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Division Votes
3 Dec 2025 - Pension Schemes Bill - View Vote Context Elsie Blundell voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 295 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 143 Noes - 304
3 Dec 2025 - Pension Schemes Bill - View Vote Context Elsie Blundell voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 291 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 77 Noes - 298
3 Dec 2025 - Pension Schemes Bill - View Vote Context Elsie Blundell voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 294 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 87 Noes - 299
3 Dec 2025 - Pension Schemes Bill - View Vote Context Elsie Blundell voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 296 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 154 Noes - 303
8 Dec 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Elsie Blundell voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 308 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 327 Noes - 96
8 Dec 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Elsie Blundell voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 294 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 300 Noes - 96
8 Dec 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Elsie Blundell voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 305 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 327 Noes - 162
8 Dec 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Elsie Blundell voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 309 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 326 Noes - 162
8 Dec 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Elsie Blundell voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 305 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 395 Noes - 98
9 Dec 2025 - Railways Bill - View Vote Context Elsie Blundell voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 316 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 170 Noes - 332
9 Dec 2025 - Railways Bill - View Vote Context Elsie Blundell voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 314 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 329 Noes - 173
10 Dec 2025 - Conduct of the Chancellor of the Exchequer - View Vote Context Elsie Blundell voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 290 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 90 Noes - 297
10 Dec 2025 - Seasonal Work - View Vote Context Elsie Blundell voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 311 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 98 Noes - 325
10 Dec 2025 - Seasonal Work - View Vote Context Elsie Blundell voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 312 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 320 Noes - 98

Speeches
Elsie Blundell speeches from: Oral Answers to Questions Elsie Blundell contributed 2 speeches (113 words) Thursday 11th December 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for Business and Trade
Elsie Blundell speeches from: Business of the House Elsie Blundell contributed 1 speech (88 words) Thursday 11th December 2025 - Commons Chamber Leader of the House
Elsie Blundell speeches from: Railways Bill Elsie Blundell contributed 1 speech (690 words) 2nd reading Tuesday 9th December 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for Transport
Elsie Blundell speeches from: Oral Answers to Questions Elsie Blundell contributed 1 speech (77 words) Wednesday 3rd December 2025 - Commons Chamber Cabinet Office

Written Answers
Infrastructure: Planning Permission Asked by: Elsie Blundell (Labour - Heywood and Middleton North) Thursday 4th December 2025 Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to expedite nationally significant infrastructure projects. Answered by Matthew Pennycook - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government) The government made 21 decisions on Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs) in the first year of this Parliament. This compares with the first year of the last Parliament in which only 15 decisions were made and represents the highest number of annual decisions made since the NSIP programme was introduced in 2011. 27 NSIP decisions have been made so far since the start of this Parliament. Following acceptance by the Planning Inspectorate, NSIP applications are being processed on average 50 days quicker in this Parliament than in the last. Through the relevant provisions of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, we are seeking to reduce the average time it takes reach a decision on an NSIP project from its peak of 4.2 years under the previous government. To achieve our Plan for Change milestone of fast-tracking 150 planning decisions, we will need an average of 32 decisions per year from July 2025. While we have not achieved this in our first year, we expect the rate of decisions to continue to accelerate alongside the already seen increase in projects entering the pipeline.

Written Answers

Infrastructure: Planning Permission
Asked by: Elsie Blundell (Labour - Heywood and Middleton North)
Thursday 4th December 2025

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to expedite nationally significant infrastructure projects.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

The government made 21 decisions on Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs) in the first year of this Parliament. This compares with the first year of the last Parliament in which only 15 decisions were made and represents the highest number of annual decisions made since the NSIP programme was introduced in 2011. 27 NSIP decisions have been made so far since the start of this Parliament.

Following acceptance by the Planning Inspectorate, NSIP applications are being processed on average 50 days quicker in this Parliament than in the last.

Through the relevant provisions of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, we are seeking to reduce the average time it takes reach a decision on an NSIP project from its peak of 4.2 years under the previous government.

To achieve our Plan for Change milestone of fast-tracking 150 planning decisions, we will need an average of 32 decisions per year from July 2025. While we have not achieved this in our first year, we expect the rate of decisions to continue to accelerate alongside the already seen increase in projects entering the pipeline.

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Live Transcript
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8 Dec 2025, 6:41 p.m. - House of Lords "Elsie Blundell MP, who has been championing the out of area issue " Lord Bradley (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript

Calendar
Monday 5th January 2026 2:30 p.m. Home Office Oral questions - Main Chamber Subject: Home Office David Burton-Sampson: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Elsie Blundell: What steps she is taking to help prevent the exploitation of migrant care workers by private care companies. Scott Arthur: What steps her Department is taking to help tackle cyber crime. Andrew Cooper: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Oliver Dowden: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Sarah Pochin: What assessment her Department has made of recent trends in levels of violence against women and girls. Lewis Cocking: What progress her Department has made on closing asylum hotels. Peter Prinsley: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Tom Hayes: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Paul Davies: What recent steps her Department has taken to help tackle rural crime. Michelle Welsh: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Tom Rutland: What steps her Department is taking to introduce new safe and legal routes for migrants. Ian Lavery: What steps her Department is taking to help tackle extremism and radicalisation in the North East. James MacCleary: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Dave Doogan: If she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a specific offence of aggravated theft from commercial vehicles. Daniel Zeichner: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Catherine Fookes: What steps she is taking through the visa and immigration system to support refugees from Ukraine. Harpreet Uppal: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Rachel Hopkins: What steps her Department is taking to help improve police efficiency. Kieran Mullan: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Monica Harding: What steps she is taking to support effective community policing. Perran Moon: What steps her Department is taking to introduce new safe and legal routes for migrants. Jas Athwal: What recent progress her Department has made on introducing a new strategy to tackle violence against women and girls. Christine Jardine: What steps she is taking to tackle hate crime. Daniel Francis: What steps her Department is taking to reduce pull factors for migrants seeking to arrive in the UK illegally. Victoria Collins: What steps she is taking to support effective community policing. Joe Robertson: What estimate her Department has made of the number of small boat returns in 2025. Alison Griffiths: What assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the number of police officers. Terry Jermy: What recent steps her Department has taken to help tackle rural crime. Laura Kyrke-Smith: What steps she is taking to provide security protections for faith communities. Adam Jogee: What recent steps her Department has taken to help tackle rural crime in Staffordshire. Luke Murphy: What recent steps her Department has taken to help increase levels of community policing. Chris Vince: What recent progress the Defending Democracy Taskforce has made on protecting democratic institutions. Ben Goldsborough: What recent steps her Department has taken to help tackle rural crime. Blake Stephenson: If she will make an estimate of the average workforce size of businesses that are eligible to sponsor worker visas. View calendar - Add to calendar

Calendar

Monday 5th January 2026 2:30 p.m.
Home Office

Oral questions - Main Chamber
Subject: Home Office
David Burton-Sampson: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Elsie Blundell: What steps she is taking to help prevent the exploitation of migrant care workers by private care companies. Scott Arthur: What steps her Department is taking to help tackle cyber crime. Andrew Cooper: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Oliver Dowden: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Sarah Pochin: What assessment her Department has made of recent trends in levels of violence against women and girls. Lewis Cocking: What progress her Department has made on closing asylum hotels. Peter Prinsley: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Tom Hayes: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Paul Davies: What recent steps her Department has taken to help tackle rural crime. Michelle Welsh: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Tom Rutland: What steps her Department is taking to introduce new safe and legal routes for migrants. Ian Lavery: What steps her Department is taking to help tackle extremism and radicalisation in the North East. James MacCleary: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Dave Doogan: If she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a specific offence of aggravated theft from commercial vehicles. Daniel Zeichner: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Catherine Fookes: What steps she is taking through the visa and immigration system to support refugees from Ukraine. Harpreet Uppal: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Rachel Hopkins: What steps her Department is taking to help improve police efficiency. Kieran Mullan: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Monica Harding: What steps she is taking to support effective community policing. Perran Moon: What steps her Department is taking to introduce new safe and legal routes for migrants. Jas Athwal: What recent progress her Department has made on introducing a new strategy to tackle violence against women and girls. Christine Jardine: What steps she is taking to tackle hate crime. Daniel Francis: What steps her Department is taking to reduce pull factors for migrants seeking to arrive in the UK illegally. Victoria Collins: What steps she is taking to support effective community policing. Joe Robertson: What estimate her Department has made of the number of small boat returns in 2025. Alison Griffiths: What assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the number of police officers. Terry Jermy: What recent steps her Department has taken to help tackle rural crime. Laura Kyrke-Smith: What steps she is taking to provide security protections for faith communities. Adam Jogee: What recent steps her Department has taken to help tackle rural crime in Staffordshire. Luke Murphy: What recent steps her Department has taken to help increase levels of community policing. Chris Vince: What recent progress the Defending Democracy Taskforce has made on protecting democratic institutions. Ben Goldsborough: What recent steps her Department has taken to help tackle rural crime. Blake Stephenson: If she will make an estimate of the average workforce size of businesses that are eligible to sponsor worker visas. View calendar - Add to calendar

Parliamentary Debates
Business of the House 109 speeches (11,572 words) Thursday 11th December 2025 - Commons Chamber Leader of the House Mentions: 1: Judith Cummins (Lab - Bradford South) I call Elsie Blundell to ask the final question. - Link to Speech
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill 75 speeches (34,873 words) 2nd readingLorsd Hansard Monday 8th December 2025 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Mentions: 1: Lord Bradley (Lab - Life peer) I walk into my local village.Mayor Andy Burnham and Greater Manchester leaders have supported Elsie Blundell - Link to Speech

Select Committee Documents
Wednesday 10th December 2025 Oral Evidence - Transport Focus, and Transport Focus Railways Bill - Transport Committee Found: Watch the meeting Members present: Ruth Cadbury (Chair); Steff Aquarone; Dr Scott Arthur; Mrs Elsie Blundell
Wednesday 10th December 2025 Oral Evidence - Trainline, Independent Rail Retailers, and SilverRail Technologies UK Ltd Railways Bill - Transport Committee Found: Watch the meeting Members present: Ruth Cadbury (Chair); Steff Aquarone; Dr Scott Arthur; Mrs Elsie Blundell
Wednesday 10th December 2025 Oral Evidence - Campaign for Better Transport, Transport for All, and Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee Railways Bill - Transport Committee Found: Watch the meeting Members present: Ruth Cadbury (Chair); Steff Aquarone; Dr Scott Arthur; Mrs Elsie Blundell

Elsie Blundell - Select Committee Information

Calendar
Tuesday 16th December 2025 4 p.m. Transport Committee - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar
Wednesday 17th December 2025 9:15 a.m. Transport Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Railways Bill At 9:15am: Oral evidence Fiona Hyslop MSP - Cabinet Secretary for Transport at The Scottish Government Bill Reeve - Director of Rail Reform at Transport Scotland At 10:00am: Oral evidence Peter McDonald - Director of Transport and Connectivity at The Welsh Government At 10:45am: Oral evidence Jason Prince - Director at Urban Transport Group Mal Drury-Rose - Executive Director at West Midlands Rail Executive Jamie Ross - Director of Transport at Liverpool City Region View calendar - Add to calendar

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Tuesday 16th December 2025 4 p.m.
Transport Committee - Private Meeting
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Wednesday 17th December 2025 9:15 a.m.
Transport Committee - Oral evidence
Subject: Railways Bill
At 9:15am: Oral evidence
Fiona Hyslop MSP - Cabinet Secretary for Transport at The Scottish Government
Bill Reeve - Director of Rail Reform at Transport Scotland
At 10:00am: Oral evidence
Peter McDonald - Director of Transport and Connectivity at The Welsh Government
At 10:45am: Oral evidence
Jason Prince - Director at Urban Transport Group
Mal Drury-Rose - Executive Director at West Midlands Rail Executive
Jamie Ross - Director of Transport at Liverpool City Region
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Select Committee Documents
Thursday 4th December 2025 Correspondence - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales, Welsh Government relating to the Railways Bill, dated 26 November 2025 Transport Committee
Monday 8th December 2025 Correspondence - Letter from the Chair to ORR Chief Executive re Avanti west Coast Main Line timetable change, dated 8 December 2025 Transport Committee
Wednesday 10th December 2025 Oral Evidence - Transport Focus, and Transport Focus Railways Bill - Transport Committee
Wednesday 10th December 2025 Oral Evidence - Campaign for Better Transport, Transport for All, and Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee Railways Bill - Transport Committee
Wednesday 10th December 2025 Oral Evidence - Trainline, Independent Rail Retailers, and SilverRail Technologies UK Ltd Railways Bill - Transport Committee
Thursday 11th December 2025 Written Evidence - Bring Back British Rail RWB0068 - Railways Bill Railways Bill - Transport Committee
Thursday 11th December 2025 Written Evidence - We Own It RWB0070 - Railways Bill Railways Bill - Transport Committee
Thursday 11th December 2025 Written Evidence - techUK RWB0069 - Railways Bill Railways Bill - Transport Committee
Thursday 11th December 2025 Written Evidence - AllRail RWB0072 - Railways Bill Railways Bill - Transport Committee
Thursday 11th December 2025 Written Evidence - FirstGroup plc RWB0074 - Railways Bill Railways Bill - Transport Committee
Thursday 11th December 2025 Written Evidence - Licensed Private Hire Car Association (The LPHCA) TPV0197 - Licensing of taxis and private hire vehicles Licensing of taxis and private hire vehicles - Transport Committee
Thursday 11th December 2025 Correspondence - Letter from the Secretary of State for Transport relating to the Work of the Secretary of State for Transport, dated 3 December 2025 Transport Committee
Thursday 11th December 2025 Correspondence - Letter to the Secretary of State for Transport relating to electric vehicles, dated 10 December 2025 Transport Committee
Thursday 11th December 2025 Correspondence - Letter from the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Transport relating to bus funding, dated 5 December 2025 Transport Committee
Tuesday 16th December 2025 Written Evidence - Salford City Council TPV0199 - Licensing of taxis and private hire vehicles Licensing of taxis and private hire vehicles - Transport Committee
Tuesday 16th December 2025 Written Evidence - Mr Miroslav Podlecki TPV0198 - Licensing of taxis and private hire vehicles Licensing of taxis and private hire vehicles - Transport Committee
Wednesday 17th December 2025 Oral Evidence - Urban Transport Group, West Midlands Rail Executive, and Liverpool City Region Railways Bill - Transport Committee
Wednesday 17th December 2025 Oral Evidence - The Scottish Government, and Transport Scotland Railways Bill - Transport Committee
Thursday 11th December 2025 Correspondence - Letter from the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Transport relating to implementing the Automated Vehicles (AV) Act 2024, dated 4 December 2025 Transport Committee
Thursday 11th December 2025 Correspondence - Letter from the Exchequer Secretary, HM Treasury relating to electric vehicles charging bays and business rates Transport Committee
Thursday 11th December 2025 Correspondence - Letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer relating to electric vehicles and business rates, dated 19 November 2025 Transport Committee
Wednesday 17th December 2025 Oral Evidence - The Welsh Government Railways Bill - Transport Committee

Select Committee Inquiry
18 Dec 2025 Supercharging the EV transition Transport Committee (Select) Submit Evidence (by 30 Jan 2026) The Transport Committee is examining how effectively the transition to electric vehicles (EVs) is progressing, considering the range of factors that are influencing uptake. This includes the effectiveness of existing financial incentives (such as the Electric Car Grant) the potential effect of the recently announced Electric Vehicle Excise Duty (eVED), and the role of second-hand markets in shaping demand. The inquiry will also consider the rollout of charging infrastructure across the country including the equity of availability in urban and rural areas, the availability of grid connections and wider factors influencing consumer confidence. Read the Terms of Reference

Select Committee Inquiry

18 Dec 2025
Supercharging the EV transition
Transport Committee (Select)

Submit Evidence (by 30 Jan 2026)

The Transport Committee is examining how effectively the transition to electric vehicles (EVs) is progressing, considering the range of factors that are influencing uptake. This includes the effectiveness of existing financial incentives (such as the Electric Car Grant) the potential effect of the recently announced Electric Vehicle Excise Duty (eVED), and the role of second-hand markets in shaping demand. The inquiry will also consider the rollout of charging infrastructure across the country including the equity of availability in urban and rural areas, the availability of grid connections and wider factors influencing consumer confidence.

Read the Terms of Reference