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Alex Sobel

Labour (Co-op) - Leeds Central and Headingley

First elected: 8th June 2017


31 APPG memberships (as of 30 May 2024)
22q11 Syndrome, Aid Match, Albania, British Jews, Cayman Islands, Channel 4, Climate and Security, Fusion Energy, Global Deforestation, Heritage and Regeneration, Hospitality and Tourism, Human-Relevant Science, Internet, Communications and Technology, Investment Fraud and Fairer Financial Services, Kosovo, Lithuania, Modern Conflict, Montenegro, Music, Net Zero, North Macedonia, Renewable and Sustainable Energy, Slovenia, Sustainable Resource, Sweden, Tajikistan, Ukraine, United Nations, Video Games and Esports, West Papua, Zoos and Aquariums
60 Former APPG memberships
American Football, Antisemitism, Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder, Baseball, Baseball and Softball, Baseballand Softball, Basketball, Clean Quarrying, Climate Change, Conservation, Places and People, Côte d’Ivoire, Critical Minerals, Drones, Drones and Modern Conflict, East Coast Main Line, Electoral Reform, Electric Aviation, Electric Vehicles, Esports, Estonia, Events, Fair Business Banking, Food Waste, Future of UK-Australia Trade, Greenland, Gypsies, Travellers and Roma, Holocaust Memorial, Hydrogen, International Conservation, Investment Fraud, Kurdistan in Turkey and Syria, Loan Charge and Taxpayer Fairness, Local Resilience and Civil Contingencies, Mutuals, Northern Culture, Pacific Islands, Park Homes, Parkrun, Plastic Waste, Polo, Race and Community, Rare, Genetic and Undiagnosed Conditions, Religion in the Media, Renters and Rental Reform, Running, Rural Business and the Rural Powerhouse, Slovakia, Small Island Developing States, Social Enterprise, Space, Students, Sustainable Finance, Technology Addiction, Ticket Abuse, Uzbekistan, Vegetarianism and Veganism, Video Games, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, Western Sahara, Yoga in Society
Highgate Cemetery Bill Committee
21st Jun 2021 - 30th May 2024
Culture, Media and Sport Committee
15th Jan 2024 - 30th May 2024
Culture, Media and Sport Sub-committee on Online Harms and Disinformation
15th Jan 2024 - 30th May 2024
Shadow Minister (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
4th Dec 2021 - 5th Sep 2023
Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform Bill)
2nd Nov 2022 - 29th Nov 2022
Shark Fins Bill
9th Nov 2022 - 16th Nov 2022
Shadow Minister (Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)
10th Apr 2020 - 4th Dec 2021
Highgate Cemetery Bill Committee
16th Jun 2021 - 16th Jun 2021
Environmental Audit Committee
2nd Mar 2020 - 22nd Feb 2021
Monken Hadley Common Bill Unopposed Bill Committee
16th Jun 2021 - 17th Nov 2020
Backbench Business Committee
11th Sep 2017 - 6th Nov 2019
Environmental Audit Committee
11th Sep 2017 - 6th Nov 2019


Division Voting information

During the current Parliament, Alex Sobel has voted in 2 divisions, and never against the majority of their Party.
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Debates during the 2024 Parliament

Speeches made during Parliamentary debates are recorded in Hansard. For ease of browsing we have grouped debates into individual, departmental and legislative categories.

Sparring Partners
Judith Cummins (Labour)
(1 debate interactions)
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Legislation Debates
Alex Sobel has not made any spoken contributions to legislative debate
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Latest EDMs signed by Alex Sobel

8th November 2023
Alex Sobel signed this EDM on Thursday 16th May 2024

Scientific hearing on animal experiments

Tabled by: Martyn Day (Scottish National Party - Linlithgow and East Falkirk)
That this House applauds the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Act 2022, enshrining in law the ability of animals to experience joy and feel suffering and pain; notes the science-based campaign For Life On Earth, with its Beagle Ambassador, rescued laboratory dog Betsy; is shocked to see the continuing harrowing exposés that …
77 signatures
(Most recent: 20 May 2024)
Signatures by party:
Scottish National Party: 30
Labour: 18
Liberal Democrat: 11
Independent: 6
Plaid Cymru: 3
Conservative: 3
Democratic Unionist Party: 3
Green Party: 1
Social Democratic & Labour Party: 1
Alba Party: 1
Alliance: 1
24th April 2024
Alex Sobel signed this EDM as a sponsor on Monday 29th April 2024

Animals

Tabled by: Natalie Elphicke (Labour - Dover)
That an humble Address be presented to His Majesty, praying that the Official Controls (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024 (S.I., 2024, No. 541), dated 22 April 2024, a copy of which was laid before this House on 22 April 2024, be annulled.
6 signatures
(Most recent: 29 Apr 2024)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 4
Liberal Democrat: 1
Independent: 1
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Commons initiatives

These initiatives were driven by Alex Sobel, and are more likely to reflect personal policy preferences.

MPs who are act as Ministers or Shadow Ministers are generally restricted from performing Commons initiatives other than Urgent Questions.


Alex Sobel has not been granted any Urgent Questions

Alex Sobel has not been granted any Adjournment Debates

1 Bill introduced by Alex Sobel


A Bill to require the United Kingdom to achieve climate and nature targets; to give the Secretary of State a duty to implement a strategy to achieve those targets; to establish a Climate and Nature Assembly to advise the Secretary of State in creating that strategy; to give duties to the Committee on Climate Change and the Joint Nature Conservation Committee regarding the strategy and targets; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Thursday 21st March 2024

19 Bills co-sponsored by Alex Sobel

Illegal and Unsustainable Fishing (Due Diligence) Bill 2023-24
Sponsor - Chris Grayling (Con)

Co-operatives (Permanent Shares) Bill 2022-23
Sponsor - Gareth Thomas (LAB)

Firearms and Hate Crime Bill 2021-22
Sponsor - Luke Pollard (LAB)

Wellbeing of Future Generations (No. 2) Bill 2019-21
Sponsor - Caroline Lucas (Green)

Fur Trade (Prohibition) Bill 2019-21
Sponsor - Taiwo Owatemi (Lab)

Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies (Environmentally Sustainable Investment) Bill 2019-21
Sponsor - Anna McMorrin (Lab)

Planning (Affordable Housing and Land Compensation) Bill 2017-19
Sponsor - Helen Hayes (Lab)

Dockless Bicycles (Regulation) Bill 2017-19
Sponsor - Daniel Zeichner (Lab)

Plastic Pollution (No. 2) Bill 2017-19
Sponsor - Alistair Carmichael (LD)

Plastic Pollution Bill 2017-19
Sponsor - Alistair Carmichael (LD)

Packaging (Extended Producer Responsibility) Bill 2017-19
Sponsor - Anna McMorrin (Lab)

Marriage and Civil Partnership (Consent) Bill 2017-19
Sponsor - Fabian Hamilton (Lab)

Energy Consumption (Innovative Technologies) Bill 2017-19
Sponsor - Rebecca Pow (Con)

Banking (Cash Machine Charges and Financial Inclusion) Bill 2017-19
Sponsor - Ged Killen (LAB)

Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018
Sponsor - Karen Buck (Lab)

Local Electricity Bill 2017-19
Sponsor - Jeremy Lefroy (Con)

Youth (Services and Provisions) Bill 2017-19
Sponsor - Lloyd Russell-Moyle (LAB)

Assaults on Retail Workers (Offences) Bill 2017-19
Sponsor - Alex Norris (LAB)

DiGeorge Syndrome (Review and National Health Service Duty) Bill 2017-19
Sponsor - David Duguid (Con)


Latest 1 Written Question

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Written Questions can be tabled by MPs and Lords to request specific information information on the work, policy and activities of a Government Department
17th Jul 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department holds on the extent to which medical equipment that was used at Headley Court Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre has been repurposed since that centre's closure.

The table below provides a breakdown of the medical equipment from Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre (DMRC) Headley Court that was either transferred to another Defence location, or relocated to DMRC Stanford Hall, as it was still serviceable.

Equipment transferred from DMRC Headley Court

Number

Ice machine

1

Wet bulb globe test (WGBT)

3

Continuous passive motion system

1

Sling suspension

1

Standing frame

2

Neuro stimulator

1

Doppler

2

Dynamic compression system

1

Functional electrical stimulation device (FES)

11

FES bike

1

Neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES)

4

Handheld NMES

11

Infusion pump

2

Pressure testing system

1

Socket tester

1

Soft tissue mobiliser

1

Tilt table

1

Water bath

2

Parallel bars

5

Sitting scales

1

Targeted negative pressure device

1

Image intensifier

1

Al Carns
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for Veterans)