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Lord Moylan

Conservative - Life peer

Became Member: 9th September 2020

Shadow Minister (Transport)

(since September 2024)

Lord Moylan is not a member of any APPGs
2 Former APPG memberships
SME (Small and Medium-sized Enterprises) House Builders, Union
Lord Moylan has no previous appointments


Division Voting information

During the current Parliament, Lord Moylan has voted in 13 divisions, and never against the majority of their Party.
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Debates during the 2024 Parliament

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Sparring Partners
Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill (Labour)
Minister of State (Department for Transport)
(46 debate interactions)
Baroness Randerson (Liberal Democrat)
Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Transport)
(15 debate interactions)
Lord Snape (Labour)
(7 debate interactions)
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Department Debates
Department for Transport
(90 debate contributions)
Cabinet Office
(8 debate contributions)
Leader of the House
(4 debate contributions)
Ministry of Justice
(4 debate contributions)
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Lords initiatives

These initiatives were driven by Lord Moylan, and are more likely to reflect personal policy preferences.


2 Bills introduced by Lord Moylan


A Bill to require the Secretary of State to publish an annual report on complications from abortions in England; and for connected purposes.

Lords - 40%

Last Event - 2nd Reading
Friday 13th December 2024
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A Bill to make provision for a Foetal Sentience Committee to review current understanding of the sentience of the human foetus and to inform policy-making; and for connected purposes.

Lords - 40%

Last Event - 2nd Reading
Friday 22nd March 2024
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Lord Moylan has not co-sponsored any Bills in the current parliamentary sitting


Latest 27 Written Questions

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1 Other Department Questions
7th Oct 2024
To ask His Majesty's Government what is their assessment of mandating equality, diversity and inclusion reporting on bodies which are not subject to the Equality Act 2010 public sector equality duty.

The Government is committed to extending mandatory pay gap reporting to ethnicity and disability pay gaps for employers with at least 250 employees. It is also committed to ensuring the Public Sector Equality Duty covers all parties exercising public functions.

Baroness Smith of Malvern
Minister of State (Education)
21st Nov 2024
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to their announcement on 17 November regarding £1 billion in funding for bus services, when they will publish the formula for allocation.

The way funding has been allocated to local authorities represents a change from previous methodologies to a fairer and simpler system, moving away from a competitive process. This funding for local authorities to deliver their Bus Service Improvement Plans has been allocated based on local needs, considering three factors, equally weighted. These are:

  • The level of population, the greater the population of the local transport authority the more money they will receive;
  • The distance covered by buses in the authority, the greater the tendered bus mileage, the more money they will receive; and
  • The index of multiple deprivation, published by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. This is the official measure of relative deprivation in England.

Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill
Minister of State (Department for Transport)
21st Nov 2024
To ask His Majesty's Government which train operating companies they intend to bring under public ownership first, following the introduction of the Passenger Railway Services Bill.

The Secretary of State announced on 4 December that, under the Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Act 2024, South Western Railway’s services will transfer into public ownership on 25 May 2025, followed by c2c’s on 20 July 2025 and Greater Anglia’s in autumn 2025.

Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill
Minister of State (Department for Transport)
23rd Oct 2024
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the economic impact on the south-east of England of planned strikes on London Underground services.

Transport in London is devolved to the Mayor and TfL. Thanks to constructive dialogue between TfL and the unions the strikes planned by both RMT and ASLEF for early November have now been called off.

Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill
Minister of State (Department for Transport)
7th Oct 2024
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Arup report Opportunity through connectivity: Catalysing economic growth through a Midlands-North West Rail Link, published in September, what assessment they have made of proposals for an affordable Midlands-North West rail link.

The Government is currently reviewing the position it has inherited on rail infrastructure and will consider how to address capacity needs and support economic growth in and between the North and the Midlands, whilst maintaining fiscal discipline.

We will set out next steps in due course.

Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill
Minister of State (Department for Transport)
14th Oct 2024
To ask His Majesty's Government how many applicants to the Vaccine Damages Payment Scheme (VDPS) have made a claim relating to the AstraZeneca Covid-19 Vaccine; and how many applicants to the VDPS have been waiting for a decision for longer than (1) one year and (2) 18 months.

As of 30 September 2024, the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (VDPS) has processed 3,825 claims relating to the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. A further 207 claims relating to the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine are undergoing medical assessment. As of 30 September 2024, there were 7,335 live VDPS claims, of which 1,024 have been awaiting resolution for longer than 12 months, and 316 claims for longer than 18 months.

Baroness Merron
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
14th Oct 2024
To ask His Majesty's Government when they received scientific advice detailing an increase in the incidence of autoimmune illness and a possible link between that increase and the AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine.

Following reports of extremely rare adverse events of concurrent thrombosis and thrombocytopenia following vaccination with the first dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) advised that adults aged under 30 years old and without underlying health conditions should be offered an alternative vaccine, if available. This advice was published on 7 April 2021. In parallel, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency updated its information for healthcare professionals on the COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine. On 7 May 2021, the JCVI published updated advice which extended the group who should be offered an alternative to include all unvaccinated adults aged 30 to 39 years old who were not in a clinical priority group at higher risk of severe COVID-19 disease. This advice is published online, and is available in an online only format.

Baroness Merron
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
14th Oct 2024
To ask His Majesty's Government what scientific advice they received between 1 April and 6 May 2021 regarding age restrictions for the AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine.

Following reports of extremely rare adverse events of concurrent thrombosis and thrombocytopenia following vaccination with the first dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) advised that adults aged under 30 years old and without underlying health conditions should be offered an alternative vaccine, if available. This advice was published on 7 April 2021. In parallel, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency updated its information for healthcare professionals on the COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine. On 7 May 2021, the JCVI published updated advice which extended the group who should be offered an alternative to include all unvaccinated adults aged 30 to 39 years old who were not in a clinical priority group at higher risk of severe COVID-19 disease. This advice is published online, and is available in an online only format.

Baroness Merron
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
14th Oct 2024
To ask His Majesty's Government how many cases of Guillain-Barré syndrome have been recorded in each of the last ten years.

The information is not held in the format requested. However, the following table shows a count of the Finished Admission Episodes (FAEs) where the primary diagnosis was Guillain-Barré syndrome, for the period 2014/15 to 2023/24 in England:

Year

FAEs

2014/15

1,403

2015/16

1,354

2016/17

1,412

2017/18

1,342

2018/19

1,337

2019/20

1,354

2020/21

921

2021/22

1,243

2022/23

1,374

2023/24

1,367

Source: data is from the Hospital Episode Statistics, by NHS England.
Notes:

  1. admissions do not represent the number of patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the period;
  2. an FAE is the first period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider, and are counted against the year or month in which the admission episode finishes; and
  3. this data refers to activity in English National Health Service Hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector.

Baroness Merron
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
14th Oct 2024
To ask His Majesty's Government whether the medical assessors for the Vaccine Damages Payment Scheme have access to the scientific advice given to ministers regarding the AstraZeneca Covid-19 Vaccine.

All claims to the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (VDPS) are assessed on a case-by-case basis by experienced independent medical assessors, General Medical Council registered doctors with a licence to practise, who have undertaken specialised training in vaccine damage and disability assessment.

When making medical assessment through the VDPS, independent medical assessors consider not just the claimant’s full medical records once they are gathered, but also the claim form and a range of credible resources to support their assessment, as per NHS Business Services Authority’s published VDPS Principles of Medical Assessment. This includes, but is not limited to, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency’s data, including Yellow Card information on suspected safety concerns involving a healthcare product, vaccine product information and updates, the UK Health Security Agency's Green Book, and the World Health Organization’s Causality assessment of an adverse event following immunization. Medical assessors will also consider academic research, epidemiological evidence, and the current consensus of expert medical opinion.

Baroness Merron
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
2nd Sep 2024
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have plans to transport Sri Lankan nationals from Diego Garcia to the UK and if so, how many persons, and when; what assessment they have made as to how many such persons were trafficked to Diego Garcia by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), an organisation proscribed under the Terrorism Act 2000, or its associates; what security risks may arise as a result of any links to the LTTE; and what consideration they have given to the possibility of returning them to Sri Lanka as a safe country.

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office is engaging in ongoing discussions with relevant departments regarding this issue. The BIOT is not a suitable long-term location for the migrants, which is why we are working to find a lasting solution. The BIOT Administration have put in place a process for considering claims for protection, which is thorough and comprehensive, but do not comment publicly on individual claims for protection. We are not aware of any involvement of LTTE in trafficking the migrants, and continue to cooperate with international partners to try and prevent criminal groups exploiting individuals and sending them on dangerous journeys across the sea.

Baroness Chapman of Darlington
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
25th Oct 2024
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the rate at which His Majesty's Revenue and Customs are currently processing income tax returns compared to previous years, and what steps they are taking to improve the processing of income tax returns in advance of submissions in January.

By the end of January 2024, over 11.5m tax returns had been submitted for the 2022/23 financial year. Around 97 percent of returns received were online and the majority were processed automatically.

HMRC carries out additional processing work on a small percentage of tax returns. This includes checks, addressing amends made by customers and manually working through returns which are made on paper. This year HMRC is on track to meet targets for processing paper Self Assessment returns which is consistent with previous years.

To ensure taxpayers get support to meet their obligations for filing 23/24 returns, HMRC has recently recruited and trained additional customer service advisors.

Lord Livermore
Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)
8th Oct 2024
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to end losses in tax revenue from tobacco duty fraud.

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) launched its first strategy to tackle illicit tobacco in 2000. This, and consequent strategies with Border Force, have reduced the overall tobacco duty tax gap from 21.7% in 2005/6 to 14.5% in 2022/23.

During this time, the duty gap for cigarettes has reduced by a third, and for hand-rolling tobacco by a half.

In January this year HMRC and Border Force published their latest illicit tobacco strategy, ‘Stubbing Out the Problem’. This Government is committed to reducing the trade in illicit tobacco with a focus on reducing demand, and tackling and disrupting the organised crime groups behind the illicit tobacco trade.

The tobacco strategy is supported by £100 million of new smokefree funding over the next 5 years to boost existing HMRC and Border Force enforcement capability.

Lord Livermore
Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)
8th Oct 2024
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the likelihood that further increases in tobacco duty rates will fail to generate further revenue.

Under the assumptions used in tobacco costings certified by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) at Spring Budget 2024, increasing overall tobacco duty rates increases tobacco duty receipts.

Lord Livermore
Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)
8th Oct 2024
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the recent remarks by the Chief Executive of the Institute for Fiscal Studies on cutting the current rate of tobacco duty as a means of increasing tax revenues.

Under the assumptions used in tobacco costings certified by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) at Spring Budget 2024, increasing overall tobacco duty rates increases tobacco duty receipts.

Lord Livermore
Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)
8th Oct 2024
To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the annual tax revenue loss from illicit and non-duty paid tobacco.

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) publish official statistics relating to measuring tax gaps, which include the estimated annual tax revenue loss from Illicit and non-duty paid tobacco.

The statistics are published annually and the latest figures are set out in Measuring tax gaps 2024 edition: tax gap estimates for 2022 to 2023.

The duty gap for tobacco is estimated at 14.5% of the theoretical tobacco duty liability, or £2.2 billion (£1.7 billion in Excise Duty and £0.5 billion in VAT), in tax year 2022 to 2023.

Lord Livermore
Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)
7th Oct 2024
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Livermore on 20 September (HL1065), what discussions they have had with the Financial Conduct Authority or the Prudential Regulation Authority on their proposals for making diversity and inclusion reporting mandatory through regulation; and what assessment they have made of these regulatory measures in light of the total costs to firms as outlined (1) on page 53 of the Financial Conduct Authority consultation paper Diversity and inclusion in the financial sector – working together to drive change, published in September 2023, and (2) on page 57 of the Bank of England consultation paper Diversity and inclusion in PRA-regulated firms, published in September 2023 and updated in October 2023.

The Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority are non-governmental bodies which are independent from the Treasury. The government does not make assessments of their consultations.

The Treasury engages closely and regularly with the regulators on a wide range of issues, including ensuring that effective, proportionate regulation is supporting the government’s mission to drive the growth and international competitiveness of the UK’s financial services sector.

Lord Livermore
Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)
7th Oct 2024
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effect on (1) smaller UK wine producers, (2) smaller UK wine retailers, and (3) imports from smaller overseas wine producers, of the increased administration they will face following the planned termination of the temporary wine easement on 1 February 2025 and the introduction of a new excise regime based on alcohol by volume.

In August 2023 the previous Government introduced reforms to alcohol duty so that products are taxed in proportion to their alcoholic strength, not volume. The reforms aimed to modernise and simplify the system, to prioritise public health and incentivise consumption of lower strength products.

To help the wine industry adapt to the new duty system, the current, temporary duty easement was introduced as a transitional measure, which was intended to allow time for wine producers to adapt to calculating duty based on alcohol by volume.

By the planned end-date of 1 February 2025, the wine industry will have had over two years to adapt to the new strength-based system.

Lord Livermore
Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)
12th Sep 2024
To ask His Majesty's Government what is the policy of (1) the Treasury, and (2) the Government Equalities Office, on the consultations being conducted by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority on new diversity and inclusion reporting requirements for financial services firms; and what assessment they have made of whether those proposals are in line with their policy on increasing economic growth.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) are non-governmental bodies which are independent from the Treasury and have broad powers to make rules in order to advance their statutory objectives. The regulators are required by legislation to carry out their general functions, which include rule-making, in a way that advances their competitiveness and growth objectives.

In line with statutory requirements, the FCA and PRA have included in their consultations an explanation of the compatibility of the proposed rules with their duties, including consideration of the competitiveness and growth objectives.

Lord Livermore
Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)
2nd Sep 2024
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to make the online self-assessment tax return form SA100 available to download, so that taxpayers wishing to submit paper returns do not have to telephone His Majesty's Revenue and Customs to obtain it.

The Government wants to encourage as many people as possible to complete their self assessments online. HMRC therefore asks taxpayers who do not initially opt to complete their return online to call HMRC. This approach allows HMRC to speak to taxpayers to encourage them to file online, or to find out if they need additional support and guidance to do so, before sending them a paper form if needed. The SA100 form is available for download on gov.uk.

Lord Livermore
Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)
4th Dec 2024
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effect on international competitiveness of requiring airside transit passengers at UK airports to obtain and pay for an Electronic Travel Authorisation if there is no equivalent requirement for those transiting at airports in the European Union.

The Government’s number one priority is to keep the UK safe. By closing the current gap in advance permissions, the ETA scheme will, for the first time, give us a comprehensive understanding of those intending to travel to the UK and the ability to prevent the travel of those who pose a threat, including those in transit. A blanket exemption to the ETA requirement for passengers transiting UK airside would risk creating a permission-free route of travel into the UK, which we believe could be open to abuse in future. We will however keep this and other aspects of the scheme under review, including looking at other ways these risks might be mitigated.

Lord Hanson of Flint
Minister of State (Home Office)
15th Oct 2024
To ask His Majesty's Government why foreign nationals with a passport vignette confirming indefinite leave to remain and seeking to evidence their immigration status by way of an eVisa are being directed by gov.uk to apply first for a Biometric Residence Permit (BRP), when all BRPs are due to lose validity by 31 December and the time taken to issue one is stated to be up to six months.

People who have a vignette or stamp in their passport that shows they have indefinite leave to remain in the UK can also access an eVisa. They do this by making a No Time Limit application which helps us to re-establish their identity so that they can create a UKVI account to access digital evidence of their status. All No Time Limit applicants whose applications are decided before the end of this month will get a BRP which they can use to create a UKVI account and access their eVisa. If their applications are decided after the end of this month, they will not receive a BRP. Instead, applicants will either have an account created for them automatically, or will be advised on steps they need to take to create their UKVI account. Further information on the new process will be available at www.gov.uk/evisa.

Whilst we encourage people who have a vignette or stamp in their passport to transition to an eVisa, they will still be able to prove their rights as they do today, using their physical documents where these are permitted. That will not change at the end of 2024.

However, making the switch to an eVisa and creating a UKVI account will bring a range of benefits. This includes the fact that an eVisa cannot be lost or damaged, like a vignette, and there is no need for a potentially costly replacement.

Lord Hanson of Flint
Minister of State (Home Office)
7th Oct 2024
To ask His Majesty's Government how many of those convicted to date in connection with rioting in early August (1) were of no fixed abode, and (2) lived within five miles of the scene of the rioting in connection with which they were arrested.

HMCTS has worked with the judiciary since the disorder in the summer to bring the rioters to justice. As of 3 October, a total of 819 defendants have been received by the courts in connection with public disorder, 493 have had a final outcome, of which 388 received an immediate custodial sentence. Data relating to the cases started in connection with public disorder comes from a bespoke data feed which does not include information on defendant home address and location of the offence. To obtain this information would involve a disproportionate cost as it would involve checking individual case files.

Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede
Lord in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
17th Jul 2024
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to review the cases of those still subject to the "two strikes” sentence imposed under the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 or the “automatic life" sentence introduced in 2012; and whether there is scope to align their licence conditions with those imposed through the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 on prisoners serving an indeterminate sentence for public protection.

Section 2 of the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997 (the 1997 Act) introduced a mandatory life sentence for a second serious offence, meaning judges had to impose a life sentence on anyone convicted of a second specified serious offence, unless there were exceptional circumstances.

Although the ‘two-strike’ life sentence and the IPP sentence can be imposed for similar specified offences, unlike the IPP sentence, the ‘two-strike’ life sentence is a life sentence, and offenders will therefore be subject to licence conditions for life if they are released by the Parole Board. The recent changes to the IPP licence, which can be terminated pursuant to section 31A of the 1997 Act, would therefore not align with this life licence.

We will be launching a review of the sentencing framework. The details of this review will be announced in due course.

Lord Timpson
Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
17th Jul 2024
To ask His Majesty's Government when they will respond to the regulation 28 prevention of future deaths report issued on 12 April by the Senior Coroner for the coroner area of Milton Keynes in the case of Scott Rider, to which a response was due under statute by 23 May.

The Ministry of Justice’s response to the Regulation 28 Prevention of Future Deaths report issued on 12 April by the Senior Coroner for Milton Keynes was sent by the Director General of Operations for HM Prison and Probation Service on 15 May 2024.

Lord Timpson
Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)