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Voting Record

  • 22 Apr 2026

    Crime and Policing Bill: Government motion in relation to LA439

    Result:   Motion Passed

    253 Ayes
    143 Noes

    Voted in favour
  • 22 Apr 2026

    Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Govt Motion to insist on Amdt 38J and disagree with Amdts 38V to 38X

    Result:   Motion Passed

    260 Ayes
    161 Noes

    Voted in favour
  • 22 Apr 2026

    Pensions Schemes Bill: Govt motion relating to Lords Reason 88D

    Result:   Motion Passed

    272 Ayes
    149 Noes

    Voted in favour
  • 22 Apr 2026

    Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026

    Result:   Motion Passed

    380 Ayes
    7

    Voted in favour
  • 21 Apr 2026

    English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Government motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98

    Result:   Motion Passed

    287 Ayes
    150 Noes

    Voted in favour
  • 21 Apr 2026

    English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Government motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 41

    Result:   Motion Passed

    284 Ayes
    149 Noes

    Voted in favour
  • 21 Apr 2026

    English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Government motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 37

    Result:   Motion Passed

    291 Ayes
    144 Noes

    Voted in favour
  • 21 Apr 2026

    English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Government motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 36

    Result:   Motion Passed

    288 Ayes
    147 Noes

    Voted in favour
  • 21 Apr 2026

    English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Government motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 26

    Result:   Motion Passed

    287 Ayes
    149 Noes

    Voted in favour
  • 21 Apr 2026

    English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Government motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 13

    Result:   Motion Passed

    297 Ayes
    147 Noes

    Voted in favour
  • 21 Apr 2026

    English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Government motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 4

    Result:   Motion Passed

    298 Ayes
    152 Noes

    Voted in favour
  • 21 Apr 2026

    English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Government motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2

    Result:   Motion Passed

    293 Ayes
    155 Noes

    Voted in favour
  • 20 Apr 2026

    Crime and Policing Bill: Motion relating Lords Reasons 359B and 439B

    Result:   Motion Passed

    292 Ayes
    158 Noes

    Voted in favour
  • 20 Apr 2026

    Crime and Policing Bill: Motion relating to Lords Reason 342B

    Result:   Motion Passed

    294 Ayes
    61

    Voted in favour
  • 20 Apr 2026

    Crime and Policing Bill: Motion relating to Lords Reason 11B

    Result:   Motion Passed

    294 Ayes
    156 Noes

    Voted in favour
  • 20 Apr 2026

    Crime and Policing Bill: Motion relating to Lords Amendments 2D and 2E

    Result:   Motion Passed

    293 Ayes
    159 Noes

    Voted in favour
  • 15 Apr 2026

    Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 77

    Result:   Motion Passed

    271 Ayes
    95

    Voted in favour
  • 15 Apr 2026

    Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 43

    Result:   Motion Passed

    273 Ayes
    159 Noes

    Voted in favour
  • 15 Apr 2026

    Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 35

    Result:   Motion Passed

    275 Ayes
    159 Noes

    Voted in favour
  • 15 Apr 2026

    Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26

    Result:   Motion Passed

    269 Ayes
    162 Noes

    Voted in favour

Questions

  • 27 Feb 2026
    Internet: Age Assurance
    To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what comparative assessment her Department has made of (a) service-by-service age verification and (b) device, app store, or operating system level age assurance, in terms of consistenc
    Response from Kanishka Narayan MP (Science, Innovation and Technology)
    Ofcom considers age assurance to be highly effective when it meets particular criteria for technical accuracy, robustness, reliability and fairness, and has set out guidance on which methods meet that criteria. Ofcom will publish reports on age assurance ... [Read More]
  • 27 Feb 2026
    Internet: Children
    To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department plans to incorporate Ofcom’s findings on the role of app stores in protecting children from harmful content into the Government’s consultation on children’s use o
    Response from Kanishka Narayan MP (Science, Innovation and Technology)
    The Department engages regularly with Ofcom on implementation of the Online Safety Act, including Ofcom’s statutory report on the use of app stores by children due to be published in January 2027. The Government has ensured Ofcom is sufficiently resourced... [Read More]
  • 27 Feb 2026
    Internet: Children
    To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department has had recent discussions with Ofcom on the (a) timetable and (b) resourcing for its work on the role of app stores in children’s access to harmful content.
    Response from Kanishka Narayan MP (Science, Innovation and Technology)
    The Department engages regularly with Ofcom on implementation of the Online Safety Act, including Ofcom’s statutory report on the use of app stores by children due to be published in January 2027. The Government has ensured Ofcom is sufficiently resourced... [Read More]
  • 09 Feb 2026
    High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention
    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what data his Department holds on the average time taken to complete cladding remediation works on residential buildings of approximately 20 to 25 storeys; what evidence underpin
    Response from Samantha Dixon MP (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
    The Department’s data collection is focussed on height thresholds as this is the current determinant of programme eligibility. We expect buildings of 20 to 25 storeys to make up a very small proportion of those requiring remediation. Based on the reported... [Read More]
  • 12 Feb 2026
    Young Futures Hubs
    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress she has made on the provision of Young Futures Hubs.
    Response from Stephanie Peacock MP (Culture, Media and Sport)
    This Government is dedicated to improving the lives of young people; that is why we launched the National Youth Strategy and the Young Futures Hubs programme - to ensure they have safe spaces to go and meaningful things to do. Our eight early adopter area... [Read More]
  • 09 Feb 2026
    Inland Waterways: Pollution Control
    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of local councils in exercising their statutory enforcement powers to protect local waterways from pollution; and whether her D
    Response from Emma Hardy MP (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
    Local authorities do hold limited enforcement responsibilities, primarily through Environmental Health functions, for example, under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010 in relation to certain industrial processes, and powers ... [Read More]
  • 03 Feb 2026
    Knives: Crime
    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made on tackling knife crime.
    Response from Sarah Jones MP (Home Office)
    We have set an ambitious but essential target: to halve knife crime over this decade. We are already seeing results. Knife crime is falling.Since the start of this Parliament, knife crime has fallen by 8% and knife homicides are down by 27%.We have banned... [Read More]
  • 24 Nov 2025
    Temporary Accommodation: Housing Benefit
    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the amount of the Housing Benefit subsidy for temporary accommodation cases being less than Local Housing Allowance rates on the quality of tempora
    Response from Rt Hon Sir Stephen Timms MP (Work and Pensions)
    DWP pays local authorities a Housing Benefit subsidy for Temporary Accommodation cases. There are restrictions on the amount paid, including a subsidy cap which is the lowest of £500 per week in certain areas of London or £375 elsewhere, 90% of 2011 LHA r... [Read More]
  • 21 Jul 2025
    Supported Housing
    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the supply of supported housing meets future demand.
    Response from Matthew Pennycook MP (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
    At the Spending Review, we announced £39 billion for a new Social and Affordable Homes Programme over 10 years from 2026-27 to 2035-36. The programme will not set numerical targets for particular types of homes other than Social Rent. However, it is desig... [Read More]
  • 21 Jul 2025
    Homelessness and Supported Housing
    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to help support (a) homeless services and (b) supported housing providers with their finances.
    Response from Matthew Pennycook MP (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
    The government has increased funding for homelessness services by £233 million in 2025/26 to a total of £1 billion to prevent rises in the number of households in temporary accommodation and to help prevent rough sleeping. This includes £185.6 million thr... [Read More]
  • 30 Jun 2025
    Personal Independence Payment
    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June 2025 to Question 61354 on Personal Independence Payment, if she will set out the methodology used to estimate the number of claimants who would be subject to the benefi
    Response from Rt Hon Sir Stephen Timms MP (Work and Pensions)
    As I made clear in my statement to the House, Hansard, 1 July, col 219, any changes to PIP eligibility will come after a comprehensive review of the benefit, which I am leading, and which will be co-produced with disabled people, the organisations that re... [Read More]
  • 19 Jun 2025
    Personal Independence Payment
    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the potential impact of her Department's proposed changes to the PIP eligibility criteria on the number of people subject to the benefits cap (a) nationally and (b) in Croy
    Response from Rt Hon Sir Stephen Timms MP (Work and Pensions)
    We estimate that in 2029/30, for those affected by the proposed changes to the PIP eligibility criteria, 1,200 claimants will be also subject to the benefit cap. This estimate assumes that people potentially subject to the benefit cap are no more, and no ... [Read More]
  • 22 May 2025
    Immigration Controls: Age Assurance
    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of assessments undertaken by the National Age Assessment Board that were subject to a legal challenge in (a) 2023 and (b) 2024; and how many and wha
    Response from Dame Angela Eagle MP (Home Office)
    The number of age assessments undertaken by the National Age Assessment Board that were subject to a legal challenge was 22 in total (1 in 2023 and 21 in 2024).20 of the 22 age assessments decisions were successfully defended (91%).
  • 22 May 2025
    Domestic Abuse: Children and Young People
    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that schools provide (a) children and (b) young people with information on support available for victims of domestic abuse.
    Response from Janet Daby MP (Education)
    ‘Keeping children safe in education’ (KCSIE), our statutory safeguarding guidance for schools and colleges, is clear that all staff should be aware of and provide support to children and young people who might be victims of domestic abuse. KCSIE provides ... [Read More]
  • 22 May 2025
    Social Services: Children
    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made a comparative assessment of the cost to the public purse of (a) increasing funding for early interventions and (b) conducting late-stage interventions in children’s social care.
    Response from Janet Daby MP (Education)
    This government recognises that early intervention improves outcomes and reduces overall public spending.In the 2023/24 financial year, local authorities’ gross expenditure on children and young people's services was £14.8 billion, a 12% increase in cash ... [Read More]
  • 22 May 2025
    Social Services: Children
    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of reductions in early intervention funding on levels of demand for (a) child protection services and (b) care placements.
    Response from Janet Daby MP (Education)
    This government recognises that early intervention improves outcomes and reduces overall public spending.In the 2023/24 financial year, local authorities’ gross expenditure on children and young people's services was £14.8 billion, a 12% increase in cash ... [Read More]
  • 30 May 2025
    National Age Assessment Board
    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the level of independence of the National Age Assessment Board.
    Response from Dame Angela Eagle MP (Home Office)
    The introduction of the National Age Assessment Board (NAAB) in March 2023, a decision-making body comprising of social workers who can conduct Merton age assessments on behalf of local authorities, offers significant improvements to our processes for ass... [Read More]
  • 22 May 2025
    Childcare: Free School Meals
    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure that two-year-olds in Government-funded childcare places receive free school meals in (a) private and (b) school nurseries.
    Response from Stephen Morgan MP (Education)
    Under current programmes, 2.1 million disadvantaged pupils are registered to receive benefits-based free school meals (FSM). This includes pupils attending a local authority maintained, academy or free school nursery who are entitled to FSM, as long as th... [Read More]
  • 16 May 2025
    Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients
    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help protect patients who have been sectioned under the Mental Health Act 1983.
    Response from Stephen Kinnock MP (Health and Social Care)
    The Mental Health Bill, which has now passed from the House of Lords to the House of Commons, will give patients greater choice, autonomy, enhanced rights, and support, and will ensure that everyone is treated with dignity and respect throughout treatment... [Read More]
  • 08 May 2025
    Veterans: Croydon
    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how Operation VALOUR will support (a) veterans in Croydon East constituency and (b) the creation of a new veterans hub in Croydon.
    Response from Rt Hon Maria Eagle MP (Defence)
    I refer the hon. Member to the answer the Minister for Veterans and People gave on 12 May to Questions 50185, 50186, 50187, 50189, 50190, and 50191 to the hon. Member for South Suffolk (Mr Cartlidge), and Question 50424 to the hon. Member for Spelthorne (... [Read More]
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