Matt Rodda
Labour - Reading Central
12,637 (27.9%) majority - 2024 General ElectionFirst elected: 8th June 2017
3 Former APPG memberships
Oracy, River Thames, Western Rail Link to HeathrowDivision 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
(2 debate interactions)
Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
(2 debate interactions)
Department Debates
(1 debate contributions)
(1 debate contributions)
(1 debate contributions)
(1 debate contributions)
Legislation Debates
(54 words contributed)
Latest EDMs signed by Matt Rodda
Assaults on shopworkers
Tabled by: Gareth Thomas (Labour (Co-op) - Harrow West)That this House deplores the rise in verbal and physical abuse of shopworkers, notes that according to research conducted by USDAW, over 400 retail workers were assaulted each day last year and that 62 per cent of retail staff have been the victim of either verbal or physical abuse; further …
(Most recent: 15 Sep 2020)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 54
Scottish National Party: 4
Independent: 3
Democratic Unionist Party: 3
Conservative: 3
Social Democratic & Labour Party: 1
Liberal Democrat: 1
Green Party: 1
Bus passes for WASPI women
Tabled by: Jim Cunningham (Labour - Coventry South)That this House is concerned that not all the women living in England who are affected by the 2011 changes to state pension age are entitled to a free bus pass; notes that a free bus pass is a small concession, given that women born in the 1950s have lost …
(Most recent: 5 Nov 2019)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 32
Scottish National Party: 6
Independent: 4
Conservative: 3
Democratic Unionist Party: 2
Plaid Cymru: 1
Green Party: 1
Commons initiatives
These initiatives were driven by Matt Rodda, 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.
Matt Rodda has not been granted any Urgent Questions
Matt Rodda has not been granted any Adjournment Debates
1 Bill introduced by Matt Rodda
A Bill to enable provision to be made for appeals relating to free childcare for young children of working parents to be settled by agreement; to make further provision designed to increase efficiency in the administration of free childcare schemes; to make provision about the promotion of the availability of free childcare, including to disadvantaged groups; and for connected purposes.
Matt Rodda has not co-sponsored any Bills in the current parliamentary sitting