Information between 23rd April 2025 - 13th May 2025
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24 Apr 2025 - Bank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Charlie Dewhirst voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 58 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 89 Noes - 230 |
24 Apr 2025 - Bank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Charlie Dewhirst voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 61 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 88 Noes - 212 |
28 Apr 2025 - Football Governance Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Charlie Dewhirst voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 69 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 74 Noes - 337 |
28 Apr 2025 - Football Governance Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Charlie Dewhirst voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 66 Conservative No votes vs 1 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 342 Noes - 70 |
29 Apr 2025 - Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill - View Vote Context Charlie Dewhirst voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 90 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 95 Noes - 257 |
29 Apr 2025 - Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill - View Vote Context Charlie Dewhirst 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 - 101 Noes - 258 |
30 Apr 2025 - Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) Bill - View Vote Context Charlie Dewhirst voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 82 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 88 Noes - 226 |
30 Apr 2025 - Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) Bill - View Vote Context Charlie Dewhirst voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 82 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 86 Noes - 222 |
7 May 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Charlie Dewhirst 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 Charlie Dewhirst 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 Charlie Dewhirst 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 Charlie Dewhirst 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 Charlie Dewhirst 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 |
12 May 2025 - Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill - View Vote Context Charlie Dewhirst voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 87 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 98 Noes - 402 |
Speeches |
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Charlie Dewhirst speeches from: Victory in Europe and Victory over Japan: 80th Anniversary
Charlie Dewhirst contributed 1 speech (661 words) Tuesday 6th May 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport |
Charlie Dewhirst speeches from: Oral Answers to Questions
Charlie Dewhirst contributed 2 speeches (85 words) Thursday 1st May 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for Business and Trade |
Charlie Dewhirst speeches from: Energy Prices: Energy-intensive Industries
Charlie Dewhirst contributed 1 speech (48 words) Thursday 1st May 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for Business and Trade |
Charlie Dewhirst speeches from: Business of the House
Charlie Dewhirst contributed 1 speech (78 words) Thursday 1st May 2025 - Commons Chamber Leader of the House |
Charlie Dewhirst speeches from: Oral Answers to Questions
Charlie Dewhirst contributed 2 speeches (125 words) Monday 28th April 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for Education |
Charlie Dewhirst speeches from: Headingley Incident
Charlie Dewhirst contributed 1 speech (78 words) Monday 28th April 2025 - Commons Chamber Home Office |
Charlie Dewhirst speeches from: Child Rape Gangs
Charlie Dewhirst contributed 1 speech (53 words) Monday 28th April 2025 - Commons Chamber Home Office |
Charlie Dewhirst speeches from: Football Governance Bill [Lords]
Charlie Dewhirst contributed 5 speeches (1,106 words) 2nd reading Monday 28th April 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport |
Charlie Dewhirst speeches from: Ukraine War: London Talks
Charlie Dewhirst contributed 1 speech (31 words) Thursday 24th April 2025 - Commons Chamber Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office |
Charlie Dewhirst speeches from: Hospitals
Charlie Dewhirst contributed 1 speech (56 words) Wednesday 23rd April 2025 - Commons Chamber Department of Health and Social Care |
Written Answers |
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Agriculture: Reviews
Asked by: Charlie Dewhirst (Conservative - Bridlington and The Wolds) Thursday 24th April 2025 Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish the Terms of Reference for the appointment of Baroness Batters to lead a Farm Profitability Review. Answered by Daniel Zeichner - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) The Terms of Reference for Baroness Minette Batters’ review of farm profitability were published on 7 April 2025 - Farming Profitability Review: terms of reference - GOV.UK. |
Network Rail: Land and Property
Asked by: Charlie Dewhirst (Conservative - Bridlington and The Wolds) Wednesday 30th April 2025 Question to the Department for Transport: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on the amount of (a) land and (b) property estate owned by Network Rail that is (i) unused, (ii) under-developed and (iii) available for commercial use. Answered by Simon Lightwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport) Network Rail owns c.52,000 hectares of land. All of Network Rail’s land is deemed to be operational and required for the specific functioning of the railway network. Land can only be deemed surplus once it has gone through a regulatory process governed by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR). Network Rail regularly reviews whether land can be released from operational use and has a pipeline of potential sites that are at different stages of the business release and regulatory process. This is not a static list and information is released to potential purchasers and delivery partners at the appropriate time.
Significant sites that are in the pipeline for development, include:
Network Rail also owns, and manages, other commercial uses on its estate principally within in its managed stations (retail and advertising for example) and within the retained arch portfolio. |
Train Operating Companies: Land and Property
Asked by: Charlie Dewhirst (Conservative - Bridlington and The Wolds) Wednesday 30th April 2025 Question to the Department for Transport: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on the amount of land owned by Train Operating Companies that is (a) unused, (b) undeveloped and (c) available for commercial use. Answered by Simon Lightwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport) The Department does not hold information on land owned by train operating companies as they do not typically own land; rather they lease stations and pay track and depot access charges to the relevant infrastructure owner. |
Railways: Access
Asked by: Charlie Dewhirst (Conservative - Bridlington and The Wolds) Thursday 1st May 2025 Question to the Department for Transport: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress her Department has made with the Office of Rail and Road and Network Rail on (a) identifying unused track access rights and (b) making underused rail capacity available to open access operators. Answered by Lilian Greenwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport) Identification and address of unused track access rights is through the robust industry process for maintenance of rights in accordance with the Network Code, applied by the Operators and Network Rail as overseen by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR). Open access operators may apply to utilise available capacity alongside operators contracted by Government. It will then be a matter for Network Rail and the ORR to decide through the established systems and processes how capacity should ultimately be allocated. |
Employers' Contributions: Wales
Asked by: Charlie Dewhirst (Conservative - Bridlington and The Wolds) Wednesday 30th April 2025 Question to the Wales Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes in the level of the employer National Insurance contributions on the economy in Wales. Answered by Jo Stevens - Secretary of State for Wales The government recognises the need to protect the smallest employers which is why we have more than doubled the Employment Allowance to £10,500, meaning more than half of businesses with NICs liabilities either gain or see no change. SMEs account for 99.3% of total enterprises in Wales.
The previous Conservative Government left us a £22bn black hole in public finances and the highest debt burden in 70 years – we are fixing the mess the party left to kickstart economic growth and put more money in people’s pockets. |
Agriculture: Inheritance Tax
Asked by: Charlie Dewhirst (Conservative - Bridlington and The Wolds) Tuesday 6th May 2025 Question to the HM Treasury: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the CBI Economics' report entitled The Economic and Fiscal Impacts of Changes to BPR and APR, published in March 2025, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the report’s finding on the impact of changes to agricultural property relief and business property relief on (a) trends in level of economic growth and (b) fiscal policy. Answered by James Murray - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury) The Government believes its reforms to agricultural property relief and business property relief from 6 April 2026 get the balance right between supporting farms and businesses, and fixing the public finances in a fair way. The reforms reduce the inheritance tax advantages available to owners of agricultural and business assets, but still mean those assets will be taxed at a much lower effective rate than most other assets. Despite a tough fiscal context, the Government will maintain very significant levels of relief from inheritance tax beyond what is available to others and compared to the position before 1992. Where inheritance tax is due, those liable for a charge can pay any liability on the relevant assets over 10 annual instalments, interest-free.
The reforms to agricultural property relief and business property relief are forecast to raise a combined £520 million in 2029-30. The independent Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) certified this costing at Autumn Budget 2024 and it does not expect the reforms to have a significant macroeconomic impact. The OBR published information about the costing in the Economic and Fiscal Outlook on 30 October 2024. The OBR published more detail on the costings on 22 January 2025. This material is all available on the OBR’s website. |
East Coast Main Line: Sunderland
Asked by: Charlie Dewhirst (Conservative - Bridlington and The Wolds) Thursday 8th May 2025 Question to the Department for Transport: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason LNER has withdrawn its London to Sunderland services from the East Coast Main Line timetable. Answered by Simon Lightwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
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Great British Railways
Asked by: Charlie Dewhirst (Conservative - Bridlington and The Wolds) Thursday 8th May 2025 Question to the Department for Transport: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding has been (a) allocated to and (b) spent by the Great British Railways Transition Team since it was established; and how many external consultants were employed by that team on 28 April 2025. Answered by Simon Lightwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport) The Great British Railways Transition Team (GBRTT) was set up as a temporary organisation under the previous government to design and transition towards Great British Railways, including building cross-industry capability. Total funding allocated to GBRTT was: £20.9m in the financial year 2021-22; £54.4m in financial year 2022-23; £50m in financial year 2023-24; and £29.3m in financial year 2024-25. Total funding spent by GBRTT was: £12.9m in the financial year 2021-22; £52.7m in the financial year 2022-23, £41.3m in the financial year 2023-24; and £27.6m in the financial year 2024-25. No external consultants were employed by GBRTT on 28 April 2025. No staff have been employed by GBRTT since 31 March 2025.
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Railways: Competition
Asked by: Charlie Dewhirst (Conservative - Bridlington and The Wolds) Thursday 8th May 2025 Question to the Department for Transport: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with (a) Network Rail and (b) the Office of Rail and Road on the necessary provision of information by Network Rail to the Office of Rail and Road, so the Office of Rail and Road can take decisions on open access rail applications. Answered by Simon Lightwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport) The Department for Transport works closely with both the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) and Network Rail to ensure that information to inform access decisions is provided in as timely a manner as possible. However, it is important that decisions are fully considered and potential impacts to taxpayers, the efficient and reliable operation of the network, and to other operators are properly assessed.
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East Coast Main Line: Bradford and Kingston upon Hull
Asked by: Charlie Dewhirst (Conservative - Bridlington and The Wolds) Thursday 8th May 2025 Question to the Department for Transport: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an estimate of the costs to LNER of operating once-a-day train services to (a) Hull and (b) Bradford. Answered by Simon Lightwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport) London North Eastern Railway (LNER) already operates one service a day to Hull and two services a day, increasing to seven next month, to Bradford. The cost of these services are included within LNER's annual budget agreed by the Department.
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Government Departments: Equality
Asked by: Charlie Dewhirst (Conservative - Bridlington and The Wolds) Tuesday 13th May 2025 Question to the Cabinet Office: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to publish guidance on diversity networks. Answered by Georgia Gould - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office) Government Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) networks are internal, volunteer staff networks and so any guidance would not routinely be published. The Civil Service Code, which is published and available here, sets out the standards of behaviour expected of all civil servants.
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Early Day Motions Signed |
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Thursday 8th May Charlie Dewhirst signed this EDM as a sponsor on Monday 12th May 2025 Protection of free expression and resistance to blasphemy laws 5 signatures (Most recent: 20 May 2025)Tabled by: Rupert Lowe (Independent - Great Yarmouth) That this House reaffirms its unwavering commitment to freedom of expression as a fundamental pillar of British democracy; notes with concern recent efforts, both formal and informal, to reintroduce blasphemy-style restrictions under the guise of hate crime, or public order; recalls that the UK formally abolished its blasphemy laws in … |
Live Transcript |
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6 May 2025, 7:51 p.m. - House of Commons "surrender to make it to Normandy... >> Charlie Dewhirst. " Alex Baker MP (Aldershot, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
6 May 2025, 7:51 p.m. - House of Commons ">> Charlie Dewhirst. >> Thank you Madam Deputy Speaker. " Alex Baker MP (Aldershot, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
Parliamentary Debates |
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Victory in Europe and Victory over Japan: 80th Anniversary
136 speeches (28,374 words) Tuesday 6th May 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Mentions: 1: James Cartlidge (Con - South Suffolk) Friend the Member for Bridlington and The Wolds (Charlie Dewhirst) mentioned the Free French hosted in - Link to Speech |
Maternity Units (Requirement for Bereavement Suite)
2 speeches (1,519 words) 1st reading1st Reading Tuesday 29th April 2025 - Commons Chamber Mentions: 1: Rosie Wrighting (Lab - Kettering) Dr Marie Tidball, Michelle Welsh, Mr Richard Holden, John Cooper, Lee Barron, Mike Reader and Charlie Dewhirst - Link to Speech |
Oral Answers to Questions
161 speeches (10,313 words) Monday 28th April 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for Education Mentions: 1: Graham Stuart (Con - Beverley and Holderness) Friend the Member for Bridlington and The Wolds (Charlie Dewhirst), but each child with special educational - Link to Speech |
Interpersonal Abuse and Violence Against Men and Boys (Strategy)
1 speech (1,698 words) 1st reading Wednesday 23rd April 2025 - Commons Chamber Mentions: 1: Ben Obese-Jecty (Con - Huntingdon) listening.Question put and agreed to.Ordered,That Sir Iain Duncan Smith, Sir Roger Gale, Sir Ashley Fox, Charlie Dewhirst - Link to Speech |
Select Committee Documents |
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Tuesday 6th May 2025
Oral Evidence - Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, and Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs Animal and plant health - Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee Found: Watch the meeting Members present: Mr Alistair Carmichael (Chair); Sarah Bool; Charlie Dewhirst; Helena |
Non-Departmental Publications - News and Communications |
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May. 07 2025
Immigration Advice Authority Source Page: New Border Security Bill amendments to strengthen IAA powers Document: amendments (PDF) News and Communications Found: _1 Charlie Dewhirst Dr Neil Hudson . |
Calendar |
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Tuesday 6th May 2025 2 p.m. Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Animal and plant health At 2:30pm: Oral evidence The Baroness Hayman of Ullock - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs View calendar - Add to calendar |
Tuesday 6th May 2025 2 p.m. Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Animal and plant health At 2:30pm: Oral evidence The Baroness Hayman of Ullock - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs View calendar - Add to calendar |
Tuesday 13th May 2025 9:30 a.m. Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |
Tuesday 6th May 2025 2 p.m. Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Animal and plant health At 2:30pm: Oral evidence The Baroness Hayman of Ullock - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Spencer Draper - Head of Borders Delivery, Northern Ireland, Biosecurity and Trade Programme at Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs Gareth Baynham-Hughes - Director of Animal Plant Health and Welfare at Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs View calendar - Add to calendar |
Tuesday 13th May 2025 9:30 a.m. Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Reforming the water sector At 10:00am: Oral evidence Chris Weston - CEO at Thames Water Sir Adrian Montague CBE - Chair at Thames Water Steve Buck - CFO at Thames Water View calendar - Add to calendar |
Tuesday 13th May 2025 9:15 a.m. Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Reforming the water sector At 10:00am: Oral evidence Chris Weston - CEO at Thames Water Sir Adrian Montague CBE - Chair at Thames Water Steve Buck - CFO at Thames Water View calendar - Add to calendar |
Tuesday 20th May 2025 10:30 a.m. Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |
Tuesday 20th May 2025 10:30 a.m. Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Work of the Department and its arm’s-length bodies At 11:00am: Oral evidence Rt Hon Steve Reed MP - Secretary of State at Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs David Hill - Director General for Strategy and Water at Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Emily Miles - Director General for Food, Biosecurity and Trade at Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs View calendar - Add to calendar |
Tuesday 20th May 2025 10:30 a.m. Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Work of the Department and its arm’s-length bodies At 11:00am: Oral evidence Rt Hon Steve Reed MP - Secretary of State at Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs David Hill - Director General for Strategy and Water at Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs Emily Miles - Director General for Food, Biosecurity and Trade at Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs View calendar - Add to calendar |
Tuesday 20th May 2025 10:30 a.m. Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Work of the Department and its arm’s-length bodies At 11:00am: Oral evidence Rt Hon Steve Reed MP - Secretary of State at Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs View calendar - Add to calendar |
Select Committee Inquiry |
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20 May 2025
Preventing waste and enabling a circular economy Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (Select) Submit Evidence (by 18 Jun 2025) Much of the UK economy is still linear, based on the principles of using and disposing of products and the resources used to make them. This wastage leads to widespread environmental pollution and the continual and unsustainable need to extract finite resources. UK and devolved governments have committed to developing a more circular economy which means reducing consumption and minimising waste through reuse, repair and recycling. It has launched a circular economy taskforce and has committed to further circular economy strategies. This long-term thematic inquiry will scrutinise the progress of the UK government in bringing about a more circular economy, and the work of key regulators to ensure that waste is sustainably managed. The Committee will call for evidence on a regular basis and produce iterative and focused reports throughout the inquiry. Topics for scrutiny may include, but are not limited to:
If you have information or evidence which may be of interest to the Committee, please contact: efracom@parliament.uk
Read the ‘Global Plastics Treaty’ call for evidence here |