Information between 30th April 2025 - 29th June 2025
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Division Votes |
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12 May 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Lord Laming voted No and against the House One of 29 Crossbench No votes vs 11 Crossbench Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 200 Noes - 183 |
12 May 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Lord Laming voted No and against the House One of 18 Crossbench No votes vs 34 Crossbench Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 289 Noes - 168 |
19 May 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Lord Laming voted Aye and in line with the House One of 67 Crossbench Aye votes vs 1 Crossbench No votes Tally: Ayes - 289 Noes - 118 |
2 Jun 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Lord Laming voted Aye and in line with the House One of 57 Crossbench Aye votes vs 4 Crossbench No votes Tally: Ayes - 242 Noes - 116 |
11 Jun 2025 - Armed Forces Commissioner Bill - View Vote Context Lord Laming voted No and against the House One of 26 Crossbench No votes vs 18 Crossbench Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 265 Noes - 161 |
Speeches |
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Lord Laming speeches from: Social Care
Lord Laming contributed 1 speech (51 words) Tuesday 24th June 2025 - Lords Chamber |
Lord Laming speeches from: Care Workers: Foreign Worker Visas
Lord Laming contributed 2 speeches (83 words) Wednesday 18th June 2025 - Lords Chamber Department of Health and Social Care |
Lord Laming speeches from: Adult Social Care
Lord Laming contributed 1 speech (64 words) Monday 16th June 2025 - Lords Chamber Department of Health and Social Care |
Lord Laming speeches from: Ofcom: Protection of Children Codes
Lord Laming contributed 1 speech (69 words) Monday 2nd June 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Business and Trade |
Lord Laming speeches from: Knife Crime
Lord Laming contributed 1 speech (107 words) Tuesday 6th May 2025 - Lords Chamber Home Office |
Lord Laming speeches from: Homelessness: Young Adults
Lord Laming contributed 1 speech (151 words) Wednesday 30th April 2025 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government |
Written Answers |
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Courts: Interpreters
Asked by: Lord Laming (Crossbench - Life peer) Tuesday 6th May 2025 Question to the Ministry of Justice: To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they are making in improving the efficiency of handling complaints about the use of interpreters in the courts system. Answered by Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede - Lord in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip) We have a complaints process that manages complaints about the interpreting service, complaints about specific interpreters, and complaints by interpreters. We are always looking to improve the efficiency of our processes. The Public Services Committee (PSC) of the House of Lords published a report into interpreting in the courts on 24 March 2025, and we are currently reviewing its recommendations about complaints. We will respond to the PSC’s report in due course. |
Special Educational Needs: Schools
Asked by: Lord Laming (Crossbench - Life peer) Thursday 8th May 2025 Question to the Department for Education: To ask His Majesty's Government whether all restrictions preventing local authorities from building new special education schools have been removed. Answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern - Minister of State (Minister for Women and Equalities) Where a local authority identifies the need for a new school in its area, including a new special school, it must currently seek proposals to establish an academy (free school). This is known as the ‘free school presumption’. The free school presumption process is the main route by which local authorities establish new schools to meet the need for additional places. The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill will remove the legal presumption that all new schools are opened as academies, allowing local authorities to welcome proposals for all types of school and to put forward their own proposals, where they choose to do so. This will ensure new schools are opened by the provider with the best offer for local children and families. Ahead of the Bill receiving royal assent and coming into force, the free school presumption remains in place.
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Childcare: Profits
Asked by: Lord Laming (Crossbench - Life peer) Thursday 8th May 2025 Question to the Department for Education: To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they are making in controlling the profits made by private organisations operating in the childcare sector. Answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern - Minister of State (Minister for Women and Equalities) It is the department’s ambition that all families have access to high-quality, affordable and flexible early education and care, giving every child the best start in life and delivering on our Plan for Change. One of the signs of a healthy market is a range of providers offering choice and flexibility for parents. There is a vibrant mix of provision in the market, including schools, the private sector, voluntary and charitable organisations and childminders offering home-based care. The department keeps the structure of the market, and the financial health of providers, under close review. |
Special Educational Needs: Schools
Asked by: Lord Laming (Crossbench - Life peer) Thursday 8th May 2025 Question to the Department for Education: To ask His Majesty's Government whether the costs levied by private providers of special educational needs schools are being monitored and controlled. Answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern - Minister of State (Minister for Women and Equalities) The department does not monitor or collect data on independent schools’ finances, however these are published and publicly available for both commercial and charitable providers. Independent schools charge their own fees for education, health and care placements, and it is for the local authority to determine whether a placement offers value for money. Independent special schools can play an important role in the special educational needs and disabilities system, particularly in meeting low-incidence needs. However, the department recognises that independent special schools have higher costs than maintained special schools and academies, both in commercial and charitable providers, and commissioners need to ensure placements are used appropriately. |
Children: Social Services
Asked by: Lord Laming (Crossbench - Life peer) Monday 19th May 2025 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. |
Parliamentary Debates |
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Adult Social Care
15 speeches (1,362 words) Monday 16th June 2025 - Lords Chamber Department of Health and Social Care Mentions: 1: Baroness Butler-Sloss (XB - Life peer) In supporting the noble Lord, Lord Laming, I ask the Minister whether anything can be done officially - Link to Speech |
Mental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)
164 speeches (27,119 words) Committee stage: 2nd sitting Tuesday 10th June 2025 - Public Bill Committees Department of Health and Social Care Mentions: 1: Luke Evans (Con - Hinckley and Bosworth) That came about after the Lord Laming report into Victoria Climbié, who was “lost in the system.” - Link to Speech |
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
135 speeches (32,144 words) Thursday 22nd May 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for International Development Mentions: 1: Lord Jackson of Peterborough (Con - Life peer) Hence in 2003, in his report about the death of Victoria Climbié, the noble Lord, Lord Laming, recommended - Link to Speech |
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
85 speeches (27,296 words) Tuesday 20th May 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for International Development Mentions: 1: Lord Hampton (XB - Excepted Hereditary) I recently had a cup of tea with my noble friend Lord Laming to ask his advice about the Bill. - Link to Speech |
Select Committee Documents |
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Wednesday 25th June 2025
Oral Evidence - Department of Work and Pensions, Department for Work and Pensions, Department for Work and Pensions, and Department of Work and Pensions Child Maintenance - Public Services Committee Found: : Baroness Morris of Yardley (The Chair); Lord Bradley; Lord Carter of Coles; Baroness Coffey; Lord Laming |
Tuesday 17th June 2025
Oral Evidence - Baroness Casey of Blackstock, Home Office, and Neil O’Connor, Senior Adviser to Baroness Casey Home Affairs Committee Found: We have had lots of reviews, dating back to Lord Laming in 2009, and the Alexis Jay review I think took |
Wednesday 7th May 2025
Oral Evidence - Family Law Bar Association, and NACSA Child Maintenance - Public Services Committee Found: The Chair); Lord Blencathra; Lord Bradley; Lord Carter of Coles; Baroness Cass; Baroness Coffey; Lord Laming |
Department Publications - Statistics |
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Monday 16th June 2025
Home Office Source Page: National Audit on Group-based Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse Document: (PDF) Found: 200 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 E TERNAL CONTE T GOVERNMENT ACTION 200 -2015 March 200 Lord Laming |
Calendar |
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Monday 19th May 2025 noon Procedure and Privileges Committee - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |
Wednesday 14th May 2025 11 a.m. Public Services Committee - Private Meeting Subject: Child Maintenance View calendar - Add to calendar |
Wednesday 21st May 2025 11 a.m. Public Services Committee - Private Meeting Subject: Child Maintenance View calendar - Add to calendar |
Wednesday 4th June 2025 11 a.m. Public Services Committee - Private Meeting Subject: Child Maintenance View calendar - Add to calendar |
Wednesday 18th June 2025 11 a.m. Public Services Committee - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |
Wednesday 11th June 2025 11 a.m. Public Services Committee - Private Meeting Subject: Child Maintenance View calendar - Add to calendar |
Wednesday 18th June 2025 11 a.m. Public Services Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Children's Commissioner At 11:00am: Oral evidence Dame Rachel de Souza - Children's Commissioner at Children's Commissioner's Office View calendar - Add to calendar |
Wednesday 18th June 2025 11 a.m. Public Services Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Children's Commissioner View calendar - Add to calendar |
Wednesday 25th June 2025 11 a.m. Public Services Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Child Maintenance At 11:00am: Oral evidence Baroness Sherlock OBE - Minister of State at Department of Work and Pensions Simon Hunter - Director of the Child Maintenance Service at Department for Work and Pensions Duncan Gilchrist - Deputy Director of Child Maintenance, Policy at Department for Work and Pensions Chris Smith - Deputy Director of Child Maintenance, Operations at Department of Work and Pensions View calendar - Add to calendar |
Wednesday 23rd July 2025 11 a.m. Public Services Committee - Private Meeting Subject: Child Maintenance View calendar - Add to calendar |
Thursday 17th July 2025 12:30 p.m. Procedure and Privileges Committee - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |
Wednesday 16th July 2025 11 a.m. Public Services Committee - Private Meeting Subject: Child Maintenance View calendar - Add to calendar |
Scottish Parliamentary Debates |
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Scottish Public Inquiries (Cost-effectiveness)
283 speeches (148,163 words) Tuesday 27th May 2025 - Committee Mentions: 1: None A very good friend of mine, Lord Laming, was, as Herbert Laming, previously director of social work. - Link to Speech |