Information between 30th June 2025 - 10th July 2025
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1 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context Sarah Gibson voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 70 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 149 Noes - 328 |
1 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context Sarah Gibson voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 70 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 335 Noes - 260 |
2 Jul 2025 - Deferred Division - View Vote Context Sarah Gibson voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 62 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 338 Noes - 79 |
2 Jul 2025 - Armed Forces Commissioner Bill - View Vote Context Sarah Gibson voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 59 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 321 Noes - 158 |
2 Jul 2025 - Deferred Division - View Vote Context Sarah Gibson voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 62 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 333 Noes - 168 |
2 Jul 2025 - Prisons - View Vote Context Sarah Gibson voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 62 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 333 Noes - 168 |
2 Jul 2025 - Competition - View Vote Context Sarah Gibson voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 62 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 338 Noes - 79 |
8 Jul 2025 - Football Governance Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Sarah Gibson voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 62 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 86 Noes - 340 |
8 Jul 2025 - Football Governance Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Sarah Gibson voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 64 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 167 Noes - 346 |
8 Jul 2025 - Football Governance Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Sarah Gibson voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 63 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 415 Noes - 98 |
8 Jul 2025 - Football Governance Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Sarah Gibson 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 - 178 Noes - 338 |
9 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context Sarah Gibson voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 65 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 336 Noes - 242 |
9 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context Sarah Gibson voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 65 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 149 Noes - 334 |
9 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context Sarah Gibson voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 65 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 175 Noes - 401 |
9 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context Sarah Gibson 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 - 335 Noes - 135 |
9 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context Sarah Gibson 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 - 105 Noes - 370 |
9 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context Sarah Gibson voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 64 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 130 Noes - 443 |
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Consumers: Bereavement
Asked by: Sarah Gibson (Liberal Democrat - Chippenham) Tuesday 1st July 2025 Question to the Department for Business and Trade: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to conduct a cross-sector review of business practices in supporting recently bereaved customers. Answered by Justin Madders - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) Government has no plans to conduct a cross-sector review of business practice in supporting recently bereaved consumers. The Financial Conduct Authority have considered this issue across financial services and have published guidance on the fair treatment of vulnerable customers in line with the FCA’s Consumer Duty. Outside of the financial sector, internal policies relating to bereavement are a matter for individual businesses, companies are expected to treat consumers with compassion and understanding in such circumstances. Business dealing with vulnerable consumers can also refer to the British Standard on Inclusive Service which utilises best practices from BS ISO 22458 on Consumer Vulnerability. Through the Employment Rights Bill, the Department is establishing a new statutory right to Bereavement Leave. As part of this, it is also considering how to better support individuals experiencing bereavement, including by providing clearer guidance for employers. |
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GP Surgeries: Wiltshire
Asked by: Sarah Gibson (Liberal Democrat - Chippenham) Tuesday 1st July 2025 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much capital funding has been allocated to GP practices in Wiltshire in each of the last three years; and how many bids for premises improvement funding were (a) submitted and (b) approved. Answered by Stephen Kinnock - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care) The Primary Care Utilisation and Modernisation Fund will deliver upgrades to more than a thousand general practice surgeries across England this year. This includes nine schemes in the Bath, Northeast Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board (BNSSW ICB), totalling a capital investment of £1.5 million. This is the first dedicated national capital fund for primary care since 2020. The following table shows the operational capital allocated to the BNSSW ICB for the last three financial years, which was subsequently prioritised at their discretion:
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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Wiltshire
Asked by: Sarah Gibson (Liberal Democrat - Chippenham) Tuesday 1st July 2025 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support his Department provides to GPs to help improve the (a) early recognition and (b) management of ME in (i) Wiltshire and (ii) areas in Wiltshire with limited specialist services. Answered by Ashley Dalton - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care) Earlier this year, NHS England completed a long COVID and myalgic encephalomyelitis, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), stocktake to provide a national overview of service delivery in commissioning and contracting, assessing access, activity, and outcomes. The findings confirmed widely recognised challenges, as well as significant variation in care delivery across England, and a lack of comprehensive activity data. The Department is working with NHS England to develop an e-learning programme on ME/CFS for healthcare professionals, including general practitioners in Wiltshire, with the aim of supporting staff to be able to provide better care and improve patient outcomes. Sessions one and two of the e-learning programme are now available at the following link: https://learninghub.nhs.uk/catalogue/mecfselearning?nodeId=7288 The third session is currently being finalised and will be launched later in 2025. The Medical Schools Council will promote the NHS England e-learning programme on ME/CFS to all United Kingdom medical schools, and will encourage those medical schools to provide undergraduates with direct patient experience of ME/CFS. The General Medical Council (GMC) is the regulator of medical schools, and it is important that education is reenforced at different stages of medical training. Royal colleges play an important role in this. The GMC has included ME/CFS in the content map for the new national exam, so all medical schools will need to teach it as a subject. We are developing a final delivery plan for ME/CFS, which we aim to publish in due course. The plan will focus on boosting research, improving attitudes and education, and bettering the lives of people with this debilitating disease in Wiltshire and throughout England. |
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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Health Services
Asked by: Sarah Gibson (Liberal Democrat - Chippenham) Tuesday 1st July 2025 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of NHS services for people with myalgic encephalomyelitis. Answered by Ashley Dalton - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care) Earlier this year, NHS England completed a long COVID and myalgic encephalomyelitis, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), stocktake to provide a national overview of service delivery in commissioning and contracting, assessing access, activity, and outcomes. The findings confirmed widely recognised challenges, as well as significant variation in care delivery across England, and a lack of comprehensive activity data. The Department is working with NHS England to develop an e-learning programme on ME/CFS for healthcare professionals, including general practitioners in Wiltshire, with the aim of supporting staff to be able to provide better care and improve patient outcomes. Sessions one and two of the e-learning programme are now available at the following link: https://learninghub.nhs.uk/catalogue/mecfselearning?nodeId=7288 The third session is currently being finalised and will be launched later in 2025. The Medical Schools Council will promote the NHS England e-learning programme on ME/CFS to all United Kingdom medical schools, and will encourage those medical schools to provide undergraduates with direct patient experience of ME/CFS. The General Medical Council (GMC) is the regulator of medical schools, and it is important that education is reenforced at different stages of medical training. Royal colleges play an important role in this. The GMC has included ME/CFS in the content map for the new national exam, so all medical schools will need to teach it as a subject. We are developing a final delivery plan for ME/CFS, which we aim to publish in due course. The plan will focus on boosting research, improving attitudes and education, and bettering the lives of people with this debilitating disease in Wiltshire and throughout England. |
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Agriculture: Weather
Asked by: Sarah Gibson (Liberal Democrat - Chippenham) Thursday 3rd July 2025 Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of extreme heat and drought on harvest forecasts for summer 2025. Answered by Daniel Zeichner - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) Defra does not forecast harvest yields. However, the UK Agricultural Market Monitoring Group monitors, alongside other issues, the impact of heat and drought on agricultural markets across the UK, while continuing to develop our understanding and analysis of the longer term impacts of extreme weather and climate change on farming. |
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Industry: Investment
Asked by: Sarah Gibson (Liberal Democrat - Chippenham) Friday 4th July 2025 Question to the Department for Business and Trade: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Invest 2035 on rural economies; and what steps he plans to use to monitor its impact on rural inclusion. Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero) Invest 2035 was published in October last year, seeking views on the UK’s Industrial Strategy. The Modern Industrial Strategy was published on 23 June, setting out a 10-year plan to back our strengths and realise Britain’s potential, targeting investment towards eight-growth driving sectors (IS-8). The Strategy focuses efforts on the city regions and clusters where the IS-8 concentrate. There are clusters across the country, including in rural areas, and the policy package addresses the biggest constraints to growth highlighted by businesses in the IS-8 sectors.
The Government supports a robust and comprehensive monitoring and evaluation of the Industrial Strategy. We have chosen six economic indicators that reflect a range of desirable objectives for the IS-8 and the economy as a whole, which will be tracked at a sector and place level. Monitoring and evaluation of the Strategy will be overseen by the Industrial Strategy Advisory Council who will take a data-led approach to assess progress on the overall Industrial Strategy. |
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Apprentices: Rural Areas
Asked by: Sarah Gibson (Liberal Democrat - Chippenham) Friday 4th July 2025 Question to the Department for Education: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the document entitled The UK's Modern Industrial Strategy, published on 23 June 2025, what steps she is taking to provide (a) targeted apprenticeship and (b) reskilling opportunities to people living in rural areas. Answered by Janet Daby - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education) This government is transforming the apprenticeships offer into a new growth and skills offer, which will give greater flexibility to employers and learners and increase access to talent across the eight industrial strategy sectors. The department will continue to rollout shorter duration and foundation apprenticeships to give more people across the country the opportunity to learn and earn in industrial strategy sectors. The first seven foundation apprenticeships will be available from August 2025, supporting young people into careers such as digital, engineering and manufacturing. The department will also introduce short courses, funded through the growth and skills levy. These will also support industrial strategy sectors starting from April 2026. The department will work with Skills England to identify the short courses which will be prioritised for the initial and subsequent rollouts and how these sit alongside apprenticeships and other training routes. We will set out further information in due course.
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Clean Energy and Environment Protection: Rural Areas
Asked by: Sarah Gibson (Liberal Democrat - Chippenham) Friday 4th July 2025 Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the document entitled The UK's Modern Industrial Strategy, published on 23 June 2025, what steps his Department is taking to (a) support the development of clean energy infrastructure and (b) introduce targeted support for green jobs in rural areas. Answered by Michael Shanks - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero) The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero has set out clear plans to support the development of clean energy infrastructure via the Clean Power Action Plan and the Spending Review. For example, we are making deployment easier, including the Planning & Infrastructure Bill, introduced on 11 March 2025, which is streamlining the planning process to fast-track critical projects. Additionally, we're transforming the electricity grid, its biggest overhaul since the 1960s, by building new capacity ahead of need and reforming outdated connection processes.
The Government is also seizing the growth opportunities of the clean energy transition—central to the Modern Industrial Strategy and the Clean Energy Industries Sector Plan. This sets out the frontier industries where the UK has the greatest potential to boost manufacturing, innovation, and associated services. This will create good jobs across the country, including in our industrial heartlands and rural areas.
The Department will also publish a Clean Energy Workforce Strategy in 2025 to ensure high-quality, long-term jobs across the UK. Through Office for Clean Energy Jobs, we are delivering Regional Skills Pilots in clean energy hubs like Lincolnshire and Pembrokeshire, helping local partners grow the skilled workforce needed for the transition. |
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Clean Energy: Rural Areas
Asked by: Sarah Gibson (Liberal Democrat - Chippenham) Friday 4th July 2025 Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the document entitled The UK's Modern Industrial Strategy, published on 23 June 2025, if he will publish a clean energy investment plan for non-urban areas. Answered by Michael Shanks - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero) The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero has set out clear plans to support the development of clean energy infrastructure via the Clean Power Action Plan and the Spending Review. For example, we are making deployment easier, including the Planning & Infrastructure Bill, introduced on 11 March 2025, which is streamlining the planning process to fast-track critical projects. Additionally, we're transforming the electricity grid, its biggest overhaul since the 1960s, by building new capacity ahead of need and reforming outdated connection processes.
The Government is also seizing the growth opportunities of the clean energy transition—central to the Modern Industrial Strategy and the Clean Energy Industries Sector Plan. This sets out the frontier industries where the UK has the greatest potential to boost manufacturing, innovation, and associated services. This will create good jobs across the country, including in our industrial heartlands and rural areas.
The Department will also publish a Clean Energy Workforce Strategy in 2025 to ensure high-quality, long-term jobs across the UK. Through Office for Clean Energy Jobs, we are delivering Regional Skills Pilots in clean energy hubs like Lincolnshire and Pembrokeshire, helping local partners grow the skilled workforce needed for the transition. |
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Further Education: Rural Areas
Asked by: Sarah Gibson (Liberal Democrat - Chippenham) Friday 4th July 2025 Question to the Department for Education: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the document entitled The UK's Modern Industrial Strategy, published on 23 June 2025, what steps her Department is taking to support further education colleges in rural areas to deliver training in (a) AI, (b) clean energy and (c) advanced manufacturing. Answered by Janet Daby - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education) The department is making additional investment of over £1 billion per year in skills for young people by 2028/29. This is additional to the over £400 million extra funding already planned for 16-19 education in the 2025/26 financial year, as well as £155 million to support schools, colleges and local authorities with increased national insurance contributions. Taken together this investment demonstrates this government’s commitment to support further education, including in rural areas. We are introducing Technical Excellence Colleges to specialise in training skilled workforces for priority sectors. Further information on locations will be published in due course. The UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy published on 23 June 2025 confirmed £200 million capital investment to tackle sector specific shortages. This is in addition to £375 million of capital investment to support post-16 capacity to accommodate additional learners entering the system and £1.7 billion from 2026/27 to 2029/30 to help colleges maintain the condition of their estate. Local Skills Improvement Plans are collaborations with local employers and providers across the country, including in rural areas, which set out priorities to better meet local skills needs. They must consider the skills needed to meet net zero, climate adaptation, and wider environmental goals. |
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Agriculture: Rural Areas
Asked by: Sarah Gibson (Liberal Democrat - Chippenham) Friday 4th July 2025 Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the document entitled The UK's Modern Industrial Strategy, published on 23 June 2025, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business and Trade on the potential impact of agri-tech on economic growth in rural areas. Answered by Daniel Zeichner - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) Ministers and officials from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) worked closely with the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) to develop the UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy, such as on the inclusion of agri-tech to support growth of the agri-tech sector and its impact in rural areas. Ministers and officials within Defra will continue to liaise on implementation of commitments within the plan, and more broadly on agri-tech. Agri-tech sector growth will help to diversify rural economies, reduce regional inequalities and support food security. Agri-tech businesses are located across the country and growth will also enable new high skilled jobs to be created in rural areas. |
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Cystic Fibrosis and Special Educational Needs: Wiltshire
Asked by: Sarah Gibson (Liberal Democrat - Chippenham) Tuesday 8th July 2025 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of education, health and care plans for children with cystic fibrosis in Wiltshire; and what steps he is taking to help support local authorities to improve those plans. Answered by Ashley Dalton - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care) We are committed to ensuring that people living with cystic fibrosis have access to appropriate support and services, so that they can fulfil their potential and lead happy, healthy and productive lives. NHS England commissions 47 specialised cystic fibrosis centres for adults and children across England. This includes the children’s specialist cystic fibrosis service based at Southampton Children’s Hospital, which serves patients in Wiltshire. Service specifications published by NHS England clearly define the standards of services, care and outcomes that people can expect from these centres. Those service specifications aim to deliver improvements to life expectancy and quality of life for children with cystic fibrosis. Where a local authority does not meet its duties, the Department for Education can take action that prioritises children’s needs and supports local areas to bring about rapid improvement. The Department for Education works to monitor, support, and challenge local authorities, working closely with NHS England to tackle weaknesses that sit with health partners. For this reason, the Department of Health and Social Care has not specifically made a formal assessment of the adequacy of education, health, and care plans for children with cystic fibrosis in Wiltshire. |
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General Practitioners: Finance
Asked by: Sarah Gibson (Liberal Democrat - Chippenham) Monday 7th July 2025 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of GP funding relative to the proportion of NHS patient contact delivered in primary care. Answered by Stephen Kinnock - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care) The Carr-Hill formula, which underpins capitation payments to general practices (GPs), is designed to ensure that resources are directed to practices based on an estimate of their patient workload and unavoidable practice costs. It is a workload-based formula, introduced in 2004, that is designed to ensure that practices are reimbursed for their expected workload. Practices are paid more if their registered patients are expected to use services more based on past usage patterns of patients with similar characteristics. It takes into account factors, such as the sex and age of patients, morbidity and mortality, patient list turnover, and unavoidable costs based on geographical area. We recognise the importance of ensuring that funding for core services is distributed equitably between practices across the country, and will therefore review the Carr-Hill formula. Details of the review, including timeframes, will be confirmed in due course. We are investing an additional £889 million in GPs to reinforce the front door of the National Health Service, bringing total spend on the GP Contract to £13.2 billion in 2025/26. This is the biggest increase in over a decade, and we are pleased that the General Practitioners Committee England is supportive of the contract changes. |
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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Research
Asked by: Sarah Gibson (Liberal Democrat - Chippenham) Thursday 10th July 2025 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of (a) UK Research and Innovation and (b) National Institute for Health and Care Research funding for biomedical research into (i) myalgic encephalomyelitis and (ii) chronic fatigue syndrome. Answered by Ashley Dalton - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care) The Government funds research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) and the Medical Research Council (MRC). We have assessed the myalgic encephalomyelitis, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), research portfolio funded through the NIHR and the MRC and acknowledge that this is an under-funded area. The level of funding awarded is directly related to the number and quality of applications received and we have historically received a small number of applications for funding in this area. Between 2019/20 and 2023/24, the NIHR committed approximately £3.7 million to research projects and programmes on ME/CFS. In the same period, the MRC committed approximately £2.9 million to research into ME/CFS. We welcome funding applications for research into ME/CFS. These applications are subject to peer review and judged in open competition, with awards being made based on the importance of the topic to patients and health and care services, value for money, and scientific quality. We aim to publish the final delivery plan for ME/CFS shortly. The plan will focus on boosting research, improving attitudes and education, and bettering the lives of people with this debilitating condition. Following the publication of the final delivery plan, we will monitor the progress across all actions in the delivery plan, with project management arrangements in place to ensure timely implementation and periodical reports to stakeholders as appropriate. Together with the MRC, we are actively exploring next steps for research in ME/CFS, and we will outline in the delivery plan further research actions and the additional support we will offer to the research community to increase the volume and quality of applications. This includes a new funding opportunity for a development award focussed on evaluating repurposed pharmaceutical inventions for post-acute infection syndromes and associated conditions, including ME/CFS. This funding opportunity is a key component of our response to the need for further research-based evidence related to the diagnosis, management, and treatment of post-acute infection conditions, including ME/CFS. We are also planning an NIHR and MRC hosted showcase event for post-acute infection conditions, including ME/CFS and long COVID, research later this year to stimulate further research in this field. |
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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Health Services
Asked by: Sarah Gibson (Liberal Democrat - Chippenham) Thursday 10th July 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 monitor progress on the delivery plan for myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome. Answered by Ashley Dalton - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care) The Government funds research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) and the Medical Research Council (MRC). We have assessed the myalgic encephalomyelitis, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), research portfolio funded through the NIHR and the MRC and acknowledge that this is an under-funded area. The level of funding awarded is directly related to the number and quality of applications received and we have historically received a small number of applications for funding in this area. Between 2019/20 and 2023/24, the NIHR committed approximately £3.7 million to research projects and programmes on ME/CFS. In the same period, the MRC committed approximately £2.9 million to research into ME/CFS. We welcome funding applications for research into ME/CFS. These applications are subject to peer review and judged in open competition, with awards being made based on the importance of the topic to patients and health and care services, value for money, and scientific quality. We aim to publish the final delivery plan for ME/CFS shortly. The plan will focus on boosting research, improving attitudes and education, and bettering the lives of people with this debilitating condition. Following the publication of the final delivery plan, we will monitor the progress across all actions in the delivery plan, with project management arrangements in place to ensure timely implementation and periodical reports to stakeholders as appropriate. Together with the MRC, we are actively exploring next steps for research in ME/CFS, and we will outline in the delivery plan further research actions and the additional support we will offer to the research community to increase the volume and quality of applications. This includes a new funding opportunity for a development award focussed on evaluating repurposed pharmaceutical inventions for post-acute infection syndromes and associated conditions, including ME/CFS. This funding opportunity is a key component of our response to the need for further research-based evidence related to the diagnosis, management, and treatment of post-acute infection conditions, including ME/CFS. We are also planning an NIHR and MRC hosted showcase event for post-acute infection conditions, including ME/CFS and long COVID, research later this year to stimulate further research in this field. |
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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Medical Treatments
Asked by: Sarah Gibson (Liberal Democrat - Chippenham) Thursday 10th July 2025 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the delivery plan for ME/CFS will include a strategic framework to support research into treatment development. Answered by Ashley Dalton - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care) The Government funds research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) and the Medical Research Council (MRC). We have assessed the myalgic encephalomyelitis, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), research portfolio funded through the NIHR and the MRC and acknowledge that this is an under-funded area. The level of funding awarded is directly related to the number and quality of applications received and we have historically received a small number of applications for funding in this area. Between 2019/20 and 2023/24, the NIHR committed approximately £3.7 million to research projects and programmes on ME/CFS. In the same period, the MRC committed approximately £2.9 million to research into ME/CFS. We welcome funding applications for research into ME/CFS. These applications are subject to peer review and judged in open competition, with awards being made based on the importance of the topic to patients and health and care services, value for money, and scientific quality. We aim to publish the final delivery plan for ME/CFS shortly. The plan will focus on boosting research, improving attitudes and education, and bettering the lives of people with this debilitating condition. Following the publication of the final delivery plan, we will monitor the progress across all actions in the delivery plan, with project management arrangements in place to ensure timely implementation and periodical reports to stakeholders as appropriate. Together with the MRC, we are actively exploring next steps for research in ME/CFS, and we will outline in the delivery plan further research actions and the additional support we will offer to the research community to increase the volume and quality of applications. This includes a new funding opportunity for a development award focussed on evaluating repurposed pharmaceutical inventions for post-acute infection syndromes and associated conditions, including ME/CFS. This funding opportunity is a key component of our response to the need for further research-based evidence related to the diagnosis, management, and treatment of post-acute infection conditions, including ME/CFS. We are also planning an NIHR and MRC hosted showcase event for post-acute infection conditions, including ME/CFS and long COVID, research later this year to stimulate further research in this field. |
Early Day Motions Signed |
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Monday 21st July Sarah Gibson signed this EDM on Tuesday 22nd July 2025 Green House Climate Club campaign 9 signatures (Most recent: 22 Jul 2025)Tabled by: Daisy Cooper (Liberal Democrat - St Albans) That this House congratulates the Green House Climate Club in St Albans, including students from Margaret Wix Primary School, Abbey Primary School, Prae Wood Primary School and Cunningham Hill Schools for their advocacy and campaigning to prevent plastic pollution by publishers and retailers of childrens’ magazines and comics; commends their … |
Monday 21st July Sarah Gibson signed this EDM as a sponsor on Tuesday 22nd July 2025 6 signatures (Most recent: 22 Jul 2025) Tabled by: Wendy Chamberlain (Liberal Democrat - North East Fife) That this House pays tribute to the life and legacy of David Lawrie, who has passed away at the age of 96 and was a stalwart of St Andrews United Football Club for over 70 years; recognises David’s remarkable service as a player, manager, committee member, secretary, and ultimately honorary … |
Thursday 17th July Sarah Gibson signed this EDM on Tuesday 22nd July 2025 13 signatures (Most recent: 22 Jul 2025) Tabled by: Alistair Carmichael (Liberal Democrat - Orkney and Shetland) That this House congratulates the organisers of the 2025 Island Games, a sporting competition involving 24 island communities from across the world and hosted in Orkney; notes that the 20th edition of the Games marks 40 years since the first event held in 1985; pays tribute to over 2,000 visitors … |
Wednesday 16th July Sarah Gibson signed this EDM on Tuesday 22nd July 2025 10 signatures (Most recent: 22 Jul 2025) Tabled by: Zöe Franklin (Liberal Democrat - Guildford) That this House recognises the work of Dose of Nature, a charity based in Guildford and Richmond, which improves mental health through supported access to natural environments; congratulates them on the recent opening of their new community garden in Guildford, opened in conjunction with Natural Trust and RHS Wisley; notes … |
Tuesday 15th July Sarah Gibson signed this EDM on Wednesday 16th July 2025 UK-based medical charities in Palestine 68 signatures (Most recent: 22 Jul 2025)Tabled by: Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat - Oxford West and Abingdon) That this House expresses its appreciation for those working for UK-based medical charities in Palestine, including Medical Aid for Palestinians, Glia, Doctors Without Borders and the British Red Cross; commends volunteers for these charities, whose Palestine-based staff take huge personal risks to provide medical aid so crucial to a Gazan … |
Friday 11th July Sarah Gibson signed this EDM on Monday 14th July 2025 Reform of the special educational needs and disabilities system 51 signatures (Most recent: 22 Jul 2025)Tabled by: Munira Wilson (Liberal Democrat - Twickenham) That this House notes with deep concern the persistent crisis in the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system, following years of neglect; welcomes the Government’s acknowledgement of the urgent need for reform; further notes the widespread anxiety among parents, carers and professionals that forthcoming changes may undermine the rights … |
Thursday 10th July Sarah Gibson signed this EDM on Monday 14th July 2025 28 signatures (Most recent: 22 Jul 2025) Tabled by: Pippa Heylings (Liberal Democrat - South Cambridgeshire) That this House is deeply concerned about the impacts of extreme temperatures this summer; is further concerned that poorly insulated housing puts lives at risk during heat waves especially for the most vulnerable people suffering with extreme temperatures in care homes, hospitals and temporary accommodation; notes with concern the findings … |
Thursday 10th July Sarah Gibson signed this EDM on Monday 14th July 2025 Funding and role of community pharmacies 25 signatures (Most recent: 22 Jul 2025)Tabled by: Edward Morello (Liberal Democrat - West Dorset) That this House notes the vital role played by community pharmacies in delivering frontline healthcare and reducing pressure on general practice and hospitals; recognises that in areas such as West Dorset, 17 pharmacies dispense around 160,000 prescriptions each month and help save approximately 2,500 GP appointments; expresses concern that despite … |
Thursday 10th July Sarah Gibson signed this EDM as a sponsor on Monday 14th July 2025 Bath and North East Somerset Community Wellbeing Hub 10 signatures (Most recent: 17 Jul 2025)Tabled by: Anna Sabine (Liberal Democrat - Frome and East Somerset) That this House celebrates the Bath and North East Somerset Community Wellbeing Hub, which was voted second, Highly Commended, in the Innovations in Public Private Partnerships category at the Municipal Journal Awards; praises all the work of the team involved in the Hub and wider partnership; celebrates their commitment to … |
Wednesday 9th July Sarah Gibson signed this EDM on Monday 14th July 2025 Support for people with dyscalculia 23 signatures (Most recent: 17 Jul 2025)Tabled by: Adam Dance (Liberal Democrat - Yeovil) That this House recognises that approximately six percent of the population has dyscalculia; notes that while there is no single profile of dyscalculia, it is a learning difference that affects the ability to acquire mathematical skills, primarily arithmetic; acknowledges that research into dyscalculia has lagged behind research into other learning … |
Monday 7th July Sarah Gibson signed this EDM on Monday 14th July 2025 35 signatures (Most recent: 17 Jul 2025) Tabled by: Edward Morello (Liberal Democrat - West Dorset) That this House is deeply concerned by the growing crisis in NHS dentistry, particularly in rural constituencies such as West Dorset, where just 15 dental practices offer any form of NHS care to a population of 94,000, equating to more than 2,300 residents per dentist; notes that only 36% of … |
Tuesday 1st July Sarah Gibson signed this EDM on Monday 14th July 2025 35 signatures (Most recent: 15 Jul 2025) Tabled by: Jess Brown-Fuller (Liberal Democrat - Chichester) That this House notes with concern that the UK wastes around 9.52 million tonnes of food each year, including 6.4 million tonnes of edible surplus which is enough to feed nearly 14 million people annually; expresses concern that only 30% of large food and drink businesses are measuring and reporting … |
Monday 9th December Sarah Gibson signed this EDM on Wednesday 9th July 2025 49 signatures (Most recent: 9 Jul 2025) Tabled by: Josh Babarinde (Liberal Democrat - Eastbourne) That this House acknowledges the pervasive and deeply harmful impact of domestic abuse on survivors; notes that, while the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 defines domestic abuse, there is no specific criminal offence for domestic abuse in England and Wales; further notes that many domestic abuse cases are prosecuted under broader … |
Tuesday 1st July Sarah Gibson signed this EDM on Monday 7th July 2025 Loan Charge and settlement terms offered to large companies and individuals 66 signatures (Most recent: 22 Jul 2025)Tabled by: Angus MacDonald (Liberal Democrat - Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire) That this House is deeply concerned at the treatment of those facing the Loan Charge; notes that instead of commissioning a truly independent review of the Loan Charge, Ministers announced a highly restricted review, conducted by a former Assistant Director of HMRC, Ray McCann, only looking at settlement terms; expresses … |
Friday 17th January Sarah Gibson signed this EDM on Thursday 3rd July 2025 British companies and the transportation of Russian liquefied natural gas 42 signatures (Most recent: 15 Jul 2025)Tabled by: Chris Law (Scottish National Party - Dundee Central) That this House stands with the people of Ukraine against the illegal invasion and occupation of their country by Russia; believes that sanctions on Russian exports and, in particular, Russian-produced fossil fuels, are necessary to help reduce the ability of Russia to fund its ongoing invasion; welcomes that the UK … |
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Jul. 09 2025
Committee of the whole House Amendments as at 9 July 2025 - large print Universal Credit Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: _NC2 Steve Darling Sarah Gibson Vikki Slade Caroline Voaden Tom Morrison Liz Jarvis Daisy Cooper |
Jul. 09 2025
Committee of the whole House Amendments as at as at 9 July 2025 Universal Credit Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: increases in line with inflation. 13 COMMITTEE STAGE Wednesday 9 July 2025 _NC2 Steve Darling Sarah Gibson |
Jul. 08 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 8 July 2025 - large print Universal Credit Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: _NC2 Steve Darling Sarah Gibson Vikki Slade Caroline Voaden Tom Morrison Liz Jarvis . |
Jul. 08 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 8 July 2025 Universal Credit Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: _NC2 Steve Darling Sarah Gibson Vikki Slade Caroline Voaden Tom Morrison Liz Jarvis . |
Jul. 07 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 July 2025 Universal Credit Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: _NC2 Steve Darling Sarah Gibson . |
Jul. 07 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 July 2025 - large print Universal Credit Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: _NC2 Steve Darling Sarah Gibson . |
Jun. 18 2025
All proceedings up to 18 June 2025 at Report Stage Crime and Policing Bill 2024-26 Bill proceedings: Commons Found: Miller Luke Murphy Dr Jeevun Sandher Shaun Davies Amanda Martin Steve Yemm Lloyd Hatton Sarah Gibson |
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Wednesday 9th July 2025 9 a.m. Environmental Audit Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Flood resilience in England At 9:30am: Oral evidence Philip Duffy - Chief Executive at Environment Agency At 10:30am: Oral evidence Emma Hardy MP - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Water and Flooding) at Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Dr Sebastian Catovsky - Co-director, Floods and Water at Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs View calendar - Add to calendar |
Monday 14th July 2025 4 p.m. Environmental Audit Committee - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |
Wednesday 16th July 2025 9 a.m. Environmental Audit Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Airport expansion and climate and nature targets At 9:15am: Oral evidence Dr Pauleen Lane CBE - Professional Lead for Infrastructure at Planning Inspectorate Ian Thynne - Head of Environmental Planning Specialists at Hillingdon Council Peta Donkin - EIA Director - Infrastructure and Energy at National Infrastructure Planning Association At 10:15am: Oral evidence Mike Kane MP - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Aviation, Maritime and Security) at Department for Transport Hannah Newell - Director for Heathrow Expansion at Department for Transport Sonia Krylova - Deputy Director, Carbon Budget Delivery and Framework Net Zero Strategy Directorate at Department for Energy Security and Net Zero David Silk - Director for Aviation at Department for Transport View calendar - Add to calendar |
Monday 21st July 2025 4:15 p.m. Environmental Audit Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Environmental sustainability and housing growth At 4:30pm: Oral evidence Mary Creagh MP - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Nature) at Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Nick Barter - Deputy Director for Land Use at Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Matthew Pennycook MP - Minister of State (Minister for Housing and Planning) at Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government William Burgon - Director for Planning at Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government View calendar - Add to calendar |