John McDonnell

69737 • Gaza: Genocide

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2025 to Question 55524 on Gaza: Genocide, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of this policy on Government decision making.

69210 • Metropolitan Police: Neurodiversity

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police on the development of policing best practice in responding to the needs of neurodiverse people.

69211 • Police: Neurodiversity

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has issued to police forces on supporting neurodiverse people.

69212 • Police: Neurodiversity

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has provided guidance to police forces on the entry of police into supportive environments for neurodiverse people.

69213 • Police: Neurodiversity

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what training is provided by police forces for interacting with neurodiverse people; and whether she has considered the potential merits of issuing guidance on this matter.

68336 • Palestine Action

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Prime Minister has had discussions with US president Donald Trump on the proscription of Palestine Action.

67278 • Education: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of reducing funding for (a) journalism, (b) media studies, (c) publishing and (d) information services courses on (i) their commercial viability and (ii) trends in numbers of students studying those courses.

67279 • Journalism: Higher Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding was allocated to journalism courses through the Strategic Priorities Grant in each of the last five years.

67280 • Journalism: Higher Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many higher education providers received Strategic Priorities Grant funding for journalism courses in each year since 2019.

67281 • Journalism: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much and what proportion of the Strategic Priorities Grant was allocated to (a) journalism and (b) other related courses in each of the last five years.

67282 • Journalism and Media: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy to reverse her decision to reduce funding for (a) journalism and (b) media-related courses.

67283 • Education: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data she used to inform her decision to remove high-cost subject funding from (a) journalism, (b) media studies, (c) publishing and (d) information services.

67798 • State Retirement Pensions: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will enter into alternative dispute resolution with women impacted by changes to the State Pension age.

66888 • Palliative Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that the 10 year health plan enables equitable access to (a) palliative and (b) end of life care.

66889 • Palliative Care: Access

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the 10 year health plan, what steps his taking to provide (a) palliative and (b) end of life care in the community.

66890 • Palliative Care: Access

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to introduce a 24/7 single point of access for (a) palliative and (b) end of life care (i) advice, (ii) guidance and (iii) support.

66103 • State Retirement Pensions: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of women born in the 1950s who have died since 17 December 2024.

66104 • State Retirement Pensions: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to bring forward a compensation scheme for women impacted by State Pension age changes.

66105 • Winter Fuel Payment

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to her Department's press release entitled Nine million pensioners to receive Winter Fuel Payments this winter, published on 9 June 2025, what assessment she has made of the resources HMRC will require to (a) undertake the recovery of payments and (b) respond to (i) queries and (ii) complaints relating to the recovery of winter fuel payments; and whether additional funding will be made available for this work.

63507 • Taxis: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to introduce a statutory cap on the number of private hire vehicle licences issued in London.

EDM 1752 • Disciplinary action against protesting students by SOAS

This House expresses its deep concern at the extreme disciplinary measures being taken by the management of SOAS univers...

EDM 1754 • Arrest of protestors in Liverpool

That this House expresses its concern at the physical methods used by the police to arrest a 74 year old woman protestin...

EDM 1661 • Roshaan Khattak

That this House is alarmed at Cambridge University’s failure to respond to security concerns surrounding a postgraduate ...

EDM 1620 • Ayman Odeh

That this House expresses its extreme concern at the moves to impeach Ayman Odeh, a Palestinian member of the Knesset re...

EDM 1609 • Dr Shashikanth

That this House is aware that, in 2015, GP practices in Hillingdon were invited by the Local Clinical Commissioning Grou...

EDM 1014 • Human rights in Balochistan (No. 2)

That this House strongly condemns the severe human rights violations with ongoing reports of enforced disappearances, ex...

EDM 1005 • Royal Academy of Arts proposed job reductions

That this House expresses its serious concerns at the proposals of the Royal Academy of Arts to put at risk the jobs of ...

EDM 1001 • Changes to Great Western Railway ticket offices and stations

That this House is alarmed that First Group rail operator Great Western Railway (GWR) has proposed a number of changes t...

EDM 953 • Independent advisory panel on Department for Work and Pensions-related deaths

That this House is alarmed by the continued use of the fatally flawed work capability assessment, adopted by the Departm...

EDM 950 • Royal Television Society and withdrawal of award to journalists in Gaza

That this House expresses its strong concern at the decision by the Royal Television Society to scrap a special recognit...

EDM 924 • Staffing at Brunel University

That this House expresses its deep concern at the large scale cuts in staffing being imposed by Brunel University amongs...

EDM 874 • Triggers to Claiming Personal Independence Payment report

That this House congratulates John Pring for securing the publication of the research report Triggers to Claiming Person...

EDM 817 • Jallianwala Bagh massacre of 1919

That this House notes the horrific events that took place on the 13 April 1919 where more than 1500 unarmed children, wo...

EDM 677 • Imprisonment of Alaa Abd El-Fattah (No. 2)

That this House expresses its concern at the continued imprisonment of British citizen Alaa Abd El-Fattah; notes that th...

EDM 652 • Consultation on Work Capability Assessment

That this House notes the High Court judgement ruling that the last Government's consultation on changes to the criteria...

EDM 633 • Right to protest outside the BBC

That this House is alarmed by attempts by the Metropolitan Police to prevent an agreed march for Palestine from protesti...

EDM 594 • Rights in Performances

That an humble Address be presented to His Majesty, praying that the Copyright and Performances (Application to Other Co...

EDM 521 • Impact of the Work Capability Assessment on disabled people

That this House notes the shocking evidence published by John Pring in his recent book of the harm, too often leading to...

EDM 448 • Insourcing of cleaning staff at City St George’s College

That this House recognises that the cleaning staff at City St George’s, University of London are an integral part of the...

EDM 386 • Disclosure of Special Branch files

That this House notes with concern that Special Branch documents show that the undercover police reported on union membe...

EDM 1754 • Arrest of protestors in Liverpool

That this House expresses its concern at the physical methods used by the police to arrest a 74 year old woman protestin...

EDM 1752 • Disciplinary action against protesting students by SOAS

This House expresses its deep concern at the extreme disciplinary measures being taken by the management of SOAS univers...

EDM 1725 • Proposal for a wealth tax

That this House welcomes the proposal from leading tax experts for the introduction of an annual wealth tax of 2% on ind...

EDM 1683 • UK-based medical charities in Palestine

That this House expresses its appreciation for those working for UK-based medical charities in Palestine, including Medi...

EDM 1686 • Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules

That the Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules, HC 997, a copy of which was laid before this House on 1 July, be dis...

EDM 1661 • Roshaan Khattak

That this House is alarmed at Cambridge University’s failure to respond to security concerns surrounding a postgraduate ...

EDM 1608 • Protections for the welfare of wild animals in tourism

That this House is concerned about the extreme suffering inflicted on many wild animals exploited in the tourism industr...

EDM 1637 • Government policy on the Hillsborough Law

That this House notes the Prime Minister’s promise to introduce the Hillsborough Law to Parliament before the 36th anniv...

EDM 1642 • Outsourced cleaners on Tyne and Wear Metro

That this House welcomes the Labour Government’s promise to ‘oversee the biggest wave of insourcing for a generation’; n...

EDM 1579 • Loan Charge and settlement terms offered to large companies and individuals

That this House is deeply concerned at the treatment of those facing the Loan Charge; notes that instead of commissionin...

EDM 1626 • Apprenticeships strategy

That this House believes that the scandal of low pay for apprentices must end and that apprentices need pay above the na...

EDM 1621 • Funding for training of professional journalists

That this House is worried by guidance issued by the Secretary of State for Education to the Office for Students which s...

EDM 1620 • Ayman Odeh

That this House expresses its extreme concern at the moves to impeach Ayman Odeh, a Palestinian member of the Knesset re...

EDM 695 • Attempted removal of Ayman Odeh from the Israeli Knesset

That this House expresses deep concern regarding the efforts of Israeli coalition and opposition politicians to oust MK ...

EDM 1612 • Safe Inside Prisons Charter

That this House notes with alarm the rising levels of violence against prison staff, which again have reached record hig...

EDM 1609 • Dr Shashikanth

That this House is aware that, in 2015, GP practices in Hillingdon were invited by the Local Clinical Commissioning Grou...

EDM 1583 • Parliamentary approval for UK military action against Iran

That this House is deeply concerned about the military confrontation between the United States, Israel, and Iran; suppor...

EDM 1573 • Durham Miners' Gala 2025

That this House celebrates the 139th Durham Miners’ Gala, to be held on Saturday, 12 July 2025, organised by the Durham ...

EDM 1473 • Three Dads Walking

That this House applauds the outstanding efforts of the Three Dads Walking as they embark on an eight-day walking challe...

EDM 1542 • Prison education insourcing

That this House notes the worrying state of prison education, with 82 percent of prison and young offender institutions ...