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.

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.

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...