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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 18 Jun 2025
Care Workers: Foreign Worker Visas

"My Lords, I am sure the Minister will agree that we have an enormous challenge to overcome the belief that all you need to do this work is a kind heart. A kind heart is important, but there is a huge range of skills that are necessary over and above …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 18 Jun 2025
Care Workers: Foreign Worker Visas

"My Lords—..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 16 Jun 2025
Adult Social Care

"My Lords, can the Minister go a bit further on that very helpful reply? Taking into account the range and nature of the personal care that these social care staff provide daily, is it not time that we got on urgently to professionalise the service, to make sure that they …..."
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Division Vote (Lords)
11 Jun 2025 - Armed Forces Commissioner Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Laming (XB) voted No and against the House
One of 26 Crossbench No votes vs 18 Crossbench Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 265 Noes - 161
Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 02 Jun 2025
Ofcom: Protection of Children Codes

"My Lords, the Minister has set out the progress that has been made since the Bill became an Act. That is to be welcomed, but, my goodness me, some of the stuff that is available to young people should shock and disturb us and keep us all the time on …..."
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Division Vote (Lords)
2 Jun 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context
Lord Laming (XB) voted Aye and in line with the House
One of 57 Crossbench Aye votes vs 4 Crossbench No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 242 Noes - 116
Division Vote (Lords)
19 May 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context
Lord Laming (XB) voted Aye and in line with the House
One of 67 Crossbench Aye votes vs 1 Crossbench No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 289 Noes - 118
Written Question
Children: Social Services
Monday 19th May 2025

Asked by: Lord Laming (Crossbench - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether local authority social care services are funded and equipped to meet the needs of the 621,880 children referred to them in 2024.

Answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern - Minister of State (Minister for Women and Equalities)

The Local Government Finance Settlement (LGFS) for the 2025/26 financial year will grant councils in England access to over £69 billion in funding, which is a 6.8% cash terms increase on the 2024/25 financial year. Decisions on allocation of funding for all local authority-delivered services, including children’s social care, are for local authorities to take based on local need, priorities and statutory duties.

In recognition of the need to ensure local authorities have the resources needed to deliver good quality children’s social care services, the LGFS for 2025/26 provides two new grants for children and family services. A new Children’s Social Care Prevention Grant is set to be introduced, which will provide £270 million of new funding for investment in additional prevention activity through the implementation of Family Help and child protection reforms. The Children and Families Grant, worth £414 million, will also be available. This will consolidate several previous departmental children’s social care grants, including £253.5 million from the former Supporting Families Programme.

The government’s investment in 2025/26 is a significant step in our ambition to rebalance the children’s social care system and will enable local authorities to move towards financial sustainability and deliver improved outcomes for children and families.

Funding for future years will be subject to phase two of the spending review.

Division Vote (Lords)
12 May 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context
Lord Laming (XB) voted No and against the House
One of 29 Crossbench No votes vs 11 Crossbench Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 200 Noes - 183
Division Vote (Lords)
12 May 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context
Lord Laming (XB) voted No and against the House
One of 18 Crossbench No votes vs 34 Crossbench Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 289 Noes - 168