My speeches and debates in Parliament - Mike Amesbury MP

Quarterly reports on environmental impact, costs and progress

High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill

Mike Amesbury made a speech in the House of Commons

In 2017, Northern rail should have been delivering two trains an hour from Northwich to Manchester on the mid-Cheshire line; it is still not doing that. When we hear of HS2’s costs...

Quarterly reports on environmental impact, costs and progress

High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill

Mike Amesbury made a speech in the House of Commons

Scepticism is shared by many of my constituents, especially given the track record of non-delivery for the north. If we genuinely want to power up the north, major infrastructure projects are...

Personal Independence Payment

Department for Work and Pensions

Mike Amesbury received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people who decided not to pursue an appeal for personal independence payments due to the length of...

Personal Independence Payment: Appeals

Ministry of Justice

Mike Amesbury received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of whether the HM Courts and Tribunals service has the capacity to reduce the waiting time for an appeal for personal...

Retail Strategy - [Sir David Crausby in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

Does my hon. Friend agree that it is rather confusing to look at the ownership of some of those banks? Of course, we stepped in some time ago—they were bailed out to the tune of billions of...

Retail Strategy - [Sir David Crausby in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

I agree on the point about quality. There should be a race to the top. Sometimes quality costs, so quality might mean better pay. Paddy Lillis, the general secretary of the Union of Shop,...

Retail Strategy - [Sir David Crausby in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

Part of the solution has to be business rates; that is what is fed back to me in my community. We have had grand talk and some baby steps forward from the Government, but is it not now time for...

Breakfast Clubs

Department for Education

Mike Amesbury received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding to support breakfast clubs in primary schools.

Schools: Uniforms

Department for Education

Mike Amesbury received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the affordability of school uniforms for people on low incomes.

Agoraphobia: Mental Health Services

Department of Health and Social Care

Mike Amesbury received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support his Department provides to help people with agoraphobia to live independently.

Backbench Business - Whistleblowingbackbench Business

Commons debates

I commend the hon. Gentleman and the APPG for the excellent work they do in this field. Prior to this debate, the Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association wrote to me. Referring to a...

City Deals: Scope

Oral Answers to Questions - Northern Ireland

Mike Amesbury made a speech in the House of Commons

On a recent visit to the wonderful city of Derry, I spoke with those involved in shaping the education offer in the city. They told me that a central aspect of the city deal is the establishment...

City Deals: Scope

Oral Answers to Questions - Northern Ireland

Mike Amesbury made a speech in the House of Commons

What comparative assessment she has made of the scope of city deals in Northern Ireland.

Department for Work and Pensions

Commons debates

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Airdrie and Shotts (Neil Gray). I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Wirral South (Alison McGovern) on opening this vital debate and thank...

NHS Long-Term Plan: Implementation

Commons debates

Is the privatisation of the urgent care centre in the Runcorn-Halton part of my constituency part of the Secretary of State’s NHS plan?

Child Poverty

Oral Answers to Questions - Work and Pensions

Mike Amesbury made a speech in the House of Commons

Given that the majority of families affected by the two-child limit are working, why did the Department for Work and Pensions make the following statement in response to the recent report by the...

Climate Change

Kew Gardens (Leases) (No. 3) Bill [Lords] (Programme)

Mike Amesbury made a speech in the House of Commons

Does the 2017 manifesto commitment to a revolution in fracking and shale gas extraction not fly in the face of the grand ambitions we are discussing today?

Family Law

Consumer Protection

Mike Amesbury made a speech in the House of Commons

I certainly do. I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. This case has been highlighted in the media today by the shadow early years Minister, my hon. Friend the Member for Batley and Spen...

Family Law

Consumer Protection

Mike Amesbury made a speech in the House of Commons

May I first welcome the Minister to his place? These regulations are a series of changes and clarifications designed to make it easier to collect arrears and maintenance payments under the child...

Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme

Commons debates

Fred Smith died last week. He was a proud Scotsman and a miner in the Castleford collieries. He died of an industrial-related disease and he leaves a widow, Enid, and a family to care for. He...