Information between 25th August 2025 - 4th September 2025
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Kirsty Blackman speeches from: Oral Answers to Questions
Kirsty Blackman contributed 1 speech (19 words) Wednesday 3rd September 2025 - Commons Chamber Cabinet Office |
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Kirsty Blackman speeches from: Pension Schemes Bill (First sitting)
Kirsty Blackman contributed 4 speeches (560 words) Committee stage: 1st sitting Tuesday 2nd September 2025 - Public Bill Committees Department for Work and Pensions |
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Kirsty Blackman speeches from: Pension Schemes Bill (Second sitting)
Kirsty Blackman contributed 11 speeches (2,422 words) Committee stage: 2nd sitting Tuesday 2nd September 2025 - Public Bill Committees Department for Work and Pensions |
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Kirsty Blackman speeches from: Oral Answers to Questions
Kirsty Blackman contributed 1 speech (46 words) Monday 1st September 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for Work and Pensions |
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Poverty: Children
Asked by: Kirsty Blackman (Scottish National Party - Aberdeen North) Tuesday 2nd September 2025 Question to the Department for Work and Pensions: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the potential impact of the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill on levels of child poverty. Answered by Alison McGovern - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government) The Department has published an updated assessment of the poverty impacts of the benefit changes announced at Spring Statement with revisions to reflect the proposed changes since tabled, which includes changes to Universal Credit. This estimates that there will be 50,000 fewer individuals in relative poverty after housing costs in 2029/30 as a result of the changes. This includes a reduction in poverty for both children and working age individuals.
The assessment is available at Spring statement social security changes – updated impact on poverty levels in Great Britain, July 2025 - GOV.UK. |
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Thursday 11th September Kirsty Blackman signed this EDM as a sponsor on Monday 15th September 2025 Conduct of Lord Mandelson (No. 2) 17 signatures (Most recent: 15 Sep 2025)Tabled by: Brendan O'Hara (Scottish National Party - Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber) That this House believes that Lord Mandelson has brought Parliament into disrepute; and calls on the Government to take legislative steps to remove his peerage. |
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Monday 24th March Kirsty Blackman signed this EDM on Tuesday 9th September 2025 Fee waivers for ILR applications 42 signatures (Most recent: 9 Sep 2025)Tabled by: Kim Johnson (Labour - Liverpool Riverside) That this House supports the Refugee and Migrant Forum of Essex and London’s call for a fee waiver to be introduced for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) applications for those on family and private life visas; notes that ILR provides security and stability, yet the £2,885 fee is unaffordable for … |
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Tuesday 15th July Kirsty Blackman signed this EDM on Monday 1st September 2025 North-East Scotland College Herald Education Award 7 signatures (Most recent: 1 Sep 2025)Tabled by: Seamus Logan (Scottish National Party - Aberdeenshire North and Moray East) That this House congratulates North-East Scotland College on their Herald Education Award for their work with partners at the National Energy Skills Accelerator in responding to energy transition opportunities in upskilling, training and retraining the existing workforce as well as supporting new entrants to the energy industry to address the … |
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Pension Schemes Bill (Second sitting)
160 speeches (34,505 words) Committee stage: 2nd sitting Tuesday 2nd September 2025 - Public Bill Committees Department for Work and Pensions Mentions: 1: None I call Kirsty Blackman. Very quickly, please. - Link to Speech 2: None I call Kirsty Blackman. - Link to Speech |
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Tuesday 9th September 2025 3 p.m. Speaker's Conference (2024) - Oral evidence Subject: Speaker’s Conference on the security of candidates, MPs and elections At 3:05pm: Oral evidence Talitha Rowland - Director for Security and Online Harms at Department for Science, Innovation and Technology Kanishka Narayan MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology View calendar - Add to calendar |