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Wednesday 11th June 2025 Lord Caine (Conservative - Life peer) Private Notice Question - Main Chamber Subject: Disorder in Ballymena View calendar - Add to calendar |
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12 May 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Lord Caine voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 173 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 200 Noes - 183 |
12 May 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Lord Caine voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 155 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 272 Noes - 125 |
12 May 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Lord Caine voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 150 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 164 Noes - 152 |
12 May 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Lord Caine voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 177 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 289 Noes - 168 |
19 May 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Lord Caine voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 124 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 289 Noes - 118 |
11 Jun 2025 - Armed Forces Commissioner Bill - View Vote Context Lord Caine voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 178 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 265 Noes - 161 |
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Lord Caine speeches from: Independent Schools: Tax Changes
Lord Caine contributed 1 speech (135 words) Wednesday 25th June 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Education |
Lord Caine speeches from: Disorder in Ballymena
Lord Caine contributed 2 speeches (220 words) Wednesday 11th June 2025 - Lords Chamber |
Lord Caine speeches from: Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery
Lord Caine contributed 1 speech (89 words) Wednesday 21st May 2025 - Lords Chamber |
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Personal Independence Payment: Myasthenia Gravis
Asked by: Lord Caine (Conservative - Life peer) Monday 12th May 2025 Question to the Department for Work and Pensions: To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Sherlock on 12 April (HL6549), whether they intend to review how the reliability criteria, that is being able to carry out an activity safely, repeatedly and within a reasonable time period, are applied for Personal Independence Payment assessments in cases involving fluctuating conditions or neurological conditions, such as myasthenia gravis. Answered by Baroness Sherlock - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions) We currently have no plans to review this specific criterion. However, in the Pathways to Work Green Paper ,we announced plans to launch a review of the PIP assessment, which the Minister for Social Security and Disability shall lead.
To make sure we get this right, we will bring together a range of experts, stakeholders and people with lived experience to consider how best to do this and to start the process as part of preparing for a review. We will provide further details about the scope of the review as plans progress. |
Personal Independence Payment: Chronic Illnesses
Asked by: Lord Caine (Conservative - Life peer) Thursday 29th May 2025 Question to the Department for Work and Pensions: To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Sherlock on 9 May (HL6877), how they monitor and evaluate whether PIP assessors are appropriately applying the reliability criteria in cases involving fluctuating or invisible conditions; and how many cases have been overturned at the mandatory reconsideration or tribunal stages due to a failure to consider these criteria correctly by assessors. Answered by Baroness Sherlock - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions) DWP has set standards for the quality of assessments for all health professionals (HPs) conducting Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessments on behalf of the department. The department closely monitors all aspects of the process including how HPs apply the criteria set out in legislation.
PIP assessments are conducted by fully qualified, clinical professionals (Doctors, Nurses, Paramedics, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and Pharmacists) who have undergone a comprehensive training programme designed and approved by DWP. The quality of their advice is continually assured internally by the assessment suppliers and externally by the department's independent audit function.
Audit refers to a comprehensive check of the elements of the assessment, including the evidence collection, further evidence provided and the completion of the assessment report by the HP. The check is completed against a set of guidelines which ensures the criteria is applied appropriately and that a consistent approach is taken in all cases, including those involving fluctuating or invisible conditions. This ensures that assessment reports are fit for purpose, clinically justified and sound, and provide sufficient information for the department to make an informed decision on entitlement to benefit.
The department does not hold data on cases overturned at mandatory reconsideration or tribunal stages due to a failure by assessors to correctly consider reliability criteria in cases involving fluctuating or invisible conditions.
The recent Pathways to Work Green Paper has proposed that assessments should, in future, be recorded by default. It is hoped that this will give new opportunities to establish what has gone wrong when assessments are subsequently found to be incorrect, including when the fault has been a failure to assess correctly the impact of a fluctuating condition. |
Personal Independence Payment: Chronic Illnesses
Asked by: Lord Caine (Conservative - Life peer) Thursday 29th May 2025 Question to the Department for Work and Pensions: To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Sherlock on 12 May (HL6876), whether the forthcoming review of the PIP assessment will include a specific focus group or panel comprising of individuals with fluctuating and neurological conditions, such as myasthenia gravis, to incorporate feedback from their lived experience in the review. Answered by Baroness Sherlock - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions) On 12 May, the Secretary of State announced in the House of Commons the start of the first phase of the review of the PIP assessment, which will be led by the Minister for Social Security and Disability. We will work with and listen closely to stakeholders to gather views on how best to approach the review before publishing the Terms of Reference.
The review will be guided by the principle that PIP is there to support disabled people with extra costs and to enable independent living, taking account of how the nature of disability and health conditions have changed since PIP was first introduced. The work to prepare the Terms of Reference will not include a specific focus group or panel comprising individuals with fluctuating and neurological conditions, but suggestions from such individuals about what the Terms of Reference should cover would be welcome. |
Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery
Asked by: Lord Caine (Conservative - Life peer) Friday 6th June 2025 Question to the Northern Ireland Office: To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent on 22 May (HL Deb col 244), what assessment they have made of the risk that elderly veterans will be compelled to appear in coroners' courts in Northern Ireland as a result of their decision to re-open legacy inquests and because of the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery. Answered by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip) This Government's commitment to our Armed Forces community is unshakeable. The vast majority of veterans who served in Operation Banner did so with distinction in very difficult circumstances.
This Government’s approach will ensure that legacy cases are dealt with sensitively, efficiently and lawfully, and that veterans who engage with legacy mechanisms are provided with the appropriate support. The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland is working closely with the Defence Secretary and Minister for Veterans and People on how to ensure that their interests are fully considered in the changes we are going to make. |
Windsor Framework
Asked by: Lord Caine (Conservative - Life peer) Thursday 26th June 2025 Question to the Northern Ireland Office: To ask His Majesty's Government which commitments arising from the Safeguarding the Union command paper (CP1021), published on 31 January 2024, (1) have been, or (2) are in the process of being, implemented; and which commitments remain outstanding. Answered by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip) The Government continues to make progress on delivering the commitments made in the Safeguarding the Union command paper. In the past month alone, that has included: taking forward legislation which allows the Government to introduce ‘not for EU’ labelling in Great Britain; hosting the first East-West Council meeting in Northern Ireland; and the completion of work to digitise the Belfast News Letter.
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UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland
Asked by: Lord Caine (Conservative - Life peer) Thursday 26th June 2025 Question to the Northern Ireland Office: To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent on 20 December 2024 (HL3343), in which said that they were "currently considering the best way to take forward the approach referred to in Annex B of the Safeguarding the Union command paper", what was the outcome of those considerations. Answered by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip) This Government continues to make progress on delivering the commitments made in the Safeguarding the Union command paper. The best way to take forward the approach referred to in Annex B remains under consideration. |
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9 Jun 2025, 10:58 p.m. - House of Lords "reflect the views of a great number of those in Northern Ireland in particular. As my noble friend Lord Caine has said on previous occasions " Lord Roborough (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
Parliamentary Debates |
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Lord Speaker’s Statement
2 speeches (86 words) Wednesday 11th June 2025 - Lords Chamber Mentions: 1: Lord McFall of Alcluith (Lord Speaker - Life peer) My Lords, before I call the noble Lord, Lord Caine, to ask his Private Notice Question on the recent - Link to Speech |
Official Controls (Plant Health) and Phytosanitary Conditions (Amendment) Regulations 2025
33 speeches (13,953 words) Monday 9th June 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Mentions: 1: Lord Roborough (Con - Excepted Hereditary) As my noble friend Lord Caine has said on previous occasions, it is important that His Majesty’s Government - Link to Speech |
APPG Publications |
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Global Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights APPG Document: Annual Report 2023-2024 Found: Relationships and Sexuality Education (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2023, introduced by Lord Caine |
Global Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights APPG Document: Annual Report 2022-2023 Found: Northern Ireland Update – 24th March 2022 The PUSS for NI, Lord Caine, read out SoS for NI, Brandon |
Global Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights APPG Document: Annual Report 2021-2022 Found: The PUSS for NI, Lord Caine, replied that the Government’s assessment is that the future of the NI Assembly |