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.

Cabinet Office: Senior Civil Servants

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 his Answer of 3 November 2020 to Question 102103, what mechanism was used to invite expressions of...

Towns Fund

Commons debates

When I consider the constituencies of the hon. Members on the Government Benches who have contributed so far—indeed, the constituencies of other hon. Members who are in their...

Hunting: Coronavirus

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 restrictions are placed on hunts meeting during the November 2020 lockdown restrictions.

Topical Questions

Housing, Communities and Local Government

Chris Matheson made a speech in the House of Commons

Setting aside a general funding gap of about £56 million, and including an as yet unconfirmed £7 million income compensation scheme payment, Cheshire West and Chester Council will still...

Cabinet Office: Senior Civil Servants

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 3 November 2020 to Question 102103 on Cabinet Office: Senior Civil Servants, how...

Jonathan Taylor: SBM Offshore

Commons debates

The only reason why we have any idea at all about the murky, corrupt and usually criminal world of offshore tax havens is leaks such as the Paradise papers or the Panama papers, or, now, the...

Cabinet Office: Senior Civil Servants

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, who sat on the recent appointment panel for the position of Cabinet Secretary.

Cabinet Office: Senior Civil Servants

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, how many applications were received for the recently vacant position of Cabinet Secretary.

Covid-19 Update

Commons debates

Whether it is the self-employed, small business owners who pay themselves via dividends, or people who were timed out last time, there are still 3 million people excluded in the UK. Will the...

Covid-19 Update

Commons debates

I echo the words of my hon. Friend the Member for Garston and Halewood (Maria Eagle) and thank the Secretary of State for his tribute to my dear friend Bill Anderson, who will be a great loss to...

Topical Questions

Housing, Communities and Local Government

Chris Matheson made a speech in the House of Commons

Managing the coronavirus pandemic has already cost Cheshire West and Chester Council over £35 million. Despite Government support, which I welcome, it is still £8 million behind on its...

BBC: Public Appointments

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what role the Commissioner of Public Appointments will play in the process of selecting a new Chairman of the BBC.

BBC: Public Appointments

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when the process will commence to appoint a new a Chairman of the BBC; and whether that process will be an open competition.

BBC: Public Appointments

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will publish the criteria by which he is seeking a candidate for the Chairmanship of the BBC.

Overseas Operations (Service Personnel And Veterans) Bill

Commons debates

On a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. The Minister is not giving way, but he is making allegations about these firms that are simply incorrect. Thompsons Solicitors works exclusively for trade...

Overseas Operations (Service Personnel And Veterans) Bill

Commons debates

Let me say at the outset that although I did not agree with all his conclusions, I found the speech by the hon. Member for Wolverhampton South West (Stuart Anderson) to be stark, powerful and...

Ministry of Defence: Land

Ministry of Defence

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will delay the decision on disposal of his Departments land at Chorlton Cum Backford, Chester, until further consultation with (a) previous...

Question

Ministry of Defence

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

What recent assessment he has made of the contribution of defence procurement contracts to the UK economy.

Land: Sales

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 assessment he has made of the sale of land which was the site of his Departments former fuel store depot at Chorlton by Backford, Chester, is...

Blood: Contamination

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office

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, when a framework of compensation for the (a) victims and (b) families of the contaminated blood scandal is...