Labour Party MP for Monmouthshire since (elected). An MP continuously since .
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219
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Register entries
4
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Declared while sitting for Labour
£907
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| Party | Office | Area | Period | Began | Ended | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | MP | Monmouthshire | – present | elected | — | Party history |
Parliament's party history for this member: Labour ( – present).
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| Date | Category | Entry | Declared value | Sitting for | Source |
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| 3. Gifts, UK sources | Green Man Festival Ltd - £592.00 | £592 | Labour | Register record | |
| 3. Gifts, UK sources | Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) - £315.00 | £315 | Labour | Register record | |
| date registered | 8. Miscellaneous | Smallholding jointly in my name, though I am not the landowner. | — | Labour | Register record |
| date registered | 8. Miscellaneous | School Governor, Monmouth Comprehensive School. This is an unpaid role. | — | Labour | Register record |
<Question HRSContentId="{6890E5CB-FFC0-4E42-AC47-71146B4E843F}">7. <QuestionText HRSContentId="{A599DD23-4590-458F-9CC7-A2648FBA4780}">What assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Pride in Place programme on Wales.</QuestionText> </Question>
I thank the Minister for his answer and for the funding in Monmouthshire. Construction is beginning at Caldicot skate park, and I am delighted that it is just one of the projects that Monmouthshire county council is delivering. It has been made possible by Pride in Place funding from this Labour Government, and we are also going to see new public toilets with Changing Places facilities in Abergavenny and Usk, improvements to Monmouth bus station, and communal gardens at Thornwell in Chepstow. I want to see all Monmouthshire towns thrive, as I am sure the Minister does, and I really hope that this is only the beginning. When will Pride in Place funding be made available to Monmouthshire?
<Question HRSContentId="{C065D31F-9E25-45C2-A74D-999B97D0516A}">3. <QuestionText HRSContentId="{F81D7570-F040-405E-B47D-B4E4631D26EA}">What steps she is taking to help improve disability access to train stations.</QuestionText> </Question>
I thank the Secretary of State for her answer, but over 1,500 people have signed my petition to make Chepstow station fully accessible. Currently, disabled travellers need to go east into England, cross over a road, get back on a train and travel back through Chepstow to go west to Cardiff, so Chepstow residents were incredibly disappointed that they missed out on the last round of Access for All funding, despite being nearly at the top of the priority list given by the Welsh Government to Westminster. Can the Secretary of State please confirm when the next Access for All round will begin, and when Chepstow station will be fully accessible to residents?
Of course, we all want an efficient, fair, secure and sustainable asylum system. I thank the hon. Gentleman for acknowledging our really good success recently, but how would setting up a new Department help us to speed up those processes and get the asylum system back under control?
I thank the hon. Gentleman for so generously giving way again. We have cut asylum hotel use by 50% since we have been in charge, so we are already having success with the Home Office as it is.
<Question HRSContentId="{8EADEA9F-CAEA-4999-8FCF-934E068DE9BD}">T6. <QuestionText HRSContentId="{7CED1999-72AD-4C5C-8941-B592AED79C22}"></QuestionText>Most of us in Monmouthshire have to rely on our cars for every single journey, so I am over the moon that, following meetings with National Express, it will bring services back to the Monmouth area next week, with coaches stopping at Raglan services, so passengers can travel from Haverfordwest to Birmingham. Will the <span id="432" class="column-number" data-column-number="432"></span>Minister come with me on a journey on the coach so that he can see how important the route is for my constituents?</Question>
I thank my hon. Friend for securing this important debate. I want to raise the really sad case of Sophie Brimble, which was brought to me by her sister. Sophie was killed as a passenger in a car with her boyfriend, who was driving at three times the speed limit. The driver was found unfit to plead and therefore walked out of court without having to face justice. The unfit to plead law dates back to 1836. Does my hon. Friend agree that reforming it is long overdue?
Communications with Capita did get better for a time, but I am afraid they have dropped off a bit now. Let me share with the House the sad case of a constituent who came to us in May 2026. She had spent two hours on the phone to Capita; she could not get through, and she had two pensions unpaid. She had retired from the Department for Work and Pensions with breast cancer. In June, she was contacted by another scheme member—a completely different person—who said that on two occasions, she had been sent my constituent’s details, both the annual benefit statement and some other details about the scheme, which was an appalling breach of GDPR. Can the Minister please help me to resolve that case, as it is still outstanding, and will she consider compensation for those who have waited for more than two years, and from whom I have many emails in my inbox?
Does the hon. Member not agree that we are currently a proud member of the European Court of Human Rights and, with that membership, we have still managed to deport 12,000 foreign national offenders to other countries that are signed up to it? It is absolutely no barrier and, in fact, it helps us to fulfil our obligations. We are a proud nation of sanctuary in Wales and we are also going to have safe and legal routes for immigrants. Surely he agrees that being part of the European Court of Human Rights does not prevent us from deporting people.
Held . Recorded result: Lab Gain. Majority 3,338. 50,844 votes cast from an electorate of 74,823. Parties are as each candidate stood at the time.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catherine Fookes | Labour | 21,010 | 41.3% |
| David Davies | Conservative | 17,672 | 34.8% |
| Max Windsor-Peplow | Reform UK | 5,438 | 10.7% |
| Ian Chandler | Green Party | 2,357 | 4.6% |
| William Powell | Liberal Democrat | 2,279 | 4.5% |
| Ioan Bellin | Plaid Cymru | 1,273 | 2.5% |
| Owen Lewis | Independent | 457 | 0.9% |
| June Davies | True & Fair Party | 255 | 0.5% |
| Emma Meredith | Heritage Party | 103 | 0.2% |
| Seat | Dates |
|---|---|
| MonmouthshireElected 1 time | – present |
| Committee | Dates |
|---|---|
| Energy Security and Net Zero Committee | – present |
| Immigration and Asylum Bill | – present |
| Licensing Hours Extensions Bill | – |
| Water (Special Measures) Bill [HL] | – |
| Women and Equalities Committee | – |
| Great British Energy Bill | – |
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