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.

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.

Museums and Galleries

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to help support the museum sector.

Public Baths and Lidos

Westminster Hall debates

The Minister is making an excellent point about prevention. The other thing that Swim England always emphasises is the importance of 11-year-olds being able to swim when they leave primary...

Public Baths and Lidos

Westminster Hall debates

My hon. Friend mentions community. Does he agree with me that pool users’ groups are crucial to keeping up standards in our ageing facilities? Would he also agree that we must target...

Overseas Students: Afghanistan

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of restricting student visa access for women and girls from Afghanistan on the ability...

Myanmar: Politics and Government

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 international partners on (a) support for the Myanmar Cooperation...

Asylum: Sponsorship

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Written Statement of 2 March 2026 on Asylum changes, HCWS1373, what recent steps her Department has taken to introduce...

Parkinson's Disease: Diagnosis

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 early diagnoses of Parkinson's disease.

Hatzola Ambulance Attack

Commons debates

I thank my hon. and learned Friend the Member for Finchley and Golders Green (Sarah Sackman), who is sitting beside the Minister for Security, for her urgent action today, and my hon. Friend...

Middle East

Commons debates

Further to that point, I thank the Minister for Europe for going to Cyprus last week, and I am grateful for the conversations between the Prime Minister and the President of Cyprus. My...

Saudi Arabia: Capital Punishment and Human Rights

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 diplomatic steps her Department is taking to (a) help stop executions and (b) promote human rights in Saudi...

Royal Mail: Conditions of Employment and Pay

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, whether his Department has had recent discussions with representatives of Royal Mail on pay and working conditions for employees.

Cyprus

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 she is taking with international partners to help ensure the safety of people in Cyprus.

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, in reference to the her Department's White Paper entitled A new vision for water, whether her Department has made further...

North Sea Oil: Shetland

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when the decision as to whether to grant a licence to the Rosebank oil field project will be made.

Courts and Tribunals Bill

Commons debates

I hope to be a little more brief and less pompous than previous speakers. I am indebted to the many who serve, day to day, in the Wood Green courts, and in other parts of the London circuit. I...