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Information between 25th March 2025 - 14th May 2025

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Division Votes
26 Mar 2025 - Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill) - View Vote Context
Lord Laming voted No and against the House
One of 18 Crossbench No votes vs 19 Crossbench Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 277 Noes - 162
26 Mar 2025 - Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill) - View Vote Context
Lord Laming voted No and against the House
One of 25 Crossbench No votes vs 17 Crossbench Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 277 Noes - 172
26 Mar 2025 - Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill) - View Vote Context
Lord Laming voted No and against the House
One of 22 Crossbench No votes vs 19 Crossbench Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 278 Noes - 165
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


Speeches
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
Lord Laming speeches from: Self-harm: Young People
Lord Laming contributed 1 speech (61 words)
Monday 28th April 2025 - Lords Chamber
Department of Health and Social Care
Lord Laming speeches from: Local Authorities: Temporary Accommodation Costs
Lord Laming contributed 1 speech (48 words)
Tuesday 22nd April 2025 - Lords Chamber
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Lord Laming speeches from: Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund
Lord Laming contributed 1 speech (90 words)
Wednesday 2nd April 2025 - Lords Chamber
Department for International Development
Lord Laming speeches from: PIP Changes: Impact on Carer’s Allowance
Lord Laming contributed 1 speech (63 words)
Monday 31st March 2025 - Lords Chamber
Department for Work and Pensions
Lord Laming speeches from: Asylum Hotels and Illegal Channel Crossings
Lord Laming contributed 1 speech (44 words)
Wednesday 26th March 2025 - Lords Chamber
Home Office


Written Answers
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.

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.




Lord Laming mentioned

Parliamentary Debates
Asylum Hotels and Illegal Channel Crossings
17 speeches (1,566 words)
Wednesday 26th March 2025 - Lords Chamber
Home Office
Mentions:
1: Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab - Life peer) As with those of the noble Lord, Lord Laming, I take on board the points that the right reverend Prelate - Link to Speech



Select Committee Documents
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

Wednesday 2nd April 2025
Oral Evidence - Poverty Alliance, and Joseph Rowntree Foundation

Child Maintenance - Public Services Committee

Found: meeting Members present: Baroness Morris of Yardley (The Chair); Lord Blencathra; Lord Bradley; Lord Laming

Wednesday 26th March 2025
Oral Evidence - Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), Both Parents Matter, and Gingerbread, the charity for single parent families

Child Maintenance - Public Services Committee

Found: The Chair); Lord Blencathra; Lord Bradley; Lord Carter of Coles; Baroness Cass; Baroness Coffey; Lord Laming



Deposited Papers
Thursday 17th April 2025
Department for Work and Pensions
Source Page: Letter dated 10/04/2025 from Baroness Sherlock to Lord Laming regarding clarification to a remark made during an urgent question repeat concerning the impact of Personal Independence Payment changes on recipients of carer's allowance. 1p.
Document: Correspondence_from_Baroness_Sherlock.pdf (PDF)

Found: Letter dated 10/04/2025 from Baroness Sherlock to Lord Laming regarding clarification to a remark made




Lord Laming - Select Committee Information

Calendar
Wednesday 23rd April 2025 11 a.m.
Public Services Committee - Private Meeting
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Wednesday 30th April 2025 10:45 a.m.
Public Services Committee - Private Meeting
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Wednesday 7th May 2025 11 a.m.
Public Services Committee - Oral evidence
Subject: Child Maintenance
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Monday 19th May 2025 noon
Procedure and Privileges Committee - Private Meeting
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Wednesday 14th May 2025 11 a.m.
Public Services Committee - Private Meeting
Subject: Child Maintenance
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Wednesday 21st May 2025 11 a.m.
Public Services Committee - Private Meeting
Subject: Child Maintenance
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Wednesday 4th June 2025 11 a.m.
Public Services Committee - Private Meeting
Subject: Child Maintenance
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Select Committee Documents
Wednesday 26th March 2025
Oral Evidence - Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), Both Parents Matter, and Gingerbread, the charity for single parent families

Child Maintenance - Public Services Committee
Wednesday 26th March 2025
Written Evidence - Mr Terry Evans
CMI0002 - Child Maintenance

Child Maintenance - Public Services Committee
Wednesday 26th March 2025
Written Evidence - Mr Craig S
CMI0003 - Child Maintenance

Child Maintenance - Public Services Committee
Wednesday 2nd April 2025
Written Evidence - CMI0008 - Child Maintenance

Child Maintenance - Public Services Committee
Wednesday 2nd April 2025
Written Evidence - DCCR
CMI0007 - Child Maintenance

Child Maintenance - Public Services Committee
Wednesday 2nd April 2025
Written Evidence - CMI0006 - Child Maintenance

Child Maintenance - Public Services Committee
Wednesday 2nd April 2025
Written Evidence - Caroline Wylie
CMI0009 - Child Maintenance

Child Maintenance - Public Services Committee
Wednesday 2nd April 2025
Written Evidence - CMI0010 - Child Maintenance

Child Maintenance - Public Services Committee
Wednesday 2nd April 2025
Oral Evidence - Poverty Alliance, and Joseph Rowntree Foundation

Child Maintenance - Public Services Committee
Thursday 1st May 2025
Written Evidence - House of Commons
CMI0122 - Child Maintenance

Child Maintenance - Public Services Committee
Thursday 1st May 2025
Written Evidence - Surviving Economic Abuse
CMI0101 - Child Maintenance

Child Maintenance - Public Services Committee
Thursday 1st May 2025
Written Evidence - Gingerbread
CMI0103 - Child Maintenance

Child Maintenance - Public Services Committee
Thursday 1st May 2025
Written Evidence - Independent Case Examiner's Office, DWP
CMI0100 - Child Maintenance

Child Maintenance - Public Services Committee
Thursday 1st May 2025
Written Evidence - The Family Hubs Network Limited, and the Government's Independent Reviewer of the Child Maintenance Service’s Response to Domestic Abuse
CMI0058 - Child Maintenance

Child Maintenance - Public Services Committee
Thursday 1st May 2025
Written Evidence - Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin - Madison (US)
CMI0059 - Child Maintenance

Child Maintenance - Public Services Committee
Thursday 1st May 2025
Written Evidence - University of Bristol, University of Bristol, University of Bristol, and University of Bristol
CMI0104 - Child Maintenance

Child Maintenance - Public Services Committee
Thursday 1st May 2025
Written Evidence - Both Parents Matter
CMI0109 - Child Maintenance

Child Maintenance - Public Services Committee
Thursday 1st May 2025
Written Evidence - Dr Christine Davies
CMI0107 - Child Maintenance

Child Maintenance - Public Services Committee
Thursday 1st May 2025
Written Evidence - Fife Gingerbread
CMI0074 - Child Maintenance

Child Maintenance - Public Services Committee
Thursday 1st May 2025
Written Evidence - Alan Strickland MP
CMI0098 - Child Maintenance

Child Maintenance - Public Services Committee
Thursday 1st May 2025
Written Evidence - Women's Budget Group
CMI0075 - Child Maintenance

Child Maintenance - Public Services Committee
Friday 2nd May 2025
Correspondence - Letter from the Comptroller & Auditor General, National Audit Office, to Baroness Morris of Yardley, Chair, Public Services Committee on Homecare Medicines inquiry (14 April 2025)

Public Services Committee
Wednesday 7th May 2025
Written Evidence - Australian National University
CMI0095 - Child Maintenance

Child Maintenance - Public Services Committee
Wednesday 7th May 2025
Written Evidence - Department for Work & Pensions
CMI0123 - Child Maintenance

Child Maintenance - Public Services Committee
Wednesday 7th May 2025
Written Evidence - School of Law, University of Portsmouth, School of Law, University of Portsmouth, School of Law, University of Portsmouth, School of Law, University of Portsmouth, and School of Law, University of Portsmouth
CMI0116 - Child Maintenance

Child Maintenance - Public Services Committee
Wednesday 7th May 2025
Written Evidence - NACSA
CMI0126 - Child Maintenance

Child Maintenance - Public Services Committee
Wednesday 7th May 2025
Written Evidence - Office of the Inspector-General of Taxation and Taxation Ombudsman, Australia
CMI0125 - Child Maintenance

Child Maintenance - Public Services Committee
Wednesday 7th May 2025
Written Evidence - Domestic Abuse Commissioner for England and Wales
CMI0090 - Child Maintenance

Child Maintenance - Public Services Committee
Wednesday 7th May 2025
Written Evidence - Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
CMI0089 - Child Maintenance

Child Maintenance - Public Services Committee
Wednesday 7th May 2025
Oral Evidence - Family Law Bar Association, and NACSA

Child Maintenance - Public Services Committee
Wednesday 14th May 2025
Written Evidence - CMI0014 - Child Maintenance

Child Maintenance - Public Services Committee
Wednesday 14th May 2025
Written Evidence - CMI0092 - Child Maintenance

Child Maintenance - Public Services Committee
Wednesday 14th May 2025
Written Evidence - CMI0097 - Child Maintenance

Child Maintenance - Public Services Committee
Wednesday 14th May 2025
Written Evidence - CMI0015 - Child Maintenance

Child Maintenance - Public Services Committee
Wednesday 14th May 2025
Written Evidence - CMI0073 - Child Maintenance

Child Maintenance - Public Services Committee
Wednesday 14th May 2025
Written Evidence - CMI0030 - Child Maintenance

Child Maintenance - Public Services Committee
Monday 12th May 2025
Agendas and papers - 19 May 2025 - 2nd Meeting - Agenda

Procedure and Privileges Committee
Wednesday 21st May 2025
Written Evidence - CMI0018 - Child Maintenance

Child Maintenance - Public Services Committee
Wednesday 21st May 2025
Written Evidence - CMI0112 - Child Maintenance

Child Maintenance - Public Services Committee
Wednesday 21st May 2025
Written Evidence - CMI0127 - Child Maintenance

Child Maintenance - Public Services Committee
Wednesday 21st May 2025
Written Evidence - CMI0087 - Child Maintenance

Child Maintenance - Public Services Committee
Wednesday 21st May 2025
Written Evidence - CMI0070 - Child Maintenance

Child Maintenance - Public Services Committee
Wednesday 21st May 2025
Written Evidence - CMI0049 - Child Maintenance

Child Maintenance - Public Services Committee
Wednesday 21st May 2025
Written Evidence - CMI0047 - Child Maintenance

Child Maintenance - Public Services Committee
Wednesday 21st May 2025
Written Evidence - CMI0057 - Child Maintenance

Child Maintenance - Public Services Committee
Wednesday 21st May 2025
Written Evidence - CMI0041 - Child Maintenance

Child Maintenance - Public Services Committee
Wednesday 21st May 2025
Written Evidence - Mr Rajiv Sawney
CMI0037 - Child Maintenance

Child Maintenance - Public Services Committee
Wednesday 21st May 2025
Written Evidence - CMI0023 - Child Maintenance

Child Maintenance - Public Services Committee
Wednesday 21st May 2025
Written Evidence - CMI0031 - Child Maintenance

Child Maintenance - Public Services Committee
Wednesday 21st May 2025
Written Evidence - Swinburn University of Technology, Australia
CMI0128 - Child Maintenance

Child Maintenance - Public Services Committee
Wednesday 21st May 2025
Written Evidence - CMI0099 - Child Maintenance

Child Maintenance - Public Services Committee
Wednesday 21st May 2025
Written Evidence - CMI0080 - Child Maintenance

Child Maintenance - Public Services Committee
Wednesday 21st May 2025
Written Evidence - CMI0064 - Child Maintenance

Child Maintenance - Public Services Committee