About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Apsana Begum) represents you, and all of the people who live in Poplar and Limehouse, 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.

What you can do

• Find out more about your MP, including their voting summary and recent speeches.
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• Find out more about Poplar and Limehouse on the Local Intelligence Hub.

Proffil

Annibynnol MP ar gyfer Poplar and Limehouse

Aeth i mewn i'r Tŷ'r Cyffredin ar 13 Rhagfyr 2019 — Etholiad cyffredinol

Party was Llafur until 24 Gor 2024

Cyfryngau Cymdeithasol

• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Themau o ddiddordeb

• Department of Health and Social Care
• Ministry of Housing
• Communities and Local Government
• Home Office
• Department for Work and Pensions
• Foreign
• Commonwealth and Development Office
• Property Development: Isle of Dogs
• Coronavirus: Vaccination
• Coronavirus: Screening
• Arms Trade: Israel
• Ministry of Justice: Interpreters

Swyddogaethau eraill yn y gorffennol

• Member, Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation Bill Committee ( 1 Mai 2024 to 8 Mai 2024)
• Member, Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill Committee ( 3 Tach 2021 to 18 Tach 2021)
• Member, Education Committee ( 2 Maw 2020 to 30 Ebr 2024)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Jim Fitzpatrick

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill Committee (6 out of 6)

Ymddangosiadau diweddar

• Written Answers — Department for Work and Pensions: Personal Independence Payment and Universal Credit: Domestic Abuse 8 May 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the proposed cut to (a) the Universal Credit health element and (b) PIP on survivors of domestic abuse.

• Written Answers — Department for Work and Pensions: Social Security Benefits: Children 7 May 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the two child limit on survivors of domestic abuse.

• Written Answers — Department for Work and Pensions: Social Security Benefits 7 May 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for her policies of the report by Amnesty International entitled Social Insecurity Report, published on 25 April 2025.

Mwy o ymddangosiadau diweddar Apsana Begum