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Monday 9th February 2026
Lord Berkeley (Labour - Life peer)

Oral questions - Main Chamber
Subject: Improving the service, quality and affordability of public transport to remote communities
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Division Votes
5 Jan 2026 - Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Berkeley voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 123 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 168 Noes - 178
5 Jan 2026 - Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Berkeley voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 121 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 210 Noes - 131
5 Jan 2026 - Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Berkeley voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 105 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 132 Noes - 124
5 Jan 2026 - Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Berkeley voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 120 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 131 Noes - 127
5 Jan 2026 - Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Berkeley voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 120 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 194 Noes - 130
6 Jan 2026 - Sentencing Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Berkeley voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 125 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 204 Noes - 136
6 Jan 2026 - Sentencing Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Berkeley voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 133 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 180 Noes - 219
6 Jan 2026 - Sentencing 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 - 182 Noes - 209
6 Jan 2026 - Sentencing Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Berkeley voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 122 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 134 Noes - 185


Speeches
Lord Berkeley speeches from: Buses: Safety and Security
Lord Berkeley contributed 1 speech (65 words)
Thursday 8th January 2026 - Lords Chamber
Department for Transport
Lord Berkeley speeches from: Crime and Policing Bill
Lord Berkeley contributed 1 speech (28 words)
Committee stage part one
Monday 15th December 2025 - Lords Chamber
Home Office
Lord Berkeley speeches from: Crime and Policing Bill
Lord Berkeley contributed 3 speeches (553 words)
Committee stage part two
Monday 15th December 2025 - Lords Chamber
Home Office


Written Answers
HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Electric Bicycles
Asked by: Lord Berkeley (Labour - Life peer)
Tuesday 16th December 2025

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede on 18 November 2024 (HL2243), whether they have carried out a risk assessment relating to e-bikes on His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunal Service premises; and if so, what were the dates of the surveys for that risk assessment, and whether they will place a copy of those surveys in the Library of the House.

Answered by Baroness Levitt - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)

Risk-assessment surveys have been conducted at sites where there has been a request to store an e-bike. To date, ten sites have been surveyed, with Brighton Family Court deemed suitable to store e-bikes.

The list of sites surveyed are as follows:

  • Manchester Crown Square – December 2024
  • Newport Magistrates Court - February 2025
  • Bristol Civil Justice Centre – March 2025 (1st Assessment), May 2025 (2nd Assessment)
  • Ipswich Magistrates - March 2025
  • Cardiff Crown - March 2025
  • St Albans Crown / St Albans Magistrates - March 2025
  • Cardiff Magistrates – April 2025
  • Brighton Family Court – June 2025
  • Highbury Magistrates – July 2025
  • Basildon Magistrates - November 2025

The surveys contain sensitive site-related security information which we do not routinely publish and, as a result, copies will not be placed in the Library of the House.

British Overseas Territories: Companies
Asked by: Lord Berkeley (Labour - Life peer)
Monday 22nd December 2025

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government when all British Overseas Territories will be required to publish public registers of beneficial ownership.

Answered by Baroness Chapman of Darlington - Minister of State (Development)

I refer the Noble Lord to my written ministerial statements on 3 July (UIN HLWS774) and 22 July (UIN HLWS884) which provided an update on progress achieved to date and details of next steps. These issues were most recently discussed at the Joint Ministerial Council, where the Minister for the Overseas Territories and the Economic Secretary to the Treasury again reinforced the need for previously agreed deadlines and commitments to be met, and called for prompt action to do so.

Conditions of Employment
Asked by: Lord Berkeley (Labour - Life peer)
Monday 29th December 2025

Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask His Majesty's Government when they plan to publish the consultation on the legal status of workers who are not included in any of the Employment Rights Bill consultations.

Answered by Baroness Lloyd of Effra - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

The Government is committed to consulting on employment status as soon as possible. The consultation will seek to address issues with the framework which can enable worker exploitation and leave vulnerable workers without core employment protections, as well as strengthening protections for the self-employed including the right to a written contract and blacklisting protections.




Lord Berkeley mentioned

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15 Dec 2025, 5:50 p.m. - House of Lords
">> To noble Lord, the Minister, for his decency, and replied as fully as he possibly could. I say to noble Lord Lord Berkeley, there's "
Lord Hanson of Flint (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
15 Dec 2025, 9:52 p.m. - House of Lords
"government, and also supported by Lord Berkeley and Lord Bailey, and discussed with some thought and "
Lord Katz (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
6 Jan 2026, 9:43 p.m. - House of Lords
"original tariff. The noble Lord Berkeley of Knighton correctly "
Lord Keen of Elie (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
6 Jan 2026, 9:45 p.m. - House of Lords
"sentences and their impassioned speeches this evening. And as the noble Lord, Lord Berkeley kindly said, I share their commitment to "
Lord Keen of Elie (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript


Parliamentary Debates
Sentencing Bill
53 speeches (13,531 words)
Report stage: Part 2
Tuesday 6th January 2026 - Lords Chamber
Ministry of Justice
Mentions:
1: Lord Keen of Elie (Con - Life peer) The noble Lord, Lord Berkeley of Knighton, correctly pointed out that there is an issue here of proportionality - Link to Speech
2: Lord Timpson (Lab - Life peer) As the noble Lord, Lord Berkeley, kindly said, I share their commitment to addressing this issue with - Link to Speech

Crime and Policing Bill
100 speeches (26,958 words)
Committee stage part one
Monday 15th December 2025 - Lords Chamber
Home Office
Mentions:
1: Lord Blencathra (Con - Life peer) I say to the noble Lord, Lord Berkeley, that there are many more groups to go on cycling, and I think - Link to Speech

Crime and Policing Bill
66 speeches (14,148 words)
Committee stage part two
Monday 15th December 2025 - Lords Chamber
Home Office
Mentions:
1: Lord Katz (Lab - Life peer) by my noble friend Lady Hayter and the noble Earl, Lord Attlee, supported by the noble Lords, Lord Berkeley - Link to Speech



Select Committee Documents
Wednesday 7th January 2026
Oral Evidence - Home Office, Home Office, and Home Office

Forensic science: follow-up - Science and Technology Committee

Found: Wednesday 7 January 2026 2 pm Watch the meeting Members present: Lord Mair (The Chair); Lord Berkeley

Wednesday 7th January 2026
Oral Evidence - Home Office, Home Office, and Home Office

Forensic science: follow-up - Science and Technology Committee

Found: follow-up Wednesday 7 January 2026 2 pm Watch the meeting Members present: Lord Mair (The Chair); Lord Berkeley




Lord Berkeley - Select Committee Information

Calendar
Wednesday 7th January 2026 1:45 p.m.
Science and Technology Committee - Oral evidence
Subject: Forensic science: follow-up
At 2:00pm: Oral evidence
Sarah Jones MP - Minister for Policing and Crime at Home Office
Amanda-Jane Balfour - Director of Forensic Services at Home Office
Christophe Prince - Data and Identity Director at Home Office
Sarah Sackman KC MP - Minister for Courts and Legal Services at Ministry of Justice
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Tuesday 20th January 2026 10 a.m.
Science and Technology Committee - Private Meeting
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Tuesday 13th January 2026 10 a.m.
Science and Technology Committee - Oral evidence
Subject: One off session on physics teachers
At 10:15am: Oral evidence
Sarah Sackman KC MP - Minister for Courts and Legal Services at Ministry of Justice
Christina Pride - Deputy Director for Criminal Appeals Policy and Miscarriages of Justice at Ministry of Justice
At 11:15am: Oral evidence
Jenni French - Head of STEM in Schools at Gatsby Charitable Foundation
Hari Rentala - Associate Director of Education and Workforce at Institute of Physics (IOP)
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Tuesday 27th January 2026 10 a.m.
Science and Technology Committee - Private Meeting
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Tuesday 3rd February 2026 10 a.m.
Science and Technology Committee - Private Meeting
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Select Committee Documents
Tuesday 16th December 2025
Written Evidence - University of Newcastle
FSC0003 - Forensic science: follow-up

Forensic science: follow-up - Science and Technology Committee
Tuesday 16th December 2025
Written Evidence - Earlham Institute
FSC0004 - Forensic science: follow-up

Forensic science: follow-up - Science and Technology Committee
Monday 5th January 2026
Written Evidence - Gary Pugh OBE
FSC0006 - Forensic science: follow-up

Forensic science: follow-up - Science and Technology Committee
Tuesday 16th December 2025
Written Evidence - National Police Chiefs Council
FSC0005 - Forensic science: follow-up

Forensic science: follow-up - Science and Technology Committee
Wednesday 7th January 2026
Oral Evidence - Home Office, Home Office, and Home Office

Forensic science: follow-up - Science and Technology Committee
Wednesday 7th January 2026
Oral Evidence - Home Office, Home Office, and Home Office

Forensic science: follow-up - Science and Technology Committee
Tuesday 13th January 2026
Written Evidence - Southeast Forensic Network
FSC0009 - Forensic science: follow-up

Forensic science: follow-up - Science and Technology Committee
Tuesday 13th January 2026
Written Evidence - South West Forensic Network
FSC0010 - Forensic science: follow-up

Forensic science: follow-up - Science and Technology Committee
Tuesday 13th January 2026
Written Evidence - East Midlands Forensic Network
FSC0008 - Forensic science: follow-up

Forensic science: follow-up - Science and Technology Committee
Tuesday 13th January 2026
Written Evidence - Dr Angus Marshall
FSC0007 - Forensic science: follow-up

Forensic science: follow-up - Science and Technology Committee
Tuesday 13th January 2026
Written Evidence - Wales and West Forensic Network
FSC0011 - Forensic science: follow-up

Forensic science: follow-up - Science and Technology Committee
Tuesday 13th January 2026
Written Evidence - Tiernan Coyle
FSC0012 - Forensic science: follow-up

Forensic science: follow-up - Science and Technology Committee
Tuesday 13th January 2026
Oral Evidence - Ministry of Justice, and Ministry of Justice

Forensic science: follow-up - Science and Technology Committee
Tuesday 13th January 2026
Oral Evidence - Gatsby Charitable Foundation, and Institute of Physics (IOP)

Science and Technology Committee
Tuesday 27th January 2026
Written Evidence - Dr Matthew Tart
FSC0013 - Forensic science: follow-up

Forensic science: follow-up - Science and Technology Committee
Tuesday 27th January 2026
Written Evidence - Forensic Science Regulator
FSC0014 - Forensic science: follow-up

Forensic science: follow-up - Science and Technology Committee