Jerome Mayhew
Conservative - Broadland and Fakenham
719 (1.5%) majority - 2024 General ElectionFirst elected: 12th December 2019
Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Business and Trade)
(since July 2024)15 Former APPG memberships
Adult Social Care, Broadband and Digital Communication, Dark Skies, Entrepreneurship, Environment, Environmental, Social, and Governance, Financial Education for Young People, Hospitality and Tourism, Housing and Planning, Inappropriate Institutional Care of Autistic People and People with Learning Disabilities, Life Sciences, Loneliness, Rural Business and the Rural Powerhouse, SME (Small and Medium-sized Enterprises) House Builders, Sustainable FinanceDivision Voting information
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
Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
(2 debate interactions)
Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
(2 debate interactions)
(2 debate interactions)
Department Debates
(4 debate contributions)
(2 debate contributions)
(1 debate contributions)
(1 debate contributions)
Legislation Debates
Jerome Mayhew has not made any spoken contributions to legislative debateLatest EDMs signed by Jerome Mayhew
Legislative Reform (Church Commissioners) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021 No. 842)
Tabled by: Chris Loder (Conservative - West Dorset)That an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, praying that the Legislative Reform (Church Commissioners) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021 No. 842), dated 13 July 2021, a copy of which was laid before this House on 27 July 2021, be annulled.
(Most recent: 18 Aug 2021)
Signatures by party:
Conservative: 5
Liberal Democrat: 1
Commons initiatives
These initiatives were driven by Jerome Mayhew, 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.
Jerome Mayhew has not been granted any Urgent Questions
Jerome Mayhew has not been granted any Adjournment Debates
2 Bills introduced by Jerome Mayhew
A Bill to require the whole-life carbon emissions of buildings to be reported; to set limits on embodied carbon emissions in the construction of buildings; and for connected purposes.
Friday 24th February 2023
A Bill to introduce a retirement age of 75 for members of the House of Lords; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
2 Bills co-sponsored by Jerome Mayhew
Carbon Emissions (Buildings) Bill 2021-22
Sponsor - Duncan Baker (Con)
First-Aid (Mental Health) Bill 2019-21
Sponsor - Dean Russell (Con)
Latest 5 Written Questions
(View all written questions)Public procurement is a key lever for enabling delivery of the Government’s missions by using procurement policy to drive economic growth, raise employment standards in business, and achieve additional social value through the life of a contract. The Government’s ‘Plan to Make Work Pay’ sets out an ambitious programme to value organisations that create local jobs, skills and wealth and treat their workers well and equally. Ministers are considering how to take these plans forward.
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
Employee thresholds used by this department to classify micro, small and medium-sized firms are shown in the table below:
Type of firm | Employee threshold |
Micro | 0 to 9 employees |
Small | 10 to 49 employees |
Medium | 50 to 249 employees |
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)
The Acas statutory Code of Practice on disciplinary and grievance procedures provides basic practical guidance to employers, employees and their representatives and sets out principles for handling disciplinary and grievance situations in the workplace. As part of our Plan to Make Work Pay we will work with Acas to consider whether there is a need to update procedures in this area.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)
The UK's labour market enforcement system is fragmented and ineffective. This is bad for workers and bad for businesses who do the right thing. This government will finally establish a single body, the Fair Work Agency, to enforce workers' rights, including strong powers to inspect workplaces and take action against exploitation.
More details, including proposed budgets for the body, will be provided in due course.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)
The Government is keen to ensure the UK's corporate reporting requirements support economic growth by providing the information investors need to allocate capital effectively, while helping users of reporting understand how business activities align with the UK's net zero and environmental goals. The King's Speech announced that the Government will take forward a bill to improve UK corporate governance and auditing and we will provide further information on specific reporting initiatives in due course.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)