Information between 16th January 2026 - 15th February 2026
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20 Jan 2026 - Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill - View Vote Context Derek Twigg voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 331 Labour Aye votes vs 2 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 344 Noes - 182 |
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20 Jan 2026 - Sentencing Bill - View Vote Context Derek Twigg voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 312 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 319 Noes - 127 |
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20 Jan 2026 - Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill - View Vote Context Derek Twigg voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 333 Labour Aye votes vs 3 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 347 Noes - 185 |
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20 Jan 2026 - Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill - View Vote Context Derek Twigg voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 331 Labour Aye votes vs 2 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 347 Noes - 184 |
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21 Jan 2026 - Northern Ireland Troubles: Legacy and Reconciliation - View Vote Context Derek Twigg voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 299 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 373 Noes - 106 |
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21 Jan 2026 - National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context Derek Twigg voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 307 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 316 Noes - 194 |
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21 Jan 2026 - National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context Derek Twigg voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 310 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 195 Noes - 317 |
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21 Jan 2026 - National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context Derek Twigg voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 318 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 191 Noes - 326 |
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3 Feb 2026 - Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill - View Vote Context Derek Twigg voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 358 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 458 Noes - 104 |
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4 Feb 2026 - Climate Change - View Vote Context Derek Twigg voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 316 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 392 Noes - 116 |
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11 Feb 2026 - Climate Change - View Vote Context Derek Twigg voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 290 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 362 Noes - 107 |
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11 Feb 2026 - Local Government Finance - View Vote Context Derek Twigg voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 272 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 277 Noes - 143 |
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11 Feb 2026 - Local Government Finance - View Vote Context Derek Twigg voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 272 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 279 Noes - 90 |
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Derek Twigg speeches from: Lord Mandelson
Derek Twigg contributed 2 speeches (161 words) Wednesday 4th February 2026 - Commons Chamber Cabinet Office |
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Derek Twigg speeches from: Chinese Embassy
Derek Twigg contributed 1 speech (101 words) Tuesday 20th January 2026 - Commons Chamber Cabinet Office |
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Asylum: Deportation
Asked by: Derek Twigg (Labour - Widnes and Halewood) Wednesday 4th February 2026 Question to the Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, further to her oral answer of 17 November 2025, Official Report column 524, what steps she will take to stop asylum seekers who have committed crimes and are deported making a new asylum application after deportation. Answered by Alex Norris - Minister of State (Home Office) We are committed to ensuring that any asylum seeker who commits a serious crime in the UK is not granted asylum and is removed or deported as quickly as possible. If deported, the person is prohibited from returning to the UK as long as the deportation order made against them remains in force. Anyone who is subject to a deportation order is liable to have their fingerprints retained beyond the standard 15-year retention period.
Once abroad, there is no provision within our Immigration Rules for someone to be allowed to travel back to the UK to seek asylum or temporary refuge. If someone returns to the UK and re-enters the further submissions process has to be followed. Due to our robust biometric checks, face and fingerprints, individuals who have re-entered in this way will be detected upon being encountered, have their further submissions heard quickly, and they will be removed as swiftly as possible if their further submissions are without merit. We will deny the benefits of protection status to those who commit serious crimes and are a danger to the community, or those who are a threat to national security.
We are clear that serious criminals are not welcome here. |
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Home Office: Written Questions
Asked by: Derek Twigg (Labour - Widnes and Halewood) Thursday 5th February 2026 Question to the Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to Question 101725 tabled by the hon. Member for Widnes and Halewood on 2 January 2026. Answered by Alex Norris - Minister of State (Home Office) The Hon Member received a response to PQ 101725 on 4th February 2026. |
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Monday 26th January Derek Twigg signed this EDM on Monday 26th January 2026 British forces on the front line in Afghanistan 56 signatures (Most recent: 10 Feb 2026)Tabled by: Adam Jogee (Labour - Newcastle-under-Lyme) This House expresses its sincere gratitude to all members of the British armed forces who served on the front line in Afghanistan with courage, bravery and skill; mourns the loss of the 457 personnel who made the ultimate sacrifice and lost their lives in Afghanistan serving freedom, decency and our … |
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20 Jan 2026, 2:34 p.m. - House of Commons " Derek Twigg. >> Thank you, Madam Speaker. Can I just I support completely what the deputy chair of the ISC, which I'm " Derek Twigg MP (Widnes and Halewood, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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Draft Scotland Act 1998 (Modification of Schedule 5) Order 2026
32 speeches (7,881 words) Tuesday 10th February 2026 - General Committees Scotland Office |
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Lord Mandelson
523 speeches (54,989 words) Wednesday 4th February 2026 - Commons Chamber Cabinet Office Mentions: 1: Neil O'Brien (Con - Harborough, Oadby and Wigston) Members for Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton (Jim McMahon), for Widnes and Halewood (Derek Twigg) and - Link to Speech |
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Monday 26th January 2026 4 p.m. National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) - Oral evidence Subject: The National Security Strategy At 4:30pm: Oral evidence Rt Hon Darren Jones MP - Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and Minister for Intergovernmental Relations at Cabinet Office Matthew Collins - Deputy National Security Adviser at Cabinet Office Dan Jarvis MP - Minister for Security at Home Office View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Tuesday 3rd February 2026 10 a.m. Defence Committee - Oral evidence Subject: One-off Session on the Future of Warfare At 10:30am: Oral evidence Sir Hew Strachan - Wardlaw Professor of International Relations at University of St Andrews Air Marshal (Retd) Edward Stringer - Senior Fellow at Policy Exchange Dr Keith Dear - CEO and Founder at Cassi View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Monday 9th February 2026 4 p.m. National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) - Oral evidence Subject: Defending Democracy At 4:30pm: Oral evidence Graeme Biggar CBE - Director-General at National Crime Agency Rachael Herbert - Director of the National Economic Crime Centre at National Crime Agency View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Tuesday 10th February 2026 10 a.m. Defence Committee - Oral evidence Subject: One-off Session on Undersea Activity At 10:30am: Oral evidence Commodore (Rtd) John Aitken OBE - Underwater System Services General Manager at Thales Brett Phaneuf - Founder and Chief Executive at Submergence Group LLC (USA) / M Subs Ltd (UK) Professor Peter Roberts - Associate Fellow at Centre for Public Understanding of Defence and Security, University of Exeter View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Tuesday 3rd March 2026 10 a.m. Defence Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Defence in the High North At 10:30am: Oral evidence Professor Caroline Kennedy-Pipe - Professor of War Studies at Loughborough University Dr Marc De Vore - Senior Lecturer at the School of International Relations at University of St Andrews Ed Arnold - Senior Research Fellow, European Security at Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) View calendar - Add to calendar |
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28 Jan 2026
Defence in the High North Defence Committee (Select) Submit Evidence (by 25 Mar 2026) The inquiry will examine the current and emerging threats in the region. It will ask what the UK’s defence and security interests are, and whether we have the correct strategies, capabilities and alliances to counter these threats, particularly from Russia. |
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Thursday 22nd January 2026 9:30 a.m. 3rd Meeting, 2026 (Session 6) The committee will meet at 9:30am at T4.60-CR6 The Livingstone Room and will be broadcast on www.scottishparliament.tv. 1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take items 3, 4 and 5 in private. 2. Freedom of Information Reform (Scotland) Bill: (In Private) The Committee will continue its consideration of a draft Stage 1 report. 3. Standing Order Rule Changes - Gender Sensitive Audit: The Committee will consider a draft report and draft Standing Order Rule changes. 4. Standing Order Rule Changes - Committee Effectiveness: The Committee will consider a draft report and draft Standing Order Rule changes. 5. Correspondence - Committee Conveners: The Committee will consider correspondence it has received in relation to Committee Conveners. For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, Catherine Fergusson on 85186 or at [email protected] View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Thursday 29th January 2026 8:30 a.m. 4th Meeting, 2026 (Session 6) The committee will meet at 8:30am at T4.60-CR6 The Livingstone Room and will be broadcast on www.scottishparliament.tv. 1. Scottish Parliament (Recall and Removal of Members) Bill: The Committee will consider the Bill at Stage 2. For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, Catherine Fergusson on 85186 or at [email protected] View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Thursday 12th February 2026 9 a.m. 5th Meeting, 2026 (Session 6) The committee will meet at 9:00am at T4.60-CR6 The Livingstone Room and will be broadcast on www.scottishparliament.tv. 1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take items 5, 6, 7 and 8 in private and whether its consideration of Standing Order changes in relation to elected conveners and other miscellaneous and minor Standing Order changes should be taken in private at future meetings. 2. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will take evidence on the Absent Voting (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Order 2026 and the Absent Voting (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2026 from— Graeme Dey, Minister for Parliamentary Business and Veterans, Iain Hockenhull, Head of Elections, and Lorraine Walkinshaw, Solicitor, Scottish Government. 3. Subordinate legislation: Graeme Dey (Minister for Parliamentary Business and Veterans) to move—S6M-20589—That the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee recommends that the Absent Voting (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Order 2026 [draft] be approved. 4. Subordinate legislation: Graeme Dey (Minister for Parliamentary Business and Veterans) to move—S6M-20590—That the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee recommends that the Absent Voting (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2026 [draft] be approved. 5. Cross-Party Group complaint: The Committee will consider a complaint in relation to the Cross-Party Group on Credit Unions. 6. Report of the Review of Members of the Scottish Parliament Complaints Sanctions Review: The Committee will consider the report and correspondence from the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. 7. Code of Conduct: The Committee will consider a draft report and draft changes to the Code of Conduct in respect of Cross-Party Groups. 8. Lobbying (Scotland) Act: The Committee will consider proposed changes to the Lobbying (Scotland) Act. For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, Catherine Fergusson on 85186 or at [email protected] View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Thursday 19th February 2026 9:30 a.m. 6th Meeting, 2026 (Session 6) The committee will meet at 9:30am at T4.60-CR6 The Livingstone Room. 1. Standing Order Rule Changes: (In Private) The Committee will consider a note from the Clerk. 2. Standing Order Rule Changes: Elected Conveners (In Private) The Committee will consider a note from the Clerk. For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, Catherine Fergusson on 85186 or at [email protected] View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Thursday 26th February 2026 9 a.m. 7th Meeting, 2026 (Session 6) The committee will meet at 9:00am at T4.60-CR6 The Livingstone Room and will be broadcast on www.scottishparliament.tv. 1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 5 in private. 2. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will take evidence on the Scottish Elections (Representation and Reform) Act 2025 (Consequential Provision) Regulations 2026 from— Graeme Dey, Minister for Parliamentary Business and Veterans, Andrew Proudfoot, Parliament Team Leader, Parliament and Legislation Unit, and Rebecca Reid, Solicitor, Scottish Government. 3. Subordinate legislation: Graeme Dey, Minister for Parliamentary Business and Veterans to move—S6M-20792—That the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee recommends that the Scottish Elections (Representation and Reform) Act 2025 (Consequential Provision) Regulations 2026 be approved. 4. Scottish Information Commissioner Evidence Session: The Committee will take evidence from— David Hamilton, Scottish Information Commissioner,, Euan McCulloch, Head of Enforcement, and Claire Stephen, Head of Policy and Information, Scottish Information Commissioner. 5. Evidence Session: The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 4. 6. Standing Order Rule Changes - Elected Conveners: (In Private) The Committee will consider a draft report. 7. Standing Order Rule Changes: (In Private) The Committee will consider a draft report. For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, Catherine Fergusson on 85186 or at [email protected] View calendar - Add to calendar |