About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Torsten Bell) represents you, and all of the people who live in Swansea West, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Profile

Labour MP for Swansea West

Entered the House of Commons on 5 July 2024 — General election

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Treasury
• Ministry of Housing
• Communities and Local Government
• Attorney General
• Department for Work and Pensions
• Insolvency: Assets
• High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention
• Cryptocurrencies: Capital Gains Tax
• Jobseeker's Allowance

Currently held offices

• The Parliamentary Secretary, HM Treasury (since 14 Jan 2025)
• The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (since 14 Jan 2025)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Geraint Davies
• Alan Williams
• John Rees
• Percy Morris
• Lewis Jones
• Howel Samuel
• Walter Runciman
• Howel Samuel
• Alfred Mond

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Department for Work and Pensions: Social Security Benefits: Disability 21 Mar 2025

  Attendance Allowance (which provides support for pensioners with care needs) has been consistently uprated in line with inflation since it was introduced and will be increased by 1.7% from April 2025. This means that the higher rate of Attendance Allowance will be £110.40 per week, and the lower rate £73.90 per week in 2025/26. Expenditure on Attendance Allowance was around £6.9 billion...

• Written Answers — Department for Work and Pensions: State Retirement Pensions: Women 21 Mar 2025

  My predecessor met with representatives from WASPI Ltd in September 2024, the first Minister to do so for 8 years.

• Written Answers — Department for Work and Pensions: State Retirement Pensions: Age 21 Mar 2025

  As set out to Parliament by the Secretary of State in December we are developing an Action Plan, with input from the Ombudsman, so that lessons are learnt. We will publish the Action Plan in due course. We are committed to providing clear and sufficient notice of any changes in the State Pension age, so people have the notice they need to plan for their retirement. The Secretary of State has...

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