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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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Summertime

Department for Business and Trade

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of keeping the UK on British Summer Time.

Clause 7 - Information notices

Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill

Kim Leadbeater made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

It is really important that legislation passed by the House be clear and unambiguous. As we have heard repeatedly in this Committee from a wide variety of sources, including witnesses who gave...

Clause 3 - Exceptions

Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill

Kim Leadbeater made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

Regrettably, no Palestinian voices were called to give oral evidence to the Committee—I wish they had been—but a number of respected and representative organisations have submitted...

Clause 3 - Exceptions

Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill

Kim Leadbeater made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

I rise to speak briefly but strongly in favour of amendment 2. The UK should be a beacon for human rights, not just here at home but in our foreign policy and our relations with other states....

Clause 3 - Exceptions

Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill

Kim Leadbeater made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

I will make just a short contribution, if I may. I associate myself with the comments of our shadow Minister. The matters covered by the Bill relate to issues of fundamental importance: the...

Energy: Meters

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that temperamental smart meters are not given as reasons by energy providers to...

Locums: Nurses

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, pursuant to the Answer of 18 July 2023 to Question 194110 on Locums: Nurses, for what reasons locum junior doctors are able to contribute...

Examination of Witnesses

Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill

Kim Leadbeater made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

Q Almost reluctantly, I return to clause 4. I have been thinking about the practical repercussions of the Bill, and I have to say that my feeling this afternoon is that this is going to be...

Examination of Witnesses

Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill

Kim Leadbeater made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

Q Can I follow up on the point about community cohesion? Do you think that the Bill will have a positive or negative impact on community cohesion?

Examination of Witnesses

Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill

Kim Leadbeater made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

Clause 4 prevents public bodies, and anybody representing them, from saying that they would support a boycott if it was legal to do so. Do you agree that, on the face of it, that feels like a...

Examination of witness

Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill

Kim Leadbeater made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

Q You have talked a little bit about your concern about community relations in the UK as a result of this Bill; I think that that has been heard. What impact will the Bill have on your...

Examination of Witnesses

Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill

Kim Leadbeater made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

Q I will pick up on a point that has kind of been covered already. Do you have anything further to add on the issue of freedom of speech, or any further concerns that this Bill will undermine...

Examination of witnesses

Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill

Kim Leadbeater made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

Q And you do not have any concerns that this Bill could have a negative impact on communities within the UK?

Examination of witnesses

Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill

Kim Leadbeater made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

Q Thank you for joining us this morning. Like all my colleagues, I abhor antisemitism, and I agree that if further measures are needed to eradicate it from public life, of course we will support...

Examination of Witnesses

Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill

Kim Leadbeater made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

Q You do not think this legislation will have a negative impact on that process?

Examination of Witnesses

Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill

Kim Leadbeater made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

Q Thank you, Chair, and thank you to the witnesses for joining us this morning. You have said that you are there to deliver on behalf of the members of your schemes. Many of my constituents will...

Examination of Witnesses

Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill

Kim Leadbeater made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

I have been on a trip funded by Caabu, who are not giving evidence this morning, but I believe they are later on.

Cancer: Research

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, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2023 to Question 192241 on Cancer: Research, what steps the Government plans to take to ensure an...

Overseas Students: Visas

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to share with universities the number of dependents linked to an individual's study visa.

Public lavatories: Men

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department is taking steps to help ensure that men with bowel and bladder incontinence have access to public...