Information between 8th July 2025 - 6th October 2025
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Lord Sarfraz speeches from: Strategic Defence Review 2025
Lord Sarfraz contributed 1 speech (529 words) Friday 18th July 2025 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Defence |
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Lord Sarfraz speeches from: Online Communication Offence Arrests
Lord Sarfraz contributed 1 speech (522 words) Thursday 17th July 2025 - Grand Committee Cabinet Office |
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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. |
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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.
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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. |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Monday 15th September 2025 4 p.m. National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Monday 13th October 2025 4 p.m. National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) - Oral evidence Subject: The National Security Strategy At 4:30pm: Oral evidence Lord Toby Harris - Chair at National Preparedness Commission Captain (Navy) Juha Ravanti - Finnish Defence Attaché for UK and Ireland at Embassy of Finland Brigadier General Eero Rebo - Defence Attaché at Embassy of Estonia At 5:15pm: Oral evidence Lisa Hollins - Co-Chair at Voluntary & Community Sector Emergencies Partnership (VCSEP) Steve Vincent - Strategic Manager at West Midlands Local Resilience Forum View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Monday 20th October 2025 4 p.m. National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) - Oral evidence Subject: The National Security Strategy At 4:30pm: Oral evidence Rose Gottemoeller - Former Deputy Secretary General at NATO; and former Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security at US State Department Dr Marion Messmer - Senior Research Fellow, International Security Programme at Chatham House; and former Co-Director at BASIC At 5:15pm: Oral evidence Asoke Mukerji - Former Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations; and former Deputy High Commissioner of India to the UK Will Todman - Chief of Staff, Geopolitics and Foreign Policy Department; and Senior Fellow, Middle East Program at Center for International and Strategic Affairs View calendar - Add to calendar |
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16 Oct 2025
Espionage cases and the Official Secrets Acts National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) (Select) Not accepting submissions No description available |
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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] View calendar - Add to calendar |
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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] View calendar - Add to calendar |
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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] View calendar - Add to calendar |
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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] View calendar - Add to calendar |
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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] View calendar - Add to calendar |
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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] View calendar - Add to calendar |