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.

Social Care and Mental Health Services: Hornsey and Friern Barnet

Commons debates

It is a real privilege to be awarded an Adjournment debate to discuss the profile of social care in decompressing the strain on mental health services in Hornsey and Friern Barnet. I begin the...

Direction of Government

Commons debates

I thank my right hon. Friend for the work he has done to date on tackling the scourge of rough sleeping, which is so prevalent in many of our cities and towns and outside them. What vision does...

Hearing: Medical Treatments and Testing

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 his Department is taking to improve access to (a) ear wax removal services and (b) hearing test appointments on the NHS.

Venezuela: Disaster Relief

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 further steps she is considering to respond to the humanitarian crisis in Venezuela following the recent...

Recreation Spaces: Urban Areas

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps is he taking to help expand and maximise blue and green spaces in urban areas to improve climate resilience.

Shared Ownership Schemes: Rents

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the equitability of the shared ownership rent formulae.

Gender Dysphoria: Health Services

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 his Department is taking to help reduce NHS waiting lists for transgender healthcare.

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...