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Profile

Labour MP for Luton North

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

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Department of Health and Social Care
• Home Office
• Foreign
• Commonwealth and Development Office
• Department for Education
• Department for Transport
• Coronavirus: Vaccination
• Influenza: Vaccination
• Travel: Quarantine
• Bereavement Counselling: Coronavirus
• Travel Restrictions: Pakistan

Currently held offices

• Chair, Women and Equalities Committee (since 11 Sep 2024)
• Chair, Women and Equalities Committee (since 11 Sep 2024)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Public Accounts Committee (11 Dec 2023 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Media Bill Committee (29 Nov 2023 to 12 Dec 2023)
• Member, Online Safety (Re-committed Clauses and Schedules) Bill Committee ( 7 Dec 2022 to 15 Dec 2022)
• Member, Social Housing (Regulation) Bill [HL] Committee (23 Nov 2022 to 29 Nov 2022)
• Shadow Minister (Levelling Up, Housing, Communities and Local Government) ( 4 Dec 2021 to 15 Nov 2023)
• Member, Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill Committee ( 9 Nov 2021 to 25 Nov 2021)
• Member, Health and Care Bill Committee ( 7 Sep 2021 to 2 Nov 2021)
• Member, National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (16 Jun 2021 to 22 Jun 2021)
• Member, Compensation (London Capital & Finance plc and Fraud Compensation Fund) Bill Committee ( 8 Jun 2021 to 15 Jun 2021)
• Opposition Whip (Commons) (14 May 2021 to 1 Jan 2023)
• Member, Business and Trade Committee (22 Feb 2021 to 5 Jan 2022)
• Member, Health and Social Care Committee ( 2 Mar 2020 to 4 Jul 2022)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Kelvin Hopkins
• John Carlisle

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Media Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Online Safety Bill Committee (2 out of 20)
• Social Housing (Regulation) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Compensation (London Capital & Finance plc and Fraud Compensation Fund) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Health and Care Bill Committee (20 out of 22)
• Compensation (London Capital & Finance plc and Fraud Compensation Fund) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill Committee (4 out of 6)
• National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Education and Training (Welfare of Children) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Advanced Research and Invention Agency Bill Committee (0 out of 2)
• Botulinum Toxin and Cosmetic Fillers (Children) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Finance (No.2) Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Advanced Research and Invention Agency Bill Committee (2 out of 4)
• Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Ministry of Justice: Bedford Prison: Standards 11 Sep 2024

  To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the report by HM Inspectorate of Prisons report into HMP Bedford, published in February 2024, what steps she is taking to improve conditions in HMP Bedford.

• Written Answers — Ministry of Justice: Prisons: Religious Practice 9 Sep 2024

  To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to ensure faith and pastoral care guidance for prisoners is being upheld.

• Healthcare Provision: East of England — [Sir Christopher Chope in the Chair] 3 Sep 2024

  It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Sir Christopher. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Norwich South (Clive Lewis) on securing this important debate. As we have heard from the contributions so far, the levels of disparity in healthcare in the east of England are significant; in my constituency of Luton North, they are very stark indeed. There are huge gaps in health and life...

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