Your Local Labour MP - SW Devon Constituency Labour Party

Our most local Labour Party MP is currently Luke Pollard (Plymouth Sutton & Devonport Constituency) – use the feed below to find out more about what Luke has been doing in Parliament.

Ministers: Redundancy Pay

Luke Pollard received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any former Ministers in his Department accepted Ministerial severance pay after resigning in July 2022.

Ministers: Redundancy Pay

Luke Pollard received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he will publish a full list of former Ministers who resigned in July 2022 who (a) accepted, (b) rejected or (c) donated to charity their...

Prostate Cancer: Screening

Department of Health and Social Care

Luke Pollard received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a national prostate cancer screening programme similar to the breast...

Blue Badge Scheme: EU Countries

Department for Transport

Luke Pollard received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2022 to Question 47650 on Blue Badge Scheme: EU Countries, what recent progress he has made in his...

First Rail Holdings: Company Accounts

Department for Transport

Luke Pollard received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had recent discussions with First Rail Holdings Ltd on the overdue submission of their latest accounts to Companies House; and if she...

Ukraine

Commons debates

Rebuilding our European relations is a key part of making any integrated foreign policy review work. Those of us on the Opposition Benches can say very clearly that our friends across the channel...

Ukraine

Commons debates

I agree with the hon. Lady. Our commitment to our allies in eastern Europe must be concrete and long-term, and we must also consider the tactics and strategies used by Russia in Ukraine to update...

Ukraine

Commons debates

My hon. Friend is right. The cyber-campaigns against the west and against freedom and democracy are not contained only to bot factories in St Petersburg; they are deliberately being deployed...

Ukraine

Commons debates

I agree with my hon. Friend. His has been a siren voice that has been warning this House and the public about Putin’s actions for a great many years, and we must ensure that those lessons...

Ukraine

Commons debates

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention, and I agree with him that our commitment to the people of Ukraine has to be long term—ensuring not only that they win and Putin fails, but...

Ukraine

Commons debates

I am grateful for the hon. Member’s intervention, and I do tend to agree with him. As a country, we need to take stock of the freedom that Putin has been given over many years—not...

Ukraine

Commons debates

I am grateful for that intervention. The shadow Minister for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and International Development, my hon. Friend the Member for Cardiff South and Penarth (Stephen...

Ukraine

Commons debates

I agree with the right hon. Gentleman. Anyone who perpetrates war crimes against civilians must know that, in the 21st century, they will be prosecuted and followed in the pursuit of justice from...

Ukraine

Commons debates

I start by welcoming the wonderful news of the release of British prisoners of war overnight. It is welcome that they are returning home, but we recognise the pain and hurt of all the families...

Electrical Goods: Energy

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Luke Pollard received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he will take steps to prevent the sale of low rating banded white goods to help cut energy consumption in...

Air Force: Photographs and Social Media

Ministry of Defence

Luke Pollard received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether there are any restrictions on Royal Air Force pilots (a) filming videos and taking photographs in the cockpit of RAF Typhoons and (b) publishing...

RAF Coningsby: Typhoon Aircraft

Ministry of Defence

Luke Pollard received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any training schedules were (a) adjusted, (b) cancelled and (c) lowered in intensity to facilitate the Prime Minister’s flight in an RAF...

Tributes to Her Late Majesty the Queen

Commons debates

I rise to speak on behalf of people in Plymouth to express our condolences to the royal family on the death of the Queen. I have dated a lot of queens in my time, but I have only ever met the...

Private Rented Housing: Asylum

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Luke Pollard received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether the new proposed Decent Homes Standard for the private rented sector will cover accommodation used for the housing...

Blue Badge Scheme: EU Countries

Department for Transport

Luke Pollard received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had discussions with his EU counterparts on ensuring UK blue badges for disabled drivers are accepted in the equivalent schemes in EU...