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Scott Benton is a former MP for Blackpool South.

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Former Independent MP for Blackpool South

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

Left the House of Commons on 25 March 2024 — Resigned

Party was Conservative until 4 Apr 2023

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Department of Health and Social Care
• Department for Digital
• Culture
• Media and Sport
• Home Office
• Foreign
• Commonwealth and Development Office
• Treasury
• Abortion
• Abortion: Drugs
• Abortion: Telemedicine
• Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
• Gambling: Mental Health

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) Bill Committee ( 1 Mar 2023 to 8 Mar 2023)
• Member, Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform Bill) Committee ( 2 Nov 2022 to 2 Nov 2022)
• Member, Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill Committee (12 Jul 2022 to 11 Oct 2022)
• Member, Petitions Committee (21 Jun 2022 to 25 Mar 2024)
• 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, Northern Ireland (Ministers, Elections and Petitions of Concern) Bill Committee (23 Jun 2021 to 6 Jul 2021)
• Member, Compensation (London Capital & Finance plc and Fraud Compensation Fund) Bill Committee ( 8 Jun 2021 to 15 Jun 2021)
• Member, Northern Ireland Affairs Committee ( 2 Mar 2020 to 25 Oct 2022)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Gordon Marsden
• Nick Hawkins
• Peter Blaker
• Roland Robinson

Future MPs in this constituency

• Chris Webb

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill Committee (8 out of 27)
• Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Northern Ireland (Ministers, Elections and Petitions of Concern) Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Compensation (London Capital & Finance plc and Fraud Compensation Fund) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Subsidy Control Bill Committee (10 out of 11)
• Compensation (London Capital & Finance plc and Fraud Compensation Fund) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill Committee (3 out of 4)

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Department for Business and Trade: New Businesses 26 Feb 2024

  To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department plans to implement financial safeguards to prevent individuals who have previously mismanaged businesses from establishing limited companies.

• Written Answers — Department for Business and Trade: Companies: Disclosure of Information 26 Feb 2024

  To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she is taking steps to enhance due diligence procedures for individuals establishing limited companies.

• Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Hornets and Non-native Species 23 Feb 2024

  To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding his Department plans to provide to tackle (a) Asian hornet and (b) other non-native invasive species that impact the natural ecosystem in the next three years; and whether he plans to review that funding.

More of Scott Benton’s recent appearances