About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Cat Smith) represents you, and all of the people who live in Lancaster and Wyre, 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 Lancaster and Wyre

Aeth i mewn i'r Tŷ'r Cyffredin ar 8 Mai 2015 — Etholiad cyffredinol

Also represented Lancaster and Fleetwood

• Wikipedia page

Cyfryngau Cymdeithasol

• @catsmithmp.bsky.social
• @CatSmithMP
• Facebook
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Themau o ddiddordeb

Cat Smith campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Cabinet Office
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Department for Digital
• Culture
• Media and Sport
• Department for Education
• Department for Work and Pensions
• Elections: Proof of Identity
• Electoral Register
• Local Government: Elections
• Voluntary Work: Young People
• Prescription Drugs

Swyddogaethau cyfredol

• Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) (since 4 Rha 2024)
• Chair, Procedure Committee (since 11 Med 2024)
• Chair, Procedure Committee (since 11 Med 2024)

Swyddogaethau eraill yn y gorffennol

• Member, Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief Bill (Formerly known as International Freedom of Religion or Belief Bill) Committee (17 Ebr 2024 to 24 Ebr 2024)
• Member, Zoological Society of London (Leases) Bill Committee (21 Chw 2024 to 28 Chw 2024)
• Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) (18 Hyd 2023 to 30 Mai 2024)
• Chair, Petitions Committee (18 Hyd 2023 to 30 Mai 2024)
• Chair, Petitions Committee (18 Hyd 2023 to 30 Mai 2024)
• Member, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (19 Meh 2023 to 30 Mai 2024)
• Member, Environmental Audit Sub-Committee on Polar Research (22 Maw 2023 to 7 Chw 2024)
• Member, Environmental Audit Committee ( 7 Maw 2023 to 30 Mai 2024)
• Member, Ballot Secrecy Bill [HL] Committee ( 1 Maw 2023 to 7 Maw 2023)
• Member, Offenders (Day of Release from Detention) Bill Committee ( 1 Chw 2023 to 8 Chw 2023)
• Member, Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Bill Committee (26 Hyd 2022 to 2 Tach 2022)
• Member, Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Bill Committee (20 Gor 2022 to 7 Med 2022)
• Member, Elections Bill Committee (15 Med 2021 to 26 Hyd 2021)
• Member, Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission (11 Mai 2020 to 30 Mai 2024)
• Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons (20 Rha 2016 to 19 Gor 2017)
• Shadow Minister for Young People and Voter Engagement (27 Meh 2016 to 29 Tach 2021)
• Junior Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities (18 Med 2015 to 27 Meh 2016)
• Member, Women and Equalities Committee ( 6 Gor 2015 to 26 Hyd 2015)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Ben Wallace
• Hilton Dawson

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• International Freedom of Religion or Belief Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Zoological Society of London (Leases) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Offenders (Day of Release from Detention) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Ballot Secrecy Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Elections Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
• Parliamentary Constituencies Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• Fisheries Bill Committee (5 out of 6)
• Parliamentary Constituencies (Amendment) Bill Committee (4 out of 32)

Ymddangosiadau diweddar

• Written Answers — Department of Health and Social Care: Pregnancy: Sodium Valproate 20 Jun 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if (a) he and (b) the Minister for Public Health and Prevention will meet the hon. Member for Lancaster and Wyre to discuss further safety issues to prevent avoidable harm from Sodium Valproate in pregnancy.

• Written Answers — Department for Work and Pensions: Department for Work and Pensions: Flexible Working 10 Jun 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make assessment of the potential merits of flexible working in her Department.

• Written Answers — Department for Work and Pensions: Department for Work and Pensions: Remote Working 10 Jun 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the announcement of 60% office-based attendance on staff wellbeing in her Department.

Mwy o ymddangosiadau diweddar Cat Smith

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