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Rachel Blake

Labour (Co-op) - Cities of London and Westminster

2,708 (6.9%) majority - 2024 General Election

First elected: 4th July 2024


1 APPG membership (as of 28 Aug 2024)
Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax
Rachel Blake has no previous appointments


Division Voting information

During the current Parliament, Rachel Blake has voted in 15 divisions, and never against the majority of their Party.
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Debates during the 2024 Parliament

Speeches made during Parliamentary debates are recorded in Hansard. For ease of browsing we have grouped debates into individual, departmental and legislative categories.

Sparring Partners
Ed Miliband (Labour)
Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero
(2 debate interactions)
Lucy Powell (Labour (Co-op))
Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
(2 debate interactions)
Shabana Mahmood (Labour)
Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
(2 debate interactions)
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Department Debates
HM Treasury
(1 debate contributions)
Leader of the House
(1 debate contributions)
Department of Health and Social Care
(1 debate contributions)
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Legislation Debates
Rachel Blake has not made any spoken contributions to legislative debate
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Latest EDMs signed by Rachel Blake

Rachel Blake has not signed any Early Day Motions

Commons initiatives

These initiatives were driven by Rachel Blake, and are more likely to reflect personal policy preferences.

MPs who are act as Ministers or Shadow Ministers are generally restricted from performing Commons initiatives other than Urgent Questions.


Rachel Blake has not been granted any Urgent Questions

Rachel Blake has not been granted any Adjournment Debates

Rachel Blake has not introduced any legislation before Parliament

Rachel Blake has not co-sponsored any Bills in the current parliamentary sitting


Latest 5 Written Questions

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Written Questions can be tabled by MPs and Lords to request specific information information on the work, policy and activities of a Government Department
30th Aug 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress her Department has made on the managed migration of disabled people from the Employment Support Allowance support group onto Universal Credit.

The Department started moving customers who were claiming Employment Support Allowance with Child Tax Credits to Universal Credit from July. From September we will begin moving across customers receiving Employment and Support Allowance only or those with ESA with housing benefit. These plans are informed by learning, which started in June, where 500 ESA customers were invited to claim Universal Credit.

Stephen Timms
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
30th Aug 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure continuity of payments for disabled people who are (a) about to start and (b) mid-way through migrating from legacy benefits to Universal Credit.

For DWP customers in receipt of ESA, DWP has agreed to continue to pay customers their legacy benefit for a further two weeks from when their legacy benefit stops to support a seamless continuation of payments. All customers will automatically receive a two-week run on of those benefits.

The DWP continues to learn and iterate its approach as we continue to move people to Universal Credit. We remain committed to ensuring that the transition to Universal Credit works as smoothly as possible for all customers, including the most vulnerable in society.

In June we invited 500 ESA customers to claim Universal Credit. This trial helped us learn and will allow us to start moving across customers receiving Employment and Support Allowance only or those with ESA with housing benefit at scale from September 2024.

In addition, DWP has developed an enhanced support journey for ESA and Income Support customers and remains confident that this provides effective support for our most vulnerable customers.

Stephen Timms
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
30th Aug 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Prime Minister will appoint an Anti-Corruption Champion.

The government is considering a range of appointments following the election, including that of the Prime Minister's Anti-Corruption Champion. When there are appointments to announce, this will be done in the usual way.

Dan Jarvis
Minister of State (Home Office)
30th Aug 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish a new anti-corruption strategy.

The government takes the issue of corruption extremely seriously and is currently considering its approach towards a future UK Anti-Corruption Strategy.

Dan Jarvis
Minister of State (Home Office)
30th Aug 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will commission independent research into the extent to which repairs to (a) lifts, (b) door entry systems and (c) other communal elements covered by social landlord's annual service charges are being re-charged directly to tenants.

The Government’s policy statement on social housing rents states that Registered Providers of social housing are expected to set reasonable and transparent service charges for tenants that reflect the service being provided. Registered Providers are expected to supply tenants with clear information about how service charges are set, and to consult with tenants if any new or extended services are introduced.

Where there are concerns about the calculation, collection or communication of service charges, tenants may ask the Housing Ombudsman to investigate their complaint.

Matthew Pennycook
Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)