Information between 10th September 2025 - 10th October 2025
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Thursday 16th October 2025 5 p.m. Alison Bennett (Liberal Democrat - Mid Sussex) Adjournment - Main Chamber Subject: Government support for children's hospices in the South East View calendar - Add to calendar |
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15 Sep 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Alison Bennett voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 66 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 330 Noes - 161 |
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15 Sep 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Alison Bennett voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 65 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 332 Noes - 160 |
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15 Sep 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Alison Bennett voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 66 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 314 Noes - 178 |
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15 Sep 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Alison Bennett voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 66 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 326 Noes - 160 |
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15 Sep 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Alison Bennett voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 66 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 328 Noes - 160 |
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15 Sep 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Alison Bennett voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 66 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 327 Noes - 164 |
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15 Sep 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Alison Bennett voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 66 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 316 Noes - 172 |
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15 Sep 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Alison Bennett voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 66 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 329 Noes - 163 |
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15 Sep 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Alison Bennett voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 66 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 330 Noes - 158 |
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15 Sep 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Alison Bennett voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 65 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 316 Noes - 161 |
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15 Sep 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Alison Bennett voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 65 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 330 Noes - 161 |
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15 Sep 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Alison Bennett voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 66 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 318 Noes - 170 |
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16 Sep 2025 - Sentencing Bill - View Vote Context Alison Bennett voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 54 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 340 Noes - 77 |
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16 Sep 2025 - Child Poverty Strategy (Removal of Two Child Limit) - View Vote Context Alison Bennett voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 61 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 1 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 89 Noes - 79 |
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10 Sep 2025 - Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Alison Bennett voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 60 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 158 Noes - 297 |
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10 Sep 2025 - Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Alison Bennett voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 59 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 69 Noes - 300 |
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10 Sep 2025 - Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Alison Bennett voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 61 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 92 Noes - 364 |
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10 Sep 2025 - Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Alison Bennett voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 59 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 153 Noes - 300 |
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10 Sep 2025 - Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Alison Bennett voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 59 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 362 Noes - 87 |
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Alison Bennett speeches from: Police: Professional Standards
Alison Bennett contributed 1 speech (76 words) Tuesday 16th September 2025 - Commons Chamber Home Office |
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Alison Bennett speeches from: Children with SEND: Assessments and Support
Alison Bennett contributed 1 speech (207 words) Monday 15th September 2025 - Westminster Hall Department for Education |
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Alison Bennett speeches from: Qatar: Israeli Strike
Alison Bennett contributed 1 speech (33 words) Wednesday 10th September 2025 - Commons Chamber Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office |
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Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties
Asked by: Alison Bennett (Liberal Democrat - Mid Sussex) Tuesday 16th September 2025 Question to the HM Treasury: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to make changes to draft duty relief for (a) consumers, (b) pubs and (c) breweries in Mid Sussex constituency. Answered by Dan Tomlinson - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury) The Chancellor’s draught rate cut at Autumn Budget 2024 applied to approximately 60% of the alcoholic drinks sold in pubs. This took a penny of duty off a typical strength pint at a cost to the Exchequer of over £85m a year. Draught beer and cider now pay 13.9% less in duty than their packaged equivalents – an increase of over 50% on the previous draught discount of 9.2%. The Chancellor makes decisions on tax policy at fiscal events. The Government welcomes representations from the beer and pub sectors in advance of the Budget. |
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Cycling: Safety
Asked by: Alison Bennett (Liberal Democrat - Mid Sussex) Friday 19th September 2025 Question to the Department for Transport: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to make cycling (a) safer and (b) more accessible through funding for (i) protected cycle lanes, (ii) well-lit routes and (iii) other new infrastructure. Answered by Lilian Greenwood - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury The Government treats road safety very seriously and is committed to reducing the numbers of those killed and injured on our roads. My Department is developing our Road Safety Strategy and will set out more detail when possible.
In the Spending Review we announced that we are allocating £616 million for Active Travel England from 2026-27 to 2029-30 to support local authorities to build and maintain walking and cycling infrastructure, which can include segregated cycle lanes and lighting. |
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Academies: Electric Vehicles
Asked by: Alison Bennett (Liberal Democrat - Mid Sussex) Monday 22nd September 2025 Question to the Department for Education: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether multi-academy trusts can implement Electric Vehicle Salary Sacrifice schemes. Answered by Georgia Gould - Minister of State (Education) New electric vehicle salary sacrifice schemes for academy trusts are currently paused. Academy trusts with existing schemes have been able to keep them in place, but not expand them by adding new members. This pause is subject to a review about salary sacrifice schemes in the public sector and a decision on these schemes by HM Treasury. The department will inform academy trusts when a decision has been made, and the Academy Trust Handbook (ATH) will be updated accordingly. The ATH is available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/academy-trust-handbook/academy-trust-handbook-2025-effective-from-1-september-2025. |
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Disability Living Allowance: Children
Asked by: Alison Bennett (Liberal Democrat - Mid Sussex) Tuesday 23rd September 2025 Question to the Department for Work and Pensions: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to review Disability Living Allowance criteria for children with severe dietary conditions. Answered by Stephen Timms - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions) The department has no plans to review the criteria for children with severe dietary conditions.
Disability Living Allowance (DLA) is available to children under the age of 16 who, due to a disability or health condition, have mobility issues and/or have care needs which are substantially in excess of a child the same age without the disability or health condition.
Entitlement to DLA depends on the extent to which a child needs help with personal care, needs supervision or has difficulties with walking. It is the effects of the condition and the needs arising from those effects that are important, rather than the child’s particular diagnosis. |
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Free School Meals
Asked by: Alison Bennett (Liberal Democrat - Mid Sussex) Friday 3rd October 2025 Question to the Department for Education: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that schools enable pupils with severe dietary conditions to access free school meal entitlements. Answered by Olivia Bailey - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Education) (Equalities) Schools are expected to make reasonable efforts to cater for pupils with particular requirements, for example to reflect medical, dietary and cultural needs, to ensure they are not put at a substantial disadvantage in relation to accessing meals. Section 100 of the Children and Families Act 2014 places a duty on governing bodies of maintained schools, proprietors of academies and management committees of pupil referral units to make arrangements for supporting pupils at their school with medical conditions, which may be food-related. Schools must therefore take appropriate action in supporting such pupils to access free school meals provision. |
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Tuesday 22nd July Alison Bennett signed this EDM on Monday 20th October 2025 Right to object to data being used in online direct marketing 23 signatures (Most recent: 23 Oct 2025)Tabled by: Siân Berry (Green Party - Brighton Pavilion) That this House welcomes the outcome of Tanya O’Carroll’s legal challenge against Meta, which secured a commitment from the company to stop using her personal data for direct marketing, based on her legal right to object under the UK General Data Protection Regulation; notes that this right gives individuals the … |
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Wednesday 25th June Alison Bennett signed this EDM on Monday 20th October 2025 62 signatures (Most recent: 22 Oct 2025) Tabled by: Adam Dance (Liberal Democrat - Yeovil) That this House recognises the importance of naloxone as a lifesaving medication that temporarily reverses the effects of an opioid overdose; expresses alarm at the broad rise of deaths involving opioids in recent years; acknowledges that an addiction to drugs is not a lifestyle choice, nor a moral flaw, but … |
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Wednesday 18th June Alison Bennett signed this EDM on Thursday 16th October 2025 UK trade with illegal settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories 42 signatures (Most recent: 16 Oct 2025)Tabled by: Will Forster (Liberal Democrat - Woking) That this House notes with grave concern the recent announcement of 22 new Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, in clear violation of international law; further notes that trade with illegal settlements contributes to their entrenchment and expansion, undermining the prospects for a just and lasting peace; believes that … |
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Tuesday 16th September Alison Bennett signed this EDM as a sponsor on Monday 13th October 2025 4 signatures (Most recent: 13 Oct 2025) Tabled by: Peter Lamb (Labour - Crawley) That this House celebrates the success of Crawley's second annual Unity Event; notes the event's purpose to bring the community together through music, song, and dance, promoting unity and understanding in the face of social division; recognises that events like this are crucial for fostering a sense of shared community … |
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Monday 1st September Alison Bennett signed this EDM on Monday 13th October 2025 45 signatures (Most recent: 17 Oct 2025) Tabled by: Wera Hobhouse (Liberal Democrat - Bath) That this House notes with concern that the overwhelming majority of commercially available chewing gum in the UK contains plastic-based synthetic polymers hidden within the ingredients under the term gum base, meaning most consumers are unaware they are chewing and ingesting plastic; further notes that chewing gum is a significant … |
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Tuesday 17th June Alison Bennett signed this EDM on Monday 13th October 2025 Farmers, growers and the supermarket supply chain 82 signatures (Most recent: 20 Oct 2025)Tabled by: Andrew George (Liberal Democrat - St Ives) That this House recognises that farmers and growers, in the UK and overseas, require fair dealing in the grocery supply chain in order to survive and thrive; welcomes the 2008 Competition Commission Inquiry which found that larger retailers and supermarkets often abused their power by transferring excessive risk and unexpected … |
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Wednesday 14th May Alison Bennett signed this EDM on Monday 13th October 2025 Import of goods from Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory 92 signatures (Most recent: 21 Oct 2025)Tabled by: Ellie Chowns (Green Party - North Herefordshire) That this House notes that the International Court of Justice has called for all states to abstain from entering into economic or trade dealings with Israel concerning the Occupied Palestinian Territory or parts thereof which may entrench its unlawful presence in the territory and to take steps to prevent trade … |
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Wednesday 23rd April Alison Bennett signed this EDM on Monday 13th October 2025 Palantir Technologies, Peter Thiel and the NHS (No. 2) 32 signatures (Most recent: 13 Oct 2025)Tabled by: Martin Wrigley (Liberal Democrat - Newton Abbot) That this House believes that every individual deserves high-quality healthcare, accessible when and where it’s needed and free at the point of use; further believes in the importance of upholding British democratic values throughout the work of the Government and all public services; notes the negative implications of Government contracts … |
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Tuesday 22nd July Alison Bennett signed this EDM on Tuesday 16th September 2025 36 signatures (Most recent: 16 Sep 2025) Tabled by: Danny Chambers (Liberal Democrat - Winchester) That this House expresses deep concern for the closure of the Fleming Fund; notes that the Fund is the UK’s flagship programme for tackling antimicrobial resistance (AMR) globally, thus any move to halt its work will have devastating impacts; expresses concern that the Minister’s announcement of continuing to work with … |
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Wednesday 10th September Alison Bennett signed this EDM as a sponsor on Wednesday 10th September 2025 Independence of Healthwatch England 33 signatures (Most recent: 22 Oct 2025)Tabled by: Jess Brown-Fuller (Liberal Democrat - Chichester) That this House notes with concern proposals in the NHS 10-year health plan to abolish Healthwatch England and the network of 152 local Healthwatch bodies; recognises that Healthwatch England is an independent statutory body that ensures NHS leaders listen to feedback and improve standards of care, is impartial, and enables … |
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Tuesday 9th September 2025
Oral Evidence - 2025-09-09 16:15:00+01:00 Proposals for backbench debates - Backbench Business Committee Found: Q8 Chris Vince: I am avoiding making the joke that you did not get Alison Bennett to sign. |
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Sep. 16 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 16 September 2025 Mental Health Bill [HL] 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: _NC3 Zöe Franklin Dr Danny Chambers Jess Brown-Fuller Helen Morgan Alison Bennett . |
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Sep. 16 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 16 September 2025 - large print Mental Health Bill [HL] 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: _NC3 Zöe Franklin Dr Danny Chambers Jess Brown-Fuller Helen Morgan Alison Bennett . |
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Sep. 12 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 12 September 2025 Mental Health Bill [HL] 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: _NC3 Zöe Franklin Dr Danny Chambers Jess Brown-Fuller Helen Morgan Alison Bennett . |
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Sep. 12 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 12 September 2025 - large print Mental Health Bill [HL] 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: _NC3 Zöe Franklin Dr Danny Chambers Jess Brown-Fuller Helen Morgan Alison Bennett . |
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Sep. 11 2025
Public Bill Committee Proceedings as at 11 September 2025 Pension Schemes Bill 2024-26 Bill proceedings: Commons Found: Withdrawn after debate_4 Steve Darling John Milne Liz Jarvis Mr Lee Dillon Alison Bennett . |
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Sep. 11 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 11 September 2025 Pension Schemes Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Liz Jarvis Sarah Olney Dr Al Pinkerton Mr Lee Dillon Victoria Collins Luke Taylor Layla Moran Alison Bennett |