Information between 11th March 2025 - 21st March 2025
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19 Mar 2025 - National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context Matt Bishop voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 312 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 316 Noes - 187 |
19 Mar 2025 - National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context Matt Bishop voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 310 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 316 Noes - 189 |
19 Mar 2025 - National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context Matt Bishop voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 310 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 314 Noes - 187 |
19 Mar 2025 - Winter Fuel Payment - View Vote Context Matt Bishop voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 289 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 177 Noes - 293 |
19 Mar 2025 - National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context Matt Bishop voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 308 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 313 Noes - 190 |
19 Mar 2025 - National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context Matt Bishop voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 307 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 310 Noes - 183 |
19 Mar 2025 - National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context Matt Bishop voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 304 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 307 Noes - 182 |
11 Mar 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Matt Bishop voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 319 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 106 Noes - 340 |
11 Mar 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Matt Bishop voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 316 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 189 Noes - 324 |
11 Mar 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Matt Bishop voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 317 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 95 Noes - 323 |
11 Mar 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Matt Bishop voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 313 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 105 Noes - 409 |
Speeches |
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Matt Bishop speeches from: Crime and Policing Bill
Matt Bishop contributed 1 speech (413 words) 2nd reading Monday 10th March 2025 - Commons Chamber Home Office |
Written Answers |
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Cultural Heritage: Curriculum
Asked by: Matt Bishop (Labour - Forest of Dean) Wednesday 19th March 2025 Question to the Department for Education: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the University of Manchester's blog entitled Addressing the UK’s heritage skills crisis: why we must act now, published on 23 January 2025, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of including (a) heritage skills and (b) the Sloyd method in the national curriculum. Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Education) The national curriculum focuses on the key knowledge that must be taught to children aged 5 to 16 years-old in maintained schools. The national curriculum provides a broad framework which ensures schools have flexibility to organise the content and delivery of the curriculum to meet the needs of their pupils. The government has established an independent Curriculum and Assessment Review, covering ages 5 to 18, chaired by Professor Becky Francis CBE. The Review seeks to deliver a curriculum that ensures children and young people leave compulsory education ready for life and ready for work, building the knowledge, skills and attributes needed to thrive. The Review Group has now published a well-evidenced, clear interim report, which sets out its interim findings and confirms the key areas for further work. This highlights the successes of the current system, making clear that the most trusted and valued aspects of our system will remain, whilst setting a positive vision for the future. The report can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/curriculum-and-assessment-review-interim-report. The government will consider any changes it wishes to make to curriculum, assessment and qualifications whilst the Review is conducted, and will respond to the final recommendations in autumn 2025. |
Special Educational Needs: Recruitment
Asked by: Matt Bishop (Labour - Forest of Dean) Monday 17th March 2025 Question to the Department for Education: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she plans to take to increase recruitment in SEND services. Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Education) The department knows that children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) frequently require access to additional support from a broad specialist workforce across education, health and care, including speech and language therapy and educational psychologists. This is why the department introduced the speech and language degree apprenticeship, which is now in its third year of delivery and offers an alternative pathway to the traditional degree route into a successful career as a speech and language therapist. The department is working closely with NHS England to improve access to community health services, including speech and language therapy, for children and young people with SEND. The department is also investing a further £21 million to train 400 more educational psychologists from 2024, in addition to the £10 million currently being invested in the training of over 200 educational psychologists, who began their training in September 2023. |
Cultural Heritage: Buildings
Asked by: Matt Bishop (Labour - Forest of Dean) Tuesday 18th March 2025 Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the University of Manchester's blog entitled Addressing the UK’s heritage skills crisis: why we must act now, published on 23 January 2025, what steps she is taking to preserve heritage buildings. Answered by Chris Bryant - Minister of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport) My response to PQ 30997 sets out how we are considering heritage skills in relation to the University of Manchester's blog and associated report. On preserving heritage buildings, there is funding and a protection regime in place. In particular, the Secretary of State announced in February £15 million of additional funding for Heritage at Risk, building on Historic England's existing Repair Grants for Heritage at Risk programme - providing grants for repairs and conservation to heritage buildings at risk, focusing on those sites with most need, and a new £4.85 million Heritage Revival Fund to enable local people to take ownership of heritage they love and bring historic buildings back into use. The National Lottery Heritage Fund also delivers project-based heritage funding. Since 1994, The National Lottery Heritage Fund has distributed £8.6bn of National Lottery funds to more than 47,000 projects.
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Flood Control: Forest of Dean
Asked by: Matt Bishop (Labour - Forest of Dean) Tuesday 11th March 2025 Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people in the Forest of Dean constituency have accessed financial support through the (a) Property Flood Resilience grant and (b) Flood Recovery Framework. Answered by Emma Hardy - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) Following the extensive flooding in 2020, the Forest of Dean District Council participated in and managed the Property Flood Resilience Grant scheme that was activated in response. 25 residential properties and 1 business property benefitted from the Grant.
The Forest of Dean District Council qualified for support under February 2020 activation of the FRF, where support was provided to 69 households and 10 businesses impacted. |
Maternity Services: Forest of Dean
Asked by: Matt Bishop (Labour - Forest of Dean) Thursday 13th March 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 support maternity services in the Forest of Dean constituency. Answered by Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care) Several steps are being taken to support maternity services in the Forest of Dean constituency, in addition to those being delivered nationally through the three-year delivery plan for maternity and neonatal services across England. These include, but are not limited to:
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Police Covenant Oversight Board
Asked by: Matt Bishop (Labour - Forest of Dean) Thursday 13th March 2025 Question to the Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has to reconvene the Police Covenant Oversight Board; and if she will include the National Association of Retired Police Officers in the membership of that Board. Answered by Diana Johnson - Minister of State (Home Office) The Police Covenant Oversight Board was most recently convened in January, with the next meeting planned for the Spring. Beyond the oversight board, interested organisations, such as the National Association of Retired Police Officers, are engaged on the Covenant through a consultation group. Individual organisations may be invited to attend the oversight board, as they have in the past, where specific discussions are of particular relevance to the interests of those they represent. |
Pre-school Education: Finance
Asked by: Matt Bishop (Labour - Forest of Dean) Thursday 13th March 2025 Question to the Department for Education: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that funding for early years services meets the financial needs of providers. Answered by Stephen Morgan - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education) The department has been clear in our commitment to the early years as our number one priority. It is our ambition that all families have access to high-quality, affordable and flexible early education and care, improving the life chances for every child and the work choices for every parent. That also means ensuring the sector is financially sustainable and confident as it continues to deliver the entitlements and high-quality early years provision going forward. That is why, despite tough decisions to get our public finances back on track, the department is continuing to prioritise and invest, supporting early education and childcare providers with the costs they face. In the 2025/26 financial year alone, this government plans to spend over £8 billion on early years entitlements and we announced the largest ever uplift to the early years pupil premium, increasing the rate by over 45%, compared to 2024/25 financial year, equivalent to up to £570 per eligible child per year. On top of this we are providing further supplementary funding of £75 million for the early years expansion grant to support the sector as they prepare to deliver the final phase of expanded childcare entitlements from September 2025, recognising the significant level of expansion needed and the effort and planning this will require. We are also providing £25 million through the forthcoming National Insurance contributions grant for public sector employers in the early years.
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Parliamentary Debates |
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Business without Debate
0 speeches (None words) Monday 17th March 2025 - Commons Chamber |
Crime and Policing Bill
263 speeches (50,624 words) 2nd reading Monday 10th March 2025 - Commons Chamber Home Office Mentions: 1: Diana Johnson (Lab - Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham) Friends the Members for Pendle and Clitheroe (Jonathan Hinder) and for Forest of Dean (Matt Bishop)—as - Link to Speech |
Select Committee Documents |
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Monday 17th March 2025
Formal Minutes - Formal Minutes 2024-25 Committee of Selection Found: Select Committee Changes or Nominations Resolved, That Matt Bishop, Phil Brickell, Irene Campbell, Ms |
Bill Documents |
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Mar. 04 2025
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill 2024-25: progress of the bill Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill 2024-26 Briefing papers Found: It consisted of the following members: Catherine Atkinson (Lab) David Baines (Lab) Matt Bishop (Lab |
Calendar |
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Tuesday 1st April 2025 2 p.m. Justice Committee - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |
Thursday 27th March 2025 2 p.m. Crime and Policing Bill - Oral evidence Subject: Further to consider the Bill At 2:00pm: Oral evidence Christopher Morris - Deputy Head of Research and Policy at Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW) Paul Gerrard - Campaigns and Public Affairs Director at Cooperative Group Graham Wynn - Assistant Director for Consumer, Competition and Regulatory Affairs at British Retail Consortium (BRC) At 2:40pm: Oral evidence The Baroness Newlove - Victims’ Commissioner at Office of the Victims' Commissioner Suky Bhaker - CEO at Suzy Lamplugh Trust At 3:10pm: Oral evidence Sharon Maciver - Director of Child Criminal Exploitation at Action for Children Dan Sexton - Chief Technology Officer at Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) At 3:40pm: Oral evidence Councillor Sara Conway - Member of the Safer and Stronger Communities Board at the LGA, and Cabinet Member for Community Safety and Resident Participation at Barnet London Borough Council at Local Government Association (LGA) Councillor Neil Garratt AM - Leader of the Conservative group at London Assembly At 4:10pm: Oral evidence Emily Spurrell - Chair at Association of Police and Crime Commissioners (APCC) Matthew Barber, Police and Crime Commissioner for Thames Valley Jonathan Evison, Humberside Police and Crime Commissioner Roger Hirst, Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Essex At 4:50pm: Oral evidence Dr Lawrence Newport At 5:05pm: Oral evidence Sam Durham - Chief Adviser (Land Management) at National Farmers Union (NFU) At 5:20pm: Oral evidence Venita Yeung - Project Officer at Fight for Freedom. Stand with Hong Kong. At 5:35pm: Oral evidence Rt Hon Dame Diana Johnson MP - Minister for Policing, Fire and Crime Prevention at Home Office Alex Davies-Jones MP - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at Ministry of Justice View calendar - Add to calendar |
Tuesday 1st April 2025 9:25 a.m. Crime and Policing Bill - Debate Subject: Further to consider the Bill View calendar - Add to calendar |
Tuesday 1st April 2025 2 p.m. Crime and Policing Bill - Debate Subject: Further to consider the Bill View calendar - Add to calendar |
Thursday 3rd April 2025 11:30 a.m. Crime and Policing Bill - Debate Subject: Further to consider the Bill View calendar - Add to calendar |
Thursday 3rd April 2025 2 p.m. Crime and Policing Bill - Debate Subject: Further to consider the Bill View calendar - Add to calendar |
Thursday 27th March 2025 2 p.m. Crime and Policing Bill - Oral evidence Subject: Further to consider the Bill At 2:00pm: Oral evidence Christopher Morris - Deputy Head of Research and Policy at Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW) Paul Gerrard - Campaigns and Public Affairs Director at Cooperative Group Graham Wynn - Assistant Director for Consumer, Competition and Regulatory Affairs at British Retail Consortium (BRC) At 2:40pm: Oral evidence The Baroness Newlove - Victims’ Commissioner at Office of the Victims' Commissioner Suky Bhaker - CEO at Suzy Lamplugh Trust At 3:10pm: Oral evidence Sharon Maciver - Director of Child Criminal Exploitation at Action for Children Dan Sexton - Chief Technology Officer at Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) At 3:40pm: Oral evidence Councillor Sara Conway - Member of the Safer and Stronger Communities Board at the LGA, and Cabinet Member for Community Safety and Resident Participation at Barnet London Borough Council at Local Government Association (LGA) Councillor Neil Garratt AM - Leader of the Conservative group at London Assembly At 4:10pm: Oral evidence Emily Spurrell - Chair at Association of Police and Crime Commissioners (APCC) Matthew Barber, Police and Crime Commissioner for Thames Valley Roger Hirst, Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Essex At 4:50pm: Oral evidence Dr Lawrence Newport At 5:05pm: Oral evidence Sam Durham - Chief Adviser (Land Management) at National Farmers Union (NFU) At 5:20pm: Oral evidence Venita Yeung - Project Officer at Fight for Freedom. Stand with Hong Kong. At 5:35pm: Oral evidence Rt Hon Dame Diana Johnson MP - Minister for Policing, Fire and Crime Prevention at Home Office Alex Davies-Jones MP - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at Ministry of Justice View calendar - Add to calendar |
Tuesday 1st April 2025 1 p.m. Justice Committee - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |
Thursday 27th March 2025 11:30 a.m. Crime and Policing Bill - Oral evidence Subject: To consider the bill View calendar - Add to calendar |
Thursday 27th March 2025 2 p.m. Crime and Policing Bill - Oral evidence Subject: Further to consider the Bill View calendar - Add to calendar |
Tuesday 25th March 2025 2 p.m. Justice Committee - Private Meeting Subject: Tackling drugs in prisons View calendar - Add to calendar |
Thursday 27th March 2025 2 p.m. Crime and Policing Bill - Oral evidence Subject: Further to consider the Bill At 2:00pm: Oral evidence Christopher Morris - Deputy Head of Research and Policy at Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW) Paul Gerrard - Campaigns and Public Affairs Director at Cooperative Group Graham Wynn - Assistant Director for Consumer, Competition and Regulatory Affairs at British Retail Consortium (BRC) At 2:40pm: Oral evidence The Baroness Newlove - Victims’ Commissioner at Office of the Victims' Commissioner Suky Bhaker - CEO at Suzy Lamplugh Trust At 3:10pm: Oral evidence Sharon Maciver - Director of Child Criminal Exploitation at Action for Children Dan Sexton - Chief Technology Officer at Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) At 3:40pm: Oral evidence Councillor Sara Conway - Member of the Safer and Stronger Communities Board at the LGA, and Cabinet Member for Community Safety and Resident Participation at Barnet London Borough Council at Local Government Association (LGA) Councillor Neil Garratt AM - Leader of the Conservative group at London Assembly At 4:10pm: Oral evidence Emily Spurrell - Chair at Association of Police and Crime Commissioners (APCC) Matthew Barber, Police and Crime Commissioner for Thames Valley Jonathan Evison, Humberside Police and Crime Commissioner Roger Hirst, Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Essex At 4:45pm: Oral evidence Dr Lawrence Newport At 5:00pm: Oral evidence Sam Durham - Chief Adviser (Land Management) at National Farmers Union (NFU) At 5:15pm: Oral evidence Venita Yeung - Project Officer at Fight for Freedom. Stand with Hong Kong. At 5:30pm: Oral evidence Rt Hon Dame Diana Johnson MP - Minister for Policing, Fire and Crime Prevention at Home Office Alex Davies-Jones MP - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at Ministry of Justice View calendar - Add to calendar |
Thursday 27th March 2025 11:30 a.m. Crime and Policing Bill - Oral evidence Subject: To consider the bill At 11:30am: Oral evidence Chief Constable Tim De Meyer - Lead for Disclosure at National Police Chiefs’ Council Dan Murphy - Assistant National Secretary at Police Superintendents Association of England and Wales Tiff Lynch - Deputy National Chair at Police Federation of England and Wales At 12:15pm: Oral evidence Oliver Sells KC The Rt Hon. Robert Buckland KBE KC At 12:45pm: Oral evidence Colin Mackie - Chair/Founder at Spike Aware UK View calendar - Add to calendar |
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 18th March 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 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 |