My Work in Parliament - Pat McFadden Labour MP for Wolverhampton South East

Offensive Weapons: Regulation

Pat McFadden received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Government response to the Consultation on new knife legislation proposals to tackle the use of machetes and other...

Topical Questions

Pat McFadden made a speech in the House of Commons

I thank the Secretary of State. I can only say to him that the hair may go but the skin remains the same, so in solidarity I wish him well in the current heat. It is reported that Mr Khalife...

Topical Questions

Pat McFadden made a speech in the House of Commons

I begin by associating myself with the Secretary of State’s comments on marking the anniversary of the death of the late Queen. The responsibilities of the Cabinet Office include the...

Offensive Weapons: Sales

Pat McFadden received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the press notice entitled Government bans machetes and zombie knives, published by her Department on 30 August 2023,...

Immigration Controls

Pat McFadden received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's publication entitled New Plan for Immigration Sovereign Borders Programme, published 22 May 2022, what...

Offensive Weapons: Sales

Pat McFadden received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department's proposals to ban the online sale of machetes and other bladed weapons published on 30 August 2023 includes banning...

Public Sector Pay

Commons debates

I thank the Chief Secretary to the Treasury for the advance copy of his statement. Let me begin by praising the efforts of our NHS staff, teachers, police officers and members of the armed...

Mortgage and Rental Costs

Pat McFadden made a speech in the House of Commons

We are not going to join the chorus of Government Members attacking the Bank of England. I thought the hon. Gentleman was rising to raise the issue of the 15,000 households in his constituency...

Mortgage and Rental Costs

Pat McFadden made a speech in the House of Commons

I thank everyone who has contributed to this afternoon’s debate. I cannot help noticing that the vast majority of them are Opposition Members, so I thank my hon. Friends the Members for...

Growth Plan of 23 September 2022 and Cost of Mortgages

Pat McFadden made a speech in the House of Commons

Back to 2023. This is a real crisis, affecting real people as a result of the real decisions of the Minister’s Government. Figures out today show that the average UK tenant is spending more...

Growth Plan of 23 September 2022 and Cost of Mortgages

Pat McFadden made a speech in the House of Commons

The only thing that grew as a result of what the Government did last September was people’s mortgage payments. Two-year fixed rates are now more than 6%, and payments for householders are...

Mortgage Market

Commons debates

The UK’s homeowners are under increasing financial stress, with two-year fixed rates at 5.86%—up by over 0.5% in just a month—products being withdrawn, and the Resolution...

Mortgage Market

Commons debates

(Urgent Question): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of developments in the mortgage market in recent days.

Treasury: Economic Analysis

Pat McFadden received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish a list of the policies announced by His Majesty’s Opposition since 4 April 2020 in respect of which officials in his Department...

Central Bank of the Russian Federation: Freezing of Assets

Pat McFadden received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish a breakdown by quantity and type of the Russian Central Bank assets frozen assets in the UK.

Central Bank of the Russian Federation: Freezing of Assets

Pat McFadden received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many assets of the Russian Central Bank assets the Government has frozen.

Central Bank of the Russian Federation: Freezing of Assets

Pat McFadden received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value is of the frozen assets of the Russian Central Bank in the UK.

Withdrawal from the EU: Economic Impact

Pat McFadden made a speech in the House of Commons

I think business certainty might be improved by an answer to the question. Inflation is at 10%, the highest in the G7, and food inflation is at 19%. The former Prime Minister— the right...

Withdrawal from the EU: Economic Impact

Pat McFadden made a speech in the House of Commons

I am never quite clear why, if we do not like trade barriers, the answer is to erect even more of them. The Government said that through the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill, they...

Machetes: Consultation

Commons debates

Knife crime is taking a devastating toll on our communities, with young lives cut short and families torn apart and living with the heartbreak for the rest of their lives. Last year, my...