Information between 21st October 2025 - 31st October 2025
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21 Oct 2025 - Sentencing Bill - View Vote Context Graeme Downie voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 298 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 104 Noes - 317 |
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21 Oct 2025 - Sentencing Bill - View Vote Context Graeme Downie voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 282 Labour No votes vs 2 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 77 Noes - 390 |
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21 Oct 2025 - Sentencing Bill - View Vote Context Graeme Downie voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 297 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 167 Noes - 313 |
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21 Oct 2025 - Sentencing Bill - View Vote Context Graeme Downie voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 304 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 105 Noes - 381 |
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21 Oct 2025 - Sentencing Bill - View Vote Context Graeme Downie voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 300 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 182 Noes - 307 |
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21 Oct 2025 - Sentencing Bill - View Vote Context Graeme Downie voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 306 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 389 Noes - 102 |
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28 Oct 2025 - China Spying Case - View Vote Context Graeme Downie 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 - 174 Noes - 327 |
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28 Oct 2025 - Stamp Duty Land Tax - View Vote Context Graeme Downie voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 313 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 103 Noes - 329 |
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29 Oct 2025 - Sentencing Bill - View Vote Context Graeme Downie voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 302 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 173 Noes - 323 |
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29 Oct 2025 - Sentencing Bill - View Vote Context Graeme Downie voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 298 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 321 Noes - 103 |
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29 Oct 2025 - Sentencing Bill - View Vote Context Graeme Downie voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 306 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 170 Noes - 328 |
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29 Oct 2025 - Sentencing Bill - View Vote Context Graeme Downie voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 300 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 182 Noes - 311 |
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29 Oct 2025 - Sentencing Bill - View Vote Context Graeme Downie voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 301 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 82 Noes - 314 |
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27 Oct 2025 - Victims and Courts Bill - View Vote Context Graeme Downie 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 - 153 Noes - 332 |
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27 Oct 2025 - Victims and Courts Bill - View Vote Context Graeme Downie voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 309 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 165 Noes - 323 |
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27 Oct 2025 - Victims and Courts Bill - View Vote Context Graeme Downie voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 309 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 166 Noes - 322 |
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27 Oct 2025 - Victims and Courts Bill - View Vote Context Graeme Downie voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 314 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 152 Noes - 337 |
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Graeme Downie speeches from: North Sea Oil and Gas Industry
Graeme Downie contributed 1 speech (98 words) Monday 27th October 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for Business and Trade |
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Air Force: Training
Asked by: Graeme Downie (Labour - Dunfermline and Dollar) Wednesday 22nd October 2025 Question to the Ministry of Defence: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many fast jet pilots are expected to complete training and enter front-line service with the RAF in each of the next five years. Answered by Louise Sandher-Jones - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) The number of Royal Air Force (RAF) fast jet pilots that are expected to complete training and commence Operational Conversion Units is based upon the front-line demand for qualified pilots in future years. The RAF actively manage the pilot training pipelines to ensure that trainee flowthrough is kept to an optimum and meets the front-line requirements. The specific number of fast jet pilots expected to complete training and commence front-line Operational Conversion Units in the RAF in each of the next five years will not be released into the public domain as this information may provide tactical advantage to hostile forces causing operational and personnel security risks. |
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Air Force: Training
Asked by: Graeme Downie (Labour - Dunfermline and Dollar) Wednesday 22nd October 2025 Question to the Ministry of Defence: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many fast jet pilots completed training and entered front-line service with the RAF in each of the last five years. Answered by Louise Sandher-Jones - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) This information is not released into the public domain for operational and personnel security reasons. |
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Air Force: Recruitment and Training
Asked by: Graeme Downie (Labour - Dunfermline and Dollar) Wednesday 22nd October 2025 Question to the Ministry of Defence: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many pilots are expected to complete training and enter front-line service with the RAF in each of the next five years by (a) aircraft and (b) service type. Answered by Louise Sandher-Jones - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) This information is not released into the public domain for operational and personnel security reasons.
For each training year, the number of pilots that are expected to complete training and commence Operational Conversion Units is based upon the front-line demand for qualified pilots in future years. The Royal Air Force (RAF) actively manage the pilot training pipelines to ensure that trainee flowthrough is kept to an optimum and meets the front-line requirements. |
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Air Force: Recruitment
Asked by: Graeme Downie (Labour - Dunfermline and Dollar) Wednesday 22nd October 2025 Question to the Ministry of Defence: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what contingency plans he has to rapidly increase the number of front line pilots in the RAF. Answered by Louise Sandher-Jones - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) Contingency plans are in place to rapidly increase the number of front-line pilots in the RAF if required. Details of specific contingency plans are not released for operational and personnel security reasons. |
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Local Government: Parental Leave and Parental Pay
Asked by: Graeme Downie (Labour - Dunfermline and Dollar) Friday 24th October 2025 Question to the Department for Business and Trade: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what guidance his Department issues to local authorities on parental eligibility for Neonatal Care Pay and Leave. Answered by Kate Dearden - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) The department is committed to supporting employers to implement the range of parental leave entitlements available, and enabling employees to access them. This includes Neonatal Care Leave and Pay. Local authorities are not involved in determining parental eligibility for Neonatal Care Leave and Pay. Employers can refer to publicly available guidance on GOV.UK to help them understand which employees are eligible for Neonatal Care Leave and Pay. The guidance was created with employers and parents in mind, and government worked closely with HR professionals to make sure it is fit for purpose. |
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Air Force: Recruitment
Asked by: Graeme Downie (Labour - Dunfermline and Dollar) Wednesday 22nd October 2025 Question to the Ministry of Defence: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to increase the number of frontline fast jet pilots available to the RAF. Answered by Louise Sandher-Jones - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) In line with the Strategic Defence Review 2025, an RAF programme team is being established to revise current fast jet training arrangements and optimise capacity.
A fast jet transformation project and human performance optimisation programme are being implemented. Measures to increase the number of fast jet Qualified Flying Instructors (QFIs) at RAF Valley have also been implemented. These include agreements with the Combat Air Force for them to provide suitably qualified and experienced QFI trainees from the front-line to RAF Valley to sustain the military QFI requirement and the recruitment of civilian QFIs though the UKMFTS Training Service Partner. |
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Air Force: Training
Asked by: Graeme Downie (Labour - Dunfermline and Dollar) Wednesday 22nd October 2025 Question to the Ministry of Defence: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average cost is of training a new fast jet pilot for the RAF. Answered by Louise Sandher-Jones - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) I refer the hon. Member to the answer the former Minister for Armed Forces, Luke Pollard MP, gave to Question 36613 on 13 March 2025 to the right hon. Member for Rayleigh and Wickford (Mark Francois MP). |
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Universal Credit: Parkinson's Disease
Asked by: Graeme Downie (Labour - Dunfermline and Dollar) Thursday 23rd October 2025 Question to the Department for Work and Pensions: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Universal Credit health element applicants (a) had Parkinson's as their primary condition and (b) were found eligible in the last (i) three, (ii) six and (iii) twelve months. Answered by Stephen Timms - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions) The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost. |
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Parental Leave and Parental Pay
Asked by: Graeme Downie (Labour - Dunfermline and Dollar) Friday 24th October 2025 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on (a) which NHS trusts provide staff with statutory paternity leave and pay, (b) which NHS trusts provide staff with enhanced paternity leave and pay and (c) levels of take up of those across trusts. Answered by Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care) The Department does not hold data on the uptake of these arrangements by National Health Service trusts in England. Employing organisations are legally bound to provide two weeks of statutory paternity leave and pay where individuals meet the required eligibility criteria. The national terms and conditions for staff on Agenda for Change, resident doctor, specialty and specialist doctor, and consultant contracts provide an enhanced paternity pay offer which uprates statutory pay to full pay where the additional eligibility criteria, as set out in the respective national contracts, is met. |
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Local Government: Paternity Leave and Paternity Pay
Asked by: Graeme Downie (Labour - Dunfermline and Dollar) Friday 24th October 2025 Question to the Department for Business and Trade: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what information his Department holds on (a) which local authorities provide their staff with (i) statutory paternity leave and pay and (i) enhanced paternity leave and pay and (b) levels of take up of these across local government. Answered by Kate Dearden - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) All employers, including local authorities, are legally required to provide eligible employees with Statutory Paternity Leave and Pay, if they meet the eligibility criteria. The department does not hold data on which local authorities offer enhanced Paternity Leave and Pay or the take up of these across local government. |
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27 Oct 2025, 4:02 p.m. - House of Commons " Graeme Downie. " Graeme Downie MP (Dunfermline and Dollar, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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Wednesday 29th October 2025
Oral Evidence - House of Commons, House of Commons, House of Commons, House of Commons, and House of Commons Sub judice resolution in the House of Commons - Procedure Committee Found: present: Cat Smith (Chair); James Asser; Bambos Charalambous; Sir Christopher Chope; Mr Lee Dillon; Graeme Downie |
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Thursday 23rd October 2025
Special Report - 4th Special Report – Status of independent Members of Parliament: Government and House Administration Responses Procedure Committee Found: ) Sir Christopher Chope (Conservative; Christchurch) Mr Lee Dillon (Liberal Democrat; Newbury) Graeme Downie |
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Wednesday 29th October 2025 2:30 p.m. Procedure Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Sub judice resolution in the House of Commons At 2:45pm: Oral evidence Tom Goldsmith - Clerk of the House at House of Commons Tom Healey, Clerk of Legislation, House of Commons - Clerk of Legislation at House of Commons Eve Samson - Clerk of the Journals at House of Commons Dr Farrah Bhatti - Principal Clerk, Table Office at House of Commons Saira Salimi - Speaker's Counsel at House of Commons View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Wednesday 12th November 2025 2:30 p.m. Energy Security and Net Zero Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Unlocking community energy at scale At 3:00pm: Oral evidence Councillor Emily O'Brien - Climate Change Cabinet member at Lewes District Council and UK100 Climate Leadership Academy Graduate Tanuja Pandit - CEO at Power Up North London Eleanor Radcliffe - Project Manager, Energy Commons Team at Carbon Co-op At 4:00pm: Oral evidence Robbie Calvert - Head of Policy and Public Affairs at Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) Dan Stone - Policy and Influencing Officer at Centre for Sustainable Energy Jenny Wigley, KC - Planning Barrister at Landmark Chambers View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Wednesday 12th November 2025 2:30 p.m. Procedure Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Sub judice resolution in the House of Commons At 2:45pm: Oral evidence Rt. Hon. Dominic Grieve KC - former Attorney General Rt. Hon. Sir Michael Ellis KBE, KC - former Attorney General Rt Hon Sir Jeremy Wright KC MP - former Attorney General View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Wednesday 5th November 2025 2:30 p.m. Procedure Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Call lists At 2:45pm: Oral evidence Kirsty Blackman MP - Chief Whip at Scottish National Party At 3:15pm: Oral evidence Dr Ruth Fox - Director at Hansard Society Dr Sarabajaya Kumar - Steering group member at Centenary Action View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Wednesday 19th November 2025 2:30 p.m. Procedure Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Elections within the House of Commons At 2:45pm: Oral evidence Peter Stanyon, Chief Executive, Association of Electoral Administrators View calendar - Add to calendar |
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30 Oct 2025
Managing the future of UK oil and gas Energy Security and Net Zero Committee (Select) Submit Evidence (by 7 Jan 2026) Following an initial evidence session in Parliament on the role of the UK’s refinery industry in the energy transition, the Committee is launching a new inquiry and call for evidence on the future of UK oil and gas. Data from the oil and gas industry shows that it directly supports around 26,000 jobs across the UK and indirectly supports 95,000 more – through offshore drilling, rigging, catering and scaffolding, and onshore fabrication yards, anchor manufacturing, vessel maintenance and more. There are an estimated, further 84,000 jobs for hospitality workers and taxi drivers that serve these industrial communities. The UK has of course experienced previous energy and industrial transitions with the closure of its coal mines in the 1980s, and more recently the closure of major steel manufacturing works. The harsh experience of deindustrialisation has raised concerns that large, skilled workforces may bear the brunt of moving away from fossil fuels. The successful redeployment of the workforce at the UK’s last coal power plant Ratcliffe may prove difficult to replicate for the sector-wide transition away from oil & gas. Yet a key element in delivering the energy transition will be to ensure that the benefits from existing fossil fuel extraction can be utilised in establishing the industry that will replace it. In the initial session in Parliament on October 29, witnesses from the industry highlighted the need to address the oil and gas industry’s fiscal environment. They reinforced the Scottish Affairs Committee’s conclusion that there needs to be a revision to the Energy Profits Levy where “a lack of clarity on the fiscal regime beyond 2030 has created uncertainty for industry in the North Sea. The Energy Profits Levy at its current rate of 38%, which brings the headline rate of tax to 78%, is seen by many in industry as no longer proportionate”. The Committee also heard a further call to ensure that refineries were included in the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, so they could compete on a level playing field with foreign based competitors in what is a global market. The Committee is now launching a full inquiry into the role of oil and gas in the energy transition, the management of the UK’s North Sea energy basin and how the transition away from gas in home heating might be achieved. It will aim to:
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5 Nov 2025
International climate policy Energy Security and Net Zero Committee (Select) Submit Evidence (by 7 Jan 2026) Ahead of COP 30, where host country Brazil’s Presidency has set a strategic goal to transition from “negotiation to implementation”, the Committee is launching a call for evidence in a major new inquiry on UK climate policy and finance. Climate change is a global problem that requires a global response. The world is now experiencing the increasingly severe impacts of a rapidly heating climate with intense wildfires, severe droughts, and heavy rainfall leading to destructive floods more frequently and over a wider range. The 2015 Paris Agreement represented a significant moment of international coordination to reduce emissions and to adapt to climate change. But the UN recently announced that global action has failed to limit global heating to the 1.5 degrees agreed there. In 2022, the IPCC warned that “any further delay in concerted global action will miss a brief and rapidly closing window to secure a liveable future”. The UK became the first country in the world to make a legally-binding national commitment to cut greenhouse gas emissions in The Climate Change Act 2008. In 2019 the UK was the first major economy to enshrine its commitment to Net Zero by 2050 in law. At COP 29 in Baku last year, the agreed target for climate finance flowing to developing countries was increased from $100 billion to at least $300 billion a year by 2035, with an aspiration for that to hit $1.3 trillion per year over the same period, in recognition of the scale of the challenge. And in 2022, the latest data available, developed countries delivered around $116 billion – over that target - to developing countries for climate action. But the global political consensus on climate change, the financial sector’s commitment to action on climate and climate diplomacy have all been impacted by tensions and transformations in the global order. The UK Government has stated “there is no global stability without climate stability”, that the UK “must play its part by resetting at home and reconnecting abroad”, and has placed an emphasis on re-establishing the UK “as a climate leader on the global stage”. It committed to meet the previous Government’s pledge of providing £11.6 billion in international climate finance between 2021 and 2026 - but beyond March 2026 the approach is unclear. Through this inquiry, the Committee intends to investigate how the Government can best demonstrate international leadership on climate policy. |
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17 Jul 2025
Planning for nuclear energy generation Energy Security and Net Zero Committee (Select) Not accepting submissions The UK is embarking on an ambitious programme of investment in nuclear energy, seeking to reverse decades of declining capacity. The Government is counting on new nuclear to help deliver energy security and decarbonise electricity generation. Announcing funding for the Sizewell C nuclear power plant in June, the Energy Secretary said “we need new nuclear to deliver a golden age of clean energy abundance.” But past promises of a golden age of nuclear energy have so far failed to materialise. A new reactor has not been connected to the grid for 30 years. Nuclear projects have historically faced unique barriers, including complex regulatory and planning processes. The Government now aims to deliver reforms to streamline planning approvals and give greater certainty to developers. Consultation and scrutiny of EN-7The National Policy Statement for Nuclear Energy Generation (EN-7) has been put forward to help guide planners as they seek to make decisions on siting new nuclear infrastructure. Under the Planning Act 2008, a National Policy Statement (NPS) like EN-7 must undergo public consultation and parliamentary scrutiny before it can be formally designated. EN-7 has undergone two rounds of consultation: the first focused on potential changes to the nuclear siting approach; the second introduced the full draft text. The Committee is now beginning the parliamentary scrutiny process, offering MPs the opportunity to hear from industry, experts, and the public to examine the implications of the framework set out in EN-7 in detail. What is EN-7?EN-7 is intended to become the principal guide for decisions on future nuclear power stations in England and Wales. Nuclear infrastructure proposals are currently limited to eight sites in England and Wales. EN-7 replaces this with a criteria-based approach. It is also intended to support development of a broader range of nuclear technologies like Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) and Advanced Modular Reactors (AMRs), as well as traditional gigawatt-scale plants. The aim is to create a future-proof planning framework that enables a pipeline of new nuclear projects to come forward. Call for EvidenceThe Energy Security and Net Zero Committee is now inviting written submissions to help assess whether EN-7 provides a coherent and effective framework for enabling the UK’s nuclear ambitions. |