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Patrick Hurley – Southport’s first ever Labour MP

Patrick Hurley campaigning in Southport.

Patrick was elected Southport’s first ever Labour MP in the July 2024 General Election with a decisive majority of 5,789 votes.

Patrick has already been busy working in parliament and back here in Southport, listening to and helping residents. As of the end of January him and his team have worked on around 3,000 cases in the constituency.

Please visit his website – link below – for more details of his work, campaigns, petitions and how to get in touch:

https://patrickhurley.uk/

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Patrick in Parliament

Capital Gains Tax: Tax Allowances

Patrick Hurley received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has assessed the potential merits of introducing a Tax Relief scheme to allow Capital Gains Tax liabilities to be deferred where proceeds from...

Health Services: Staff

Department of Health and Social Care

Patrick Hurley received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of NHS trusts’ financial balance requirements on planned workforce reductions...

Manufacturing Industries: Capital Investment

Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade

Patrick Hurley received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what estimate he has made of the regional distribution of private equity and venture capital investment in manufacturing...

Manufacturing Industries: Capital Investment

Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade

Patrick Hurley received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what plans he has to expand the British Business Bank's support for investment funds specialising in manufacturing SMEs...

ADHD: Patient Choice Schemes

Department of Health and Social Care

Patrick Hurley received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of restrictions or pauses in Integrated Care Board funding for ADHD assessments...

Theatre: Tax Allowances

Patrick Hurley received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of (a) extending Theatre Tax Relief to include the costs of moving productions between UK venues, (b)...

Business of the House

Commons debates

I add my voice to the bid from my hon. Friend the Member for Blackpool South (Chris Webb) for Blackpool to become city of culture, but we must not forget towns of culture. In that spirit, I take...

Topical Questions

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Patrick Hurley made a speech in the House of Commons

Flooding has caused damage to farmland in my constituency this year, affecting crop yields and threatening food security. The National Farmers’ Union understands that the statutory...

Nepal: Development Aid

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Patrick Hurley received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of reductions in development assistance to Nepal on (a)...

Economic Growth

Business, Innovation, Science and Trade

Patrick Hurley made a speech in the House of Commons

I welcome the GDP figures that have been published this morning, but if we are serious about growth, we need to ramp up our manufacturing capacity and ensure that GDP growth is matched with jobs...

Economic Growth

Business, Innovation, Science and Trade

Patrick Hurley made a speech in the House of Commons

What steps his Department is taking to help increase economic growth.

Energy Costs for Businesses

Energy Security and Net Zero

Patrick Hurley made a speech in the House of Commons

I have been investigating the extraordinary differences in domestic electricity standing charges in regions of the country, and I am increasingly concerned that the same underlying network...

Energy Costs for Businesses

Energy Security and Net Zero

Patrick Hurley made a speech in the House of Commons

What steps she is taking with the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade to help reduce energy costs for businesses.

NHS: Occupational Health

Department of Health and Social Care

Patrick Hurley received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of (a) employer-provided health cash plans and (b) other...

Work Experience: Young People

Department for Work and Pensions

Patrick Hurley received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support is available to help young people develop confidence, resilience, leadership skills and work experience during the period between...

Mutual Societies

Patrick Hurley received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to increase the contribution of financial mutuals.

Mutual Societies

Patrick Hurley received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential challenges faced by financial mutuals seeking to raise external capital while retaining...

Mutual Societies

Patrick Hurley received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of financial mutuals on (a) regional economic growth and (b) the proportion of businesses...

Stamp Duty Land Tax

Patrick Hurley received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of reforming Stamp Duty Land Tax.

Rough Sleeping

Housing, Communities and Local Government

Patrick Hurley made a speech in the House of Commons

Light for Life, a homelessness charity in Southport, tells me that some of the rough sleepers with the most complex needs are precisely the people least able to navigate the bureaucracy...