About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Brian Mathew) represents you, and all of the people who live in Melksham and Devizes, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Profile

Liberal Democrat MP for Melksham and Devizes

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

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Department of Health and Social Care
• Ministry of Housing
• Communities and Local Government
• Department for Environment
• Food and Rural Affairs
• Department for Transport
• Cabinet Office
• Visas: EU Countries
• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: West Midlands
• Ukraine: Military Aid
• Right to Acquire Scheme: Rural Areas
• Housing: Flood Control

Currently held offices

• Member, International Development Committee (since 28 Oct 2024)

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Home Office: Visas: Ukraine 18 Mar 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department is taking steps to (a) simplify the process and (b) support people making applications for visa extensions for Ukrainian refugees.

• Written Answers — Department of Health and Social Care: Rare Diseases: Research 17 Mar 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to further research into rare diseases.

• Written Answers — Department of Health and Social Care: Cancer: Genomics 14 Mar 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department will allow UK oncologists to test for genetic weaknesses by carrying out Whole Genomic Sequencing.

More of Brian Mathew’s recent appearances