Information between 8th December 2025 - 7th January 2026
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Wednesday 14th January 2026 Earl Russell (Liberal Democrat - Excepted Hereditary) Oral questions - Main Chamber Subject: Extent of large-scale waste crime View calendar - Add to calendar |
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10 Dec 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Earl Russell voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 52 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 244 Noes - 220 |
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10 Dec 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Earl Russell voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 50 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 219 Noes - 223 |
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5 Jan 2026 - Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill - View Vote Context Earl Russell 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 - 210 Noes - 131 |
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5 Jan 2026 - Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill - View Vote Context Earl Russell voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 37 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 194 Noes - 130 |
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5 Jan 2026 - Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill - View Vote Context Earl Russell voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 41 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 131 Noes - 127 |
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5 Jan 2026 - Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill - View Vote Context Earl Russell voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 43 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 168 Noes - 178 |
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6 Jan 2026 - Sentencing Bill - View Vote Context Earl Russell voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 47 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 180 Noes - 219 |
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6 Jan 2026 - Sentencing Bill - View Vote Context Earl Russell voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 45 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 182 Noes - 209 |
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6 Jan 2026 - Sentencing Bill - View Vote Context Earl Russell voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 43 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 134 Noes - 185 |
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6 Jan 2026 - Sentencing Bill - View Vote Context Earl Russell voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 48 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 204 Noes - 136 |
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Biofuels: Electricity Generation
Asked by: Earl Russell (Liberal Democrat - Excepted Hereditary) Monday 15th December 2025 Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero: To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to develop a roadmap for replacing large-scale biomass generation with renewable and low-carbon alternatives by 2030. Answered by Lord Whitehead - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero) Last December, we published the Clean Power 2030 Action Plan. This set our goal for 95% of electricity to come from clean sources by 2030.
There are multiple pathways and technology mixes that can help us achieve this. Large-scale biomass generation plays an important role by providing dispatchable power that complements intermittent renewables and is valuable for maintaining security of supply.
We are reviewing options beyond unabated biomass generation to ensure we have sufficient reliable capacity going forwards. This includes supporting low carbon dispatchable plants, like the Net Zero Teesside CCUS plant. We have also recently consulted on reforms to the Capacity Market, our mechanism for ensuring security of supply, including proposals aimed at procuring new dispatchable enduring capacity. |
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Biofuels: Subsidies
Asked by: Earl Russell (Liberal Democrat - Excepted Hereditary) Monday 15th December 2025 Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero: To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero on 10 February (HC Deb cols 41–43), what plans they have to phase out subsidies for large-scale biomass generation. Answered by Lord Whitehead - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero) Our decision to provide support to Drax was based on the need to ensure security of supply out to 2031. There are no plans to extend subsidies beyond that date.
To ensure that we have a greater set of options available to secure supply post 2031 we are supporting low carbon dispatchable generation like the Net Zero Teeside CCUS plant. We have also recently consulted on reforms to the Capacity Market, our mechanism for ensuring security of supply, including proposals aimed at procuring new dispatchable enduring capacity. |
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10 Dec 2025, 4:33 p.m. - House of Lords "Earl Russell for the time they have given to engage in so thoughtfully on this critical legislation to all " Baroness Taylor of Stevenage, Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government) (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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10 Dec 2025, 7:19 p.m. - House of Lords "I would like to congratulate the noble Earl Russell for his recent nomination for a life peerage. " Lord Ravensdale (Crossbench) - View Video - View Transcript |
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10 Dec 2025, 7:19 p.m. - House of Lords "with the noble Earl Russell in sending the noble Lord Grayling our good wishes for him and his family. " Lord Ravensdale (Crossbench) - View Video - View Transcript |
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10 Dec 2025, 7:21 p.m. - House of Lords "to congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Earl Russell, on his sort of " Lord Moylan (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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10 Dec 2025, 7:21 p.m. - House of Lords "Lord Earl Russell, on his sort of demotion to a mere, a mere barony. But but let me assure him it will " Lord Moylan (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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10 Dec 2025, 7:45 p.m. - House of Lords "consultation closing and the noble noble Earl Russell is right, which is that by the Report stage the " Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill, Minister of State (Department for Transport) (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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10 Dec 2025, 7:55 p.m. - House of Lords " Earl Russell my Lord, I stand. I stand to open this this group of stand to open this this group of amendments all on reporting and impact. And I move my amendment 15 " Earl Russell (Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript |
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10 Dec 2025, 8 p.m. - House of Lords "this also from my noble friend Earl Russell and from other noble Lords this evening in this debate, " Earl Russell (Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript |
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10 Dec 2025, 8:07 p.m. - House of Lords "to both Lord Addington and Earl Russell on their life peerages today so that they will remain with " Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (Green Party) - View Video - View Transcript |
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10 Dec 2025, 8:07 p.m. - House of Lords "amendment 15 Earl Russell amendment talks about reporting on on progress, this might be a suitable " Lord Harper (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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10 Dec 2025, 8:18 p.m. - House of Lords "Baroness Pidgeon not moved. Amendment 18 Earl Russell not moved. " Lord Moylan (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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10 Dec 2025, 7:48 p.m. - House of Lords "moved. Amendment 12 Lord Russell Earl Russell not moved. Amendment " Lord Moylan (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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10 Dec 2025, 7:48 p.m. - House of Lords "on. Block four Lord Grayling. Amendment ten Earl Russell not moved. Amendment 11 Lord Moylan not " Lord Moylan (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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10 Dec 2025, 8:54 p.m. - House of Lords "Second Reading debate, but the noble, the noble Earl Russell just " Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill, Minister of State (Department for Transport) (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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10 Dec 2025, 8:55 p.m. - House of Lords "process. The noble Lord Ravensdale and the noble Earl Russell referred to nuclear eligibility will match " Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill, Minister of State (Department for Transport) (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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Wednesday 10th December 2025
Oral Evidence - MOSL, Water Resources South East, and Ely Group of Internal Drainage Boards Drought Preparedness - Environment and Climate Change Committee Found: Earl Russell: I will ask a quick supplementary to that question. |
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Dec. 10 2025
Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street Source Page: Political Peerages December 2025 - Citations Document: (PDF) Transparency Found: John Russell (Earl Russell) - Liberal Democrat spokesperson for energy and climate change in the House |
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Wednesday 7th January 2026 10 a.m. Environment and Climate Change Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Drought Preparedness At 10:00am: Oral evidence Steve Moncaster - Managing Director at Norfolk Environment, Food and Farming Dr Mark Betson - National Water Resources Specialist at National Farmers Union (NFU) John Patrick - Group Manager at East Suffolk Water Abstractors Group View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Wednesday 14th January 2026 10 a.m. Environment and Climate Change Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Drought Preparedness At 10:00am: Oral evidence Luisa Cardani - Head of Data Centres Programme at Tech UK Steven Campbell-Ferguson - Global Product Design Lead at NTT Data Centres John Abraham - Chief Operating Officer for Industrial, Water and Energy at Veolia UK At 10:45am: Oral evidence Matthew Robinson - Head of Resilience and Emergencies at North Yorkshire Council Doug Hill - Assistant Director for Place, Commissioning and Engagement at Surrey County Council Dr Adam Comerford - National Hydrology Manager at Canal and River Trust View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Wednesday 21st January 2026 10 a.m. Environment and Climate Change Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Drought Preparedness At 10:00am: Oral evidence Deborah Feldhaus - Head of Water Resources at Yorkshire Water Geoff Darch - Head of Strategic Asset Planning at Anglian Water Mr Doug Clarke - Water Resources Planning Lead at Severn Trent View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Wednesday 28th January 2026 10 a.m. Environment and Climate Change Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Office for Environmental Protection At 10:00am: Oral evidence Dame Glenys Stacey - Chair at Office for Environmental Protection View calendar - Add to calendar |