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Information between 6th July 2025 - 24th September 2025

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Division Votes
7 Jul 2025 - Renters’ Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Sarfraz voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 168 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 206 Noes - 198
7 Jul 2025 - Renters’ Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Sarfraz voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 175 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 274 Noes - 154
7 Jul 2025 - Renters’ Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Sarfraz voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 174 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 213 Noes - 209
9 Jul 2025 - House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Sarfraz 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 Sarfraz voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 134 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 139 Noes - 158
9 Jul 2025 - House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Sarfraz 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 Sarfraz 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 Sarfraz voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 73 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 106 Noes - 148
15 Jul 2025 - Renters’ Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Sarfraz 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 Sarfraz 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
15 Jul 2025 - Renters’ Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Sarfraz voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 142 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 214 Noes - 153
14 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Sarfraz voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 142 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 161 Noes - 191
14 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Sarfraz voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 148 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 232 Noes - 137
14 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Sarfraz 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 Sarfraz 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
22 Jul 2025 - Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025 - View Vote Context
Lord Sarfraz 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 Sarfraz 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 Sarfraz 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 Sarfraz 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 Sarfraz speeches from: Strategic Defence Review 2025
Lord Sarfraz contributed 1 speech (529 words)
Friday 18th July 2025 - Lords Chamber
Ministry of Defence
Lord Sarfraz speeches from: Online Communication Offence Arrests
Lord Sarfraz contributed 1 speech (522 words)
Thursday 17th July 2025 - Grand Committee
Cabinet Office


Written Answers
Artificial Intelligence: Economic Situation
Asked by: Lord Sarfraz (Conservative - Life peer)
Tuesday 29th July 2025

Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the regional economic impact of generative artificial intelligence, particularly outside London and the South East.

Answered by Lord Vallance of Balham - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

The Government recognises the transformative economic potential of generative AI in the UK. While London and the South-East currently generate around 86% of UK AI Revenue, other regions, such as Manchester, Cambridge, and Edinburgh, are emerging as key innovation hubs. This includes £750 million of investment recently announced for the building of a new AI supercomputer, hosted at the University of Edinburgh.

Additionally, as HMG’s AIRR+ compute network can be accessed remotely, researchers across the country are now able to make use of the UK’s world-class sovereign compute, in order to train new cutting-edge AI models.

The North and South-West have the highest levels of business AI adoption outside of the greater South-East, suggesting industry in UK is harnessing the benefits of AI technology into their business practices.

Cryptocurrencies: Regulation
Asked by: Lord Sarfraz (Conservative - Life peer)
Tuesday 29th July 2025

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to regulate pound sterling-backed stablecoin; and what assessment they have made of the impact of the United States GENIUS Act on any such regulation.

Answered by Lord Livermore - Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)

The Government has confirmed that it will bring forward final legislation this year to create a financial services regulatory regime for cryptoassets in the UK. The Government recognises the growth and competitiveness opportunities of stablecoins, and its regime will allow firms to be licensed in the UK to issue stablecoins.


Following the passing of the GENIUS Act by the US Congress, the Government’s approach to cryptoassets positions the UK well to work with the US in advancing our shared ambition to foster world-leading cryptoasset markets.

Bangladesh: Rohingya
Asked by: Lord Sarfraz (Conservative - Life peer)
Tuesday 16th September 2025

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports of sexual violence towards Rohingya women and girls in Cox's Bazaar in Bangladesh.

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

The UK has been actively engaged in addressing the humanitarian situation in Cox's Bazar and closely monitoring levels of need and insecurity. We regularly engage with the Interim Government in Bangladesh about security in Rohingya refugee camps and request them to take action to improve the protection environment. In June, during Chief Adviser Yunus' visit to the UK, the then Minister for the Indo-Pacific discussed the situation of Rohingya refugees. UK funding (over £420 million since 2017) is providing community-based protection services for women and children.




Lord Sarfraz mentioned

Parliamentary Debates
Strategic Defence Review 2025
89 speeches (35,240 words)
Friday 18th July 2025 - Lords Chamber
Ministry of Defence
Mentions:
1: Lord Stevens of Birmingham (XB - Life peer) The noble Lord, Lord Sarfraz, did not like the “NATO first” slogan. - Link to Speech

Online Communication Offence Arrests
22 speeches (8,117 words)
Thursday 17th July 2025 - Grand Committee
Cabinet Office
Mentions:
1: Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab - Life peer) or so years.In response to a couple of the points that have been made, first to the noble Lord, Lord Sarfraz - Link to Speech



Select Committee Documents
Friday 19th September 2025
Report - 1st Report - Subsea telecommunications cables: resilience and crisis preparedness

National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)

Found: Labour; Life peer) Baroness Kidron (Crossbench; Life peer) Lord Robathan (Conservative; Life peer) Lord Sarfraz

Monday 8th September 2025
Oral Evidence - Electoral Commission, and Electoral Commission

National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)

Found: Byrne; Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi; Bill Esterson; Baroness Fall; Mike Martin; Lord Robathan; Lord Sarfraz

Monday 8th September 2025
Oral Evidence - Peter Geoghegan, CryptoUK, and Spotlight on Corruption

National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)

Found: Byrne; Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi; Bill Esterson; Baroness Fall; Mike Martin; Lord Robathan; Lord Sarfraz

Monday 14th July 2025
Oral Evidence - Cabinet Office, and Cabinet Office

The National Security Strategy - National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)

Found: Singh Dhesi; Bill Esterson; Baroness Fall; Lord Hutton of Furness; Baroness Kidron; Mike Martin; Lord Sarfraz




Lord Sarfraz - Select Committee Information

Calendar
Monday 14th July 2025 4 p.m.
National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) - Oral evidence
Subject: The National Security Strategy
At 5:00pm: Oral evidence
Rt Hon Pat McFadden MP - Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster at Cabinet Office
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Monday 8th September 2025 4 p.m.
National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) - Oral evidence
Subject: Defending Democracy
At 4:30pm: Oral evidence
Peter Geoghegan - Journalist, broadcaster and writer
Dr Susan Hawley - Executive Director at Spotlight on Corruption
Ian Taylor - Board Advisor at CryptoUK
At 5:15pm: Oral evidence
Vijay Rangarajan - Chief Executive at Electoral Commission
Jackie Killeen - Director of Electoral Administration and Regulation at Electoral Commission
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Monday 15th September 2025 4 p.m.
National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) - Private Meeting
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Monday 13th October 2025 4 p.m.
National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) - Oral evidence
Subject: The National Security Strategy
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Select Committee Documents
Monday 30th June 2025
Oral Evidence - Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Defence, and Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Undersea cables - National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
Monday 14th July 2025
Correspondence - Correspondence from Sir Chris Bryant MP, Minister of State, Department for Science, Innovation & Technology following oral evidence held on 30 June on Undersea cables, dated 10 July 2025

National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
Monday 14th July 2025
Written Evidence - UK Finance
USC0053 - Undersea cables

Undersea cables - National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
Thursday 17th July 2025
Correspondence - Correspondence to Dan Jarvis MBE MP, Security Minister relating to the Defending Democracy Taskforce, dated 16 July 2025

National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
Monday 14th July 2025
Oral Evidence - Cabinet Office, and Cabinet Office

The National Security Strategy - National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
Monday 8th September 2025
Oral Evidence - Peter Geoghegan, CryptoUK, and Spotlight on Corruption

National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
Monday 8th September 2025
Oral Evidence - Electoral Commission, and Electoral Commission

National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
Friday 19th September 2025
Report - 1st Report - Subsea telecommunications cables: resilience and crisis preparedness

National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
Monday 8th September 2025
Correspondence - Correspondence from Sir Chris Bryant MP, Minister of State, Department for Science, Innovation & Technology regarding the oral evidence held on 14 July concerning the Undersea cables inquiry, dated 15 August 2025

National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
Monday 8th September 2025
Written Evidence - EXA Infrastructure
USC0055 - Undersea cables

Undersea cables - National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
Monday 8th September 2025
Correspondence - Letter from Matt Collins, Deputy National Security Adviser following the oral evidence session on 14 July on The National Security Strategy, dated 15 August 2025

National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
Monday 8th September 2025
Written Evidence - University of Exeter
USC0054 - Undersea cables

Undersea cables - National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
Tuesday 9th September 2025
Correspondence - Correspondence to Dan Jarvis MBE MP, Minister for Security relating to attacks on UK businesses and organisations

National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)


Scottish Calendar
Thursday 4th September 2025 9 a.m.
13th Meeting, 2025 (Session 6)
The committee will meet at 9:00am at T4.60-CR6 The Livingstone Room. 1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take items 3, 4 and 5 in private. 2. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will take evidence on the Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2025 from— Chris Highcock, Elections Manager and Secretary, Electoral Management Board for Scotland Sarah Mackie, Head of the Electoral Commission in Scotland, Electoral Commission, Scotland 3. Evidence Session: The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 2. 4. Freedom of Information Reform (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider its approach to the scrutiny of the Bill at Stage 1. 5. Review of Oral Questions: The Committee will consider a note from the Clerk. For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, Catherine Fergusson on 85186 or at [email protected]
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Thursday 18th September 2025 9:30 a.m.
15th Meeting, 2025 (Session 6)
The committee will meet at 9:30am at T4.60-CR6 The Livingstone Room. 1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 5 in private. 2. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will take evidence on the Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2025 from— Jamie Hepburn, Minister for Parliamentary Business, Scottish Government Iain Hockenhull, Elections Bill Team Leader, Scottish Government Lorraine Walkinshaw, Lawyer, Scottish Government Jordan McGrory, Lawyer, Scottish Government 3. Subordinate legislation: Jamie Hepburn MSP (Minister for Parliamentary Business) to move—S6M-18103—That the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee recommends that the Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2025 be approved. 4. Cross-Party Group - approval of change of purpose: The Committee will decide whether to approve a change of purpose request from the Cross-Party Group on Deafness. 5. Work programme: The Committee will review its work programme. For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, Catherine Fergusson on 85186 or at [email protected]
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Thursday 11th September 2025 9:30 a.m.
14th Meeting, 2025 (Session 6)
The committee will meet at 9:30am at T4.60-CR6 The Livingstone Room. 1. Committee effectiveness (in private): The Committee will consider a draft report. For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, Catherine Fergusson on 85186 or at [email protected]
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Thursday 25th September 2025 9:30 a.m.
16th Meeting, 2025 (Session 6)
The committee will meet at 9:30am at T4.60-CR6 The Livingstone Room. 1. Committee effectiveness (in private): The Committee will continue its consideration of a draft report. For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, Catherine Fergusson on 85186 or at [email protected]
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Thursday 2nd October 2025 9:30 a.m.
17th Meeting, 2025 (Session 6)
The committee will meet at 9:30am at T4.60-CR6 The Livingstone Room. 1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 6 in private. 2. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will take evidence on the Scottish Parliament (Disqualification of Councillors) Regulations 2025 [draft], the Scottish Parliament (Disqualification of Members of the House of Commons) Regulations 2025 [draft], and the Scottish Parliament (Disqualification of Members of the House of Lords) Regulations 2025 [draft] from— Graeme Dey, Minister for Parliamentary Business and Veterans, Scottish Government Ailsa McKeever, Parliament and Legislation Unit, Scottish Government Iain Hockehull, Head of Elections Team, Scottish Government Jordan McGrory, Legal Directorate, Scottish Government 3. Subordinate legislation: Graeme Dey, Minister for Parliamentary Business and Veterans to move—S6M-18743—That the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee recommends that the Scottish Parliament (Disqualification of Members of the House of Commons) Regulations 2025 be approved. 4. Subordinate legislation: Graeme Dey, Minister for Parliamentary Business and Veterans to move—S6M-18744—That the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee recommends that the Scottish Parliament (Disqualification of Members of the House of Lords) Regulations 2025 be approved. 5. Subordinate legislation: Graeme Dey, Minister for Parliamentary Business and Veterans to move—S6M-18745—That the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee recommends that the Scottish Parliament (Disqualification of Councillors) Regulations 2025 be approved. 6. Consideration of guidance: The Committee will consider guidance on legislative consent. For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, Catherine Fergusson on 85186 or at [email protected]
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Thursday 9th October 2025 9 a.m.
18th Meeting, 2025 (Session 6)
The committee will meet at 9:00am at T4.60-CR6 The Livingstone Room. 1. Scottish Parliament (Recall and Removal of Members) Bill (In Private): The Committee will consider a draft Stage 1 report. For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, Catherine Fergusson on 85186 or at [email protected]
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