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.

Home Office: Artificial Intelligence

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 she is taking to ensure that the use of Artificial Intelligence for age-verification in Home Office applications will not...

Health Bill

Commons debates

I congratulate the Secretary of State on his excellent speech, and I thank him and my hon. Friend the Member for Bristol South (Karin Smyth) for their work in developing the Bill. Healthwatch...

Conditions of Employment: Artificial Intelligence

Department for Business and Trade

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps is he taking to ensure that employment protections are adequate for the future, in the context of the potential for AI to replace...

Maintained Schools

Department for Education

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Schools White Paper, what plans she has to safeguard local authority-run schools.

Meningitis: Vaccination

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 assessment he has made of the potential merits of rolling out the meningitis B vaccination to all children born before 2015.

Sri Lanka: Water

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, whether she has had recent discussions with her counterpart in Sri Lanka regarding water pollution in Chunnakam;...

Middle East

Commons debates

I have written to my hon. Friend to inform him that I have a constituency interest in this urgent statement. I welcome what has already been done in bringing the Israelis in this morning to...

Middle East: Economic Response

Commons debates

I welcome the tone of yesterday’s announcement at the petrol pump and today’s announcement in the House. The Government are fighting for working people every day. Is ice skating...

Points of Order

Commons debates

On a point of order, Mr Speaker. The whole House will be very concerned to hear about the dreadful stabbings this morning in the borough of Barnet. As the Member for Hornsey and Friern Barnet, I...

Temporary Accommodation: Children

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 his Department is taking to help improve the health and wellbeing of children living in temporary accommodation.

Temporary Accommodation: Pregnancy

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 his Department is taking to support pregnant women living in temporary accommodation.

Supply Chains: Environment Protection and Human Rights

Department for Business and Trade

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing legislation to promote and enforce ethical business practices across...

Supply Chains: Environment Protection and Human Rights

Department for Business and Trade

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department are taking to promote human rights and environmental due diligence in global supply chains.

Food Bank Usage: Hornsey and Friern Barnet

Catherine West made a speech in the House of Commons

It is indeed a very exciting development to see the bold and vital steps taken to address child poverty, but runaway rental costs are driving hunger and hardship. Building council homes is...

Food Bank Usage: Hornsey and Friern Barnet

Catherine West made a speech in the House of Commons

What fiscal steps she is taking to help reduce the level of food bank usage by families in Hornsey and Friern Barnet constituency.

Aphasia: Speech and Language Therapy

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 speech and language therapy for people with Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA),...

Curriculum: Disability

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 help promote the inclusion of disability history in the national curriculum.

Water: Waste Disposal

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 11 March 2026 to Question 117363 on Water: Waste Disposal, whether she will publish an overview of...

Curriculum: Women

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 (a) adding more female scientists to the National Curriculum and (b) making it mandatory for...

Homelessness: Hornsey and Friern Barnet

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 he has taken to help reduce youth homelessness in Hornsey and Friern Barnet constituency.