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Division Votes
17 Nov 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Murray of Blidworth voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 198 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 298 Noes - 157
17 Nov 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Murray of Blidworth voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 199 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 309 Noes - 150
17 Nov 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Murray of Blidworth voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 195 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 302 Noes - 135
17 Nov 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Murray of Blidworth voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 193 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 296 Noes - 147
17 Nov 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Murray of Blidworth voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 198 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 295 Noes - 150
24 Nov 2025 - Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Murray of Blidworth voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 184 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 200 Noes - 244


Speeches
Lord Murray of Blidworth speeches from: Asylum Policy
Lord Murray of Blidworth contributed 1 speech (208 words)
Thursday 20th November 2025 - Lords Chamber
Home Office
Lord Murray of Blidworth speeches from: Litter on Canal Towpaths
Lord Murray of Blidworth contributed 1 speech (738 words)
Thursday 20th November 2025 - Grand Committee
Lord Murray of Blidworth speeches from: Tobacco and Vapes Bill
Lord Murray of Blidworth contributed 2 speeches (397 words)
Committee stage
Monday 17th November 2025 - Grand Committee
Department of Health and Social Care
Lord Murray of Blidworth speeches from: Tobacco and Vapes Bill
Lord Murray of Blidworth contributed 1 speech (738 words)
Committee stage
Thursday 13th November 2025 - Grand Committee
Department of Health and Social Care


Written Answers
Department of Health and Social Care: Departmental Boards
Asked by: Lord Murray of Blidworth (Conservative - Life peer)
Friday 21st November 2025

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many meetings the departmental board of the Department of Health and Social Care has had since 4 July 2024.

Answered by Baroness Merron - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

The Department has held two departmental board meetings since 4 July 2024. Further details on departmental board meetings are published in the Department's published annual report and accounts.

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Departmental Boards
Asked by: Lord Murray of Blidworth (Conservative - Life peer)
Monday 1st December 2025

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many meetings the departmental board of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has had since 4 July 2024.

Answered by Baroness Chapman of Darlington - Minister of State (Development)

Details of the attendees, and number of meetings, for all top-level boards and committees at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) are published on an annual basis in the FCDO annual report and accounts. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Management Board, chaired by the Permanent Under-Secretary, has met 6 times since 4 July 2024.

Georgia: Protest
Asked by: Lord Murray of Blidworth (Conservative - Life peer)
Monday 1st December 2025

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of Georgia regarding free speech, the rule of law and its obligations as a signatory of the European Convention on Human Rights in its policing of protest.

Answered by Baroness Chapman of Darlington - Minister of State (Development)

We remain severely concerned by democratic backsliding in Georgia, including restrictions on free speech and policing of protests. The Minister of State for Europe and North America raised these issues directly with Georgian Dream Foreign Minister Botchorishvili on 16 October and with Georgian Dream 1st Deputy Foreign Minister Zurabashvili on 21 October, and the UK is also supporting efforts in the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe and Council of Europe to press Georgia to adhere to democratic norms.

Cabinet Office: Departmental Boards
Asked by: Lord Murray of Blidworth (Conservative - Life peer)
Tuesday 2nd December 2025

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many meetings the departmental board of the Cabinet Office has had since 4 July 2024.

Answered by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

The Cabinet Office Board has met twice since 4 July 2024.

Department for Education: Departmental Boards
Asked by: Lord Murray of Blidworth (Conservative - Life peer)
Tuesday 2nd December 2025

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many meetings the departmental board of the Department of Education has had since 4 July 2024.

Answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)

The department has had eight meetings since 4 July 2024, which will rise to nine by the end of this calendar year (2025).




Lord Murray of Blidworth mentioned

Live Transcript

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17 Nov 2025, 3:33 p.m. - House of Lords
"friends, Lords Harper, Lord Murray of Blidworth, Baroness Lawlor, Viscount Goschen and Baroness "
Lord Cameron of Lochiel (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
18 Nov 2025, 5:24 p.m. - House of Lords
"Rwanda treaty. I recall the noble Lord Murray of Blidworth telling us that it was not our role to "
Lord Purvis of Tweed (Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript


Parliamentary Debates
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill
8 speeches (1,887 words)
3rd reading
Monday 17th November 2025 - Lords Chamber
Home Office
Mentions:
1: Lord Cameron of Lochiel (Con - Life peer) team and to all noble Lords who contributed, particularly my noble friends Lord Harper, Lord Murray of Blidworth - Link to Speech

Tobacco and Vapes Bill
90 speeches (22,061 words)
Committee stage
Thursday 13th November 2025 - Grand Committee
Department of Health and Social Care
Mentions:
1: Baroness Walmsley (LD - Life peer) ahead with this important legislation.I turn to Amendment 216 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Murray of Blidworth - Link to Speech



Select Committee Documents
Wednesday 12th November 2025
Oral Evidence - Liz Carr, My Death, My Decision, House of Lords, and Dr Henry Marsh CBE FRCS

Human Rights (Joint Committee)

Found: Q14 Lord Murray of Blidworth: This question moves the conversation on a little bit to look at the way

Wednesday 12th November 2025
Oral Evidence - University of Leicester, Brick Court Chambers, and House of Lords

Human Rights (Joint Committee)

Found: Members present: Lord Alton of Liverpool (The Chair); Lord Dholakia; Tom Gordon; Afzal Khan; Lord Murray of Blidworth




Lord Murray of Blidworth - Select Committee Information

Calendar
Wednesday 3rd December 2025 2 p.m.
Human Rights (Joint Committee) - Oral evidence
Subject: Work of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sentencing, Youth Justice and International at Ministry of Justice
At 2:30pm: Oral evidence
Jake Richards MP - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sentencing, Youth Justice and International at Ministry of Justice
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Wednesday 10th December 2025 2 p.m.
Human Rights (Joint Committee) - Oral evidence
Subject: Human Rights of Children in the Social Care System in England
At 2:15pm: Oral evidence
Caroline Coady - Deputy Director - Social Care at National Children's Bureau
Anna Bird - CEO at Contact: for families with disabled children
At 3:15pm: Oral evidence
Alex Ruck Keene KC (Hon) - Barrister at 39 Essex Chambers
Professor Alison Young - Commissioner (Public Law and Law in Wales) at Law Commission
Connor Johnston - Senior Lawyer at Law Commission
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Wednesday 17th December 2025 2 p.m.
Human Rights (Joint Committee) - Oral evidence
Subject: Human Rights and the Regulation of AI
At 2:15pm: Oral evidence
Ellen Lefley - Senior Lawyer at JUSTICE
Louise Hooper - Barrister at Garden Court Chambers
Dr Janis Wong - Policy Adviser, Data and Technology Law at Law Society
At 3:15pm: Oral evidence
Professor Ethan Mollick - Co-Director, Generative AI Labs at Wharton, Rowan Fellow at Wharton University of Pennsylvania
Professor Roman Yampolskiy - Associate Professor at University of Louisville
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Select Committee Documents
Thursday 13th November 2025
Correspondence - Letter from the Home Secretary to the Committee on the Government’s approach to proscription under the Terrorism Act 2000

Human Rights (Joint Committee)
Thursday 13th November 2025
Correspondence - Letter from the Secretary of State for Education to the Committee on the preservation and accessibility of adoption record

Human Rights (Joint Committee)
Wednesday 12th November 2025
Oral Evidence - Liz Carr, My Death, My Decision, House of Lords, and Dr Henry Marsh CBE FRCS

Human Rights (Joint Committee)
Thursday 13th November 2025
Correspondence - Letter from the Committee to the Minister of State for Policing and Crime prevention relating to the Governments response to the Crime and Policing Bill report

Human Rights (Joint Committee)
Wednesday 12th November 2025
Oral Evidence - University of Leicester, Brick Court Chambers, and House of Lords

Human Rights (Joint Committee)
Thursday 20th November 2025
Correspondence - Letter to the Home Secretary from the JCHR on proscription

Human Rights (Joint Committee)
Thursday 20th November 2025
Correspondence - Letter to the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Justice from the JCHR on the Victims and Courts Bill

Human Rights (Joint Committee)
Thursday 20th November 2025
Correspondence - Letter to the Lord Chancellor from the JCHR on the Sentencing Bill response

Human Rights (Joint Committee)
Friday 21st November 2025
Written Evidence - European Center for Not-For-Profit Law (ECNL)
RAI0008 - Human Rights and the Regulation of AI

Human Rights and the Regulation of AI - Human Rights (Joint Committee)
Friday 21st November 2025
Written Evidence - University of Bristol Law School
RAI0005 - Human Rights and the Regulation of AI

Human Rights and the Regulation of AI - Human Rights (Joint Committee)
Friday 21st November 2025
Written Evidence - Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford
RAI0006 - Human Rights and the Regulation of AI

Human Rights and the Regulation of AI - Human Rights (Joint Committee)
Friday 21st November 2025
Written Evidence - United Nations - OHCHR, University of Southampton, and Queen Mary University of London
RAI0023 - Human Rights and the Regulation of AI

Human Rights and the Regulation of AI - Human Rights (Joint Committee)
Friday 21st November 2025
Written Evidence - Justice
RAI0073 - Human Rights and the Regulation of AI

Human Rights and the Regulation of AI - Human Rights (Joint Committee)
Friday 21st November 2025
Written Evidence - University of Warwick, and University of Warwick
RAI0022 - Human Rights and the Regulation of AI

Human Rights and the Regulation of AI - Human Rights (Joint Committee)
Friday 21st November 2025
Written Evidence - Open Rights Group
RAI0018 - Human Rights and the Regulation of AI

Human Rights and the Regulation of AI - Human Rights (Joint Committee)
Monday 24th November 2025
Written Evidence - University of East Anglia
RAI0016 - Human Rights and the Regulation of AI

Human Rights and the Regulation of AI - Human Rights (Joint Committee)
Monday 24th November 2025
Written Evidence - Newcastle University
RAI0012 - Human Rights and the Regulation of AI

Human Rights and the Regulation of AI - Human Rights (Joint Committee)
Monday 24th November 2025
Written Evidence - University of Glasgow
RAI0014 - Human Rights and the Regulation of AI

Human Rights and the Regulation of AI - Human Rights (Joint Committee)
Monday 24th November 2025
Written Evidence - Connected by Data
RAI0013 - Human Rights and the Regulation of AI

Human Rights and the Regulation of AI - Human Rights (Joint Committee)
Tuesday 25th November 2025
Correspondence - Letter from the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill and the draft Remedial Order

Human Rights (Joint Committee)
Thursday 4th December 2025
Correspondence - Letter from the Lord Chancellor regarding the Sentencing Bill

Human Rights (Joint Committee)
Thursday 4th December 2025
Correspondence - Letter from Baroness Falkner, Chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission

Human Rights (Joint Committee)
Thursday 4th December 2025
Correspondence - Letter from the Minister for Children and Families regarding Ukrainian Children

Human Rights (Joint Committee)
Friday 5th December 2025
Correspondence - Letter from the JCHR to Independent Public Advocate

Human Rights (Joint Committee)
Wednesday 3rd December 2025
Oral Evidence - Ministry of Justice

Human Rights (Joint Committee)
Tuesday 9th December 2025
Report - 9th Report - Draft Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 (Remedial) Order 2025: Second Report

Human Rights (Joint Committee)
Wednesday 10th December 2025
Oral Evidence - National Children's Bureau, and Contact: for families with disabled children

Human Rights of Children in the Social Care System in England - Human Rights (Joint Committee)
Wednesday 10th December 2025
Oral Evidence - 39 Essex Chambers, Law Commission, and Law Commission

Human Rights of Children in the Social Care System in England - Human Rights (Joint Committee)
Tuesday 16th December 2025
Written Evidence - Knowles
CSC0041 - Human Rights of Children in the Social Care System in England

Human Rights of Children in the Social Care System in England - Human Rights (Joint Committee)
Tuesday 16th December 2025
Written Evidence - Lancaster University
CSC0036 - Human Rights of Children in the Social Care System in England

Human Rights of Children in the Social Care System in England - Human Rights (Joint Committee)
Tuesday 16th December 2025
Written Evidence - Cardiff University
CSC0037 - Human Rights of Children in the Social Care System in England

Human Rights of Children in the Social Care System in England - Human Rights (Joint Committee)
Tuesday 16th December 2025
Written Evidence - Children and Families Across Borders (CFAB)
CSC0047 - Human Rights of Children in the Social Care System in England

Human Rights of Children in the Social Care System in England - Human Rights (Joint Committee)
Tuesday 16th December 2025
Written Evidence - Disabled Children's Partnership
CSC0052 - Human Rights of Children in the Social Care System in England

Human Rights of Children in the Social Care System in England - Human Rights (Joint Committee)
Tuesday 16th December 2025
Written Evidence - University of Sussex
CSC0054 - Human Rights of Children in the Social Care System in England

Human Rights of Children in the Social Care System in England - Human Rights (Joint Committee)
Tuesday 16th December 2025
Written Evidence - The Barrister Group
CSC0055 - Human Rights of Children in the Social Care System in England

Human Rights of Children in the Social Care System in England - Human Rights (Joint Committee)
Tuesday 16th December 2025
Written Evidence - Project for the Registration of Children as British Citizens
CSC0057 - Human Rights of Children in the Social Care System in England

Human Rights of Children in the Social Care System in England - Human Rights (Joint Committee)
Tuesday 16th December 2025
Written Evidence - Council for Disabled Children
CSC0045 - Human Rights of Children in the Social Care System in England

Human Rights of Children in the Social Care System in England - Human Rights (Joint Committee)
Tuesday 16th December 2025
Written Evidence - The National Union of Professional Foster Carers
CSC0046 - Human Rights of Children in the Social Care System in England

Human Rights of Children in the Social Care System in England - Human Rights (Joint Committee)
Tuesday 16th December 2025
Written Evidence - Spark Sisterhood and Liftly
CSC0042 - Human Rights of Children in the Social Care System in England

Human Rights of Children in the Social Care System in England - Human Rights (Joint Committee)
Tuesday 16th December 2025
Written Evidence - Become
CSC0034 - Human Rights of Children in the Social Care System in England

Human Rights of Children in the Social Care System in England - Human Rights (Joint Committee)
Tuesday 16th December 2025
Written Evidence - ATD UK
CSC0040 - Human Rights of Children in the Social Care System in England

Human Rights of Children in the Social Care System in England - Human Rights (Joint Committee)
Tuesday 16th December 2025
Written Evidence - Sense
CSC0033 - Human Rights of Children in the Social Care System in England

Human Rights of Children in the Social Care System in England - Human Rights (Joint Committee)