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Information between 18th July 2025 - 26th September 2025

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Division Votes
21 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Deben voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 92 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 106 Noes - 140
21 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Deben voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 191 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 266 Noes - 162
21 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Deben voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 160 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 216 Noes - 143
22 Jul 2025 - Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025 - View Vote Context
Lord Deben voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 41 Conservative Aye votes vs 100 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 155 Noes - 267
23 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Deben voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 181 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 290 Noes - 143
23 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Deben 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 - 271 Noes - 138
23 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Deben voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 73 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 85 Noes - 127
23 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Deben voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 148 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 171 Noes - 189
23 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Deben voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 171 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 198 Noes - 198


Speeches
Lord Deben speeches from: Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
Lord Deben contributed 1 speech (508 words)
2nd reading
Friday 19th September 2025 - Lords Chamber
Department of Health and Social Care
Lord Deben speeches from: Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
Lord Deben contributed 1 speech (431 words)
Thursday 18th September 2025 - Lords Chamber
Department for Work and Pensions
Lord Deben speeches from: Deforestation
Lord Deben contributed 1 speech (105 words)
Wednesday 17th September 2025 - Lords Chamber
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Lord Deben speeches from: Planning and Infrastructure Bill
Lord Deben contributed 2 speeches (582 words)
Committee stage
Monday 15th September 2025 - Lords Chamber
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Lord Deben speeches from: Planning and Infrastructure Bill
Lord Deben contributed 2 speeches (689 words)
Committee stage
Thursday 11th September 2025 - Lords Chamber
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Lord Deben speeches from: Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill
Lord Deben contributed 2 speeches (516 words)
Committee stage
Monday 8th September 2025 - Lords Chamber
Home Office
Lord Deben speeches from: Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill
Lord Deben contributed 1 speech (298 words)
Committee stage: Part 1
Wednesday 3rd September 2025 - Lords Chamber
Home Office
Lord Deben speeches from: Planning and Infrastructure Bill
Lord Deben contributed 1 speech (62 words)
Committee stage
Thursday 24th July 2025 - Lords Chamber
Department for Transport
Lord Deben speeches from: State of Climate and Nature
Lord Deben contributed 1 speech (144 words)
Monday 21st July 2025 - Lords Chamber
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs



Lord Deben mentioned

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3 Sep 2025, 7:23 p.m. - House of Lords
"Rwanda is on that list I just want members of the House to do what Lord Deben said, which stop blaming one another. Trying to score physical "
Lord Alton of Liverpool (Crossbench) - View Video - View Transcript
3 Sep 2025, 7:24 p.m. - House of Lords
"arguments here today. Can I just start by Lord Deben, it's a very sensible suggestion, if I may say "
Lord Hanson of Flint, The Minister of State, Home Department (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
18 Sep 2025, 2:16 p.m. - House of Lords
"barriers to opportunity. As Lord Deben so ably expressed, it is absently shocking, the lack of opportunity for so many young "
Baroness Blake of Leeds (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript


Parliamentary Debates
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
166 speeches (48,667 words)
2nd reading
Friday 19th September 2025 - Lords Chamber
Department of Health and Social Care
Mentions:
1: Lord Curry of Kirkharle (XB - Life peer) process.The NHS will save money, and families will protect their inheritance, as the noble Lord, Lord Deben - Link to Speech
2: Lord Bishop of Chichester (Bshp - Bishops) of the Bill must also assess its disproportionate effect on many people, which the noble Lord, Lord Deben - Link to Speech
3: Lord Jopling (Con - Life peer) which are not influenced by religious teaching, are based on my opposition—like the noble Lord, Lord Deben—to - Link to Speech
4: Lord Young of Norwood Green (Lab - Life peer) I am the everyone, if you like, but I hope I will add something of interest.The noble Lord, Lord Deben - Link to Speech
5: Lord Taylor of Holbeach (Con - Life peer) shared, and not just on the episcopal Bench: we have heard them from my noble friends Lady May, Lord Deben - Link to Speech

Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
159 speeches (44,465 words)
Thursday 18th September 2025 - Lords Chamber
Department for Work and Pensions
Mentions:
1: Lord Addington (LD - Excepted Hereditary) successful academically —I think just about everybody would agree with the comments of the noble Lord, Lord Deben—and - Link to Speech
2: None As the noble Lord, Lord Deben, so ably expressed, the lack of opportunity for so many young people is - Link to Speech
3: Lord Layard (Lab - Life peer) think was the main theme, which came out of almost all the contributions—from the noble Lords, Lord Deben - Link to Speech

Planning and Infrastructure Bill
229 speeches (67,513 words)
Committee stage
Monday 15th September 2025 - Lords Chamber
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Mentions:
1: Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts (Con - Life peer) that this amendment could be improved with a bit expertise and a sharp pencil—and my noble friend Lord Deben - Link to Speech

Planning and Infrastructure Bill
192 speeches (54,040 words)
Committee stage
Thursday 11th September 2025 - Lords Chamber
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Mentions:
1: Lord Wilson of Sedgefield (Lab - Life peer) Like the noble Lord, Lord Deben, I live in a rural area and when taking the dog out for a walk during - Link to Speech
2: Baroness Parminter (LD - Life peer) I thank all other noble Lords who have spoken in this brief debate.The noble Lord, Lord Deben, made the - Link to Speech
3: Lord Moynihan (Con - Excepted Hereditary) well-rounded curriculum, contributing to students’ physical and mental development.My noble friend Lord Deben - Link to Speech

Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill
167 speeches (48,736 words)
Committee stage
Monday 8th September 2025 - Lords Chamber
Home Office
Mentions:
1: Lord Oates (LD - Life peer) As the noble Lord, Lord Deben, said, it is particularly in cases where the Home Office has made an error - Link to Speech
2: Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab - Life peer) I hope that I can give the noble Lords, Lord Anderson of Ipswich, Lord Kirkhope and Lord Deben, the assurance - Link to Speech
3: None proportionality analysis, which is oversight of sorts, if that is a comfort to the noble Lord, Lord Deben - Link to Speech
4: Lord Anderson of Ipswich (XB - Life peer) that meets the Government’s policy but is not open to the sort of abuse to which the noble Lord, Lord Deben - Link to Speech

Animal Welfare (Import of Dogs, Cats and Ferrets) Bill
27 speeches (12,630 words)
2nd reading
Friday 5th September 2025 - Lords Chamber
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Mentions:
1: Lord Blencathra (Con - Life peer) controlling rabies in the Bill, I need to tell the House about a campaign run by me and my noble friend Lord Deben - Link to Speech

Planning and Infrastructure Bill
170 speeches (52,648 words)
Committee stage
Thursday 4th September 2025 - Lords Chamber
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Mentions:
1: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) it out, but instead of chucking bricks at each other, I strongly agree with what the noble Lord, Lord Deben - 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 Alton of Liverpool (XB - Life peer) My Lords, I echo the remarks that the noble Lord, Lord Deben, made about the blame game and the importance - Link to Speech
2: Lord Alton of Liverpool (XB - Life peer) Opposition are pointing us towards.I just want Members of the House to do what the noble Lord, Lord Deben - Link to Speech
3: Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab - Life peer) repeat some of the arguments here.I start with the very sensible suggestion made by the noble Lord, Lord Deben - Link to Speech

Planning and Infrastructure Bill
173 speeches (40,427 words)
Committee stage
Thursday 24th July 2025 - Lords Chamber
Department for Transport
Mentions:
1: None I am tempting fate seeing the noble Lord, Lord Deben, in his place when I talk about Sizewell C, but - Link to Speech
2: Lord Moylan (Con - Life peer) Contrary to advice that I suspect would be offered by my noble friend Lord Deben, were he still in his - Link to Speech



Select Committee Documents
Wednesday 17th September 2025
Agendas and papers - Special Inquiry Committee proposals 2026

Liaison Committee (Lords)

Found: invited to give evidence include: • Lord Berkeley • Lord Hendy • Baroness Brown • Baroness Kramer • Lord Deben

Monday 21st July 2025
Report - Pre-appointment hearing for the Chair of the Climate Change Committee

Energy Security and Net Zero Committee

Found: The previous Chair of the Climate Change Committee, Lord Deben, was appointed in 2012 and his appointment

Wednesday 16th July 2025
Oral Evidence - Nigel Topping CMG

Energy Security and Net Zero Committee

Found: of seeing at close hand two different styles of chairing the Committee on Climate Change with Lord Deben



Department Publications - News and Communications
Tuesday 22nd July 2025
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero
Source Page: Nigel Topping CMG appointed Chair of the Climate Change Committee
Document: Nigel Topping CMG appointed Chair of the Climate Change Committee (webpage)

Found: like to offer my sincere thanks to Professor Piers Forster, who has been our interim Chair since Lord Deben



Non-Departmental Publications - News and Communications
Sep. 04 2025
Intellectual Property Office
Source Page: Major Consultation to Strengthen UK’s £100 Billion Design Sector
Document: Industry analysis estimates that the design sector contributes nearly £100 billion annually to the UK economy (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: that provided speaker provocations at workshops and consultation sessions: Dr Jane Davidson, Lord Deben