Representing you in Westminster

Greg Mulholland is committed to fighting YOUR corner in Westminster; he lobbies the Government actively on the issues that you raise with him making sure the voice of Leeds North West residents is heard at the highest level:

• Greg has spoken in 70 debates in Parliament in the last year - well above average amongst MPs.

• Greg received answers to 70 written questions in the last year - more than most other MPs.
• He presented a petition to the House of Commons opposing the closure of three Post Offices locally.
• He questioned the Prime Minister on Alzheimers funding and the plight of Christians in Iran.
• • May 17, 2012:
    • Business of the House | Commons debates

      Despite having the Scottish Parliament and the Welsh and Northern Ireland Assemblies, we continue to have Scottish, Welsh and Northern Ireland questions in the House, which are often dominated by English MPs asking questions provided by the Whips Office. If we are to continue with this, is it not time to have English questions, too, so that English MPs can raise questions important to the English people?

  • May 9, 2012:
    • Debate on the Address - [1st Day] | Outlawries Bill | Commons debates

      I agree with the hon. Lady's point, but does she also agree that we should have a fairer system of voting for Members of both Houses of Parliament?

    • Debate on the Address - [1st Day] | Outlawries Bill | Commons debates

      Does my hon. Friend think it important to remind the House and the country that we are only two years into this historic coalition Government, and considering the economic mess that we were left, it is remarkable how many positive things are in this Queen's Speech?

  • Apr 24, 2012:
    • National Planning Policy Framework | Bill Presented - Housing (Selective Licensing of Private Landlords in Exempted Areas) Bill | Commons debates

      I am sure that my right hon. Friend is coming to this point, but as the chair of the all-party parliamentary save the pub group, I commend him and the ministerial team on including pubs in the national planning policy framework for the first time. Will he ensure that the message goes out strongly that this is not the end of the matter? Local authorities will have the responsibility of ensuring that local services such as pubs, post offices and local shops are protected. Council planning departments can no longer ignore that consideration, because it is becoming their responsibility.

    • Traffic Orders | Transport | Written Answers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate she has made of the level of expenditure on advertising traffic orders in (a) England, (b) Yorkshire and (c) Leeds North West constituency.

  • Apr 19, 2012:
    • Pupil Exclusions | Education | Written Answers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many children between the ages of four and 11 years were (a) suspended and (b) suspended more than once from school in (i) Leeds North West constituency, (ii) Leeds and (iii) England in 2011.

  • Mar 27, 2012:
    • Truancy: Leeds | Education | Written Answers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many days of truancy were recorded in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in the City of Leeds in each of the last three years.

    • Children's Centres: Leeds | Education | Written Answers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much funding he has allocated to Sure Start children's centres in (a) Leeds North West constituency and (b) Leeds for 2012-13; and whether such funding will be ring-fenced.

    • Adult Congenital Cardiac Services | Oral Answers to Questions - Health | Commons debates

      I thank the Secretary of State for that answer, but adult cardiac patients in Yorkshire are both disfranchised and extremely worried because of the review of the children's heart unit, as if it is closed, they, too, would lose access to surgeons. Does the Secretary of State agree that it does not make sense to have two separate reviews, and that they should instead be brought together?

    • Adult Congenital Cardiac Services | Oral Answers to Questions - Health | Commons debates

      What recent progress he has made on the review of adult congenital cardiac services.

  • Mar 26, 2012:
    • Youth Clubs | Education | Written Answers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will assess the merits of bringing forward proposals to encourage local authorities to maintain the provision of youth centres when implementing reductions in their budgets.

  • Mar 15, 2012:
    • Housing Benefit: Yorkshire and The Humber | Work and Pensions | Written Answers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will estimate the number of recipients of housing benefit in (a) Leeds North West constituency, (b) Yorkshire and the Humber and (c) England in each of the next three years; and how many such recipients of housing benefit there were in each case in each year since 2009.

  • Mar 14, 2012:
    • Knives: Crime | Justice | Written Answers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many reported incidents of crime involving a knife there were in (a) Leeds North West constituency, (b) the city of Leeds and (c) England in each of the last five years; and what steps he is taking to reduce the incidence of such knife crime.

    • Embassies: Expenditure | Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs | Written Answers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in which 15 nations the Government spent the most on maintaining diplomatic missions in the latest period for which figures are available; to how many missions that sum applied in each such country; what his most recent estimate is of the number of British nationals (a) living permanently in each country and (b) who visit each country each year; and what the monetary value was of UK trade with each such country.

  • Mar 12, 2012:
    • Driving Offences | Justice | Written Answers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the average time was for a defendant to be brought before a court when charged with (a) causing death by dangerous driving, (b) causing death by careless driving, (c) any offence of causing death through the use of a motor vehicle and (d) drink driving in 2011.

    • Driving Offences | Justice | Written Answers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many and what proportion of people whose driving licence was suspended temporarily before trial as a condition of their bail had been charged with (a) causing death by dangerous driving, (b) causing death by careless driving, (c) any offence of causing death through the use of a motor vehicle and (d) drink driving in 2011.

    • Ofsted: Inspections | Education | Written Answers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many schools in (a) the Leeds North West constituency and (b) Leeds received an outstanding result from Ofsted in the last three years.

  • Mar 8, 2012:
    • Private Rented Housing: Standards | Communities and Local Government | Written Answers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will encourage local authorities to carry out housing condition surveys to protect tenants from irresponsible landlords.

  • Mar 7, 2012:
    • GCSE: Disadvantaged | Education | Written Answers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education what proportion of pupils entitled to free school meals did not achieve five GCSEs at A* to C in 2011 in (a) England and (b) Leeds North West constituency.

    • Repossession Orders | Justice | Written Answers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many repossessions took place in (a) Leeds North West constituency, (b) Yorkshire and (c) England in each year since 2009; and what estimate he has made of the likely number of repossessions in each area in each of the next three years.