Information between 5th March 2024 - 15th March 2024
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Division Votes |
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6 Mar 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Eaton voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 160 Conservative No votes vs 3 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 246 Noes - 171 |
6 Mar 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Eaton voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 164 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 228 Noes - 184 |
6 Mar 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Eaton voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 155 Conservative No votes vs 3 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 244 Noes - 160 |
6 Mar 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Eaton voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 167 Conservative No votes vs 4 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 278 Noes - 189 |
6 Mar 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Eaton voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 165 Conservative No votes vs 2 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 265 Noes - 181 |
11 Mar 2024 - Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Eaton voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 178 Conservative No votes vs 3 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 204 Noes - 192 |
11 Mar 2024 - Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Eaton voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 180 Conservative No votes vs 4 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 209 Noes - 193 |
11 Mar 2024 - Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Eaton voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 178 Conservative No votes vs 2 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 199 Noes - 199 |
11 Mar 2024 - Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Eaton voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 180 Conservative No votes vs 5 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 217 Noes - 192 |
11 Mar 2024 - Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Eaton voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 175 Conservative No votes vs 4 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 202 Noes - 187 |
13 Mar 2024 - West Midlands Combined Authority (Transfer of Police and Crime Commissioner Functions) Order 2024 - View Vote Context Baroness Eaton voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 52 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 137 Noes - 54 |
13 Mar 2024 - Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Eaton voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 145 Conservative No votes vs 1 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 165 Noes - 154 |
Speeches |
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Baroness Eaton speeches from: India: Democratic Freedoms
Baroness Eaton contributed 1 speech (42 words) Thursday 14th March 2024 - Lords Chamber Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office |
Baroness Eaton speeches from: Environment Agency
Baroness Eaton contributed 1 speech (84 words) Thursday 7th March 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
Baroness Eaton speeches from: Foreign Affairs
Baroness Eaton contributed 1 speech (890 words) Tuesday 5th March 2024 - Lords Chamber Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office |
Written Answers |
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Land Drainage
Asked by: Baroness Eaton (Conservative - Life peer) Monday 11th March 2024 Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: To ask His Majesty's Government what recent assessment they have made of the role of the Environment Agency in ensuring that drainage ditches owned by riparian owners are maintained Answered by Lord Douglas-Miller - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) Under the Flood and Water Management Act 2010, the Environment Agency has a strategic overview of the management of all sources of flooding and coastal change and are the lead authority for managing the risk of flooding from main rivers, estuaries and the sea.
Many different public and private bodies are involved in flood and coastal erosion risk management, each accountable for different aspects of risk management. The National Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Strategy for England (copy attached) sets out the different roles and responsibilities and describes how organisations and communities can work together to tackle flood and coastal risk in a co-ordinated and effective way.
Landowners are responsible, under common law, for maintaining the bed and banks of any watercourses that run through their land in a state which avoids flooding on their neighbours’ or other land. This common law duty also extends to keeping watercourses and culverts clear of anything that could cause an obstruction, either on their own land or downstream if it is washed away.
Drainage ditches are usually ordinary watercourses rather than main rivers, so the oversight of flood risk arising from unmaintained drainage ditches sits with other Risk Management Authorities (RMAs). Lead local flood authorities (county councils and unitary authorities), district councils, internal drainage boards, highways authorities and water and sewerage companies are collectively known as RMAs.
The Environment Agency has published guidance on owning a watercourse on GOV.UK, covering riparian landowners’ responsibilities and the rules to follow and the permissions needed. By March 2024, new engagement guidance will be published, to help RMAs, Environment Agency staff and landowners have more effective conversations on this matter. |
Home Education: Registration
Asked by: Baroness Eaton (Conservative - Life peer) Thursday 7th March 2024 Question to the Department for Education: To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce a register of children outside of school. Answered by Baroness Barran - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education) The government remains committed to legislating for a local authority registration system for children not in school, as well as placing a duty on local authorities to provide support to home educating families. My hon. Friend, the Member for Meon Valley, introduced the Children Not in School (Registers, Support and Orders) Private Members’ Bill on 11 December 2023. The Bill’s Second Reading is scheduled for 15 March 2024. The government is working with her as she progresses her Bill. In the meantime, the department continues to work with local authorities to improve their non-statutory registers; analyse local authority data from the voluntary elective home education and children missing collection to build a more accurate picture of the landscape. The department has also held a consultation on revising its elective home education guidance for local authorities and parents. This consultation closed on 18 January 2024 and the department will publish its response and revised guidance in due course. |
Internal Drainage Boards: Finance
Asked by: Baroness Eaton (Conservative - Life peer) Monday 11th March 2024 Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the financial situation of internal drainage boards and what plans they have to ensure that internal drainage boards can collect levies independently to that of local government. Answered by Lord Douglas-Miller - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) Internal drainage boards (IDBs) are local independent public bodies responsible for managing water levels and flood risk supporting and better protecting farms and communities in predominately low-lying areas in England. IDBs are funded by the beneficiaries of their important work, farmers, who pay drainage rates, and local authorities, who pay special levies.
The Government is aware of recent impacts on IDBs, predominately from rising costs and especially rising energy costs, and is keeping in close contact with IDBs, the Association of Drainage Authorities and relevant local authorities on this.
In recognition of the rising costs and following the winter storms the government will be providing £75 million in funding to IDBs in 2024-2025, on a one-off basis, to support agricultural land drainage and continue the important work IDBs do in helping to better protect farmers and communities from flooding. This will support IDBs to accelerate asset recovery from the winter storms and will also provide opportunities to modernise and upgrade their assets. More information will be available shortly, and we will work with the sector on delivery.
In addition, DLUHC is providing £3 million to support those local authorities in 2024/25 who are experiencing the biggest pressures with IDB special levies. DLUHC will confirm the distribution of this funding in the coming months. |
Select Committee Documents |
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Tuesday 5th March 2024
Oral Evidence - Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), Financial Times, and The National Association of British Market Authorities (NABMA) High streets in towns and small cities - Built Environment Committee Found: the meeting Members present: Lord Moylan (The Chair); Baroness Andrews; Lord Bailey of Paddington; Baroness |
Bill Documents |
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Mar. 14 2024
HL Bill 5 Running list of amendments Conversion Therapy Prohibition (Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity) Bill [HL] 2023-24 Amendment Paper Found: BARONESS EATON _ After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause— “Review of Human Rights |
Calendar |
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Tuesday 19th March 2024 10:30 a.m. Built Environment Committee - Oral evidence Subject: High streets in towns and small cities View calendar |
Tuesday 26th March 2024 10:30 a.m. Built Environment Committee - Oral evidence Subject: High streets in towns and small cities View calendar |