Tessa Munt
Liberal Democrat - Wells and Mendip Hills
11,121 (22.1%) majority - 2024 General ElectionFirst elected: 4th July 2024
3 APPG Officer Positions (as of 23 Feb 2026)
Access to Disability Equipment, Flooding and Flooded Communities, Penal Affairs8 APPG Memberships
Healthy Homes and Buildings, Marine Energy, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME), Ocean, Renewable and Sustainable Energy, Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention, Fair Elections, Baby Loss2 Former APPG Officer Positions
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME), WhistleblowingDivision Voting information
Tessa Munt voted No - against a party majority - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 6 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 6 Liberal Democrat Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 385 Noes - 26
Debates during the 2024 Parliament
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Sparring Partners
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
(46 debate interactions)
(28 debate interactions)
Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
(23 debate interactions)
Department Debates
(109 debate contributions)
(28 debate contributions)
(27 debate contributions)
(22 debate contributions)
Legislation Debates
(10,545 words contributed)
(196 words contributed)
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Wells and Mendip Hills Petitions
e-Petitions are administered by Parliament and allow members of the public to express support for a particular issue.
If an e-petition reaches 10,000 signatures the Government will issue a written response.
If an e-petition reaches 100,000 signatures the petition becomes eligible for a Parliamentary debate (usually Monday 4.30pm in Westminster Hall).
of 122,584 signatures (0.32%)
of 111,332 signatures (0.29%)
of 41,980 signatures (0.25%)
of 57,774 signatures (0.24%)
of 61,424 signatures (0.22%)
of 122,584 signatures (0.32%)
of 202,498 signatures (0.17%)
of 111,332 signatures (0.29%)
of 200,976 signatures (0.16%)
of 153,473 signatures (0.18%)
Latest EDMs signed by Tessa Munt
Outdoor learning
Tabled by: Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat - Westmorland and Lonsdale)That this House celebrates the place of the great outdoors in a child's education; recognises the contributions of the outdoor learning sector leaders highlighting equity of access, links to mental health, and youth-led adventure initiatives; welcomes continued collaboration across education, health and community organisations; and calls for Parliament's sustained attention …
(Most recent: 23 Mar 2026)
Signatures by party:
Liberal Democrat: 31
Labour: 2
Democratic Unionist Party: 1
Independent: 1
Green Party: 1
Conservative: 1
Heating oil prices
Tabled by: Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat - Westmorland and Lonsdale)That this House notes with concern the sudden and severe rise in heating oil prices as a result of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, with prices almost trebling in a week; recognises that around a third of rural households rely on oil-fired heating and already face higher levels …
(Most recent: 13 Apr 2026)
Signatures by party:
Liberal Democrat: 55
Plaid Cymru: 4
Independent: 1
Democratic Unionist Party: 1
Commons initiatives
These initiatives were driven by Tessa Munt, 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.
Tessa Munt has not been granted any Urgent Questions
Tessa Munt has not been granted any Adjournment Debates
2 Bills introduced by Tessa Munt
A Bill to abolish the T8 exemption from environmental permit requirements regarding disposal of end-of-life tyres; to make provision about including end-of-life tyres as a category of notifiable waste; to make provision about the processing, recovery, and export of end-of-life tyres; and for connected purposes.
Tuesday 22nd July 2025
Friday 17th April 2026
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to make provision to require factors other than cost to be considered for schemes for the transmission of high voltage electricity where infrastructure would impact on the visual and other amenity of a landscape; to provide that in certain cases such infrastructure be installed by visually unobtrusive works; to require that public consultation be undertaken and inform the selection of the method and technology for the transmission infrastructures used; and for connected purposes
Tuesday 5th July 2011
1 Bill co-sponsored by Tessa Munt
Neurodivergence (Screening and Teacher Training) Bill 2024-26
Sponsor - Adam Dance (LD)
Latest 50 Written Questions
(View all written questions)Guidance on ministers’, special advisers’, and senior officials’ transparency returns is published on GOV.UK outlining the Cabinet Office's internal feedback process.
Ministers’, Senior Officials’ and Special Advisers’ transparency returns for the period of April to June 2024 were published on 28th November. Data for the period of July to September will be published in due course.
The Government is grateful to the Committee for its report.
The Government will consider the report alongside the development of other proposals to strengthen standards in public life and will update Parliament in due course.
Minister of State (Education)
The Secretary of State for Business and Trade is closely monitoring the potential impact of the disruption to trade and supply chains on the UK economy as a result of the conflict in the Middle East. Businesses impacted such as those in the aluminium industry, are encouraged to continue sharing intelligence regarding the ongoing challenges to help inform the Government's response.
Any impact strengthens the imperative of the UK Critical Minerals Strategy, with its key objectives of optimising domestic production while building resilient UK and global supply networks across critical minerals, including aluminium.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The Department for Business and Trade has not made a formal assessment of the potential impact of these EU measures on the UK's aluminium recycling industry. We are closely monitoring this through ongoing industry engagement and expect to consider this further through the Business Secretary’s Industry Engagement Forum and the scrap metal working group announced in the Steel Strategy, which will also cover aluminium.
The EU is not currently enforcing aluminium export restrictions. The proposed new measures focus on restricting the export of aluminium scrap, rather than primary aluminium, with the aim of supporting domestic industry, decarbonisation, and circular‑economy objectives.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The UK 2024 Criticality Assessment, commissioned by the Department for Business and Trade, recognises aluminium as a critical mineral essential to the UK’s green energy transition.
The Government recognises the importance of scrap metals, including aluminium. As we develop the Circular Economy Growth Plan, we will consider the evidence for action right across the economy and evaluate what interventions may be needed.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
ARIA is an independent research body and they are conducting cautious, controlled research aimed at improving understanding of its Climate Cooling Programme’s risks and impacts. This will produce important information for decisions on climate cooling approaches around the world.
The government supports ARIA’s mission to fund transformational research programmes with long-term benefits. A select number of controlled, small-scale projects will explore spraying seawater as a potential way to enhance cloud reflectivity. Another project involves a study on how milligram quantities of mineral dusts age in the stratosphere. The project has specified that none of these materials will be released into the atmosphere in this experiment, and all the materials will be returned to the ground for recovery and analysis by scientists.
Details of all of ARIA’s funded projects within its ‘Climate Cooling Programme’ can be found on their website
We are unable to provide data going back to 2001, as the Department only has reliable data from August 2022. Data ranging from 2014 to 2022 was collated by the previous grant administrator and is less reliable, though work has been undertaken by DCMS to improve its quality. Data prior to 2014 is no longer available.
Systems have been updated to reflect the new constituency boundaries and we are now unable to provide annual data for the Wells Constituency.
Since August of 2022, a total of £391,543.99 worth of funding has been received by listed places of worship in the Wells and Mendip constituency.
From August of 2022 to the end of December 2022 £28,277.74 was received.
From January 2023 to December 2023 £79,368.98 was received.
From January 2024 to December 2024 £36,815.43 was received.
From January 2025 to the end of April 2025, £102,619.69 has been received.
Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
Since 2022, the Department has awarded 50 grants, totaling £173,587.94, to Listed Places of Worship in the constituency of Wells and Mendip Hills. This includes grant funding to Wells Cathedral, Holy Trinity Church and St Mary's Church East Brent.
Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
25 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Questions
(View all Tessa Munt's Defra questions)The Environment Agency (EA) is thoroughly reviewing why there is post-shipment information outstanding beyond the eight-week deadline from 16 of the 50 approved sites.
Their assessment of information from overseas partners, operators and the World Customs Organization suggest that, while an eight‑week timeframe is sometimes achievable, it does not reflect current global logistics timelines.
The EA’s is satisfied that extending the deadline from eight to sixteen weeks is reasonable based on the available data. This is because it continues to strengthen traceability and compliance, and provides better protection for legitimate operators, without undermining its work to ensure that waste tyres are managed appropriately.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
The Environment Agency (EA) is working through a significant submission of data from exporters and will be able to confirm the position by 2 April 2026. Thus far, the EA is not aware of any additional information relating to any of the 16 sites.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
Between 2 February 2026 and 2 March 2026 the Environment Agency received 1301 Annex VII pre-shipment submissions relating to the export of waste tyres/rubber to India.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
Work continues on the drafting of the legislation which covers the whole package of waste exemption reforms, including the removal of the T8 exemption, and the timing remains subject to Parliamentary time. When the Regulations come into force the published transition periods will begin. For the T8 exemption this is 3 months.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
The Environment Agency (EA) is yet to remove sites from its acknowledged list to prevent them from receiving future consignments. At this point there is no evidence to show that any receiving sites are deliberately not supplying the information needed to exporter which would be grounds for their removal.
The Waste Shipment Regulations put legal duties on the exporter. The EA will therefore focus its regulatory efforts on the exporter rather than the receiving site.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
The Environment Agency (EA) is yet to suspend or issue a prohibition (stop) notice on any exporters or brokers who have failed to provide post shipment information.
It has issued 14 warnings on exporters who have failed to provide the required information and is closely monitoring the returns.
The EA is assessing the feasibility of responding within 8-weeks as evidence from exporters is highlighting delays beyond their control.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
Of the 1,891 pre-shipment Annex VII forms referenced, 1,370 were not returned with the arrival information within the eight-week deadline.
Exporters have reported delays arising from customs processes, onward collection from ports and transport issues following arrival in India. The Environment Agency is actively pursuing the remaining returns of the outstanding Annex VII and those who are non-compliant. Further actions may include prohibiting further shipments and/or enforcement.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
Of the 3442 annex VII documents referenced (now revised to 3281 following further data assurance) 1,891 have reached the eight-week deadline. Annex VII forms submitted after the 15 December 2025 are not yet due.
Of these 1891, 1,370 have not been returned with the post-shipment information required, including geotagged photographs.
521 Annex VII forms were returned. 458 met the requirements, including geotagged photos, 63 did not. The Environment Agency (EA) is actively pursuing the remaining returns of the outstanding Annex VII and those who are non-compliant. Further actions may include prohibiting further shipments and/or enforcement.
The EA is continuing to assure the data that is received so there may be further amendments in the final figures.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
Defra does not maintain a list of businesses that export waste from the UK. Any exporter that is not the original waste producer must be registered as a waste broker or dealer. Details of registered brokers and dealers in England can be found on the public register, available at: https://environment.data.gov.uk/public-register/view/search-waste-carriers-brokers
Information on the destination of waste exported from the UK is publicly available here: https://www.uktradeinfo.com/
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
Defra does not maintain a list of businesses that export waste from the UK. Any exporter that is not the original waste producer must be registered as a waste broker or dealer. Details of registered brokers and dealers in England can be found on the public register, available at: https://environment.data.gov.uk/public-register/view/search-waste-carriers-brokers
Information on the destination of waste exported from the UK is publicly available here: https://www.uktradeinfo.com/
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
The export of waste tyres is subject to controls set out in existing UK legislation. The Environment Agency (EA) has recently completed a review into its approach for regulating the export of waste tyres. As a result of this, the EA has launched enhanced verification checks for all waste tyres exported to India to ensure they are handled in an environmentally sound manner. The EA intends to publish a further update on their work, including further information relating to the enhanced verification checks, in early 2026. Defra officials will continue to keep the situation under review.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
The Environment Agency will publish further information on the enhanced verification checks in Spring 2026.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
Of the 1,891 Annex VII documents received by the Environment Agency regarding the export of waste tyres between 28 October and 15 December 2025, 605 are from sites that have a T8 exemption.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
The Environment Agency has received a total of 3,442 annex VII documents between 28 October to 2 February 2026 relating to the movement of waste tyres from England. 241 of these were considered late as they were received less than the required 3 days before the waste movement. The Environment Agency is now undertaking follow up activities and considering the use of stop notices for non-compliant companies.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
The Environment Agency (EA) has issued 44 Information Notices, and in return received 1,891 Annex VII documents relating to outward shipments from the UK since 28 October 2025 when the new procedures were introduced.
The EA’s enhanced verification procedure requires completed annex VII documents to be submitted 8 weeks after shipment to confirm it has arrived at its destination.
The deadline for the first completed document was 28 December. The EA has since received 112 Annex VII documents from the receiving sites- this number will increase as more shipments reach the 8-week deadline.
The EA continues to request completed Annex VIIs and is actively following up the outstanding returns.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
The Environment Agency has received 79 completed annex VII documents since 28 December 2025 with attached geotagged photographs. Any photos submitted without the required geotagging are considered non-compliant and further action is taken.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
The Environment Agency (EA) received two “change of destination” requests for shipments within the enhanced verification process.
One request was submitted while the shipment was already at sea, and the other before it left the UK. Both were sent by email and recorded by the operational team.
Whilst there is no legal requirement for exporters to inform the EA about a change of destination under the Waste Shipment Regulations, the EA monitors such changes to ensure waste is not diverted to an unsuitable destination.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
Removal of the T8 waste exemption for mechanically treating end-of-life tyres is part of a package of reforms to the waste exemption regime. These reforms encompass the removal of two other exemptions, substantial amendments to seven exemptions and the introduction of a number of other controls.
Regulations will be made under section 2 of Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999 and subject to the affirmative resolution procedure. The work preparing these regulations is underway and will be laid at a date subject to Parliamentary time.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
The Environment Agency (EA) takes appropriate action to bring businesses within the waste sector back into compliance and to prevent and disrupt criminal activity. This includes providing advice and guidance for businesses trying to do the right thing, issuing enforcement notices where necessary, and, when required, pursuing prosecution as a last resort.
If exporters fail to provide geotagged photographs showing that consignments have reached their destination, the EA will carry out further checks, including reviewing any alternative evidence that the waste was managed appropriately. Where the destination cannot be verified, the EA may prohibit future shipments from a specific operator or to a particular destination. It will also consider taking enforcement action for failing to comply with the notice.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
Removal of the T8 waste exemption is one measure among a package of possible reforms to the waste exemptions regime. This Government is currently considering priorities for waste and resources and reform of the waste exemptions regime including related to used tyres.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
The UK has strict controls on the export of waste to ensure that the waste is treated in an environmentally sound manner. These controls are established in UK legislation and enforced by the UK’s waste shipment competent authorities.
Defra and the Environment Agency are engaging with the Indian authorities including the Indian Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change who have confirmed that the import of waste tyres for pyrolysis is prohibited under Indian law.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
The UK has strict controls on the export of waste to ensure that the waste is treated in an environmentally sound manner. These controls are established in UK legislation and enforced by the UK’s waste shipment competent authorities.
Defra and the Environment Agency are engaging with the Indian authorities including the Indian Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change who have confirmed that the import of waste tyres for pyrolysis is prohibited under Indian law.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
The UK has strict controls on the export of waste to ensure that the waste is treated in an environmentally sound manner. These controls are established in UK legislation and enforced by the UK’s waste shipment competent authorities.
Defra and the Environment Agency are engaging with the Indian authorities including the Indian Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change who have confirmed that the import of waste tyres for pyrolysis is prohibited under Indian law.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
This data is publicly available on the HMRC’s trade database which is available at https://www.uktradeinfo.com/trade-data.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
Since 09 September 2024, the educational material for all Health Assessment Advisory Service (HAAS) Health Professionals (HPs) has been provided by DWP. In reviewing the material ahead of that date, we considered practice in the NHS, and have now implemented the Oliver McGowan training as part of the mandatory training requirements for every HP.
Following the completion of core training to undertake the role, HPs will engage in an annual training programme, and HAAS has been provided with materials (such as Continual Professional Development modules) to support the development of HPs where learning needs are identified. This approach ensures that both service wide and individual training needs are met and will be of benefit to those with neurodiversity.
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
The myalgic encephalomyelitis, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), final delivery plan, published on 22 July 2025, includes an action for the Department and NHS England to explore whether a specialised service should be prescribed by my Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for very severe ME/CFS. Officials from the Department have commenced discussions with NHS England on how best to take forward this action.
Three factors determine whether a service is a prescribed specialised service. These are: the number of individuals who require the service; the cost of providing the service or facility; and the number of people able to provide the service or facility.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
Since the publication of the Hughes Report on 7 February 2024, ministers and Departmental officials have met with the Patient Safety Commissioner on several occasions to discuss the recommendations of the Hughes report.
Departmental officials and ministers have met with the Patient Safety Commissioner on several occasions, and we are happy to continue to engage with the Patient Safety Commissioner on this matter.
The Government is carefully considering the work by the Patient Safety Commissioner and her report, which set out options for redress for those harmed by valproate and pelvic mesh. This is a complex issue involving input from different Government departments. The Government will provide a further update to the Patient Safety Commissioner’s report in due course.
The Department does not hold this information. However, a proportion of the machines will be capable of stereotactic ablative radiotherapy.
The £70 million investment into 28 radiotherapy machines that was announced in the 2024 Autumn Budget is part of the overall financial settlement for the 2025/26 financial year.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency is actively engaging with Astra Zeneca for any applications in flight. We recognise the importance of the rapid assessment of the medicines mentioned and we are ensuring the decisions made appropriately assess quality, safety, and efficacy.
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The £70 million investment into 28 radiotherapy machines, which was announced in the 2024 Autumn Budget, is part of the overall financial settlement for the 2025/26 financial year.
The £70 million fund will replace older radiotherapy machines with new, more efficient radiotherapy machines, which will in turn increase treatment capacity and allow more patients to be treated.
All future spending commitments beyond 2025/26, including the replacement of radiotherapy equipment, will be determined through the next phase of the Spending Review process, which will conclude in June.
The National Health Service’s capital settlement for 2024/25 underspend figure is not yet available, although it should be included in the NHS’s annual accounts, which will be published later this year.
£15 million was allocated from capital underspend to replace ageing radiotherapy equipment, as per the answer I gave on 7 April 2025 to Question 41044. Any other spending on radiotherapy equipment was allocated at local level, and we do not hold details on this spend.
£70 million of central capital funding was announced as part of the Autumn Budget in 2024, which will be used to replace 28 machines during 2025/26.
Providers were awarded a total of £15 million to replace ageing radiotherapy equipment from an underspend in the National Health Service’s capital settlement for 2024/25. The providers who were allocated money, and the amount they were allocated, are as follows:
- £2.5 million for the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust;
- £2.3 million for the Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust;
- £2.2 million for the South Tees Hospitals NHS Trust;
- £3.2 million for the Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust;
- £2.4 million for the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust; and
- £2.4 million for the Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.
The University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust received funding for two machines.
31 trusts submitted applications for funding to replace a total of 40 machines, with some trusts having applied to replace two machines. This became 30 trusts after the North Middlesex University Hospital Trust joined the Royal Free London Group on 1 January 2025, during the application process. Each trust had submitted a separate request.
Of the 30 trusts that submitted applications, two withdrew their applications, namely the Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust and the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, having received funding for a replacement machine from National Health Service capital underspend. University Hospitals Birmingham did receive a contribution from this funding towards the refurbishment of its radiotherapy bunker infrastructure.
The 28 trusts that submitted applications, and who have been awarded funding to replace one machine, are as follows:
- Barts Health NHS Trust;
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust;
- East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust;
- Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust;
- Guys and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust;
- Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust;
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust;
- Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust;
- Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust;
- Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust;
- North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust (Royal Free London Group);
- Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust;
- Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust;
- Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust;
- Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust;
- Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust;
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust;
- South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust;
- The Christie NHS Foundation Trust;
- The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust;
- The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust;
- The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust;
- United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust;
- University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust;
- University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust;
- University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust;
- University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust; and
- Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.
The Department does not hold the data in this format. Data on cancer waiting times for specific treatments can be found on NHS England’s website, which is available at the following link:
No specific guidance has been provided to the National Health Service, however we expect that radiotherapy treatment centres will use all appropriate technology for treating patients, to ensure that they receive the best possible care. This includes the use of artificial intelligence where available.
Only radiotherapy machines purchased with Government funds are eligible for replacement through Government funding. There are no plans to change this position.