Information between 31st March 2025 - 10th April 2025
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1 Apr 2025 - Crime and Policing Bill (Fourth sitting) - View Vote Context Matt Bishop voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 11 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 6 Noes - 11 |
1 Apr 2025 - Crime and Policing Bill (Third sitting) - View Vote Context Matt Bishop voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 11 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 4 Noes - 12 |
1 Apr 2025 - Crime and Policing Bill (Fourth sitting) - View Vote Context Matt Bishop voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 11 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 4 Noes - 11 |
1 Apr 2025 - Crime and Policing Bill (Third sitting) - View Vote Context Matt Bishop voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 11 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 4 Noes - 12 |
1 Apr 2025 - Crime and Policing Bill (Third sitting) - View Vote Context Matt Bishop voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 11 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 4 Noes - 12 |
1 Apr 2025 - Crime and Policing Bill (Third sitting) - View Vote Context Matt Bishop voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 11 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 4 Noes - 11 |
1 Apr 2025 - Crime and Policing Bill (Third sitting) - View Vote Context Matt Bishop voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 11 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 4 Noes - 12 |
1 Apr 2025 - Crime and Policing Bill (Fourth sitting) - View Vote Context Matt Bishop voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 11 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 2 Noes - 15 |
3 Apr 2025 - Crime and Policing Bill (Sixth sitting) - View Vote Context Matt Bishop voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 9 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 4 Noes - 10 |
3 Apr 2025 - Crime and Policing Bill (Fifth sitting) - View Vote Context Matt Bishop voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 9 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 4 Noes - 9 |
8 Apr 2025 - Crime and Policing Bill (Eighth sitting) - View Vote Context Matt Bishop voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 9 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 4 Noes - 9 |
8 Apr 2025 - Crime and Policing Bill (Eighth sitting) - View Vote Context Matt Bishop voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 9 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 3 Noes - 9 |
Speeches |
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Matt Bishop speeches from: Crime and Policing Bill (Seventh sitting)
Matt Bishop contributed 1 speech (466 words) Committee stage: 7th sitting Tuesday 8th April 2025 - Public Bill Committees Home Office |
Matt Bishop speeches from: Crime and Policing Bill (Eighth sitting)
Matt Bishop contributed 3 speeches (539 words) Committee stage: 8th sitting Tuesday 8th April 2025 - Public Bill Committees Home Office |
Matt Bishop speeches from: Crime and Policing Bill (Sixth sitting)
Matt Bishop contributed 1 speech (433 words) Committee stage: 6th Sitting Thursday 3rd April 2025 - Public Bill Committees Home Office |
Matt Bishop speeches from: Crime and Policing Bill (Third sitting)
Matt Bishop contributed 4 speeches (103 words) Committee stage: 3rd Sitting Tuesday 1st April 2025 - Public Bill Committees Home Office |
Matt Bishop speeches from: Crime and Policing Bill (Fourth sitting)
Matt Bishop contributed 1 speech (435 words) Committee stage: 4th Sitting Tuesday 1st April 2025 - Public Bill Committees Home Office |
Written Answers |
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Social Rented Housing: Forest of Dean
Asked by: Matt Bishop (Labour - Forest of Dean) Monday 31st March 2025 Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to increase available social housing in the Forest of Dean. Answered by Matthew Pennycook - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government) At Spring statement, the government announced an immediate injection of £2 billion to support delivery of the biggest boost in social and affordable housebuilding in a generation and contribute to our ambitious Plan for Change milestone of building 1.5 million safe and decent homes in this Parliament. Further detail can be found in the Written Ministerial Statement made on 25 November 2025 (HCWS549).
The investment made at Spring statement follows the £800 million in new in-year funding which has been made available for the 2021-26 Affordable Homes Programme and that will support the delivery of up to 7,800 new homes, with more than half of them being Social Rent homes.
We will set out set details of new investment to succeed the 2021-26 Affordable Homes Programme at the Spending Review. This new investment will deliver a mix of homes for sub-market rent and homeownership, with a particular focus on delivering homes for social rent.
The government has also announced the £450m third round of the Local Authority Housing Fund, followed by an uplift of £50m, enabling councils to grow their housing stock.
We also confirmed a range of new flexibilities for councils and housing associations, both within the Affordable Homes Programme and in relation to how councils can use their Right to Buy receipts. Having reduced Right to Buy discounts to their pre-2012 regional levels, we have allowed councils to retain 100% of the receipts generated by Right to Buy sales.
The government recognise that Registered Providers need support to build their capacity and make a greater contribution to affordable housing supply. Between 30 October 2024 and 23 December 2024, the government consulted on a new 5-year social housing rent settlement, to give Registered Providers the certainty they need to invest in new social and affordable housing.
The revised National Planning Policy Framework published on 12 December 2024 includes a number of changes that make the planning system more supportive of affordable housing, in particular Social Rent homes. These include new Golden Rules for development on the Green Belt. Prior to development plan policies for affordable housing being updated in accordance with the revised NPPF, the affordable housing contribution required to satisfy the ‘Golden Rules’ is 15 percentage points above the highest existing affordable housing requirement that would otherwise apply to the development, subject to a cap of 50%. We estimate that under this model, the median Green Belt local planning authority affordable housing requirement will be 50%. |
Hare Coursing
Asked by: Matt Bishop (Labour - Forest of Dean) Monday 7th April 2025 Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to strengthen legislation on tackling hare coursing. Answered by Mary Creagh - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) This is a devolved matter, and the information provided therefore relates to England and Wales only.
This government recognises the importance of tackling rural crimes such as Hare Coursing.
The previous Government made changes to address illegal hare coursing through a package of measures in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022. This broadened the circumstances in which police can investigate and bring charges for hare coursing related activity. There are no plans to further change the legislation of Hare Coursing. |
Parliamentary Debates |
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Business without Debate
2 speeches (64 words) Monday 31st March 2025 - Commons Chamber Mentions: 1: Nusrat Ghani (Con - Sussex Weald) Furniss be discharged from the Administration Committee and Bambos Charalambous be added.FinanceThat Matt Bishop - Link to Speech |
Calendar |
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Tuesday 8th April 2025 9:25 a.m. Crime and Policing Bill - Debate Subject: Further to consider the Bill View calendar - Add to calendar |
Tuesday 8th April 2025 2 p.m. Crime and Policing Bill - Debate Subject: Further to consider the Bill View calendar - Add to calendar |
Tuesday 8th April 2025 2 p.m. Justice Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Work of the County Court View calendar - Add to calendar |
Tuesday 8th April 2025 2 p.m. Justice Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Work of the County Court At 2:30pm: Oral evidence Sarah Sackman MP - Minister for Courts and Legal Services at Ministry of Justice Steven Jarman - Deputy Director (Civil Justice & Law Policy) at Ministry of Justice Daniel Flury - Operations Director at HM Courts and Tribunals Service Jason Latham - Development Director at HM Courts and Tribunals Service View calendar - Add to calendar |
Tuesday 8th April 2025 2 p.m. Justice Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Work of the County Court At 2:30pm: Oral evidence Sarah Sackman MP - Minister for Courts and Legal Services at Ministry of Justice Daniel Flury - Operations Director at HMCTS Jason Latham - Development Director at HMCTS Steven Jarman - Deputy Director (Civil Justice & Law Policy) at Ministry of Justice View calendar - Add to calendar |
Tuesday 8th April 2025 2 p.m. Justice Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Work of the County Court At 2:30pm: Oral evidence Sarah Sackman MP - Minister for Courts and Legal Services at Ministry of Justice View calendar - Add to calendar |
Tuesday 8th April 2025 1 p.m. Justice Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Work of the County Court At 2:30pm: Oral evidence Sarah Sackman MP - Minister for Courts and Legal Services at Ministry of Justice Steven Jarman - Deputy Director (Civil Justice & Law Policy) at Ministry of Justice Daniel Flury - Operations Director at HM Courts and Tribunals Service Jason Latham - Development Director at HM Courts and Tribunals Service View calendar - Add to calendar |
Thursday 24th April 2025 11:30 a.m. Crime and Policing Bill - Debate Subject: Further to consider the Bill View calendar - Add to calendar |
Thursday 24th April 2025 2 p.m. Crime and Policing Bill - Debate Subject: Further to consider the Bill View calendar - Add to calendar |
Tuesday 29th April 2025 2 p.m. Justice Committee - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |
Tuesday 29th April 2025 9:25 a.m. Crime and Policing Bill - Debate Subject: Further to consider the Bill View calendar - Add to calendar |
Thursday 1st May 2025 11:30 a.m. Crime and Policing Bill - Debate Subject: Further to consider the Bill View calendar - Add to calendar |
Tuesday 29th April 2025 2 p.m. Crime and Policing Bill - Debate Subject: Further to consider the Bill View calendar - Add to calendar |
Thursday 1st May 2025 2 p.m. Crime and Policing Bill - Debate Subject: Further to consider the Bill View calendar - Add to calendar |
Tuesday 29th April 2025 2 p.m. Justice Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Work of the Criminal Cases Review Commission View calendar - Add to calendar |