About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Claire Hanna) represents you, and all of the people who live in Belfast South and Mid Down, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Profile

Social Democratic and Labour Party MP for Belfast South and Mid Down, Former Social Democratic and Labour Party MLA for Belfast South

Entered the House of Commons on 13 December 2019 — General election

Entered the Assembly on 29 June 2015 — appointed

Left the Assembly on 12 December 2019 — Resigned

Also represented Belfast South

• Wikipedia page

Social Media

• @clairehanna.bsky.social
• @ClaireHanna
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Home Office
• Treasury
• Foreign
• Commonwealth and Development Office
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Northern Ireland Office
• Asylum: Northern Ireland
• UK Shared Prosperity Fund: Northern Ireland
• UK Trade with EU
• Immigration: EU Nationals
• Coronavirus: Vaccination

Currently held offices

• Member, Northern Ireland Affairs Committee (since 28 Oct 2024)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, British Citizenship (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (20 Mar 2024 to 17 Apr 2024)
• Member, Northern Ireland (Ministers, Elections and Petitions of Concern) Bill Committee (28 Jun 2021 to 6 Jul 2021)
• Member, Northern Ireland Affairs Committee ( 2 Mar 2020 to 30 May 2024)

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• British Citizenship (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Northern Ireland (Ministers, Elections and Petitions of Concern) Bill Committee (3 out of 3)

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Treasury: Safe Hands Plans: Insolvency 3 Apr 2025

  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the final report by the Complaints Commissioner entitled The FCA’s handling of Safe Hands Plans Limited, published on 11 March 2025, if she will make recommendations to the Financial Conduct Authority based on that report.

• Prime Minister: Engagements 2 Apr 2025

  Today, the Trump Administration will announce new tariffs that will hurt working people in the US and around the world. Does the Prime Minister agree that, at a time when big tech has grown fat by corrupting our politics and preying on young people, the wrong approach would be to pander to his bullying tactics and the tech billionaires in his imperial court by cutting the digital services...

• Written Answers — Treasury: Choirs: Tax Allowances 2 Apr 2025

  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of extending the orchestra tax relief to include choirs.

More of Claire Hanna’s recent appearances

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