Information between 17th July 2025 - 25th September 2025
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21 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lord Blunkett voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 136 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 106 Noes - 140 |
21 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lord Blunkett voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 147 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 266 Noes - 162 |
22 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit Bill - View Vote Context Lord Blunkett 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 Blunkett 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 Blunkett 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 Blunkett 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 Blunkett 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 Blunkett 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 |
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Lord Blunkett speeches from: Youth Unemployment
Lord Blunkett contributed 1 speech (99 words) Thursday 11th September 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Work and Pensions |
Lord Blunkett speeches from: Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
Lord Blunkett contributed 3 speeches (930 words) Wednesday 10th September 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Work and Pensions |
Lord Blunkett speeches from: Football Governance Act 2025: Implementation
Lord Blunkett contributed 1 speech (124 words) Wednesday 3rd September 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport |
Lord Blunkett speeches from: Tackling Unsustainable Debt
Lord Blunkett contributed 1 speech (87 words) Thursday 17th July 2025 - Lords Chamber HM Treasury |
Written Answers |
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Training: Taxation
Asked by: Lord Blunkett (Labour - Life peer) Thursday 17th July 2025 Question to the Department for Education: To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Smith of Malvern on 26 June (HL8471), and with regard to paragraph 4.36 of the Spending Review 2025 (CP 1336), what proportion of the additional £1.2 billion allocated per year by 2028–29 for skills by the Treasury will be (1) part of the growth and skills levy, and (2) drawn down from the skills surcharge levied on employers for bringing in overseas staff. Answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions) Further details on allocation of the department’s Spending Review settlement will be set out following the conclusion of departmental business planning.
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Training: Taxation
Asked by: Lord Blunkett (Labour - Life peer) Thursday 17th July 2025 Question to the HM Treasury: To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Smith of Malvern on 26 June (HL8470), when they intend to announce the revised formula for allocating the growth and skills levy (formerly the apprenticeship levy), including (1) the total for each year of the spending review period, and (2) the amount to be held back by the Treasury. Answered by Lord Livermore - Financial Secretary (HM Treasury) At Spending Review 2025, the Government allocated an additional £1.2 billion per year for skills by 2028-29. Final allocations for all skills programmes, including the growth and skills offer, will be confirmed in due course. |
Housing: Regeneration
Asked by: Lord Blunkett (Labour - Life peer) Friday 18th July 2025 Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will outline the consultation steps taken in advance of the allocation of funding under the neighbourhood trailblazer programme which was announced on 11 June; and specifically the consultation process with (1) the relevant local authority in whose area funding has been allocated and (2) with the member of Parliament, whose constituency incorporates the neighbourhoods concerned. Answered by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip) In advance of the funding allocation under the Neighbourhood Trailblazer Programme announced on 11 June, 25 trailblazer areas were selected through a metric-based methodology which assessed the most in-need communities across the UK. Further details will be published in due course. The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Building Safety, Fire and Local Growth has met with MPs who have a trailblazer neighbourhood in their constituency, and my officials continue to engage relevant local authorities. The Communities Delivery Unit will work in partnership with local people and with local authorities to empower communities through long-term, place-based investment, with a strong emphasis on local leadership, community engagement, and social cohesion. Full details on programme governance, including consultation processes, will be published in due course.
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Small Modular Reactors
Asked by: Lord Blunkett (Labour - Life peer) Monday 21st July 2025 Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero: To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to restricting the contracts and investment for small nuclear modular reactors to UK-based companies, with the majority of component parts to be produced in the UK. Answered by Lord Wilson of Sedgefield - Lord in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip) Following a robust, two-year procurement process, Great British Energy – Nuclear (GBE-N) has selected Rolls-Royce SMR as its preferred bidder to partner with to build the UK’s first small modular reactors, subject to final government approvals and contract signature.
Further details will follow in due course, but the government's long-term ambition is to bring forward one of Europe's first SMR fleets, with GBE-N's ambition being to deliver over 70% UK content across the fleet, which could benefit communities right across the country. |
Immigration: Fees and Charges
Asked by: Lord Blunkett (Labour - Life peer) Thursday 24th July 2025 Question to the HM Treasury: To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Livermore on 8 July (HL8809), whether (1) a certificate of sponsorship fee, and (2) an immigration skills charge, constitute a taxable benefit for employers in circumstances where those costs cannot be passed on to employees. Answered by Lord Livermore - Financial Secretary (HM Treasury) If an employer pays for a certificate of sponsorship fee and the immigration skills charge, as a result of sponsoring a worker from overseas, these costs could be liable to Income Tax. Whether tax is payable will depend on individual circumstances as tax exemptions may apply. For this reason, each circumstance will need to be considered on a case-by-case basis. The Government has no plans to change the tax treatment of immigration fees. However, all taxes are kept under review as part of the tax policymaking process. |
Housing: Construction
Asked by: Lord Blunkett (Labour - Life peer) Monday 28th July 2025 Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Minister of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on 30 June (HC61433), whether the proposed restriction on installing gas boilers for newly constructed dwellings applies to the development of blended green hydrogen and natural gas for heating purposes. Answered by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip) The Future Homes Standard (FHS), to be introduced through the Building Regulations in autumn this year, will effectively preclude the use of gas boilers in new homes. A consultation setting out detailed technical proposals for the FHS was published in December 2023 and closed in March 2024. Hybrid and hydrogen-ready boilers would not meet the standards proposed in the consultation. We are carefully considering the feedback we received to the consultation and intend to publish the government response confirming our final position in due course. |
Live Transcript |
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4 Sep 2025, 2:16 p.m. - House of Commons "end of this Parliament, Lord Blunkett, Lord Clark, Lord Heseltine, people who bring experience to the House and should " Alex Burghart MP (Brentwood and Ongar, Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
16 Sep 2025, 6:25 p.m. - House of Commons "prisoners and I worry that unless we speed up the resolution of this problem, we will have an injustice and Lord Blunkett, who introduced " Rt Hon John McDonnell MP (Hayes and Harlington, Independent) - View Video - View Transcript |
10 Sep 2025, 5:41 p.m. - House of Lords "Lord Blunkett and 436, ZZB, table by Baroness Speelman to introduce OFSTED inspection multi-academy " Baroness Smith of Malvern, Minister of State (Education) (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
10 Sep 2025, 4:56 p.m. - House of Lords "new group. After close 44, Lord Blunkett, it's your turn. >> I'm grateful for the support of " Baroness Barran (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
10 Sep 2025, 5:06 p.m. - House of Lords "friend's, including Lord Blunkett. I shall run the House of my interest as the chair of the multi-academy " Lord Knight of Weymouth (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
10 Sep 2025, 5:17 p.m. - House of Lords "amendment 435 moved by Lord Blunkett and would warn against putting too much detail into the bill. The only " Baroness Morris of Yardley (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
10 Sep 2025, 5:20 p.m. - House of Lords "we look on the good grace of the Minister perhaps for that. >> I like to speak strongly in the defence of Lord Blunkett of his " Baroness Morris of Yardley (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
10 Sep 2025, 5:20 p.m. - House of Lords "defence of Lord Blunkett of his amendment 435 and supported by " Baroness Morris of Yardley (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
10 Sep 2025, 5:21 p.m. - House of Lords "understand why they wouldn't be huge support would be wonderful if we could bring the House together with Lord Blunkett, Baroness Barran and " Lord Agnew of Oulton (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
10 Sep 2025, 5:26 p.m. - House of Lords "him a friend, Lord Blunkett, because we were both born the same response villages in the past and it looks as if his proposal has all-party " Lord Watson of Invergowrie (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
10 Sep 2025, 5:26 p.m. - House of Lords ">> Could I support very strongly the amendment by my noble friend, I call him a friend, Lord Blunkett, because " Lord Watson of Invergowrie (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
10 Sep 2025, 6:56 p.m. - House of Lords "change anything on the ground and Lord Blunkett is not in this place " Baroness Barran (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
10 Sep 2025, 9:26 p.m. - House of Lords "what we heard from Lord Blunkett earlier in this afternoon. He laid " Baroness Spielman (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
10 Sep 2025, 10:14 p.m. - House of Lords "Noble Friend Lord Blunkett, this amendment seeks to introduce a statutory presumption of structural intervention, either through " Baroness Smith of Malvern, Minister of State (Education) (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
11 Sep 2025, 2:51 p.m. - House of Commons "businesses, my constituents, and Lord Blunkett, who listed the " Josh Newbury MP (Cannock Chase, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
Parliamentary Debates |
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Sentencing Bill
139 speeches (32,312 words) 2nd reading Tuesday 16th September 2025 - Commons Chamber Ministry of Justice Mentions: 1: John McDonnell (Ind - Hayes and Harlington) Lord Blunkett, who introduced the system, has subsequently absolutely condemned it, saying it was one - Link to Speech |
Regional Transport Inequality
111 speeches (19,959 words) Thursday 11th September 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for Transport Mentions: 1: Alison Hume (Lab - Scarborough and Whitby) is backed by York and North Yorkshire Mayor David Skaith, local businesses, my constituents and Lord Blunkett - Link to Speech |
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
94 speeches (31,749 words) Wednesday 10th September 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Work and Pensions Mentions: 1: Baroness Spielman (Con - Life peer) My Lords, first, I express my support for what the noble Lord, Lord Blunkett, has put forward in his - Link to Speech 2: Lord Knight of Weymouth (Lab - Life peer) On that basis, I support my noble friend Lord Blunkett and his amendment. - Link to Speech 3: Lord Baker of Dorking (Con - Life peer) My Lords, I very strongly support the amendment from my noble friend Lord Blunkett. - Link to Speech 4: Baroness Barran (Con - Life peer) I agree with the call to action of the noble Lord, Lord Blunkett: “Just do it now.” - Link to Speech 5: Lord Baker of Dorking (Con - Life peer) I thank the noble Lord, Lord Blunkett, for getting such a speedy response from the Minister. - Link to Speech |
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
39 speeches (10,950 words) Wednesday 10th September 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Work and Pensions Mentions: 1: Baroness Spielman (Con - Life peer) direct control and management, it is important to remember what we heard from the noble Lord, Lord Blunkett - Link to Speech 2: Baroness Smith of Malvern (Lab - Life peer) in group 10, tabled by the noble Baronesses, Lady Barran and Lady Bennett, and my noble friend Lord Blunkett - Link to Speech 3: Baroness Smith of Malvern (Lab - Life peer) improvement after 18 months of targeted support.Amendment 446, in the name of my noble friend Lord Blunkett - Link to Speech |
Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [Lords]
136 speeches (40,189 words) Report stage Wednesday 10th September 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for Transport Mentions: 1: Paul Kohler (LD - Wimbledon) amendments were accepted on Report in the Lords, 30 of them from the Government and a further six from Lord Blunkett - Link to Speech |
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
184 speeches (24,276 words) Consideration of Lords amendments Thursday 4th September 2025 - Commons Chamber Cabinet Office Mentions: 1: Alex Burghart (Con - Brentwood and Ongar) lot of excellent peers who are over 80, such as Lord Dubs and, by the end of this Parliament, Lord Blunkett - Link to Speech |
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill
96 speeches (23,828 words) Committee stage: Part 1 Wednesday 3rd September 2025 - Lords Chamber Home Office Mentions: 1: Lord Jackson of Peterborough (Con - Life peer) knows that these issues have been debated recently by his noble friends, including the noble Lord, Lord Blunkett - Link to Speech 2: Baroness Fox of Buckley (Non-affiliated - Life peer) I therefore agree with the noble Lord, Lord Blunkett, when he said we should look at some of this again - Link to Speech |
Select Committee Documents |
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Wednesday 17th September 2025
Agendas and papers - Special Inquiry Committee proposals 2026 Liaison Committee (Lords) Found: regional development and social justice, including: Baroness Garden of Frognal, Lord Willetts, Lord Blunkett |
Bill Documents |
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Sep. 08 2025
HL Bill 84-X Tenth marshalled list for Committee Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: After Clause 44 LORD BLUNKETT BARONESS BLOWER LORD WATSON OF INVERGOWRIE BARONESS MORRIS OF YARDLEY |
Aug. 29 2025
HL Bill 84-IX Ninth marshalled list for Committee Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: After Clause 44 LORD BLUNKETT BARONESS BLOWER LORD WATSON OF INVERGOWRIE BARONESS MORRIS OF YARDLEY |