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.

Elections: Personation

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

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many convictions there have been for in-person voter fraud in (a) London, (b) the North West, (c) Chester and (d) the UK in the last five years.

Housing: Construction

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to change building regulations to mandate all new-build homes to be eco-friendly through the...

Animal Welfare

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Queen's Speech of December 2019 and background briefing notes, what plans she has to bring forward...

Teacher Recruitment and Retention

Chris Matheson made a speech in the House of Commons

That means that one third are leaving, which is a high attrition rate. We know that pay freezes are one reason for that, but also the crushing workload. Just in Chester this morning, teachers...

Teacher Recruitment and Retention

Chris Matheson made a speech in the House of Commons

What assessment he has made of trends in the level of teacher (a) recruitment and (b) retention.

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Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

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

What plans the Government has to introduce a music strategy.

Staffing at Courts: Access to Justice

The Secretary of State was asked

Chris Matheson made a speech in the House of Commons

That reform programme, which I read as court closures, is creating delays, but there are further delays in respect of the administrative staff who are supporting the courts: for example, I am...

Staffing at Courts: Access to Justice

The Secretary of State was asked

Chris Matheson made a speech in the House of Commons

What assessment he has made of the effect of trends in the level of staffing at courts on access to justice.

Football Association and Bet365

Commons debates

The betting companies know there is a problem already, because they have undertaken not to advertise during live football matches, but of course that has not yet been implemented. Does the...

Loan Charge

Chris Matheson made a speech in the House of Commons

Clearly the loophole had to be closed, but not in the retrospective fashion that has hit so many of my constituents. If these arrangements were already illegal when my constituents were charged,...

Loan Charge

Chris Matheson made a speech in the House of Commons

What recent representations he has received on the application of the 2019 loan charge.

Brexit: Publicity

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

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 31 October 2019 to Question 6416 on Brexit: Publicity, in which cities in those EU...

USA: Diplomatic Immunity

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many requests by the US Administration were (a) made to and (b) granted by HM Embassy Washington DC for diplomatic immunity...

UK Border Force: Northern Ireland

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Border Force officers are on standby to be placed at the Irish border on 31 October 2019 in the event that the UK leaves the EU...

Blood: Contamination

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, if he will make it his policy to equalise all payments to those (a) infected and (b) affected by the contaminated blood scandal...

Blood: Contamination

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, how many haemophiliac registrant victims of the contaminated blood scandal were paid the full £20,000 from the £10 million that...

Employment: Taxation

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

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the potential reduction in the number of contracting roles as a result the roll-out of the off-payroll rules.

Colombia: Homicide

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to his Colombian counterpart to investigate the reported murders of (a) Alberto Armando...

Period Poverty

Women and Equalities

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

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what progress has been made by the joint taskforce on period poverty on bringing together (a) public, (b) private and (c) third sector organisations...

Business: North West

Department for Exiting the European Union

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many meetings on the UK leaving the EU his Department has had with businesses with supply chains connected to the EU in (a)...