About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Sarah Sackman) represents you, and all of the people who live in Finchley and Golders Green, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Profile

Labour MP for Finchley and Golders Green

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

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Currently held offices

• Member, Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Committee (since 15 Jan 2025)
• The Minister of State, Ministry of Justice (since 2 Dec 2024)

Other offices held in the past

• The Solicitor-General ( 9 Jul 2024 to 2 Dec 2024)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Mike Freer
• Rudi Vis

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Committee (11 out of 11)

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Ministry of Justice: Courts: Costs 18 Feb 2025

  113,000 sitting days are a theoretical maximum of judicial sitting days in the Crown Court. It is not clear whether other parts of the system – for example the availability of counsel - could sustain that level of sitting, and therefore it is not correct to say that number of sitting days was 'available' for FY24/25. In June the previous Lord Chancellor reached agreement with the Lady Chief...

• Written Answers — Ministry of Justice: Legal Aid Scheme: Housing 18 Feb 2025

  Legal aid is available for possession, evictions, homelessness and housing disrepair claims (when there is a serious risk of illness or injury) subject to a financial means test. Anyone in this situation should contact the Civil Legal Aid telephone helpline or use the ‘Find a legal advisor’ tool on Gov.UK. Legal aid is available for people facing the loss of their home through the Housing...

• Written Answers — Ministry of Justice: Legal Aid Agency: Artificial Intelligence 18 Feb 2025

  Artificial Intelligence (AI) is at the heart of the Government’s plan to kickstart an era of economic growth, transform how we deliver public services, and boost living standards for working people across the country. Staff within the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) are part of a wider Ministry of Justice project testing the use of Microsoft Copilot. The purpose of this work is to understand the...

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