Information between 28th November 2024 - 8th December 2024
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Division Votes |
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27 Nov 2024 - Finance Bill - View Vote Context Monica Harding voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 58 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 332 Noes - 176 |
29 Nov 2024 - Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill - View Vote Context Monica Harding voted No - against a party majority and against the House One of 11 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 61 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 330 Noes - 275 |
3 Dec 2024 - National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context Monica Harding voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 63 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 332 Noes - 189 |
3 Dec 2024 - Elections (Proportional Representation) - View Vote Context Monica Harding voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 62 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 138 Noes - 136 |
3 Dec 2024 - National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context Monica Harding voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 63 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 186 Noes - 330 |
4 Dec 2024 - Employer National Insurance Contributions - View Vote Context Monica Harding voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 58 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 165 Noes - 334 |
4 Dec 2024 - Farming and Inheritance Tax - View Vote Context Monica Harding voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 63 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 181 Noes - 339 |
Speeches |
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Monica Harding speeches from: National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill
Monica Harding contributed 1 speech (74 words) 2nd reading Tuesday 3rd December 2024 - Commons Chamber HM Treasury |
Monica Harding speeches from: Home-to-School Transport: Children with SEND
Monica Harding contributed 1 speech (224 words) Tuesday 3rd December 2024 - Westminster Hall Department for Education |
Monica Harding speeches from: Bangladesh: Attacks on Hindu Community
Monica Harding contributed 1 speech (166 words) Monday 2nd December 2024 - Commons Chamber Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office |
Written Answers |
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Special Educational Needs: Finance
Asked by: Monica Harding (Liberal Democrat - Esher and Walton) Thursday 28th November 2024 Question to the Department for Education: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what formula her Department is using to calculate Special Educational Needs and Disability high needs funding allocations for local authorities next year. Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Education) The high needs national funding formula will be used to allocate high needs funding to local authorities in the 2025/26 financial year. Provisional 2025/26 national funding formula allocations for local authorities have now been published and can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-funding-formula-tables-for-schools-and-high-needs-2025-to-2026. For 2025/26, Surrey County Council has been allocated a provisional high needs funding amount of over £239 million. This represents an increase of 7% per head of their projected 2 to 18-year-old population, compared with their 2024/25 formula allocation. |
Pharmacy: Surrey
Asked by: Monica Harding (Liberal Democrat - Esher and Walton) Monday 2nd December 2024 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many community pharmacies have closed in (a) Surrey and (b) Esher and Walton constituency in each year since 2019. Answered by Stephen Kinnock - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care) Since 2019, there have been a total of 39 pharmacy closures in Surrey, and four in the Esher and Walton Constituency. In Surrey, this has broken down as: seven closures in 2019; six in 2020; four in 2021; two in 2022; and 15 in 2023, with a further five having closed between January and 30 September 2024. In Esher and Walton, there were no closures between 2019 and 2022. Three closed in 2023, and one closed between January and 30 September 2024. We are aware of the reduction in the number of pharmacies in recent years, and recognise that pharmacy closures can impact on local communities. Local authorities are required to undertake a pharmaceutical needs assessment (PNA) every three years to assess whether their population is adequately served, and must keep these assessments under review. Integrated care boards give regard to the PNAs when reviewing applications from the new contractors. Contractors can also apply to open a new pharmacy to offer benefits to patients that were not foreseen by the PNA. Patients can also access the approximately 400 Distance Selling Pharmacies who must operate nationally and send medicines to patients’ home free of charge. In rural areas, dispensing doctors can also supply medicines. |
Pharmacy: Closures
Asked by: Monica Harding (Liberal Democrat - Esher and Walton) Monday 2nd December 2024 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of community pharmacy closures on (a) local health provision and (b) patient outcomes in (i) England and (ii) Surrey. Answered by Stephen Kinnock - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care) Since 2019, there have been a total of 39 pharmacy closures in Surrey, and four in the Esher and Walton Constituency. In Surrey, this has broken down as: seven closures in 2019; six in 2020; four in 2021; two in 2022; and 15 in 2023, with a further five having closed between January and 30 September 2024. In Esher and Walton, there were no closures between 2019 and 2022. Three closed in 2023, and one closed between January and 30 September 2024. We are aware of the reduction in the number of pharmacies in recent years, and recognise that pharmacy closures can impact on local communities. Local authorities are required to undertake a pharmaceutical needs assessment (PNA) every three years to assess whether their population is adequately served, and must keep these assessments under review. Integrated care boards give regard to the PNAs when reviewing applications from the new contractors. Contractors can also apply to open a new pharmacy to offer benefits to patients that were not foreseen by the PNA. Patients can also access the approximately 400 Distance Selling Pharmacies who must operate nationally and send medicines to patients’ home free of charge. In rural areas, dispensing doctors can also supply medicines. |
Flood Control: Surrey
Asked by: Monica Harding (Liberal Democrat - Esher and Walton) Monday 2nd December 2024 Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what flood (a) prevention and (b) relief measures have been put in place to support communities along the Thames between Weybridge and Long Ditton in the event of flooding in winter 2024-25. Answered by Emma Hardy - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) Following Storm Henk, the Environment Agency (EA) has undertaken a significant amount of debris clearance on weir structures, including the removal of a number of sunken & stricken vessels. The cost of the clean-up operation undertaken by our teams and supply chain partners has been more than £1 million over the last 6 months.
The main flood risk reduction plan currently being developed along this area is the proposed River Thames Scheme (RTS). It is a partnership between the EA, Surrey County Council and other local partners, that will reduce the risk of flooding for communities from Staines to Teddington, including between Weybridge and Long Ditton. This will be achieved through the creation of a new flood channel, in two parts, and capacity improvements to Sunbury, Molesey and Teddington weirs on the Thames and to the river in the Desborough area. RTS will reduce flood risk to around 11,000 homes and 1,600 businesses.
The EA are also looking at how to reduce the impact of flooding in Thames Ditton. Measures under consideration include raised barriers and property flood resilience measures to reduce the impact of flooding and allow a faster recovery. Any solution must be cost beneficial to attract public funding. |
River Mole: Sewage
Asked by: Monica Harding (Liberal Democrat - Esher and Walton) Tuesday 3rd December 2024 Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20 November 2024 to Question 13669 on Rivers: Sewage, which six sewage treatment works in the River Mole catchment have been inspected by the Environment Agency in this financial year. Answered by Emma Hardy - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) The Environment Agency (EA) has confirmed that the six Wastewater Treatment works (WwTW) inspected in the River Mole Catchment in the current financial year, referenced in the response to PQ 13669 on Rivers: Sewage, are as follows:
In the time since the response to Question 13669 was provided, the EA has inspected three additional WwTW in the Rive Mole catchment:
The EA has confirmed plans for a fourfold increase in water company inspections – 4000 by end of March 2025 - to hold companies to account, including unannounced inspections.
The increase in inspections will allow the EA to conduct more in-depth and independent audits to get to the root-cause of incidents, reducing the reliance on operator self-monitoring. |
Early Day Motions Signed |
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Tuesday 3rd December Monica Harding signed this EDM on Wednesday 18th December 2024 Bowel Cancer UK report into NHS services 41 signatures (Most recent: 20 Dec 2024)Tabled by: Clive Jones (Liberal Democrat - Wokingham) That this House recognises bowel cancer as the second biggest cancer killer, with over 13,500 people tragically dying from bowel cancer each year in England alone; acknowledges the findings from Bowel Cancer UK’s report entitled Delivering the ambitions of the NHS Long Term Plan: A review of progress of bowel … |
Thursday 10th October Monica Harding signed this EDM on Wednesday 11th December 2024 UN Special Rapporteur's report on atrocity crimes in Iran 106 signatures (Most recent: 21 Dec 2024)Tabled by: Bob Blackman (Conservative - Harrow East) That this House welcomes the landmark Atrocity Crimes report by the UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Iran, published by the OHCHR in July 2024, which sheds light on grave human rights violations, including the 1988 massacre of political prisoners; notes that the report states that … |
Select Committee Documents |
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Tuesday 26th November 2024
Oral Evidence - Chatham House, Protection Approaches, and Sudan Transnational Consortium International Development Committee Found: Watch the meeting Members present: Sarah Champion (Chair); Monica Harding; Laura Kyrke- Smith; Noah Law |
Tuesday 26th November 2024
Oral Evidence - Norwegian Refugee Council, Emergency Response Room, and Médecins Sans Frontières International Development Committee Found: Watch the meeting Members present: Sarah Champion (Chair); Monica Harding; Laura Kyrke- Smith; Noah Law |
Calendar |
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Tuesday 3rd December 2024 1:30 p.m. International Development Committee - Private Meeting View calendar |
Tuesday 10th December 2024 1:30 p.m. International Development Committee - Oral evidence Subject: The UK Government’s work on achieving SDG2: Zero Hunger At 2:00pm: Oral evidence Ms Massiye Nyang’wa - Smallholder farmer at Malawi Violet Natembeya - Smallholder farmer at Kenya At 2:30pm: Oral evidence Mrs Melina Mtonga - Executive Director at Find Your Feet Malawi Dr. Shaikh Tanveer Ahmed - Chief Executive at HANDS Foundation At 3:15pm: Oral evidence Mr Brieuc Pont - Special Envoy on Nutrition and Secretary General of the "Nutrition for Growth" Summit at Government of France View calendar |
Wednesday 11th December 2024 2:30 p.m. International Development Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Pre-appointment hearing: Chief Commissioner of the Independent Commission for Aid Impact At 2:45pm: Oral evidence Jillian Popkins - HM Government's preferred candidate at Independent Commission for Aid Impact View calendar |
Tuesday 7th January 2025 1:30 p.m. International Development Committee - Oral evidence Subject: The development work of the FCDO At 2:00pm: Oral evidence Sir Philip Barton KCMG OBE - Board member and Permanent Under-Secretary at Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Nick Dyer - Second Permanent Under-Secretary at Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office At 3:15pm: Oral evidence Rt Hon Anneliese Dodds MP - Minister of State for Development at Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office View calendar |
Select Committee Inquiry |
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4 Dec 2024
Humanitarian access and adherence to international humanitarian law International Development Committee (Select) Submit Evidence (by 15 Jan 2025) International humanitarian law includes important rules to facilitate the passage of humanitarian relief such as food, clothing and medical supplies as well as rules on the protection of humanitarian personnel. In addition, UN Security Council resolutions have called for safe and unhindered access for humanitarian personnel. Yet, in recent years there have been concerning trends in the adherence to IHL by combatant parties in conflict. In particular, there are increasingly frequent accounts of cases where the requirements for access to allow the delivery of relief material and the protections for those who deliver it have been ignored. Taking protection of humanitarian workers, the Aid Worker Security Database reports that in 2023, 280 workers died delivering aid. Of the 595 aid workers killed, injured or kidnapped that year, 95% were staff local to the crisis. In terms of humanitarian access, ACAPS assessed that between November 2022 and June 2023, crisis-affected populations in 37 countries were experiencing “extreme access constraints”, up by 5 on the previous period. This inquiry will seek to understand what the UK Government is doing to address the root causes of this problem through encouraging parties to adhere to IHL. It will also examine how provision for the protection and support of aid delivery workers is built into the Government’s funding arrangements with delivery partners. This is an opportunity for the Committee to receive oral and written evidence on efforts of the UK Government in encouraging the adherence to IHL by international actors as well as its own responsibilities to the protection of aid workers delivering UK ODA. Join the conversation on X using @CommonsIDC |
9 Dec 2024
The FCDO's approach to displaced people International Development Committee (Select) Submit Evidence (by 21 Jan 2025) 2024 saw a continuing rise in global displacement, with at least 117.3 million people forced to flee their homes, including nearly 43.4 million refugees, around 40% of whom are under the age of 18. These vast movements of peoples, and the associated costs and disruptions, can cause significant problems in host countries. Building on the work on long-term refugees by the previous Committee, the Committee intends to look at the effectiveness of Official Development Assistance spending on a range of activity aimed at supporting displaced people across the globe. A major topic of the inquiry will be the FCDO’s consideration of civilians at the beginning of conflicts, and whether the appropriate support and assistance is offered. Furthermore, the Committee will investigate the effectiveness of ODA spending on support for people displaced by climate disasters. The Conflict, Security and Stability Fund, now replaced by the Integrated Security Fund, was intended to consider these issues, but questions remain about its effectiveness. Integral to the Committee’s inquiry will be consideration of the drivers that force people to flee and what forms of early intervention work to prevent displacement. Once people become displaced, the Committee wants to examine what happens to them as they leave home and how their return home is facilitated. Across all of this, the Committee will consider whether what the UK Government is currently doing to keep displaced people safe is working. The Committee is also interested in the value for money of ODA spent on housing displaced people within the UK. Finally, the Committee will evaluate Government progress against the recommendations made by the Committee in its May 2023 Report, “UK aid for refugee host countries”, including on Government support for host countries of long-term refugees, such as Jordan. Join the conversation on X using @CommonsIDC |