Mr Iain Wright

Labour

MP for Hartlepool

Top Focus Areas

Department for Business, Innovation and SkillsDepartment of HealthDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial StrategyMinistry of JusticeDepartment for Education

Parliamentary Career

Positions Held

Shadow Minister (Business, Innovation and Skills)

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Oct 2011 - Sept 2015

Shadow Minister (Education)

Department for Education

Oct 2010 - Oct 2011

Shadow Minister (14-19 Reform and Apprenticeships)

HM Official Opposition

May 2010 - Oct 2010

Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Children, Schools and Families) (14-19 Reform and Apprenticeships)

Department for Children, Schools and Families

Jun 2009 - May 2010

Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Communities and Local Government)

Department for Communities and Local Government

Jun 2007 - Jun 2009

Constituencies

Hartlepool

Elected 2 times

May 2010 - May 2017

Hartlepool

Elected 2 times

Sept 2004 - May 2010

Registered Interests

No registered interests found.

Recent Votes

Section 5 of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993

NoPassed

19 Apr 2017

Technical and Further Education Bill: Lords Amendment 1 Motion to disagree

NoPassed

19 Apr 2017

Early Parliamentary General Election

AyePassed

19 Apr 2017

Finance (No.2) Bill: Second Reading

NoPassed

18 Apr 2017

Pension Schemes Bill [Lords]: Report Stage Amendment 1

AyeRejected

29 Mar 2017

Pension Schemes Bill [Lords]: Report Stage New Clause 2

AyeRejected

29 Mar 2017

Pension Schemes Bill [Lords]: Report Stage New Clause 1

AyeRejected

29 Mar 2017

Bus Services Bill [Lords]: Report Stage Amendment 1

AyeRejected

27 Mar 2017

Bus Services Bill [Lords]: Report Stage New Clause 2

AyeRejected

27 Mar 2017

Bus Services Bill [Lords]: Report Stage New Clause 1

AyeRejected

27 Mar 2017

Health Service Medical Supplies (Costs) Bill: Lords Amendment 3 Motion to disagree

NoPassed

15 Mar 2017

Draft Sovereign Grant 2011 (Change of Percentage) Order 2017

AyePassed

15 Mar 2017

Draft Bereavement Support Payment Regulations 2017

NoPassed

15 Mar 2017

Budget Resolution Motion 40: Alcoholic liquor duties (rates)

NoPassed

14 Mar 2017

Budget Resolution Motion 34: Insurance premium tax (standard rate)

NoPassed

14 Mar 2017

Budget Resolution Motion 19: Business investment relief

NoPassed

14 Mar 2017

EU (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Lords Amendment 2 Motion to disagree

NoPassed

13 Mar 2017

EU (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Lords Amendment 1 Motion to disagree

NoPassed

13 Mar 2017

European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Programme (No. 2) Motion

NoPassed

13 Mar 2017

Reproductive Health (Access to Terminations)

AyePassed

13 Mar 2017

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Committee Memberships

Absent Voting (Elections in Scotland and Wales) BillCommons Administration CommitteeCommons Administration Estimate Audit and Risk Assurance CommitteeCommons Audit and Risk Assurance Committee (Lords)Lords Autism Act 2009 CommitteeLords Backbench Business CommitteeCommons Bishop's Stortford Cemetery BillCommons Built Environment CommitteeLords Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]Commons Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]: Programming sub-committeeCommons Business and Trade CommitteeCommons Business and Trade Sub-Committee on Economic Security, Arms and Export ControlsCommons City of London (Markets) BillCommons Committee of PrivilegesCommons Committee of SelectionCommons Committee of Selection (Lords)Lords Committee on StandardsCommons Committees on Arms Export ControlsCommons Commons Reference Group on Representation and InclusionCommons Communications and Digital CommitteeLords Conduct CommitteeLords Consolidation, &c., Bills (Joint Committee)Joint Constitution CommitteeLords Controlled Drugs (Procedure for Specification) BillCommons Court of RefereesCommons Courts (Remote Hearings) BillCommons Culture, Media and Sport CommitteeCommons Culture, Media and Sport Sub-committee on Online Harms and DisinformationCommons Defence CommitteeCommons Defence Sub-CommitteeCommons

Recent Questions

182 questions on record

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy to increase the funding per pupil in Hartlepool constituency in real terms; and if she will make a statement.

Answered

To: Department for Education • 13 Apr 2017

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much her Department has spent on (a) Uber for Business and (b) other Uber transactions since 28 October 2016.

Answered

To: Department for Culture, Media and Sport • 20 Feb 2017

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department has spent on (a) Uber for Business and (b) other Uber transactions since 28 October 2016.

Answered

To: Department for Communities and Local Government • 20 Feb 2017

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department has spent on (a) Uber for Business and (b) other Uber transactions since 28 October 2016.

Answered

To: Department for Education • 20 Feb 2017

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has spent on (a) Uber for Business and (b) other Uber transactions since 28 October 2016.

Answered

To: HM Treasury • 20 Feb 2017

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