Information between 28th February 2025 - 16th October 2025
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24 Mar 2025 - National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context Lord Houchen of High Leven voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 175 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 273 Noes - 172 |
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24 Mar 2025 - National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context Lord Houchen of High Leven voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 176 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 276 Noes - 165 |
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18 Mar 2025 - Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill - View Vote Context Lord Houchen of High Leven voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 180 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 272 Noes - 157 |
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18 Mar 2025 - Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill - View Vote Context Lord Houchen of High Leven voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 190 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 271 Noes - 179 |
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18 Mar 2025 - Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill - View Vote Context Lord Houchen of High Leven voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 190 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 283 Noes - 177 |
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4 Mar 2025 - Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill - View Vote Context Lord Houchen of High Leven voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 197 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 214 Noes - 248 |
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4 Mar 2025 - Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill - View Vote Context Lord Houchen of High Leven voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 196 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 213 Noes - 249 |
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4 Mar 2025 - Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill - View Vote Context Lord Houchen of High Leven voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 185 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 200 Noes - 236 |
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30 Jun 2025 - UK-Mauritius Agreement on the Chagos Archipelago - View Vote Context Lord Houchen of High Leven voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 162 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 185 Noes - 205 |
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2 Jul 2025 - House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill - View Vote Context Lord Houchen of High Leven voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 249 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 280 Noes - 243 |
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9 Jul 2025 - House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill - View Vote Context Lord Houchen of High Leven voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 251 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 284 Noes - 239 |
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9 Jul 2025 - House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill - View Vote Context Lord Houchen of High Leven voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 246 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 265 Noes - 247 |
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Overseas Students: Visas
Asked by: Lord Houchen of High Leven (Conservative - Life peer) Wednesday 1st October 2025 Question to the Home Office: To ask His Majesty's Government how they assess whether a student visa sponsor remains fully compliant, and whether they plan to introduce any additional regulatory tools to address student visa misuse. Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint - Minister of State (Home Office) The Home Office requires sponsors to pass an annual Basic Compliance Assessment (BCA) to retain their licence. Additionally, sponsor visiting teams carry out audits to ensure sponsors are fulfilling their duties. As set out in the Immigration White Paper, we are taking action to drive responsible recruitment by tightening the minimum pass requirement of each BCA metric by five percentage points. Further details will be provided in due course. |
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Overseas Students: Visas
Asked by: Lord Houchen of High Leven (Conservative - Life peer) Wednesday 1st October 2025 Question to the Home Office: To ask His Majesty's Government whether they are reviewing the quantitative thresholds of the core requirements for student visa sponsor compliance. Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint - Minister of State (Home Office) The Home Office requires sponsors to pass an annual Basic Compliance Assessment (BCA) to retain their licence. Additionally, sponsor visiting teams carry out audits to ensure sponsors are fulfilling their duties. As set out in the Immigration White Paper, we are taking action to drive responsible recruitment by tightening the minimum pass requirement of each BCA metric by five percentage points. Further details will be provided in due course. |
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Overseas Students: Visas
Asked by: Lord Houchen of High Leven (Conservative - Life peer) Wednesday 1st October 2025 Question to the Home Office: To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to make the frequency of asylum applications from student visa holders at the same student visa sponsor grounds to suspend or revoke a student visa sponsor licence. Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint - Minister of State (Home Office) The Home Office requires sponsors to pass an annual Basic Compliance Assessment (BCA) to retain their licence. Additionally, sponsor visiting teams carry out audits to ensure sponsors are fulfilling their duties. As set out in the Immigration White Paper, we are taking action to drive responsible recruitment by tightening the minimum pass requirement of each BCA metric by five percentage points. Further details will be provided in due course. |
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Asylum: Visas
Asked by: Lord Houchen of High Leven (Conservative - Life peer) Wednesday 1st October 2025 Question to the Home Office: To ask His Majesty's Government how many asylum claims have been submitted by visa holders with a licensed student visa sponsor in the most recent 12-month period. Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint - Minister of State (Home Office) The Home Office publishes data on people claiming asylum by route of entry to the UK in table Asy_D01a of the 'Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release' on GOV.UK. The latest data relates to the year ending June 2025. Between July 2024 and June 2025, 14,800 asylum claims were submitted by those holding a study visa. There is no breakdown by sponsored or non-sponsored study available. This breakdown is not available from published statistics, and the relevant data could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost. |
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Tuesday 16th September 2025 2 p.m. English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - Oral evidence Subject: Further to consider the Bill At 2:00pm: Oral evidence Tracy Brabin - Mayor at West Yorkshire Combined Authority The Lord Houchen of High Leven - Mayor at Tees Valley Combined Authority Donna Jones - Police and Crime Commissioner at Hampshire and Isle of Wight Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner At 2:40pm: Oral evidence Andrew Goodacre - CEO at British Independent Retailers Association Allen Simpson - Deputy Chief Executive at UKHospitality At 3:10pm: Oral evidence Gareth Davies - Comptroller and Auditor General at National Audit Office Bill Butler - Chair at Public Sector Audit Appointments At 3:40pm: Oral evidence Mark Stocks - Head of Public Sector Assurance at Grant Thornton UK LLP At 4:00pm: Oral evidence Zoe Billingham - Director at IPPR North Professor John Denham At 4:30pm: Oral evidence Richard Hebditch - Coalition Coordinator at Better Planning Coalition Ms Naomi Luhde-Thompson - Member of the Better Planning Coalition steering group and Director of Rights Community Action at Better Planning Coalition At 4:50pm: Oral evidence Sacha Bedding MBE - Chief Executive of Wharton Trust Member of Locality at Locality At 5:10pm: Oral evidence Miatta Fahnbulleh MP - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Steel Industry
73 speeches (20,950 words) 2nd reading debate taken as second reading Saturday 12th April 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Business and Trade Mentions: 1: Baroness Coffey (Con - Life peer) sorry: it feels, just because the voters of Teesside decided to vote for my noble friend Lord Houchen of High Leven - Link to Speech |