Information between 1st May 2025 - 21st May 2025
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7 May 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Alberto Costa voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 91 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 97 Noes - 363 |
7 May 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Alberto Costa voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 91 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 160 Noes - 294 |
12 May 2025 - Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill - View Vote Context Alberto Costa voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 88 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 316 Noes - 95 |
12 May 2025 - Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill - View Vote Context Alberto Costa voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 83 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 87 Noes - 404 |
12 May 2025 - Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill - View Vote Context Alberto Costa voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 85 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 94 Noes - 315 |
13 May 2025 - UK-EU Summit - View Vote Context Alberto Costa voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 92 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 321 Noes - 102 |
13 May 2025 - UK-EU Summit - View Vote Context Alberto Costa voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 95 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 104 Noes - 402 |
14 May 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Alberto Costa voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 90 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 366 Noes - 98 |
14 May 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Alberto Costa voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 93 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 297 Noes - 168 |
14 May 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Alberto Costa voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 90 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 371 Noes - 98 |
16 May 2025 - Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill - View Vote Context Alberto Costa voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 78 Conservative Aye votes vs 15 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 243 Noes - 279 |
16 May 2025 - Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill - View Vote Context Alberto Costa voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 76 Conservative No votes vs 15 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 288 Noes - 239 |
Written Answers |
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Veterans: Homelessness
Asked by: Alberto Costa (Conservative - South Leicestershire) Wednesday 7th May 2025 Question to the Ministry of Defence: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of trends in the level of homelessness among armed forces veterans; and what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help prevent veterans from becoming homeless after leaving the military. Answered by Al Carns - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for Veterans) This is a Government that will always stand up for those who serve our country. I am working across Government to ensure veterans across the UK have access to the support they need on housing, as well as health, employment and other areas.
In November 2024 the Prime Minister announced an additional £3.5 million for the cross-UK Reducing Veterans Homelessness Programme, including Op FORTITUDE. This is in addition to the reforms which mean that veterans are now exempt from local connection and residency tests when applying for social housing in England.
This Government has removed local connection requirements for veterans applying for social housing, ensuring that those who have served our nation can access housing where they choose to.
We are taking a cross-Government approach to tackling homelessness more broadly, developing a strategy alongside Mayors and Councils across the country, to put Britain back on track to ending homelessness. I attend the regular meetings chaired by the Deputy Prime Minister to represent veterans in the formulation of this strategy.
Finally, the Defence Housing Strategy will turbocharge the development of surplus military land, supporting the delivery of affordable homes for families across Britain as part of the government’s Plan for Change.
Through these measures, the Government is ensuring that homes will be there for heroes. |
Television: Advertising
Asked by: Alberto Costa (Conservative - South Leicestershire) Thursday 8th May 2025 Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with Ofcom on the regulation of televised advertisements depicting (a) violent imagery, (b) knifes and (c) other weapons during family viewing hours; and what steps she is taking to ensure such content does not undermine public messaging around knife crime prevention. Answered by Chris Bryant - Minister of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport) Although we have not had specific such conversations with Ofcom, we take the issue seriously. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) co-regulates broadcast advertising under contract with Ofcom and its sister organisation, the Broadcast Committee of Advertising Practice, sets the advertising codes. The Code requires that advertisements do not cause serious offence or harm, particularly to children under the age of 18, distress the audience without justifiable reason, or condone or encourage violence, crime, disorder or anti-social behaviour. Adverts for offensive weapons are considered unacceptable, and violent material must not be advertised in or adjacent to programmes targeted particularly at audiences below the age of 18. All broadcast advertising is required to be pre-approved through the Clearcast system before it is aired. |
Veterans: Social Rented Housing
Asked by: Alberto Costa (Conservative - South Leicestershire) Thursday 8th May 2025 Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to ensure that armed forces veterans are given priority status on local authority housing registers. Answered by Matthew Pennycook - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government) Local authorities are responsible for designing and managing their own housing allocations policies to meet local need within the framework of legislation under which certain categories of people must be given priority. By law, local authorities must give ‘additional preference’ (high priority) to veterans where they fall within one or more of the ‘reasonable preference’ (priority) categories and have urgent housing needs. Social housing allocations guidance can be found on gov.uk here. In addition, we have made changes to social housing allocations regulations to exempt all veterans from local connection and residency tests, where these apply, to facilitate their access to social housing. The regulations came into force on 18 December 2024. |
Portugal: British Nationals Abroad
Asked by: Alberto Costa (Conservative - South Leicestershire) Tuesday 20th May 2025 Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that British nationals who are the victims of violent attacks are adequately supported by the British Embassy in Portugal; and whether his Department plans to issue travel advice on the risk of violence towards British nationals by private security personnel. Answered by Stephen Doughty - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) and the UK's embassies, high commissions and consulates provide consular support to British nationals abroad. We are contactable 24/7, 365 days a year, around the world. In Portugal, we have staff based in Lisbon and Portimao who provide consular assistance to British nationals who require it, including victims of crime. FCDO travel advice reflects our latest assessment of risks to British nationals, including from crime. |
Parliamentary Debates |
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Business of the House
128 speeches (12,248 words) Thursday 15th May 2025 - Commons Chamber Leader of the House Mentions: 1: Torcuil Crichton (Lab - Na h-Eileanan an Iar) Member for South Leicestershire (Alberto Costa), who is not in his place, to lessen the effect of microplastics - Link to Speech 2: Lucy Powell (LAB - Manchester Central) Member for South Leicestershire (Alberto Costa)—the Microplastic Filters (Washing Machines) Bill—will - Link to Speech |
Select Committee Documents |
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Tuesday 13th May 2025
Attendance statistics - Members' attendance 2024-25 (Standards) Committee on Standards Found: Current members Attendance Alberto Costa (Conservative, South Leicestershire) (Chair) (added 11 Sep |
Tuesday 13th May 2025
Oral Evidence - 2025-05-13 10:15:00+01:00 Outside employment and interests - Committee on Standards Found: Watch the meeting Members present: Alberto Costa (Chair); Paula Barker; Gill Furniss; Sir Francis Habgood |
Thursday 1st May 2025
Report - 2nd report - Andrew Bridgen Committee on Standards Found: Current membership Alberto Costa (Conservative; South Leicestershire) (Chair) Paula Barker (Labour; Liverpool |
Thursday 1st May 2025
Report - Andrew Bridgen - Oral evidence Committee on Standards Found: Watch the meeting Members present: Alberto Costa (Chair); Paula Barker; Gill Furniss; Sir Francis Habgood |
Tuesday 29th April 2025
Oral Evidence - 2025-04-29 16:15:00+01:00 Proposals for backbench debates - Backbench Business Committee Found: Alberto Costa and Matt Western made representations. |
Deposited Papers |
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Friday 16th May 2025
Source Page: Letter dated 14/05/2025 from Chris Bryant MP to Alberto Costa MP regarding questions raised during the debate on Parthenon Marbles: British Museum Act 1963. 2p. Document: 140525_Bryant_to_Costa.pdf (PDF) Found: Letter dated 14/05/2025 from Chris Bryant MP to Alberto Costa MP regarding questions raised during the |
Calendar |
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Tuesday 20th May 2025 10 a.m. Committee on Standards - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |
Tuesday 20th May 2025 10 a.m. Committee on Standards - Oral evidence Subject: Outside employment and interests At 10:30am: Oral evidence Sebastian Enser Wight - Chief Strategy Officer at LBC Tom Cheal - Senior Managing Editor at LBC At 11:30am: Oral evidence Professor David Hine - Emeritus Fellow and Tutor in Politics at Christ Church, University of Oxford Ms Rose Whiffen - Senior Research Officer at Transparency International UK Alex Parsons - Democracy Lead at MySociety View calendar - Add to calendar |
Tuesday 20th May 2025 10 a.m. Committee on Standards - Oral evidence Subject: Outside employment and interests At 10:30am: Oral evidence Sebastian Enser Wight - Chief Strategy Officer at LBC Tom Cheal - Senior Managing Editor at LBC At 11:30am: Oral evidence Professor David Hine - Emeritus Fellow and Tutor in Politics at Christ Church, University of Oxford Ms Rose Whiffen - Senior Research Officer at Transparency International UK View calendar - Add to calendar |
Tuesday 20th May 2025 10 a.m. Committee on Standards - Oral evidence Subject: Outside employment and interests At 10:30am: Oral evidence Tom Cheal - Senior Managing Editor at LBC At 11:30am: Oral evidence Professor David Hine - Emeritus Fellow and Tutor in Politics at Christ Church, University of Oxford Ms Rose Whiffen - Senior Research Officer at Transparency International UK Alex Parsons - Democracy Lead at MySociety View calendar - Add to calendar |
Tuesday 13th May 2025 10 a.m. Committee on Standards - Oral evidence Subject: Outside employment and interests At 10:15am: Oral evidence Cristina Nicolotti Squires - Group Director for Broadcasting and Media at Ofcom Kate Davies - Public Policy Director at Ofcom View calendar - Add to calendar |
Tuesday 20th May 2025 10 a.m. Committee on Standards - Oral evidence Subject: Outside employment and interests At 10:30am: Oral evidence Sebastian Enser-Wight - Chief Strategy Officer at Global Media & Entertainment Tom Cheal - Senior Managing Editor at LBC At 11:30am: Oral evidence Professor David Hine - Emeritus Fellow and Tutor in Politics at Christ Church, University of Oxford Ms Rose Whiffen - Senior Research Officer at Transparency International UK Alex Parsons - Democracy Lead at MySociety View calendar - Add to calendar |
Tuesday 10th June 2025 10 a.m. Committee on Standards - Oral evidence Subject: Outside employment and interests At 10:30am: Oral evidence Doug Chalmers CB DSO OBE - Chair at Committee on Standards in Public Life View calendar - Add to calendar |
Tuesday 10th June 2025 10 a.m. Committee on Standards - Oral evidence Subject: Outside employment and interests At 10:30am: Oral evidence Doug Chalmers CB DSO OBE - Chair at Committee on Standards in Public Life At 11:30am: Oral evidence Mark Swindells - Assistant Director of Public Affairs and National Officers at General Medical Council View calendar - Add to calendar |
Tuesday 17th June 2025 10 a.m. Administration Committee - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |
Tuesday 10th June 2025 10 a.m. Committee on Standards - Oral evidence Subject: Outside employment and interests At 10:30am: Oral evidence Doug Chalmers CB DSO OBE - Chair at Committee on Standards in Public Life At 11:30am: Oral evidence Mark Swindells - Assistant Director of Public Affairs and National Offices at General Medical Council View calendar - Add to calendar |
Tuesday 10th June 2025 10 a.m. Administration Committee - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |
Select Committee Documents |
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Thursday 1st May 2025
Report - Andrew Bridgen - Written evidence Committee on Standards |
Thursday 1st May 2025
Report - 2nd report - Andrew Bridgen Committee on Standards |
Thursday 1st May 2025
Report - Andrew Bridgen - Oral evidence Committee on Standards |
Tuesday 13th May 2025
Attendance statistics - Members' attendance 2024-25 (Standards) Committee on Standards |
Tuesday 13th May 2025
Oral Evidence - 2025-05-13 10:15:00+01:00 Outside employment and interests - Committee on Standards |
Monday 19th May 2025
Engagement document - Health and Wellbeing Inquiry - Terms of Reference Administration Committee |
Tuesday 20th May 2025
Oral Evidence - 2025-05-20 10:30:00+01:00 Outside employment and interests - Committee on Standards |
Friday 23rd May 2025
Attendance statistics - Members' attendance, 2024-25, Liaison Committee (Commons) Liaison Committee (Commons) |
Select Committee Inquiry |
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19 May 2025
Health and Wellbeing Administration Committee (Select) Not accepting submissions This inquiry will look into the health and wellbeing services available to those working in Parliament - exploring how existing services can be better communicated and supported, and identifying where some health and wellbeing needs are still not being met. It will:
Read the terms of reference for more detail on the inquiry. |