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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 29 Jan 2026
Superintelligent AI

"My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lord Hunt on securing this important debate and concealing the real purpose of it in a rather confusing title. I also want to declare that this speech was made entirely by myself and my brain, and I have not consulted any other agency, …..."
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Division Vote (Lords)
28 Jan 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Stevenson of Balmacara (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 140 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 231 Noes - 147
Division Vote (Lords)
28 Jan 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Stevenson of Balmacara (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 156 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 255 Noes - 183
Division Vote (Lords)
28 Jan 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Stevenson of Balmacara (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 151 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 67 Noes - 191
Division Vote (Lords)
14 Jan 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Stevenson of Balmacara (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 162 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 278 Noes - 176
Written Question
Intersex: Children
Monday 5th January 2026

Asked by: Lord Stevenson of Balmacara (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government, following the adoption of Recommendation CM/Rec(2025)7 by the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers, what steps they are taking to implement this recommendation; and what plans they have to prohibit non-consensual medical interventions on intersex children until they are old enough to decide for themselves.

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

I would like to assure you that the Government is committed to improving the lives of intersex people, who deserve our support, respect, and understanding.

We were interested to read the Council of Europe’s report and are grateful for its work in this important area.

The Government is committed to improving the lives of intersex people, who deserve support, respect and understanding. The Government is also committed to furthering the understanding of intersex people and the challenges they face. The Office for Equality and Opportunity regularly engages with representatives from a range of intersex rights based organisations.

Written Question
Internet: Advertising
Monday 10th November 2025

Asked by: Lord Stevenson of Balmacara (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have the sufficient powers to take down websites that promote or advertise activity offline which would be illegal if it were online.

Answered by Baroness Lloyd of Effra - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

Yes, the government considers that Ofcom has sufficient enforcement powers under the Online Safety Act.

The Online Safety Act provides that Ofcom can apply to the courts for business disruption measures (BDMs) in the most egregious cases of non-compliance with duties under the Act. BDMs include access restriction orders requiring third parties to withdraw ‘access facilities’ from regulated services, including websites, in breach of duties’

Services regulated under the Online Safety Act have duties to remove illegal content.

Division Vote (Lords)
22 Oct 2025 - Planning and Infrastructure Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Stevenson of Balmacara (Lab) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 148 Labour Aye votes vs 1 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 163 Noes - 236
Speech in Grand Committee - Mon 08 Sep 2025
Online Safety Act 2023 (Qualifying Worldwide Revenue) Regulations 2025

"My Lords, I welcome this SI, although I have some questions about it. I would be grateful if the Minister could respond to them and, if not, write to me about them.

It is good to see progress being made on these issues. This was an area of considerable discussion …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Mon 08 Sep 2025
Online Safety Act 2023 (Qualifying Worldwide Revenue) Regulations 2025

"I am grateful to my noble friend for trying to explain the “just and reasonable” approach. Just to unpick what he said, what is Ofcom consulting about? There seems a disjuncture in what we are trying to do here. We are going to pass this regulation tomorrow—it will be in …..."
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