About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Rushanara Ali) represents you, and all of the people who live in Bethnal Green and Stepney, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Profile

Labour MP for Bethnal Green and Stepney

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

Also represented Bethnal Green and Bow

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page

Social Media

• @rushanaraali
• https://facebook.com/Rushanara-Ali-37684209618

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Rushanara Ali campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• International Development
• Department for Education
• Ministry of Housing
• Communities and Local Government
• Department for Work and Pensions
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Burma
• Syria
• Teachers: Training
• Children: Day Care
• *No heading*

Currently held offices

• Member, Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission (since 26 Nov 2024)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government) (since 9 Jul 2024)

Other offices held in the past

• Shadow Minister (Investment and Small Business) ( 6 Sep 2023 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Treasury Sub-Committee on Financial Services Regulations (20 Jun 2022 to 20 Nov 2023)
• Member, Treasury Committee Sub-Committee on Financial Services Regulations (20 Jun 2022 to 20 Jun 2022)
• Member, Cultural Objects (Protection From Seizure) Bill Committee ( 9 Nov 2021 to 17 Nov 2021)
• Member, Panel of Chairs (22 Jun 2020 to 18 Sep 2023)
• Member, Treasury Committee ( 2 Mar 2020 to 20 Nov 2023)
• Member, Treasury Sub-Committee (14 Sep 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Treasury Committee (11 Sep 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee (31 Oct 2016 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Energy and Climate Change Committee (26 Oct 2015 to 17 Oct 2016)
• Member, Treasury Committee (24 Nov 2014 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Shadow Minister (Education) ( 7 Oct 2013 to 26 Sep 2014)
• Shadow Minister (International Development) ( 8 Oct 2010 to 7 Oct 2013)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Peter Shore

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Chairman, Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill Committee (4 out of 14)
• Chairman, National Security Bill Committee (6 out of 14)
• Cultural Objects (Protection from Seizure) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Chairman, Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Chairman, Elections Bill Committee (2 out of 12)
• Medicines and Medical Devices Bill Committee (3 out of 3)

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Homelessness: Rural Areas 6 Dec 2024

  Homelessness levels are far too high. This Government recognises the devastating impact this can have on those affected. We are already taking the first steps to get back on track to ending homelessness. As announced at the Budget, funding for homelessness services is increasing next year by £233 million compared to this year (2024/25) and brings total spend to nearly £1 billion in 2025/26....

• Written Answers — Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Temporary Accommodation: Children 6 Dec 2024

  Local authorities in England report the numbers of households in temporary accommodation and this data is published each quarter as part of the Homelessness Case Level Information Collection (H-CLIC). The most recent figures for April - June 2024 showed that on 30 June 2024, 78,420 households with children were in temporary accommodation, which includes 159,380 children. The figures for April...

• Written Answers — Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Grenfell Tower: Ministerial Responsibility 5 Dec 2024

  Trusted relationships between ministers and the Grenfell community are essential for this Department. Before I became a Minister, I called for the French delegation of the Franco-British Colloque to cut ties with Saint Gobain. But I understand that perception matters and I therefore concluded that the building safety portfolio would be best transferred to another minister. Updated ministerial...

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