Matt Bishop
Matt Bishop MP
Labour
•House of Commons•ActiveMember since 3 July 2024
Parliamentary Activity
Recent Debate Contributions
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Trial by Jury: Proposed Restrictions
08/07/2025 • Commons
With the Crown court backlog that we inherited at such high levels, and continuing to rise, does the Minister agree that tackling it means not just ad...
Crime and Policing Bill
16/06/2025 • Commons
The shadow Minister will know from our time in Committee that I am an ex-police officer, and I thank him for his words about police officers serving t...
Spending Review 2025
10/06/2025 • Commons
I thank the Chancellor for announcement of the extra funding for crumbling schools. As we know, schools across the country were left to fail under the...
Violent Offenders: Early Release
02/06/2025 • Commons
In March, I met people from the Justice for Victims campaign group. One family told me that their young daughter was killed by an unlicensed, uninsure...
Crime and Policing Bill (Thirteenth sitting)
07/05/2025 • Commons
I welcome the new clauses—thinking back to my policing days, they are extremely welcome. Is there a risk that if we do not add these clauses to restri...
Engagements
06/05/2025 • Commons
In 2018 my constituent, Richard Wellington, was diagnosed with a glioblastoma and given just 12 months to live. Against the odds, he is still with us ...
Crime and Policing Bill (Seventh sitting)
07/04/2025 • Commons
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Lewell. As we have heard today, and for those who have encountered it in their constituencies, c...
Crime and Policing Bill (Eighth sitting)
07/04/2025 • Commons
I absolutely, wholeheartedly agree with my hon. Friend. It is crazy that it was not mandatory in the beginning but, as he says, we have all taken step...
Clause 45 demonstrates, once again, that this Government are serious about protecting children from what I think we would all agree is one of the most...
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Crime and Policing Bill (Sixth sitting)
02/04/2025 • Commons
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger. As we have heard from both sides of the Committee, child criminal exploitation is one of...
Crime and Policing Bill (Fourth sitting)
31/03/2025 • Commons
Something that I think we in this House agree on, that I know the police agree on, and that I think the wider public agree on—hon. Members might hear ...
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