Information between 7th December 2025 - 17th December 2025
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8 Dec 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Caroline Voaden voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 63 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 327 Noes - 162 |
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8 Dec 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Caroline Voaden voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 63 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 326 Noes - 162 |
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8 Dec 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Caroline Voaden voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 64 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 395 Noes - 98 |
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9 Dec 2025 - Railways Bill - View Vote Context Caroline Voaden voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 63 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 170 Noes - 332 |
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9 Dec 2025 - UK-EU Customs Union (Duty to Negotiate) - View Vote Context Caroline Voaden voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 65 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 100 Noes - 100 |
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9 Dec 2025 - Railways Bill - View Vote Context Caroline Voaden voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 64 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 329 Noes - 173 |
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16 Dec 2025 - Finance (No. 2) Bill - View Vote Context Caroline Voaden 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 - 341 Noes - 195 |
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Caroline Voaden speeches from: Finance (No. 2) Bill
Caroline Voaden contributed 1 speech (87 words) 2nd reading Tuesday 16th December 2025 - Commons Chamber HM Treasury |
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Caroline Voaden speeches from: Oral Answers to Questions
Caroline Voaden contributed 1 speech (90 words) Monday 8th December 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for Work and Pensions |
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Caroline Voaden speeches from: Restriction of Jury Trials
Caroline Voaden contributed 1 speech (172 words) Monday 8th December 2025 - Commons Chamber Ministry of Justice |
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Caroline Voaden speeches from: Digital ID
Caroline Voaden contributed 4 speeches (59 words) Monday 8th December 2025 - Westminster Hall Cabinet Office |
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Department for Work and Pensions: Telephone Services
Asked by: Caroline Voaden (Liberal Democrat - South Devon) Monday 8th December 2025 Question to the Department for Work and Pensions: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to improve the responsiveness of his Department's helplines. Answered by Andrew Western - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions) We are continuing our efforts to improve our telephony services. We have prioritised service reform through focusing extra resource to boost our performance. Our call answering rate has increased to 86 per cent, the average answering time improving from eight minutes 34 seconds to seven minutes 22 seconds. Our efforts have cleared up agent work queues and freed up capacity. |
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Solar Power: Feed-in Tariffs
Asked by: Caroline Voaden (Liberal Democrat - South Devon) Thursday 11th December 2025 Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to solar feed in tariff contract conditions on households with solar panels. Answered by Michael Shanks - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero) The Government is consulting on changes to how Feed-in Tariff payments are adjusted for inflation in future. The consultation includes an analytical annex which includes an assessment of the potential impacts of this policy. An updated version of this will be published alongside a Government Response, next year. |
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Pupils: Attendance
Asked by: Caroline Voaden (Liberal Democrat - South Devon) Friday 12th December 2025 Question to the Department for Education: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure SEND is taken into account in school attendance policies. Answered by Olivia Bailey - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Education) (Equalities) As set out in the department’s 2024 guidance ‘Working together to improve school attendance’, every pupil has a right to a full-time education, and high attendance expectations should be set for all pupils.
A school’s attendance policy should account for the specific needs of each pupil and provide these pupils with the necessary support. This includes pupils with specific barriers to attendance, such as those with mental or physical ill health and/or special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
To support pupils with SEND, schools should understand the individual needs of the pupil and family, work in partnership with the pupil and family to put in-school support in place, as well as with the local authority and other agencies where external support is needed, and regularly review and update support to ensure it continues to meet individual needs.
Schools should ensure attendance data is regularly monitored for pupils with long-term illnesses and/or SEND, including alongside the local authority, so that additional support from other partners can be accessed where necessary.
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Public Libraries: Finance
Asked by: Caroline Voaden (Liberal Democrat - South Devon) Monday 15th December 2025 Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government to ensure local authorities are adequately funded to support public libraries. Answered by Ian Murray - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology) The government is committed to getting local government back on its feet. The final Local Government Finance Settlement for 2025-26 makes available over £69 billion for local government, which is a 6.8% cash terms increase in councils' Core Spending Power on 2024-25. Public libraries are funded by local authorities as part of this broader settlement. Each local authority is responsible for assessing the needs of their local communities and designing a library service to meet those needs within available resources.
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Wednesday 17th December Caroline Voaden signed this EDM on Thursday 18th December 2025 Schools Residential Outdoor Education (Scotland) Bill (No. 2) 18 signatures (Most recent: 18 Dec 2025)Tabled by: Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat - Westmorland and Lonsdale) That this House warmly welcomes the passage of the Schools Residential Outdoor Education (Scotland) Bill by the Scottish Parliament, which places a legal duty on local authorities to ensure that school pupils can access residential outdoor education; congratulates Liz Smith MSP for introducing this transformational legislation and notes that it … |
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Monday 8th December Caroline Voaden signed this EDM on Thursday 11th December 2025 21 signatures (Most recent: 15 Dec 2025) Tabled by: Helen Maguire (Liberal Democrat - Epsom and Ewell) That this House notes the significant historic, cultural and community value of Horton Cemetery, the final resting place of more than 9,000 former patients of the Epsom cluster of psychiatric hospitals, many of whom lie in unmarked graves; expresses deep concern and regret that this cemetery remains privately owned following … |
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Thursday 20th November Caroline Voaden signed this EDM on Thursday 11th December 2025 Crohn’s and Colitis Awareness Week 2025 95 signatures (Most recent: 18 Dec 2025)Tabled by: Andrew Snowden (Conservative - Fylde) That this House recognises Crohn’s and Colitis Awareness Week, taking place in December 2025, highlighting the experiences of people living with Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis across the UK; notes that these serious, lifelong, and often invisible conditions affect around one in every 123 people, impacting education, employment, relationships and … |
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Monday 1st September Caroline Voaden signed this EDM on Thursday 11th December 2025 Armed Forces Training Contract and Elbit Systems 56 signatures (Most recent: 17 Dec 2025)Tabled by: Brian Leishman (Labour - Alloa and Grangemouth) That this House is deeply concerned by reports that the Ministry of Defence is considering awarding a £2 billion, 15-year Army Collective Training Service contract to Elbit Systems UK, a wholly owned subsidiary of Elbit Systems Limited, Israel’s largest arms manufacturer; notes that Elbit supplies 85 per cent of the … |
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8 Dec 2025, 3:27 p.m. - House of Commons " Caroline Voaden thank. calling the DWP every day trying to find out why his ESA had stopped without warning. Each time he " Caroline Voaden MP (South Devon, Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript |
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8 Dec 2025, 4:07 p.m. - House of Commons " Caroline Voaden. >> I think we would all agree that any rape victim who withdraws from the criminal justice system is it's a tragedy. But I don't buy the faux " Caroline Voaden MP (South Devon, Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript |
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17 Dec 2025, 4:30 p.m. - House of Commons " Caroline Voaden Deputy Speaker, I welcome the multi-year settlement, " Alison McGovern MP, Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government) (Birkenhead, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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Grooming Gangs: Independent Inquiry
57 speeches (9,977 words) Tuesday 9th December 2025 - Commons Chamber Home Office Mentions: 1: Shabana Mahmood (Lab - Birmingham Ladywood) BillPresentation and First Reading (Standing Order No. 57)Munira Wilson, supported by Ed Davey and Caroline Voaden - Link to Speech |
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Friday 12th December 2025
Formal Minutes - Formal minutes 2024-25 Backbench Business Committee Found: Members The following Members made oral representations: • Steff Aquarone: Coastal Communities • Caroline Voaden |
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Thursday 11th December 2025
Special Report - 7th Special Report - Solving the SEND Crisis: Government Response Education Committee Found: ; Leeds South West and Morley) Peter Swallow (Labour; Bracknell) Chris Vince (Labour; Harlow) Caroline Voaden |
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Tuesday 9th December 2025
Oral Evidence - Coram PACEY, Early Years Alliance, National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA), and Early Education Early Years: Improving support for children and parents - Education Committee Found: Q79 Caroline Voaden: I was going to come on and ask you about this. |
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Tuesday 9th December 2025
Special Report - 6th Special Report - Further Education and Skills: Government Response Education Committee Found: South West and Morley) Peter Swallow (Labour; Bracknell) Chris Vince (Labour (Co-op); Harlow) Caroline Voaden |
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Tuesday 16th December 2025 9:30 a.m. Education Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Teacher Recruitment, Training and Retention At 10:00am: Oral evidence Jack Worth - Lead Economist at National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) Daniel Kebede - General Secretary at National Education Union (NEU) Kathryn Morgan - Leadership and Workforce Specialist at The Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) At 11:00am: Oral evidence Melanie Renowden - CEO at National Institute of Teaching James Toop - CEO at Teach First Dr Jasper Green - Head of Initial Teacher Education at Institute of Education Graihagh Crawshaw-Sadler - CEO at Now Teach View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Tuesday 6th January 2026 2 p.m. Education Committee - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |