Information between 20th April 2026 - 30th May 2026
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20 Apr 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Lord Collins of Highbury voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 153 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 259 Noes - 180 |
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20 Apr 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Lord Collins of Highbury voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 147 Labour No votes vs 4 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 284 Noes - 158 |
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20 Apr 2026 - Pension Schemes Bill - View Vote Context Lord Collins of Highbury voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 139 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 162 Noes - 151 |
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20 Apr 2026 - Pension Schemes Bill - View Vote Context Lord Collins of Highbury voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 142 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 211 Noes - 150 |
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20 Apr 2026 - Pension Schemes Bill - View Vote Context Lord Collins of Highbury voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 141 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 216 Noes - 148 |
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20 Apr 2026 - Pension Schemes Bill - View Vote Context Lord Collins of Highbury voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 138 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 219 Noes - 144 |
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20 Apr 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Lord Collins of Highbury voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 156 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 276 Noes - 169 |
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23 Apr 2026 - English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - View Vote Context Lord Collins of Highbury voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 128 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 197 Noes - 144 |
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23 Apr 2026 - English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - View Vote Context Lord Collins of Highbury 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 - 220 Noes - 143 |
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23 Apr 2026 - English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - View Vote Context Lord Collins of Highbury voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 126 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 208 Noes - 138 |
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23 Apr 2026 - English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - View Vote Context Lord Collins of Highbury voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 130 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 209 Noes - 145 |
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23 Apr 2026 - English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - View Vote Context Lord Collins of Highbury voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 128 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 152 Noes - 207 |
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23 Apr 2026 - English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - View Vote Context Lord Collins of Highbury voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 128 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 207 Noes - 141 |
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23 Apr 2026 - English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - View Vote Context Lord Collins of Highbury voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 128 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 199 Noes - 146 |
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27 Apr 2026 - English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - View Vote Context Lord Collins of Highbury voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 136 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 199 Noes - 144 |
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27 Apr 2026 - English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - View Vote Context Lord Collins of Highbury voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 139 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 210 Noes - 145 |
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27 Apr 2026 - English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - View Vote Context Lord Collins of Highbury voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 133 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 58 Noes - 138 |
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27 Apr 2026 - English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - View Vote Context Lord Collins of Highbury voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 139 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 217 Noes - 145 |
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27 Apr 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Lord Collins of Highbury voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 153 Labour No votes vs 5 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 316 Noes - 165 |
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27 Apr 2026 - Pension Schemes Bill - View Vote Context Lord Collins of Highbury 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 - 197 Noes - 129 |
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28 Apr 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Lord Collins of Highbury voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 160 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 91 Noes - 181 |
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Lord Collins of Highbury speeches from: For Women Scotland Case
Lord Collins of Highbury contributed 7 speeches (800 words) Monday 27th April 2026 - Lords Chamber Leader of the House |
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28 Apr 2026, 4:34 p.m. - House of Lords "thankful also to my noble friends Lady Anderson, Lady Twycross, Lord Collins of Highbury and Lady Lloyd " Baroness Smith of Malvern, Minister of State (Education) (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
20 speeches (6,040 words) Tuesday 28th April 2026 - Lords Chamber Department for Work and Pensions Mentions: 1: None I thank my noble friends Lady Anderson, Lady Twycross, Lord Collins of Highbury and Lady Lloyd of Effra - Link to Speech |
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Friday 1st May 2026
Minutes and decisions - R&R Programme Board minutes - 24 March 2026 Restoration and Renewal Programme Board Committee Found: ) Nigel Bunclark (Commons) (for Item 5) Simon Burton Meg Conway-Wait (R&R Client Team) Lord Collins of Highbury |
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Equality and Human Rights Commission: Codes of Practice
Asked by: Baroness Falkner of Margravine (Crossbench - Life peer) Wednesday 29th April 2026 Question To ask His Majesty's Government what advice they have received on whether the Equality and Human Rights Commission code of practice for services, public functions and associations has any bearing on employers' obligations; and, further to the remarks by Lord Collins of Highbury on 14 April (HL Deb col 197), on what timescale they will ensure that all government departments comply with the law as set out in the judgment in For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers [2025] UKSC 16. Answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions) It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member. |
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Equality and Human Rights Commission: Codes of Practice
Asked by: Baroness Falkner of Margravine (Crossbench - Life peer) Wednesday 29th April 2026 Question To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Collins of Highbury on 14 April (HL Deb col 197), where it is set out that a document such as the EHRC’s Code of Practice on Services, Public Functions and Associations cannot be laid in the pre-election period. Answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions) It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member. |
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King's Speech 2026: Science, innovation and technology - LLN-2026-0020
May. 07 2026 Found: scheme should be set out in primary legislation.43 The Deputy Leader of the House of Lords Lord Collins of Highbury |
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Tuesday 9th June 2026
Cabinet Office Source Page: Register of Ministers’ Gifts and Hospitality: April 2026 Document: (webpage) Found: Baroness Smith of Basildon Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Lord Collins of Highbury |
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Tuesday 9th June 2026
Cabinet Office Source Page: Register of Ministers’ Gifts and Hospitality: April 2026 Document: View online (webpage) Found: class="govuk-table__row js-govuk-table__row"> | |
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Tuesday 9th June 2026
Cabinet Office Source Page: Register of Ministers’ Gifts and Hospitality: April 2026 Document: (webpage) Found: Hospitality (£) Baroness Smith of Basildon Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Lord Collins of Highbury |
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Tuesday 9th June 2026
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Monday 18th May 2026
Cabinet Office Source Page: Register of Ministers’ Gifts and Hospitality: January 2026 Document: View online (webpage) Found: class="govuk-table__row js-govuk-table__row"> | |
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Monday 18th May 2026
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Thursday 30th April 2026
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Thursday 30th April 2026
Cabinet Office Source Page: Register of Ministers’ Gifts and Hospitality: March 2026 Document: (webpage) Found: Baroness Smith of Basildon Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Lord Collins of Highbury |
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Thursday 30th April 2026
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Thursday 30th April 2026
Cabinet Office Source Page: Register of Ministers’ Gifts and Hospitality: March 2026 Document: (webpage) Found: Hospitality (£) Baroness Smith of Basildon Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Lord Collins of Highbury |
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May. 19 2026
Office for Equality and Opportunity Source Page: UK to host European IDAHOT+ Forum 2027 Document: UK to host European IDAHOT+ Forum 2027 (webpage) News and Communications Found: Lord Collins of Highbury, government spokesperson for equalities, is in Copenhagen for this year’s forum |
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Wednesday 17th June 2026 9:45 a.m. Liaison Committee (Lords) - Oral evidence Subject: Social and Economic Impact of the Gambling Industry – follow-up At 10:00am: Oral evidence James Grimes - Director of Chapter One at Gambling with Lives Will Prochaska - Director at Coalition to End Gambling Ads Dr Raffaello Rossi - Senior Lecturer in Marketing at University of Bristol Business School At 11:00am: Oral evidence Grainne Hurst - Chief Executive Officer at Betting and Gaming Council Dan Waugh - Partner at Regulus Partners Vaughan Lewis - Founder and Managing Director at Teise Advisory, and Consultant on the Illegal Market at Betting and Gaming Council At 12:00pm: Oral evidence The Baroness Twycross - Minister for Museums, Heritage and Gambling at Department for Culture, Media and Sport Sarah Fox - Deputy Director for Gambling and Lotteries at Department for Culture, Media and Sport Sarah Gardner - Acting Chief Executive Officer at Gambling Commission View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Friday 1st May 2026
Minutes and decisions - R&R Programme Board minutes - 24 March 2026 Restoration and Renewal Programme Board Committee |
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Friday 1st May 2026
Agendas and papers - R&R Programme Board Agenda - 24 March 2026 Restoration and Renewal Programme Board Committee |
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Friday 1st May 2026
Minutes and decisions - R&R Programme Board Sub Board minutes - 18 March 2026 Restoration and Renewal Programme Board Committee |
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9 Jun 2026
Social and Economic Impact of the Gambling Industry – follow-up Liaison Committee (Lords) (Select) Not accepting submissions The Liaison Committee will be holding a one-off evidence session to follow up on the recommendations of the Select Committee on the Social and Economic Impact of the Gambling Industry. The report of the Committee and the government response can be found on the former Committee’s website: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/406/gambling-industry-committee. In May 2025 the Liaison Committee wrote to the Minister for Museums, Heritage and Gambling at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport undertaking initial follow-up. The letter from the Senior Deputy Speaker as well as the reply from the Government in July 2025 can be found on the Liaison Committee's publication page: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/187/liaison-committee-lords/publications/3/correspondence/. |