and is making updates to the AIS e-learning modules in line with the new standard. NHS England is ensuring that all stakeholders involved in the review of the AIS have had ample opportunity to feedback on the process. The AIS documentation is going through NHS England's publication approval process. NHS England cannot provide a specific date for publication of the AIS, but aim to publish it soon.
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
1 Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Questions
(View all Marsha De Cordova's FCDO questions)HMG Ministers and officials at the British Embassy in Cairo continue to raise Mr Alaa Abd El-Fattah's case with the Egyptian government at the highest levels. They have been consistently clear in calling for his release and continue to press for urgent consular access. The Foreign Secretary raised Mr El-Fattah's case with Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty on 7 August and the Prime Minister raised Mr El-Fattah's case with President Sisi on 8 August.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)