Information between 24th February 2024 - 15th March 2024
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Tuesday 23rd April 2024 9:30 a.m. Paul Blomfield (Labour - Sheffield Central) Westminster Hall debate - Westminster Hall Subject: General Debate: Minimum income thresholds for partner and spousal visas View calendar |
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27 Feb 2024 - Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill - View Vote Context Paul Blomfield voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 150 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 179 Noes - 294 |
27 Feb 2024 - Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill - View Vote Context Paul Blomfield voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 151 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 169 Noes - 306 |
27 Feb 2024 - Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill - View Vote Context Paul Blomfield voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 151 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 170 Noes - 299 |
27 Feb 2024 - Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill - View Vote Context Paul Blomfield voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 152 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 171 Noes - 300 |
13 Mar 2024 - Business without Debate - View Vote Context Paul Blomfield voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 141 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 291 Noes - 147 |
13 Mar 2024 - National Insurance Contributions (Reduction in Rates) (No. 2) Bill - View Vote Context Paul Blomfield voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 147 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 170 Noes - 292 |
13 Mar 2024 - National Insurance Contributions (Reduction in Rates) (No. 2) Bill - View Vote Context Paul Blomfield voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 147 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 169 Noes - 293 |
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Paul Blomfield speeches from: Sport: Gambling Advertising
Paul Blomfield contributed 2 speeches (1,474 words) Wednesday 13th March 2024 - Westminster Hall Department for Business and Trade |
Paul Blomfield speeches from: Oral Answers to Questions
Paul Blomfield contributed 2 speeches (115 words) Tuesday 12th March 2024 - Commons Chamber Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office |
Paul Blomfield speeches from: Budget Resolutions
Paul Blomfield contributed 1 speech (865 words) Monday 11th March 2024 - Commons Chamber Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport |
Paul Blomfield speeches from: Oral Answers to Questions
Paul Blomfield contributed 2 speeches (98 words) Tuesday 27th February 2024 - Commons Chamber Department for Energy Security & Net Zero |
Paul Blomfield speeches from: Financial Risk Checks for Gambling
Paul Blomfield contributed 10 speeches (1,291 words) Monday 26th February 2024 - Westminster Hall Department for Business and Trade |
Written Answers |
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Offshore Industry: Marine Environment
Asked by: Paul Blomfield (Labour - Sheffield Central) Tuesday 27th February 2024 Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Government's target of protecting 30% of UK waters for nature by 2030 on her Department's criteria for oil and gas development permissions. Answered by Graham Stuart - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero) A comprehensive framework of environmental protection measures has been developed in the UK to minimise the impact of offshore oil and gas activities and this is embodied in the relevant legislation. Development proposals for oil and gas are a matter for the relevant regulators - the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) and the Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment and Decommissioning (OPRED). As part of the regulatory process, OPRED considers the Environmental Impact Assessment for development proposals to ensure that the impact on the environment, including marine protected areas and relevant targets is taken into account. |
Teachers: Workplace Pensions
Asked by: Paul Blomfield (Labour - Sheffield Central) Tuesday 27th February 2024 Question to the Department for Education: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing additional financial support to higher education institutions to help meet the cost of the teachers’ pension scheme. Answered by Robert Halfon Higher education providers (HEPs) are autonomous bodies, and the government does not fund the cost of changes to the scheme for them in the same way as for schools and colleges. The department expects HEPs to continue to adapt to uncertainties and financial risks to protect their longer-term sustainability. The government will continue to work with the higher education sector to explore how it can best support those providers affected, including planning effectively for implementation. The department is also keen to maintain an ongoing dialogue with HEPs.
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Overseas Students
Asked by: Paul Blomfield (Labour - Sheffield Central) Wednesday 28th February 2024 Question to the Department for Education: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of ending funding for the UK Council for International Student Affairs on the adequacy of support available to international students. Answered by Robert Halfon The government appreciates the significant economic and cultural contribution that international students make to UK higher education. The government remains committed to the ambitions set out in its International Education Strategy, including the aim to host 600,000 international students in the UK per year by 2030. The government is proud to have met this ambition two years running. Universities also offer a range of dedicated support to their international students before they arrive in the UK, on arrival and during their studies. Organisations such as the UK Council for International Student Affairs (UKCISA) and the British Council continue to provide information to international students entering the UK. |
Offshore Industry: Biodiversity
Asked by: Paul Blomfield (Labour - Sheffield Central) Wednesday 28th February 2024 Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill on the global biodiversity framework. Answered by Graham Stuart - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero) The UK is committed to implementing the Kunming Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework which aims to halt and reverse global biodiversity loss and contains a target to protect at least 30% of the world’s land and ocean by 2030.
The UK has a comprehensive legal framework of environmental protection measures for offshore oil and gas activities. Section 12 of the Impact Assessment published alongside the Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill sets out how the environmental principles of the Environment Act have been considered in the development of this Bill. |
Horizon Europe
Asked by: Paul Blomfield (Labour - Sheffield Central) Friday 1st March 2024 Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will take steps to (a) expand the Government's support for the Horizon Europe pump priming collaboration and (b) end the rule that research applications to Horizon Europe must identify a call and topic in Pillar 2. Answered by Andrew Griffith - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology) The British Academy has received considerable interest in the Pump Priming grants scheme, and the Government is pleased with the level of engagement, including from those new to the programme. There are no plans to expand the recently launched pump priming grants.
Applications for Horizon Europe grants are made directly to the European Commission. All calls within Horizon Europe work programme 2024 and beyond are funded by the UK’s association to Horizon Europe. |
Ophthalmic Services
Asked by: Paul Blomfield (Labour - Sheffield Central) Friday 8th March 2024 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 19 June 2023 to Question 188964 on Ophthalmic Services, what recent progress her Department has made on developing standard service specifications for enhanced eye care services. Answered by Andrea Leadsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care) The new standard of clinical specification for community eye care services, both minor and urgent, was published by the Local Optical Committee Support Unit on 23 February 2024. The specification will help local commissioners in getting the best outcomes, if they choose to commission these services as part of their local eye care provision. The specification is available at the following link: https://locsu.co.uk/what-we-do/pathways/community-minor-and-urgent-eye-care-clinical-specification/ |
Ophthalmic Services
Asked by: Paul Blomfield (Labour - Sheffield Central) Friday 8th March 2024 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will take steps to ensure that appropriately-qualified optometrists are able to access NHS prescription forms to help reduce the onward referral of patients with eye health conditions. Answered by Andrea Leadsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care) When commissioning community enhanced eye care services, we would expect integrated care boards to consider the need to give appropriately qualified optometrists access to National Health Service prescription forms. |
NHS: Pay
Asked by: Paul Blomfield (Labour - Sheffield Central) Thursday 7th March 2024 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions she has had with the NHS Pay Review Body on its potential recommendations on the 2024-25 pay round. Answered by Andrew Stephenson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care) My Rt hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has had no discussions with the NHS Pay Review Body on its potential recommendations for the 2024/25 pay round. My officials have regular engagement with the Pay Review Bodies (PRB) secretariat, however as independent bodies the PRBs will not discuss their potential recommendations with stakeholders, these are received alongside their report. |
Nurses: Pay
Asked by: Paul Blomfield (Labour - Sheffield Central) Friday 8th March 2024 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure all general practice nursing staff will receive a pay uplift for 2023-24. Answered by Andrea Leadsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care) We hugely value and appreciate the vital work carried out by general practice (GP) nurses. The Government accepted the Doctors’ and Dentists’ Review Body’s recommendation on salaried GP staff pay, and increased the 2023/24 GP contract to provide funding for them to receive a 6% pay rise. We encourage all practices to pass this on to staff. As self-employed contractors to the National Health Service, it is for GPs to determine employee pay. |
Early Day Motions Signed |
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Thursday 21st March Paul Blomfield signed this EDM on Wednesday 27th March 2024 Teachers’ Pension Scheme and universities 15 signatures (Most recent: 27 Mar 2024)Tabled by: Mary Kelly Foy (Labour - City of Durham) That this House notes that employers’ contributions to the Teachers’ Pension Scheme (TPS), of which approximately 58,000 university staff are members, are soon to increase by 5% in England and Wales; further notes, with concern, that while schools and colleges will receive additional funding from the Department for Education (DfE) … |
Thursday 11th January Paul Blomfield signed this EDM on Thursday 21st March 2024 Hosting refugees and asylum seekers: Council Tax Single Person Discount 11 signatures (Most recent: 22 Mar 2024)Tabled by: Mike Penning (Conservative - Hemel Hempstead) That this House calls on the Government to amend the Council Tax (Additional Provisions for Discount Disregards) Regulations 1992, so that refugees and asylum seekers with leave to remain being hosted in their home by a person living alone are disregarded for the Council Tax Single Person Discount; and notes … |
Wednesday 24th January Paul Blomfield signed this EDM on Monday 18th March 2024 Postural Tachycardia Syndrome awareness 31 signatures (Most recent: 26 Mar 2024)Tabled by: Cat Smith (Labour - Lancaster and Fleetwood) That this House notes that Postural Tachycardia Syndrome (PoTS) is an autonomic nervous system abnormality where sitting, standing and exercise can cause symptoms including shortness of breath, chest pain, brain fog, dizziness, pain, fainting, vomiting and fatigue; recognises that many people suffer a combination of symptoms, which can be chronic … |
Monday 11th March Paul Blomfield signed this EDM on Thursday 14th March 2024 Alleged comments by Frank Hester 70 signatures (Most recent: 26 Mar 2024)Tabled by: Dawn Butler (Labour - Brent Central) That this House expresses its shock regarding the alleged comments made by Frank Hester reported by The Guardian about the hon. Member for Hackney North and Stoke Newington and all Black women; believes these alleged comments to be both racist and violent in nature; notes that Mr Hester is a … |
Parliamentary Debates |
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Sport: Gambling Advertising
26 speeches (10,845 words) Wednesday 13th March 2024 - Westminster Hall Department for Business and Trade Mentions: 1: Gavin Newlands (SNP - Paisley and Renfrewshire North) Member for Sheffield Central (Paul Blomfield) in a minute! The right hon. - Link to Speech 2: Stephanie Peacock (Lab - Barnsley East) Friend the Member for Sheffield Central (Paul Blomfield) outlined.The White Paper was, though, relatively - Link to Speech |
Budget Resolutions
140 speeches (45,032 words) Monday 11th March 2024 - Commons Chamber Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Mentions: 1: Thangam Debbonaire (Lab - Bristol West) Friends the Members for Sheffield Central (Paul Blomfield), for Denton and Reddish (Andrew Gwynne), for - Link to Speech |
Brain Tumours
2 speeches (1,490 words) 1st reading Wednesday 28th February 2024 - Commons Chamber Mentions: 1: Siobhain McDonagh (Lab - Mitcham and Morden) ,That Dame Siobhain McDonagh, Will Quince, George Freeman, Tracey Crouch, Steve Brine, Helen Hayes, Paul - Link to Speech |
Financial Risk Checks for Gambling
118 speeches (27,212 words) Monday 26th February 2024 - Westminster Hall Department for Business and Trade Mentions: 1: Laurence Robertson (Con - Tewkesbury) Member for Sheffield Central (Paul Blomfield), because I am going to speak mainly about horseracing. - Link to Speech 2: Stephanie Peacock (Lab - Barnsley East) Friend the Member for Sheffield Central (Paul Blomfield) spoke powerfully about.Affordability checks - Link to Speech |
Select Committee Documents |
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Wednesday 6th March 2024
Correspondence - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Health on Early Support Hubs announcement 26.02.24 Health and Social Care Committee Found: 17 People Potential Possibilities Erewash, Maggie Throup 18 Sheffield Futures Sheffield Central, Paul |
Tuesday 5th March 2024
Oral Evidence - 2024-03-05 16:15:00+00:00 Proposals for backbench debates - Backbench Business Committee Found: Paul Blomfield. Chair: Good afternoon, and welcome to the Backbench Business Committee. |
Tuesday 5th March 2024
Oral Evidence - 2024-03-05 10:00:00+00:00 Men's health - Health and Social Care Committee Found: Watch the meeting Members present: Steve Brine (Chair); Paul Blomfield; Paul Bristow; Mrs Paulette |
Thursday 29th February 2024
Report - Second Report - Assisted Dying/Assisted Suicide Health and Social Care Committee Found: Ayes, 3 Noes, 2 Chris Green Lucy Allan Rachael Maskell Paul Blomfield James Morris Question accordingly |
Tuesday 20th February 2024
Oral Evidence - 2024-02-20 16:00:00+00:00 Bishop's Stortford Cemetery Bill Committee Found: My colleagues this afternoon are Mr Steve Double, Mr Paul Blomfield and Mr Will Quince. |
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Mar. 15 2024
Notices of Amendments as at 15 March 2024 Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24 Amendment Paper Found: Davison Mrs Flick Drummond Lloyd Russell-Moyle Kim Johnson Derek Twigg Liz Saville Roberts Paul |
Mar. 14 2024
Notices of Amendments as at 14 March 2024 Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24 Amendment Paper Found: Davison Mrs Flick Drummond Lloyd Russell-Moyle Kim Johnson Derek Twigg Liz Saville Roberts Paul |
Mar. 13 2024
Notices of Amendments as at 13 March 2024 Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24 Amendment Paper Found: Davison Mrs Flick Drummond Lloyd Russell-Moyle Kim Johnson Derek Twigg Liz Saville Roberts Paul |
Mar. 12 2024
Notices of Amendments as at 12 March 2024 Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24 Amendment Paper Found: Davison Mrs Flick Drummond Lloyd Russell-Moyle Kim Johnson Derek Twigg Liz Saville Roberts Paul |
Mar. 11 2024
Notices of Amendments as at 11 March 2024 Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24 Amendment Paper Found: Davison Mrs Flick Drummond Lloyd Russell-Moyle Kim Johnson Derek Twigg Liz Saville Roberts Paul |
Mar. 08 2024
Notices of Amendments as at 8 March 2024 Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24 Amendment Paper Found: Davison Mrs Flick Drummond Lloyd Russell-Moyle Kim Johnson Derek Twigg Liz Saville Roberts Paul |
Mar. 07 2024
Notices of Amendments as at 7 March 2024 Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24 Amendment Paper Found: Davison Mrs Flick Drummond Lloyd Russell-Moyle Kim Johnson Derek Twigg Liz Saville Roberts Paul |
Mar. 06 2024
Notices of Amendments as at 6 March 2024 Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24 Amendment Paper Found: Davison Mrs Flick Drummond Lloyd Russell-Moyle Kim Johnson Derek Twigg Liz Saville Roberts Paul |
Mar. 05 2024
Notices of Amendments as at 5 March 2024 Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24 Amendment Paper Found: Davison Mrs Flick Drummond Lloyd Russell-Moyle Kim Johnson Derek Twigg Liz Saville Roberts Paul |
Mar. 04 2024
Notices of Amendments as at 4 March 2024 Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24 Amendment Paper Found: Davison Mrs Flick Drummond Lloyd Russell-Moyle Kim Johnson Derek Twigg Liz Saville Roberts Paul |
Mar. 01 2024
Notices of Amendments as at 1 March 2024 Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24 Amendment Paper Found: Davison Mrs Flick Drummond Lloyd Russell-Moyle Kim Johnson Derek Twigg Liz Saville Roberts Paul |
Feb. 29 2024
Notices of Amendments as at 29 February 2024 Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24 Amendment Paper Found: Davison Mrs Flick Drummond Lloyd Russell-Moyle Kim Johnson Derek Twigg Liz Saville Roberts Paul |
Feb. 28 2024
Notices of Amendments as at 28 February 2024 Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24 Amendment Paper Found: Davison Mrs Flick Drummond Lloyd Russell-Moyle Kim Johnson Derek Twigg Liz Saville Roberts Paul |
Feb. 27 2024
Notices of Amendments as at 27 February 2024 Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24 Amendment Paper Found: Davison Mrs Flick Drummond Lloyd Russell-Moyle Kim Johnson Derek Twigg Liz Saville Roberts Paul |
Feb. 20 2024
Unopposed Bill Committee: Transcript 200224 PM Bishop’s Stortford Cemetery Act 2024 Transcript of evidence Found: My colleagues this afternoon are Mr Steve Double, Mr Paul Blomfield and Mr Will Quince. |
Feb. 20 2024
Unopposed Bill Committee: Corrected Transcript 200224 PM Bishop’s Stortford Cemetery Act 2024 Transcript of evidence Found: My colleagues this afternoon are Mr Steve Double, Mr Paul Blomfield and Mr Will Quince. |
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Monday 25th March 2024 4 p.m. Health and Social Care Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Work of the Department 2023-24 View calendar |
Tuesday 26th March 2024 9:30 a.m. Health and Social Care Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Pharmacy View calendar |