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Written Question
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Public Appointments
Tuesday 15th September 2026

Asked by: Alex Mayer (Labour - Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard)

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the professions of the members on DEFRA’s Infrastructure Board.

Answered by Jenny Riddell-Carpenter - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

The Defra Infrastructure Board is an internal cross-government forum, with representation from a range of government departments and public bodies. It draws on expertise from across government, with relevant technical experts attending as required.

Written Question
Pensions: Tax Allowances
Tuesday 15th September 2026

Asked by: Alex Mayer (Labour - Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in each constituency in the East of England have been identified by HMRC as being owed pension tax relief as a result of not receiving the full tax relief available on pension contributions.

Answered by James Murray - Financial Secretary to the Treasury and Paymaster General

HMRC do not hold information on owed pension tax relief by constituency.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 14 Sep 2026
Select Committee Chairs: Period of Leave

"I was somewhat confused about the concept that after the period of seven months had elapsed the decision was then given to the Chair of the Liaison Committee, when the Speaker would have already deemed that that individual was entitled to leave from the House generally. I wonder whether the …..."
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Division Vote (Commons)
11 Sep 2026 - Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill - View Vote Context
Alex Mayer (Lab) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 190 Labour Aye votes vs 153 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 270 Noes - 286
Division Vote (Commons)
11 Sep 2026 - Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill - View Vote Context
Alex Mayer (Lab) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 209 Labour Aye votes vs 115 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 293 Noes - 218
Written Question
Animal Experiments
Thursday 10th September 2026

Asked by: Alex Mayer (Labour - Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Annual statistics of scientific procedures on living animals, Great Britain 2025, published in July 2026, what assessment she has made of the use of 11,213 mice in procedures reported under the LD50 and LC50 test.

Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Home Office)

All procedures using protected animals, including the LD50 and LC50 tests, are subject to strict regulation under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (ASPA). No project licence can be granted unless a Home Office inspector has completed a harm-benefit analysis and concluded that the likely benefits justify the harms to the animals.

As part of that assessment, inspectors consider the scientific rationale, whether the proposed method is appropriate to achieve the stated benefits, and whether suitable non-animal alternatives are available. The use of animals is authorised only where those tests are judged necessary, justified and proportionate.

Scheduled Event - 9 Sep 2026, 11 a.m. - Add to calendar
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Commons - Westminster Hall debate - Westminster Hall
Standards for bus stops
MP: Alex Mayer
Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 09 Sep 2026
Bus Stops

"I beg to move,

That this House has considered standards for bus stops.

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Alec. This is my first time leading a Westminster Hall debate, and there was a degree of excitement in my office last week when the email arrived, …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 09 Sep 2026
Bus Stops

"My hon. Friend has a very snazzy station these days. Cambridge station has much improved over the period he has been the Member of Parliament. Having integrated transport matters. The Government’s strategy, Better Connected, talks to the fact that people use more than one form of public transport, so getting …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 09 Sep 2026
Bus Stops

"That is an anecdote that my hon. Friend tells often, and I absolutely agree with him. At completely the other end of the spectrum, I got the train to Stockport recently to make an onward journey to Manchester, for reasons I am sure most Members can understand. When I got …..."
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