Information between 2nd November 2025 - 22nd November 2025
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Tuesday 11th November 2025 Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Labour - Life peer) Urgent Question Repeat - Main Chamber Subject: Conflict in Sudan View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Tuesday 4th November 2025 Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Labour - Life peer) Urgent Question Repeat - Main Chamber Subject: UK’s activities to promote the protection of civilians following a reported massacre at El-Fasher’s Saudi maternity hospital View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Tuesday 18th November 2025 Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Labour - Life peer) Legislation - Main Chamber Subject: Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill - committee stage (day 1) - part two Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill 2024-26 View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Wednesday 19th November 2025 Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Labour - Life peer) Statement - Main Chamber Subject: Gaza and Sudan (dinner break business at a convenient point after 7.30pm) View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Monday 24th November 2025 Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Labour - Life peer) Statement - Main Chamber Subject: The war in Ukraine and the forcible removal of children to Russia View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Tuesday 25th November 2025 Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Labour - Life peer) Legislation - Main Chamber Subject: Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill - committee stage (day 2) - part one Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill 2024-26 View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Tuesday 2nd December 2025 Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Labour - Life peer) Legislation - Main Chamber Subject: Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill - second reading Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill 2024-26 View calendar - Add to calendar |
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5 Nov 2025 - Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Chapman of Darlington voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 88 Labour No votes vs 14 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 47 Noes - 136 |
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5 Nov 2025 - Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Chapman of Darlington voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 128 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 85 Noes - 169 |
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5 Nov 2025 - Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Chapman of Darlington voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 123 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 161 Noes - 144 |
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5 Nov 2025 - Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Chapman of Darlington voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 114 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 64 Noes - 116 |
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5 Nov 2025 - Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Chapman of Darlington voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 130 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 61 Noes - 140 |
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5 Nov 2025 - Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Chapman of Darlington voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 129 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 66 Noes - 151 |
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5 Nov 2025 - Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Chapman of Darlington voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 126 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 157 Noes - 200 |
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5 Nov 2025 - Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Chapman of Darlington voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 120 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 159 Noes - 194 |
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3 Nov 2025 - Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Chapman of Darlington voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 146 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 182 Noes - 227 |
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3 Nov 2025 - Planning and Infrastructure Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Chapman of Darlington voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 138 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 162 Noes - 178 |
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3 Nov 2025 - Planning and Infrastructure Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Chapman of Darlington voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 102 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 36 Noes - 102 |
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3 Nov 2025 - Planning and Infrastructure Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Chapman of Darlington voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 135 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 72 Noes - 147 |
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3 Nov 2025 - Planning and Infrastructure Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Chapman of Darlington voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 123 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 58 Noes - 125 |
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3 Nov 2025 - Planning and Infrastructure Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Chapman of Darlington voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 133 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 107 Noes - 136 |
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11 Nov 2025 - Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Chapman of Darlington voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 152 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 68 Noes - 169 |
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11 Nov 2025 - Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Chapman of Darlington voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 150 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 201 Noes - 238 |
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11 Nov 2025 - Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Chapman of Darlington voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 147 Labour No votes vs 3 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 89 Noes - 195 |
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11 Nov 2025 - Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Chapman of Darlington voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 153 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 207 Noes - 240 |
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11 Nov 2025 - Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Chapman of Darlington voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 153 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 193 Noes - 236 |
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17 Nov 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Chapman of Darlington voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 134 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 295 Noes - 150 |
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17 Nov 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Chapman of Darlington voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 141 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 298 Noes - 157 |
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17 Nov 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Chapman of Darlington voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 135 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 309 Noes - 150 |
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17 Nov 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Chapman of Darlington voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 133 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 296 Noes - 147 |
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17 Nov 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Chapman of Darlington voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 127 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 302 Noes - 135 |
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Baroness Chapman of Darlington speeches from: British Council
Baroness Chapman of Darlington contributed 9 speeches (966 words) Tuesday 11th November 2025 - Lords Chamber |
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Baroness Chapman of Darlington speeches from: Conflict in Sudan
Baroness Chapman of Darlington contributed 8 speeches (985 words) Tuesday 11th November 2025 - Lords Chamber |
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Baroness Chapman of Darlington speeches from: Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill
Baroness Chapman of Darlington contributed 3 speeches (1,089 words) Tuesday 11th November 2025 - Lords Chamber |
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Baroness Chapman of Darlington speeches from: Official Development Assistance
Baroness Chapman of Darlington contributed 9 speeches (870 words) Tuesday 4th November 2025 - Lords Chamber |
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Baroness Chapman of Darlington speeches from: Sudan: Protection of Civilians
Baroness Chapman of Darlington contributed 7 speeches (682 words) Tuesday 4th November 2025 - Lords Chamber |
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Baroness Chapman of Darlington speeches from: Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill
Baroness Chapman of Darlington contributed 10 speeches (6,351 words) 2nd reading Tuesday 4th November 2025 - Lords Chamber |
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Baroness Chapman of Darlington speeches from: Gaza and Hamas
Baroness Chapman of Darlington contributed 9 speeches (727 words) Monday 3rd November 2025 - Lords Chamber |
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11 Nov 2025, 8:04 p.m. - House of Lords "Territory Bill order of commitment. Baroness Chapman of Darlington. " Baroness Sherlock, The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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4 Nov 2025, 4:03 p.m. - House of Lords "shall we begin Second Reading of the Diego Garcia military base in British Indian Ocean Territory? Bill Baroness Chapman of Darlington. " Legislation: Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill - second reading - View Video - View Transcript |
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4 Nov 2025, 7:13 p.m. - House of Lords "friend, the Right Honourable Baroness Chapman of Darlington, on her opening and comprehensive " Lord Browne of Ladyton (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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18 Nov 2025, 4:21 p.m. - House of Lords "Baroness Chapman of Darlington. >> I'm sorry I've not done this " Legislation: Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill - committee stage (day 1) - part two - View Video - View Transcript |
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18 Nov 2025, 8:30 p.m. - House of Lords "Bill Baroness Chapman of Darlington. >> My Lords, I beg to move that the House to again resolve itself into a committee upon the bill. " - View Video - View Transcript |
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18 Nov 2025, 8:30 p.m. - House of Lords "on the Diego Garcia military base in British Indian Ocean Territory. Bill Baroness Chapman of Darlington. " - View Video - View Transcript |
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The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria: 2026-28
1 speech (816 words) Tuesday 11th November 2025 - Written Statements Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Mentions: 1: Chris Elmore (Lab - Bridgend) hon. and noble Friend, the Minister of State for International Development and Africa, Baroness Chapman of Darlington - Link to Speech |
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Development Aid
Asked by: Lord Carter of Haslemere (Crossbench - Life peer) Wednesday 19th November 2025 Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office: To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Baroness Chapman of Darlington on 4 November (HL Deb 1808) stating that official development assistance allocations will be published "in the coming months", what plans they have to make a statement under section 2(4) of the International Development (Official Development Assistance Target) Act 2015 alongside these allocations. Answered by Baroness Chapman of Darlington - Minister of State (Development) I refer the Noble Lord to HLWS887 made on 22 July 2025, published alongside the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office's (FCDO) Annual Report & Accounts 2024-25. If, when published, the FCDO annual report and accounts for 2025-26 shows that the 0.7 per cent target has not been met in calendar year 2025, the government will make the relevant statement as set out in the International Development Act 2015. |
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Gaza: Armed Conflict
Asked by: Lord Watson of Wyre Forest (Labour - Life peer) Thursday 13th November 2025 Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office: To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Chapman of Darlington on 26 September (HL10094), what discussions they have had with the Palestinian Authority about reports that it is providing funds to families of those killed while carrying out the attacks on 7 October 2023. Answered by Baroness Chapman of Darlington - Minister of State (Development) In President Abbas' letter to President Macron, dated 9 June 2025, he set out his commitment to the principles of non-violence, the organisation of elections, the development of a school curriculum that is free from incitement, and the implementation of a new social security system, which will revoke so-called prisoner payments, and ensure that any future welfare payments are needs-based and delinked from violent actions. The Palestinian Authority must now ensure that an independent audit is conducted to verify that these reforms have been completed. |
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Gaza: Armed Conflict
Asked by: Lord Watson of Wyre Forest (Labour - Life peer) Thursday 13th November 2025 Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office: To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Chapman of Darlington on 26 September (HL10094), what steps they will take to investigate reports that the Palestinian Authority is providing funds to families of those killed while carrying out the attacks on 7 October 2023. Answered by Baroness Chapman of Darlington - Minister of State (Development) In President Abbas' letter to President Macron, dated 9 June 2025, he set out his commitment to the principles of non-violence, the organisation of elections, the development of a school curriculum that is free from incitement, and the implementation of a new social security system, which will revoke so-called prisoner payments, and ensure that any future welfare payments are needs-based and delinked from violent actions. The Palestinian Authority must now ensure that an independent audit is conducted to verify that these reforms have been completed. |
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Palestine: Prisoners
Asked by: Lord Watson of Wyre Forest (Labour - Life peer) Thursday 13th November 2025 Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office: To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Chapman of Darlington on 31 October (HL10859), how many times and over what period the Palestinian Authority committed to reform prisoner payments before 9 June; how those reforms were audited; and what assessment they have made of the impact of those reforms. Answered by Baroness Chapman of Darlington - Minister of State (Development) In President Abbas' letter to President Macron, dated 9 June 2025, he set out his commitment to the principles of non-violence, the organisation of elections, the development of a school curriculum that is free from incitement, and the implementation of a new social security system, which will revoke so-called prisoner payments, and ensure that any future welfare payments are needs-based and delinked from violent actions. The Palestinian Authority must now ensure that an independent audit is conducted to verify that these reforms have been completed. |
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Palestine: Recognition of States
Asked by: Baroness Deech (Crossbench - Life peer) Thursday 13th November 2025 Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office: To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Baroness Chapman of Darlington on 31 October (HL10875 and HL10876), and with reference to the Montevideo Convention and international law regarding recognition of a state, who they recognise as the government of the state of Palestine; where that government is located; and what are the boundaries of that state. Answered by Baroness Chapman of Darlington - Minister of State (Development) The Palestinian Authority is the legitimate governing authority of the Palestinian state. The UK recognises Palestinian statehood over provisional borders, based on 1967 lines with equal land swaps, to be finalised as part of future negotiations. |
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Nov. 19 2025
Report - The BBC World Service’s savings programme (PDF) Found: Affairs Committee, and Sarah Champion MP , Chair, International Development Committee, to Baroness Chapman of Darlington |
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Tuesday 4th November 2025
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Source Page: Social Protection for Stability: a Catalytic Agenda Document: (PDF) Found: Salah Ahmed Jama Deputy Prime Minister, Federal Government of Somalia Rt Hon Baroness Chapman of Darlington |