Information between 4th January 2026 - 14th January 2026
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Wednesday 14th January 2026 2:30 p.m. Steve Witherden (Labour - Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr) Westminster Hall debate - Westminster Hall Subject: Impact of Science and Discovery Centres on national science and technology priorities View calendar - Add to calendar |
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7 Jan 2026 - Rural Communities - View Vote Context Steve Witherden voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 328 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 105 Noes - 332 |
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7 Jan 2026 - Jury Trials - View Vote Context Steve Witherden voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 284 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 182 Noes - 290 |
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12 Jan 2026 - Finance (No. 2) Bill - View Vote Context Steve Witherden voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 336 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 185 Noes - 344 |
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12 Jan 2026 - Finance (No. 2) Bill - View Vote Context Steve Witherden voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 320 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 324 Noes - 180 |
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12 Jan 2026 - Finance (No. 2) Bill - View Vote Context Steve Witherden voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 338 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 167 Noes - 350 |
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12 Jan 2026 - Finance (No. 2) Bill - View Vote Context Steve Witherden voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 333 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 188 Noes - 341 |
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12 Jan 2026 - Finance (No. 2) Bill - View Vote Context Steve Witherden voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 336 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 344 Noes - 181 |
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12 Jan 2026 - Clause 1 - View Vote Context Steve Witherden voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 338 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 167 Noes - 350 |
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12 Jan 2026 - Clause 1 - View Vote Context Steve Witherden voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 335 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 185 Noes - 344 |
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12 Jan 2026 - Clause 1 - View Vote Context Steve Witherden voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 320 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 324 Noes - 180 |
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12 Jan 2026 - Clause 1 - View Vote Context Steve Witherden voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 332 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 188 Noes - 341 |
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12 Jan 2026 - Clause 1 - View Vote Context Steve Witherden voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 335 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 344 Noes - 181 |
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Steve Witherden speeches from: Agricultural Property Relief and Business Property Relief
Steve Witherden contributed 1 speech (56 words) Monday 5th January 2026 - Commons Chamber HM Treasury |
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Steve Witherden speeches from: Venezuela
Steve Witherden contributed 1 speech (66 words) Monday 5th January 2026 - Commons Chamber Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office |
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Immigration: Children and Young People
Asked by: Steve Witherden (Labour - Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr) Wednesday 7th January 2026 Question to the Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of lengthening the qualifying period for settlement from five years to ten years for young adults and children under Appendix Private Life to the Immigration Rules. Answered by Mike Tapp - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office) The earned settlement model, proposed in A Fairer Pathway to Settlement, is currently subject to a public consultation, running until 12 February 2026.
The consultation directly seeks views on retaining the current arrangement, whereby children and young adults who grew up in the UK without immigration status my settle five years after regularising that status.
Details of the earned settlement scheme will be finalised following that consultation. The final model will also be subject to economic and equality impact assessment, which we have committed to publish in due course. |
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Monday 19th January Steve Witherden signed this EDM on Tuesday 27th January 2026 24 signatures (Most recent: 27 Jan 2026) Tabled by: Neil Duncan-Jordan (Labour - Poole) That this House calls for the introduction of an Essentials Guarantee as supported by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and Trussell Trust, in response to the long-term decline in household income over the past decade; notes that 8.1 million people in working households are in relative poverty, that 14.1 million people … |
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Monday 26th January Steve Witherden signed this EDM on Tuesday 27th January 2026 16 signatures (Most recent: 27 Jan 2026) Tabled by: Ian Byrne (Labour - Liverpool West Derby) That this House welcomes the establishment of the Right To Food UK Commission, launched in Parliament in November 2025, to produce an evidence-based roadmap for Right To Food legislation by Autumn 2026; recognises the Commission’s vital role in exposing the scale and causes of food poverty and hunger in the … |
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Monday 26th January Steve Witherden signed this EDM on Monday 26th January 2026 Industrial dispute at the Department for Work and Pensions 14 signatures (Most recent: 27 Jan 2026)Tabled by: John McDonnell (Labour - Hayes and Harlington) That this House notes that the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) has rejected the final pay offer from the Department of Work and Pensions; further notes the offer fails to address chronic low pay within the Department; recognises that thousands of staff are earning at or close to the … |
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Tuesday 20th January Steve Witherden signed this EDM on Monday 26th January 2026 UK digital sovereignty strategy 18 signatures (Most recent: 27 Jan 2026)Tabled by: Siân Berry (Green Party - Brighton Pavilion) That this House notes that government services, democratic functions and critical infrastructure increasingly depend on a small number of external digital suppliers; further notes that excessive concentration and inadequate exit or substitution planning expose the public sector to risks including service withdrawal, sanctions, commercial failure, geopolitical disruption and unilateral changes … |
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Thursday 18th December Steve Witherden signed this EDM on Monday 26th January 2026 UN Convention on the Rights of Older Persons 63 signatures (Most recent: 27 Jan 2026)Tabled by: Steve Darling (Liberal Democrat - Torbay) That this House supports the protection of the rights of older people in the UK and globally; recognises that a UN Convention on the Rights of Older Persons is an important step for establishing a global minimum standard of legal protection for older people everywhere; acknowledges the strong track record … |
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Monday 19th January Steve Witherden signed this EDM on Monday 26th January 2026 Changes to Right To Protest in the Public Order Act 2023 19 signatures (Most recent: 26 Jan 2026)Tabled by: Adrian Ramsay (Green Party - Waveney Valley) That this House is concerned by proposals to use the powers in the Public Order Act 2023 to give protected national research infrastructure status to universities, laboratories, medical facilities and other facilities licensed for animal experimentation under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986; is further concerned that this could have … |
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Monday 19th January Steve Witherden signed this EDM on Monday 26th January 2026 Banning under 16s from social media 7 signatures (Most recent: 26 Jan 2026)Tabled by: Iqbal Mohamed (Independent - Dewsbury and Batley) That this House notes with concern the impact of social media use on the mental wellbeing of children under 16, including increased anxiety, depression, low self-esteem and exposure to harmful content; recognises that current age restrictions and safeguards are insufficient to address this growing problem; and calls on the Government … |
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Thursday 22nd January Steve Witherden signed this EDM on Monday 26th January 2026 Local news journalism and STV regional broadcasting 18 signatures (Most recent: 27 Jan 2026)Tabled by: Brian Leishman (Labour - Alloa and Grangemouth) That this House recognises the vital role of regional news journalism in supporting democratic accountability, public engagement in civic life, and community representation across Scotland; notes the proposals by STV to centralise news production and end the separate STV North service, including the removal of studio presentation from Aberdeen and … |
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Monday 12th January Steve Witherden signed this EDM on Thursday 15th January 2026 Food insecurity amongst workers in food processing, manufacturing and retail sectors 24 signatures (Most recent: 20 Jan 2026)Tabled by: Ian Byrne (Labour - Liverpool West Derby) That this House recognises important recent research from the Bakers Food and Allied Workers Union (BFAWU) which demonstrates the cost of living pressures facing their members working across the food sector; is alarmed that BFAWU's survey of its members shows that, despite being in work, six out of ten of … |
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Monday 12th January Steve Witherden signed this EDM on Wednesday 14th January 2026 36 signatures (Most recent: 26 Jan 2026) Tabled by: Iqbal Mohamed (Independent - Dewsbury and Batley) That this House condemns the use of Grok AI to generate and disseminate sexually explicit and non-consensual images of women and children on X, including digitally undressing and sexualising images of minors; notes with alarm that such material has included depictions of children as young as 10 and has circulated … |
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Tuesday 13th January Steve Witherden signed this EDM on Tuesday 13th January 2026 Centenary of the derailment of the Flying Scotsman 23 signatures (Most recent: 14 Jan 2026)Tabled by: Ian Lavery (Labour - Blyth and Ashington) That this House notes that 10 May 2026 will mark the centenary of the inadvertent derailment of the Flying Scotsman at Cramlington during the General Strike of 1926; further notes that the intention of the miners involved was to disrupt the movement of a strike-breaking coal train and that, despite … |
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Tuesday 6th January Steve Witherden signed this EDM on Tuesday 13th January 2026 50 signatures (Most recent: 27 Jan 2026) Tabled by: Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party - Strangford) That this House expresses its strong support for the people of Iran, and their courage and resolve in their ongoing struggle against all forms of dictatorships of the past and present and for freedom, human rights, and a democratic republic, where people of Iran have the opportunity to elect their … |
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Monday 12th January Steve Witherden signed this EDM on Tuesday 13th January 2026 20 signatures (Most recent: 27 Jan 2026) Tabled by: Carolyn Harris (Labour - Neath and Swansea East) That this House commemorates the life and achievements of former Wales midfielder, captain and manager Terry Yorath; acknowledges his accomplishments at club level for Leeds United, Coventry City and Tottenham Hotspur; recognises his 59 international appearances for Wales, 42 of them as Captain; remembers his commitment to the sport and … |
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Wednesday 7th January Steve Witherden signed this EDM on Monday 12th January 2026 Hunger strike by pro-Palestinian activists 54 signatures (Most recent: 21 Jan 2026)Tabled by: John McDonnell (Labour - Hayes and Harlington) That this House calls upon the Secretary of State for Justice to engage urgently with the legal representatives of the pro-Palestinian activists who are on hunger strike in UK prisons; notes that, although some have paused their hunger strike, Heba Muraisi, aged 31 is on day 66 of her hunger … |
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Tuesday 6th January Steve Witherden signed this EDM on Thursday 8th January 2026 Parliamentary screening of The Removed and historic forced adoptions 39 signatures (Most recent: 19 Jan 2026)Tabled by: Cat Eccles (Labour - Stourbridge) That this House welcomes the screening of The Removed, a film that sheds light on the pain and suffering caused by historic forced adoptions in the UK, illustrating the harrowing experiences of unmarried mothers who had their babies taken from them during the 1950s to the late 1980s; notes the … |
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Tuesday 6th January Steve Witherden signed this EDM on Tuesday 6th January 2026 US military attack on Venezuela 40 signatures (Most recent: 21 Jan 2026)Tabled by: Richard Burgon (Labour - Leeds East) That this House condemns in the strongest terms the military aggression ordered by Donald Trump against Venezuela on Saturday 3 January, which involved widespread aerial bombardment, loss of life and the kidnapping of Venezuela’s President; notes that this action constitutes a flagrant violation of international law and the principles of … |
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Tuesday 6th January Steve Witherden signed this EDM as a sponsor on Tuesday 6th January 2026 International sport and alleged United States violations of international law 26 signatures (Most recent: 19 Jan 2026)Tabled by: Brian Leishman (Labour - Alloa and Grangemouth) That this House expresses concern over the escalation of United States actions against Venezuela, including the use of military force, the kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro, and ongoing military strikes in Venezuelan territory; notes that these actions are a direct intervention in the internal affairs of a sovereign state and … |
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5 Jan 2026, 7:39 p.m. - House of Commons " Steve Witherden. >> Thank you, Madam. Deputy Speaker. >> President Trump. >> Has behaved like a member of a " Steve Witherden MP (Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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5 Jan 2026, 4:33 p.m. - House of Commons " Steve Witherden. >> Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. This month marks 12 months since I first called on the government to " Steve Witherden MP (Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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Wednesday 14th January 2026 2 p.m. Welsh Affairs Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Regular scrutiny session with S4C leadership At 2:30pm: Oral evidence Delyth Evans - Chair at S4C Dyfrig Davies - Lead Non-Executive Member at S4C Geraint Evans - Chief Executive at S4C View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Wednesday 21st January 2026 2 p.m. Welsh Affairs Committee - Oral evidence Subject: The future of rugby in Wales At 2:30pm: Oral evidence Abi Tierney - Chief Executive Officer at Welsh Rugby Union Richard Collier-Keywood - Chair at Welsh Rugby Union At 3:30pm: Oral evidence Grant Berni - fan representative at Ospreys Supporters Club Daniel Hallett - fan representative at Dragons Supporters Club Lynn Glaister - fan representative at Cardiff Rugby Supporters Group Iwan Griffiths - Member of the Crys 16 Supporter’s Trust Committee. at Scarlets Supporters Trust View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Monday 2nd February 2026 2:45 p.m. Welsh Affairs Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Promoting Wales for inward investment At 3:00pm: Oral evidence Tim Newns - Director, Office for Investment at Department for Business and Trade at UK Government The Lord Stockwood - Minister for Investment at Department for Business and Trade at UK Government View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Wednesday 28th January 2026 2 p.m. Welsh Affairs Committee - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Wednesday 4th February 2026 2 p.m. Welsh Affairs Committee - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |