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Division Votes
22 Jul 2025 - Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025 - View Vote Context Lord Bichard voted Aye and against the House One of 34 Crossbench Aye votes vs 17 Crossbench No votes Tally: Ayes - 155 Noes - 267
14 Oct 2025 - Business of the House - View Vote Context Lord Bichard voted No and in line with the House One of 47 Crossbench No votes vs 10 Crossbench Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 211 Noes - 261
12 May 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Lord Bichard voted No and against the House One of 29 Crossbench No votes vs 11 Crossbench Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 200 Noes - 183
12 May 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Lord Bichard voted Aye and in line with the House One of 39 Crossbench Aye votes vs 3 Crossbench No votes Tally: Ayes - 272 Noes - 125
19 May 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Lord Bichard voted Aye and in line with the House One of 67 Crossbench Aye votes vs 1 Crossbench No votes Tally: Ayes - 289 Noes - 118
2 Jun 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Lord Bichard voted Aye and in line with the House One of 57 Crossbench Aye votes vs 4 Crossbench No votes Tally: Ayes - 242 Noes - 116
28 Oct 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lord Bichard voted No and against the House One of 12 Crossbench No votes vs 35 Crossbench Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 302 Noes - 159
29 Oct 2025 - Planning and Infrastructure Bill - View Vote Context Lord Bichard voted No and in line with the House One of 2 Crossbench No votes vs 4 Crossbench Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 50 Noes - 115
29 Oct 2025 - Planning and Infrastructure Bill - View Vote Context Lord Bichard voted No and in line with the House One of 1 Crossbench No votes vs 5 Crossbench Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 52 Noes - 113
29 Oct 2025 - Planning and Infrastructure Bill - View Vote Context Lord Bichard voted Aye and in line with the House One of 34 Crossbench Aye votes vs 9 Crossbench No votes Tally: Ayes - 260 Noes - 141
27 Oct 2025 - Planning and Infrastructure Bill - View Vote Context Lord Bichard voted No and against the House One of 13 Crossbench No votes vs 30 Crossbench Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 243 Noes - 157
27 Oct 2025 - Planning and Infrastructure Bill - View Vote Context Lord Bichard voted No and in line with the House One of 31 Crossbench No votes vs 20 Crossbench Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 84 Noes - 185
11 Nov 2025 - Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill - View Vote Context Lord Bichard voted Aye and against the House One of 19 Crossbench Aye votes vs 25 Crossbench No votes Tally: Ayes - 89 Noes - 195

Speeches
Lord Bichard speeches from: Tobacco and Vapes Bill Lord Bichard contributed 1 speech (557 words) Committee stage Monday 27th October 2025 - Grand Committee Department of Health and Social Care
Lord Bichard speeches from: Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill Lord Bichard contributed 1 speech (173 words) Monday 9th June 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for International Development

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Lord Bichard mentioned

Live Transcript
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20 May 2025, 9:14 p.m. - House of Lords "coalition for the support. And also the technical amendments, 25, which I thank Lord Bichard for drafting, " Lord Hampton (Crossbench) - View Video - View Transcript
20 May 2025, 9:14 p.m. - House of Lords "I thank Lord Bichard for drafting, while I sat there looking rather bewildered. Lord Bichard unfortunately has had to catch the " Lord Hampton (Crossbench) - View Video - View Transcript
20 May 2025, 9:34 p.m. - House of Lords "in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Bichard, and the noble Lord, Lord Hampton, aspire to have an inclusive and non-bureaucratic approach to " The Earl of Effingham (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
20 May 2025, 9:43 p.m. - House of Lords "Lord, Lord Bichard, produced by the noble Lord, Lord Hampton, and also " Baroness Smith of Malvern, Minister of State (Education) (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
2 Jul 2025, 4:09 p.m. - House of Lords "amendment one and ask specific questions relating to the Earl Marshal and Lord Bichard Berlin, in " The Earl of Devon (Crossbench) - View Video - View Transcript
9 Jun 2025, 5:09 p.m. - House of Lords "Butler-Sloss and Lord Bichard very sadly have extensive experience of these issues. I think we should " Baroness Grey-Thompson (Crossbench) - View Video - View Transcript

Parliamentary Debates
Tobacco and Vapes Bill 74 speeches (23,792 words) Committee stage Monday 27th October 2025 - Grand Committee Department of Health and Social Care Mentions: 1: Lord Bethell (Con - Excepted Hereditary) Those are the statistics that the noble Lord, Lord Bichard, rightly gave; they are different from those - Link to Speech 2: Lord Young of Cookham (Con - Life peer) It has strong public support, and it is backed by experts.As the noble Lord, Lord Bichard, said, this - Link to Speech 3: Baroness Walmsley (LD - Life peer) However, as the noble Lords, Lord Bichard and Lord Young, have just mentioned, this is not prohibition - Link to Speech 4: None The noble Lords, Lord Moylan, Lord Bichard and Lord Scriven, made points about trading standards. - Link to Speech
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill 103 speeches (34,430 words) Monday 9th June 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for International Development Mentions: 1: Lord Sentamu (XB - Life peer) I am reminded of those wonderful words by the noble Lord, Lord Bichard; noble Lords have heard him speak - Link to Speech 2: Baroness Smith of Malvern (Lab - Life peer) We have also heard from the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay, the noble Lords, Lord Meston and Lord Bichard - Link to Speech 3: Baroness Grey-Thompson (XB - Life peer) My noble friends Lord Meston and Lord Bichard and my noble and learned friend Lady Butler-Sloss have - Link to Speech
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill 33 speeches (8,672 words) Tuesday 20th May 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for International Development Mentions: 1: Lord Hampton (XB - Excepted Hereditary) their support, and to the more technical Amendments 20 and 25; I am grateful to my noble friend Lord Bichard - Link to Speech 2: Earl of Effingham (Con - Excepted Hereditary) Amendments 20 and 25, from the noble Lords, Lord Hampton and Lord Bichard, aspire to have an inclusive - Link to Speech 3: Baroness Smith of Malvern (Lab - Life peer) partnerships.I turn to Amendments 20 and 25, in the names of the noble Lords, Lord Hampton and Lord Bichard—introduced - Link to Speech

Select Committee Documents
Wednesday 17th September 2025 Declarations of interest - Declarations of interests for Special Inquiry Committee proposals 2026 Liaison Committee (Lords) Found: Declaration of Interests for the Special Inquiry Committee proposals 2026 Interests declared: Lord Bichard

Bill Documents
May. 19 2025 HL Bill 84-I(Rev) Revised marshalled list for Committee Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill 6 Clause 2 LORD HAMPTON LORD BICHARD 20_ Clause 2, page 2, line
May. 16 2025 HL Bill 84-I Marshalled list for Committee Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill 6 Clause 2 LORD BICHARD LORD HAMPTON 20★_ Clause 2, page 2,

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Lord Bichard - Select Committee Information

Calendar
Thursday 11th September 2025 11 a.m. Liaison Committee (Lords) - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar
Monday 7th July 2025 2:30 p.m. Liaison Committee (Lords) - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar
Wednesday 12th November 2025 10 a.m. Liaison Committee (Lords) - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar

Select Committee Documents
Tuesday 29th July 2025 Gender balance statistics - Gender balance of House of Lords Select Committee membership - July 25 Committee of Selection (Lords)
Wednesday 17th September 2025 Agendas and papers - Special Inquiry Committee proposals 2026 Liaison Committee (Lords)
Wednesday 17th September 2025 Declarations of interest - Declarations of interests for Special Inquiry Committee proposals 2026 Liaison Committee (Lords)
Tuesday 7th October 2025 Agendas and papers - 11 September 2025 - Agenda Liaison Committee (Lords)
Monday 30th June 2025 Agendas and papers - 7 July 2025 - Agenda Liaison Committee (Lords)
Monday 19th May 2025 Correspondence - Letter from Lord Gardiner of Kimble, Chair of the Liaison Committee, to Janet Daby MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Children and Families), Department for Education, on the Select Committee on the Children and Families Act 2014 Committee Liaison Committee (Lords)
Thursday 15th May 2025 Correspondence - Letter from Lord Gardiner of Kimble, Chair of the Liaison Committee, to the Rt Hon Lord Hanson of Flint, Minister of State (Lords Minister), Home Office, on the Select Committee on the Fraud Act 2006 and Digital Fraud Committee Liaison Committee (Lords)
Thursday 15th May 2025 Correspondence - Letter from Lord Gardiner of Kimble, Chair of the Liaison Committee, to the Rt Hon Steve Reed MP, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on the Select Committee on Land Use in England Liaison Committee (Lords)
Thursday 15th May 2025 Correspondence - Letter from Lord Gardiner of Kimble, Chair of the Liaison Committee, to Baroness Twycross, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Gambling), Department for Culture, Media and Sport, on the Select Committee on the Social and Economic Impact of the Gambling Industry Liaison Committee (Lords)
Tuesday 17th June 2025 Correspondence - Letter from Stephen Kinnock MP, Minister of State for Care, Department of Health and Social Care, to Lord Gardiner of Kimble, Chair of the Liaison Committee, on the Select Committee on Adult Social Care Liaison Committee (Lords)
Tuesday 17th June 2025 Correspondence - Letter from Stephanie Peacock MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Sport, Media, Civil Society and Youth, Department for Culture, Media and Sport, to Lord Gardiner of Kimble, Chair of the Liaison Committee on the Select Committee on a National Plan for Sport and Recreation Liaison Committee (Lords)
Tuesday 18th November 2025 Correspondence - Letter from Lord Hanson of Flint, Minister of State at the Home Office, to Lord Gardiner of Kimble, Chair of the Liaison Committee, on the Select Committee on the Fraud Act 2006 and Digital Fraud Committee Liaison Committee (Lords)
Tuesday 18th November 2025 Correspondence - Letter from Janey Daby MP, Minister for Children and Families, to Lord Gardiner of Kimble, Chair of the Liaison Committee, on the Select Committee on the Children and Families Act 2014 Liaison Committee (Lords)
Tuesday 18th November 2025 Agendas and papers - 12 November 2025 - Agenda Liaison Committee (Lords)
Friday 21st November 2025 Correspondence - Letter from the Leaders of the two Houses to Lord Gardiner of Kimble and Dame Meg Hillier MP in relation to pre-legislative scrutiny in this parliamentary session, dated 22 July 2025 Liaison Committee (Lords)
Friday 21st November 2025 Correspondence - Letter from Lord Gardiner of Kimble to the Leaders of the two Houses in relation to pre-legislative scrutiny in this parliamentary session, dated 23 October 2025 Liaison Committee (Lords)
Friday 21st November 2025 Agendas and papers - Uncorrected transcript: Special inquiry committee proposal - Childhood vaccination rates Liaison Committee (Lords)
Friday 21st November 2025 Agendas and papers - Uncorrected transcript: Special inquiry committee proposal - AI and Society Liaison Committee (Lords)
Friday 21st November 2025 Agendas and papers - Uncorrected transcript: Special inquiry committee proposal - Freelancing and Self-employment: Rights and Responsibilities in a Modern Economy Liaison Committee (Lords)
Friday 21st November 2025 Agendas and papers - Uncorrected transcript: Special inquiry committee proposal - National resilience Liaison Committee (Lords)
Friday 21st November 2025 Agendas and papers - Uncorrected transcript: Special inquiry committee proposal - Lifelong Learning: Removing barriers and realising benefits of higher education in later life Liaison Committee (Lords)
Tuesday 18th November 2025 Correspondence - Letter from Mary Creagh CBE MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, to Lord Gardiner of Kimble, Chair of the Liaison Committee, on the Select Committee on Land Use in England Liaison Committee (Lords)
Tuesday 18th November 2025 Correspondence - Letter from Baroness Twycross, Minister for Gambling and Heritage, to Lord Gardiner of Kimble, Chair of the Liaison Committee, on the Select Committee on the Social and Economic Impact of the Gambling Industry Liaison Committee (Lords)
Tuesday 18th November 2025 Minutes and decisions - 7 July 2025 - Decisions document Liaison Committee (Lords)
Friday 21st November 2025 Agendas and papers - Uncorrected transcript: Special inquiry committee proposal - Numeracy for life Liaison Committee (Lords)
Friday 21st November 2025 Minutes and decisions - 11 September 2025 - Decisions document Liaison Committee (Lords)
Friday 21st November 2025 Agendas and papers - Uncorrected transcript: Special inquiry committee proposal - post-legislative scrutiny of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 Liaison Committee (Lords)
Tuesday 18th November 2025 Minutes and decisions - 25 March 2025 - Decisions document Liaison Committee (Lords)