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.

Electoral Register

Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission

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

The Commission carries out research studies on the accuracy and completeness of the electoral registers. These are based on an established, robust methodology involving house-to-house...

Finance (No. 2) Bill

Commons debates

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for talking about what has been identified as an Amazon tax cut. Has he noticed—and I get the impression from his contribution that he has—that most of...

His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

Commons debates

It is appropriate that I follow my friend the right hon. and gallant Member for Beckenham (Bob Stewart), because I wish to start my tribute by paying tribute to His Royal Highness’s...

Coronavirus: North West

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 covid-19 vaccinations have been administered by parliamentary constituency in the North West region as of 20 January 2021.

Business of the House

Commons debates

May I add my concerns to those of other hon. Members about the increasingly common tactic of fire and rehire across businesses? I welcomed the Leader of the House’s comments earlier, and I...

Electoral Commission

Commons debates

I will speak only briefly in support of the motion. I was honoured to be a member of the panel, along with my good friend the hon. Member for Hazel Grove (Mr Wragg), that made the nomination...

Scotland: General Election and Constitutional Future

Commons debates

In outlining that dreadful record, does my hon. Friend share my concern that, with its internal divisions, the SNP has taken its eye off the ball for too long?

Scotland: General Election and Constitutional Future

Commons debates

I am quite happy for the electorate to elect a party and a Government of their choosing. That is what democracy is. I implore the people of Scotland not to get conned again by impossible...

Scotland: General Election and Constitutional Future

Commons debates

Oh, so it is all our fault. Well, it is the Conservatives’ fault what is happening in Northern Ireland and for driving the Scots away, because the truth is that the SNP is more similar to...

Scotland: General Election and Constitutional Future

Commons debates

I look across at the SNP Benches and see Members who I consider to be friends and who I have worked well with in parliamentary cross-party groups. I am proud that the right hon. Member for Ross,...

Scotland: General Election and Constitutional Future

Commons debates

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way; he took his time deciding, but nevertheless. It is all well and good his trying to explain away this phrase “once in a generation”,...

Scotland: General Election and Constitutional Future

Commons debates

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

Zoo Animals Fund

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, whether he has plans to extend qualification for the Zoo Animals Fund to groups involved in zoos conservation and scientific...

Zoo Animals Fund

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, whether he has plans to relax the qualification requirements for applicants to the Zoo Animals Fund.

Zoo Animals Fund

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, what the total amount of funding (a) allocated, (b) earmarked for disbursement and (c) disbursed by the Zoo Animals Fund was...

HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Backlog

Chris Matheson made a speech in the House of Commons

An application for bail to Chester Crown court today will not be listed until February next year. This is not a problem of the pandemic, as there was already a backlog because of court closures...

HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Backlog

Chris Matheson made a speech in the House of Commons

What recent estimate he has made of the size of the backlog of cases before the criminal courts.

Defence Estate Optimisation Programme

Chris Matheson made a speech in the House of Commons

The decision to site the entire Army presence in the north-west at Weeton barracks, putting all our eggs in one basket, will damage the operational and recruitment footprint of the Army in the...

Defence Estate Optimisation Programme

Chris Matheson made a speech in the House of Commons

What plans he has to review the defence estate optimisation programme.

Sanctuary Group and Southern Housing Group

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 representations he has received on the proposed merger of Southern Housing and Sanctuary Housing.