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Voting Record

  • 21 Oct 2026

    Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers

    Result:   Motion Failed

    57
    279 Noes

    Voted against
  • 21 Oct 2026

    Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026

    Result:   Motion Passed

    345 Ayes
    108

    Voted in favour
  • 21 Oct 2026

    Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process

    Result:   Motion Passed

    295 Ayes
    111

    Voted in favour
  • 21 Oct 2026

    Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026

    Result:   Motion Passed

    345 Ayes
    108

    Voted in favour
  • 20 Oct 2026

    Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading

    Result:   Motion Passed

    330 Ayes
    178 Noes

    Voted in favour
  • 20 Oct 2026

    Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12

    Result:   Motion Failed

    184 Ayes
    330 Noes

    Voted against
  • 20 Oct 2026

    Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7

    Result:   Motion Failed

    179 Ayes
    336 Noes

    Voted against
  • 20 Oct 2026

    Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32

    Result:   Motion Failed

    117
    331 Noes

    Voted against
  • 20 Oct 2026

    Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51

    Result:   Motion Failed

    176 Ayes
    329 Noes

    Voted against
  • 19 Oct 2026

    Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21

    Result:   Motion Failed

    167 Ayes
    327 Noes

    Voted against
  • 19 Oct 2026

    Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47

    Result:   Motion Failed

    166 Ayes
    328 Noes

    Voted against
  • 19 Oct 2026

    Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4

    Result:   Motion Failed

    175 Ayes
    319 Noes

    Voted against
  • 19 Oct 2026

    Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52

    Result:   Motion Failed

    108
    327 Noes

    Voted against
  • 19 Oct 2026

    Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23

    Result:   Motion Failed

    169 Ayes
    327 Noes

    Voted against
  • 19 Oct 2026

    Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Programme Motion

    Result:   Motion Passed

    286 Ayes
    163 Noes

    Voted in favour
  • 15 Oct 2026

    Highways (Financing) Bill: Second Reading: Reasoned Amendment

    Result:   Motion Failed

    76
    231 Noes

    Voted against
  • 14 Oct 2026

    Opposition Day motion: Inheritance Tax

    Result:   Motion Failed

    99
    291 Noes

    Voted against
  • 14 Oct 2026

    Opposition Day motion: MoD Bicester and illegal migrants

    Result:   Motion Failed

    113
    309 Noes

    Voted against
  • 14 Oct 2026

    Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (Calculation of CBAM Rate and Determination of Carbon Price Relief) Regulations 2026

    Result:   Motion Passed

    319 Ayes
    115

    Voted in favour
  • 14 Oct 2026

    Draft Trade Unions (Right to Access Workplaces) Regulations 2026

    Result:   Motion Passed

    326 Ayes
    115

    Voted in favour

Questions

  • 23 Jun 2026
    Domestic Abuse: Information Sharing
    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has been made of the adequacy of information-sharing frameworks in enabling victims of domestic abuse to be notified if their abuser enters the United Kingdom; and whether steps will b
    Response from Natalie Fleet MP (Home Office)
    Violence against women and girls (VAWG) is a top priority for this government. This is why we have made it our mission to halve levels of VAWG in a decade, using every lever available to us. Information sharing can help to safeguard victims or potential v... [Read More]
  • 13 May 2026
    Secondary Education: Disadvantaged
    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 29 April 2026 to Question 128336, what is the total a) amount and b) proportion of funding that is allocated to support additional needs for school pupils up to the age of 16, in
    Response from Georgia Gould MP (Education)
    In the 2026/27 financial year, 11% (£5.6 billion) of the schools national funding formula (NFF) has been allocated through deprivation factors, and 18.1% (£9.2 billion) has been allocated for additional needs overall. The total amount of funding allocated... [Read More]
  • 20 Apr 2026
    Secondary Education: Disadvantaged
    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has conducted a comparative analysis of the per-pupil funding allocated to disadvantaged students in (a) Key Stage 4 and (b) 16 to 19 education; and what assessment she has made of the po
    Response from Josh MacAlister MP (Education)
    The national funding formula (NFF) for school pupils up to age 16 reflects additional needs of pupils, including economic disadvantage, low prior attainment, English as an additional language and pupil mobility. In the 2026/27 academic year, £5.6 billion ... [Read More]
  • 20 Apr 2026
    Free School Meals: Secondary Education
    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils in year 10 were eligible for free school meals by constituency in 2024-25.
    Response from Olivia Bailey MP (Education)
    The number of pupils eligible for free school meals is published annually in the Schools, Pupils and their Characteristics accredited official statistics here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-pupils-and-their-cha... [Read More]
  • 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
    Housing Benefit: Temporary Accommodation
    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]
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