Matthew Pennycook

Shadow Minister (Levelling Up, Housing, Communities and Local Government)

Labour MP for Greenwich and Woolwich

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Matthew Pennycook’s voting in Parliament

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Recent appearances

  • Animal Welfare (Import of Dogs, Cats and Ferrets) Bill 15 Mar 2024

    I commend the hon. Lady for bringing forward this Bill. The legislation we pass in this place is only as effective as the enforcement that follows from it. A 2014 Dogs Trust investigation found that two of the authorities involved in enforcing breaches of existing regulations in this area—the Animal and Plant Health Agency and trading standards—had no officers on active duty at ports of...
  • Planning Reform — [Mr Clive Betts in the Chair] 13 Mar 2024

    I am glad to hear the Minister recommit to the Government’s housing target of 300,000 homes a year. She says that the Government are committed to delivering that. Does it not concern the Minister that in the wake of the changes to the NPPF, councils across England—I think an example would be North Somerset—are using the exceptional circumstances test in the revised NPPF to determine...
  • Planning Reform — [Mr Clive Betts in the Chair] 13 Mar 2024

    Will the Minister give way?

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Labour MP for Greenwich and Woolwich

Entered the House of Commons on 8 May 2015 — General election

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Topics of interest

Matthew Pennycook campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

  • Department for Energy and Climate Change
  • Department for Levelling Up
  • Housing and Communities
  • Department for Transport
  • Department for Business
  • Energy and Industrial Strategy
  • Ministry of Housing
  • Communities and Local Government
  • Members: Correspondence
  • Part-time Employment: EU Law
  • Energy: Meters
  • Brexit
  • Housing: Construction

Currently held offices

  • Member, Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill Committee (since 10 Jan 2024)
  • Member, Renters (Reform) Bill Committee (since 8 Nov 2023)
  • Shadow Minister (Levelling Up, Housing, Communities and Local Government) (since 4 Dec 2021)

Other offices held in the past

  • Member, Social Housing (Regulation) Bill [HL] Committee (23 Nov 2022 to 29 Nov 2022)
  • Member, Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill Committee (15 Jun 2022 to 20 Oct 2022)
  • Member, Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill Committee ( 9 Nov 2021 to 25 Nov 2021)
  • Shadow Minister (Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) (10 Apr 2020 to 4 Dec 2021)
  • Member, Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union ( 2 Mar 2020 to 11 May 2020)
  • Shadow Minister (Exiting the European Union) ( 9 Oct 2016 to 25 Sep 2019)
  • Member, Energy and Climate Change Committee ( 8 Jul 2015 to 17 Oct 2016)

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Register of Members’ Interests

Last updated: 4 Mar 2024.

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