About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Seema Malhotra) represents you, and all of the people who live in Feltham and Heston, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Profile

Labour/Co-operative MP for Feltham and Heston

Entered the House of Commons on 16 December 2011 — Byelection

Party was Labour until 30 Mar 2015

• Wikipedia page

Social Media

• @SeemaMalhotra1
• https://facebook.com/SeemaMalhotraMP

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Seema Malhotra campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Department for Work and Pensions
• Department for Business
• Energy and Industrial Strategy
• Department for Education
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Home Office
• Kickstart Scheme
• Work Experience
• Apprentices
• Refugees: Afghanistan
• Feltham Young Offender Institution

Currently held offices

• Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Education) (Equalities) (since 8 Oct 2024)
• The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department (since 9 Jul 2024)

Other offices held in the past

• Shadow Minister (Education) ( 5 Sep 2023 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill Committee ( 7 Jun 2023 to 11 Jul 2023)
• Member, Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill Committee (19 Oct 2022 to 29 Nov 2022)
• Member, Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill Committee ( 1 Dec 2021 to 14 Dec 2021)
• Member, Subsidy Control Bill Committee (20 Oct 2021 to 18 Nov 2021)
• Member, Rating (Coronavirus) and Directors Disqualification (Dissolved Companies) Bill Committee ( 1 Jul 2021 to 8 Jul 2021)
• Shadow Minister (Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) (14 May 2021 to 5 Sep 2023)
• Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions) (Employment) (10 Apr 2020 to 14 May 2021)
• Member, Panel of Chairs (23 Mar 2020 to 23 Apr 2020)
• Member, Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union ( 2 Mar 2020 to 16 Jan 2021)
• Member, Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union (11 Sep 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Commons Reference Group on Representation and Inclusion Committee (15 Nov 2016 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union (31 Oct 2016 to 3 May 2017)
• Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury (14 Sep 2015 to 26 Jun 2016)
• Shadow Minister (Home Office) ( 8 May 2015 to 14 Sep 2015)
• Opposition Whip (Commons) ( 7 Oct 2013 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Justice Committee ( 6 Feb 2012 to 25 Nov 2013)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Alan Keen
• Patrick Ground

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill Committee (14 out of 14)
• Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill Committee (19 out of 19)
• Subsidy Control Bill Committee (11 out of 11)
• Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Rating (Coronavirus) and Directors Disqualification (Dissolved Companies) Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Pension Schemes Bill Committee (3 out of 4)
• Telecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Health and Social Care (National Data Guardian) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Finance Bill Committee (2 out of 6)
• Serious Crime Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
• Care Bill Committee (15 out of 15)
• PREVENTION OF SOCIAL HOUSING FRAUD BILL Committee (1 out of 1)
• Finance Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Civil Aviation Bill Committee (11 out of 14)
• Finance (No. 4) Bill Committee (13 out of 14)

Recent appearances

• Home Department: Windrush: Victim Support 13 Jan 2025

  This Labour Government are determined to put right the appalling injustice suffered by members of the Windrush community. We will ensure that those affected receive the compensation they deserve, and that cultural change is embedded permanently in the Home Office. At the end of November 2024, over £100 million has been paid to individuals across almost 3,000 claims under the Windrush...

• Home Department: Windrush: Victim Support 13 Jan 2025

  My hon. Friend makes an important point. We are committed to making changes so that the scheme is accessible and so victims of the Windrush scandal are far better supported in applying for compensation. It is why, in July, we brought in a single named caseworker approach to streamline the process, improve consistency and remove duplication, and it is why we announced £1.5 million of grant...

• Home Department: Windrush: Victim Support 13 Jan 2025

  Our priority is to understand and learn from the events in the past and focus on the future by ensuring that the Department is inclusive and considers the impact of all its work on people from every background.

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