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  • 03 Dec 2025

    Pension Schemes Bill: Amendment 15

    Result:   Motion Failed

    154 Ayes
    303 Noes

    Voted against
  • 03 Dec 2025

    Pension Schemes Bill: Amendment 16

    Result:   Motion Failed

    143 Ayes
    304 Noes

    Voted against
  • 03 Dec 2025

    Pension Schemes Bill: New Clause 26

    Result:   Motion Failed

    77
    298 Noes

    Voted against
  • 03 Dec 2025

    Pension Schemes Bill: New Clause 3

    Result:   Motion Failed

    87
    299 Noes

    Voted against
  • 02 Dec 2025

    Budget Resolution No. 64: Rates of alcohol duty

    Result:   Motion Passed

    357 Ayes
    174 Noes

    Voted in favour
  • 02 Dec 2025

    Budget Resolution No. 51: Inheritance tax (pension interests)

    Result:   Motion Passed

    364 Ayes
    167 Noes

    Voted in favour
  • 02 Dec 2025

    Budget Resolution No. 50: Inheritance tax (limiting agricultural and business property reliefs etc)

    Result:   Motion Passed

    327 Ayes
    182 Noes

    Voted in favour
  • 02 Dec 2025

    Budget Resolution No. 28: Capital gains tax (employee-ownership trusts)

    Result:   Motion Passed

    362 Ayes
    164 Noes

    Voted in favour
  • 02 Dec 2025

    Budget Resolution No. 9: Basic rate limit and personal allowance for tax years 2028-29 to 2030-31

    Result:   Motion Passed

    348 Ayes
    176 Noes

    Voted in favour
  • 02 Dec 2025

    Budget Resolution No. 5: Income tax (savings rate for future years)

    Result:   Motion Passed

    369 Ayes
    166 Noes

    Voted in favour
  • 02 Dec 2025

    Budget Resolution No. 4: Income tax (dividend rates)

    Result:   Motion Passed

    371 Ayes
    166 Noes

    Voted in favour
  • 25 Nov 2025

    English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Third Reading

    Result:   Motion Passed

    322 Ayes
    179 Noes

    Voted in favour
  • 25 Nov 2025

    English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 80

    Result:   Motion Failed

    187 Ayes
    320 Noes

    Voted against
  • 25 Nov 2025

    English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 69

    Result:   Motion Failed

    189 Ayes
    320 Noes

    Voted against
  • 25 Nov 2025

    English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 17

    Result:   Motion Failed

    87
    321 Noes

    Voted against
  • 24 Nov 2025

    English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: Amendment 25

    Result:   Motion Failed

    99
    367 Noes

    Voted against
  • 24 Nov 2025

    English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: Amendment 85

    Result:   Motion Failed

    57
    309 Noes

    Voted against
  • 24 Nov 2025

    English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29

    Result:   Motion Failed

    74
    311 Noes

    Voted against
  • 24 Nov 2025

    English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 2

    Result:   Motion Failed

    158 Ayes
    318 Noes

    Voted against
  • 19 Nov 2025

    Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37

    Result:   Motion Passed

    326 Ayes
    92

    Voted in favour

Questions

  • 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]
  • 28 Apr 2025
    Accident and Emergency Departments: Young People
    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her planned timetable is for (a) decision-making and (b) funding allocation for embedded youth work in A&Es to support young victims of (i) violence and (ii) exploitation.
    Response from Jess Phillips MP (Home Office)
    Halving knife crime over the next decade is a key part of the Government’s Safer Streets mission. Prevention and early intervention to stop young people being drawn into crime is an integral part of that mission. That’s why the Government’s manifesto comm... [Read More]
  • 28 Apr 2025
    Bowling: Loneliness and Public Health
    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of funding grassroots bowls on (a) tackling loneliness and (b) public health.
    Response from Stephanie Peacock MP (Culture, Media and Sport)
    We are committed to providing support for grassroots clubs who provide access and opportunities to participate in sport and physical activity. Bowls has a unique and important role to play in tackling loneliness through supporting people to have the socia... [Read More]
  • 28 Apr 2025
    Bowling
    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what support she provides to grassroots bowls clubs.
    Response from Stephanie Peacock MP (Culture, Media and Sport)
    We are committed to providing support for grassroots clubs who provide access and opportunities to participate in sport and physical activity. Bowls has a unique and important role to play in tackling loneliness through supporting people to have the socia... [Read More]
  • 25 Apr 2025
    Youth Services
    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of youth services on (a) preventing exclusions, (b) increasing school attendance and (c) educational attainment.
    Response from Stephanie Peacock MP (Culture, Media and Sport)
    This Government fully recognises the importance of youth services to live safe and healthy lives, and the positive impact youth services can have on young people, including in educational settings. That is why we are co-producing a new National Youth Stra... [Read More]
  • 30 Jan 2025
    Family Hubs: Croydon
    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much Croydon council will receive for family hubs in this financial year.
    Response from Janet Daby MP (Education)
    In 2024/25, Croydon Council were allocated £1.619 million for the delivery of Family Hubs and Start for Life programme.In 2025/26, the department and the Department of Health and Social Care will provide a £126 million boost to give every child the best s... [Read More]
  • 23 Jan 2025
    Homelessness: Temporary Accommodation
    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce the use of short-term accommodation for homeless families.
    Response from Rushanara Ali MP (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
    Homelessness levels are far too high. This can have a devastating impact on those affected.We must address this and deliver long term solutions. The Deputy Prime Minister is leading cross-government work to deliver the long-term solutions we need to get u... [Read More]
  • 19 Dec 2024
    Class Sizes
    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure the financial viability of (a) single and (b) two-form entry schools in (i) urban areas and (ii) Croydon East constituency.
    Response from Catherine McKinnell MP (Education)
    The department has allocated £242 million in growth and falling rolls funding to local authorities through the 2024/25 dedicated schools grant (DSG). Local authorities’ allocations of growth and falling rolls funding for 2025/26 was confirmed in December ... [Read More]
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