About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Mary Foy) represents you, and all of the people who live in City of Durham, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

MPs split their time between Parliament and their constituency. In Parliament, they debate and vote on new laws, review existing laws, and question the Government. In the constituency, their focus is on supporting local people and championing local issues. They have a small staff team who help with casework, maintain their diaries, and monitor their inbox.

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Profile

Labour MP for City of Durham

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
• Department for Education
• Department for Work and Pensions
• Home Office
• Ministry of Justice
• Five Wells Prison: Education
• St Leonard's Catholic School
• Prisons: Education
• Homes for Ukraine Scheme
• Schools: Buildings

Currently held offices

• Member, Bishop's Stortford Cemetery Bill Unopposed Bill Committee (since 10 Jan 2024)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Tobacco and Vapes Bill Committee (24 Apr 2024 to 14 May 2024)
• Member, Bishop's Stortford Cemetery Bill Committee (10 Jan 2024 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill Committee ( 7 Jun 2023 to 11 Jul 2023)
• Member, Health and Care Bill Committee ( 7 Sep 2021 to 2 Nov 2021)
• Member, Northern Ireland Affairs Committee ( 8 Jun 2020 to 30 May 2024)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Roberta Blackman-Woods
• Gerry Steinberg
• William Hughes
• Charles Grey
• Joshua Ritson
• William McKeag
• Joshua Ritson
• John Hills
• Arthur Elliot
• Matthew Fowler
• Thomas Milvain
• Farrer Herschell
• Thomas Thompson
• Arthur Monck
• Farrer Herschell
• John Henderson
• Thomas Thompson
• John Wharton
• John Henderson
• John Davison
• John Mowbray
• John Henderson
• John Mowbray
• William Atherton
• John Mowbray
• Adolphus Vane
• Henry Spearman
• Thomas Granger
• William Atherton
• Henry Spearman
• Thomas Granger
• John Bright
• Dungannon
• Thomas Granger
• Robert Fitzroy
• William Harland
• Dungannon
• William Harland
• Dungannon
• William Chaytor
• Dungannon
• William Harland
• Dungannon
• Michael Taylor
• Roger Gresley
• Henry Hardinge
• Michael Taylor
• Henry Hardinge
• Michael Taylor
• Henry Hardinge
• Richard Wharton
• Michael Taylor
• Richard Wharton
• George Allan
• Ralph Lambton
• Richard Wharton
• Ralph Lambton
• Richard Wharton
• Ralph Lambton
• Robert Shafto
• Richard Wharton
• Ralph Lambton

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Tobacco and Vapes Bill Committee (5 out of 8)
• Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill Committee (8 out of 14)
• Health and Care Bill Committee (13 out of 22)
• Botulinum Toxin and Cosmetic Fillers (Children) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Education and Training (Welfare of Children) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Treasury: International Law: Taxation 11 Oct 2024

  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of agreeing a UN global tax convention.

• Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Fish Farming: Animal Welfare 11 Oct 2024

  To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the standard of welfare of farmed fish in the UK.

• Written Answers — Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Energy: Pensioners 11 Oct 2024

  To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what plans has he to support pensioners with the cost of energy in (a) City of Durham and (b) County Durham.

More of Mary Foy’s recent appearances

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