My speeches and debates in Parliament - Mike Amesbury MP

Arthritis and Employment

Secondary School Standards: East Cleveland

Mike Amesbury made a speech in a Westminster Hall debate

The Minister shakes his head, but that is from the Government’s own figures. Will the Minister tell the House what plans are in place to help people with musculoskeletal conditions in the...

Arthritis and Employment

Secondary School Standards: East Cleveland

Mike Amesbury made a speech in a Westminster Hall debate

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Graham. I thank the hon. Member for Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock (Bill Grant) for securing such a vital debate, which has been informed by a...

Serious Violence

Commons debates

I speak as a former Connexions manager. The Government have cut £880 million from youth support services. Those cuts have consequences. They come on top of the several hundred million pounds...

Shared Prosperity Fund - [Sir David Crausby in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

The Employment Related Services Association has highlighted the very point that my hon. Friend makes—that these initiatives and organisations support people furthest away from the labour...

Universal Credit

Oral Answers to Questions - Work and Pensions

Mike Amesbury made a speech in the House of Commons

It is welcome that the Secretary of State has finally responded to pressure and abolished three-year sanctions, but failure to scrap this punishing regime entirely means, as we have heard across...

TV Licences for over-75S

Commons debates

Will the Minister and the Government please honour the pledge on page 66 of their manifesto to stand up for the four in 10 who find this to be a lifeline?

Children’s Future Food Inquiry - [Andrew Rosindell in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Rosindell. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Bristol East (Kerry McCarthy) for securing such a vital debate, and my hon. Friend the...

Environment and Climate Change

Commons debates

Does the hon. Lady agree that one of the concrete actions that the Government could take to respond to this emergency is to ban fracking throughout the UK?

Water: Prices

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that the price of water is affordable for older people.

School Funding

Commons debates

I respect the right hon. Gentleman’s considerable experience in this field. Simon Kidwell, a headteacher in my constituency, has called for a more long-term funding arrangement. The current...

European Parliament: Elections

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

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the readiness and capacity of local authorities to perform their duties relating to the 2019 European Parliament elections.

Violence: Voluntary Organisations

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the (a) ability and (b) capacity of voluntary sector organisations to assist (i) the police and (ii) other...

Pensioners: Social Security Benefits

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 steps the Government is taking to ensure older people in difficult financial circumstances can access to the benefits they are entitled to.

Energy: Prices

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure that the price of energy is affordable for older people.

European Parliament: Elections

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

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the potential cost to the public purse of the UK participating in elections to the European Parliament in 2019.

Topical Questions

Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Mike Amesbury made a speech in the House of Commons

Over recent weeks, we have seen a number of shocking incidents of racism at football matches at both elite and grassroots levels. What action are the Government taking to ensure that we stamp out...

Devolution of Welfare - [Mr Clive Betts in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

I thank my hon. Friend for highlighting the excellent record of Labour in Scotland, campaigning to change things for people on the ground. Together, SNP and Tory politicians repeatedly voted down...

Devolution of Welfare - [Mr Clive Betts in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

If I may continue, when we have seen SNP and Tory politicians working together, they have done so in an alliance, preventing any significant improvements to social security in Scotland.

Devolution of Welfare - [Mr Clive Betts in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

I know the hon. Gentleman will agree that a million people in poverty in Scotland is still shameful—

Devolution of Welfare - [Mr Clive Betts in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

Yes; it is another failing of fine and warm words but nothing happening in reality. While those agency arrangements are in place, SNP Ministers are blocked from making changes to any of the...