Richard Burgon

67924 • Social Security Benefits: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department plans to take steps to reduce the waiting time for appeal hearings in the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support).

67925 • Social Security Benefits: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 8 January 2025 to Question 21325 on Social Security Benefits: Appeals, whether her Department has been able to recover the backlog of mandatory reconsideration cases.

61509 • Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the number of Personal Independence Payment recipients who (a) rely on that payment to work and (b) might lose money as a result of her Department's proposed changes to the Personal Independence Payment eligibility criteria.

61510 • Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the number of people in poverty who will lose financial support as a result of her Department's proposed changes to the eligibility criteria for Personal Independence Payment.

61511 • F-35 Aircraft: Israel

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what information his Department holds on the transportation of F-35 parts from London Stansted Airport to Israel.

59511 • Gaza Humanitarian Foundation: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of Israeli funding of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF).

59518 • Gaza Humanitarian Foundation: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Israeli counterpart on the funding of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.

59520 • Gaza: Israel

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Israeli counterparts on the application of the global humanitarian principles of (a) humanity, (b) impartiality, (c) independence and (d) neutrality in relation to Israel's policies in Gaza.

58795 • Gaza: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the blockages are that are preventing the safe (a) delivery and (b) distribution of humanitarian aid in Gaza.

58036 • Israel: Genocide Convention

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20 May 2025 to Question 53578 on Genocide Convention, whether his Department made an assessment of the merits that Israel was in breach of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in July 2024.

56288 • Arms Trade: Israel

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will publish the Research Report: Long-Range Shootings or Shootings of Minors included in evidence in the case of Al-Haq v Secretary of State for Business and Trade.

54969 • Gaza: Israel

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of (a) the number of airstrikes carried out by Israel in Gaza between October 2023 and September 2024, (b) the number of those his Department has examined for potential breaches of international law and (c) the number of those examined that were assessed as potentially involving violations of international law.

53578 • Genocide Convention

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made a determination under the Genocide Convention.

53579 • Gaza: Israel

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether it remains his policy that any determination as to whether Israel has committed genocide in Gaza is a matter for a competent national or international court.

50523 • Social Security Benefits: Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of her Department's estimate that there will be an additional 250,000 people in relative poverty after housing costs in 2029-30 as a result of modelled changes to social security on levels of health inequalities; and whether she plans to publish a health impact assessment.

50524 • Health: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of potential additional costs to his Department of the provisions outlined in the Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper, published in March 2025.

50525 • Social Security Benefits: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate her Department has made of potential additional costs to her Department of the provisions outlined in the Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper, published in March 2025.

50526 • Social Security Benefits: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy to launch a public consultation on the measures outlined in Annex A of her Department's Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper, published on 18 March 2025.

50174 • Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the number of people who (a) receive and (b) will receive (i) the daily living allowance and (ii) the enhanced Personal Independence Payment after the measures in her Pathways to Work Green Paper are enacted.

50175 • Personal Independence Payment: Chronic Illnesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of her proposed changes to Personal Independence Payment on people with (a) Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and (b) other fluctuating illnesses.

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 1424 • Israel’s interception of the British-flagged Madleen boat

That this House expresses alarm at the Israeli military’s interception of the UK-flagged civilian vessel Madleen in inte...

EDM 1386 • Climate Finance Fund (Fossil Fuels and Pollution) Bill

That this House welcomes the contribution made by the Climate Finance Fund (Fossil Fuels and Pollution) Bill, published ...

EDM 1182 • Launch of The Rational Policy-Maker’s Guide to Rebuilding the NHS report

That this House welcomes the publication of the report The Rational Policy-Maker’s Guide to Rebuilding the NHS; supports...

EDM 915 • Garforth Residents' Campaign Against Giggle Fibre Telegraph Pole Installations

That this House congratulates Garforth residents for their campaign against the installation of telegraph poles in the a...

EDM 864 • Israel’s military presence in the West Bank

That this House expresses alarm over the escalating Israeli military assaults across the illegally occupied West Bank, i...

EDM 757 • Proposals to forcibly displace and ethnically cleanse Palestinians from Gaza

That this House rejects the proposals for Gaza by President Trump on 4 February 2025; deplores the inhumanity and illega...

EDM 706 • Leeds railway station ticket office vacancies

That this House acknowledges that Leeds is one of the UK’s busiest railway stations, with nearly 25 million passengers t...

EDM 668 • Garforth Town AFC and grassroots community football

That this House celebrates the work of volunteers at Garforth Town AFC, nicknamed the miners, at the Bannister Prentice ...

EDM 424 • 30th anniversary of Swarcliffe good neighbours scheme

That this House congratulates Swarcliffe Good Neighbours Scheme on its 30th anniversary; celebrates its ongoing work pro...

EDM 221 • UN’s resolution on Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestine and sanctions

That this House welcomes the UN General Assembly’s decision to overwhelmingly adopt a resolution on 18 September calling...

EDM 14 • International Criminal Court, Gaza and the Rule of Law

That this House rejects attempts by the previous Government to undermine the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) right ...

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 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 1672 • National Day of Memory for Victims of Honour-Based Abuse, 14 July

That this House recognises the National Day of Memory for Victims of Honour-Based Abuse on 14 July as an opportunity for...

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 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 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 1542 • Prison education insourcing

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

EDM 1384 • Dylan Wood

That this House congratulates Dylan Wood, a talented theatre actor from Tillicoultry in the Wee County, on his outstandi...

EDM 1419 • Impact of upgrading the energy efficiency of private rented homes

That this House recognises that nearly four million private renters regularly struggle to pay their energy bills, with p...

EDM 1430 • Men's Health Week 2025

That this House acknowledges that Men’s Health Week takes place each year in the run up to Father’s Day, and in 2025 is ...

EDM 1436 • Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month 2025

That this House recognises June as Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month; celebrates the rich and diverse cultures, hi...

EDM 1451 • UK Government recognition of the state of Palestine

That this House notes the high-level international conference for the peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine a...

EDM 1446 • Acquisition of food manufacturer Bakkavor by Greencore

That this House notes its concerns following the agreement in principle from shareholders of Bakkavor, a major food manu...

EDM 1424 • Israel’s interception of the British-flagged Madleen boat

That this House expresses alarm at the Israeli military’s interception of the UK-flagged civilian vessel Madleen in inte...

EDM 1366 • Brain tumour diagnosis

That this House recognises the urgent need to improve diagnostic pathways for brain tumours, the largest cancer killer o...

EDM 1350 • Radiologists and clinical oncologists

That this House recognises the vital role played by resident and consultant radiologists and clinical oncologists in dia...

EDM 1351 • Support for families affected by childhood cancer

That this House recognises the unimaginable pain experienced by families receiving a childhood cancer diagnosis; pays he...