Information between 7th July 2026 - 17th July 2026
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15 Jul 2026 - Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) - View Vote Context Graeme Downie voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 313 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 330 Noes - 109 |
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15 Jul 2026 - Trade Unions - View Vote Context Graeme Downie voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 313 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 330 Noes - 109 |
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6 Jul 2026 - National Security (State Threats) Bill - View Vote Context Graeme Downie voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 320 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 394 Noes - 85 |
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13 Jul 2026 - Immigration and Asylum 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 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 97 Noes - 358 |
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13 Jul 2026 - Immigration and Asylum Bill - View Vote Context Graeme Downie voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 263 Labour Aye votes vs 14 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 264 Noes - 90 |
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8 Jul 2026 - Health and Safety - View Vote Context Graeme Downie voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 304 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 317 Noes - 103 |
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8 Jul 2026 - Education - View Vote Context Graeme Downie 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 - 369 Noes - 102 |
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8 Jul 2026 - Town and Country Planning - View Vote Context Graeme Downie voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 280 Labour Aye votes vs 21 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 283 Noes - 182 |
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14 Jul 2026 - Public Office (Accountability) Bill - View Vote Context Graeme Downie voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 328 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 102 Noes - 409 |
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14 Jul 2026 - Public Office (Accountability) Bill - View Vote Context Graeme Downie voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 329 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 104 Noes - 412 |
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14 Jul 2026 - Public Office (Accountability) Bill - View Vote Context Graeme Downie voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 321 Labour No votes vs 7 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 93 Noes - 323 |
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Graeme Downie speeches from: Oral Answers to Questions
Graeme Downie contributed 2 speeches (155 words) Wednesday 15th July 2026 - Commons Chamber Scotland Office |
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Graeme Downie speeches from: Rearmament and Warfighting Readiness
Graeme Downie contributed 2 speeches (1,209 words) Wednesday 8th July 2026 - Commons Chamber Ministry of Defence |
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Warships: Procurement
Asked by: Graeme Downie (Labour - Dunfermline and Dollar) Wednesday 8th July 2026 Question to the Ministry of Defence: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps has his Department taken to ensure that construction of the Common Combat Vessels outlined in the Defence Investment Plan is timed to coincide with the completion of orders of the Type-31 frigate program. Answered by Luke Pollard - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) Common Combat Vessel (CCV) will be the Royal Navy’s first ‘Hybrid’ warship, coordinating uncrewed systems in the air, on the surface and under the sea to deliver more resilient air defence at the centre of the Hybrid Navy. Whilst the CCV remains in the initial stages of design, the Navy’s aspiration is to sequence the arrival of the CCV and wider Hybrid Navy Integrated Air and Missile Defence capability with the out of service dates of the T45s in the mid-2030s onwards.
There are options for hull forms we are exploring and announcements will be made in the usual way as the project progresses. |
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Warships: Procurement
Asked by: Graeme Downie (Labour - Dunfermline and Dollar) Wednesday 8th July 2026 Question to the Ministry of Defence: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the timescales for procurement of the Common Combat Vessels outlined in the Defence Investment Plan. Answered by Luke Pollard - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) Common Combat Vessel (CCV) will be the Royal Navy’s first ‘Hybrid’ warship, coordinating uncrewed systems in the air, on the surface and under the sea to deliver more resilient air defence at the centre of the Hybrid Navy. Whilst the CCV remains in the initial stages of design, the Navy’s aspiration is to sequence the arrival of the CCV and wider Hybrid Navy Integrated Air and Missile Defence capability with the out of service dates of the T45s in the mid-2030s onwards.
There are options for hull forms we are exploring and announcements will be made in the usual way as the project progresses. |
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Warships: Procurement
Asked by: Graeme Downie (Labour - Dunfermline and Dollar) Wednesday 8th July 2026 Question to the Ministry of Defence: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of whether the design of the Common Combat Vehicles outlined in the Defence Investment Plan will be based on the Type-31 frigate. Answered by Luke Pollard - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) Common Combat Vessel (CCV) will be the Royal Navy’s first ‘Hybrid’ warship, coordinating uncrewed systems in the air, on the surface and under the sea to deliver more resilient air defence at the centre of the Hybrid Navy. Whilst the CCV remains in the initial stages of design, the Navy’s aspiration is to sequence the arrival of the CCV and wider Hybrid Navy Integrated Air and Missile Defence capability with the out of service dates of the T45s in the mid-2030s onwards.
There are options for hull forms we are exploring and announcements will be made in the usual way as the project progresses. |
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Russia: Subversion
Asked by: Graeme Downie (Labour - Dunfermline and Dollar) Tuesday 7th July 2026 Question to the Ministry of Defence: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, is he will define the meaning of "sub threshold" in relation to Russian threats and offensive action against UK people and interests. Answered by Louise Sandher-Jones - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces) Recent publications, including the House of Common’s Defence Committee ‘Defence in the Grey Zone’ report and the Strategic Defence Review, highlight the breadth and depth of threats posed by sub-threshold activity. Russia remains the most pressing and immediate threat in this space, conducting malign sub-threshold activities which actively threaten the UK and our allies.
States who operate in this way below the threshold of armed conflict are seeking to exploit every potential weakness in our societies and alliances to gain an advantage. |
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Russia: Subversion
Asked by: Graeme Downie (Labour - Dunfermline and Dollar) Tuesday 7th July 2026 Question to the Ministry of Defence: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what activities would not be considered "sub threshold" in relation to Russian threats and offensive action against UK people, businesses and interests. Answered by Louise Sandher-Jones - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces) We cannot provide detail on how the MOD would respond to certain activities versus others as this would assist our adversaries. |
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8 Jul 2026, 4:19 p.m. - House of Commons ">> Graeme Downie. >> Thank you very. >> Much. >> Madam Deputy Speaker. >> And can I also congratulate the " Rt Hon Mark Francois MP (Rayleigh and Wickford, Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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8 Jul 2026, 4:19 p.m. - House of Commons "scrambled in an emergency, but saw the danger coming and acted. Yes. >> Graeme Downie. " Rt Hon Mark Francois MP (Rayleigh and Wickford, Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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Rearmament and Warfighting Readiness
121 speeches (20,599 words) Wednesday 8th July 2026 - Commons Chamber Ministry of Defence Mentions: 1: Steve Barclay (Con - North East Cambridgeshire) Member for Dunfermline and Dollar (Graeme Downie) has highlighted a number of pertinent questions that - Link to Speech 2: Kevin Bonavia (Lab - Stevenage) Friend the Member for Dunfermline and Dollar (Graeme Downie) made an excellent point about how we have - Link to Speech 3: Neil Shastri-Hurst (Con - Solihull West and Shirley) Member for Dunfermline and Dollar (Graeme Downie). - Link to Speech 4: Amanda Martin (Lab - Portsmouth North) Member for Dunfermline and Dollar (Graeme Downie). - Link to Speech |
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Tuesday 14th July 2026
Written Evidence - The Coalition on Secure Technology CHI0006 - China and the UK economy China and the UK economy - Business and Trade Committee Found: economy Introduction The Coalition on Secure Technology is a cross-party campaign, chaired by Graeme Downie |
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Wednesday 1st July 2026
Oral Evidence - OPITO Ltd, North East Scotland College, and Robert Gordon University Managing the future of UK oil and gas - Energy Security and Net Zero Committee Found: Q166 Graeme Downie: How do young people think about it? |
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Wednesday 1st July 2026
Oral Evidence - Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce, Prospect, and Aberdeen Cyrenians Managing the future of UK oil and gas - Energy Security and Net Zero Committee Found: Q166 Graeme Downie: How do young people think about it? |
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17 Jul 2026
Business and energy Energy Security and Net Zero Committee (Select) Not accepting submissions Energy support and decarbonisation funding for the chemicals and ceramics sectors was an encouraging sign that Government recognises a central challenge for industry: decarbonisation and electricity prices go hand in hand. It offers a potential model for future targeted support by linking help with energy costs to incentives for cleaner production. However, it also highlights the absence of a broader strategic framework for industrial decarbonisation/electrification across manufacturing. Current support remains uneven.
This is particularly concerning given the continued uncertainty around the long-awaited Industrial Decarbonisation Strategy, which remains unpublished and may not provide the clarity or scope industry needs. Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) account for 99% of the business population in the UK and over a third of the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions. Rising cost pressures are increasingly limiting SME’s ability to drive growth in local economies and contribute to the UK’s net‑zero transition. Many firms are postponing or scaling back green investment, and NatWest’s latest growth tracker shows that only 30% of firms consider sustainability a high priority, the lowest since early 2020. |
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17 Jul 2026
Warm and comfortable homes Energy Security and Net Zero Committee (Select) Not accepting submissions The government will establish a Warm Homes Agency (WHA) – a dedicated public body to support the delivery of the Warm Homes Plan, and guide consumers through the transition. It will consolidate Salix, relevant DESNZ functions, and parts of Ofgem and work at both a national and local level (subject to agreement with the devolved governments). There will be strategic, area-based coordination so that the electricity grid can keep pace with electrification and the rollout of clean technologies. This involves increased planning at a local level, bringing together DNOs, local authorities, strategic mayoral authorities, and other local/regional stakeholders (energy suppliers, housing associations, community energy groups etc). The Plan indicates that the Government considers home upgrades to be the best tool to fight fuel poverty and lower bills. The existing retrofit system is too complex, fragmented, and inconsistent, which leads to poor consumer experiences (including the recent case with ECO). The Government says that it will simplify certification structures, strengthen accountability, and consider moving oversight under closer government control and the WHA. From 2027 the WHA will provide impartial advice and clear information (online and by phone) on home upgrades to consumers in partnership with the private sector and third party advice sector. Services will be integrated with local advice providers to reach harder‑to‑engage communities. |
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24 Jul 2026
National Planning Policy Statement on Nuclear Fusion Energy Security and Net Zero Committee (Select) Submit Evidence (by 28 Aug 2026) Nuclear fusion is the process that powers the Sun, and for decades humans have been working towards harnessing its remarkable, "clean" power. Now the UK Government has determined that the technology has advanced sufficiently to warrant introducing planning legislation that will facilitate the development of prototypes and demonstrator facilities. The Government has made an initial consultation the need for a framework on how proposals for such facilities should be developed. There is a need for regulatory clarity, and that regulation must cover whichever fusion technology is being employed, for whichever output, thermal or electrical. On 8 June 2026 the Government put forward its proposal EN-8, a national policy planning statement for the generation of fusion energy. Consultation and scrutiny of EN-8 The National Policy Statement for Nuclear Energy Generation (EN-8) has been put forward to help guide planners as they seek to make decisions on siting new nuclear fusion infrastructure. Under the Planning Act 2008, a National Policy Statement (NPS) like EN-8 must undergo public consultation and parliamentary scrutiny before it can be formally designated. The full draft text of EN-8 is currently under consultation by the Government and the Committee is beginning the parliamentary scrutiny process, offering industry, experts, and the public the opportunity to comment as it examines the implications of the framework set out in EN-8. What is EN-8? EN-8 is intended to become the principal guide for decisions on nuclear fusion power stations in England and Wales. Nuclear fission infrastructure is regulated under EN-7, supporting development of nuclear technologies like Small Modular Reactors and Advanced Modular Reactors and traditional gigawatt-scale plants. The significant difference in technology means that the Government intends for nuclear fusion to be managed entirely separately from nuclear fission. The aim is to create clarity, allowing interested investors and developers to have more confidence in bringing forward projects that will result in fusion energy contributing to the grid by 2040. The draft EN-8 focuses on environmental, safety & security, operational and developmental themes with detailed requirements for developers and the Planning Inspectorate in these areas. The Government has indicated that the Committee process must be complete by 30 November. |