Seema Malhotra
MP for Feltham and Heston
Labour (Co-op)
15 Dec 2011 - Present
Questions Asked by This MP
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Almost four years on from the Grenfell tragedy, Government inaction on the cladding crisis means that hundreds of thousands of leaseholders, including my constituents, remain trapped in unsafe, unsellable blocks. Ministers have promised at least 15 times that leaseholders will not have to pay unfair costs, but, as ever with this Government, there have been a lot of promises not matched by delivery. So will the Prime Minister finally act, end this injustice and come forward with a plan to fix the cladding crisis that does not burden leaseholders with the cost?
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Ministers have promised at least 15 times that leaseholders will not have to pay unfair costs, but no delivery has been seen.
Boris Johnson
Of course we will, and my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government will be bringing forward a plan very shortly.
Assessment
Did not provide specific timeline or details of the plan
Did Not Commit To Specifics
Session: PMQs
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Not only have apprenticeship starts plummeted since 2017 but new data shows the overall achievement rate has dropped since 2020, particularly for level 2 apprenticeships. Almost half of apprentices do not complete their courses, which is unacceptable. Employers call out for reform, yet this Government seems indifferent.
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Apprenticeship starts have decreased since 2017, with achievement rates declining significantly. Nearly half of apprentices do not complete their courses.
Luke Hall
We have made apprenticeships more rigorous with proper robust assessments. The only plan Labour has, without more funding, is to cut the number of apprenticeship starts in our country by 60%. Last week's figures showed a 2.5% increase in level 2 attainment rates.
Session: Apprenticeship Achievements
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Women are giving birth without chairs or medication. Aid agencies have called for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire. How urgently is the Government pushing for this with both sides?
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The discussion is about the urgency of a humanitarian ceasefire and the provision of necessary aid to women giving birth without proper conditions.
Andrew Mitchell
I can reassure the hon. Lady that on both of those two points—pressing for a pause and pressing all the regional powers on what comes next—the Government are actively and continually engaged. On her first point about the terrible plight of women in Gaza, that is why the British Government gave nearly £5 million just a week or so ago specifically to try to alleviate the desperate circumstances in Gaza that so many women find themselves in.
Session: Gaza Sustainable Ceasefire
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It is not just that level 2 and 3 apprenticeship starts have plummeted by over 50% since the levy was introduced, but that 16 to 18-year-old apprenticeship starts are down by 41%. Research by the Sutton Trust and the London School of Economics further shows that, by 2020, the proportion of apprenticeship starts by those from poorer backgrounds had dropped significantly. Is it not now painfully clear that the biggest barrier to opportunity is this Tory Government?
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Concerns over the reduction of opportunities for young people to enter apprenticeships, especially at age 16-18 and those from poorer backgrounds, are highlighted. The questioner references research showing a significant drop in apprenticeship starts by those from less privileged backgrounds since the levy was introduced.
Robert Halfon
As always, Labour Front Benchers are obsessed with quantity over quality. We have transformed the quality of apprenticeships. Seventy per cent of occupations are covered by over 680 apprenticeship standards. There has been a 6% increase since this time last year in the number of under-19 starts, and overall starts are up by 3% over the same period.
Session: Apprenticeship Levy Trends
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Next week is National Apprenticeship Week, and I look forward to celebrating apprenticeships across the country. However, the number of SME apprenticeships has plummeted by 49% since 2016, research shows that the levy is failing to reverse this decline in employer training more widely. Is not the real answer to back our businesses giving them greater flexibility to enable them to deliver the training we need?
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The MP highlights the decline of SME apprenticeships since 2016 and questions if more flexibility is needed to enable businesses to deliver training.
Gillian Keegan
Absolutely. Improvements were made to ensure every apprenticeship was of high quality. We have removed caps on SMEs, focusing on reducing steps to access the system. We are looking at ways to ensure that apprenticeships work well for SMEs which account for 70% of employment.
Session: Degree-level Apprenticeships
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Shockingly, results last summer revealed that one in three students dropped out of their T-level course, which is higher than for earlier cohorts. Something is going very wrong. In April, the Education Committee raised major concerns about T-level roll-outs, regional variations and falling employer engagement. Access to opportunity really matters, so should the Minister not now pause and review the defunding of alternative qualifications, as Labour would, and urgently bring forward the 2023-24 T-level action plan in order to address concerns raised by the Select Committee and Ofsted and bring much-needed clarity and support for colleges, employers, parents and students?
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Education Committee raised major concerns about T-level roll-outs, regional variations, and falling employer engagement. Shocking dropout rates were reported last summer.
Robert Halfon
Not content with being in the anti-apprenticeship party, given her plans to weaken the apprenticeship levy and halve the number of apprenticeships, the hon. Lady is also taking on the mantle of T-level denier. We have 18 T-levels; we have, as I mentioned, a 90.5% pass rate; we have 10,000 students doing our T-level programme; and we expect the data that we will release early next year to show that many thousands more students are doing the T-level programme.[Official Report, 18 December 2023, Vol. 742, c. 7MC.] I am very proud of our T-level programme.
Session: T-levels
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What steps her Department is taking to promote the uptake of higher technical qualifications. We are revolutionising our skills offering by introducing 172 higher technical qualifications at more than 140 providers at levels 4 and 5. This includes £115 million for providers and £300 million for 21 institutes of technology.
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The MP is concerned about the promotion of higher technical qualifications.
Robert Halfon
We are revolutionising our skills offering by introducing 172 higher technical qualifications at more than 140 providers at levels 4 and 5. This includes £115 million for providers and £300 million for 21 institutes of technology.
Session: Higher Technical Qualifications Uptake
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Last month it was not inflation that halved but exports of fruit to the EU. The British Chambers of Commerce has reported more small and medium-sized enterprises are seeing exports falling than rising; Britain has lowest export rates in G7. When a business tells me it used to take three days for products to reach shelves in Germany and now takes 30, is it not fair to conclude that government failed on the economy, no plan to make Brexit work and businesses pay price?
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The MP is raising concerns about the negative impact of Brexit on UK businesses, particularly SMEs, citing specific examples such as increased product delivery times to Germany.
Kevin Hollinrake
In my conversations this week at the OECD conference on SMEs, nations around the world were crying out to do business with the UK. We are leading a whole-of-Government effort to remove 100 market access barriers, including those arising in Europe, worth more than £20 billion.
Session: Exports to the EU
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Fraud accounts for almost half of crime, yet barely any are investigated and less than 0.1% make it to court. Hardly anything seems to be done to upgrade police technology and practice to help deal with this issue. What are the Government doing that will make a difference?
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Concerns about the low number of fraud cases being investigated and prosecuted.
Thomas Tugendhat
We launched our new fraud strategy, which includes 400 officers in the national fraud squad and increased resources of £400 million. This work has already started, focusing on the significant amount of crime that is not here but abroad.
Session: Fraud
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It is a disgrace that while energy prices rocket, huge delays to grid connections are holding back the supply of renewable energy to UK homes and businesses. Wind farms coming online today were approved when Gordon Brown was in power. Even now, energy companies are having to wait for 13 years, until 2036, for connections for some projects. How on earth did it get this bad? Is it not true that the Tories have taken their eye off the ball on the National Grid, and it is now costing British families and businesses dear?
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Energy prices have increased dramatically, yet significant delays persist in connecting new renewable energy projects to the national grid. The questioner references a specific example of a project approved under Gordon Brown's administration facing a 13-year wait.
Andrew Bowie
I thank the hon. Lady for her question. It is interesting that she references Gordon Brown, because it was under his Administration that the decision was taken not to invest in new nuclear, which, by the way, would have solved part of the problem we find ourselves in right now. However, I think everyone in the House would acknowledge that the situation regarding grid connection times is not acceptable. That is why we have commissioned the Electricity Networks Commissioner, Nick Winser, to submit recommendations to the Government on how we accelerate delivery of network infrastructure. He will publish his report in June.
Session: Renewable Energy Projects Connection to the Grid
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Learning opportunities should be there for everyone everywhere, yet since 2010 almost 4 million fewer adults have taken part in learning, thus holding back their learning and economic potential and our country's productivity. It has been a decade of decline, which we cannot afford to continue, so will the Secretary of State back Labour's plans for a better skills system, working for people and businesses across the country, starting with the urgent reform of the apprenticeship levy, which she will have heard criticisms of, just as we have?
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The MP discusses the decline in adult learning since 2010, raising concerns about economic potential and productivity.
Gillian Keegan
Since 2016, our reforms to the skills system include working with over 5,000 employers and delivering apprenticeships backed by a £2.7 billion apprenticeship levy. We are happy with these reforms which support lifelong learning for adults.
Session: Lifelong Learning
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Given 13 years of Tory failure with high insolvency numbers at a four-year peak, Help to Grow: Digital scrapped, energy bills slashed, and lowest business investment in the G7, will the Minister follow Labour's lead by reforming business rates, boosting skills, making Brexit work, and ensuring Britain is best for small businesses?
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The MP criticised the government for failing to adequately support small businesses, citing high insolvency rates, scrapped policies like Help to Grow: Digital, reduced energy bill supports, and low G7 investment.
Kevin Hollinrake
UK growth since 2010 has been third fastest in G7, private sector now larger than pre-pandemic. Three out of five businesses are more resilient post-pandemic. While business rates reform is discussed, scrapping them without a replacement would cost £22 billion annually.
Session: Business Insolvencies
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Why does the Chancellor think that our growth rate since 2010 is just 1.4%, lower than OECD and many G7 countries?
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The MP is questioning the Chancellor's understanding of why the UK's economic growth has been below average compared to other countries.
Jeremy Hunt
What the public knows is that unemployment is at its lowest level in nearly half a century under a Conservative Government.
Session: Economic Stability
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With 5,000 fewer GPs and many practice closures, how will the Secretary of State address the lack of GP appointments and reduced continuity of care impacting patient effectiveness?
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The MP mentions a significant decrease in GPs over the past decade, leading to difficulties accessing appointments and reduced continuity of care.
Steve Barclay
Around 80,000 more GP appointments a day are happening. The Government have invested an extra £1.5 billion for 50 million additional general practice appointments by 2024 to meet demand and diversify staff.
Session: GPs Continuity of Care
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Local police have told me that they have seen a worrying rise in teenagers going missing, and there is inevitably an increase in county lines activity. Given the huge issues with county lines drugs gangs exploiting vulnerable children, will the Minister confirm whether the Government will be implementing the definition of child criminal exploitation in law and assessing whether police have the resources on the ground to deal with this terrible issue?
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There has been a concerning rise in teenagers going missing, linked to county lines drug activity. Seema Malhotra seeks confirmation on implementing the definition of child criminal exploitation in law and assessing police resources.
Tom Pursglove
It is fair to say that what is happening in London is a considerable increase in police officer numbers, running at nearly 3,000 already recruited through the uplift programme, as well as additional funding in the millions and millions of pounds. The Mayor of London has the resources he requires to tackle these issues and this criminality. It is important that the hon. Lady has strong dialogue with him on that and, of course, the Home Office will continue to monitor progress on the issue.
Session: County Lines Drug Gangs
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The employment tribunal backlog stands at a staggering 51,000, which is 45% higher than pre-pandemic levels. The Minister will blame that on covid, but he knows the system was broken before, with cuts made by his Department. Now, as we see multiple employment claims shooting up and some employers using covid as a cover for fire and rehire or cutting people's employment rights, we have a tribunal system that is unable to cope. Labour warned about this and called for a package of urgent measures. When will the Minister finally step up and take responsibility for the backlog of cases?
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The MP highlighted the employment tribunal backlog at a staggering 51,000 cases, which is 45% higher than pre-pandemic levels. She criticised cuts made by the government before and stated that multiple employment claims are rising.
Chris Philm
In common with so many other areas of the justice system, employment tribunals were profoundly affected by coronavirus. The number of employment tribunal sitting days is being increased dramatically, and the tribunal is benefiting from 1,600 extra staff hired across HMCTS and enormous investment in technology enabling 20,000 remote hearings a week.
Session: Backlog of Court Cases
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May I say that this is going to be my last DWP questions in this role and thank the Minister for the constructive way that she has developed the relationship? In terms of kickstart, can you provide an update on its progress?
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The questioner is handing over to a new role and thanking the Minister for constructive discussions. The kickstart scheme has been active for some time.
Therese Coffey (The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Children and Families)
First, I congratulate the hon. Lady on her new role; I understand that she is moving into the shadow Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy team and I am sure that she will be a huge success there, too. In terms of kickstart, in the last four weeks, we have achieved, on average, 400 starts a day. This is in line with what we are seeing with the opening up of the economy. Today, we are on the first element of step 3, and we expect the starts under kickstart to get going.
Session: Kickstart Youth Unemployment
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What steps is the Minister taking to signpost families to bereavement charities and increase awareness of available support? The Good Grief Trust mentioned that many people do not know where to turn for help. Charities are signposting services by putting cards in surgeries and hospitals, but there are 700 other charities providing grief counselling.
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The MP requested a proper plan for bereavement support during the pandemic. She highlighted that many people do not know where to turn for help, mentioning the Good Grief Trust's work in putting cards in doctors' surgeries and A&E departments.
Nadine Dorries
The mental health and wellbeing recovery action plan aims to respond to the pandemic's impact on mental health. £10.2 million was allocated recently, including £500 million additional spending in the spending review for general mental health which includes bereavement counselling.
Session: Covid-19 Bereavement Services
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What assessment has been made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on bereavement services? The Government recognise that the effects have increased demand and highlighted grief complexities. Since March 2020, £10.2 million was given to support mental health charities, including bereavement services.
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The MP noted the increased demand for bereavement services due to the impact of the pandemic. She cited a specific funding amount provided by the government.
Nadine Dorries
The Government recognise increased demand for bereavement services due to grief complexities. Since March 2020, £10.2 million was given to mental health charities, including bereavement services.
Session: Covid-19 Bereavement Services
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In June, the Prime Minister promised an opportunity guarantee for every young person. With 800,000 young people now not in education, employment or training, and only 4,000 kickstart placements to date, the Minister recently told the Work and Pensions Committee, “Watch this space”, and that details on the guarantee would land at the Budget. If the Prime Minister announced it and she supports it, did the Chancellor not get the memo or has the Treasury once again blocked support where it is needed? Can the Government not get their act together on a jobs promise such as the one Labour has proposed so that young people out of work or training at six months get the opportunities that they need?
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The Prime Minister promised an opportunity guarantee for every young person, but there are currently only 4,000 kickstart placements available out of 800,000 young people not in education, employment or training.
Mims Davies
I know the hon. Lady is committed to opportunities for young people, as am I, and our plan for jobs has multiple interventions: the £2 billion kickstart scheme, job finding support, JETS—job entry targeted support—the 13,500 new work coaches, our £150 million boost to the flexible support fund, and restart coming this summer. I assure her that our focus on youth continues. In her constituency, 17 employers are engaging with kickstart for young people, with 77 vacancies available and 11 starts. Of course, 140,000 opportunities are coming through the system now and I continue to have this focus on youth employment, as she rightly points out that we should, and I will continue to work across Government to highlight that.
Session: Employment Rates
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Today, the DWP announced more than 120,000 kickstart jobs created but only 2,000 placements are available now. The Secretary of State mentioned delays resulting in fewer placements coming on stream. With the scheme announced six months ago and over half a million young people out of work, why is it that fewer than 2,000 have started? Is not the Secretary of State who needs to move up a gear so we can secure our economy and get our young people into jobs?
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The MP criticises the DWP's reported delay in implementing the kickstart programme, noting that fewer than 2,000 young people have started placements despite its announcement six months ago and half a million young people being out of work.
Therese Coffey
We have had a record number of applications, creating more job placements than ever achieved by the future jobs fund. We are working to roll out these jobs around the country with high-quality training and wraparound support as we aim to secure placements through year-end.
Session: Kickstart Scheme
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When will the Minister take action at the scale necessary to address this issue?
Context
The backlog for individual cases in employment tribunals has already passed the post-2008 financial crisis record, with 37,000 workers in the queue.
Chris Philp
As I said, we are putting a great deal of extra resources into the justice system, including employment tribunals, to ensure that we recover from coronavirus. There is £110 million in total extra this year, and a further 1,600 staff of Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service across the entire system.
Session: Court Cases Backlog
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The number of households with children receiving universal credit who are subject to the benefit cap in my Bedford and Kempston constituency rose by a staggering 186% between January and May this year, so will the Minister guarantee that the £20 UC uplift will reach the families who need it?
Context
The number of households affected by the cap has more than doubled since the start of the pandemic, to 170,000. In addition, 160,000 households will come to the end of their nine-month benefit cap grace period in the coming month.
Therese Coffey
My understanding is that 460 households with children were subject to the UC cap in the Bedford local authority area. I am conscious that that is a higher number than the hon. Gentleman may wish, but I point out to him that we can also make the effort to encourage people to go for vacancies, so that they can start to earn more money, which at some point triggers a removal of the benefit cap.
Session: Benefit Cap Families with Children
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In July, the Government chose to reinstate benefit sanctions and conditionality, against the advice of experts. We are now in the covid second wave, with businesses closing, unemployment rising and vacancies halved since March, but last week the Government said that the clinically extremely vulnerable and those they live with could have their benefits cut if they refuse a job that puts them at risk from the virus. Is that really the Government's policy? Is it not time to end the threats and re-suspend benefit sanctions, or are we no longer in this together?
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The MP questioned government policy on reinstating benefit sanctions against expert advice, amid rising unemployment and business closures.
Mims Davies
I understand the hon. Lady's point, but if someone cannot work and must stay at home, there are ways of getting additional support, and I would urge anybody concerned to use the benefits calculator on gov.uk. I again remind the House that work coaches will always work to ensure that requirements are reasonable, always taking into account the claimant's circumstances and the situation in the local labour market, and continuing to adhere to public health advice.
Session: Benefit Sanctions and Welfare Conditionality Covid-19
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Why has the target of having 4,500 new work coaches by October resulted in only 300 being available? What is going on?
Context
The pledge to have 4,500 new work coaches by October has not been met; only 300 are in post.
Therese Coffey
We are recruiting a number of people into the Department, and existing DWP civil servants can move roles to become work coaches. The aim is to meet our targets on the agreed timescale.
Session: Returning to Employment Covid-19
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If over 70% of people do not want us selling food imported from countries with lower food standards and more than 1 million people have signed a National Farmers Union petition for British food standards to be put into law, why are the Government refusing to comply?
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The Secretary of State's party promised not to compromise on food standards in trade deals, but the Government have refused to support Labour amendments putting this into law.
George Eustice (Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
In retained EU law, we have indeed put in place the existing prohibitions on the sale of, for instance, poultry washed with chlorine and beef treated with hormones. We have legal prohibitions and our own legal bans on certain practices. Those remain in place and will not change.
Session: Food Production Standards
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What recent assessment has the minister made of trends in the number of unemployed people accessing adult education? Will she meet me, Ruskin College and West Thames College to discuss issues faced by Hounslow's aviation community and provide hope to those seeking lifelong learning opportunities?
Context
The Centre for Ageing Better highlights a significant increase in older workers on unemployment-related benefits. The core adult education budget is frozen, posing challenges for those who want to access training or retraining.
Gillian Keegan (Minister for Apprenticeships and Skills)
We are committed to helping everyone access training regardless of age. The Chancellor's plan includes £1.6 billion for employment training support, apprenticeships, career provision incentives, sector-based work academy placements, and doubling the number of work coaches. We are also investing £2.5 billion from April 2021. I am very happy to meet colleges and will be glad to do so with the hon. Lady.
Session: Adult Education Unemployed People
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Why is the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) withholding details about its emergency contingency plans? Will the DWP work with other Departments on a back-to-work budget?
Context
The MP references a Select Committee report suggesting that the Government has not provided reasons for its refusal to share its economic downturn plan, which could help local partnerships prepare for upcoming challenges.
Therese Coffey
I am not withholding details; there is confusion between the emergency contingency plan, an operational document prepared by all Departments, and broader economic planning. I assure that we are working with other Ministers to help people secure new jobs created in both public and private sectors.
Session: Supporting Employment After Covid-19
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How do the Government plan to support partnerships involving local authorities, businesses, training providers and community groups to ensure economic and community recovery go hand in hand?
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Discusses the need for collaboration between councils, industry, training providers and community organizations to ensure a comprehensive recovery strategy.
Simon Clarke
We have so far allocated a total of more than £103 million to Hounslow Borough Council, including generous business grants and additional council funding worth over £14 million. We support local authorities with specific issues such as aviation links struggling financially.
Session: Local Authority Funding Covid-19
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Will the Financial Secretary do the obvious thing, get rid of all retrospection and apply the loan charge from when the law was clear and applied to everyone, including the self-employed, and clamp down on those who promoted these disguised renumeration schemes?
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The MP raises concerns about the clarity of the loan charge for self-employed individuals and proposes changes to address retrospective application.
Jesse Norman
At the Budget, we will introduce measures to crack down on promoters. However, this is not a retrospective measure; Sir Amyas Morse found that the loan charge was an appropriate response to tax avoidance and suggested December 2010 as the legal date.
Session: Loan Charge 2019
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Noes: 280
Failed
23 Feb 2026
DID NOT VOTE
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill Committee: New Clause 3
Ayes: 73
Noes: 256
Failed
23 Feb 2026
DID NOT VOTE
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading
Ayes: 361
Noes: 84
Passed
11 Feb 2026
VOTED AYE
Local Government Finance Report (England) 2026-27
Ayes: 277
Noes: 143
Passed
11 Feb 2026
VOTED AYE
Referendums Relating to Council Tax Increases (Principles) (England) Report 2...
Ayes: 279
Noes: 90
Passed
11 Feb 2026
VOTED AYE
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Marit...
Ayes: 362
Noes: 107
Passed
04 Feb 2026
DID NOT VOTE
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026
Ayes: 392
Noes: 116
Passed
03 Feb 2026
DID NOT VOTE
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading
Ayes: 458
Noes: 104
Passed
28 Jan 2026
VOTED AYE
Draft Medical Devices (Fees Amendment) Regulations 2026
Ayes: 294
Noes: 108
Passed
28 Jan 2026
VOTED NO
Opposition Day: British Indian Ocean Territory
Ayes: 103
Noes: 284
Failed
28 Jan 2026
DID NOT VOTE
Opposition Day: Youth unemployment
Ayes: 91
Noes: 287
Failed
27 Jan 2026
VOTED NO
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 9
Ayes: 91
Noes: 378
Failed
27 Jan 2026
VOTED NO
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 2
Ayes: 61
Noes: 311
Failed
27 Jan 2026
VOTED NO
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 1
Ayes: 88
Noes: 310
Failed
21 Jan 2026
DID NOT VOTE
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill Commi...
Ayes: 191
Noes: 326
Failed
21 Jan 2026
DID NOT VOTE
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill Commi...
Ayes: 195
Noes: 317
Failed
21 Jan 2026
DID NOT VOTE
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: Thir...
Ayes: 316
Noes: 194
Passed
21 Jan 2026
VOTED AYE
The Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 (Remedial...
Ayes: 373
Noes: 106
Passed
20 Jan 2026
VOTED AYE
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to...
Ayes: 347
Noes: 185
Passed
20 Jan 2026
DID NOT VOTE
Sentencing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 7
Ayes: 319
Noes: 127
Passed
20 Jan 2026
VOTED AYE
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to...
Ayes: 344
Noes: 182
Passed
20 Jan 2026
VOTED AYE
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to...
Ayes: 347
Noes: 184
Passed
1
PMQs Asked
29
Ministerial Questions Asked
126
House of Commons Debates Involved
0
Westminster Hall Debates Led
14
Statements / Bills
2
Petitions Presented
83
Voting Record
Activity Compared to Peers
How does this MP's parliamentary activity compare to the national average across 1370 MPs?
Prime Minister's Questions
-73% below average
This MP:
1
Average:
3.7
Ministerial Questions
+112% above average
This MP:
29
Average:
13.7
Westminster Hall Debates Led
-100% below average
This MP:
0
Average:
2.5
Commons Chamber Debates
+2503% above average
This MP:
126
Average:
4.8
Statements / Bills Proposed
+47% above average
This MP:
14
Average:
9.5
Petitions Presented
-18% below average
This MP:
2
Average:
2.4
Voting Attendance Rate (%)
-13% below average
This MP:
60.2
Average:
69.5
Important Context
- - Ministers answer questions rather than asking them, so have different activity patterns
- - Activity quantity doesn't measure quality or effectiveness of representation
- - Some MPs focus more on constituency work than parliamentary questions
- - Newly elected MPs will have less parliamentary history
About This Page
This page tracks Seema Malhotra's parliamentary activity including questions asked, debates (Commons Chamber + Westminster Hall), statements/bills, and petitions presented.