In Parliament - Matt Rodda

Matt at work in parliament

Here is a log of all Matt’s interventions in the House of Commons. You can click a link to find out more about each

Withdrawal from Afghanistan: Joint Committee

Commons debates

It is a pleasure to follow my right hon. Friend the Member for North Durham (Mr Jones). I start by paying tribute to all those who served in Operation Pitting: the armed forces personnel who...

Withdrawal from Afghanistan: Joint Committee

Commons debates

There are 100 people with a connection to my seat in Reading who are still stuck in Afghanistan. My hon. Friend has spoken eloquently about the plight of these people, who urgently need our help....

Health and Social Care Levy Bill

Commons debates

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for giving way on that very good point. Does she agree that it is fundamentally unfair for hard-working younger people, who face dramatically increased costs of...

State Retirement Pensions: Uprating

Department for Work and Pensions

Matt Rodda received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish her Departments’ analysis supporting the decision to disregard average earnings increases when determining the next...

State Retirement Pensions: Uprating

Department for Work and Pensions

Matt Rodda received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department made of the potential merits of assessing underlying levels of wage growth in 2021-22 with the impact of...

Pensioners Living in Poverty

Work and Pensions

Matt Rodda made a speech in the House of Commons

People across this country work hard and contribute all their lives; they are right to expect the state pension to be there for them when they retire. Given that the Government have failed to pay...

Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles (Safeguarding and Road Safety) Bill

Commons debates

This is an important Bill and I thank the hon. Member for Darlington (Peter Gibson) for his work on it. I also thank Ministers and colleagues on the Opposition Benches who have also inputted...

Health and Social Care Levy

Commons debates

I am grateful to the hon. Lady for giving way on that excellent point. In my constituency in Reading, many of the same families will be affected; she is wise to point that out, and I reiterate...

Health and Social Care Levy

Commons debates

Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?

Afghanistan

Commons debates

I thank the hon. Lady for making that point, and I agree with her concern, which I share deeply. On the benefits of the 20 years of intervention, it is important to recognise—this has been...

Afghanistan

Commons debates

It is an honour to follow the hon. Member for Wrexham (Sarah Atherton). I echo her tribute to her four colleagues and, indeed, I will pay my own tribute to armed forces personnel later in my...

Merchant Shipping: Pensions

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Matt Rodda received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2021 to Question 18565 on the Merchant Navy Officers Pension Fund Scheme, if he will...

Merchant Shipping: Pensions

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Matt Rodda received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2021 to Question 18566, on Merchant Navy Officers Pension Fund Scheme, what estimate...

Khairi Saadallah

Ministry of Justice

Matt Rodda received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress the review has made on the handling and supervision of Khairi Saadallah.

Coronavirus: Vaccination

Department of Health and Social Care

Matt Rodda received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much (a) his Department and (b) the NHS has spent on (i) advertising using social media and other forms of information channels and...

Pensions: Free Zones

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Matt Rodda received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions his officials have had with successful applicants to run freeports on their ongoing pension liabilities.

Pensions: Free Zones

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Matt Rodda received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will carry out a review of the pension liabilities of firms selected to operate freeports; and if he will make a...

Pensions: Free Zones

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Matt Rodda received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what ongoing monitoring and evaluation processes he has put in place in respect of the (a) financial sustainability...

Pensions: Free Zones

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Matt Rodda received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what due diligence assessment was carried out on the pension liabilities of applicant firms as part of the Freeports...

Merchant Shipping: Pensions

Ministry of Defence

Matt Rodda received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 28 June 2021 to Question 18564 on Merchant Navy Officers Pension Fund, what estimate he has made of the projected average...