About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Grahame Morris) represents you, and all of the people who live in Easington, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

MPs split their time between Parliament and their constituency. In Parliament, they debate and vote on new laws, review existing laws, and question the Government. In the constituency, their focus is on supporting local people and championing local issues. They have a small staff team who help with casework, maintain their diaries, and monitor their inbox.

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Profile

Labour MP for Easington

Entered the House of Commons on 6 May 2010 — General election

• Wikipedia page

Social Media

• @grahamemorris
• https://facebook.com/grahame.morris

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Grahame Morris campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Department for Transport
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Department for Work and Pensions
• Ministry of Justice
• Home Office
• Radiotherapy
• Mineworkers' Pension Scheme
• Beer: Excise Duties
• Universal Credit
• Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations

Currently held offices

• Member, Transport Committee (since 2 Mar 2020)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Space Industry (Indemnities) Bill Committee ( 1 May 2024 to 8 May 2024)
• Member, Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill Committee (24 Apr 2024 to 1 May 2024)
• Member, Automated Vehicles Bill [HL] Committee (13 Mar 2024 to 19 Mar 2024)
• Member, Licensing Hours Extensions Bill Committee ( 7 Feb 2024 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Building Societies Act 1986 (Amendment) Bill Committee (31 Jan 2024 to 7 Feb 2024)
• Member, Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) Bill Committee ( 1 Mar 2023 to 8 Mar 2023)
• Member, Equipment Theft (Prevention) Bill Committee (25 Jan 2023 to 1 Feb 2023)
• Member, Seafarers' Wages Bill [HL] Committee (11 Jan 2023 to 17 Jan 2023)
• Member, High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill Select Committee (Commons) (13 Dec 2022 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL] Committee ( 9 Feb 2022 to 10 Feb 2022)
• Member, Consolidation, &c., Bills (Joint Committee) ( 9 Mar 2020 to 6 Jul 2020)
• Member, Transport Committee ( 2 Mar 2020 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Transport Committee ( 5 Feb 2018 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Consolidation, &c., Bills (Joint Committee) ( 6 Nov 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and Shadow Minister for the Constitutional Convention (28 Jun 2016 to 7 Oct 2016)
• Member, Consolidation, &c., Bills (Joint Committee) ( 9 Nov 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Opposition Whip (Commons) (18 Sep 2015 to 28 Jun 2016)
• Member, Health and Social Care Committee (12 Jul 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• John Cummings
• Jack Dormand
• Emanuel Shinwell

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Licensing Hours Extensions Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Space Industry (Indemnities) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Automated Vehicles Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Building Societies Act 1986 (Amendment) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Equipment Theft (Prevention) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Seafarers’ Wages Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Education and Training (Welfare of Children) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• National Insurance Contributions (Termination Awards and Sporting Testimonials) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Smart Meters Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Psychoactive Substances Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Housing and Planning Bill Committee (18 out of 20)
• Social Action, Responsibility and Heroism Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Affordable Homes bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Control of Horses Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Care Bill Committee (15 out of 15)
• Finance Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Prisons (Property) bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Identity Documents Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
• Health and Social Care Bill Committee (39 out of 40)
• Finance (No. 4) Bill Committee (14 out of 14)

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Offshore Industry: Employment 23 Jan 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate his Department has made of the number of jobs in the decommissioning sector of the offshore oil and gas industry in each financial year from 2013-14 and 2024-25.

• Written Answers — Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Offshore Industry: Corporation Tax 23 Jan 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the document entitled UKCS Decommissioning Cost and Performance Update 2024, published on 16 June 2024, whether the estimates of the annual cost of decommissioning offshore oil and gas infrastructure are net of annual relief on corporation tax granted for decommissioning expenditure in the oil and gas sector.

• Written Answers — Treasury: Offshore Industry: Corporation Tax 23 Jan 2025

  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will list the oil and gas fields that qualified for relief from corporation tax on decommissioning expenditure in the offshore oil and gas sector in each financial year between 2013-14 and 2024-25.

More of Grahame Morris’s recent appearances

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