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Your MP (Paul Holmes) represents you, and all of the people who live in Hamble Valley, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Profile

Conservative MP for Hamble Valley

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

Also represented Eastleigh

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Ministry of Housing
• Communities and Local Government
• Treasury
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Home Office
• Cabinet Office
• Taylor Swift
• Local Government Finance
• Tobacco: Excise Duties
• Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission
• Question

Currently held offices

• Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government) (since 8 Nov 2024)
• Opposition Whip (Commons) (since 19 Jul 2024)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Armed Forces Commissioner Bill ( 4 Dec 2024 to 12 Dec 2024)
• Shadow Minister (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) (19 Jul 2024 to 6 Nov 2024)
• Shadow Minister (Northern Ireland) (19 Jul 2024 to 6 Nov 2024)
• Assistant Whip (25 Apr 2024 to 5 Jul 2024)
• Member, Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief Bill (Formerly known as International Freedom of Religion or Belief Bill) Committee (17 Apr 2024 to 24 Apr 2024)
• Member, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and International Committee of the Red Cross (Status) Bill (28 Feb 2024 to 5 Mar 2024)
• Member, Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill Committee ( 4 Sep 2023 to 14 Sep 2023)
• Member, Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee (25 Oct 2022 to 11 Dec 2023)
• Member, Public Order Bill Committee (25 May 2022 to 29 May 2022)
• Member, Nationality and Borders Bill Committee (20 Sep 2021 to 4 Nov 2021)
• Member, Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) ( 2 Mar 2020 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Statutory Instruments (Select Committee) ( 2 Mar 2020 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee ( 2 Mar 2020 to 22 Feb 2021)

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Armed Forces Commissioner Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• International Freedom of Religion or Belief Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Nationality and Borders Bill Committee (15 out of 15)
• Nationality and Borders Committee (1 out of 1)
• Registers of Births and Deaths Bill Committee (1 out of 1)

Recent appearances

• Upcoming Business – Commons: Main Chamber 28 Mar 2025

  Children Not in School (Registers, Support and Orders) Bill: Second Reading – Paul Holmes. Private Members' Bills

• Work and Pensions: Employment Rights Bill: Employment Rates 17 Mar 2025

  Whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Business and Trade on the potential impact of the Employment Rights Bill on employment rates.

• Work and Pensions: Employment Rights Bill: Employment Rates 17 Mar 2025

  With many Labour Members claiming that they care about young people being employed, has the Minister’s Department made assessments about the employment impact of the decision to introduce minimum guaranteed hours for students and young people who rely on the flexibility of being able to pick and choose their work hours, particularly those who are working in the hospitality sector, which is...

More of Paul Holmes’s recent appearances