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VOTING RECORD

  • 26 Mar 2025

    Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading

    Result:   Motion Passed

    366 Ayes
    41

    Voted in favour
  • 26 Mar 2025

    Tobacco and Vapes Bill Report Stage: Amendment 85

    Result:   Motion Failed

    92
    303 Noes

    Voted against
  • 26 Mar 2025

    Tobacco and Vapes Bill Report Stage: Amendment 1

    Result:   Motion Failed

    72
    304 Noes

    Voted against
  • 26 Mar 2025

    Tobacco and Vapes Bill Report Stage: New Clause 19

    Result:   Motion Failed

    159 Ayes
    307 Noes

    Voted against
  • 26 Mar 2025

    Tobacco and Vapes Bill Report Stage: New Clause 2

    Result:   Motion Failed

    137 Ayes
    304 Noes

    Voted against
  • 25 Mar 2025

    Great British Energy Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2

    Result:   Motion Passed

    314 Ayes
    198 Noes

    Voted in favour
  • 25 Mar 2025

    Non Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 15

    Result:   Motion Passed

    319 Ayes
    166 Noes

    Voted in favour
  • 24 Mar 2025

    Planning and Infrastructure Bill: Second Reading

    Result:   Motion Passed

    330 Ayes
    74

    Voted in favour
  • 19 Mar 2025

    National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill Motion to Disagree with Lords Amendment 21

    Result:   Motion Passed

    316 Ayes
    187 Noes

    Voted in favour
  • 19 Mar 2025

    National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to Disagree with Lords Amendment 8

    Result:   Motion Passed

    316 Ayes
    189 Noes

    Voted in favour
  • 19 Mar 2025

    National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4

    Result:   Motion Passed

    313 Ayes
    190 Noes

    Voted in favour
  • 19 Mar 2025

    National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 3

    Result:   Motion Passed

    314 Ayes
    187 Noes

    Voted in favour
  • 19 Mar 2025

    National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2

    Result:   Motion Passed

    310 Ayes
    183 Noes

    Voted in favour
  • 19 Mar 2025

    National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 1

    Result:   Motion Passed

    307 Ayes
    182 Noes

    Voted in favour
  • 18 Mar 2025

    Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Third Reading

    Result:   Motion Passed

    382 Ayes
    104

    Voted in favour
  • 18 Mar 2025

    Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Report Stage: Amendment 210

    Result:   Motion Failed

    167 Ayes
    324 Noes

    Voted against
  • 18 Mar 2025

    Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Report Stage: Amendment 209

    Result:   Motion Failed

    107
    324 Noes

    Voted against
  • 18 Mar 2025

    Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Report Stage: New Clause 34

    Result:   Motion Failed

    77
    315 Noes

    Voted against
  • 18 Mar 2025

    Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7

    Result:   Motion Failed

    77
    313 Noes

    Voted against
  • 17 Mar 2025

    Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Report Stage: Amendment 171

    Result:   Motion Failed

    65
    317 Noes

    Voted against

QUESTIONS

  • 04 Feb 2025
    Business: Competition
    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help support businesses to compete with direct-to-consumer online retailers that are based offshore.
    Response from Gareth Thomas MP (Business and Trade)
    We intend to introduce permanently lower tax rates for retail, hospitality, and leisure (RHL) properties, including those on the high street, from 2026-27. This tax cut must be sustainably funded, and so we intend to apply a higher rate from 2026-27 on th... [Read More]
  • 20 Jan 2025
    Social Security Benefits: Young People
    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Get Britain Working White Paper, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of young people in supported housing becoming worse off when entering i
    Response from Rt Hon Sir Stephen Timms MP (Work and Pensions)
    The income taper in Housing Benefit ensures people in work are better off than someone wholly reliant on benefits. In addition to any financial advantage, there are important non-financial benefits of working. These benefits include learning new skills, i... [Read More]
  • 18 Dec 2024
    Freight: Infrastructure
    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an asssessment of the potential merits of identifying a National Freight Network.
    Response from Lilian Greenwood MP (Transport)
    The UK has a complex national freight system handling millions of transactions every day. The merits of increasing our understanding of this system to inform policy making, regulation and investment interventions are well understood, and this Government i... [Read More]
  • 18 Dec 2024
    Transport: Carbon Emissions
    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of including in the integrated national transport strategy measures to (a) help increase efficiency and (b) support decarbonisation in the logistics sector
    Response from Lilian Greenwood MP (Transport)
    The Strategy will set the high-level direction for how transport should change to better serve people and is currently in early development. Government recognises the importance of the logistics sector in delivering its missions and transport priorities, ... [Read More]
  • 09 Dec 2024
    Regional Planning and Development: Higher Education
    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has had made an assessment of the potential role of universities (a) within and (b) outside mayoral combined authorities in local growth programmes.
    Response from Jim McMahon MP (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
    Local leadership is at the heart of our mission to deliver growth. Universities have an important role in driving growth across the country, working in partnership with other local stakeholders to deliver improved outcomes for their communities. In mayora... [Read More]
  • 09 Dec 2024
    Driverless Vehicles
    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of including the regulation of self-driving delivery robots alongside other forms of micro mobility.
    Response from Lilian Greenwood MP (Transport)
    This government is determined to seize the opportunities of emerging micromobility and tackle any negative impacts which may arise. We actively monitor the industry and the new vehicle types and business models being developed while carefully considering ... [Read More]
  • 11 Dec 2024
    Delivery Services: Robots
    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to support the use of autonomous last-mile delivery robots on pavements.
    Response from Lilian Greenwood MP (Transport)
    The Government has no current plans to legislate in this space. However, we are determined to seize the opportunities of emerging micromobility and tackle any negative impacts which may arise. We are actively monitoring the industry, new vehicle types, an... [Read More]
  • 21 Oct 2024
    Housing: Carbon Emissions
    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of extending VAT relief to (a) heat batteries and (b) other new energy saving technologies that can help decarbonise homes when a heat pump cannot be installed.
    Response from James Murray MP (Treasury)
    The installation of qualifying energy-saving materials in residential accommodation and buildings used solely for a relevant charitable purpose benefits from a temporary VAT zero rate until March 2027. Last year, a Call for Evidence (CfE) seeking views on... [Read More]
  • 21 Oct 2024
    Housing Benefit: Supported Housing
    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the financial impact of reducing the housing benefit taper rate for people in supported housing.
    Response from Rt Hon Sir Stephen Timms MP (Work and Pensions)
    The income taper in Housing Benefit ensures people in work are better off than someone wholly reliant on benefits. In addition to any financial advantage, there are important non-financial benefits of working. These benefits include learning new skills, i... [Read More]
  • 15 Oct 2024
    Imports
    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to include measures to grow imports in the forthcoming trade strategy.
    Response from Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP (Business and Trade)
    The Trade Strategy will support businesses trade and drive economic growth. Further details on this will be published in due course.
  • 15 Oct 2024
    UK Trade with EU
    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what (a) mechanism and (b) resources his Department is allocating to (i) monitor, (ii) evaluate and (iii) manage (A) passive and (B) active regulatory divergence between the UK and EU to minimise the i
    Response from Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP (Business and Trade)
    This Government continues to follow EU regulatory developments with interest, engaging with the EU on key regulatory developments via TCA structures. I also recognise the importance of maintaining an effective dialogue with UK industry leaders and civil s... [Read More]
  • 15 Oct 2024
    UK Trade with EU: Import Controls
    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the EU Entry Exit System on (a) goods trade across the short straits, (b) goods availability in the UK and (c) prices of goods in the UK.
    Response from Seema Malhotra MP (Home Office)
    The implementation of the EU Entry Exit System (EES) has been postponed by the European Commission while they review their plans, with an updated roadmap to be announced in due course. We are continuing to work with the EU and its member states, as well a... [Read More]
  • 15 Oct 2024
    UK Trade with EU: Import Controls
    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the EU Entry and Exit System on (a) freight traffic across the Short Straits and (b) GB-EU trade at peak passenger periods.
    Response from Seema Malhotra MP (Home Office)
    The implementation of the EU Entry Exit System (EES) has been postponed by the European Commission while they review their plans, with an updated roadmap to be announced in due course. We are continuing to work with the EU and its member states, as well a... [Read More]
  • 15 Oct 2024
    Import Controls
    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to publish the timetable for scaling up physical checks under the Border Target Operating Model to the full regime.
    Response from Daniel Zeichner MP (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
    Our checks are intelligence-led and based on biosecurity risk. To protect the integrity of this approach, we cannot share operational details, including the exact timelines for scaling up checks. Traders should continue to follow the published guidance wh... [Read More]
  • 15 Oct 2024
    Import Controls
    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the efficiency of the operation of the Border Target Operating Model since it was introduced.
    Response from Daniel Zeichner MP (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
    The first milestone - health certificates - happened on 31 January 2024. Physical and documentary checks began on April 30th. Medium and high-risk goods posing the greatest biosecurity risk are being prioritised as check levels are scaled up in a sensible... [Read More]
  • 15 Oct 2024
    Offensive Weapons
    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made on banning zombie-style knives and ninja swords.
    Response from Rt Hon Dame Diana Johnson MP (Home Office)
    We have implemented the ban on zombie-style knives and zombie-style machetes approved by Parliament earlier this year. The ban came into force on 24th September.We will also be pressing ahead as soon as possible with a ban on Ninja swords, following the t... [Read More]
  • 15 Oct 2024
    Logistics
    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he will include measures to strengthen the enablers of growth in the logistics sector and the infrastructure it uses in the forthcoming industrial strategy.
    Response from Sarah Jones MP (Business and Trade)
    Our Strategy is unreservedly pro-business, engaging on complex issues that are barriers to investment, like skills, recruitment of international talent, data, R&D, technology adoption, access to finance, competition, regulation, energy prices, grid co... [Read More]
  • 09 Oct 2024
    Electric Scooters: Hire Services
    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her planned timetable is for determining whether to bring forward legislative proposals to make e-scooter rental trials permanent.
    Response from Simon Lightwood MP (Transport)
    As you will appreciate, the new Government is still in its early stages, and I am carefully considering next steps for the e-scooter trials and what legislative changes may be required in future.
  • 09 Oct 2024
    Electric Scooters: Safety
    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to require that e-scooter (a) trials and (b) permanent schemes are run in away that (i) protects pedestrians from people riding on pavements and (ii) ensures safe
    Response from Simon Lightwood MP (Transport)
    As you will appreciate, the new Government is still in its early stages, and I am carefully considering next steps for the e-scooter trials and wider micromobility rental and what legislative changes may be required in future. However, road safety is a to... [Read More]
  • 07 Oct 2024
    Schools: Mobile Phones
    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of banning smartphones (a) in classrooms, (b) within school grounds and (c) in the proximity of schools.
    Response from Stephen Morgan MP (Education)
    The department knows that using mobile phones in schools can lead to online bullying, distraction and classroom disruption, which can lead to lost learning time, while research also suggests that excessive screentime can have a negative impact on children... [Read More]

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