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Profile

Labour MP for Washington and Gateshead South

Entered the House of Commons on 5 May 2005 — General election

Also represented Washington and Sunderland West; Gateshead East and Washington West

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile

Social Media

• @SharonHodgsonMP
• https://facebook.com/Sharon.Hodgson.MP

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Sharon Hodgson campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Education
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Department for Education
• Department of Health
• Health
• Directors
• Pay
• Special Educational Needs
• Children: Day Care
• Staff

Currently held offices

• Member, Parliamentary Works Estimates Commission (since 27 Mar 2023)
• Member, Public Accounts Commission (since 8 Mar 2023)
• Member, House of Commons Commission (since 8 Mar 2023)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Members Estimate Committee ( 8 Mar 2023 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Restoration and Renewal Client Board Committee ( 8 Mar 2023 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) ( 7 Mar 2023 to 30 May 2024)
• Chair, Finance Committee (Commons) ( 7 Mar 2023 to 30 May 2024)
• Chair, Finance Committee (Commons) ( 7 Mar 2023 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Finance Committee (Commons) (28 Feb 2023 to 7 Mar 2023)
• Member, Select Committee on the Armed Forces Bill (25 Feb 2021 to 14 Apr 2021)
• Member, Select Committee on the Armed Forces Bill (22 Feb 2021 to 22 Feb 2021)
• Shadow Minister (Defence) (10 Apr 2020 to 14 May 2021)
• Shadow Minister (Public Health) ( 9 Jan 2018 to 10 Apr 2020)
• Shadow Minister (Public Health) ( 9 Oct 2016 to 9 Jan 2018)
• Shadow Minister (Education) ( 8 May 2015 to 27 Jun 2016)
• Shadow Minister (Equalities) ( 7 Oct 2013 to 18 Sep 2015)
• Member, Ecclesiastical Committee (Joint Committee) (26 Oct 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Shadow Minister (Education) ( 8 Oct 2010 to 7 Oct 2013)
• Opposition Whip (Commons) (10 May 2010 to 8 Oct 2010)
• Assistant Whip (HM Treasury) (10 Jun 2009 to 6 May 2010)
• Member, North East Regional Select Committee ( 3 Mar 2009 to 6 May 2010)
• PPS (Rt Hon Dawn Primarolo, Minister of State), Department of Health (27 Nov 2008 to 16 Jan 2009)
• PPS (Rt Hon Bob Ainsworth, Minister of State), Ministry of Defence ( 4 Aug 2008 to 27 Nov 2008)
• Member, Children, Schools and Families Committee (26 Nov 2007 to 6 May 2010)
• PPS (Mr Liam Byrne, Minister of State), Home Office ( 8 May 2006 to 28 Jun 2007)
• Member, European Scrutiny Committee (12 Dec 2005 to 17 Jul 2006)
• Member, Ecclesiastical Committee (Joint Committee) (19 Jul 2005 to 5 May 2005)
• Member, Regulatory Reform Committee (12 Jul 2005 to 6 May 2010)

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Armed Forces Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration Etc.) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Children and Families Bill Committee (19 out of 19)
• London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (Amendment) Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Equality Bill Committee (5 out of 20)
• Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill Committee (15 out of 18)
• Special Educational Needs (Information) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Counter-Terrorism Bill Committee (12 out of 14)
• UK Borders Bill Committee (14 out of 14)
• Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Bill Committee (8 out of 10)
• Finance (No.2) Bill Committee (19 out of 21)
• Health Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
• Civil Aviation Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill Committee (8 out of 8)

Recent appearances

• SEND Provision — [Clive Betts in the Chair] 5 Sep 2024

  It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship today, Mr Betts. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Leeds East (Richard Burgon) on securing this very important debate. It has been widely noted that SEND provision came up significantly on the doorsteps during the general election. The statement from the then Conservative Education Secretary earlier this year that SEND provision...

• Preventable Baby Loss — [Peter Dowd in the Chair] 4 Sep 2024

  It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Dowd. I thank the hon. Member for Ashfield (Lee Anderson) for securing this important debate and for his moving opening speech. My thanks also go to Bliss for the briefing that it provided. This is an incredibly important debate for me and, I have no doubt, for all of us here today. As some Members will know, I—like many others here...

• Preventable Baby Loss — [Peter Dowd in the Chair] 4 Sep 2024

  I absolutely agree. I only realised that the certificates were just for England when we were pulling together my remarks for today. That is remiss; I encourage the devolved nations to follow the example of England and bring the certificates in, because they really make a massive difference to parents suffering early baby loss. Despite these improvements, we still have a long way to go to...

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