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Division Votes |
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26 Mar 2025 - Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Baroness Penn voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 49 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 54 Noes - 125 |
26 Mar 2025 - Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Baroness Penn voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 108 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 155 Noes - 127 |
26 Mar 2025 - Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Baroness Penn voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 165 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 238 Noes - 156 |
26 Mar 2025 - Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Baroness Penn voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 122 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 129 Noes - 185 |
26 Mar 2025 - Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Baroness Penn voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 126 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 133 Noes - 185 |
26 Mar 2025 - Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Baroness Penn voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 103 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 150 Noes - 126 |
26 Mar 2025 - Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill) - View Vote Context Baroness Penn voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 190 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 278 Noes - 165 |
26 Mar 2025 - Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill) - View Vote Context Baroness Penn voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 187 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 267 Noes - 151 |
31 Mar 2025 - Mental Health Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Baroness Penn voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 145 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 218 Noes - 143 |
31 Mar 2025 - Mental Health Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Baroness Penn voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 137 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 209 Noes - 143 |
31 Mar 2025 - Mental Health Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Baroness Penn voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 180 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 272 Noes - 157 |
31 Mar 2025 - Mental Health Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Baroness Penn voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 187 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 223 Noes - 157 |
24 Mar 2025 - Local Authorities (Changes to Years of Ordinary Elections) (England) Order 2025 - View Vote Context Baroness Penn voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 126 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 139 Noes - 152 |
24 Mar 2025 - National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Penn voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 175 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 273 Noes - 172 |
24 Mar 2025 - National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Penn voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 176 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 276 Noes - 165 |
24 Mar 2025 - National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Penn voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 170 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 271 Noes - 173 |
2 Apr 2025 - Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Baroness Penn voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 151 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 226 Noes - 142 |
2 Apr 2025 - Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Baroness Penn voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 155 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 240 Noes - 148 |
2 Apr 2025 - Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Baroness Penn voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 164 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 242 Noes - 157 |
2 Apr 2025 - Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Baroness Penn voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 177 Conservative Aye votes vs 1 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 214 Noes - 216 |
12 May 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Baroness Penn voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 150 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 164 Noes - 152 |
12 May 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Baroness Penn voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 155 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 272 Noes - 125 |
Speeches |
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Baroness Penn speeches from: Employment Rights Bill
Baroness Penn contributed 4 speeches (1,386 words) Committee stage Thursday 8th May 2025 - Lords Chamber Home Office |
Baroness Penn speeches from: Tax: Changes
Baroness Penn contributed 1 speech (30 words) Tuesday 29th April 2025 - Lords Chamber HM Treasury |
Baroness Penn speeches from: Spring Statement
Baroness Penn contributed 1 speech (26 words) Thursday 27th March 2025 - Lords Chamber HM Treasury |
Baroness Penn speeches from: Employment Rights Bill
Baroness Penn contributed 1 speech (610 words) 2nd reading Thursday 27th March 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Business and Trade |
Baroness Penn speeches from: Strategic Priorities Statement: Defence
Baroness Penn contributed 1 speech (49 words) Tuesday 25th March 2025 - Lords Chamber HM Treasury |
Written Answers |
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Conditions of Employment: Families
Asked by: Baroness Penn (Conservative - Life peer) Wednesday 26th March 2025 Question to the Department for Business and Trade: To ask His Majesty's Government what responses they received to questions on transparency and large employers publishing their family-related leave and pay policies following their consultation on the ‘Good Work Plan: Proposals to support families’; and how have they responded to the outcomes of the consultation regarding these questions. Answered by Baroness Jones of Whitchurch - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip) The consultation on publication of parental leave and pay policies was undertaken by the previous government.
This government is committed to supporting working families. The Employment Rights Bill will make the right to request flexible working the default, make Paternity and Parental Leave Day one rights, and will require large employers to produce equality action plans, amongst other measures.
As a result, we do not believe that requiring businesses to publish their family-related leave and pay policies is necessary at this time. |
National Wealth Fund
Asked by: Baroness Penn (Conservative - Life peer) Tuesday 25th March 2025 Question to the HM Treasury: To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce legislation to change the remit of the National Wealth Fund. Answered by Lord Livermore - Financial Secretary (HM Treasury) The Government will introduce legislation as soon as parliamentary time allows to broaden the National Wealth Fund’s legislative remit beyond infrastructure.
The Government published the National Wealth Fund’s new Statement of Strategic Priorities on 19 March. It directs the National Wealth Fund to prioritise investment into the clean energy, advanced manufacturing, digital and technologies, and transport sectors. It can already invest in infrastructure projects in these areas.
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National Wealth Fund
Asked by: Baroness Penn (Conservative - Life peer) Tuesday 25th March 2025 Question to the HM Treasury: To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to change the remit of the National Wealth Fund to include defence investment. Answered by Lord Livermore - Financial Secretary (HM Treasury) The Government published the National Wealth Fund’s new Statement of Strategic Priorities on 19 March. It directs the National Wealth Fund to consider the role it can play in delivery of the wider Industrial Strategy, including in the defence sector.
The National Wealth Fund will also consider investments in dual-use technologies across its priority sectors of clean energy, digital and technologies, advanced manufacturing and transport, to better support the UK’s defence and security.
The National Wealth Fund retains the flexibility to invest where financing gaps emerge to ensure it can respond swiftly to emerging Government priorities.
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Pathways to Work: Employment
Asked by: Baroness Penn (Conservative - Life peer) Tuesday 1st April 2025 Question to the Department for Work and Pensions: To ask His Majesty's Government how many people they expect to move into employment as a result of the £1 billion employment package announced on 18 March. Answered by Baroness Sherlock - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions) The DWP published an impact assessment which explained how employment interventions can have a significant and enduring impacts on peoples’ employment prospects and showed the substantial savings associated with supporting disabled people into work. For every 10,000 additional people in full time work, there would be fiscal savings of around £180m per year, with societal savings around £280m per year, (£80m and £150m respectively if in part-time work.
The Department has extensive evidence on what works, which includes the evaluation of Work Choice, a specialist employment programme for disabled people and those with health conditions, that showed people receiving tailored support were 40% more likely to be in work eight years later. We will be developing more detailed assessments of the potential impacts of the employment measures proposed in the Green Paper as these are developed in detail. The Office for Budget Responsibility has also stated that it intends to assess the labour supply impacts of the Green Paper measures in their Autumn forecast. |
National Wealth Fund
Asked by: Baroness Penn (Conservative - Life peer) Tuesday 1st April 2025 Question to the HM Treasury: To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Livermore on 25 March (HL5735), in what way they plan to broaden the National Wealth Fund's legislative remit beyond infrastructure. Answered by Lord Livermore - Financial Secretary (HM Treasury) The Government will introduce legislation when Parliamentary time allows to broaden the National Wealth Fund’s (NWF) legislative mandate beyond infrastructure to enable it to better support the Government’s growth and clean energy missions.
At that point, and subject to Parliamentary consent, the NWF will focus on enabling investment in capital intensive projects, businesses, or assets. For example, the NWF will have the scope to invest in a broader range of supply chains and critical sectors, such as Artificial Intelligence and quantum, where access to finance gaps exist.
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Social Security Benefits: Reform
Asked by: Baroness Penn (Conservative - Life peer) Monday 14th April 2025 Question to the Department for Work and Pensions: To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of how many of the additional 250,000 people moved into relative poverty by welfare changes will be in work. Answered by Baroness Sherlock - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions) The Government’s impact assessment regarding Health and Disability reform is available at: Spring Statement 2025 health and disability benefit reforms – Impacts This assessment does not include the impact of the £1 billion a year, by 2029/30, funding for measures to support those with disabilities and long-term health conditions into employment, which we expect to mitigate the poverty impact among people it supports into work. It is not possible, therefore, to assess how many more working people will be in relative poverty in 2029/30 as a result of these changes. |
Employment Schemes
Asked by: Baroness Penn (Conservative - Life peer) Wednesday 16th April 2025 Question to the Department for Work and Pensions: To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Sherlock on 1 April, what assessment they have made of the number of people who moved into work as a result of previous employment programmes, and what the cost of those programmes was. Answered by Baroness Sherlock - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions) There have been many impact assessments that estimate the extra people in work as a result of previous employment programmes, and also the benefits saved to the Exchequer and Society set against the costs of the programmes. Some recent evaluations cover the: Work Programme, European Support Fund, Work Choice, Job Entry Targeted Support, Job Finding Support and Kickstart programmes. I am depositing these impact documents in the Libraries of the House. See links to these reports below. The Work Programme: impact assessment - GOV.UK Impact evaluation of the European Social Fund 2014-2020 programme in England - GOV.UK Work Choice impact evaluation - GOV.UK JETS (Job Entry Targeted Support) Impact Evaluation - GOV.UK Job Finding Support programme: A Quantitative Impact Assessment - GOV.UK |
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27 Mar 2025, 6:26 p.m. - House of Lords "noble Lord proposed the creation of a commission for freelancers with further action to tackle gender equality and Baroness Penn and " Baroness Jones of Whitchurch, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
27 Mar 2025, 5:50 p.m. - House of Lords "which I hope will be pleased by the noble Baroness Penn. As my noble " Lord Fox (Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript |
8 May 2025, 5:36 p.m. - House of Lords ">> I would like to join the general praise and congratulations to Baroness Penn for her amendment 64 in this group, there's not much more for me to say other than I would " Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
8 May 2025, 5:42 p.m. - House of Lords "Baroness Penn quoted would indeed be taken care of, dissemination based on protected characteristics is " Government Spokes. Lord Katz (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
8 May 2025, 5:42 p.m. - House of Lords "arrangements for the candidate starts work, and as Baroness Penn alluded before joining an " Government Spokes. Lord Katz (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
8 May 2025, 5:35 p.m. - House of Lords "should be grateful for the amendment that Baroness Penn has tabled and I hope the government is sensible " Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
8 May 2025, 5:38 p.m. - House of Lords "a broadly hopeful if somewhat spicier debate on taxable working -- Baroness Penn. This group and the next group deals with flexible " Government Spokes. Lord Katz (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
8 May 2025, 5:38 p.m. - House of Lords "Baroness Penn outlined in some detail and also Baroness O'Grady, for families primary benefit of " Government Spokes. Lord Katz (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
8 May 2025, 5:38 p.m. - House of Lords "absolutely right on this. It's good for employees, good the businesses and in turn good for the economy. As Baroness Penn outlined in some " Government Spokes. Lord Katz (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
8 May 2025, 5:31 p.m. - House of Lords "Baroness Penn, if I had been that organised I would have, clearly I " Lord Jackson of Peterborough (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
8 May 2025, 5:26 p.m. - House of Lords " I would like to rise to support my noble friend, Baroness Penn. Before I started should declare an interest. I work for Marsh A Very Large Insurance Broker in This " Lord Ashcombe (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
12 May 2025, 3:54 p.m. - House of Lords "Baroness Vere, to my noble friend, Baroneseses and Oakes and Baroness Penn, to the noble Lord Lord Vaux of " Baroness Neville-Rolfe (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
Bill Documents |
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May. 13 2025
HL Bill 60-VI Sixth marshalled list for Committee Renters' Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: BARONESS HAYMAN BARONESS PENN 274_ After Clause 136, insert the following new Clause— “Funding energy |
May. 09 2025
HL Bill 81-III Third Marshalled list for Committee Employment Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: After Clause 17 BARONESS LISTER OF BURTERSETT LORD RUSSELL OF LIVERPOOL BARONESS PENN BARONESS MORRISSEY |
May. 08 2025
HL Bill 60-V Fifth marshalled list for Committee Renters' Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: BARONESS HAYMAN BARONESS PENN 274_ After Clause 136, insert the following new Clause— “Funding energy |
May. 06 2025
HL Bill 81-II Second Marshalled list for Committee Employment Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Employment Rights Bill 20 Clause 9 BARONESS PENN 64_ Clause 9, page 35, line 35, at end insert— “( |
May. 01 2025
HL Bill 81-I(b) Amendments for Committee (Supplementary to the Marshalled List) Employment Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: should not, by themselves, render a decision unreasonable. 59/1 HL Bill 81—I(b) Clause 153 BARONESS PENN |
Apr. 25 2025
HL Bill 81-I Marshalled list for Committee Employment Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: After Clause 17 BARONESS LISTER OF BURTERSETT LORD RUSSELL OF LIVERPOOL BARONESS PENN 76_ After Clause |
Apr. 24 2025
HL Bill 81 Running list of amendments – 24 April 2025 Employment Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: After Clause 17 BARONESS LISTER OF BURTERSETT LORD RUSSELL OF LIVERPOOL BARONESS PENN _ After Clause |
Apr. 23 2025
HL Bill 81 Running list of amendments – 23 April 2025 Employment Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: After Clause 17 BARONESS PENN BARONESS JONES OF MOULSECOOMB _ After Clause 17, insert the following |
Apr. 22 2025
HL Bill 81 Running list of amendments – 22 April 2025 Employment Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: After Clause 17 BARONESS PENN BARONESS JONES OF MOULSECOOMB _ After Clause 17, insert the following |
Apr. 17 2025
HL Bill 81 Running list of amendments – 17 April 2025 Employment Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: After Clause 17 BARONESS PENN BARONESS JONES OF MOULSECOOMB _ After Clause 17, insert the following |
Apr. 16 2025
HL Bill 81 Running list of amendments – 16 April 2025 Employment Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: After Clause 17 BARONESS PENN BARONESS JONES OF MOULSECOOMB _ After Clause 17, insert the following |
Apr. 15 2025
HL Bill 81 Running list of amendments – 15 April 2025 Employment Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: After Clause 17 BARONESS PENN BARONESS JONES OF MOULSECOOMB _ After Clause 17, insert the following |
Apr. 14 2025
HL Bill 81 Running list of amendments – 14 April 2025 Employment Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: After Clause 17 BARONESS PENN BARONESS JONES OF MOULSECOOMB _ After Clause 17, insert the following |
Apr. 10 2025
HL Bill 81 Running list of amendments – 10 April 2025 Employment Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: After Clause 17 BARONESS PENN BARONESS JONES OF MOULSECOOMB _ After Clause 17, insert the following |
Apr. 08 2025
HL Bill 81 Running list of amendments - 8 April 2025 Employment Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: After Clause 17 BARONESS PENN BARONESS JONES OF MOULSECOOMB _ After Clause 17, insert the following |
Apr. 03 2025
HL Bill 81 Running list of amendments - 3 April 2025 Employment Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Employment Rights Bill 4 After Clause 17 BARONESS PENN BARONESS JONES OF MOULSECOOMB ★_ After Clause |
Apr. 02 2025
HL Bill 81 Running list of amendments - 2 April 2025 Employment Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: pay as provided for under the Employment Act 2010. 21 Employment Rights Bill After Clause 150 BARONESS PENN |
Apr. 01 2025
HL Bill 81 - Running list of amendments - 1 April 2025 Employment Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: After Clause 150 BARONESS PENN _ After Clause 150, insert the following new Clause— “Substitution |
Mar. 31 2025
HL Bill 81 Running list of amendments - 31 March 2025 Employment Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: After Clause 150 BARONESS PENN _ After Clause 150, insert the following new Clause— “Substitution |
Mar. 28 2025
HL Bill 81 Running list of amendments - 28 March 2025 Employment Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Employment Rights Bill 8 After Clause 150 BARONESS PENN ★_ After Clause 150, insert the following new |
Welsh Committee Publications |
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PDF - report for 2023/24 Inquiry: Annual Report 2021/22 Found: 2024, the then Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Baroness Penn |