Torsten Bell Portrait

Torsten Bell

Labour - Swansea West

8,515 (23.9%) majority - 2024 General Election

First elected: 4th July 2024


Torsten Bell is not a member of any APPGs
Torsten Bell has no previous appointments


Division Voting information

During the current Parliament, Torsten Bell has voted in 49 divisions, and never against the majority of their Party.
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Debates during the 2024 Parliament

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

Sparring Partners
Stephen Timms (Labour)
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
(3 debate interactions)
Ed Miliband (Labour)
Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero
(2 debate interactions)
Nia Griffith (Labour)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Wales Office)
(2 debate interactions)
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Department Debates
Wales Office
(4 debate contributions)
HM Treasury
(3 debate contributions)
Department for Work and Pensions
(3 debate contributions)
Department for Business and Trade
(2 debate contributions)
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Legislation Debates
Finance Bill 2024-26
(101 words contributed)
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Swansea West 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).

Petitions with highest Swansea West signature proportion
Open
103
of 74,889 signatures (0.14%)
Open
141
of 118,225 signatures (0.12%)
Open
3,500
of 2,944,458 signatures (0.12%)
Open
105
of 133,376 signatures (0.08%)
Petitions with most Swansea West signatures
Open
3,500
of 2,944,458 signatures (0.12%)
Open
141
of 118,225 signatures (0.12%)
Open
105
of 133,376 signatures (0.08%)
Open
103
of 74,889 signatures (0.14%)
Torsten Bell has not participated in any petition debates

Latest EDMs signed by Torsten Bell

Torsten Bell has not signed any Early Day Motions

Commons initiatives

These initiatives were driven by Torsten Bell, 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.


Torsten Bell has not been granted any Urgent Questions

Torsten Bell has not been granted any Adjournment Debates

Torsten Bell has not introduced any legislation before Parliament

Torsten Bell has not co-sponsored any Bills in the current parliamentary sitting


Latest 3 Written Questions

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Written Questions can be tabled by MPs and Lords to request specific information information on the work, policy and activities of a Government Department
12th Nov 2024
To ask the Solicitor General, pursuant to the Answer of 25 October to Question 9653 on Insolvency: Assets, in addition to the registered freehold titles that the Bona Vacantia Division is dealing with, how many registered freehold titles are vested in the Crown following dissolution of companies via (a) striking off by the Registrar of Companies and (b) formal liquidation.

The Bona Vacantia Division (“the Division”) of the Government Legal Department acts on behalf of the Treasury Solicitor (the Crown’s Nominee for bona vacantia).

The Division is not automatically informed of the assets of a company on dissolution and the Division only becomes aware of vesting with a referral from an interested party.

The Division is currently dealing with 372 registered freehold titles which appear to have vested as bona vacantia following dissolution via striking off by the Registrar of Companies or formal liquidation (this is the figure as of 15 November 2024, compared to the figure of 380 as of 17 October 2024). As regards leasehold titles, the Division is currently dealing with 66 registered leasehold titles.

At any one time the Division will also be dealing with a number of cases where the land is either unregistered or where the nature of the interest in the land referred to the Division requires clarification. The Division is currently dealing with 76 such cases.

Sarah Sackman
Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office)
16th Oct 2024
To ask the Solicitor General, how many registered freehold titles in England and Wales are vested in the Crown as bona vacantia as a consequence of companies being dissolved through (a) striking off by the Registrar of Companies and (b) a formal liquidation process.

The Bona Vacantia Division (“the Division”) of the Government Legal Department acts on behalf of the Treasury Solicitor (the Crown’s Nominee for bona vacantia).

The Division is currently dealing with 380 freehold titles which appear to have vested as bona vacantia following dissolution via striking off by the Registrar of Companies or formal liquidation.

Freehold titles from companies dissolved following liquidation are less likely to vest as bona vacantia as they are normally disposed of prior to dissolution by the Insolvency Practitioner.

Sarah Sackman
Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office)
30th Aug 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the remedial work on buildings with (a) faulty cladding systems and (b) defects in compartmentalisation (i) includes independent verification of the (A) suitability and (B) longevity of the solutions and (ii) is otherwise effectively quality assured.

The Government is committed to ensuring that historic, life-critical fire safety defects in affected buildings are addressed. Our remediation programmes have processes in place to ensure that work is done to the appropriate standard and is remedied if not.

While the specific controls and assurances of remediation programmes differ, both developers and applicants to government remediation funds must provide a Fire Risk Appraisal of the External Walls (FRAEW), which will assess risks and recommend remedial works to address these risks where necessary. These are carried out by independent Fire Risk Assessors and robust processes are in place to assess the FRAEWs submitted.

All remedial works must also obtain Building Control approval which provides independent assurance that the works comply with Building Regulations.

Rushanara Ali
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government)