About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Steve Darling) represents you, and all of the people who live in Torbay, 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

Democratiaid Rhyddfrydol MP ar gyfer Torbay

Aeth i mewn i'r Tŷ'r Cyffredin ar 5 Gorffennaf 2024 — Etholiad cyffredinol

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Themau o ddiddordeb

• Department for Work and Pensions
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Department for Environment
• Food and Rural Affairs
• Treasury
• Ministry of Housing
• Communities and Local Government
• Pension Credit
• State Retirement Pensions: Women
• Fisheries: Finance
• Home Education
• Fisheries

Swyddogaethau cyfredol

• Member, Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Committee (since 12 Chw 2025)
• Member, Work and Pensions Committee (since 28 Hyd 2024)
• Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Work and Pensions) (since 18 Med 2024)

Swyddogaethau eraill yn y gorffennol

• Member, Employment Rights Bill Committee (13 Tach 2024 to 16 Ion 2025)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Kevin Foster
• Adrian Sanders
• Rupert Allason
• Frederic Bennett

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Employment Rights Bill Committee (17 out of 21)
• Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Committee (4 out of 6)
• Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Committee (3 out of 4)
• Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)

Ymddangosiadau diweddar

• Winter Fuel Payment 19 Mar 2025

  I am sure the Minister almost opposite me felt that it was a brave decision by the Conservatives on my right—in fact, from the noises off during the speech of their spokeslady, the hon. Member for Faversham and Mid Kent (Helen Whately), it may even have been a bit quackers—to choose this topic for a debate. As the Minister highlighted, pensioner poverty increased under the watch of the...

• Winter Fuel Payment 19 Mar 2025

  My hon. Friend is spot on. In fact, we Liberal Democrats feel that the winter fuel allowance must be reintroduced across the board. The Liberal Democrats want the introduction of a social tariff that supports pensioners in poverty and pensioners on benefits. We also want to ensure that the whole United Kingdom has a home insulation scheme that gets people warmer in their homes, tackles...

• National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Clause 1 - Rate of secondary Class 1 contributions 19 Mar 2025

  Rowcroft hospice in my constituency is impacted greatly by the Bill, as is Bay Care, an excellent social care provider. Both those organisations are having to make challenging and difficult decisions about how many people they can employ and how they can support people in their communities. Does my hon. Friend share my fear that this will result in the shunting of costs on to our core NHS...

Mwy o ymddangosiadau diweddar Steve Darling

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