Information between 22nd July 2024 - 18th January 2025
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4 Nov 2024 - Bank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Lord Meston voted Aye and in line with the House One of 21 Crossbench Aye votes vs 10 Crossbench No votes Tally: Ayes - 247 Noes - 125 |
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4 Nov 2024 - Bank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Lord Meston voted Aye and against the House One of 13 Crossbench Aye votes vs 20 Crossbench No votes Tally: Ayes - 125 Noes - 155 |
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5 Nov 2024 - Crown Estate Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Lord Meston voted Aye and in line with the House One of 34 Crossbench Aye votes vs 6 Crossbench No votes Tally: Ayes - 220 Noes - 139 |
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5 Nov 2024 - Crown Estate Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Lord Meston voted No and in line with the House One of 30 Crossbench No votes vs 12 Crossbench Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 193 Noes - 226 |
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6 Nov 2024 - Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill - View Vote Context Lord Meston voted No and against the House One of 12 Crossbench No votes vs 8 Crossbench Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 187 Noes - 132 |
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20 Nov 2024 - Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill - View Vote Context Lord Meston voted No and in line with the House One of 30 Crossbench No votes vs 8 Crossbench Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 210 Noes - 213 |
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8 Jan 2025 - National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context Lord Meston voted No and in line with the House One of 39 Crossbench No votes vs 8 Crossbench Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 226 Noes - 228 |
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Lord Meston speeches from: Domestic Abuse: Victims and Survivors
Lord Meston contributed 1 speech (472 words) Thursday 12th December 2024 - Lords Chamber Home Office |
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Lord Meston speeches from: Humanist Marriages
Lord Meston contributed 1 speech (75 words) Monday 2nd December 2024 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Justice |
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Lord Meston speeches from: Mental Health Bill [HL]
Lord Meston contributed 1 speech (1,233 words) 2nd reading Monday 25th November 2024 - Lords Chamber Department of Health and Social Care |
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Lord Meston speeches from: Istanbul Convention: Article 59
Lord Meston contributed 1 speech (97 words) Tuesday 12th November 2024 - Lords Chamber Home Office |
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Lord Meston speeches from: Property (Digital Assets etc) Bill
Lord Meston contributed 1 speech (1,283 words) Second reading committee Wednesday 6th November 2024 - Grand Committee Ministry of Justice |
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Lord Meston speeches from: Humanist Weddings
Lord Meston contributed 1 speech (139 words) Wednesday 16th October 2024 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Justice |
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Lord Meston speeches from: Support for Infants and Parents etc (Information) Bill [HL]
Lord Meston contributed 1 speech (1,349 words) 2nd reading Friday 6th September 2024 - Lords Chamber Department of Health and Social Care |
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Lord Meston speeches from: Schools: Mental Health and Poor Attendance
Lord Meston contributed 1 speech (69 words) Wednesday 24th July 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Education |
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Lord Meston speeches from: King’s Speech
Lord Meston contributed 1 speech (777 words) Wednesday 24th July 2024 - Lords Chamber Home Office |
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Domestic Abuse: Victims and Survivors
50 speeches (13,825 words) Thursday 12th December 2024 - Lords Chamber Home Office Mentions: 1: Baroness Brinton (LD - Life peer) It was good that the noble Lord, Lord Meston, outlined some of the positive changes that we have seen - Link to Speech 2: Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab - Life peer) contributions from Members on how we can best do that.My noble friend Lady Gale and the noble Lord, Lord Meston - Link to Speech |
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Mental Health Bill [HL]
62 speeches (40,360 words) 2nd reading Monday 25th November 2024 - Lords Chamber Department of Health and Social Care Mentions: 1: Lord Adebowale (XB - Life peer) I could not help thinking, during the contributions of the noble Lords, Lord Meston and Lord Scriven, - Link to Speech 2: Baroness Merron (Lab - Life peer) Lord Crisp, have acknowledged of bringing this Bill forward as a matter of urgency.The noble Lord, Lord Meston - Link to Speech |
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Property (Digital Assets etc) Bill
30 speeches (14,352 words) Second reading committee Wednesday 6th November 2024 - Grand Committee Ministry of Justice Mentions: 1: Lord Clement-Jones (LD - Life peer) The noble Lord, Lord Meston, touched on the vexed issue of digital assets in wills, while the noble Viscount - Link to Speech 2: Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede (Lab - Life peer) whether the Bill would help in the division of matrimonial property on divorce—the noble Lord, Lord Meston - Link to Speech |
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Humanist Weddings
17 speeches (1,414 words) Wednesday 16th October 2024 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Justice Mentions: 1: Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede (Lab - Life peer) I thank the noble Lord, Lord Meston, for his question, and I agree with his premise that the current - Link to Speech |
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Support for Infants and Parents etc (Information) Bill [HL]
27 speeches (11,990 words) 2nd reading Friday 6th September 2024 - Lords Chamber Department of Health and Social Care Mentions: 1: Lord Addington (LD - Excepted Hereditary) addresses, so that people have a chance of finding the support that is out there.The noble Lord, Lord Meston - Link to Speech 2: Baroness Merron (Lab - Life peer) I thank the noble Lord, Lord Meston, for bringing the matter of the family drug and alcohol courts to - Link to Speech |
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King’s Speech
123 speeches (50,331 words) Wednesday 24th July 2024 - Lords Chamber Home Office Mentions: 1: Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames (LD - Life peer) remorse.Commitment to reducing delays in the court system is an important priority—the noble Lord, Lord Meston - Link to Speech 2: Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab - Life peer) The noble and learned Lord, Lord Bellamy, mentioned family justice; the noble Lord, Lord Meston, mentioned - Link to Speech |
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Friday 17th January 2025
Report - Eleventh Report - 2 Statutory Instruments Reported Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) Found: sitting.Current membership House of Lords Lord Beith (Liberal Democrat) Lord Chartres (Crossbench) Lord Meston |
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Friday 20th December 2024
Report - Tenth Report - 2 Statutory Instruments Reported Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) Found: of Lords Lord Beith (Liberal Democrat) Lord Chartres (Crossbench) Lord Haselhurst (Conservative) Lord Meston |
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Friday 13th December 2024
Report - Ninth Report - 2 Statutory Instruments Reported Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) Found: of Lords Lord Beith (Liberal Democrat) Lord Chartres (Crossbench) Lord Haselhurst (Conservative) Lord Meston |
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Friday 6th December 2024
Report - Eighth Report - 4 Statutory Instruments Reported Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) Found: Lord Beith (Liberal Democrat) Lord Chartres (Crossbench) Lord Haselhurst (Conservative) Lord Meston |
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Friday 29th November 2024
Report - Seventh Report - 1 Statutory Instrument Reported Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) Found: Lord Beith (Liberal Democrat) Lord Chartres (Crossbench) Lord Haselhurst (Conservative) Lord Meston |
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Friday 22nd November 2024
Report - Sixth Report - 4 Statutory Instruments Reported Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) Found: Lords Lord Beith (Liberal Democrat) Lord Chartres (Crossbench) Lord Haselhurst (Conservative) Lord Meston |
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Friday 15th November 2024
Report - Fifth Report - 5 Statutory Instruments Reported Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) Found: Lords Lord Beith (Liberal Democrat) Lord Chartres (Crossbench) Lord Haselhurst (Conservative) Lord Meston |
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Friday 8th November 2024
Report - Fourth Report - 2 Statutory Instruments Reported Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) Found: of Lords Lord Beith (Liberal Democrat) Lord Chartres (Crossbench) Lord Haselhurst (Conservative) Lord Meston |
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Friday 1st November 2024
Report - Third Report - 10 Statutory Instruments Reported Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) Found: Liberal Democrat) Lord Chartres (Life peer; Crossbench) Lord Haselhurst (Life peer; Conservative) Lord Meston |
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Tuesday 29th October 2024
Agendas and papers - Special Inquiry Committee proposals 2025 Liaison Committee (Lords) Found: from Lord Morse 17 Proposal 8: Letter from Lord Green of Deddington 18 Proposal 9: Letter from Lord Meston |
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Friday 25th October 2024
Report - Second Report - No Statutory Instruments Reported Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) Found: Liberal Democrat) Lord Chartres (Life peer; Crossbench) Lord Haselhurst (Life peer; Conservative) Lord Meston |
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Friday 18th October 2024
Report - First Report - 2 Statutory Instruments Reported Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) Found: Liberal Democrat) Lord Chartres (Life peer; Crossbench) Lord Haselhurst (Life peer; Conservative) Lord Meston |
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Peers
Asked by: Lord Strathclyde (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary) Friday 17th January 2025 Question to the Cabinet Office: To ask His Majesty's Government which current members of the House of Lords will be affected by the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill as currently drafted. Answered by Baroness Smith of Basildon - Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal The House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill delivers the manifesto commitment to remove the right of hereditary peers to sit and vote in the House of Lords. As a result of the Bill, the 92 seats currently reserved for hereditary peers will be removed. The Bill will remove the remaining hereditary peers at the end of the Parliamentary session in which it receives Royal Assent. A list of the current hereditary peers can be found below
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Jan. 16 2025
HL Bill 47-II Second marshalled list for Committee Mental Health Bill [HL] 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: First-Tier Tribunal the power to overrule decisions of a nominated person. 23 Mental Health Bill [HL] LORD MESTON |
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Jan. 10 2025
HL Bill 47-I Marshalled list for Committee Mental Health Bill [HL] 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: LORD MESTON BARONESS BUTLER-SLOSS 69_ Schedule 2, page 71, line 24, leave out “county court” and insert |
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Jan. 09 2025
HL Bill 47 Running list of amendments – 9 January 2025 Mental Health Bill [HL] 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Schedule 2 LORD MESTON BARONESS BUTLER-SLOSS _ Schedule 2, page 71, line 24, leave out “county court |
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Jan. 08 2025
HL Bill 47 Running list of amendments - 8 January 2025 Mental Health Bill [HL] 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Schedule 2 LORD MESTON _ Schedule 2, page 71, line 24, leave out “county court” and insert “Court of |
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Jan. 07 2025
HL Bill 47 Running list of amendments – 7 January 2025 Mental Health Bill [HL] 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Schedule 2 LORD MESTON _ Schedule 2, page 71, line 24, leave out “county court” and insert “Court of |
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Jan. 03 2025
HL Bill 47 Running list of amendments – 3 January 2025 Mental Health Bill [HL] 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Schedule 2 LORD MESTON _ Schedule 2, page 71, line 24, leave out “county court” and insert “Court of |
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Dec. 19 2024
HL Bill 47 Running list of amendments – 19 December 2024 Mental Health Bill [HL] 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Schedule 2 LORD MESTON _ Schedule 2, page 71, line 24, leave out “county court” and insert “Court of |
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Dec. 18 2024
HL Bill 47 Running list of amendments – 18 December 2024 Mental Health Bill [HL] 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Schedule 2 LORD MESTON ★_ Schedule 2, page 71, line 24, leave out “county court” and insert “Court |