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Division Votes
22 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit Bill - View Vote Context Lord Berkeley voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 116 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 17 Noes - 120
22 Jul 2025 - Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025 - View Vote Context Lord Berkeley voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 145 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 155 Noes - 267
23 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lord Berkeley voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 131 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 198 Noes - 198
23 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lord Berkeley voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 132 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 271 Noes - 138
23 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lord Berkeley 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 - 290 Noes - 143
23 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lord Berkeley voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 113 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 85 Noes - 127
23 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lord Berkeley voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 130 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 171 Noes - 189

Speeches
Lord Berkeley speeches from: Rail Fares Lord Berkeley contributed 1 speech (46 words) Thursday 18th September 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Transport
Lord Berkeley speeches from: Planning and Infrastructure Bill Lord Berkeley contributed 1 speech (310 words) Committee stage Thursday 11th September 2025 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Lord Berkeley speeches from: European Framework Programme 10 Lord Berkeley contributed 1 speech (59 words) Thursday 4th September 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Science, Innovation & Technology
Lord Berkeley speeches from: Planning and Infrastructure Bill Lord Berkeley contributed 1 speech (262 words) Committee stage Thursday 4th September 2025 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Lord Berkeley speeches from: Planning and Infrastructure Bill Lord Berkeley contributed 1 speech (217 words) Committee stage part one Monday 1st September 2025 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Lord Berkeley speeches from: Planning and Infrastructure Bill Lord Berkeley contributed 1 speech (325 words) Committee stage Thursday 24th July 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Transport
Lord Berkeley speeches from: Employment Rights Bill Lord Berkeley contributed 1 speech (396 words) Report stage part two Wednesday 23rd July 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Business and Trade

Written Answers
South Western Railway: Standards Asked by: Lord Berkeley (Labour - Life peer) Monday 15th September 2025 Question to the Department for Transport: To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the reasons for the delays and reduced passenger services on the rail line from Exeter to Salisbury, and what action Network Rail is taking to remedy the situation and reinstate the original timetable. Answered by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill - Minister of State (Department for Transport) Delays and reduced passenger services have been caused by ‘soil moisture deficit’, shrinking the clay embankments the rail line from Salisbury to Exeter is built on. This requires speed restrictions, leading to extended journey times and the need for an amended timetable to accommodate. South Western Railway and Network Rail continue to monitor soil moisture levels, track conditions and train performance, and provide regular updates to the Department. We are assured by South Western Railway and Network Rail that usual services will be reinstated as soon as it is safe to do so.
Parking: Pedestrian Areas Asked by: Lord Berkeley (Labour - Life peer) Monday 22nd September 2025 Question to the Department for Transport: To ask His Majesty's Government what is the scope and timescale for their recently announced research on pavement parking. Answered by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill - Minister of State (Department for Transport) The Department has been considering all the views expressed in response to the 2020 pavement parking consultation and is currently working through the policy options and the appropriate means of delivering them. In accordance with Government procurement requirements, my officials are in discussion with suppliers to determine the terms of reference for the current work and expect to issue the formal specification shortly. Timelines will be finalised during the procurement process. Findings will be published as early as possible and no later than 12 weeks after the final outputs from the data collection stage are agreed in accordance with the Government Social Research Publication Protocol. The research will seek to measure the extent of pavement parking and its impacts and provide a baseline so that whichever policy we implement can be evaluated. It will not delay any policy announcement nor the publication of my Department’s formal response to the previous Government’s 2020 consultation.
Department for Transport: Departmental Responsibilities Asked by: Lord Berkeley (Labour - Life peer) Wednesday 1st October 2025 Question to the Department for Transport: To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will list the allocation of responsibilities of Ministers in the Department for Transport. Answered by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill - Minister of State (Department for Transport) The responsibilities of Ministers in the Department for Transport can be found below: The Secretary of State has overall responsibility for all Department for Transport business, including: overarching responsibility for the departmental portfolio and oversight of the ministerial team delivering the transport priorities of the government: making transport cheaper, greener, and more reliable ensuring the transport network is safe and accessible corporate functions such as oversight of departmental finance and public appointments The Minister for Rail is responsible for: rail light rail London and TfL The Minister for Roads and Buses is responsible for: roads buses accessibility automated vehicles (AVs) motoring agencies micromobility The Minister for Local Transport is responsible for: local transport active travel violence against women and girls (VAWG) taxis and private hire vehicles (PHVs) road safety The Minister for Aviation, Maritime and Decarbonisation is responsible for: aviation and airport expansion maritime decarbonisation and electric vehicles (EVs) freight and borders security

Written Answers

South Western Railway: Standards
Asked by: Lord Berkeley (Labour - Life peer)
Monday 15th September 2025

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the reasons for the delays and reduced passenger services on the rail line from Exeter to Salisbury, and what action Network Rail is taking to remedy the situation and reinstate the original timetable.

Answered by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill - Minister of State (Department for Transport)

Delays and reduced passenger services have been caused by ‘soil moisture deficit’, shrinking the clay embankments the rail line from Salisbury to Exeter is built on. This requires speed restrictions, leading to extended journey times and the need for an amended timetable to accommodate. South Western Railway and Network Rail continue to monitor soil moisture levels, track conditions and train performance, and provide regular updates to the Department. We are assured by South Western Railway and Network Rail that usual services will be reinstated as soon as it is safe to do so.

Parking: Pedestrian Areas
Asked by: Lord Berkeley (Labour - Life peer)
Monday 22nd September 2025

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask His Majesty's Government what is the scope and timescale for their recently announced research on pavement parking.

Answered by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill - Minister of State (Department for Transport)

The Department has been considering all the views expressed in response to the 2020 pavement parking consultation and is currently working through the policy options and the appropriate means of delivering them.

In accordance with Government procurement requirements, my officials are in discussion with suppliers to determine the terms of reference for the current work and expect to issue the formal specification shortly. Timelines will be finalised during the procurement process. Findings will be published as early as possible and no later than 12 weeks after the final outputs from the data collection stage are agreed in accordance with the Government Social Research Publication Protocol. The research will seek to measure the extent of pavement parking and its impacts and provide a baseline so that whichever policy we implement can be evaluated. It will not delay any policy announcement nor the publication of my Department’s formal response to the previous Government’s 2020 consultation.

Department for Transport: Departmental Responsibilities
Asked by: Lord Berkeley (Labour - Life peer)
Wednesday 1st October 2025

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will list the allocation of responsibilities of Ministers in the Department for Transport.

Answered by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill - Minister of State (Department for Transport)

The responsibilities of Ministers in the Department for Transport can be found below:

The Secretary of State has overall responsibility for all Department for Transport business, including:

overarching responsibility for the departmental portfolio and oversight of the ministerial team
delivering the transport priorities of the government: making transport cheaper, greener, and more reliable
ensuring the transport network is safe and accessible
corporate functions such as oversight of departmental finance and public appointments

The Minister for Rail is responsible for:

rail
light rail
London and TfL

The Minister for Roads and Buses is responsible for:

roads
buses
accessibility
automated vehicles (AVs)
motoring agencies
micromobility

The Minister for Local Transport is responsible for:

local transport
active travel
violence against women and girls (VAWG)
taxis and private hire vehicles (PHVs)
road safety

The Minister for Aviation, Maritime and Decarbonisation is responsible for:

aviation and airport expansion
maritime
decarbonisation and electric vehicles (EVs)
freight and borders
security

Lord Berkeley mentioned

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11 Sep 2025, 1:15 p.m. - House of Lords "the noble Lord Berkeley. Very few meet good ecological standards. And " Lord Bellingham (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
23 Jul 2025, 10:58 p.m. - House of Lords "Lord Hendy and Lord Berkeley. As we salute The Earl of Clancarty's expertise on the creative arts, I " Lord Hunt of Wirral (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
23 Jul 2025, 11:04 p.m. - House of Lords "thank my noble friends Lord Hendy and Lord Berkeley for raising the " Baroness Jones of Whitchurch, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
23 Jul 2025, 11:07 p.m. - House of Lords "Lord Hendy and Lord Berkeley, which I was kind of work out -- trying to " The Earl of Clancarty (Crossbench) - View Video - View Transcript
23 Jul 2025, 11:22 p.m. - House of Lords "of people that Lord Berkeley was " Lord Clement-Jones (Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript
23 Jul 2025, 10:49 p.m. - House of Lords "clauses in workers contract. To points arise here, Lord Berkeley " Lord Hendy (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript

Parliamentary Debates
Planning and Infrastructure Bill 192 speeches (54,040 words) Committee stage Thursday 11th September 2025 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Mentions: 1: Lord Bellingham (Con - Life peer) three noble Lords who have made very powerful contributions—the noble Lords, Lord Blencathra and Lord Berkeley - Link to Speech 2: Lord Blencathra (Con - Life peer) The noble Lord, Lord Berkeley, spoke about the importance of chalk streams. - Link to Speech
Planning and Infrastructure Bill 97 speeches (33,376 words) Committee stage part one Monday 1st September 2025 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Mentions: 1: None The noble Lord, Lord Berkeley, referred to the ship that sank off Holland; over 3,000 cars went down - Link to Speech
Employment Rights Bill 100 speeches (22,781 words) Report stage part two Wednesday 23rd July 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Business and Trade Mentions: 1: Lord Hendy (Lab - Life peer) Two points arise here; my noble friend Lord Berkeley will say a few words about one, and I will deal - Link to Speech 2: None I thank my noble friends Lord Hendy and Lord Berkeley for raising the issue of substitutions. - Link to Speech 3: Earl of Clancarty (XB - Excepted Hereditary) There was also an interesting sub-debate from the noble Lords, Lord Hendy and Lord Berkeley. - Link to Speech 4: Lord Clement-Jones (LD - Life peer) would have been extremely useful to have inserted the speeches of the noble Lords, Lord Hendy and Lord Berkeley - Link to Speech

Select Committee Documents
Wednesday 17th September 2025 Agendas and papers - Special Inquiry Committee proposals 2026 Liaison Committee (Lords) Found: Relevant Members may include: Lord Berkeley, Baroness Grey-Thompson, Lord Young of Cookham, Lord Holmes
Tuesday 9th September 2025 Oral Evidence - Royal Society Science and Technology Committee Found: Smith Tuesday 9 September 2025 11.05 am Watch the meeting Members present: Lord Mair (The Chair); Lord Berkeley

Bill Documents
Sep. 04 2025 HL Bill 101-V Fifth marshalled list for Committee Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: LORD BERKELEY LORD DUBS 208_ After Clause 56, insert the following new Clause— “Duty to enforce maritime
Sep. 01 2025 HL Bill 101-IV Fourth marshalled list for Committee Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: LORD BERKELEY LORD DUBS 208_ After Clause 56, insert the following new Clause— “Duty to enforce maritime

Deposited Papers
Friday 3rd October 2025 Source Page: Letter dated 26/09/2025 from Lord Vallance to Lord Berkeley regarding what progress has been made on the UK re-joining European Geostationary Navigation Service (EGNOS), as discussed during the Oral Question on European Framework Programme 10. 1p. Document: 2025_10_02_Letter_from_Minister_Vallance_to_Lord_Berkeley.pdf (PDF) Found: Letter dated 26/09/2025 from Lord Vallance to Lord Berkeley regarding what progress has been made on

Deposited Papers

Friday 3rd October 2025

Source Page: Letter dated 26/09/2025 from Lord Vallance to Lord Berkeley regarding what progress has been made on the UK re-joining European Geostationary Navigation Service (EGNOS), as discussed during the Oral Question on European Framework Programme 10. 1p.
Document: 2025_10_02_Letter_from_Minister_Vallance_to_Lord_Berkeley.pdf (PDF)

Found: Letter dated 26/09/2025 from Lord Vallance to Lord Berkeley regarding what progress has been made on

Lord Berkeley - Select Committee Information

Calendar
Tuesday 9th September 2025 10 a.m. Science and Technology Committee - Oral evidence Subject: One-off session with the President of the Royal Society At 11:00am: Oral evidence Sir Adrian Smith - President at Royal Society View calendar - Add to calendar
Tuesday 16th September 2025 10 a.m. Science and Technology Committee - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar
Tuesday 14th October 2025 10 a.m. Science and Technology Committee - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar
Tuesday 21st October 2025 10 a.m. Science and Technology Committee - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar
Tuesday 28th October 2025 10 a.m. Science and Technology Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Former CEO of UK Research and Innovation At 10:15am: Oral evidence Professor Dame Ottoline Leyser DBE FRS View calendar - Add to calendar

Select Committee Documents
Tuesday 9th September 2025 Written Evidence - Loughborough University SUK0115 - Financing and Scaling UK Science and Technology: Innovation, Investment, Industry Financing and Scaling UK Science and Technology: Innovation, Investment, Industry - Science and Technology Committee
Tuesday 9th September 2025 Oral Evidence - Royal Society Science and Technology Committee