Jack Abbott

Labour/Co-operative MP for Ipswich

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About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Jack Abbott) represents you, and all of the people who live in Ipswich, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Labour/Co-operative MP for Ipswich

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

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Topics of interest

  • Department of Health and Social Care
  • Ministry of Justice
  • Home Office
  • Department for Culture
  • Media and Sport
  • Health Services: Autism
  • Crown Court: Opening Hours
  • Question
  • Arts: Young People

Other offices held in the past

  • Member, Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Committee (15 Jan 2025 to 25 Mar 2025)
  • Member, Backbench Business Committee (28 Oct 2024 to 3 Mar 2025)

Previous MPs in this constituency

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

Recent appearances

  • Justice: Topical Questions 8 Jul 2025

    In a recent report, the Victims Commissioner said that she feared that the delay in victims getting justice “will drive some victims to give up on seeking justice altogether—a second injustice compounding the first.” This is completely unacceptable, and at Ipswich Crown court the backlog of open cases has more than doubled since 2016. What are Ministers doing to reverse the harm...
  • Crime and Policing Bill: New Clause 52 - Offence of trespassing with intent to commit criminal offence 17 Jun 2025

    I will be speaking to a number of new clauses, but I will start by setting out a tiny bit of context and saying why the Bill is so important for my town. At the heart of Ipswich is a community—neighbours who support each other, and small businesses that serve us in the town centre and that are seeing real shoots of recovery. However, there is no doubt that when I was proudly elected as its...
  • Spending Review 2025 11 Jun 2025

    I welcome the huge raft of announcements today, not least the announcement that we will expand free school meals, which will benefit 6,500 children in Ipswich. I also want to celebrate the enormous, multibillion-pound green light for Sizewell C. We all know its national importance, from energy security to powering 6 million homes, but I cannot overstate the difference it will make in Ipswich...

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