In Parliament - Catherine West

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Members of Parliament are elected to represent the interests and concerns of the people who live in their constituency.

MPs consider and vote on legislation and use their position to ask Government Ministers questions about current issues. Once a month each Minister from each Government Department answers questions from MPs at the Dispatch Box.

Below you can find a live feed detailing the most recent updates on Catherine’s Parliamentary activity.

You can also view her speeches and interventions in Parliament here and her written parliamentary questions here.

Immigration and Asylum Bill

Commons debates

Will the Home Secretary put on record thanks to communities like mine in Hornsey and Friern Barnet who have opened their doors for the Homes for Ukraine scheme? People have been deeply...

Buses: Air Conditioning

Department for Transport

Catherine West received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consideration she has given to the wider rollout of air conditioning on buses in response to recent extreme temperatures.

Music: Education

Department for Education

Catherine West received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to promote music education in schools.

Hospitality Industry: Equality

Women and Equalities

Catherine West received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the EHRC’s draft Code of Practice for services, public functions and...

Conversion Therapy

Women and Equalities

Catherine West received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment her Department has made of the equality impact of the exemption for those providing healthcare services under section 1.3 of the...

Immigration: Chess

Catherine West received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of allowing professional chess players to qualify for leave to remain in the UK...

Social Security Benefits: Children

Department for Work and Pensions

Catherine West received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made and assessment of the potential impact of changes to the two child benefit cap on levels of food bank use.

Schools: Temperature

Department for Education

Catherine West received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a maximum temperature threshold above which schools should not open.

Schools: Temperature

Department for Education

Catherine West received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to safeguard the health and wellbeing of children in schools during periods of extreme heat.

Engagements

Catherine West made a speech in the House of Commons

I thank the Prime Minister for his calm and authoritative leadership in international affairs. I also thank the UK missions abroad, who have enormous respect for the Prime Minister. May I ask him...

Prisons: Addictions

Department of Health and Social Care

Catherine West received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to improve the provision of addiction treatment in prisons.

Refugees: Homelessness

Catherine West received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to prevent those who attain refugee status from facing homelessness upon discharge from Home Office...

Youth Unemployment

Catherine West made a speech in the House of Commons

What is the Minister’s assessment of the unemployment issues for graduates? Will he and the Treasury team pledge to consider carefully the evidence that the cross-party Treasury Committee...

Human Rights: Supply Chains - [Peter Dowd in the Chair]

Backbench Business

Catherine West made a speech in a Westminster Hall debate

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Dowd; thank you for stepping in to chair the debate. I congratulate my constituency neighbour and hon. Friend the Member for Southgate and...

Dentistry: Labour Turnover and Recruitment

Department of Health and Social Care

Catherine West received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve (a) recruitment and (b) retention of NHS dentists.

Thames Water

Commons debates

What reassurances can the Secretary of State provide about basic customer services? For example, Turnpike Lane tube station in my constituency has been closed since last August, because Transport...

Accident and Emergency Departments: Safety

Department of Health and Social Care

Catherine West received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Royal College of Emergency Medicine’s report entitled The State of Emergency Medicine in England, what steps...

Bangladesh: Forced Labour

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Catherine West received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that UK businesses do not benefit from child labour in Bangladesh.

Cohabitation: Common Law

Ministry of Justice

Catherine West received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to launch a consultation on cohabitation law reform.

Myanmar: Human Rights

Westminster Hall debates

Given the decline in the aid budget, will those commitments remain, or may there have to be a reduction in aid to Myanmar?