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VOTING RECORD

  • 15 Sep 2025

    Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 121

    Result:   Motion Passed

    316 Ayes
    161 Noes

    Voted in favour
  • 15 Sep 2025

    Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 62

    Result:   Motion Passed

    330 Ayes
    161 Noes

    Voted in favour
  • 15 Sep 2025

    Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 61

    Result:   Motion Passed

    330 Ayes
    161 Noes

    Voted in favour
  • 15 Sep 2025

    Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 60

    Result:   Motion Passed

    318 Ayes
    170 Noes

    Voted in favour
  • 15 Sep 2025

    Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 49

    Result:   Motion Passed

    332 Ayes
    160 Noes

    Voted in favour
  • 15 Sep 2025

    Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 48

    Result:   Motion Passed

    328 Ayes
    160 Noes

    Voted in favour
  • 15 Sep 2025

    Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 47

    Result:   Motion Passed

    327 Ayes
    164 Noes

    Voted in favour
  • 15 Sep 2025

    Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 46

    Result:   Motion Passed

    314 Ayes
    178 Noes

    Voted in favour
  • 15 Sep 2025

    Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 23

    Result:   Motion Passed

    329 Ayes
    163 Noes

    Voted in favour
  • 15 Sep 2025

    Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 8

    Result:   Motion Passed

    316 Ayes
    172 Noes

    Voted in favour
  • 15 Sep 2025

    Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 7

    Result:   Motion Passed

    330 Ayes
    158 Noes

    Voted in favour
  • 15 Sep 2025

    Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1

    Result:   Motion Passed

    326 Ayes
    160 Noes

    Voted in favour
  • 09 Sep 2025

    Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: Second Reading

    Result:   Motion Passed

    330 Ayes
    179 Noes

    Voted in favour
  • 09 Sep 2025

    Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: Reasoned Amendment

    Result:   Motion Failed

    116
    333 Noes

    Voted against
  • 08 Sep 2025

    Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 64

    Result:   Motion Passed

    335 Ayes
    160 Noes

    Voted in favour
  • 08 Sep 2025

    Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 53

    Result:   Motion Passed

    401 Ayes
    96

    Voted in favour
  • 08 Sep 2025

    Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 39

    Result:   Motion Passed

    325 Ayes
    171 Noes

    Voted in favour
  • 08 Sep 2025

    Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26

    Result:   Motion Passed

    404 Ayes
    98

    Voted in favour
  • 08 Sep 2025

    Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 19

    Result:   Motion Passed

    336 Ayes
    158 Noes

    Voted in favour
  • 08 Sep 2025

    Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 18

    Result:   Motion Passed

    402 Ayes
    97

    Voted in favour

QUESTIONS

  • 04 Sep 2025
    Health Services: Catering
    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to review approaches to improve the integration of (a) nutritional science and (b) dietetic services into standard patient care pathways for (i) recovery, (ii) managing
    Response from Ashley Dalton MP (Health and Social Care)
    The Department currently has no plans to review approaches for integrating nutritional and dietetic services into standard patient care pathways. However, NHS England’s Nursing Directorate is reviewing and refreshing the National Nutrition and Hydration g... [Read More]
  • 02 Sep 2025
    Roads: Noise
    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to roll out noise detection cameras on roads.
    Response from Simon Lightwood MP (Transport)
    The Department for Transport conducted roadside trials of noise camera technology between October 2022 and February 2023. Reports of these trials, including detailed assessment of the technology’s performance and potential merits, were published on 17 Mar... [Read More]
  • 29 Aug 2025
    Telecommunications: Prices
    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking with regulators to help tackle (a) the use of inflation linked price rises in consumer communications contracts and (b) the advertising of VAT exclusive prices.
    Response from Kate Dearden MP (Business and Trade)
    Ofcom, the independent regulator of telecommunications, has banned inflation-linked in-contract price rises. Since 17 January 2025, all retail telecom providers have been required to set out clearly ‘in pounds and pence’ the price the consumer will pay at... [Read More]
  • 04 Sep 2025
    Health Services: Catering
    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve catering policies in health services to ensure are they are (a) patient-centred and (b) nutritious.
    Response from Karin Smyth MP (Health and Social Care)
    Access to good quality, nutritious and attractively presented hospital food can improve patient morale and contribute to recovery.All National Health Service trusts are expected to follow the NHS National Standards for Healthcare Food and Drink. There are... [Read More]
  • 02 Sep 2025
    Motor Vehicles: Taxation
    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department plans to review proposals to tax pickup trucks as personal vehicles.
    Response from Dan Tomlinson MP (Treasury)
    Double Cab Pick Up vehicles (DCPUs) have in the past been treated as goods vehicles for tax purposes, rather than cars. Following a judgement by the Court of Appeal, DCPUs must be treated as cars, rather than goods vehicles, for certain tax purposes, base... [Read More]
  • 02 Sep 2025
    Motor Vehicles: Taxation
    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department plans to reintroduce measures to increase tax on higher polluting vehicles.
    Response from Dan Tomlinson MP (Treasury)
    Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) is a tax on vehicles used or kept on public roads. As announced by the Government at Autumn Statement 2022, from April 2025, zero emission and hybrid cars, vans and motorcycles will begin to pay VED in a similar way to petrol and... [Read More]
  • 29 Aug 2025
    Barbecues: Public Places
    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the risks of using (a) disposable and (b) portable barbecues in public places.
    Response from Mary Creagh MP (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
    This Government has not made an assessment of the risks of using disposable and portable barbecues in public places. Research published under the previous Government considered the risks posed by disposable barbecues. This is available at: Sky Lanterns, S... [Read More]
  • 02 Sep 2025
    Motor Vehicles: Testing
    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to standardise the measure of vehicle sound testing in MOTs.
    Response from Simon Lightwood MP (Transport)
    Excessive exhaust noise is currently tested with a subjective assessment at the MOT in which the tester can fail the vehicle if they believe it is producing excessive noise for the vehicle model. The MOT standard for exhaust noise requires that the noise ... [Read More]
  • 29 Aug 2025
    Hospitals: Food
    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that hospital patients with specific (a) dietary and (b) nutritional needs receive appropriate meals during their recovery.
    Response from Karin Smyth MP (Health and Social Care)
    Access to good quality, nutritious and attractively presented hospital food can improve patient morale and contribute to their recovery.All NHS Trusts are expected to follow the NHS National Standards for Healthcare Food and Drink. There are eight mandato... [Read More]
  • 29 Aug 2025
    Exploitation: Children in Care
    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help protect young people in care from (a) grooming gangs, (b) exploitation and (c) other forms of criminal activity.
    Response from Jess Phillips MP (Home Office)
    The Government is committed to protecting children and young people from all forms of abuse and exploitation, including child sexual exploitation and ‘grooming gangs’, alongside other forms of exploitation and criminal activity.In June 2025, the Governmen... [Read More]
  • 29 Aug 2025
    Driving: Safety
    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle the safety risks of in-car devices that can distract drivers.
    Response from Simon Lightwood MP (Transport)
    All vehicles used on the road in Great Britain are subject to the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986, as amended (C&U). Regulation 109 of C&U only permits drivers to view information related to the state of the vehicle or its eq... [Read More]
  • 29 Aug 2025
    Carer's Allowance
    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has considered making a carers allowance supplement payment available to carers in England.
    Response from Rt Hon Sir Stephen Timms MP (Work and Pensions)
    The Scottish Government uses its powers under devolution to pay some unpaid carers who live in Scotland, regardless of their means, an extra amount through the twice-yearly payments of a Carer’s Allowance Supplement. This Government is continuing with a d... [Read More]
  • 29 Aug 2025
    Obesity: Children
    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of using Body Mass Index as a way of measuring childhood obesity through the National Child Measurement Programme.
    Response from Ashley Dalton MP (Health and Social Care)
    In January 2025, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) reviewed evidence and assessed the most accurate methods for identifying childhood obesity and thresholds for predicting the risk associated with overweight and obesity. They re... [Read More]
  • 29 Aug 2025
    Blue Badge Scheme: Older People
    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make it her policy to remove the requirement to reapply for a Blue Badge for people over the age of 80.
    Response from Lilian Greenwood MP (Transport)
    Blue Badge holders generally must reapply for a Blue Badge every three years; this gives local authorities the opportunity to ensure that they continue to meet the criteria which make them eligible for a badge. It also helps ensure that the details local ... [Read More]
  • 14 Jul 2025
    Artificial Intelligence: Labelling
    To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department plans to mandate the use of AI labelling tools to differentiate between real and synthetic content.
    Response from Feryal Clark MP (Science, Innovation and Technology)
    The Government recognises that solutions to enable users and institutions to determine what media is real and what is AI-generated can help in tackling a range of AI risks, and are examining the robustness of a range of such solutions in this space.The Go... [Read More]
  • 08 Jul 2025
    Proscribed Organisations
    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to prevent the sale or promotion of merchandise linked to (a) the Wagner Group and (b) other proscribed terrorist organisations on (i) UK-based and (ii) UK-accessib
    Response from Dan Jarvis MP (Home Office)
    It is a matter for the operationally independent police and Crown Prosecution Service to determine if a crime has been committed under Sections 11-13 of the Terrorism Act 2000 (TACT), and what action should be taken in response.Under the Online Safety Act... [Read More]
  • 07 Jul 2025
    Dentistry: Migrant Workers
    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to accelerate the registration process for overseas-trained dentists to help extend the provision of NHS dental care.
    Response from Stephen Kinnock MP (Health and Social Care)
    I have asked the General Dental Council (GDC) to urgently develop an action plan of concrete measures to reduce the GDC’s Overseas Registration Exam (ORE) waiting list, and I will be regularly meeting with them to monitor progress.I have welcomed the addi... [Read More]
  • 01 Jul 2025
    Inheritance Tax
    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will provide an update on when HM Revenue & Customs will restart processing IHT30 clearance requests.
    Response from James Murray MP (Treasury)
    HMRC have not stopped processing IHT30 clearance requests. HMRC have prioritised the processing of IHT400 forms to minimise any delays for customers applying for probate through HM Courts & Tribunals Service, and this has meant that some IHT30 request... [Read More]
  • 23 Jun 2025
    Leave: Adenomyosis and Endometriosis
    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department plans to introduce a statutory right to paid menstrual health leave for individuals suffering from (a) endometriosis and (b) adenomyosis.
    Response from Justin Madders MP (Business and Trade)
    The Government has set out its immediate priorities for reforming employment law in the Plan to Make Work Pay. The Plan includes a number of measures which may help people manage endometriosis and adenomyosis at work - including making sure people can ben... [Read More]
  • 09 Jun 2025
    Tourism: Equality
    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Equality and Human Rights Commission's revised code of practice for services, public functions and associations on the tourism i
    Response from Chris Bryant MP (Culture, Media and Sport)
    We welcome the clarity that the revised code of practice brings to service providers on navigating the implications of the Supreme Court ruling. While there is no current assessment of the potential impact of the revised code of practice on the tourism in... [Read More]

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