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Calendar
Wednesday 10th September 2025 Lord Balfe (Conservative - Life peer) Oral questions - Main Chamber Subject: Reinstating in-person interviews for all applicants for sickness benefits View calendar - Add to calendar

Division Votes
16 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lord Balfe voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 178 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 248 Noes - 150
16 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lord Balfe voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 197 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 304 Noes - 160
21 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lord Balfe voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 160 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 216 Noes - 143
21 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lord Balfe voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 191 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 266 Noes - 162
22 Jul 2025 - Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025 - View Vote Context Lord Balfe voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House One of 41 Conservative Aye votes vs 100 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 155 Noes - 267
23 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lord Balfe voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 181 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 290 Noes - 143
23 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lord Balfe voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 173 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 271 Noes - 138
23 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lord Balfe voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 148 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 171 Noes - 189
23 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lord Balfe voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 171 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 198 Noes - 198

Speeches
Lord Balfe speeches from: Sickness Benefits: In-person Interviews Lord Balfe contributed 2 speeches (114 words) Wednesday 10th September 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Work and Pensions
Lord Balfe speeches from: Employment Rights Bill Lord Balfe contributed 1 speech (410 words) 3rd reading Wednesday 3rd September 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Business and Trade
Lord Balfe speeches from: Employment Rights Bill Lord Balfe contributed 3 speeches (804 words) Report stage part one Wednesday 23rd July 2025 - Lords Chamber Home Office
Lord Balfe speeches from: Weight Loss Medication Lord Balfe contributed 1 speech (126 words) Monday 21st July 2025 - Lords Chamber
Lord Balfe speeches from: Employment Rights Bill Lord Balfe contributed 1 speech (173 words) Report stage part one Monday 21st July 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Business and Trade

Written Answers

Sickness Benefits: Interviews Asked by: Lord Balfe (Conservative - Life peer) Wednesday 17th September 2025 Question to the Department for Work and Pensions: To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to reinstate in-person interviews for all applicants for sickness benefits. Answered by Baroness Sherlock - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions) We already undertake a number of face-to-face health assessments for people applying for sickness benefits. However, as announced in Pathways to Work Green Paper, we are planning to increase the number of face-to-face assessments. We will preserve alternative health assessment channels to meet the specific needs of people who require a different channel, for example as a reasonable adjustment.

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Live Transcript
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23 Jul 2025, 5:26 p.m. - House of Lords "Lord Lord Balfe that perhaps a trade union should be barred from making political payments at all. It's an " Lord Hendy (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript

Parliamentary Debates

Employment Rights Bill 78 speeches (16,102 words) Report stage part one Wednesday 23rd July 2025 - Lords Chamber Home Office Mentions: 1: Lord Hendy (Lab - Life peer) The suggestion was made by the noble Lord, Lord Balfe, that perhaps trade unions should be barred from - Link to Speech 2: Lord Evans of Rainow (Con - Life peer) My noble friend Lord Balfe reminded me that there was a pecking order within the workforce. - Link to Speech

Parliamentary Research
Employment Rights Bill 2024-25: Lords stages and amendments - CBP-10334 Sep. 12 2025 Found: providers, raising a concern that the clause would impose burdens on the higher education sector.168 Lord Balfe

Bill Documents
Sep. 12 2025 Employment Rights Bill 2024-25: Lords stages and amendments Employment Rights Bill 2024-26 Briefing papers Found: providers, raising a concern that the clause would impose burdens on the higher education sector.168 Lord Balfe