Information between 2nd November 2024 - 20th February 2025
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4 Nov 2024 - Bank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Lord Bellamy voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 158 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 247 Noes - 125 |
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4 Nov 2024 - Bank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Lord Bellamy voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 49 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 125 Noes - 155 |
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5 Nov 2024 - Crown Estate Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Lord Bellamy voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 166 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 220 Noes - 139 |
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6 Nov 2024 - Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill - View Vote Context Lord Bellamy voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 127 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 187 Noes - 132 |
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6 Nov 2024 - Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill - View Vote Context Lord Bellamy voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 130 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 142 Noes - 128 |
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20 Nov 2024 - Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill - View Vote Context Lord Bellamy voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 184 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 210 Noes - 213 |
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20 Nov 2024 - Water (Special Measures) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Lord Bellamy voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 172 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 279 Noes - 136 |
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10 Dec 2024 - Housing (Right to Buy) (Limits on Discount) (England) Order 2024 - View Vote Context Lord Bellamy voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 157 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 170 Noes - 163 |
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5 Feb 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Lord Bellamy voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 182 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 302 Noes - 132 |
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5 Feb 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Lord Bellamy voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 187 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 318 Noes - 130 |
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21 Jan 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Lord Bellamy voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 170 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 186 Noes - 162 |
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21 Jan 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Lord Bellamy 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 - 258 Noes - 138 |
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21 Jan 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Lord Bellamy voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 175 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 205 Noes - 159 |
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8 Jan 2025 - National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context Lord Bellamy voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 195 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 226 Noes - 228 |
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Lord Bellamy speeches from: House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
Lord Bellamy contributed 1 speech (617 words) 2nd reading: Part 2 Wednesday 11th December 2024 - Lords Chamber Leader of the House |
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Lord Bellamy speeches from: Rule of Law
Lord Bellamy contributed 1 speech (1,252 words) Tuesday 26th November 2024 - Lords Chamber Scotland Office |
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Lord Bellamy speeches from: Arbitration Bill [HL]
Lord Bellamy contributed 1 speech (131 words) 3rd reading Wednesday 6th November 2024 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Justice |
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Arbitration Bill [Lords]
15 speeches (4,434 words) Committee of the whole House Tuesday 11th February 2025 - Commons Chamber Ministry of Justice Mentions: 1: Kieran Mullan (Con - Bexhill and Battle) I thank Lord Bellamy, the previous Conservative Minister who originally introduced the Bill in the Lords - Link to Speech 2: Nicholas Dakin (Lab - Scunthorpe) I wish to give special mention to Lord Bellamy, who first introduced these important reforms to Parliament - Link to Speech 3: Kieran Mullan (Con - Bexhill and Battle) join the Minister in his extensive and accurate list of thanks, and particularly in his thanks to Lord Bellamy - Link to Speech |
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UK Engagement with Space Committee
3 speeches (224 words) Thursday 30th January 2025 - Lords Chamber |
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Arbitration Bill [Lords]
22 speeches (6,581 words) 2nd reading Wednesday 29th January 2025 - Commons Chamber Ministry of Justice Mentions: 1: Kieran Mullan (Con - Bexhill and Battle) lack of debate around the need for this important Bill and what it is seeking to achieve.I thank Lord Bellamy - Link to Speech 2: Nicholas Dakin (Lab - Scunthorpe) I thank the Conservative spokesperson for recognising, as we do, the work of Lord Bellamy, Lord Hacking - Link to Speech |
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Courts: Backlogs
17 speeches (1,393 words) Wednesday 15th January 2025 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Justice Mentions: 1: Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede (Lab - Life peer) The Government are informed by the 2021 report of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Bellamy, and considerations - Link to Speech |
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House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
146 speeches (56,026 words) 2nd reading: Part 2 Wednesday 11th December 2024 - Lords Chamber Leader of the House Mentions: 1: Lord Horam (Con - Life peer) Lords but the House of Commons, where things are going seriously wrong.The noble and learned Lord, Lord Bellamy - Link to Speech 2: Lord Murray of Blidworth (Con - Life peer) already observed today by, among others, my noble friend Lord Norton and noble and learned friend Lord Bellamy - Link to Speech 3: Baroness Finn (Con - Life peer) reinforced by my noble friends Lord Strathclyde and Lord Mancroft, and my noble and learned friend Lord Bellamy - Link to Speech |
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Rule of Law
51 speeches (34,642 words) Tuesday 26th November 2024 - Lords Chamber Scotland Office Mentions: 1: Lord Stewart of Dirleton (Con - Life peer) My noble and learned friend Lord Bellamy, in his thoughtful submission, made reference to that in the - Link to Speech 2: Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames (LD - Life peer) The noble and learned Lord, Lord Bellamy, reminded us of Fuller’s principle:“Be ye never so high, the - Link to Speech 3: Lord Hermer (Lab - Life peer) House.I turn to the role of lawyers and the rule of law, raised by the noble and learned Lord, Lord Bellamy - Link to Speech |
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Legal Aid: Social Welfare and Family Law
20 speeches (1,422 words) Monday 18th November 2024 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Justice Mentions: 1: Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede (Lab - Life peer) I pay tribute to my predecessor, the noble and learned Lord, Lord Bellamy. - Link to Speech |
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Arbitration Bill [HL]
15 speeches (1,994 words) 3rd reading Wednesday 6th November 2024 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Justice Mentions: 1: Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede (Lab - Life peer) resulted in several technical improvements to the Bill, introduced by the noble and learned Lord, Lord Bellamy - Link to Speech 2: Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd (XB - Life peer) I also thank the noble and learned Lord, Lord Bellamy, who really smoothed over some of those difficulties - Link to Speech 3: Lord Hacking (Lab - Excepted Hereditary) I also thank the Ministers, the noble and learned Lord, Lord Bellamy, and—I keep calling him my learned - Link to Speech 4: Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede (Lab - Life peer) I also thank the noble and learned Lord, Lord Bellamy, for his best wishes for the Bill.I will address - Link to Speech |
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Wednesday 22nd January 2025
Written Evidence - POA – the Professional Trades Union for Prison, Correctional and Secure Psychiatric Workers PRI0009 - Prison culture: governance, leadership and staffing Prison culture: governance, leadership and staffing - Justice and Home Affairs Committee Found: example, in March 2023 during a debate on prison officer pension age, the then Justice Minister, Lord Bellamy |
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Thursday 9th January 2025
Written Evidence - The Chartered Institute of Legal Executives CCB0004 - Crown Court backlogs Public Accounts Committee Found: decrease from 102,600 in 2022.5 CILEX notes the current Government’s commitment to 106,500 days.6 Lord Bellamy |
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Thursday 9th January 2025
Correspondence - Letter from Stephen Parkinson, Director of Public Prosecutions, dated 27 December 2024: Evidence Session Follow-Up Justice Committee Found: Sir Brian’s recommendations on the duty of early engagement were also referenced by Lord Bellamy (then |
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Criminal Legal Aid Independent Review
Asked by: Alex Burghart (Conservative - Brentwood and Ongar) Thursday 13th February 2025 Question to the Ministry of Justice: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether it is her policy to implement in full all of the recommendations of the Bellamy Review of Criminal Legal Aid. Answered by Sarah Sackman - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice) The previous Government commissioned the Criminal Legal Aid Independent Review (CLAIR), chaired by Lord Bellamy KC, to provide analysis of the criminal legal aid system and explore the ways in which the Government could ensure its long-term sustainability. This Government continues to keep the Review’s findings under consideration as we look at options for reform in the criminal legal aid sector.
For example, in November 2024, in response to the Crime Lower consultation, we announced fee uplifts totalling £24 million. That included £18.5 million to uplift police station fee schemes to begin the process of removing financial disparities between police station schemes to establish uniformity, meaning most police station fee schemes in the same region attract one fixed fee as recommended by CLAIR.
We also introduced a separate Youth Court fee scheme, responding to CLAIR’s recommendation for the importance of youth work to be reflected. We invested £5.1 million, enhancing fees for the most serious cases. This will help to reduce the disparity between the Youth and Crown Courts by prioritising cases that would be paid at the Crown Court rates if the defendant were an adult.
In December 2024, we announced that criminal legal aid solicitors will receive up to £92 million more a year to help address the ongoing challenges in the criminal justice system. This is in addition to the £24 million and will take the total uplift in funding for criminal legal aid solicitor fees since CLAIR to 24%.
The previous Government established the Criminal Legal Aid Advisory Board (CLAAB) in October 2022. This followed the CLAIR recommendation that an advisory board be created to encourage a more joined-up approach to criminal legal aid within the criminal justice system. CLAAB published its first annual report in November 2024 which the Government is considering and Ministers remain committed to working with the sector, including representatives from the solicitor and barrister professions, on further opportunities for reform.
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Arbitration Bill - CBP-10134
Jan. 24 2025 Found: [HL] 2023-24 was introduced in the House of Lords by Lord Harlech (Conservative) on behalf of Lord Bellamy |
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Feb. 07 2025
Arbitration Bill Arbitration Act 2025 Briefing papers Found: [HL] 2023-24 was introduced in the House of Lords by Lord Harlech (Conservative) on behalf of Lord Bellamy |
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Tuesday 19th November 2024
Ministry of Justice Source Page: Government response to Crime Lower consultation. Criminal Legal Aid. 48p. Document: MOJ_Government_response_to_Crime_Lower_Consultation.pdf (PDF) Found: The Review began in January 2021 and was undertaken by Lord Bellamy KC, a former judge. |
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Wednesday 29th January 2025 10 a.m. Constitution Committee - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Wednesday 5th February 2025 10 a.m. Constitution Committee - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Wednesday 12th February 2025 10 a.m. Constitution Committee - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Wednesday 26th February 2025 10 a.m. Constitution Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Annual evidence session for Lady Chief Justice View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Wednesday 26th February 2025 10 a.m. Constitution Committee - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Wednesday 26th February 2025 10 a.m. Constitution Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Annual evidence session for Lady Chief Justice At 10:15am: Oral evidence The Rt Hon Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill - Lady Chief Justice at Judiciary of England and Wales View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Wednesday 5th March 2025 10 a.m. Constitution Committee - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Wednesday 8th January 2025 10 a.m. Constitution Committee - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Wednesday 15th January 2025 10 a.m. Constitution Committee - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Wednesday 22nd January 2025 10 a.m. Constitution Committee - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Wednesday 20th November 2024 10 a.m. Constitution Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Executive oversight and responsibility for the UK Constitution At 10:15am: Oral evidence Rt Hon Pat McFadden MP - Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for Intergovernmental Relations at UK Government Rt Hon Nick Thomas-Symonds MP - Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office (Minister for the Constitution and European Union Relations) at UK Government Darren Tierney - Director General at Propriety & Constitution Group, Cabinet Office View calendar |
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Thursday 28th November 2024 10 a.m. Constitution Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Executive oversight and responsibility for the UK Constitution At 10:15am: Oral evidence Rt Hon Michael Gove - Former Secretary of State at Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities View calendar |
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Wednesday 13th November 2024 10 a.m. Constitution Committee - Private discussion Subject: Executive oversight and responsibility for the UK Constitution View calendar |
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Wednesday 4th December 2024 10 a.m. Constitution Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Executive oversight and responsibility for the UK Constitution At 10:15am: Oral evidence The Lord Sedwill KCMG - Former Cabinet Secretary and National Security Adviser at UK Government View calendar |
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Wednesday 11th December 2024 10 a.m. Constitution Committee - Private Meeting Subject: Executive oversight and responsibility for the UK Constitution View calendar |
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Wednesday 11th December 2024 2:30 p.m. Constitution Committee - Private Meeting Subject: Executive oversight and responsibility for the UK Constitution View calendar |
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Wednesday 5th March 2025 10:15 a.m. Constitution Committee - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Thursday 13th March 2025 8:30 a.m. Constitution Committee - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Wednesday 12th March 2025 10:15 a.m. Constitution Committee - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |