About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Meg Hillier) represents you, and all of the people who live in Hackney South and Shoreditch, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Profile

Labour/Co-operative MP for Hackney South and Shoreditch

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

Party was Labour until 30 Mar 2015

• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile

Social Media

• @Meg_HillierMP
• Facebook
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Meg Hillier campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Home Office
• Home Department
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Ministry of Justice
• Department for Work and Pensions
• Credit
• Immigration: Appeals
• Coronavirus: Protective Clothing
• Identity Cards
• Immigration: Biometrics

Currently held offices

• Chair, Liaison Committee (Commons) (since 10 Dec 2024)
• Chair, Liaison Committee (Commons) (since 10 Dec 2024)
• Chair, Treasury Committee (since 9 Sep 2024)
• Chair, Treasury Committee (since 9 Sep 2024)

Other offices held in the past

• Chair, Liaison Committee (Commons) (10 Dec 2024 to 3 May 2017)
• Chair, Liaison Committee (Commons) (10 Dec 2024 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Chair, Liaison Committee (Commons) (10 Dec 2024 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) ( 4 Dec 2024 to 10 Dec 2024)
• Member, Liaison Sub-Committee on Scrutiny of Strategic Thinking in Government (22 Jun 2023 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles (Disabled Persons) Bill Committee ( 2 Feb 2022 to 9 Feb 2022)
• Member, Down Syndrome Bill Committee (19 Jan 2022 to 26 Jan 2022)
• Member, Local Government (Disqualification) Bill Committee (24 Nov 2021 to 1 Dec 2021)
• Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) (20 May 2020 to 10 Dec 2024)
• Chair, Public Accounts Committee (27 Jan 2020 to 30 May 2024)
• Chair, Public Accounts Committee (27 Jan 2020 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Chair, Public Accounts Committee (27 Jan 2020 to 30 May 2024)
• Chair, Public Accounts Committee (27 Jan 2020 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Chair, Public Accounts Committee (27 Jan 2020 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Liaison Committee Sub-committee on the effectiveness and influence of the select committee system (13 Feb 2019 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Draft Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) Bill Committee (26 Nov 2018 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) ( 6 Nov 2017 to 10 Dec 2024)
• Chair, Public Accounts Committee (12 Jul 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Chair, Public Accounts Committee (12 Jul 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Public Accounts Commission (12 Jul 2017 to 17 Dec 2024)
• Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) (10 Sep 2015 to 10 Dec 2024)
• Chair, Public Accounts Committee (18 Jun 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Chair, Public Accounts Committee (18 Jun 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Chair, Public Accounts Committee (18 Jun 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Public Accounts Commission (18 Jun 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Public Accounts Committee (24 Oct 2011 to 27 Jan 2020)
• Member, Public Accounts Committee (24 Oct 2011 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change ( 8 Oct 2010 to 7 Oct 2011)
• Shadow Minister (Home Office) (12 May 2010 to 8 Oct 2010)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office) (Identity) ( 9 Nov 2009 to 6 May 2010)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office) (Identity) ( 2 Jul 2007 to 6 Aug 2009)
• PPS (Rt Hon Ruth Kelly, Secretary of State), Department for Communities and Local Government ( 8 May 2006 to 28 Jun 2007)
• Member, Northern Ireland Affairs Committee (12 Jul 2005 to 16 Oct 2006)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Brian Sedgemore
• Ronald Brown

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles (Disabled Persons) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Local Government (Disqualification) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Down Syndrome Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Self-build and Custom Housebuilding Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Gender Equality (International Development) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Inheritance and Trustees' Powers Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Immigration Bill Committee (10 out of 11)
• Scrap Metal Dealers Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Justice and Security Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• Identity Documents Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
• Mental Health Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
• Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Financial Mutuals Arrangements Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Pensions Bill Committee (10 out of 12)
• Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Education and Inspections Bill Committee (21 out of 21)
• London Olympics Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (2 out of 4)
• Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill Committee (8 out of 8)

Recent appearances

• Gender Self-identification — [David Mundell in the Chair] 19 May 2025

  Under the previous Trump Administration, the British Foreign Office issued a travel warning to trans people because of the so-called bathroom ban—well, the actual bathroom ban—in parts of the United States. Yet now we are in a position where many trans women and trans men are very frightened about using toilets. Does my hon. Friend agree that Government action is needed?

• Gender Self-identification — [David Mundell in the Chair] 19 May 2025

  My hon. Friend is making an important point. The gender recognition certificate is often destroyed by trans people because they have their new birth certificate. The certificate itself is not always an extant document.

• Gender Self-identification — [David Mundell in the Chair] 19 May 2025

  Does the hon. Lady not agree that the Equality Act was well written to deal with intersectional issues when they arise, that the guidance around it was very clear, and that this Supreme Court ruling has muddied that. As she says, the Government may need to step in to resolve this.

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