5 APPG memberships (as of 1 Nov 2023)
Access to Justice, British Council, Chess, Isle of Man (Manx), Legal Aidvoted Aye - in line with the party majority
One of 95 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 165 Noes - 86
My Lords, why do we have to wait for the Criminal Justice Bill before the statutory instruments can be produced …
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the cost of homecare medicines delivery to the NHS …
Division Voting information
Lord Bach voted No - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 24 Labour No votes vs 51 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 145 Noes - 179
Debates during the 2019 Parliament
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)
(16 debate interactions)
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
(10 debate interactions)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
(7 debate interactions)
Department Debates
(28 debate contributions)
(17 debate contributions)
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(6 debate contributions)
Legislation Debates
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Lords initiatives
These initiatives were driven by Lord Bach, and are more likely to reflect personal policy preferences.
Lord Bach has not introduced any legislation before Parliament
Lord Bach has not co-sponsored any Bills in the current parliamentary sitting
3 Written Questions in the current parliament
(View all written questions)No assessment has been made. The National Clinical Homecare Association collates data and estimates approximately 500,000 patients are in receipt of a homecare medicines service with an estimated annual value of £3.2 billion. However, these figures have not been validated by the National Health Service.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
National Health Service ambulance trusts are responsible for the deployment of volunteer Community First Responders and provide the appropriate training, equipment, oversight and support to volunteers. There are no specific centralised campaigns to raise awareness.
Between April 2022 and March 2023, 7% (11) of immigration legal aid providers opened no new cases and 15% (23) opened no more than 30 new cases.
In total there are 152 legal aid providers who hold a contract to provide immigration and asylum legal aid service. The above data reflects active immigration work reported between April 2022 and March 2023, inclusive.
The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) delivers services for immigration legal aid by Procurement Area and Access Point geographical area. These are procured and delivered at office level. A provider could therefore have opened over 30 new cases, spread across several office locations with varied levels of active immigration casework. There are no Procurement Areas in which no new immigration legal aid cases have been opened.
The LAA frequently reviews market capacity to make sure there is adequate provision of legal aid, in all categories of law, throughout England and Wales. The LAA moves quickly, where issues arise, to secure provision and to ensure demand for legal aid services is met across the country. Legal advice on a range of civil matters including housing, debt, discrimination, and education is available, wherever people are, through the Civil Legal Advice telephone service.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)