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.

Making Britain the Best Place to Grow Up and Grow Old

Commons debates

Will the hon. Lady give way?

Making Britain the Best Place to Grow Up and Grow Old

Commons debates

Speaking in last year’s Queen’s Speech debate, I welcomed the Government’s commitment to bringing forward a ban on conversion therapy. A year on, we are no further...

Shireen Abu Aqla

Commons debates

In the Minister’s statement and subsequent answers, she mentioned her attempts to get a statement at the United Nations. The problem is that Israel has consistently ignored any critical...

Digital Political Advertising

Electoral Commission Committee

Chris Matheson made a speech in the House of Commons

I shall also declare an interest: my hon. Friend is my constituency next-door neighbour, and I also know his wife, who is a councillor, although neutrality restricts me from saying what an...

Digital Political Advertising

Electoral Commission Committee

Chris Matheson made a speech in the House of Commons

The commission is well aware of this issue, but in the recent Elections Bill the Government did not propose any change in the statutory framework under which the commission operates. There is an...

Digital Political Advertising

Electoral Commission Committee

Chris Matheson made a speech in the House of Commons

The commission recognises that many social media companies have taken welcome steps towards increasing transparency around online campaigning, but it also believes that more can be done to...

Digital Political Advertising

Electoral Commission Committee

Chris Matheson made a speech in the House of Commons

Digital advertising offers significant opportunities for campaigners to engage voters, and it accounts for an increasingly large proportion of election campaign spending. However, research...

Before Clause 11 - Compliance with the Refugee Convention

Nationality and Borders Bill

Chris Matheson made a speech in the House of Commons

I do not want to detain the House too long but, with all this talk of taking back control of our borders, why are we outsourcing that control to Rwanda?

Employment and Support Allowance: Fines

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 contribution-based ESA claimants have been fined as a result of an erroneous belief that they were entitled to claim free dental...

Referral of Prime Minister to Committee of Privileges

Commons debates

There has been a lot of talk about apologies. I remind the House that the motion is not about whether the Prime Minister has apologised but whether he knowingly lied to the House. He has not...

Business of the House

Commons debates

I hope that Chester Zoo’s success in becoming the second most popular tourist attraction in the UK will not overshadow some of its important scientific work and achievements, such as...

Human Rights: Colombia - [Siobhain McDonagh in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms McDonagh. Seven months would be me just getting warmed up. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Liverpool, Wavertree (Paula...

Easter Recess: Government Update

Commons debates

The hon. Member for Sedgefield (Paul Howell) said that he felt that the issues covered by the statement were not linked, but I have to disagree. We support Ukraine because we support democracy,...

Global Migration Challenge

Commons debates

May I challenge this lazy and probably sexist assumption that all young men are economic migrants? Does the Home Secretary not understand that in conflict situations—especially civil wars,...

Long Covid: Impact on the Workforce

Commons debates

A couple of weeks ago, I attended with constituents the service at St Paul’s Cathedral that was organised by the cathedral, Sir Lloyd Dorfman and others to remember those who have died from...

Great British Railways Headquarters: Crewe Bid

Westminster Hall debates

I congratulate my near neighbour, the hon. Member for Crewe and Nantwich (Dr Mullan), on that excellent speech. In fact, so comprehensive and passionate was his statement that he has not left...

P&O Ferries

Commons debates

My hon. Friend the Member for Kingston upon Hull East (Karl Turner) is absolutely right. These are not redundancies, because the positions are not redundant; crew are still needed to man those...

Topical Questions

Chris Matheson made a speech in the House of Commons

Does the Minister share my concern that the agility and mobility hoped for in the Future Soldier programme will be thwarted if those soldiers are stuck in traffic on the M6 near Weeton barracks?...

Business of the House

Commons debates

The House is united in its condemnation of P&O’s actions in sacking 800 British workers, but this is only the latest in a long line of such incidents, and it will not be the last unless...

Topical Questions

Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Chris Matheson made a speech in the House of Commons

I refer to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. It is one year since the Prime Minister told the Liaison Committee that he wanted to fix the barriers stopping music...