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Monday 1st September 2025
Lord Polak (Conservative - Life peer)

Oral questions - Main Chamber
Subject: Development of Palestinian Territories, beyond recognition of a Palestinian State, including governance, anti-corruption measures, and institutional capacity-building
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Division Votes
9 Jul 2025 - House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Polak voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 251 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 284 Noes - 239
9 Jul 2025 - House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Polak voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 246 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 265 Noes - 247
15 Jul 2025 - Renters’ Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Polak voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 171 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 282 Noes - 158
15 Jul 2025 - Renters’ Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Polak voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 191 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 215 Noes - 240
15 Jul 2025 - Renters’ Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Polak voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 188 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 237 Noes - 223
14 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Polak voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 173 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 267 Noes - 153
14 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Polak voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 171 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 264 Noes - 158
16 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Polak voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 61 Conservative Aye votes vs 1 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 124 Noes - 131
16 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Polak voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 136 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 148 Noes - 155
16 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Polak voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 135 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 184 Noes - 123
16 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Polak voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 140 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 202 Noes - 138
16 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Polak voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 134 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 180 Noes - 123
16 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Polak voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 197 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 304 Noes - 160
21 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Polak voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 191 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 266 Noes - 162
21 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Polak voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 160 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 216 Noes - 143
22 Jul 2025 - Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025 - View Vote Context
Lord Polak voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 100 Conservative No votes vs 41 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 155 Noes - 267
23 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Polak voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 173 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 271 Noes - 138
23 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Polak voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 181 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 290 Noes - 143
23 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Polak voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 148 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 171 Noes - 189
23 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Polak voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 171 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 198 Noes - 198


Speeches
Lord Polak speeches from: Infected Blood Inquiry: Additional Report
Lord Polak contributed 1 speech (144 words)
Thursday 24th July 2025 - Lords Chamber
Northern Ireland Office
Lord Polak speeches from: NHS England: Staff Costs
Lord Polak contributed 1 speech (39 words)
Monday 21st July 2025 - Lords Chamber


Written Answers
Revenue and Customs: Fujitsu
Asked by: Lord Polak (Conservative - Life peer)
Thursday 17th July 2025

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask His Majesty's Government which Fujitsu contracts have been extended by HM Revenue and Customs in the past 12 months; and whether ministerial approval was sought.

Answered by Lord Livermore - Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)

Seven Fujitsu contracts have been extended by HMRC in the past 12 months to ensure continuity of essential services. These are: the Call-Off Contract for COTS Software (Oracle), Crown Hosting Run, Data Services, Data Project Services, Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR) and Vulnerability Managed Service, Pre-Production Environment (PPE) Web Solutions, and the Trader Support Service. As a public contracting authority, HMRC adheres to the procurement rules and spend controls set by the Cabinet Office and HM Treasury, obtaining appropriate ministerial approval where required. Of the seven contracts, six had extension values below the Cabinet Office Spend Control threshold of £20 million and were approved internally by HMRC in line with established processes and governance controls. Only one contract—the Trader Support Service—exceeded the threshold (£66.8 million) and therefore required both Cabinet Office Spend Control and Ministerial Approval.

Government Departments: Fujitsu
Asked by: Lord Polak (Conservative - Life peer)
Monday 21st July 2025

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether any independent assessment has been conducted of the risks associated with continuing to rely on Fujitsu for critical government services, including the Trader Support Service.

Answered by Lord Livermore - Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)

As a public contracting authority, HMRC follows government procurement rules, including the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, to ensure value for money and robust risk management. The current Trader Support Service (TSS) contract was procured in full compliance with these regulations, as will the replacement contract. HMRC applies the government’s Sourcing Playbook throughout its commercial activity, which includes rigorous risk assessments and financial due diligence. These processes are designed to ensure that suppliers can deliver critical services and that risks—whether operational, reputational, or legal—are identified and mitigated. HMRC maintains active contract management arrangements to monitor performance and ensure continuity of service.

Trader Support Service: Fujitsu
Asked by: Lord Polak (Conservative - Life peer)
Monday 21st July 2025

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of Fujitsu's suitability for the re-tendering of the Trader Support Service contract, given the company's role in the Post Office Horizon scandal.

Answered by Lord Livermore - Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)

The Trader Support Services contract was procured in compliance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Existing service delivery is managed robustly by contract management teams in compliance with this legislation and to ensure that the requirements of UK traders are met under the Windsor Framework.

Fujitsu: Contracts
Asked by: Lord Polak (Conservative - Life peer)
Monday 21st July 2025

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what guidance has been issued to departments regarding the awarding of public contracts to suppliers that have caused public harm, with specific reference to Fujitsu.

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

The impact of the Horizon scandal on postmasters and their families has been horrendous. The Government is determined to hold those responsible to account and will continue to seek to make rapid progress on compensation and redress. Fujitsu’s role in Horizon is one of the issues currently being reviewed by Sir Wyn Williams’s statutory inquiry. The Government are carefully considering volume 1 of the report. Once the inquiry has established the full facts, we will review its final report and consider any further action, where appropriate.

In January 2024, Fujitsu committed to withdraw from bidding for contracts with new government customers until the Post Office Horizon inquiry concludes. It will bid for work with existing government customers only where it already has a contract with them or where there is an agreed need for Fujitsu’s skills and capabilities.

Individual contracting authorities are responsible for the award and management of contracts. With regard to scrutiny during procurement processes, the Procurement Act 2023 enables and, where appropriate, requires the exclusion of suppliers where they pose particular risks to public procurement. The Cabinet Office has issued substantial guidance for departments, available on gov.uk. The exclusions regime provides a framework within which contracting authorities must consider a supplier’s recent past behaviour and circumstances (or their presence on the debarment list) to determine whether it should be allowed to compete for or be awarded a public contract.

The National Procurement Policy Statement asks contracting authorities to ensure they have the appropriate procurement and contract management skills and capability necessary to deliver public contracts and encourages the use of collaborative procurement frameworks, where appropriate, to deliver value for money.

To provide transparency, the government regularly publishes Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for its most important contracts, and the performance of the vendor against those KPIs.

Fujitsu: Contracts
Asked by: Lord Polak (Conservative - Life peer)
Monday 21st July 2025

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of Fujitsu's suitability as a strategic supplier following the Post Office Horizon scandal.

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

The impact of the Horizon scandal on postmasters and their families has been horrendous. The Government is determined to hold those responsible to account and will continue to seek to make rapid progress on compensation and redress. Fujitsu’s role in Horizon is one of the issues currently being reviewed by Sir Wyn Williams’s statutory inquiry. The Government are carefully considering volume 1 of the report. Once the inquiry has established the full facts, we will review its final report and consider any further action, where appropriate.

In January 2024, Fujitsu committed to withdraw from bidding for contracts with new government customers until the Post Office Horizon inquiry concludes. It will bid for work with existing government customers only where it already has a contract with them or where there is an agreed need for Fujitsu’s skills and capabilities.

Individual contracting authorities are responsible for the award and management of contracts. With regard to scrutiny during procurement processes, the Procurement Act 2023 enables and, where appropriate, requires the exclusion of suppliers where they pose particular risks to public procurement. The Cabinet Office has issued substantial guidance for departments, available on gov.uk. The exclusions regime provides a framework within which contracting authorities must consider a supplier’s recent past behaviour and circumstances (or their presence on the debarment list) to determine whether it should be allowed to compete for or be awarded a public contract.

The National Procurement Policy Statement asks contracting authorities to ensure they have the appropriate procurement and contract management skills and capability necessary to deliver public contracts and encourages the use of collaborative procurement frameworks, where appropriate, to deliver value for money.

To provide transparency, the government regularly publishes Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for its most important contracts, and the performance of the vendor against those KPIs.