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Information between 23rd April 2025 - 23rd May 2025

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Division Votes
30 Apr 2025 - Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2025 - View Vote Context
Lord Spellar 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 - 28 Noes - 123
30 Apr 2025 - Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2025 - View Vote Context
Lord Spellar voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 121 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 54 Noes - 124
30 Apr 2025 - Armed Forces Commissioner Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Spellar voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 147 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 245 Noes - 157
12 May 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context
Lord Spellar voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 137 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 164 Noes - 152
12 May 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context
Lord Spellar voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 145 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 200 Noes - 183
12 May 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context
Lord Spellar voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 144 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 289 Noes - 168
12 May 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context
Lord Spellar voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 120 Labour No votes vs 8 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 272 Noes - 125
19 May 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context
Lord Spellar voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 114 Labour No votes vs 18 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 289 Noes - 118


Speeches
Lord Spellar speeches from: Nuclear: Small Modular Reactors
Lord Spellar contributed 2 speeches (108 words)
Monday 19th May 2025 - Lords Chamber
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero
Lord Spellar speeches from: Autism Employment Review
Lord Spellar contributed 1 speech (108 words)
Monday 12th May 2025 - Lords Chamber
Department for Work and Pensions
Lord Spellar speeches from: Energy Prices: Energy-intensive Industries
Lord Spellar contributed 1 speech (84 words)
Tuesday 6th May 2025 - Lords Chamber
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero
Lord Spellar speeches from: Energy Grid Resilience
Lord Spellar contributed 1 speech (141 words)
Tuesday 6th May 2025 - Lords Chamber
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero
Lord Spellar speeches from: Birmingham: Waste Collection
Lord Spellar contributed 1 speech (97 words)
Thursday 24th April 2025 - Lords Chamber
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government


Written Answers
Welding: Apprentices
Asked by: Lord Spellar (Labour - Life peer)
Tuesday 29th April 2025

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many welding apprentices there are currently in the United Kingdom.

Answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern - Minister of State (Minister for Women and Equalities)

The number of starts and enrolments on welding apprenticeship courses in England are shown in the table below.

Standard name

2021/22

2022/23

2023/24

2024/25 reported to date

Starts

Multi-Positional Welder (Arc Processes) (ST0350)

low

low

low

low

Nuclear Welding Inspection Technician (ST0292)

10

10

10

low

Pipe Welder (ST0851)

60

100

110

130

Plate Welder (ST0852)

210

250

340

290

Welder (ST0349)

340

310

340

250

Enrolments

Multi-Positional Welder (Arc Processes) (ST0350)

90

30

10

low

Nuclear Welding Inspection Technician (ST0292)

20

20

30

20

Pipe Welder (ST0851)

120

200

260

340

Plate Welder (ST0852)

400

600

810

860

Welder (ST0349)

510

640

650

570

Note:

(1) Published in March 2025, the data set includes full-year figures from 2021/22 to 2023/24 and figures from August 2024 to January 2025 for 2024/25.

(2) Volumes are rounded to the nearest 10.

(3) Total starts are the count of apprenticeships started at any point during the stated academic period. Learners starting more than one apprenticeship will appear more than once.

These figures are published in the ‘Apprenticeships’ accredited official statistics publication, which can accessed at: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/apprenticeships/2024-25.

Nuclear Power: Welding
Asked by: Lord Spellar (Labour - Life peer)
Wednesday 30th April 2025

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many nuclear certified welders there are currently in the United Kingdom.

Answered by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero does not produce their own figures on the number of welders in the United Kingdom.

Metals: Waste Disposal
Asked by: Lord Spellar (Labour - Life peer)
Monday 12th May 2025

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask His Majesty's Government what was the (1) value, and (2) tonnage of (a) scrap copper and, (b) scrap steel, that the UK exported in the last year for which figures are available.

Answered by Lord Livermore - Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)

The value and tonnage of scrap steel and copper exported from the UK in 2024 is as follows:

Table 1: The UK's scrap steel* and copper exports in 2024, by export value (£millions) and net mass (thousand tonnes)

Export Value (£millions)

Exports Net Mass (million tonnes)

Scrap steel*

2,490.4

7.5

Scrap copper

1,334.5

0.3

Grand Total

3,824.9

7.8

Source: HMRC Overseas Trade Statistics, uktradeinfo, compiled on 30th April 2025

*Please note that some of the commodity codes reported in the Table 1 above include elements of scrap iron.

Data is provisional for up to 18 months after it is published. The data can be revised and corrected during this time.

Please see OTS methodology for details. The table shown is compiled of both EU and Non-EU export trade. This data is compiled from the following commodity codes:

72042110 Waste and scrap of stainless steel, containing by weight >= 8% nickel

72042190 Waste and scrap of stainless steel not containing >= 8% nickel

72042900 Waste and scrap of alloy steel

72043000 Waste and scrap of tinned iron or steel

72044110 Turnings, shavings, chips, milling waste, sawdust and filings, of iron or steel, whether or not in bundles

72044191 Trimmings and stampings, of iron or steel, in bundles

72044199 Trimmings and stampings, of iron or steel, not in bundles

72044910 Waste and scrap of iron or steel, fragmentised "shredded"

72044930 Waste and scrap of iron or steel, not fragmentised "shredded", in bundles

72044990 Waste and scrap of iron or steel, not fragmentised "shredded", not in bundles

72045000 Remelting scrap ingots of iron or steel

74040010 Waste and scrap, of refined copper

74040091 Waste and scrap, of copper-zinc base alloys "brass"

74040099 Waste and scrap, of copper alloys

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is responsible for the collection and publication of data on imports and exports of goods to and from the UK. HMRC releases this information monthly, as an accredited official statistic called the Overseas Trade in Goods Statistics (OTS), which is available via their dedicated website (www.uktradeinfo.com). From this website, it is possible to build your own data tables based upon bespoke search criteria.

Nuclear Power: Welding
Asked by: Lord Spellar (Labour - Life peer)
Thursday 15th May 2025

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath on 30 April (HL6622), whether any other Department holds the figures of the number of certified nuclear welders in the United Kingdom.

Answered by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

The Government does not hold the figure on the number of certified nuclear welders in the UK.

Hinkley Point C has invested £24m in education, skills and employment, including £4m in the development of a Centre of Excellence for Welding at Bridgwater and Taunton College. HMG also continues to support UK nuclear skills through the industry led National Nuclear Strategic Plan for Skills, a collaborative effort between Government, industry, and academia, setting out targeted action to address the skills gap and secure the UK’s nuclear workforce. This includes the on-going development of a welding course as part of the Career Switchers project in the Nuclear Skills Plan. In addition, the Destination Nuclear national communications campaign has targeted people that could work in the sector’s critical skills areas, including welders.