Laura Farris

Conservative MP for Newbury

Laura Farris’s voting in Parliament

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Recent appearances

  • Safety of School Buildings 6 Sep 2023

    No Member of Parliament would dispute the crucial importance of safe and secure school premises—or indeed all vital premises, whether those are hospitals, courts or prisons—or the fact that they require adequate Government investment. Implicit in the Opposition motion, however, is an allegation that the Conservative Government have failed on education, and failed children more broadly,...
  • Sir David Amess Summer Adjournment 20 Jul 2023

    This is the second time I have spoken in this debate. The first time was two years ago, and I followed David Amess—I can even remember where he was sitting in the Chamber at the time. I have refreshed my memory on what I said in that debate. I raised for the first time the issue of improved public transport links north from Newbury up to Oxford, and specifically the need for a new bus route...
  • Illegal Migration Bill: Clause 1 - Introduction 17 Jul 2023

    If the principle of removal to a safe third country is not an adequate deterrent, why was that principle the flagship of the last Labour Government’s immigration policy in the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002? What was the point of section 94—its most controversial provision—if it was not about the swift removal of failed asylum seekers?

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Conservative MP for Newbury

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

Expenses

Topics of interest

  • Department for Education
  • Department for Digital
  • Culture
  • Media and Sport
  • Department of Health and Social Care
  • Home Office
  • Ministry of Justice
  • Supermarkets: Coronavirus
  • Personal Independence Payment: West Berkshire
  • Education: Coronavirus
  • Music: Culture Recovery Fund
  • Hospitals: Protective Clothing

Currently held offices

  • Member, Speaker's Conference Committee (since 19 Oct 2022)

Other offices held in the past

  • Member, Child Support (Enforcement) Bill Committee (22 Feb 2023 to 1 Mar 2023)
  • Member, Protection from Sex-based Harassment in Public Bill Committee ( 8 Feb 2023 to 22 Feb 2023)
  • Member, Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Bill Committee (26 Oct 2022 to 2 Nov 2022)
  • Member, Committee of Privileges (14 Mar 2022 to 11 Oct 2022)
  • Member, Committee on Standards (14 Mar 2022 to 11 Oct 2022)
  • Member, Justice Committee ( 8 Jun 2021 to 29 Nov 2022)
  • Member, Home Affairs Committee ( 2 Mar 2020 to 15 Mar 2022)

Previous MPs in this constituency

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

Register of Members’ Interests

Last updated: 18 Sep 2023.

2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
Name of donor: Sir Christopher Gent
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £3,000
Donor status: individual
(Registered 15 February 2023)

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