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Information between 30th June 2025 - 9th August 2025

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Division Votes
30 Jun 2025 - UK-Mauritius Agreement on the Chagos Archipelago - View Vote Context
Lord Jopling 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
1 Jul 2025 - Renters’ Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Jopling 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 - 169 Noes - 176
1 Jul 2025 - Renters’ Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Jopling voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 164 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 253 Noes - 150
1 Jul 2025 - Renters’ Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Jopling voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 156 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 230 Noes - 137
2 Jul 2025 - House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Jopling 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
2 Jul 2025 - House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Jopling voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 81 Conservative No votes vs 2 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 55 Noes - 234
7 Jul 2025 - Renters’ Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Jopling voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 168 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 206 Noes - 198
7 Jul 2025 - Renters’ Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Jopling 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 - 274 Noes - 154
7 Jul 2025 - Renters’ Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Jopling 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 - 213 Noes - 209
9 Jul 2025 - House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Jopling 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
9 Jul 2025 - House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Jopling 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
15 Jul 2025 - Renters’ Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Jopling voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 191 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 215 Noes - 240
15 Jul 2025 - Renters’ Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Jopling voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 171 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 282 Noes - 158
15 Jul 2025 - Renters’ Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Jopling 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 - 237 Noes - 223
14 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Jopling voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 148 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 232 Noes - 137
14 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Jopling 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 - 267 Noes - 153
14 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Jopling voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 171 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 264 Noes - 158
16 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Jopling voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 178 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 248 Noes - 150
16 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Jopling voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 197 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 304 Noes - 160


Written Answers
Surrogacy
Asked by: Lord Jopling (Conservative - Life peer)
Thursday 10th July 2025

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many babies were born in each of the past three years to surrogate mothers; and in how many cases the surrogate mother has claimed parentage of the child contrary to the wishes of the genetic parents.

Answered by Baroness Merron - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) publishes annual data, available on their website, which includes births from surrogacy at United Kingdom licensed fertility clinics. The following table shows the number of live births from in vitro fertilisation among surrogates at UK licensed fertility clinics in each of the last three years for which information is available:

Year of treatment

Number of live births

2021

105

2022

90

2023

95

Source: HFEA dashboard data, available at the following link:
https://www.hfea.gov.uk/about-us/hfea-dashboard/

Data on the HFEA dashboard is rounded to the nearest five to ensure patient confidentiality. The data is as recorded by the HFEA on 1 May 2025, and reflects the data on this date, and may change over time. This does not represent the total number of births from surrogacy in the UK, only those that have been carried out within UK licensed fertility clinics.

Information is not held by the Government on cases where the surrogate mother has claimed parentage of the child contrary to the wishes of the genetic parents.

Written Questions
Asked by: Lord Jopling (Conservative - Life peer)
Tuesday 15th July 2025

Question

To ask the Leader of the House whether she has contacted the Permanent Secretaries at the Foreign Office, the Department for Education, and the Department for Health and Social Care to ask for explanations as to why these departments have failed to answer questions for written answer, tabled in May but still awaiting an answer in July.

Answered by Baroness Smith of Basildon - Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal

I have personally reminded Ministers of the 10 day target for their department throughout my time as Leader. As well as this my office routinely contacts departments and Secretaries of State who have breached the target, reminding them of their duty to ensure the target is met and to ascertain the reasons why deadlines have been missed. I have not at present written to any Permanent Secretaries but I will do so if the issue persists.

Belgium: Defence
Asked by: Lord Jopling (Conservative - Life peer)
Wednesday 16th July 2025

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the percentage of GDP which the government of Belgium has spent on defence over the last five years in accordance with their obligations as a NATO member; and what representations they have made to that government regarding meeting pledged defence spending targets under NATO, including the new target of 5 per cent.

Answered by Baroness Chapman of Darlington - Minister of State (Development)

The North-Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) collects defence expenditure data from Allies and publishes it on a semi-regular basis. NATO spending reports are published online here: https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_49198.htm. At the NATO Summit, Allies committed to investing 5 per cent of gross domestic product annually on defence and security, composed of 3.5 per cent core defence spending and 1.5 per cent security and resilience spending, by 2035. We encourage all Allies to meet their NATO commitments.

A1: Peterborough
Asked by: Lord Jopling (Conservative - Life peer)
Monday 28th July 2025

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask His Majesty's Government for how many weeks there have been traffic restrictions on the A1 between Wansford and Peterborough; for how many more weeks they expect those restrictions to be in place; and what are the reasons for those restrictions.

Answered by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill - Minister of State (Department for Transport)

National Highways (NH) has had traffic restrictions on the A1 at Water Newton to Stibbington in place from 1 November 2024 as a large agricultural vehicle caused substantial damage to the bridge. This has required nearside lane closures that will be in place until 12 September 2025.

NH has 16 planned overnight closures during the period 17 July 2025 until 4 October 2025 to carry out various temporary maintenance and technology works to maintain the network. NH plan to carry out the work overnight to limit disruption to drivers during the day.

NH has an Interim remedial scheme where it will undertake interventions to widen the A1 to allow for 2 lanes running. This will begin in September 2025 and finish in October 2025. This will require a combination of initial nighttime closures followed by a series of 6 weekend closures.

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Written Questions
Asked by: Lord Jopling (Conservative - Life peer)
Thursday 31st July 2025

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Chapman of Darlington on 16 July (HL9053), whether they will answer the question put.

Answered by Baroness Chapman of Darlington - Minister of State (Development)

Please refer to my answer to HL9053 published on 16 July. We encourage all Allies to meet their North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) commitments.




Lord Jopling mentioned

Parliamentary Debates
UK-Mauritius Agreement on the Chagos Archipelago
105 speeches (36,391 words)
Monday 30th June 2025 - Lords Chamber
Leader of the House
Mentions:
1: Lord Boswell of Aynho (Non-affiliated - Life peer) civil servants who were colleagues of mine when I was approached on the farm by my noble friend Lord Jopling - Link to Speech