Matthew Pennycook

Shadow Minister (Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)

(since April 2020)

Commons Debates - Petitions - EDMs (42) - Legislation tabled (0) - Commons Actions - Written Questions (119)

Labour

Member for Greenwich and Woolwich

matthew.pennycook.mp@parliament.uk / mtpennycook

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Sparring Partners

John Bercow (Speaker) (12 debate interactions) View debates with John Bercow Steve Barclay (Conservative) Chief Secretary to the Treasury (11 debate interactions) View debates with Steve Barclay Mr Steve Baker (Conservative) (10 debate interactions) View debates with Mr Steve Baker View All MP Sparring Partners

Department Debates

Department for Exiting the European Union (100 debate contributions) View Department for Exiting the European Union debates
Attorney General (26 debate contributions) View Attorney General debates
Ministry of Justice (18 debate contributions) View Ministry of Justice debates
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Legislation Debates

European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 - Government Bill (18,404 words contributed) View European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 - Government Bill debates
European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 - Government Bill (3,316 words contributed) View European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 - Government Bill debates
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Significant Greenwich and Woolwich Petitions

Highest Greenwich and Woolwich signature proportion

Status	Signatures	Title
Open	248 of 13,596 (1.82%)	Automatically grant indefinite leave to remain for parents of British citizens Gov Responded - 15 Jul 2020
Open	168 of 15,173 (1.11%)	Amnesty for UK undocumented immigrants in this COVID-19 World pandemic Gov Responded - 30 Jun 2020
Open	188 of 18,005 (1.04%)	Introduce a minimum sentence for carrying a knife, equal to carrying a firearm. Gov Responded - 31 Mar 2020
Open	695 of 77,625 (0.90%)	Scrap removal of free transport for under-18s from TfL bailout
Open	163 of 18,915 (0.86%)	Review the need for a statutory owners and Directors Test in Football

Most Greenwich and Woolwich signatures

Status	Signatures	Title
Open	2,105 of 684,940 (0.31%)	Close Schools/Colleges down for an appropriate amount of time amidst COVID19. Gov Responded - 30 Mar 2020
Open	1,821 of 699,306 (0.26%)	Include self-employed in statutory sick pay during Coronavirus Gov Responded - 26 Mar 2020
Open	1,721 of 409,197 (0.42%)	Implement UK lockdown for preventing spread of COVID19 Gov Responded - 19 Mar 2020
Open	1,167 of 348,862 (0.34%)	Reimburse all students of this year’s fees due to strikes and COVID-19 Gov Responded - 5 Jun 2020
Open	982 of 262,909 (0.37%)	Teach Britain's colonial past as part of the UK's compulsory curriculum Gov Responded - 30 Jul 2020

Matthew Pennycook has not participated in any petition debates

Most recent EDMs signed by Matthew Pennycook

Date Tabled	Title	Signatures
21 Jul 2020	Matthew Pennycook signed this EDM on Wednesday 22nd July 2020 Town and Country Planning Tabled by: Keir Starmer (Labour - Holborn and St Pancras) That an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, praying that The Town and Country Planning (Permitted Development and Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020 (S.I., 2020, No. 632), dated 23 June 2020, a copy of which was laid before this House on 24 June 2020, be annulled.	28 signatures (Most recent: 22 Jul 2020) Signatures by party: Labour: 25 Conservative: 1 Plaid Cymru: 1 Green Party: 1
4 Jun 2020	Matthew Pennycook signed this EDM on Thursday 11th June 2020 Legal Aid and Advice Tabled by: Mr David Lammy (Labour - Tottenham) That an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, praying that the Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020 (S.I., 2020, No. 515), dated 15 May 2020, a copy of which was laid before this House on 18 May 2020, be annulled.	130 signatures (Most recent: 22 Jul 2020) Signatures by party: Labour: 113 Liberal Democrat: 8 Plaid Cymru: 3 Scottish National Party: 3 Social Democratic & Labour Party: 2 Green Party: 1 Independent: 1 Democratic Unionist Party: 1

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Commons initiatives

2 Urgent Questions tabled by Matthew Pennycook

Date	Forum	Title
22 Mar 2019	Commons Chamber	European Council: Article 50 Extension
7 Nov 2017	Commons Chamber	Exiting the EU: Sectoral Analysis

Matthew Pennycook has not been granted any Adjournment Debates in the current sitting

Matthew Pennycook has not introduced any legislation in the current parliamentary sitting

2 Bills supported by Matthew Pennycook

Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018 - Private Members' Bill (Ballot Bill)
Sponsor - Ms Karen Buck (LAB)

House of Lords (Exclusion of Hereditary Peers) Bill 2017-19 - Private Members' Bill (Presentation Bill)
Sponsor - David Hanson (LAB)

119 Written Questions

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HM Treasury

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Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties Red Diesel Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties Members: Correspondence Mortgages: Islam Brexit Brexit Brexit Insurance: Reciprocal Arrangements Financial Services Financial Services Financial Services Tax Avoidance Tax Avoidance Customs Treasury: Brexit Brexit Brexit UK Trade with EU Economic Situation Turkey: Customs Inheritance Tax Economic Situation: Immigration UK Trade with EU UK Trade With EU

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

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Yolo London: Redundancy Climate Change Convention Climate Change Convention Clean Growth Ministerial Group Clean Growth Ministerial Group Clean Growth Ministerial Group District Heating: Greenwich Free Movement of Labour Energy and Climate Change Climate Change EU Emissions Trading Scheme Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Brexit Manufactured Goods: Import Duties

Department of Health and Social Care

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Gender Recognition: Clinics Gender Recognition: Clinics NHS: Cybercrime NHS Trusts: Greater London NHS: Greater London Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency Queen Elizabeth Hospital Woolwich Department of Health: Brexit

Department for Transport

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Transport: Exhaust Emissions Electric Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries Parking: Cycleways Blue Badge Scheme Blue Badge Scheme Thameslink Industry Readiness Board Silvertown Tunnel Department for Transport: Brexit Railway Stations: Access

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government