Liz Twist

Opposition Whip (Commons)

(since February 2020)

Commons Debates - Petitions - EDMs (95) - Legislation tabled (1) - Commons Actions - Written Questions (45)

Labour

Member for Blaydon

liz.twist.mp@parliament.uk

Select Committees

Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) (since January 2020)
Statutory Instruments (Select Committee) (since January 2020)
European Statutory Instruments (since February 2020)
Procedure Committee (since March 2020)
European Statutory Instruments Committee (since February 2020)
Scottish Affairs Committee (since May 2020)

13 APPG memberships (as of 24 Sep 2020)

Acquired Brain Injury, Building Communities, Carbon Monoxide, Future of Retail, Housing and Social Mobility, Loneliness, Muscular Dystrophy, Net Zero, Rail in the North, Respiratory Health, State Pension Inequality for Women, Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention, Valproate and other Anti-Epileptic Drugs in Pregnancy

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Sparring Partners

Victoria Atkins (Conservative) Minister for Women (23 debate interactions) View debates with Victoria Atkins Matt Hancock (Conservative) Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (21 debate interactions) View debates with Matt Hancock Mr Jacob Rees-Mogg (Conservative) Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons (14 debate interactions) View debates with Mr Jacob Rees-Mogg View All MP Sparring Partners

Department Debates

Department of Health and Social Care (86 debate contributions) View Department of Health and Social Care debates
Department for Education (39 debate contributions) View Department for Education debates
HM Treasury (38 debate contributions) View HM Treasury debates
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Legislation Debates

Ivory Act 2018 - Government Bill (4,025 words contributed) View Ivory Act 2018 - Government Bill debates
Medicines and Medical Devices Bill 2019-21 - Government Bill (3,296 words contributed) View Medicines and Medical Devices Bill 2019-21 - Government Bill debates
Domestic Abuse Bill 2019-21 - Government Bill (3,210 words contributed) View Domestic Abuse Bill 2019-21 - Government Bill debates
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Significant Blaydon Petitions

Highest Blaydon signature proportion

Status	Signatures	Title
Open	127 of 10,456 (1.22%)	For the sake of wildlife & forests ban the release of balloons and sky lanterns.
Open	285 of 30,959 (0.92%)	Review the need for a statutory owners and Directors Test in Football Gov Responded - 10 Aug 2020
Open	231 of 35,693 (0.65%)	Make COVID19 testing available to teaching staff caring for pupils. Gov Responded - 26 May 2020
Open	100 of 26,741 (0.37%)	Improve care, support and treatment for children with rare diseases Gov Responded - 11 Sep 2020
Open	104 of 28,123 (0.37%)	Cut beer duty for at least 12 months, so pubs can survive after the covid virus. Gov Responded - 5 Jun 2020

Most Blaydon signatures

Status	Signatures	Title
Open	444 of 146,520 (0.30%)	Reduce curriculum content for year 10 & 12 students who will sit exams in 2021. Gov Responded - 30 Jul 2020
Open	405 of 237,968 (0.17%)	Extend maternity leave by 3 months with pay in light of COVID-19 Gov Responded - 14 May 2020
Open	305 of 121,034 (0.25%)	Take action to stop illegal immigration and rapidly remove illegal immigrants
Open	285 of 30,959 (0.92%)	Review the need for a statutory owners and Directors Test in Football Gov Responded - 10 Aug 2020
Open	280 of 195,228 (0.14%)	Require universities to partially refund tuition fees for 20/21 due to Covid-19 Gov Responded - 24 Sep 2020

Liz Twist has not participated in any petition debates

Most recent EDMs signed by Liz Twist

Date Tabled	Title	Signatures
17 Jun 2020	Liz Twist signed this EDM as a sponsor on Wednesday 17th June 2020 Cessation of Production and Redundancies at De La Rue Gateshead Tabled by: Liz Twist (Labour - Blaydon) That this House deplores De La Rue’s proposal to cease banknote production at their facility in Gateshead; regrets the Government's award of the passport printing contract to an overseas company; is concerned about putting 255 highly-skilled workers at risk of redundancy in addition to 170 posts made redundant in 2019; …	16 signatures (Most recent: 22 Jul 2020) Signatures by party: Labour: 15 Scottish National Party: 1
12 Feb 2019	Liz Twist signed this EDM on Monday 1st April 2019 ANIMAL WELFARE STANDARDS Tabled by: Caroline Lucas (Green Party - Brighton, Pavilion) That this House welcomes the assurances from Government that animal welfare standards will be maintained or improved in the event of the UK leaving the European Union and that animal sentience will be recognised in UK law; urges the Government to table the Animals Welfare (Sentience) Bill without further delay; …	106 signatures (Most recent: 14 May 2019) Signatures by party: Labour: 55 Scottish National Party: 24 Liberal Democrat: 11 Independent: 5 Conservative: 4 Plaid Cymru: 3 Democratic Unionist Party: 2 Green Party: 1 Non-affiliated: 1

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1 Urgent Question tabled by Liz Twist

Date	Forum	Title
26 Mar 2018	Commons Chamber	UK Passport Contract

Liz Twist has not been granted any Adjournment Debates in the current sitting

1 Bill introduced by Liz Twist

Title	Bill Type	Last Event	Next Event Date	Last Updated
Disabled Facilities Grants (Review) Bill 2019-21 Presented by Liz Twist (Labour)	Private Members' Bill Ten Minute Bill	1st reading: House of Commons 14 July, 2020	2nd reading: House of Commons 27 Nov 2020	15 Jul 2020, 11:14 a.m.
A Bill to require the Secretary of State to review the Disabled Facilities Grants system; and for connected purposes.

1 Bill supported by Liz Twist

Education and Training (Welfare of Children) Bill 2019-21 - Private Members' Bill (Ballot Bill)
Sponsor - Mary Kelly Foy (LAB)

Liz Twist

Opposition Whip (Commons)

Labour

Member for Blaydon

Select Committees

13 APPG memberships (as of 24 Sep 2020)

Debate information

Sparring Partners

Department Debates

Legislation Debates

Significant Blaydon Petitions

Highest Blaydon signature proportion

Most Blaydon signatures

Most recent EDMs signed by Liz Twist

Cessation of Production and Redundancies at De La Rue Gateshead

ANIMAL WELFARE STANDARDS

Commons initiatives

1 Urgent Question tabled by Liz Twist

1 Bill introduced by Liz Twist

1 Bill supported by Liz Twist

45 Written Questions

Department of Health and Social Care

Department for Transport

Department for Education

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office