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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

Place-based Employment Support Programmes

Westminster Hall debates

I thank you, Dr Murrison, for your exemplary chairing of the debate. I also thank hon. Members who have contributed to the debate. What has come through really clearly is that employment policy...

Place-based Employment Support Programmes

Westminster Hall debates

I agree wholeheartedly with my hon. Friend. Not only can we scale and roll out those programmes, but we can do peer-to-peer learning, so that the best of what works in one part of the country...

Place-based Employment Support Programmes

Westminster Hall debates

That pinpoints exactly why place-based schemes are so important. What is useful and necessary for my part of the country will not be useful elsewhere. That difference can have a positive impact...

Place-based Employment Support Programmes

Westminster Hall debates

Indeed. I promise Members that I did not give my hon. Friend advance sight of my speech, but I will be talking about JobsPlus in due course. It is an amazing system and an amazing scheme. I have...

Place-based Employment Support Programmes

Westminster Hall debates

That is one in a long line of things that place-based employment initiatives can do well, so I thank the hon. Member for his intervention. The Recruitment Junction, which works up in the...

Place-based Employment Support Programmes

Westminster Hall debates

I beg to move, That this House has considered place-based employment support programmes. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Dr Murrison. I am very pleased to have secured this...

State Retirement Pensions: Taxation

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

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of excluding the state pension as a form of taxable income.

Business of the House

Commons debates

I take this opportunity to commend the outstanding work of the team behind Coopers bar in Southport for all the work they do to support the grassroots music scene in the town. They are now...

Topical Questions

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Patrick Hurley made a speech in the House of Commons

As you will know, Mr Speaker, Southport is a lovely seaside resort and one of the nicest places to visit in the whole of the country, so what recent discussions has the Minister had with United...

Topical Questions

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Patrick Hurley made a speech in the House of Commons

If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.

Flood Preparedness

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Patrick Hurley made a speech in the House of Commons

Farmers in my constituency report that watercourses are not being sufficiently maintained, there is not enough investment in drainage infrastructure, and there is a limited ability to deal with...

Flood Preparedness

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Patrick Hurley made a speech in the House of Commons

What steps she has taken to help protect communities vulnerable to flooding.

Employment Schemes

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 assessment his Department have made on the potential impact of place-based employment support programmes such as JobsPlus in addressing...

Indefinite Leave to Remain - [Sir Edward Leigh in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Lewell. I want to keep this simple: the issue today is whether or not the Government should change the settlement rules for people who are...

Ivanhoe Line: Restoration

Westminster Hall debates

What my hon. Friend is talking about reminds me of an issue that affects my constituents. The line between Liverpool and Preston crosses the line between Southport and Manchester. Up until the...

Children in Poverty

Women and Equalities

Patrick Hurley made a speech in the House of Commons

Earlier this week, I visited the Bishop David Sheppard school in my constituency and saw at first hand the difference that breakfast clubs are making to children from disadvantaged backgrounds....

Children in Poverty

Women and Equalities

Patrick Hurley made a speech in the House of Commons

What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help reduce inequalities experienced by children in poverty.

Animal Rescue Centres - [Sir Alec Shelbrooke in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Alec, and I thank my hon. Friend the Member for North Ayrshire and Arran (Irene Campbell) for securing the debate. I pay tribute to the...

Youth Hubs

Work and Pensions

Patrick Hurley made a speech in the House of Commons

Will the Minister join me in recognising the work of the Big Onion, which provides skills training, employment support and related services in my Southport constituency? It has supported more...

Youth Hubs

Work and Pensions

Patrick Hurley made a speech in the House of Commons

What steps he is taking to support the roll-out of youth hubs.