Division Voting information
Lord Blackwell voted Aye - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 4 Conservative Aye votes vs 203 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 312 Noes - 223
Lord Blackwell voted Aye - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 5 Conservative Aye votes vs 119 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 207 Noes - 123
Lord Blackwell voted Aye - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 10 Conservative Aye votes vs 192 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 265 Noes - 199
Debates during the 2019 Parliament
Speeches made during Parliamentary debates are recorded in Hansard. For ease of browsing we have grouped debates into individual, departmental and legislative categories.
Sparring Partners
(2 debate interactions)
(2 debate interactions)
Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Treasury and Economy)
(2 debate interactions)
Department Debates
(11 debate contributions)
(4 debate contributions)
(3 debate contributions)
(2 debate contributions)
Legislation Debates
(6,199 words contributed)
(1,788 words contributed)
(1,220 words contributed)
(798 words contributed)
Lords initiatives
These initiatives were driven by Lord Blackwell, and are more likely to reflect personal policy preferences.
Lord Blackwell has not introduced any legislation before Parliament
Lord Blackwell has not co-sponsored any Bills in the current parliamentary sitting
Latest 2 Written Questions
(View all written questions)Despite record level of receipts in 2022 the average length of time taken for a grant of probate following receipt of the documents required has been maintained at 6 weeks.
8.8% of Probate applications exceeded 16 weeks processing time following receipt of the documents required. Cases can be delayed where more information is needed from the applicant, an application to stop a case from an interested party is in place or where cases are complex.
HMCTS has increased resources to meet the higher demand following an increased number of estates requiring probate and is further increasing resourcing to further bring down overall timeliness on digital and paper applications.
Average waiting times for probate grants, up to December 2022, are routinely published on gov.uk via Family Court Statistics Quarterly.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
Despite record level of receipts in 2022 the average length of time taken for a grant of probate following receipt of the documents required has been maintained at 6 weeks.
8.8% of Probate applications exceeded 16 weeks processing time following receipt of the documents required. Cases can be delayed where more information is needed from the applicant, an application to stop a case from an interested party is in place or where cases are complex.
HMCTS has increased resources to meet the higher demand following an increased number of estates requiring probate and is further increasing resourcing to further bring down overall timeliness on digital and paper applications.
Average waiting times for probate grants, up to December 2022, are routinely published on gov.uk via Family Court Statistics Quarterly.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)