About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Debbie Abrahams) represents you, and all of the people who live in Oldham East and Saddleworth, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

MPs split their time between Parliament and their constituency. In Parliament, they debate and vote on new laws, review existing laws, and question the Government. In the constituency, their focus is on supporting local people and championing local issues. They have a small staff team who help with casework, maintain their diaries, and monitor their inbox.

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Proffil

Llafur MP ar gyfer Oldham East and Saddleworth

Aeth i mewn i'r Tŷ'r Cyffredin ar 14 Ionawr 2011 — Is-etholiad

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page

Cyfryngau Cymdeithasol

• @Debbie_abrahams
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Themau o ddiddordeb

Debbie Abrahams campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Department for Work and Pensions
• Department of Health
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Health
• Home Office
• Universal Credit
• Vending Machines
• Children: Maintenance
• Personal Independence Payment
• Employment and Support Allowance

Swyddogaethau cyfredol

• Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) (since 4 Rha 2024)
• Chair, Work and Pensions Committee (since 11 Med 2024)
• Chair, Work and Pensions Committee (since 11 Med 2024)

Swyddogaethau eraill yn y gorffennol

• Chair, Work and Pensions Committee (11 Med 2024 to 26 Hyd 2015)
• Chair, Work and Pensions Committee (11 Med 2024 to 30 Maw 2015)
• Chair, Work and Pensions Committee (11 Med 2024 to 30 Mai 2024)
• Member, Finance Bill Committee (11 Ion 2024 to 16 Ion 2024)
• Member, Energy Bill [HL] Committee (17 Mai 2023 to 22 Mai 2023)
• Member, Ballot Secrecy Bill [HL] Committee ( 1 Maw 2023 to 7 Maw 2023)
• Member, Child Support (Enforcement) Bill Committee (22 Chw 2023 to 1 Maw 2023)
• Member, Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [HL] Committee (19 Ion 2022 to 27 Ion 2022)
• Member, Draft Online Safety Bill (Joint Committee) (21 Gor 2021 to 30 Mai 2024)
• Member, Work and Pensions Committee ( 2 Maw 2020 to 11 Med 2024)
• Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (27 Meh 2016 to 11 Maw 2018)
• Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions) (18 Med 2015 to 27 Meh 2016)
• Member, Work and Pensions Committee ( 8 Gor 2015 to 11 Med 2024)
• Member, Work and Pensions Committee (27 Meh 2011 to 11 Med 2024)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Phil Woolas

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Finance Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Child Support (Enforcement) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Ballot Secrecy Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill Committee (0 out of 2)
• Welfare Reform and Work Bill Committee (5 out of 11)
• Pension Schemes Bill Committee (6 out of 10)
• Care Bill Committee (12 out of 15)
• Public Service Pensions Bill Committee (5 out of 9)
• Health and Social Care Bill Committee (39 out of 40)

Ymddangosiadau diweddar

• Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Clause 1 - Standard allowance for tax years 2026-27 to 2029-30 9 Jul 2025

  I hope the hon. Member does not mind my intervening on him, but I want to pick up on the point he was making about people that come to this country and take benefits. Is he aware that during the pandemic, for example, people who have leave to remain were unable to avail themselves of any social security support as they do not have recourse to public funds, and that they were left absolutely...

• Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Clause 1 - Standard allowance for tax years 2026-27 to 2029-30 9 Jul 2025

  I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. I agree that we need a more compassionate system, but I also believe we need a system that is co-produced by the people who will actually be affected by a new assessment process. Yes, we need a system that is more compassionate, but I think that that will be built in by the people who co-produce the new assessment. I was a little...

• Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Clause 1 - Standard allowance for tax years 2026-27 to 2029-30 9 Jul 2025

  Let us be clear: this will apply to newly acquired conditions in particular. My argument is that by delaying the changes, we can ensure that people with a newly acquired disability or condition can receive treatment and care quickly by making sure that the NHS ramps up its treatment process. I do not think it is ideal, but it is a reasonable compromise, and I hope the Government will listen....

Mwy o ymddangosiadau diweddar Debbie Abrahams

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