Parliamentary Activity - IAN LAVERY MP

Ian’s regular activity in Parliament is tracked through the Parliamentary Hansard system. His Tabled Questions to the Government and interventions in the House of Commons can be viewed below, or in full by visiting: www.theyworkforyou.com/ian_lavery/wansbeck

Wildlife: Crime

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Ian Lavery received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) classifying wildlife crimes as either-way offences with a...

Swimming

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Ian Lavery received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the guidance entitled Designate a bathing water: guidance on how...

Universal Credit

Department for Work and Pensions

Ian Lavery received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) allowing people that are moving from legacy benefits to Universal Credit to use a...

Football: Disadvantaged

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Ian Lavery received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department is taking steps to help increase access to grassroots football in deprived areas.

Blue Badge Scheme

Department for Transport

Ian Lavery received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department is taking steps to reduce processing times for blue badge applications.

Freight: Railways

Department for Transport

Ian Lavery received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what percentage of cargo is transported by train in the UK.

Charities and Voluntary Organisations

Culture, Media and Sport

Ian Lavery made a speech in the House of Commons

What does it say about the state of the nation when, during the worst cost of living crisis in living memory, charities and voluntary organisations such as Calmer Therapy in the Wansbeck...

Charities and Voluntary Organisations

Culture, Media and Sport

Ian Lavery made a speech in the House of Commons

What steps her Department is taking to support charities and voluntary organisations in the context of increases in the cost of living.

Petition - Recommendations of the Infected Blood Inquiry

Commons debates

I wish to present a petition on behalf of those infected and affected by the contaminated blood scandal, particularly my constituent, Sean Cavens. Sean was one of the youngest people in the...

Children: Maintenance

Department for Work and Pensions

Ian Lavery received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people pay the full child maintenance costs for which they are liable.

Fuel Poverty: Winter 2023-24

Energy Security and Net Zero

Ian Lavery made a speech in the House of Commons

Electricity standing charges for people in the north-east are 71.2p per day while those in the south pay 40.79p per day. Can the Minister explain why the people in the north-east, the area...

Fuel Poverty: Winter 2023-24

Energy Security and Net Zero

Ian Lavery made a speech in the House of Commons

What estimate she has made of the number of households that were in fuel poverty in winter 2023-24.

Schools: Concrete

Department for Education

Ian Lavery received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of schools affected by reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete have had remedial work completed in the last 12 months.

Foreign Investment in UK: Renewable Energy

Department for Business and Trade

Ian Lavery received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to her Department's Inward investment results 2022 to 2023, published on 27 June 2023, what the value of the 67 foreign direct...

Foreign Investment in UK: Renewable Energy

Department for Business and Trade

Ian Lavery received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to her Department's statistics entitled DBT inward investment results 2022 to 2023, published on 27 June 2023, if she will...

Foreign Investment in UK: Renewable Energy

Department for Business and Trade

Ian Lavery received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to her Department's statistics entitled DBT inward investment results 2022 to 2023, published on 27 June 2023, if she will...

P&O Ferries: Redundancy

Department for Business and Trade

Ian Lavery received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent progress the Insolvency Service has made on its civil investigation of P&O Ferries' dismissal of 786 employees on 17 March 2022.

Post Office Board and Governance

Commons debates

Yesterday’s Committee meeting was bizarre in many ways. It was five hours long and, as happens only rarely, the people in front of the inquiry had to swear on the Holy Bible. That is how...

Health and Safety

Department for Work and Pensions

Ian Lavery received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to meet its obligations under the International Labour Organisation Convention on Occupational Safety and...

Access to Education: South-East Northumberland

Westminster Hall debates

Very briefly—thank you, Mr Henderson. Again, I thank everybody who has made a contribution. The points have been well made here. We are talking about children. Like most if not all MPs, I...