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Division Vote (Lords)
6 Mar 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Lipsey (Lab) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 119 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 246 Noes - 171
Division Vote (Lords)
4 Mar 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Lipsey (Lab) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 126 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 277 Noes - 167
Division Vote (Lords)
4 Mar 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Lipsey (Lab) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 123 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 274 Noes - 172
Division Vote (Lords)
4 Mar 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Lipsey (Lab) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 127 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 282 Noes - 180
Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 28 Feb 2024
Media Bill

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View all Lord Lipsey (Lab - Life peer) contributions to the debate on: Media Bill
Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 08 Feb 2024
Digital Exclusion (Communications and Digital Committee Report)

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View all Lord Lipsey (Lab - Life peer) contributions to the debate on: Digital Exclusion (Communications and Digital Committee Report)
Written Question
Revenue and Customs: Electronic Government
Tuesday 23rd January 2024

Asked by: Lord Lipsey (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have for ensuring that setting up a Government Gateway account is more straightforward and accessible.

Answered by Baroness Vere of Norbiton - Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)

A simple Government Gateway account can be created with only an email address. The customer is provided with a unique username (Government Gateway ID) and is asked to create a password. This account will not have identity checks associated to it, so can only be used to access Government services which do not require identity checking. Where a customer needs to access services requiring identity checking, additional Identity Verification steps are provided by Government Gateway, based on the identity information the customer has available to them. It is recognised that this can be difficult for some customers, particularly those with limited digital skills or limited documented identity sources.

All Government Gateway Services follow accessibility rules and guidelines, when building, improving, or changing our systems. As well as completing user research and user testing to understand the impact to our customers. This testing is completed with a wide range of different users to understand the impact on our customers.

A Disability Impact Assessment is always completed, working with our accessibility partners to ensure that all accessibility needs are considered in anything we do.

From Spring 2024 onwards, HMRC will begin to migrate new and some existing Government Gateway customers to GOV.UK One Login. This is the Governments new strategic authentication and identity checking system, operated by the Government Digital Service in Cabinet Office, which is making it easier and faster for users to prove and reuse their identity to access the government services they need. Improving accessibility is at the heart of GOV.UK One Login; it offers multiple ways for people to prove who they are, including an in-person option, and a customer support centre to help users with lower digital skills


Initially, only a small number of users will be able to access HMRC services through GOV.UK One Login, with volumes building over time. This measured approach is designed to ensure a high quality experience for users as we expand its roll out.

Division Vote (Lords)
23 Jan 2024 - Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context
Lord Lipsey (Lab) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 119 Labour Aye votes vs 1 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 201 Noes - 227
Division Vote (Lords)
22 Jan 2024 - Asylum: UK-Rwanda Agreement - View Vote Context
Lord Lipsey (Lab) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 106 Labour Aye votes vs 1 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 214 Noes - 171
Division Vote (Lords)
12 Dec 2023 - Representation of the People (Overseas Electors etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 - View Vote Context
Lord Lipsey (Lab) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 102 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 164 Noes - 133