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I’ll always speak up for Batley & Spen in Westminster and be your voice in Parliament. Below you will find my latest speeches and questions in Parliament.

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Petition - Recommendations of the Infected Blood Inquiry

Commons debates

I rise to present this petition on behalf of a number of constituents in Batley and Spen who have contacted me about the contaminated blood scandal, including Caroline Elliott from Liversedge and...

Cars: Insurance

Department for Transport

Kim Leadbeater received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will hold discussions with car insurance providers on the cost of insurance for young drivers.

Greater London Low Emission Zone Charging (Amendment) Bill

Commons debates

My hon. Friend makes an important point about active travel. I am a massive fan of active travel, as I know colleagues present are too, but if we are to get more people walking, cycling, wheeling...

Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill

Commons debates

My right hon. Friend makes an important point. Like many hon. Members, I have received hundreds of emails from my constituents in Batley and Spen, who are appalled at the vile trade of trophy...

Israel and Gaza

Commons debates

Half the population of Gaza is at risk of imminent famine, described by Melanie Ward of Medical Aid for Palestinians as meaning starvation, destitution, acute malnutrition and death. So does the...

Income Tax (Charge)

Commons debates

It is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Bournemouth East (Mr Ellwood). I am glad that things are going so well in his constituency; I wish it were the same in Batley and Spen....

Mortgages: Misrepresentation

Kim Leadbeater received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has made with the Financial Ombudsman Service on support for people who have been missold a shared appreciation mortgage.

Cycle Trails

Westminster Hall debates

The Minister is making fantastic points about the amazing work of Sustrans, but will he commit to looking at its funding? It is a charity, and unfortunately the lack of funding means that we have...

Cycle Trails

Westminster Hall debates

In Batley and Spen we have the amazing Spen Valley greenway, which is a much-loved and well-used part of the national cycle network and is used by many groups, including the fantastic...

Hereditary Titles (Female Succession) Bill

Commons debates

May I take this opportunity to put it on the record that the hon. Member is doing an amazing job on an important subject? It is quite depressing, as a relative newcomer to this House, that in...

Charity Lotteries: Annual Sales Limits

Culture, Media and Sport

Kim Leadbeater made a speech in the House of Commons

The People’s Postcode Lottery funds some brilliant organisations across Batley and Spen, including the fantastic Rainbow Baby Bank in Heckmondwike and the Game Changerz youth provision in...

Charity Lotteries: Annual Sales Limits

Culture, Media and Sport

Kim Leadbeater made a speech in the House of Commons

For what reason charity lotteries have annual sale limits.

Prescriptions: Pregnancy

Department of Health and Social Care

Kim Leadbeater received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to (a) publicise and (b) promote the maternity exemption to prescription charges; and what steps she is taking...

Politics: Education

Department for Education

Kim Leadbeater received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment on the impact of (a) the Our Generation Our Vote project and (b) other political literacy projects on levels of...

Roads: Accidents

Department for Transport

Kim Leadbeater received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the lessons that his Department could learn from (a) Oslo and (b) Helsinki on reducing road deaths to zero.

Roads: Accidents

Department for Transport

Kim Leadbeater received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the annual (a) budget for reducing serious injury and death of the roads and (b) cost to the exchequer per casualty is.

Motor Vehicles: Insurance

Department for Transport

Kim Leadbeater received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 10 January 2024 to Question 7457 on Motor Vehicles: Insurance, if he will publish the (a) minutes and (b) attendance of...

Driving Licences

Department for Transport

Kim Leadbeater received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to extend graduated driving licences from motorbike users to newly qualified car drivers.

Roads: West Yorkshire

Department for Transport

Kim Leadbeater received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to support West Yorkshire's strategy to eliminate traffic deaths and serious injuries by 2040.

Knife and Sword Ban

Commons debates

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?