Information between 17th July 2025 - 25th September 2025
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21 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lord Grocott 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 |
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21 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lord Grocott voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 139 Labour No votes vs 3 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 216 Noes - 143 |
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21 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lord Grocott 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 |
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22 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit Bill - View Vote Context Lord Grocott 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 |
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22 Jul 2025 - Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025 - View Vote Context Lord Grocott 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 |
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23 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lord Grocott 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 |
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23 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lord Grocott 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 |
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23 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lord Grocott 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 |
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23 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lord Grocott voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 113 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 85 Noes - 127 |
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23 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lord Grocott 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 |
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Lord Grocott speeches from: Gaza: UN Commission of Inquiry Report
Lord Grocott contributed 4 speeches (164 words) Thursday 18th September 2025 - Lords Chamber |
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Lord Grocott speeches from: Undocumented Migrants
Lord Grocott contributed 1 speech (54 words) Tuesday 16th September 2025 - Lords Chamber Home Office |
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Lord Grocott speeches from: NHS England: Staff Costs
Lord Grocott contributed 1 speech (71 words) Monday 21st July 2025 - Lords Chamber |
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Lord Grocott speeches from: House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
Lord Grocott contributed 1 speech (886 words) 3rd reading Monday 21st July 2025 - Lords Chamber Leader of the House |
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Police: Resignations
Asked by: Lord Grocott (Labour - Life peer) Thursday 17th July 2025 Question to the Home Office: To ask His Majesty's Government how many police officers left the force in the past 12 months, broken down by how many served (1) for less than 12 months, (2) between 12 months and 5 years, (3) between 5 years and 10 years, and (4) over 10 years. Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint - Minister of State (Home Office) The Home Office collects and publishes data annually on the number of police officer leavers in the ‘Police Workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin. Information on the length of service of leavers is available in table JL6 of the data tables accompanying the publication. Table 1 below shows the number of police officer leavers, by length of service, in England and Wales for the year ending 31 March 2024. In the year ending 31 March 2024 there were 9,236 police officers leaving the police forces in England and Wales. 16.2% of all leavers had less than 1 years service, while 12.3% of all leavers had more than 30 years service. Table 1: Police officer leavers (headcount) by length of service in the year ending 31 March 2024, England and Wales.
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Data on police officer leavers for the year ending 31 March 2025 will be published on 23 July 2025. Retention is a key focus for the Home Office and the NPCC and forces should be using evidence-based strategies to manage the retention and progression of existing officers, as well as continuing to recruit new officers. |
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Police: Resignations
Asked by: Lord Grocott (Labour - Life peer) Tuesday 23rd September 2025 Question to the Home Office: To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hanson of Flint on 17 July (HL9084), how many police officers left the force in the year ending 31 March 2025, broken down by how many served (1) for less than 12 months, (2) between 12 months and 5 years, (3) between 5 years and 10 years, and (4) over 10 years. Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint - Minister of State (Home Office) The Home Office collects and publishes data annually on the number of police officer leavers in the ‘Police Workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin. Information on the length of service of leavers is available in table JL6 of the data tables accompanying the publication. Table 1: Police officer leavers (headcount) by length of service in the year ending 31 March 2025, England and Wales.
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The retention of all officers, both new recruits and experienced officers remain essential to increasing public confidence in policing. This is why forces should be using strong evidence-based strategies to support retention and progression of existing officers, as well as continuing to recruit new officers using high quality recruitment processes that maintain standards. |
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Local Government: Reform
Asked by: Lord Grocott (Labour - Life peer) Tuesday 23rd September 2025 Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: To ask His Majesty's Government how much has been spent to date by (1) the local authorities involved, and (2) His Majesty's Government, in preparing to reform local government in accordance with the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill. Answered by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip) The Government does not centrally hold information about how much local authorities and the Government have spent on preparing for the reform of local government.
A full impact assessment has been conducted by the Government as part of the requirements for the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill. It was given a green rating by the Regulatory Policy Committee, indicating it is fit for purpose. The IA has considered costs across the Bill’s policies which will reform local government, and it has been determined these will not be disproportionate and the relevant mitigations will be in place where required. The impact assessment has been published online and can be found here. |
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21 Jul 2025, 4:21 p.m. - House of Lords "be treated in this way. The noble Lord Lord Grocott has repeatedly gone out of his way to say that this is not personal. But he has wrong. " Lord Mancroft (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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4 Sep 2025, 2:19 p.m. - House of Commons "Why when it was brought forward and the other place by Lord Grocott as a Private Members' Bill and in this " Alex Burghart MP (Brentwood and Ongar, Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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4 Sep 2025, 2:46 p.m. - House of Commons "predecessors, the noble Lord Grocott, who has campaigned for " Shaun Davies MP (Telford, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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15 Sep 2025, 8:53 p.m. - House of Lords "of course he also had the strong support of the noble and learned Lord Lord Grocott and Lord panic and " Lord Blencathra (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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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: Gareth Snell (LAB - Stoke-on-Trent Central) Why, then, when it was brought forward in the other place by Lord Grocott as a private Member’s Bill - Link to Speech 2: None In a recent speech on the Bill, the noble Lord Grocott used the word “gestating” to describe the reforms - Link to Speech 3: Gareth Snell (LAB - Stoke-on-Trent Central) The work that Lord Grocott did on this in the other place is commendable, but it was sadly blocked time - Link to Speech 4: Gareth Snell (LAB - Stoke-on-Trent Central) Friend the Member for Telford (Shaun Davies) rightly pointed out, Lord Grocott has proposed this Bill - Link to Speech |
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House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
35 speeches (8,240 words) 3rd reading Monday 21st July 2025 - Lords Chamber Leader of the House Mentions: 1: Lord Winston (Lab - Life peer) My Lords, I promise not to give as long a speech as my noble friend Lord Grocott. - Link to Speech 2: Lord Mancroft (Con - Excepted Hereditary) The noble Lord, Lord Grocott, said that it would be absurd to suggest that this precedent would ever - Link to Speech |
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May. 29 2025
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill 2024-25: Progress of the bill House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill 2024-26 Briefing papers Found: However, Lord Newby said the principle that one Parliament could not bind another applied.95 Lord Grocott |
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Wednesday 17th September 2025 3 p.m. International Relations and Defence Committee - Oral evidence Subject: The UK’s future relationship with the US At 3:00pm: Oral evidence Rep Jim Himes - Democratic Congressman for Connecticut's 4th District at House of Representatives At 4:10pm: Oral evidence Dr Nell Breyer - Executive Director at the Association of Marshall Scholars View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Wednesday 10th September 2025 10:30 a.m. International Relations and Defence Committee - Oral evidence Subject: The UK’s future relationship with the US At 10:30am: Oral evidence Simon Mellor - Deputy Chief Executive, Arts and Museums at Arts Council England John Raine CMG OBE - Chair at Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission Jamie Arrowsmith - Director at Universities UK International View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Wednesday 15th October 2025 2 p.m. International Relations and Defence Committee - Oral evidence Subject: The UK’s future relationship with the US View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Wednesday 24th September 2025 9:30 a.m. Meeting of Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee, 24/09/2025 09.30 Private pre-meeting Public session 09.30 1. Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest 09.30 - 10.30 2. Food Processing: Panel 5 Break 10.40 - 11.40 3. Food Processing: Panel 6 11.40 4. Papers to note 11.40 5. Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting Private session 11.40 6. Food Processing: Consider evidence View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Wednesday 24th September 2025 9:30 a.m. Meeting of Hybrid, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee, 24/09/2025 09.30 Private pre-meeting Public session 09.30 1. Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest 09.30 - 10.30 2. Food Processing: Panel 5 Break 10.40 - 11.40 3. Food Processing: Panel 6 11.40 4. Papers to note 11.40 5. Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting Private session 11.40 6. Food Processing: Consider evidence View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Wednesday 24th September 2025 9:50 a.m. Meeting of Hybrid, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee, 24/09/2025 09.50 - 12.30 Private pre-meeting Public session 09.50 1. Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest 09.50 - 10.30 2. Food Processing: Panel 5 Break 10.40 - 11.40 3. Food Processing: Panel 6 11.40 4. Papers to note 4.24 Sustainable Farming Scheme 11.40 5. Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting Private session 11.40 - 12.00 6. Food Processing: Consideration of evidence 12.00 - 12.10 7. Discussion of Chairs' Forum Correspondence: Review of Committee Effectiveness 12.10 - 12.20 8. Forward Work Programme Discussion 12.20 - 12.30 9. Global Centre of Rail Excellence visit washup View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Wednesday 1st October 2025 9:30 a.m. Meeting of Hybrid, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee, 01/10/2025 09.30 - 11.30 Private pre-meeting Public session 09.30 1. Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest 09.30 - 11.00 2. General Ministerial Scrutiny - Rural Affairs 11.00 3. Papers to note 11.00 4. Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting Private session 11.00 5. General Ministerial Scrutiny: Consideration of evidence View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Thursday 9th October 2025 9:30 a.m. Meeting of Hybrid, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee, 09/10/2025 09.30 - 13.35 Private pre-meeting Public session 09.30 1. Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest 09.30 - 10.30 2. Future of Welsh Steel: Panel 1 Break 10.40 - 11.40 3. Future of Welsh Steel: Panel 2 Break 11.50 - 12.20 4. Future of Welsh Steel: Panel 3 Break 12.25 - 13.10 5. Future of Welsh Steel: Panel 4 13.10 6. Papers to note 13.10 7. Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting Private session 13.10 - 13.25 8. Future of Welsh Steel: Consideration of evidence View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Thursday 16th October 2025 9:30 a.m. Meeting of Private, Hybrid, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee, 16/10/2025 09.30 - 16.30 10.00 1. Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest 10.00 - 10.20 2. Soil Health in Agriculture: Consideration of Draft Report 10.20 - 10.40 3. Food Processing: Key Issues Discussion 10.40 - 11.00 4. Forward Work Programme Discussion View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Wednesday 1st October 2025 9:30 a.m. Meeting of Hybrid, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee, 01/10/2025 09.30 - 11.35 Private pre-meeting Public session 09.30 1. Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest 09.30 - 11.00 2. General Ministerial Scrutiny - Rural Affairs 11.00 3. Papers to note 3.1 Follow-up from the committee meeting held on 17 July 2025 - General Ministerial Scrutiny 3.2 The Development of Tourism and Regulation of Visitor Accommodation (Wales) Bill 3.3 Follow-up from the Committee visit to the Global Centre of Rail Excellence – 18 September 2025 3.4 Apprenticeship pathways inquiry 11.00 4. Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting Private session 11.00 - 11.15 5. General Ministerial Scrutiny: Consideration of evidence 11.15 - 11.25 6. EU-MERCOSUR Free Trade Agreement 11.25 - 11.35 7. Future of Welsh Steel: Citizen Engagement Approach Discussion View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Thursday 9th October 2025 9:30 a.m. Meeting of Hybrid, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee, 09/10/2025 09.30 - 12.45 Private pre-meeting Public session 09.30 1. Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest 09.30 - 10.30 2. Future of Welsh Steel: Panel 1 Break 10.40 - 11.40 3. Future of Welsh Steel: Panel 2 Break 11.50 - 12.20 4. Future of Welsh Steel: Panel 3 12.20 5. Papers to note 5.1 Aberthaw procurement 5.2 Global Centre of Rail Excellence 5.3 Reviewing Committee Effectiveness in the Sixth Senedd 5.4 Follow-up from the Committee meeting held on 17 July 2025: Junior apprenticeships 12.20 6. Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of today's meeting, Standing Order 17.42(vi) for the whole of the meeting on 16 October 2025, and Standing Orders 17.42(vii) and 17.42(ix) for the whole of the meeting on 22 October 2025 Private session 12.20 - 12.35 7. Future of Welsh Steel: Consideration of evidence 12.35 - 12.45 8. International trade monitoring report discussion View calendar - Add to calendar |