In the House - Chris Matheson MP

Below is a feed of all my contributions in Parliament. Please do not hesitate to get in touch with any questions.

Employment: Taxation

Chris Matheson received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of the roll-out of the off-payroll rules on levels of UK contracting roles.

Department of Health and Social Care: Written Questions

Department of Health and Social Care

Chris Matheson received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to answer Question 287926 tabled on 6 September 2019 by the hon. Member for the City of Chester.

Questions on gender identity

Census (Return Particulars and Removal of Penalties) Bill [Lords]

Chris Matheson made a speech in the House of Commons

We learn something new about procedure every day in the House—and I say that having been here for four and a half years. I return the Minister’s compliments. He has worked openly with...

Questions on gender identity

Census (Return Particulars and Removal of Penalties) Bill [Lords]

Chris Matheson made a speech in the House of Commons

It is Labour’s hope that the ONS will listen to the case put by my hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham, Edgbaston, and I will deal with that in a moment. The campaign for an ethnic tick...

Questions on gender identity

Census (Return Particulars and Removal of Penalties) Bill [Lords]

Chris Matheson made a speech in the House of Commons

May I speak briefly to new clause 3, in the name of my hon. Friend the Member for Hemsworth (Jon Trickett)? It calls for the Minister and the Office for National Statistics to produce a report...

Social Services: Finance

Department of Health and Social Care

Chris Matheson received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish the green paper on funding social care.

Brexit

Chris Matheson received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of the funding for preparations for the UK leaving the EU have been allocated to preparations for leaving (a) with and (b) without a deal.

Department for Work and Pensions: Written Questions

Department for Work and Pensions

Chris Matheson received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she plans to answer Question 287927 tabled on 6 September 2019 by the hon. Member for the City of Chester.

State Retirement Pensions: Females

Department for Work and Pensions

Chris Matheson received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many women affected by the increase in state pension age for women born in the 1950s died before receiving their state pension.

Army

Ministry of Defence

Chris Matheson received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he he has taken to ensure the preparedness of the British Army for the UK leaving the EU.

Brexit Negotiations

Commons debates

Can the Prime Minister not accept that a customs post that is sited 20 miles away from a border still represents a hard border and therefore goes against the Good Friday agreement? Why is he...

Business of the House

Commons debates

We were told by every leading climate scientist in the world that we had only 12 years to act to stop climate change. Unfortunately, that was almost a year ago, and the clock is ticking, so...

Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland Office

Chris Matheson received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he plans to answer Question 287929, on Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland, tabled on 6 September 2019 by the hon. Member for the City of...

Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland Office

Chris Matheson received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what proportion of the confidence and supply agreement between the Conservative Party and Democratic Unionist Party is allocated to each...

Wrightbus (Ballymena)

Commons debates

My friend the Member for North Antrim (Ian Paisley) and I were in discussions over the summer about how we could promote the manufacturing sector in buses and low-emission buses. That is his...

No-Deal Brexit: Short Positions Against the Pound

Commons debates

Short selling may have a role, but not when Government policy deliberately manipulates the currency to provide a big pay-out to individuals who have paid huge amounts of money either to the...

Principles of Democracy and the Rights of the Electorate

Business of the House

Chris Matheson made a speech in the House of Commons

I thank all hon. Members for taking part in this all too brief debate, particularly my hon. Friends the Members for Wrexham (Ian C. Lucas), for Bridgend (Mrs Moon), for Dulwich and West Norwood...

Iran

Commons debates

I have little time for either the Government of Iran or the Government of Saudi Arabia and I wonder whether it is always necessary to choose sides. I therefore welcome the Secretary of...

Thomas Cook

Commons debates

Over the weekend I was contacted by numerous constituents, most of whom work out of Manchester airport. The message that they were giving me was that trading could have continued, if not a...

Prorogation (Disclosure of Communications)

Commons debates