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VOTING RECORD

  • 14 Jan 2026

    Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025

    Result:   Motion Passed

    301 Ayes
    110

    Voted in favour
  • 13 Jan 2026

    Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 26

    Result:   Motion Failed

    172 Ayes
    334 Noes

    Voted against
  • 13 Jan 2026

    Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 9

    Result:   Motion Failed

    181 Ayes
    335 Noes

    Voted against
  • 13 Jan 2026

    Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Clause 86 stand part

    Result:   Motion Passed

    344 Ayes
    173 Noes

    Voted in favour
  • 13 Jan 2026

    Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 25

    Result:   Motion Failed

    187 Ayes
    351 Noes

    Voted against
  • 13 Jan 2026

    Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 24

    Result:   Motion Failed

    184 Ayes
    331 Noes

    Voted against
  • 13 Jan 2026

    Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Clause 63 Stand part

    Result:   Motion Passed

    348 Ayes
    167 Noes

    Voted in favour
  • 12 Jan 2026

    Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 7

    Result:   Motion Failed

    188 Ayes
    341 Noes

    Voted against
  • 12 Jan 2026

    Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Amendment 3

    Result:   Motion Failed

    185 Ayes
    344 Noes

    Voted against
  • 12 Jan 2026

    Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Clause 62 stand part

    Result:   Motion Passed

    344 Ayes
    181 Noes

    Voted in favour
  • 12 Jan 2026

    Finance (No.2) Bill Committee: Clause 10 stand part

    Result:   Motion Passed

    324 Ayes
    180 Noes

    Voted in favour
  • 12 Jan 2026

    Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 12

    Result:   Motion Failed

    167 Ayes
    350 Noes

    Voted against
  • 07 Jan 2026

    Opposition Day: Rural communities

    Result:   Motion Failed

    105
    332 Noes

    Voted against
  • 17 Dec 2025

    National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: Second Reading

    Result:   Motion Passed

    312 Ayes
    165 Noes

    Voted in favour
  • 16 Dec 2025

    Finance (No. 2) Bill: Second Reading

    Result:   Motion Passed

    341 Ayes
    195 Noes

    Voted in favour
  • 16 Dec 2025

    Finance (No. 2) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading (Opposition)

    Result:   Motion Failed

    118
    340 Noes

    Voted against
  • 15 Dec 2025

    Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to disagree with the Lords in their Amendment 120N to Commons Amendment 120G and their Amendments 120P to 120S to Commons Amendment 120H

    Result:   Motion Passed

    311 Ayes
    96

    Voted in favour
  • 10 Dec 2025

    Opposition day: Conduct of the Chancellor of the Exchequer

    Result:   Motion Failed

    90
    297 Noes

    Voted against
  • 10 Dec 2025

    Government Amendment to Opposition day debate on seasonal work

    Result:   Motion Passed

    320 Ayes
    98

    Voted in favour
  • 10 Dec 2025

    Opposition day: Seasonal work

    Result:   Motion Failed

    98
    325 Noes

    Voted against

QUESTIONS

  • 14 Jan 2026
    State Retirement Pensions: Women
    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the impact of State Pension age changes for 1950s-born women living in the Liverpool Walton constituency.
    Response from Torsten Bell MP (Work and Pensions)
    The Department for Work and Pensions has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.
  • 02 Jan 2026
    Immigration
    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of changes to immigration rules on people on current settlement pathways.
    Response from Mike Tapp MP (Home Office)
    The earned settlement model, proposed in A Fairer Pathway to Settlement, is currently subject to a public consultation, running until 12 February 2026.Details of the earned settlement scheme, including any transitional arrangements for those already in th... [Read More]
  • 02 Jan 2026
    Argentina: Blood Transfusions
    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to adjournment debate of Tuesday 11 November 2025 entitled Blood Transfusions during the Falklands War, what plans his Department has to investigate Argentine blood transfusions to British service
    Response from Louise Sandher-Jones MP (Defence)
    As I wrote to my hon. Friend on 18 December 2026, the Department will review the evidence he has presented in the coming months. Having conducted a search, we determined the Ministry of Defence (MOD) does not hold information relating to Argentine blood t... [Read More]
  • 02 Jan 2026
    Ambulance Services: Health and Safety
    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) operational risk and (b) physical demands of Hazardous Area Response Team (HART) personnel within NHS ambulance services; and whether he has plans
    Response from Karin Smyth MP (Health and Social Care)
    Hazardous Area Response Teams (HART) provide National Health Service care in high-risk environments, guided by national Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response standards. Operational risks are managed through a nationally consistent safe system of... [Read More]
  • 18 Dec 2025
    Immigration: Hong Kong
    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether changes to immigration rules will apply retrospectively to BNO visa holders in the UK.
    Response from Mike Tapp MP (Home Office)
    The Government remains steadfast in its support for members of the Hong Kong community in the UK.BN(O) visa holders will attract a 5-year reduction in the qualifying period for settlement, meaning they will continue to be able to settle in the UK after 5 ... [Read More]
  • 18 Dec 2025
    Building Safety Regulator: Workplace Pensions
    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the proposed transfer of the Building Safety Regulator (BSR) from the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) to the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
    Response from Samantha Dixon MP (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
    For those connected to the transition of the Building Safety Regulator (BSR) from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to a new body, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) understands this represents a significant change. The ... [Read More]
  • 10 Dec 2025
    Breasts: Plastic Surgery
    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many women in Liverpool Walton have been referred to NHS services in connection with PIP implants since 2011.
    Response from Dr Zubir Ahmed MP (Health and Social Care)
    The Breast and Cosmetic Implant Registry (BCIR), set up in 2016, collects all implant data, and explant data where possible.Practically, it is always difficult and often impossible to identify a model and product code on an explant. If explanted devices, ... [Read More]
  • 11 Dec 2025
    Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund
    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the decision to reduce the therapy limit for the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund on children using that fund.
    Response from Josh MacAlister MP (Education)
    The government made the difficult decision to cut the fair access limit in April to ensure that the fund remained financially sustainable and available to help as many children and their families as possible. As a result, this year the department has help... [Read More]
  • 10 Dec 2025
    Adoption: Mental Health
    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what specialist support is available to adoptive parents of children with experience of trauma.
    Response from Josh MacAlister MP (Education)
    This financial year, the department has invested £50 million in the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund, giving adopted and kinship children access to therapeutic services that stabilise placements and offer specialist support to both adoptive ... [Read More]
  • 15 Dec 2025
    Individual Savings Accounts
    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of changes to the cash ISA limit on savers nearing retirement.
    Response from Lucy Rigby KC MP (Treasury)
    Individual Savings Accounts (ISAs) incentivise saving and investment for future goals by providing tax advantages to individual taxpayers. At Autumn Budget 2025, the government announced that from 6 April 2027, the annual Cash ISA limit will be set at £12... [Read More]
  • 11 Dec 2025
    Aviation: Lithium-ion Batteries
    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions her Department has had with the Civil Aviation Authority on safety incidents involving lithium batteries on commercial flights.
    Response from Keir Mather MP (Transport)
    Department for Transport (DfT) officials work closely with and regularly meet the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to monitor and discuss the risk of lithium batteries incidents, alongside other safety risks. The Dangerous Goods Governance Board meets quart... [Read More]
  • 10 Dec 2025
    Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to increase funding for research into Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
    Response from Dr Zubir Ahmed MP (Health and Social Care)
    As set out in the final delivery plan, the Department has taken actions to strengthen research capacity and capability in relation to myalgic encephalomyelitis, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). The level of research funding is determined b... [Read More]
  • 02 Dec 2025
    NHS Trusts: Waste Management
    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what mechanisms exist to support waste-reduction trials with NHS trusts.
    Response from Dr Zubir Ahmed MP (Health and Social Care)
    The Department and NHS England are always looking at ways of reducing waste and increasing efficiency. NHS England has had many discussions with National Health Service trusts on the reduction, elimination, and reuse of single-use polypropylene curtains, ... [Read More]
  • 02 Dec 2025
    Hospital Wards: Polypropylene
    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has had discussions with NHS trusts on the potential reuse of polypropylene ward curtains.
    Response from Dr Zubir Ahmed MP (Health and Social Care)
    The Department and NHS England are always looking at ways of reducing waste and increasing efficiency. NHS England has had many discussions with National Health Service trusts on the reduction, elimination, and reuse of single-use polypropylene curtains, ... [Read More]
  • 02 Dec 2025
    NHS: Waste
    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce levels of NHS waste.
    Response from Dr Zubir Ahmed MP (Health and Social Care)
    The Department and NHS England are always looking at ways of reducing waste and increasing efficiency. NHS England has had many discussions with National Health Service trusts on the reduction, elimination, and reuse of single-use polypropylene curtains, ... [Read More]
  • 04 Nov 2025
    Carer's Allowance
    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to (a) review and (b) amend carer's allowance.
    Response from Rt Hon Sir Stephen Timms MP (Work and Pensions)
    The Government keeps all aspects of Carer’s Allowance (CA) under review to see if it is meeting its objectives. The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions has a statutory duty to review State Pension and benefit rates each year based on a review of tren... [Read More]
  • 31 Oct 2025
    Construction: Safety
    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to improve safety standards in the construction industry.
    Response from Rt Hon Sir Stephen Timms MP (Work and Pensions)
    In line with its published Strategy 2022 to 2032, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) focuses on the most effective and efficient ways to improve the health and safety performance of all industries in Great Britain, including construction. HSE uses a va... [Read More]
  • 30 Oct 2025
    Physician Assistants
    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 30 October to Question 84069 on Physician Assistants, if his Department will set out a timeline for reviewing existing guidance for employers.
    Response from Karin Smyth MP (Health and Social Care)
    NHS England is currently considering next steps for supporting the wider National Health Service and relevant stakeholders to implement the recommendations of the Leng Review, starting with those focused on patient safety, as requested by the Government.W... [Read More]
  • 15 Oct 2025
    Museums and Galleries
    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what plans he has to meet with representatives of (a) museums and (b) galleries to discuss the potential impact of proposals for the implementation of a new subscription contracts regime on those organ
    Response from Kate Dearden MP (Business and Trade)
    My department has regularly engaged with representatives from museums and galleries during the consultation on the implementation of the subscription regime (Consultation on the implementation of the new subscription contracts regime - GOV.UK). We are car... [Read More]
  • 10 Oct 2025
    Health Services: Regulation
    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the efficacy of the regulatory framework for the health and wellness sector.
    Response from Karin Smyth MP (Health and Social Care)
    The Government has not made a recent assessment of the efficacy of the regulatory framework for the health and wellness sector.

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