Information between 12th January 2025 - 23rd March 2025
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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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26 Feb 2025 - Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Lord Bellamy voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 155 Conservative Aye votes vs 1 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 177 Noes - 228 |
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26 Feb 2025 - Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Lord Bellamy voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 169 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 189 Noes - 232 |
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18 Mar 2025 - Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill - View Vote Context Lord Bellamy voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 156 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 232 Noes - 141 |
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18 Mar 2025 - Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill - View Vote Context Lord Bellamy voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 190 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 283 Noes - 177 |
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18 Mar 2025 - Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill - View Vote Context Lord Bellamy voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 190 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 271 Noes - 179 |
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18 Mar 2025 - Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill - View Vote Context Lord Bellamy voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 183 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 255 Noes - 165 |
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11 Mar 2025 - Football Governance Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Lord Bellamy voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 164 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 181 Noes - 234 |
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11 Mar 2025 - Football Governance Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Lord Bellamy voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 186 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 203 Noes - 257 |
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11 Mar 2025 - Football Governance Bill [HL] - 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 - 224 Noes - 267 |
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Lord Bellamy speeches from: Crown Court Criminal Case Backlog
Lord Bellamy contributed 1 speech (467 words) Thursday 20th March 2025 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Justice |
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27 Feb 2025, 4:34 p.m. - House of Lords "Lord Bellamy, to a similar query in 2022, was that the government was considering the matter " In the " Lord Faulks (Non-affiliated) - View Video - View Transcript |
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27 Feb 2025, 4:37 p.m. - House of Lords "reform in this area as soon as possible. And Lord Bellamy Patrick response, that reform should be part " Lord Faulks (Non-affiliated) - View Video - View Transcript |
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27 Feb 2025, 5 p.m. - House of Lords "Deech's low. On the subject of today's debate, I wonder if the previous comments by Lord Bellamy " Baroness Berridge (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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20 Mar 2025, 4:32 p.m. - House of Lords "hearing. I do welcome the presence in this debate of Lord Bellamy who " Lord Carlile of Berriew (Crossbench) - View Video - View Transcript |
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20 Mar 2025, 4:36 p.m. - House of Lords "presided over by Lord Bellamy when I " Lord Carlile of Berriew (Crossbench) - View Video - View Transcript |
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20 Mar 2025, 5:15 p.m. - House of Lords "retirement, but I agree with Lord Bellamy that it is really time to end the fiction that listing is a " Lord Meston (Crossbench) - View Video - View Transcript |
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20 Mar 2025, 4:56 p.m. - House of Lords "Carlile and Lord Bellamy, is the increasing number of ineffective " The Lord Bishop of London (Bishops) - View Video - View Transcript |
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20 Mar 2025, 6 p.m. - House of Lords "that. I think the point at which Lord Bellamy made, genuine listing, " Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede, The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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20 Mar 2025, 5:37 p.m. - House of Lords "on an emergency footing. So that our frankly decrepit courts, many unusable and unused as Lord Bellamy " Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames (Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript |
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Crown Court Criminal Case Backlog
41 speeches (15,358 words) Thursday 20th March 2025 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Justice Mentions: 1: Lord Carlile of Berriew (XB - Life peer) I welcome the presence in this debate of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Bellamy, who has done valuable - Link to Speech 2: Lord Faulks (Non-affiliated - Life peer) I even asked a question addressed to the noble and learned Lord, Lord Bellamy. - Link to Speech 3: Lord Hacking (Lab - Excepted Hereditary) The noble and learned Lord, Lord Bellamy, made that point in relation to other courts, and I endorse - Link to Speech 4: Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames (LD - Life peer) I agree with the noble and learned Lord, Lord Bellamy, on increasing efficiency to reduce costs in this - Link to Speech 5: Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede (Lab - Life peer) Both the noble and learned Lord, Lord Bellamy, and the noble Lord, Lord Meston, expressed scepticism - Link to Speech |
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Prenuptial Agreements
27 speeches (17,493 words) Thursday 27th February 2025 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Justice Mentions: 1: Lord Faulks (Non-affiliated - Life peer) The answer given, on the other hand, by the noble and learned Lord, Lord Bellamy, to a similar query - Link to Speech 2: Baroness Berridge (Con - Life peer) today’s debate, I wonder whether the comment by a previous Minister, my noble and learned friend Lord Bellamy - Link to Speech |
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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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Wednesday 26th February 2025
Oral Evidence - Judiciary of England and Wales Constitution Committee Found: Members present: Lord Strathclyde (Chair); Lord Anderson of Ipswich; Baroness Andrews; Lord Beith; Lord Bellamy |
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Wednesday 26th February 2025
Oral Evidence - Judiciary of England and Wales Constitution Committee Found: Members present: Lord Strathclyde (Chair); Lord Anderson of Ipswich; Baroness Andrews; Lord Beith; Lord Bellamy |
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Wednesday 26th February 2025
Written Evidence - Philosophy in Prison PRI0014 - Prison culture: governance, leadership and staffing Prison culture: governance, leadership and staffing - Justice and Home Affairs Committee Found: (Via a response by Lord Bellamy to a question asked by Lord Carlile in HoL in September 2023) long-term |
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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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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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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 22nd January 2025 10 a.m. Constitution Committee - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Wednesday 2nd April 2025 10:15 a.m. Constitution Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Rule of Law At 10:30am: Oral evidence Lord Sumption The Rt Hon. the Baroness Hale of Richmond DBE View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Wednesday 23rd April 2025 10:15 a.m. Constitution Committee - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Wednesday 23rd April 2025 10:15 a.m. Constitution Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Rule of Law At 10:30am: Oral evidence Dr. Ronan Cormacain - Consultant Legislative Counsel at (self-employed) Professor Meg Russell - Director of the Constitution Unit and Professor of British and Comparative Politics at University College London (UCL) Sir Stephen Laws KC - First Parliamentary Counsel (2006-2012) at Office of the Parliamentary Counsel View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Wednesday 26th March 2025 10:15 a.m. Constitution Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Rule of Law At 10:30am: Oral evidence Dr Jan van Zyl Smit - Director at Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law Professor Jeff King - Professor of Law at University College London Professor Adam Tomkins - John Millar Professor of Public Law at University of Glasgow View calendar - Add to 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 |
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Wednesday 23rd April 2025 10:15 a.m. Constitution Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Rule of Law At 10:30am: Oral evidence Dr. Ronan Cormacain - Consultant Legislative Counsel at (self-employed) Sir Stephen Laws KC - First Parliamentary Counsel (2006-2012) at Office of the Parliamentary Counsel Dr Ruth Fox - Director at Hansard Society View calendar - Add to calendar |
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11 Mar 2025
Rule of Law Constitution Committee (Select) Submit Evidence (by 15 Apr 2025) No description available |