About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Polly Billington) represents you, and all of the people who live in East Thanet, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Profile

Labour MP for East Thanet

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

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Department for Culture
• Media and Sport
• Department for Education
• Department for Transport
• Ministry of Housing
• Communities and Local Government
• Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
• Arts and Design: Education
• Arts: Closures
• Port of Ramsgate
• Warm Front Scheme and Warmer Homes Scotland
• Electricity: Infrastructure

Currently held offices

• Member, Energy Security and Net Zero Committee (since 21 Oct 2024)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill Committee ( 4 Dec 2024 to 12 Dec 2024)
• Member, Great British Energy Bill Committee (11 Sep 2024 to 15 Oct 2024)

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Great British Energy Bill Committee (1 out of 5)
• Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Land Use: Planning Permission 20 Mar 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the potential implications of the development of the Land Use Framework for the National Planning Policy Framework.

• Written Answers — Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Land Use 20 Mar 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the potential implications of the development of the Land Use Framework for the Planning and Infrastructure Bill.

• Written Answers — Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Planning: Energy Supply 20 Mar 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero on the potential implications of the development of the Strategic Spatial Energy Plan for the Planning and Infrastructure Bill.

More of Polly Billington’s recent appearances

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