Miriam Cates

Conservative MP for Penistone and Stocksbridge

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Recent appearances

  • Extremism Definition and Community Engagement 14 Mar 2024

    I absolutely support my right hon. Friend’s aims in making the statement, in terms of protecting our democracy and protecting us from violence and the kind of terrorist threats we have seen over recent weeks, but I share the concerns that many hon. Members have raised. In separating the definition of extremism from actual violence and harm, and in using terms like “fundamental rights”,...
  • Extremism Definition and Community Engagement 14 Mar 2024

    I absolutely support my right hon. Friend’s aims in making the statement, in terms of protecting our democracy and protecting us from violence and the kind of terrorist threats we have seen over recent weeks, but I share the concerns that many hon. Members have raised. In separating the definition of extremism from actual violence and harm, and in using terms like “fundamental rights”,...
  • Prime Minister: Engagements 13 Mar 2024

    Radical Islamists pose a serious threat to our nation’s security. I agree with my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister that we must urgently address that, but reports that the Government wish to broaden the definition of extremism are concerning, because in separating the definition of extremism from actual violence and harm, we may criminalise people with a wide range of legitimate views...

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Conservative MP for Penistone and Stocksbridge

Entered the House of Commons on 13 December 2019 — General election

Expenses

Topics of interest

  • Department for Education
  • Department of Health and Social Care
  • Department for Science
  • Innovation and Technology
  • Foreign
  • Commonwealth and Development Office
  • Department for Environment
  • Food and Rural Affairs
  • Coronavirus: Vaccination
  • Relationships and Sex Education: Gender
  • Employment: Mothers
  • Childcare
  • Question

Currently held offices

  • Member, Ecclesiastical Committee (Joint Committee) (since 4 Mar 2020)

Other offices held in the past

  • Member, Ballot Secrecy Bill [HL] Committee ( 1 Mar 2023 to 7 Mar 2023)
  • Member, Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) Bill Committee ( 1 Mar 2023 to 8 Mar 2023)
  • Member, Education Committee (19 Oct 2021 to 22 Jan 2024)
  • Member, Compensation (London Capital & Finance plc and Fraud Compensation Fund) Bill Committee ( 8 Jun 2021 to 15 Jun 2021)

Previous MPs in this constituency

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

Register of Members’ Interests

Last updated: 4 Mar 2024.

1. Employment and earnings
Payments from the Telegraph Media Group, 111 Buckingham Palace Road, London SW1W 0DT, for articles:
21 March 2023, received £250. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 11 May 2023)
3 May 2023, received £250. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 11 May 2023)
11 July 2023, received £250. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 13 September 2023)
25 July 2023, received £250. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 13 September 2023)
9 August 2023, received £250. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 13 September 2023)
22 August 2023, received £250. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 13 September 2023)
13 October 2023, received £250 for an article. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 07 November 2023)
31 October 2023, received £250 for an article. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 07 November 2023)
14 November 2023, received £250. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 29 November 2023)
28 November 2023, received £250. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 29 November 2023)
12 December 2023, received £150. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 23 January 2024)
28 February 2023, received £400 from Reach Shared Services Limited, 1st Floor, 5 St Paul's Square, Liverpool L3 9SJ, for an article. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 01 March 2023)
Payments from The Critic (Locomotive 6960 Ltd), 6th Floor Capital Tower, 91 Waterloo Road, London SE1 8RT, for articles:
21 August 2023, received £100. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 23 January 2024)
23 October 2023, received £100. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 23 January 2024)
16 November 2023, received £100. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 23 January 2024)
14 December 2023, received £100. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 23 January 2024)
3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
Name of donor: Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC)
Address of donor: 78 Pall Mall, London SW1Y 5ES
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Accommodation and hospitality for three nights when speaking at and attending the ARC Forum, total value £900
Date received: 29 October - 1 November 2023
Date accepted: 29 October 2023
Donor status: company, registration 10519995
(Registered 08 November 2023)
Name of donor: Free Speech Union
Address of donor: 85 Great Portland Street, London W1W 7LT
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Free legal advice, value £1,000
Date received: 11 December 2023
Date accepted: 11 December 2023
Donor status: company, registration 12324336
(Registered 13 December 2023)
4. Visits outside the UK
Name of donor: European Conservatives and Reformists Party
Address of donor: Rue du Trône 4, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Travel, accommodation and sustenance, value £1,641
Destination of visit: Dubrovnik, Croatia
Dates of visit: 14-17 September 2023
Purpose of visit: To participate in and speak at the European Congress of Families conference.
(Registered 13 October 2023)
8. Miscellaneous
Shareholding in Redemption Media Ltd (software development; business to business). From 1 April 2020, this holding is below the registrable threshold. (Registered 07 January 2020; updated 27 April 2020)
From 13 December 2019, Co-Chair of the Stocksbridge Towns Fund Board. This is an unpaid role. (Registered 04 February 2020)
From 8 December 2020, Director (member) of the New Social Covenant Unit LTD, a company limited by guarantee that exists to support social policy research. This is an unpaid role. (Registered 13 January 2021)
From 21 June 2021, Member of the Advisory Board of Conservatives Against Racism for Equality (CARFE), an organisation building a new narrative on race relations, working with Conservative MPs and individuals across the Conservative Party and wider society. This is an unpaid role. (Registered 22 June 2021)
From 5 May 2023, Director of New Conservatives Ltd, a company limited by guarantee which supports policy research and political campaigning. This is an unpaid role. (Registered 29 June 2023)

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