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Jennifer Craft
Jennifer Craft
LAB✓ Current MP
🏛️ Thurrock
📅 2024–2026
95 speeches on Hansard record
✅ Votes attended: 79.70% (#214 of 650 MPs)
🟢 Rebelled against party: 0.64%
📝 Topics: Dartford-Thurrock Crossing: Tolls, Powers of Attorney, Sign Language: Artificial Intelligence
🤝 Member of 3 All-Party Parliamentary Groups
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34 written answers on parliamentary record
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Cabinet Office
Cabinet Office: Sign Language 20 November 2025
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps (a) his Department and (b) its public bodies are taking to (i) develop and (ii) use artificial intelligence approaches to British Sign Language.
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Department for Business and Trade
Postal Services: Standards 16 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of Royal Mail's proposed Optimised Delivery Model.
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Postal Services: Universal Service Obligation 16 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with Royal Mail on reforming the Universal Service Obligation.
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Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Sign Language 24 November 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps (a) her Department and (b) its public bodies are taking to (i) develop and (ii) use artificial intelligence approaches to British Sign Language.
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Department for Education
Sign Language: Artificial Intelligence 23 February 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the answer of 2 December 2025 to question 91065, what tools have been or are being assessed to deliver Artificial Intelligence approaches to British Sign Language.
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Sign Language: Artificial Intelligence 23 January 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the answer of 2 December 2025 to question 91065, what engagement she has undertaken with BSL signers regarding Artificial Intelligence approaches to British Sign Language.
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Sign Language: Artificial Intelligence 23 January 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the answer of 2 December 2025 to question 91065, for what identified needs is she considering whether Artificial Intelligence approaches to British Sign Language might form a solution.
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Department for Education: Sign Language 24 November 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps (a) her Department and (b) its public bodies are taking to (i) develop and (ii) use artificial intelligence approaches to British Sign Language.
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Special Educational Needs: Transport 13 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that post-16 learners with SEND are able to access transport to education settings.
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Special Educational Needs: Transport 13 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the statutory framework for home-to-school transport for post-16 learners with SEND.
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Special Educational Needs: Speech and Language Disorders 20 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the availability of speech and language interventions in early years settings.
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Special Educational Needs: Breakfast Clubs 20 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help children with SEND to access breakfast clubs.
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Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Question 19 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to help protect children online.
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Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Sign Language 26 January 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November 2025 to Question 91062, what projects involving the use of AI to create accessible content with regards to British Sign Language have been approved at what level of funding by (a) UK…
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Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Sign Language 21 November 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps (a) her Department and (b) its public bodies are taking to (i) develop and (ii) utilise artificial intelligence approaches to British Sign Language.
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Question 10 September 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to reduce digital exclusion in Thurrock constituency.
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Department for Transport
Department for Transport: Sign Language 9 February 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 21 November 2025 to question 91075, how much has been spent on the display of (1) on-screen human interpreters and (2) artificial intelligence creations of British Sign Language at railway stations.
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Department for Transport: Sign Language 21 November 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps (a) her Department and (b) its public bodies are taking to (i) develop and (ii) use artificial intelligence approaches to British Sign Language.
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Dartford-Thurrock Crossing: Tolls 22 July 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 July 2025 to Question 65933 on Dartford-Thurrock Crossing: Tolls, what estimate she has made of the change in the level of car journeys on that crossing due to (a) the change in charges and (b) other factors for the years…
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Dartford-Thurrock Crossing: Tolls 22 July 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 July 2025 to Question 65933 on Dartford-Thurrock Crossing: Tolls, on what evidential basis her Department expects there to be fewer car journeys due to higher charges on that crossing.
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Dartford-Thurrock Crossing: Tolls 11 July 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 17 June 2025 on Dart Charge, HCWS708, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to the fare to cross Dartford Tunnel on levels of demand on that crossing.
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Department for Work and Pensions
Department for Work and Pensions: Sign Language 19 November 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps (a) his Department and (b) its public bodies are taking to (i) develop and (ii) use artificial intelligence approaches to British Sign Language.
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Department of Health and Social Care
Department of Health and Social Care: Sign Language 22 January 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 24 November 2025 to question 91186, what steps he will take to engage with BSL signers to assess the suitability of products which use Artificial Intelligence approaches to British Sign Language.
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Health Services and Social Services: British Sign Language Advisory Board 29 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made for the potential implications for his policies of the BSL Advisory Board report on Health and Social Care, published on 27 November 2025.
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NHS: Hearing Impairment 22 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure greater deaf awareness among frontline NHS staff.
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Department of Health and Social Care: Sign Language 24 November 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps (a) his department and (b) its sponsored bodies are taking to (i) develop and (ii) utilise Artificial Intelligence approaches to British Sign Language.
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Health Services: Disability 12 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to NHS services for disabled people.
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Health: Disability 12 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle health inequalities for disabled people.
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Home Office
Home Office: Sign Language 21 November 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps (a) her Department and (b) its public bodies are taking to (i) develop and (ii) use artificial intelligence approaches to British Sign Language.
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Ministry of Justice
Powers of Attorney 19 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to increase the powers of the Office of the Public Guardian to investigate abuse of lasting power of attorney.
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Powers of Attorney 19 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of safeguards in the lasting power of attorney process.
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Powers of Attorney 19 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to prevent financial abuse through the misuse of lasting power of attorney.
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Ministry of Justice: Sign Language 21 November 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps (a) his Department and (b) its public bodies are taking to (i) develop and (ii) use artificial intelligence approaches to British Sign Language.
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Treasury
Treasury: Sign Language 10 December 2025
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps (a) her Department and (b) its public bodies are taking to (i) develop and (ii) use artificial intelligence approaches to British Sign Language.
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