Information between 20th November 2025 - 19th January 2026
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10 Dec 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lord Meston voted No and in line with the House One of 20 Crossbench No votes vs 13 Crossbench Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 219 Noes - 223 |
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5 Jan 2026 - Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill - View Vote Context Lord Meston voted No and against the House One of 16 Crossbench No votes vs 17 Crossbench Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 132 Noes - 124 |
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14 Jan 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Lord Meston voted Aye and in line with the House One of 20 Crossbench Aye votes vs 9 Crossbench No votes Tally: Ayes - 213 Noes - 211 |
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14 Jan 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Lord Meston voted Aye and in line with the House One of 27 Crossbench Aye votes vs 13 Crossbench No votes Tally: Ayes - 278 Noes - 176 |
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Lord Meston speeches from: Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
Lord Meston contributed 4 speeches (1,274 words) Wednesday 14th January 2026 - Lords Chamber Department for Work and Pensions |
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Lord Meston speeches from: Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
Lord Meston contributed 1 speech (336 words) Committee stage Friday 9th January 2026 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Justice |
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Lord Meston speeches from: Victims and Courts Bill
Lord Meston contributed 1 speech (1,296 words) 2nd reading Tuesday 16th December 2025 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Justice |
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Lord Meston speeches from: Crime and Policing Bill
Lord Meston contributed 1 speech (793 words) Committee stage part one Monday 15th December 2025 - Lords Chamber Home Office |
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Lord Meston speeches from: Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
Lord Meston contributed 1 speech (376 words) Committee stage Friday 5th December 2025 - Lords Chamber Department of Health and Social Care |
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Lord Meston speeches from: Crime and Policing Bill
Lord Meston contributed 5 speeches (1,455 words) Committee stage part two Thursday 27th November 2025 - Lords Chamber Home Office |
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Lord Meston speeches from: Mental Health Bill [HL]
Lord Meston contributed 1 speech (99 words) Consideration of Commons amendments and / or reasons Monday 24th November 2025 - Lords Chamber Department of Health and Social Care |
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24 Nov 2025, 4:18 p.m. - House of Lords "when you mean and but leave open inverted. I do hope that Lord Meston some of his colleagues Lord " Baroness Merron, The Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Health and Social Care (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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24 Nov 2025, 4:05 p.m. - House of Lords ">> Friend Lady Berridge, and also follow on from the Lord Meston. This is. >> A really important issue in " Baroness Hollins (Crossbench) - View Video - View Transcript |
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5 Dec 2025, 2:52 p.m. - House of Lords "practice. I am grateful to Lord Meston for his endorsement of the " Bill Sponsor Lord Falconer of Thoroton (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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15 Dec 2025, 7:16 p.m. - House of Lords "could see some perverse outcomes from this. The noble Lord Lord Meston talked about the Hague " Baroness Sugg (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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15 Dec 2025, 7:20 p.m. - House of Lords "Ireland. I note the concerns raised by the noble Lady and the noble Lords. Lord Meston Lord Davies of Gower, my noble friend Lord Hacking, " Baroness Levitt, The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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15 Dec 2025, 7:25 p.m. - House of Lords "answer to the point raised by the noble Lord Lord Meston, that the " Baroness Levitt, The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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15 Dec 2025, 7:25 p.m. - House of Lords "effectively, Lord Meston said. And the noble Lady Baroness Sugg, in " Baroness Levitt, The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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16 Dec 2025, 6:56 p.m. - House of Lords "noble Lord Lord Meston, noble Lady Baroness Hamwee, my noble friend Baroness Griffin of Princethorpe, " Baroness Levitt, The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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16 Dec 2025, 7 p.m. - House of Lords "by the noble Lord Lord Meston about the explanatory notes. Sorry about that. We'll check. We've got them " Baroness Levitt, The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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16 Dec 2025, 7:09 p.m. - House of Lords "the explanatory notes again, as did the noble Lord Lord Meston. If we've got them wrong, we'll correct " Baroness Levitt, The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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16 Dec 2025, 5:28 p.m. - House of Lords "are likely to come into force? As Lord Meston has said, section 18 of " Baroness Hamwee (Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript |
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16 Dec 2025, 5:32 p.m. - House of Lords "return. And to hear in particular from the noble Lord, Lord Meston. " Baroness Chakrabarti (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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16 Dec 2025, 5:37 p.m. - House of Lords "noble Lord Lord Meston, who is distinguished in that area as my noble friend is in the context of " Baroness Chakrabarti (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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16 Dec 2025, 5:13 p.m. - House of Lords "the noble Lord Lord Meston. But I agree with my noble friend Lord " Lord Garnier (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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16 Dec 2025, 6:02 p.m. - House of Lords "it goes through the noble Lord. Meston gave a number of examples, which I know from my own experience " Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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16 Dec 2025, 6:03 p.m. - House of Lords "offences. But nevertheless, I look forward to the noble Lord Dear Lord Meston pursuing the practical " Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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16 Dec 2025, 6:22 p.m. - House of Lords "requiring the court to make a prohibited steps order. I agree with the noble Lord Lord Meston on " Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames (Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript |
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16 Dec 2025, 5:57 p.m. - House of Lords "heard from Lord Meston, it's and as " Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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16 Dec 2025, 6:41 p.m. - House of Lords "question mark as to the four year threshold provision touched upon by the noble Lord Meston, because of " Lord Keen of Elie (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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9 Jan 2026, 11:12 a.m. - House of Lords "Lord Lord Meston has a moment to hear what he has to say. As an experienced family law circuit " Lord Garnier (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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14 Jan 2026, 4:27 p.m. - House of Lords "Baroness Barran and supported by the noble and learned Lord Meston. " Baroness Blake of Leeds (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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14 Jan 2026, 4:27 p.m. - House of Lords "enormous disruption. And I think the noble and learned Lord Meston " Baroness Blake of Leeds (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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14 Jan 2026, 4:32 p.m. - House of Lords "obviously she also comes with huge expertise on this subject. Can I also apologise to the noble and learned Lord Lord Meston that I " Baroness Barran (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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14 Jan 2026, 6:50 p.m. - House of Lords "Lord Lord Meston made a very compelling case, both for the value " Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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14 Jan 2026, 6:52 p.m. - House of Lords " My Lords, turning to this amendment, which was in the name of the noble Lady Baroness McIntosh, the noble Lady Baroness McIntosh, but introduced by the noble Lord, Lord Meston, this would require all " Baroness Smith of Malvern, Minister of State (Education) (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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14 Jan 2026, 6:46 p.m. - House of Lords "important that the points are made by the noble Lord Meston that the " Baroness Butler-Sloss (Crossbench) - View Video - View Transcript |
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14 Jan 2026, 6:45 p.m. - House of Lords "noble Lord Meston. One of the rather sad aspects of a minority of " Baroness Butler-Sloss (Crossbench) - View Video - View Transcript |
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Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
100 speeches (23,099 words) Wednesday 14th January 2026 - Lords Chamber Department for Work and Pensions Mentions: 1: Baroness Blake of Leeds (Lab - Life peer) The noble Lord, Lord Meston, spoke eloquently about the importance of reaching all family, and indeed - Link to Speech 2: Baroness Barran (Con - Life peer) I apologise to the noble Lord, Lord Meston, for not acknowledging his co-signature of Amendment 3.I was - Link to Speech 3: Baroness Butler-Sloss (XB - Life peer) My Lords, I agree with every word of the noble Lord, Lord Meston. - Link to Speech 4: None But it is important, on the point made by the noble Lord, Lord Meston, that the contact centre needs - Link to Speech 5: Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede (Lab - Life peer) I want to make a point that the noble Lord, Lord Meston, did not make: the problem with unregistered - Link to Speech |
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Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
157 speeches (34,691 words) Committee stage Friday 9th January 2026 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Justice Mentions: 1: Lord Garnier (Con - Life peer) If the noble Lord, Lord Meston, has a moment, it would be interesting to hear what he has to say as an - Link to Speech |
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Victims and Courts Bill
52 speeches (24,819 words) 2nd reading Tuesday 16th December 2025 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Justice Mentions: 1: Baroness Levitt (Lab - Life peer) The noble Lord, Lord Meston, asked me when we met about the number of offenders this will capture. - Link to Speech 2: Lord Garnier (Con - Life peer) I listened with great care to the noble Lord, Lord Meston, on that. - Link to Speech 3: Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede (Lab - Life peer) As we have heard from the noble Lord, Lord Meston, and as anyone who has sat in a court knows, it is - Link to Speech 4: Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames (LD - Life peer) Victim impact needs to be understood by the public and by defendants, as the noble Lord, Lord Meston, - Link to Speech 5: Baroness Levitt (Lab - Life peer) A number of points were made, including by the noble Lord, Lord Meston, about the Explanatory Notes. - Link to Speech |
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Crime and Policing Bill
100 speeches (26,958 words) Committee stage part one Monday 15th December 2025 - Lords Chamber Home Office Mentions: 1: None The noble Lord, Lord Meston, talked about the Hague convention as the civil mechanism working to design - Link to Speech 2: Baroness Levitt (Lab - Life peer) Clause 104 to Northern Ireland.I note the concern raised by the noble Baroness and the noble Lords, Lord Meston - Link to Speech 3: Baroness Brinton (LD - Life peer) I particularly thank the noble Lord, Lord Meston, and the noble Baroness, Lady Sugg, for their detailed - Link to Speech |
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Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
192 speeches (37,331 words) Committee stage Friday 5th December 2025 - Lords Chamber Department of Health and Social Care Mentions: 1: Lord Falconer of Thoroton (Lab - Life peer) I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Meston, for his endorsement of the approach to “ordinarily resident - Link to Speech |
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Crime and Policing Bill
117 speeches (31,707 words) Committee stage part two Thursday 27th November 2025 - Lords Chamber Home Office Mentions: 1: None soon debate at greater length will put in place the mandatory duty—which I know the noble Lord, Lord Meston - Link to Speech 2: Lord Sandhurst (Con - Excepted Hereditary) His words of caution should be heeded.As to Amendment 274 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Meston, - Link to Speech 3: Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab - Life peer) I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Meston, for moving the amendment on behalf of the noble Baroness - Link to Speech 4: None I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Meston, for moving the amendments. - Link to Speech |
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Mental Health Bill [HL]
23 speeches (6,433 words) Consideration of Commons amendments and / or reasons Monday 24th November 2025 - Lords Chamber Department of Health and Social Care Mentions: 1: Baroness Buscombe (Con - Life peer) Following on from the noble Lord, Lord Meston, this is a really important issue in relation to my noble - Link to Speech 2: Baroness Merron (Lab - Life peer) The modern style is to say “and” when you mean “and”, but to leave—I hope that the noble Lords, Lord Meston - Link to Speech |
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Friday 16th January 2026
Report - Forty-fourth Report - No Statutory Instruments Reported Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) Found: Brady of Altrincham (Conservative; Life peer) Lord Carter of Haslemere (Crossbench; Life peer) Lord Meston |
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Friday 19th December 2025
Report - Forty-third Report - 3 Statutory Instruments Reported Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) Found: Brady of Altrincham (Conservative; Life peer) Lord Carter of Haslemere (Crossbench; Life peer) Lord Meston |
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Friday 12th December 2025
Report - Forty-second Report - 1 Statutory Instrument Reported Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) Found: Brady of Altrincham (Conservative; Life peer) Lord Carter of Haslemere (Crossbench; Life peer) Lord Meston |
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Friday 5th December 2025
Report - Forty-first Report - 1 Statutory Instrument Reported Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) Found: Brady of Altrincham (Conservative; Life peer) Lord Carter of Haslemere (Crossbench; Life peer) Lord Meston |
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Friday 21st November 2025
Report - Fortieth Report - 2 Statutory Instruments Reported Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) Found: Brady of Altrincham (Conservative; Life peer) Lord Carter of Haslemere (Crossbench; Life peer) Lord Meston |
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Friday 21st November 2025
Report - 2nd Special Report - Scrutinising Statutory Instruments: Departmental Returns, October 2024 – September 2025: Government response Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) Found: Brady of Altrincham (Conservative; Life peer) Lord Carter of Haslemere (Crossbench; Life peer) Lord Meston |
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Wednesday 14th January 2026 3:40 p.m. Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Wednesday 21st January 2026 3:40 p.m. Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Wednesday 28th January 2026 3:40 p.m. Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |