Information between 20th April 2026 - 19th June 2026
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Thursday 25th June 2026 Baroness Sheehan (Liberal Democrat - Life peer) Oral questions - Main Chamber Subject: Regulatory powers to take action against operators or waste carriers that divert waste from the legitimate waste management chain View calendar - Add to calendar |
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20 Apr 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Sheehan voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 51 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 259 Noes - 180 |
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20 Apr 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Sheehan voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 54 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 284 Noes - 158 |
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20 Apr 2026 - Pension Schemes Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Sheehan voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 43 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 211 Noes - 150 |
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20 Apr 2026 - Pension Schemes Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Sheehan voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 43 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 216 Noes - 148 |
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20 Apr 2026 - Pension Schemes Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Sheehan voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 45 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 219 Noes - 144 |
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20 Apr 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Sheehan voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 53 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 276 Noes - 169 |
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23 Apr 2026 - English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Sheehan voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 52 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 199 Noes - 146 |
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23 Apr 2026 - English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Sheehan voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 54 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 197 Noes - 144 |
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23 Apr 2026 - English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Sheehan voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 51 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 1 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 152 Noes - 207 |
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23 Apr 2026 - English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Sheehan voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 54 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 220 Noes - 143 |
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23 Apr 2026 - English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Sheehan voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 56 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 207 Noes - 141 |
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23 Apr 2026 - English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Sheehan voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 53 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 209 Noes - 145 |
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23 Apr 2026 - English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Sheehan voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 53 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 208 Noes - 138 |
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27 Apr 2026 - English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Sheehan voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 42 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 199 Noes - 144 |
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27 Apr 2026 - English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Sheehan voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 42 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 58 Noes - 138 |
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27 Apr 2026 - English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Sheehan voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 43 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 210 Noes - 145 |
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27 Apr 2026 - English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Sheehan voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 44 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 217 Noes - 145 |
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27 Apr 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Sheehan voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 56 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 316 Noes - 165 |
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27 Apr 2026 - Pension Schemes Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Sheehan voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 39 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 197 Noes - 129 |
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28 Apr 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Sheehan voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 60 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 91 Noes - 181 |
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Baroness Sheehan speeches from: Offshore Oil and Gas: Venting and Flaring
Baroness Sheehan contributed 1 speech (65 words) Thursday 21st May 2026 - Lords Chamber Department for Energy Security & Net Zero |
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Baroness Sheehan speeches from: Sustainable Farming Incentive: Flood Prevention and Drought Resilience
Baroness Sheehan contributed 1 speech (25 words) Thursday 23rd April 2026 - Lords Chamber Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
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Baroness Sheehan speeches from: Plastic Pollution Reduction
Baroness Sheehan contributed 1 speech (33 words) Wednesday 22nd April 2026 - Lords Chamber Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
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Waste Management
Asked by: Baroness Sheehan (Liberal Democrat - Life peer) Tuesday 21st April 2026 Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will introduce secondary legislation mandating the reform of the waste carrier, broker and dealer system before the prorogation of this Parliament. Answered by Baroness Hayman of Ullock - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) We are finalising the drafting of the necessary legislative amendments, and these will be progressed as soon as parliamentary time allows. |
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Waste Management: Digital Technology
Asked by: Baroness Sheehan (Liberal Democrat - Life peer) Tuesday 21st April 2026 Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will introduce secondary legislation mandating digital waste tracking before the prorogation of this Parliament. Answered by Baroness Hayman of Ullock - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) Subject to parliamentary time, we expect to introduce secondary legislation mandating digital waste tracking before the prorogation of this Parliament. |
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Fly-tipping: Wigan
Asked by: Baroness Sheehan (Liberal Democrat - Life peer) Tuesday 19th May 2026 Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have with clearing the illegal waste dump on Bolton House Road, Bickershaw, near Wigan. Answered by Baroness Hayman of Ullock - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) On 14 May Defra officials visited the site and met with local partners and residents to discuss the clearance operation. Discussions focused on site logistics, access rights, the ability of the market to provide sufficiently specialist capability, management of the fire risk, and remediation of the site once it has been cleared. Defra and local partners will continue to work together to commence the clearance operation as quickly as possible. |
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Waste: Crime
Asked by: Baroness Sheehan (Liberal Democrat - Life peer) Tuesday 26th May 2026 Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made towards implementing the reforms to the rules for carriers, brokers and dealers set out in their Waste Crime Action Plan of 20 March. Answered by Baroness Hayman of Ullock - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) Legislation has been laid to implement reforms to the carriers, brokers and dealers system as laid out in the waste crime action plan. The legislation will come into effect from summer 2027. |
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Corporate Waste Responsibility Bill [HL] 2026-27
Presented by Baroness Sheehan (Liberal Democrat - Life peer) Private Members' Bill - Lords A Bill to require large companies to appoint a named director responsible for compliance with statutory waste duty of care obligations; to make such companies financially responsible for the clean-up and clearance of waste they have generated or controlled where that waste is mismanaged and the duty of care has not been discharged; and for connected purposes.
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1 Jun 2026, 8:34 p.m. - House of Lords "Baroness Sheehan and Earl Russell. I can see this Christmas tree is " Baroness Thornhill (Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript |
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1 Jun 2026, 7:16 p.m. - House of Lords "their home to support their families. And I go to Baroness Sheehan Coffey's comments, what are " Lord Bailey of Paddington (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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4 Jun 2026, 11:52 a.m. - House of Lords " Baroness Sheehan my Lords, I beg >> Baroness Sheehan my Lords, I beg to introduce a bill to require large companies to appoint a named " Debate: Adequacy of the law on the regulation of fertility treatment Baroness Sheehan (Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript |
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15 Jun 2026, 5:46 p.m. - Lords Grand Committee "Chaired by the noble Baroness Sheehan, who I think may refer to some of our conclusions in that report. " Speaker 1 - View Video - View Transcript |
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15 Jun 2026, 6:09 p.m. - Lords Grand Committee "Um, I think the noble lady, Baroness McIntosh, asked me about the Environment Agency funding and a number of noble Lords asked about enforcement as well, and particularly noble lady, Baroness Sheehan was interested in enforcement. " Speaker 17 - View Video - View Transcript |
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15 Jun 2026, 6:11 p.m. - Lords Grand Committee "Uh, the noble lady, Baroness Sheehan, asked about communications, about engagement with businesses, particularly small businesses. " Speaker 17 - View Video - View Transcript |
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15 Jun 2026, 6:17 p.m. - Lords Grand Committee "The final thing I was going to say was to Baroness Sheehan. " Speaker 17 - View Video - View Transcript |
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Corporate Waste Responsibility Bill [HL]
1 speech (1 words) 1st reading Thursday 4th June 2026 - Lords Chamber Mentions: 1: None The Bill was introduced by Baroness Sheehan, read a first time and ordered to be printed. - Link to Speech |
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Monday 27th April 2026 1:45 p.m. Environment and Climate Change Committee - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Wednesday 20th May 2026 10 a.m. Environment and Climate Change Committee - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Wednesday 3rd June 2026 10 a.m. Environment and Climate Change Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Pet Parasite Medication At 10:00am: Oral evidence Professor Alistair Boxall - Professor in Environmental Science at University of York Matthew Shardlow - Ecological consultant Professor Guy Woodward - Professor of Ecology at Imperial College London View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Wednesday 10th June 2026 10 a.m. Environment and Climate Change Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Pet Parasite Medication At 10:00am: Oral evidence Dr Elizabeth Mullineaux - Senior Vice President at British Veterinary Association (BVA) Dr Rose Perkins - Veterinary Surgeon and Visiting Fellow at Grantham Institute Dr Martin Whitehead - Senior Veterinary Surgeon at Chipping Norton Veterinary Hospital View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Wednesday 17th June 2026 10 a.m. Environment and Climate Change Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Pet Parasite Medication At 10:00am: Oral evidence Dr Donal Murphy - Deputy CEO and Head of International and Regulatory Affairs at National Office of Animal Health (NOAH) Dr Ian Wright - Chairman and Director at European Scientific Counsel Companion Animal Parasites (ESCCAP) Dr Jacqui Skelly MRCVS - Head of Veterinary Technical Services at Elanco View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Tuesday 23rd June 2026 10 a.m. Environment and Climate Change Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Pet Parasite Medication At 10:00am: Oral evidence The Baroness Hayman of Ullock - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at Defra Abigail Seager - Director at Veterinary Medicines Directorate Francine Fernandez - Senior Environmental Safety Assessor, Pharmaceuticals Team at Veterinary Medicines Directorate Dr Robert Bradburne - Chief Scientist at Environment Agency View calendar - Add to calendar |
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24 Apr 2026
Pet Parasite Medication Environment and Climate Change Committee (Select) Not accepting submissions This short inquiry will consider pet parasite medication (PPM), with a focus on treatments containing pesticides of concern such as fipronil and imidacloprid. The inquiry will seek to understand distribution pathways, and the impact of PPM use and non-use on biodiversity and human health. It will also cover current regulation, monitoring, and the potential implications for pets and pet owners of alternative medications or application practices. |