Information between 3rd November 2025 - 23rd November 2025
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5 Nov 2025 - Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill - View Vote Context Lord Polak voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 147 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 161 Noes - 144 |
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5 Nov 2025 - Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill - View Vote Context Lord Polak voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 149 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 157 Noes - 200 |
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5 Nov 2025 - Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill - View Vote Context Lord Polak voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 147 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 159 Noes - 194 |
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11 Nov 2025 - Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill - View Vote Context Lord Polak voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 181 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 201 Noes - 238 |
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11 Nov 2025 - Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill - View Vote Context Lord Polak voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 185 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 207 Noes - 240 |
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11 Nov 2025 - Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill - View Vote Context Lord Polak voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 179 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 193 Noes - 236 |
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17 Nov 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 199 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 309 Noes - 150 |
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17 Nov 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 193 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 296 Noes - 147 |
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17 Nov 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 195 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 302 Noes - 135 |
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17 Nov 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 198 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 298 Noes - 157 |
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17 Nov 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 198 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 295 Noes - 150 |
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Lord Polak speeches from: Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
Lord Polak contributed 4 speeches (396 words) Committee stage Friday 21st November 2025 - Lords Chamber Department of Health and Social Care |
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Lord Polak speeches from: Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
Lord Polak contributed 1 speech (227 words) Committee stage Friday 14th November 2025 - Lords Chamber Department of Health and Social Care |
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Lord Polak speeches from: BBC Leadership
Lord Polak contributed 1 speech (153 words) Wednesday 12th November 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport |
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Tumours: Research
Asked by: Lord Polak (Conservative - Life peer) Wednesday 19th November 2025 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to assess the NHS’s capacity for fresh freezing of tumour and other tissue samples, and the impact of this capacity on improving access to innovative cancer testing and treatments. Answered by Baroness Merron - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care) Pathology services in England are delivered through 27 regional pathology networks, and offer a comprehensive range of tests, including the analysis of brain tissues. Fresh-freezing, also referred to as snap-freezing, is a standard technique used by pathology networks to preserve tissue architecture without chemical fixatives, allowing for subsequent molecular or histological analysis, typically supporting research or advanced diagnostic applications. Individual pathology services maintain their own standard operating procedures (SOPs) for fresh tissue samples and for the snap-freezing of tissue samples. These SOPs outline local capabilities and practices. Information on the number of NHS trusts in England that have facilities for fresh freezing brain cancer tissue samples is not currently collected. However, the extent to which fresh freezing is used across NHS trusts is likely to vary depending on the availability of neurosurgery services. |
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Brain Cancer: Research
Asked by: Lord Polak (Conservative - Life peer) Wednesday 19th November 2025 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the adequacy of current (1) fresh-freezing, (2) snap-freezing, and (3) flash frozen capacity for brain cancer tissue samples across NHS trusts in England. Answered by Baroness Merron - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care) Pathology services in England are delivered through 27 regional pathology networks, and offer a comprehensive range of tests, including the analysis of brain tissues. Fresh-freezing, also referred to as snap-freezing, is a standard technique used by pathology networks to preserve tissue architecture without chemical fixatives, allowing for subsequent molecular or histological analysis, typically supporting research or advanced diagnostic applications. Individual pathology services maintain their own standard operating procedures (SOPs) for fresh tissue samples and for the snap-freezing of tissue samples. These SOPs outline local capabilities and practices. Information on the number of NHS trusts in England that have facilities for fresh freezing brain cancer tissue samples is not currently collected. However, the extent to which fresh freezing is used across NHS trusts is likely to vary depending on the availability of neurosurgery services. |
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Brain Cancer: Research
Asked by: Lord Polak (Conservative - Life peer) Wednesday 19th November 2025 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask His Majesty's Government how many NHS trusts in England have facilities for fresh-freezing brain cancer tissue samples. Answered by Baroness Merron - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care) Pathology services in England are delivered through 27 regional pathology networks, and offer a comprehensive range of tests, including the analysis of brain tissues. Fresh-freezing, also referred to as snap-freezing, is a standard technique used by pathology networks to preserve tissue architecture without chemical fixatives, allowing for subsequent molecular or histological analysis, typically supporting research or advanced diagnostic applications. Individual pathology services maintain their own standard operating procedures (SOPs) for fresh tissue samples and for the snap-freezing of tissue samples. These SOPs outline local capabilities and practices. Information on the number of NHS trusts in England that have facilities for fresh freezing brain cancer tissue samples is not currently collected. However, the extent to which fresh freezing is used across NHS trusts is likely to vary depending on the availability of neurosurgery services. |
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14 Nov 2025, 10:14 a.m. - House of Lords "in support of my noble friends Lord Shinkwin and Lord Polak, I think the diversity of our country, the " Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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14 Nov 2025, 10:14 a.m. - House of Lords "spoken Lord Lord Shinkwin, Lord Polak and Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon. I like all three of the noble Lords " Lord Kennedy of Southwark (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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21 Nov 2025, 2:09 p.m. - House of Lords "Lord Empey, the noble Lord, Lord McCrea, the noble Lord Lord Watts, the noble Lord Lord Polak, the noble Lord, Lord Griffiths, the noble Baroness Baroness Hollins, " Baroness Merron, The Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Health and Social Care (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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21 Nov 2025, 1:29 p.m. - House of Lords "experience of beating the odds, my noble friend Lord Polak and the noble Lord, Lord Griffiths earlier, that is beating the odds because " Lord Blencathra (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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21 Nov 2025, 11:56 a.m. - House of Lords ">> I'm sorry. Do you want to just make one point and then Lord Polak. >> I'm going to make. >> One point, which is it would be " The Lord Bishop of London (Bishops) - View Video - View Transcript |
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21 Nov 2025, noon - House of Lords "reason I wanted to come before the noble Lord Lord Polak, whom he knows. I have a lot of respect, and " Lord Polak (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
165 speeches (32,633 words) Committee stage Friday 21st November 2025 - Lords Chamber Department of Health and Social Care Mentions: 1: Lord Lemos (Lab - Life peer) Then we can hear from the noble Lord, Lord Polak. - Link to Speech 2: Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town (Lab - Life peer) I was particularly anxious to come before the noble Lord, Lord Polak—for whom I have a lot of respect - Link to Speech 3: Lord Blencathra (Con - Life peer) near to us who have died from them.We have heard from many noble Lords, including my noble friend Lord Polak - Link to Speech 4: Lord Falconer of Thoroton (Lab - Life peer) we heard deeply personal information from the noble Lords, Lord Empey, Lord McCrea, Lord Watts, Lord Polak - Link to Speech |
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Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
195 speeches (36,110 words) Committee stage Friday 14th November 2025 - Lords Chamber Department of Health and Social Care Mentions: 1: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) Following on in support of my noble friends Lord Shinkwin and Lord Polak, I think that the diversity - Link to Speech 2: Lord Kennedy of Southwark (Lab - Life peer) I have great respect for the three noble Lords who have spoken: the noble Lords, Lord Shinkwin, Lord Polak - Link to Speech |