About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Neil O'Brien) represents you, and all of the people who live in Harborough, Oadby and Wigston, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Profile

Conservative MP for Harborough, Oadby and Wigston

Entered the House of Commons on 9 June 2017 — General election

Also represented Harborough

Social Media

• @NeilDotObrien
• https://facebook.com/neil4harborough

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Ministry of Justice
• Department for Education
• Home Office
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Department for Work and Pensions
• Prison Sentences
• Social Security Benefits
• Reoffenders: Sentencing
• Question
• Schools: Finance

Currently held offices

• Member, Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill Committee (since 15 Jan 2025)
• Shadow Minister (Education) (since 4 Nov 2024)

Other offices held in the past

• The Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Health and Social Care ( 8 Sep 2022 to 13 Nov 2023)
• Member, Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill Committee (15 Jun 2022 to 11 Jul 2022)
• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) (19 Sep 2021 to 6 Jul 2022)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government) (16 Sep 2021 to 19 Sep 2021)
• Member, Standing Orders Committee ( 1 Nov 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Science, Innovation and Technology Committee (11 Sep 2017 to 21 Jan 2019)

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill Committee (10 out of 27)
• Medicines and Medical Devices Bill Committee (2 out of 3)
• Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill Committee (2 out of 8)
• Tenant Fees Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
• Non-Domestic Rating (Lists) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Finance Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Stalking Protection Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Rating (Property in Common Occupation) and Council Tax (Empty Dwellings) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill Committee (6 out of 6)

Recent appearances

• Public Bill Committee: Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Clause 3 - Multi-agency child protection teams for local authority areas 23 Jan 2025

  I have nothing to say about these amendments. I will reserve my comments for our amendment, which is in a different group. I completely understand what the Minister is doing.

• Public Bill Committee: Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Clause 3 - Multi-agency child protection teams for local authority areas 23 Jan 2025

  I beg to move amendment 19, in clause 3, page 5, line 3, at end insert— “16EC Report on work and impact of multi-agency child protection teams (1) The Secretary of State must report annually on the work and impact of multi-agency child protection teams. (2) A report under this section shall include analysis of — (a) the membership of multi-agency child protection teams; (b) the specific...

• Public Bill Committee: Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Clause 3 - Multi-agency child protection teams for local authority areas 23 Jan 2025

  Members will know that we are extremely supportive of this principle and agenda. We generally welcome the clause and think it is sensible, but we of course have questions, and we have tabled an amendment. Members know that a huge amount of good multi-agency work is already going on to safeguard children, and it has the potential to address some of the really serious information-sharing gaps...

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