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Karen Buck is a former MP for Westminster North.

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Former Labour MP for Westminster North

Entered the House of Commons on 1 May 1997 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 30 May 2024 — Dissolved for election

Also represented Regent's Park and Kensington North

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile

Social Media

• @KarenPBuckMP
• Facebook
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Karen Buck campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Work and Pensions
• Communities and Local Government
• Department for Work and Pensions
• Education and Skills
• Treasury
• Housing Benefit
• Universal Credit
• Social Security Benefits
• Social Rented Housing
• Homelessness

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Renters (Reform) Bill Committee ( 8 Nov 2023 to 28 Nov 2023)
• Member, Employment (Allocation of Tips) Bill Committee ( 7 Sep 2022 to 12 Oct 2022)
• Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions) (14 May 2021 to 5 Sep 2023)
• Member, Human Rights (Joint Committee) ( 2 Mar 2020 to 29 Jun 2021)
• Member, Panel of Chairs (15 Jan 2020 to 27 Jan 2022)
• Member, Human Rights (Joint Committee) (30 Oct 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Panel of Chairs (22 Jun 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Human Rights (Joint Committee) (28 Oct 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Panel of Chairs (14 Oct 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Work and Pensions Committee ( 8 Jul 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Shadow Minister (Education) ( 7 Oct 2011 to 16 Apr 2013)
• Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions) ( 8 Oct 2010 to 7 Oct 2011)
• Member, Work and Pensions Committee (12 Jul 2010 to 2 Nov 2010)
• Chair, London Regional Select Committee (15 Dec 2009 to 6 May 2010)
• Member, London Regional Select Committee (14 Dec 2009 to 15 Dec 2009)
• Member, Children, Schools and Families Committee ( 2 Nov 2009 to 6 May 2010)
• Member, Home Affairs Committee (17 Jul 2006 to 14 Dec 2009)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport) (10 May 2005 to 16 Mar 2006)
• Member, Work and Pensions Committee (16 Jul 2001 to 12 Jul 2005)
• Member, Committee of Selection ( 3 Dec 1998 to 5 Nov 2001)
• Member, Social Security Committee (14 Jul 1997 to 11 May 2001)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• John Wheeler

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Renters (Reform) Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
• Employment (Allocation of Tips) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Fire Safety Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Chairman, Domestic Abuse Bill Committee (6 out of 12)
• Pension Schemes Bill Committee (3 out of 4)
• Chairman, Medicines and Medical Devices Bill Committee (0 out of 3)
• Chairman, Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Bill Committee (4 out of 8)
• Chairman, Voyeurism (Offences) (No. 2) Bill Committee (1 out of 3)
• Chairman, High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
• Chairman, Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Bill Committee (0 out of 3)
• Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration Etc.) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation and Liability for Housing Standards) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Chairman, Animal Welfare (Service Animals) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Chairman, Cultural Property (Armed Conflicts) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Homelessness Reduction Bill Committee (6 out of 7)
• Chairman, Cultural Property (Armed Conflicts) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Chairman, Pension Schemes Bill Committee (2 out of 4)
• Chairman, Enterprise Bill Committee (3 out of 16)
• National Health Service (Amended Duties and Powers) Bill Committee (5 out of 13)
• Welfare Reform Bill Committee (26 out of 26)
• Mortgage Repossessions (Protection of Tenants Etc.) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Law Commission Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Crown Employment (Nationality) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Holocaust (Stolen Art) Restitution Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Child Poverty Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
• Climate Change Bill Committee (9 out of 10)
• Crown Employment (Nationality) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Greater London Authority Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
• Civil Aviation Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Crown Employment (Nationality) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Housing Bill Committee (14 out of 19)
• Tax Credits Committee (2 out of 2)
• Homelessness Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
• Tax Credits Bill Committee (5 out of 6)
• Homes Bill Committee (12 out of 12)

Recent appearances

• Palestinians: Visa Scheme — [Martin Vickers in the Chair] 13 May 2024

  I am extremely grateful to my hon. Friend for giving way, and I congratulate her on securing the debate and making a powerful speech. Like many people in this room, I was proud to be able to intervene in support of Ukrainian refugees, who were accommodated by friends and family in this country. We have a large Afghan community, and many people were disappointed at not getting similar...

• Written Answers — Department for Work and Pensions: Social Rented Housing: Service Charges 30 Apr 2024

  To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking (a) separately and (b) with the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to make an estimate of how much (i) housing benefit and (ii) housing element of Universal Credit is paid towards service charges of social housing tenants.

• Written Answers — Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Social Rented Housing: Service Charges 30 Apr 2024

  To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Answer of 14 December 2022 to Question 104103 on Social Rented Housing: Rents, if his Department will commission research into the (a) prevalence of tenants in social housing being incorrectly charged for services they do not receive and (b) impact of (i) caretaking, (ii) maintenance of lifts and...

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