Information between 7th April 2026 - 27th April 2026
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15 Apr 2026 - Victims and Courts Bill - View Vote Context Lord Farmer voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 188 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 270 Noes - 200 |
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16 Apr 2026 - Crime and Policing Bill - View Vote Context Lord Farmer voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 122 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 142 Noes - 192 |
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16 Apr 2026 - Crime and Policing Bill - View Vote Context Lord Farmer voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 143 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 225 Noes - 144 |
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16 Apr 2026 - Crime and Policing Bill - View Vote Context Lord Farmer voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 141 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 216 Noes - 141 |
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16 Apr 2026 - Crime and Policing Bill - View Vote Context Lord Farmer voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 123 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 186 Noes - 144 |
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16 Apr 2026 - Crime and Policing Bill - View Vote Context Lord Farmer voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 123 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 192 Noes - 142 |
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16 Apr 2026 - Crime and Policing Bill - View Vote Context Lord Farmer voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 123 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 135 Noes - 154 |
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20 Apr 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Lord Farmer voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 174 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 259 Noes - 180 |
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20 Apr 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Lord Farmer voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 169 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 284 Noes - 158 |
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20 Apr 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Lord Farmer 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 - 276 Noes - 169 |
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23 Apr 2026 - English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - View Vote Context Lord Farmer voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 138 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 220 Noes - 143 |
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23 Apr 2026 - English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - View Vote Context Lord Farmer voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 138 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 152 Noes - 207 |
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Lord Farmer speeches from: Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
Lord Farmer contributed 3 speeches (856 words) Committee stage Friday 24th April 2026 - Lords Chamber Department of Health and Social Care |
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Lord Farmer speeches from: Civil Preparedness for War
Lord Farmer contributed 1 speech (470 words) Monday 20th April 2026 - Grand Committee Ministry of Defence |
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Gambling: Rehabilitation
Asked by: Lord Farmer (Conservative - Life peer) Monday 27th April 2026 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask His Majesty's Government, from the allocations of gambling levy funds already announced, how many allocations have been given to projects targeted at prisoners or people on probation; and what is the total amount of those allocations. Answered by Baroness Merron - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care) In April 2025, the statutory levy on gambling operators came into effect to fund the research, prevention, and treatment of gambling-related harm in Great Britain. As part of the transition to the new levy system, commissioners are working collaboratively on the development of their programmes, drawing on expertise from across the system. The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) and NHS England ran separate voluntary, community, and social enterprise (VCSE) prevention and treatment grants, commissioning various projects to support people at risk of, or experiencing, gambling-related harms, and affected others. On 7 April, OHID published a list of 33 organisations provisionally awarded over £25.4 million of funding for 2026 to 2028 through the prevention grant. Funding has been provided to organisations supporting a range of population groups, including those working with prisoners and people on probation. This will support OHID’s 'test and learn' approach to better understanding which interventions are most effective in preventing gambling harm. NHS England has also made provisional grant funding offers to 19 VCSE organisations providing a range of treatment and support services across England. Whilst work to finalise grant agreements is underway, it is not possible to confirm the number of levy allocations or a total funding amount targeting specific groups, including prisoners or people on probation. The Government remains committed to tackling gambling-related harms and will continue to work with partners across the Government, including the Ministry of Justice, HM Prison and Probation Service, and the sector to identify priority populations and settings where levy-funded action may have the greatest impact. OHID is also separately distributing £12 million to upper-tier local councils for 2026 to 2027 to help them prevent and reduce gambling-related harms. |
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Gambling: Rehabilitation
Asked by: Lord Farmer (Conservative - Life peer) Monday 27th April 2026 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to commission non-NHS community-based programmes or peer support programmes to reduce gambling and gambling-related harms among prisoners and those on probation using gambling levy funds. Answered by Baroness Merron - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care) In April 2025, the statutory levy on gambling operators came into effect to fund the research, prevention, and treatment of gambling-related harm in Great Britain. As part of the transition to the new levy system, commissioners are working collaboratively on the development of their programmes, drawing on expertise from across the system. The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) and NHS England ran separate voluntary, community, and social enterprise (VCSE) prevention and treatment grants, commissioning various projects to support people at risk of, or experiencing, gambling-related harms, and affected others. On 7 April, OHID published a list of 33 organisations provisionally awarded over £25.4 million of funding for 2026 to 2028 through the prevention grant. Funding has been provided to organisations supporting a range of population groups, including those working with prisoners and people on probation. This will support OHID’s 'test and learn' approach to better understanding which interventions are most effective in preventing gambling harm. NHS England has also made provisional grant funding offers to 19 VCSE organisations providing a range of treatment and support services across England. Whilst work to finalise grant agreements is underway, it is not possible to confirm the number of levy allocations or a total funding amount targeting specific groups, including prisoners or people on probation. The Government remains committed to tackling gambling-related harms and will continue to work with partners across the Government, including the Ministry of Justice, HM Prison and Probation Service, and the sector to identify priority populations and settings where levy-funded action may have the greatest impact. OHID is also separately distributing £12 million to upper-tier local councils for 2026 to 2027 to help them prevent and reduce gambling-related harms. |
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Gambling: Rehabilitation
Asked by: Lord Farmer (Conservative - Life peer) Monday 27th April 2026 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to use funds from the gambling levy for interventions for gambling disorders for prisoners and people on probation. Answered by Baroness Merron - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care) In April 2025, the statutory levy on gambling operators came into effect to fund the research, prevention, and treatment of gambling-related harm in Great Britain. As part of the transition to the new levy system, commissioners are working collaboratively on the development of their programmes, drawing on expertise from across the system. The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) and NHS England ran separate voluntary, community, and social enterprise (VCSE) prevention and treatment grants, commissioning various projects to support people at risk of, or experiencing, gambling-related harms, and affected others. On 7 April, OHID published a list of 33 organisations provisionally awarded over £25.4 million of funding for 2026 to 2028 through the prevention grant. Funding has been provided to organisations supporting a range of population groups, including those working with prisoners and people on probation. This will support OHID’s 'test and learn' approach to better understanding which interventions are most effective in preventing gambling harm. NHS England has also made provisional grant funding offers to 19 VCSE organisations providing a range of treatment and support services across England. Whilst work to finalise grant agreements is underway, it is not possible to confirm the number of levy allocations or a total funding amount targeting specific groups, including prisoners or people on probation. The Government remains committed to tackling gambling-related harms and will continue to work with partners across the Government, including the Ministry of Justice, HM Prison and Probation Service, and the sector to identify priority populations and settings where levy-funded action may have the greatest impact. OHID is also separately distributing £12 million to upper-tier local councils for 2026 to 2027 to help them prevent and reduce gambling-related harms. |
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20 Apr 2026, 6:51 p.m. - House of Lords "which of course, we are in response to the noble Lord Lord Farmer. I just hope, hopefully we'll be in a position where his abstinence will " Lord Katz (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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24 Apr 2026, 12:58 p.m. - House of Lords " Noble Lord. >> Lord Farmer my friend Lord Farmer, that I shall seek to avoid pure wind. I share the " Lord Pannick (Crossbench) - View Video - View Transcript |
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Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
155 speeches (33,958 words) Committee stage Friday 24th April 2026 - Lords Chamber Department of Health and Social Care Mentions: 1: Lord Pannick (XB - Life peer) My Lords, I assure my friend, the noble Lord, Lord Farmer, that I shall seek to avoid pure wind. - Link to Speech |
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Civil Preparedness for War
33 speeches (8,195 words) Monday 20th April 2026 - Grand Committee Ministry of Defence Mentions: 1: Lord Coaker (Lab - Life peer) A number of noble Lords, including the noble Lords, Lord Farmer, Lord Sikka—in a particular way—Lord - Link to Speech |
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Tuesday 21st April 2026
Written Evidence - University of Plymouth, and University of Plymouth CYA0024 - Children and Young Adults in the Secure Estate Children and Young Adults in the Secure Estate - Justice Committee Found: Our research highlights that, sadly, nothing has changed since Lord Farmer reported almost ten years |
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Thursday 16th April 2026
Oral Evidence - Government Cyber Unit, and Accenture National Resilience - National Resilience Committee Found: 2026 10.50 am Watch the meeting Members present: Baroness Coussins (The Chair); Baroness Curran; Lord Farmer |
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Thursday 9th April 2026
Declarations of interest - Declarations of interest of Members of the Committee National Resilience Committee Found: President, Chartered Institute of Linguists Baroness Curran No relevant interests to declare Lord Farmer |
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Thursday 26th March 2026
Oral Evidence - Emergency Planning Society, and Brookings Institution National Resilience - National Resilience Committee Found: 2026 11.40 am Watch the meeting Members present: Baroness Coussins (The Chair); Baroness Curran; Lord Farmer |
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Thursday 26th March 2026
Oral Evidence - Future Resilience Forum, and National Preparedness Commission National Resilience - National Resilience Committee Found: 2026 10.35 am Watch the meeting Members present: Baroness Coussins (The Chair); Baroness Curran; Lord Farmer |