Information between 11th May 2025 - 20th July 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 |
7 Jul 2025 - Renters’ Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lord Laming voted Aye and in line with the House One of 25 Crossbench Aye votes vs 8 Crossbench No votes Tally: Ayes - 206 Noes - 198 |
9 Jul 2025 - House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill - View Vote Context Lord Laming voted No and against the House One of 28 Crossbench No votes vs 12 Crossbench Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 284 Noes - 239 |
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 |
15 Jul 2025 - Renters’ Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lord Laming voted Aye and in line with the House One of 36 Crossbench Aye votes vs 9 Crossbench No votes Tally: Ayes - 237 Noes - 223 |
14 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lord Laming voted No and against the House One of 12 Crossbench No votes vs 26 Crossbench Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 264 Noes - 158 |
Speeches |
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Lord Laming speeches from: Prisons: Early Release
Lord Laming contributed 1 speech (75 words) Wednesday 9th July 2025 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Justice |
Lord Laming speeches from: Migrants: Hotel Accommodation
Lord Laming contributed 1 speech (35 words) Tuesday 1st July 2025 - Lords Chamber Home Office |
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 |
Written Answers |
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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. |
Children in Care: Assessments
Asked by: Lord Laming (Crossbench - Life peer) Tuesday 8th July 2025 Question to the Department for Education: To ask His Majesty's Government what action they are taking to address the fact that 34 per cent of children in care moved home at least once during their GCSE or A level years, as estimated by the charity Become in their recent report Moving during exams: the instability crisis affecting children in care. Answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern - Minister of State (Minister for Women and Equalities) We are committed to ensuring that looked-after children are supported to succeed in education and achieve positive outcomes. We recognise the critical importance of continuity and stability throughout a looked-after child’s life. Under the Care Planning, Placement and Case Review guidance and regulations, the child’s social worker should do everything possible to minimise disruption to their education. School changes should be minimised, and any transitions well-planned and supported. Where a change to a child’s educational arrangements is unavoidable, their personal education plan should set out arrangements to minimise disruption to education, especially during exam periods and other critical periods in their education. The government is introducing measures, including through the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill, to rebalance the market, improve regulation and commissioning of placements, and bring greater visibility to the prices local authorities are paying. This includes a focus on addressing the barriers that prevent homes from being established where they are needed. Through our Plan for Change, we are also investing £2 billion over this Parliament to give more children a safe, loving home, including expanding the children’s home estate, delivering more foster care placements and helping keep families together by providing targeted support before problems escalate. These measures will provide greater placement availability, stability and ensure that, where it is in a child's best interests, they are placed closer to home. |
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 |
Wednesday 18th June 2025
Oral Evidence - Children's Commissioner's Office Public Services Committee Found: Morris of Yardley (The Chair); Lord Blencathra; Lord Bradley; Baroness Cass; 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 |
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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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 |
Thursday 17th July 2025 12:30 p.m. Procedure and Privileges Committee - Private Meeting 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 16th July 2025 11 a.m. Public Services Committee - Private Meeting Subject: Child Maintenance 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 |
Wednesday 10th September 2025 11 a.m. Public Services Committee - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |
Wednesday 3rd September 2025 11 a.m. Public Services Committee - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |
Select Committee Inquiry |
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29 Jul 2025
Police transcription Public Services Committee (Select) Submit Evidence (by 29 Sep 2025) Equal access to justice is a cornerstone of our criminal justice system and it is vital that everyone involved at each stage in any criminal case is presented with a fair and accurate account of evidential proceedings. Transcripts are produced by the police and outsourced companies as a public service to the courts. They provide a written record of a police interview with a suspect or witness or to help in understanding unclear audio material. This inquiry will focus on how transcripts are produced, the training and guidance to services that produce transcripts, the standards and quality assurance of transcripts, and their use within court |
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 |