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Division Votes
20 Mar 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context Lord Watts voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 126 Labour Aye votes vs 1 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 249 Noes - 219
20 Mar 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context Lord Watts voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 129 Labour Aye votes vs 1 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 263 Noes - 233
20 Mar 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context Lord Watts voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 126 Labour Aye votes vs 1 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 276 Noes - 226
20 Mar 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context Lord Watts voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 125 Labour Aye votes vs 2 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 248 Noes - 209
20 Mar 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context Lord Watts voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 129 Labour Aye votes vs 1 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 285 Noes - 230
20 Mar 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context Lord Watts voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 128 Labour Aye votes vs 1 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 271 Noes - 228
20 Mar 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context Lord Watts voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 124 Labour Aye votes vs 1 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 251 Noes - 214

Speeches
Lord Watts speeches from: Surplus Carbon Emissions Lord Watts contributed 1 speech (50 words) Wednesday 27th March 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Energy Security & Net Zero
Lord Watts speeches from: HMRC Self-assessment Helpline Lord Watts contributed 1 speech (67 words) Tuesday 26th March 2024 - Lords Chamber HM Treasury
Lord Watts speeches from: Asylum Claims Lord Watts contributed 1 speech (27 words) Monday 25th March 2024 - Lords Chamber Home Office
Lord Watts speeches from: National Minimum Wage Legislation Lord Watts contributed 1 speech (53 words) Thursday 21st March 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Business and Trade
Lord Watts speeches from: Free Childcare Scheme Lord Watts contributed 1 speech (31 words) Wednesday 20th March 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Education
Lord Watts speeches from: Teesworks Project: Audit Lord Watts contributed 1 speech (40 words) Wednesday 20th March 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities
Lord Watts speeches from: Electronic Payment Devices Lord Watts contributed 1 speech (34 words) Tuesday 19th March 2024 - Lords Chamber HM Treasury
Lord Watts speeches from: UK Tradeshow Programme Closure Lord Watts contributed 1 speech (50 words) Monday 18th March 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Business and Trade

Written Answers
House of Lords: Select Committees Asked by: Lord Watts (Labour - Life peer) Tuesday 19th March 2024 Question To ask His Majesty's Government what is their policy on civil servants giving evidence to House of Lords committees, and under what circumstances a request for such evidence may be declined. Answered by Lord True - Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal The Government, including the Civil Service, is committed to being as accommodating as possible when requests are made by Select Committees. The Cabinet Office has dedicated guidance for Civil Servants about giving evidence to House of Lords Select Committees. Officials will always carefully consider requests to give evidence. When they do accept such invitations, they require Ministerial agreement and are there to represent the Minister's views. In the event that a Select Committee requests a named civil servant from a department and the department feels that they are not the most appropriate person to represent the Minister, the department has the right to suggest an alternative to the Committee. There may be rare examples where the Department and Ministers feel an official is unable to attend, but the guidance is clear that if a Department considers it is unable to meet any requests from the Select Committee, they should inform the Committee as soon as practicably possible and set out the reasons why. As Leader of the House of Lords, I have made it clear to my Ministerial Colleagues, that Ministers in both Houses should make every effort to facilitate Select Committee requests, including evidence session attendance.

Written Answers

House of Lords: Select Committees
Asked by: Lord Watts (Labour - Life peer)
Tuesday 19th March 2024

Question

To ask His Majesty's Government what is their policy on civil servants giving evidence to House of Lords committees, and under what circumstances a request for such evidence may be declined.

Answered by Lord True - Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal

The Government, including the Civil Service, is committed to being as accommodating as possible when requests are made by Select Committees. The Cabinet Office has dedicated guidance for Civil Servants about giving evidence to House of Lords Select Committees. Officials will always carefully consider requests to give evidence. When they do accept such invitations, they require Ministerial agreement and are there to represent the Minister's views.

In the event that a Select Committee requests a named civil servant from a department and the department feels that they are not the most appropriate person to represent the Minister, the department has the right to suggest an alternative to the Committee. There may be rare examples where the Department and Ministers feel an official is unable to attend, but the guidance is clear that if a Department considers it is unable to meet any requests from the Select Committee, they should inform the Committee as soon as practicably possible and set out the reasons why.

As Leader of the House of Lords, I have made it clear to my Ministerial Colleagues, that Ministers in both Houses should make every effort to facilitate Select Committee requests, including evidence session attendance.

Lord Watts mentioned

Select Committee Documents
Monday 25th March 2024 Oral Evidence - Work Rights Centre, Focus on Labour Exploitation (FLEX), and Rights Lab, University of Nottingham Modern Slavery Act 2015 - Modern Slavery Act 2015 Committee Found: of Uxbridge; Baroness Shephard of Northwold; Lord Smith of Hindhead; Lord Watson of Invergowrie; Lord
Monday 25th March 2024 Oral Evidence - Work Rights Centre, Focus on Labour Exploitation (FLEX), and Rights Lab, University of Nottingham Modern Slavery Act 2015 - Modern Slavery Act 2015 Committee Found: Randall of Uxbridge; Baroness Shephard of Northwold; Lord Smith of Hindhead; Lord Watson of Invergowrie; Lord
Monday 25th March 2024 Oral Evidence - Eleanor Lyons Modern Slavery Act 2015 - Modern Slavery Act 2015 Committee Found: Watts; Lord Whitty.
Monday 18th March 2024 Oral Evidence - Tony’s Chocolonely, Ethical Trading Initiative, and Stronger Together Modern Slavery Act 2015 - Modern Slavery Act 2015 Committee Found: of Uxbridge; Baroness Shephard of Northwold; Lord Smith of Hindhead; Lord Watson of Invergowrie; Lord
Monday 18th March 2024 Oral Evidence - Baroness Young of Hornsey, Liverpool University, and Anti-slavery International Modern Slavery Act 2015 - Modern Slavery Act 2015 Committee Found: Lord Watts: Just to get it on the public record, you said “other countries”.
Monday 11th March 2024 Oral Evidence - Salvation Army, Migrant Help, and Hope for Justice Modern Slavery Act 2015 - Modern Slavery Act 2015 Committee Found: Lord Kempsell; Baroness Shephard of Northwold; Lord Smith of Hindhead; Lord Watson of Invergowrie; Lord
Monday 11th March 2024 Oral Evidence - ATLEU (Anti Trafficking and Labour Exploitation Unit), University of Liverpool, University of Leeds, and Essex Law School, University of Essex Modern Slavery Act 2015 - Modern Slavery Act 2015 Committee Found: Lord Kempsell; Baroness Shephard of Northwold; Lord Smith of Hindhead; Lord Watson of Invergowrie; Lord
Monday 4th March 2024 Oral Evidence - Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA), Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA), and Margaret Beels OBE (Director for Labour Market Enforcement) Modern Slavery Act 2015 - Modern Slavery Act 2015 Committee Found: of Uxbridge; Baroness Shephard of Northwold; Lord Smith of Hindhead; Lord Watson of Invergowrie; Lord
Monday 4th March 2024 Oral Evidence - National Police Chiefs' Council, and National Police Chiefs' Council Modern Slavery Act 2015 - Modern Slavery Act 2015 Committee Found: of Uxbridge; Baroness Shephard of Northwold; Lord Smith of Hindhead; Lord Watson of Invergowrie; Lord
Monday 26th February 2024 Oral Evidence - Home Office, Home Office, and Department for Health and Social Care Modern Slavery Act 2015 - Modern Slavery Act 2015 Committee Found: Lord Watts: You say that there has been a marked increase in the number of referrals.

Lord Watts - Select Committee Information

Calendar
Monday 25th March 2024 3:30 p.m. Modern Slavery Act 2015 Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Modern Slavery Act 2015 View calendar
Monday 22nd April 2024 3:30 p.m. Modern Slavery Act 2015 Committee - Private Meeting View calendar
Monday 29th April 2024 3:30 p.m. Modern Slavery Act 2015 Committee - Private Meeting View calendar
Monday 22nd April 2024 3:30 p.m. Modern Slavery Act 2015 Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Modern Slavery Act 2015 View calendar
Monday 29th April 2024 3:30 p.m. Modern Slavery Act 2015 Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Modern Slavery Act 2015 View calendar

Select Committee Documents
Monday 11th March 2024 Oral Evidence - ATLEU (Anti Trafficking and Labour Exploitation Unit), University of Liverpool, University of Leeds, and Essex Law School, University of Essex Modern Slavery Act 2015 - Modern Slavery Act 2015 Committee
Monday 11th March 2024 Oral Evidence - Salvation Army, Migrant Help, and Hope for Justice Modern Slavery Act 2015 - Modern Slavery Act 2015 Committee
Monday 26th February 2024 Oral Evidence - Home Office, Home Office, and Department for Health and Social Care Modern Slavery Act 2015 - Modern Slavery Act 2015 Committee
Monday 4th March 2024 Oral Evidence - Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA), Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA), and Margaret Beels OBE (Director for Labour Market Enforcement) Modern Slavery Act 2015 - Modern Slavery Act 2015 Committee
Monday 4th March 2024 Oral Evidence - National Police Chiefs' Council, and National Police Chiefs' Council Modern Slavery Act 2015 - Modern Slavery Act 2015 Committee
Monday 18th March 2024 Oral Evidence - Baroness Young of Hornsey, Liverpool University, and Anti-slavery International Modern Slavery Act 2015 - Modern Slavery Act 2015 Committee
Monday 18th March 2024 Oral Evidence - Tony’s Chocolonely, Ethical Trading Initiative, and Stronger Together Modern Slavery Act 2015 - Modern Slavery Act 2015 Committee
Monday 25th March 2024 Oral Evidence - Work Rights Centre, Focus on Labour Exploitation (FLEX), and Rights Lab, University of Nottingham Modern Slavery Act 2015 - Modern Slavery Act 2015 Committee
Monday 25th March 2024 Oral Evidence - Eleanor Lyons Modern Slavery Act 2015 - Modern Slavery Act 2015 Committee
Monday 25th March 2024 Oral Evidence - Work Rights Centre, Focus on Labour Exploitation (FLEX), and Rights Lab, University of Nottingham Modern Slavery Act 2015 - Modern Slavery Act 2015 Committee
Monday 15th April 2024 Oral Evidence - The University of Nottingham, Centre for Social Justice, and Hestia Modern Slavery Act 2015 - Modern Slavery Act 2015 Committee
Monday 15th April 2024 Oral Evidence - University of Oxford, University of Birmingham, and Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy and Evidence Centre Modern Slavery Act 2015 - Modern Slavery Act 2015 Committee
Monday 22nd April 2024 Oral Evidence - 2024-04-22 16:40:00+01:00 Modern Slavery Act 2015 - Modern Slavery Act 2015 Committee
Monday 22nd April 2024 Oral Evidence - 2024-04-22 15:35:00+01:00 Modern Slavery Act 2015 - Modern Slavery Act 2015 Committee