Information between 11th May 2025 - 31st May 2025
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Friday 4th July 2025 Ian Byrne (Labour - Liverpool West Derby) Private Members' Bills - Main Chamber Subject: Children’s Hospices (Funding) Bill: Second Reading Children’s Hospices (Funding) Bill 2024-26 View calendar - Add to calendar |
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12 May 2025 - Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill - View Vote Context Ian Byrne voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 311 Labour No votes vs 4 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 90 Noes - 318 |
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12 May 2025 - Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill - View Vote Context Ian Byrne voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 316 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 98 Noes - 402 |
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13 May 2025 - UK-EU Summit - View Vote Context Ian Byrne voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 314 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 321 Noes - 102 |
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13 May 2025 - UK-EU Summit - View Vote Context Ian Byrne voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 317 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 104 Noes - 402 |
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14 May 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Ian Byrne voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 294 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 366 Noes - 98 |
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14 May 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Ian Byrne voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 291 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 297 Noes - 168 |
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14 May 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Ian Byrne voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 295 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 304 Noes - 68 |
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14 May 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Ian Byrne voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 293 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 371 Noes - 98 |
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Ian Byrne speeches from: Gaza: UK Assessment
Ian Byrne contributed 1 speech (70 words) Wednesday 14th May 2025 - Commons Chamber Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office |
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Glaucoma and Macular Degeneration: Medical Treatments
Asked by: Ian Byrne (Labour - Liverpool West Derby) Tuesday 13th May 2025 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of people waiting longer than 18 weeks for treatment for (a) wet macular degeneration and (b) glaucoma in (i) England, (ii) Merseyside and (iii) Liverpool. Answered by Stephen Kinnock - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care) The classification codes required to identify pathways where patients may have glaucoma or macular degeneration do not allow for distinction between the two conditions. The following table provides an estimate of the number of patients who have been waiting longer than 18 weeks for treatment specifically for wet macular degeneration and glaucoma in England, Merseyside, and Liverpool, via the latter’s integrated care boards (ICBs), as a snapshot for the week ending 27 April 2025, extracted on 8 May 2025:
Source: Waiting List Minimum Data Set, NHS England. However, these figures may include patients that also have other conditions, as full coding for glaucoma and macular degeneration procedures requires diagnostic codes that are not available in the Waiting List Minimum Data Set. |
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Israel: Arms Trade
Asked by: Ian Byrne (Labour - Liverpool West Derby) Tuesday 13th May 2025 Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his policy on arms trade with Israel. Answered by Hamish Falconer - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) In September 2024, we took decisive action, suspending licences for the Israeli Defence Forces that might be used to commit or facilitate serious violations of international humanitarian law in Gaza. We have maintained the suspension and assess there are no export licences currently being used for military operations in Gaza. This is subject to the specific measures taken with respect to the global F-35 programme. |
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Foie Gras: Imports
Asked by: Ian Byrne (Labour - Liverpool West Derby) Monday 12th May 2025 Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his planned timeline is to ban the import of foie gras. Answered by Daniel Zeichner - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) The Government shares the British public's high regard for animal welfare and has made clear that the production of foie gras from ducks or geese using force feeding raises serious welfare concerns.
We have been clear that we will use our Trade Strategy to promote the highest food production standards. |
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Ophthalmic Services
Asked by: Ian Byrne (Labour - Liverpool West Derby) Monday 12th May 2025 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of NHS Ophthalmology departments that do not have enough consultants to provide a full service for patients needing treatment for (a) glaucoma and (b) wet macular degeneration. Answered by Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care) The Department does not hold information on shortages of ophthalmology consultants. Appropriate levels of staffing will be decided by local system workforce planning. NHS England publishes quarterly National Health Service hospital trust vacancy and job advert data. The publication sets out vacancy rates for total NHS staff and, separately, for registered nurses and doctors at a national and regional level. The latest data for December 2024 shows the vacancy rate for doctors was 5.2%. The data is not detailed enough to identify vacancy rates for ophthalmology consultants. |
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Ophthalmic Services
Asked by: Ian Byrne (Labour - Liverpool West Derby) Monday 12th May 2025 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of NHS Ophthalmology departments that do not have enough consultants to provide a full service. Answered by Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care) The Department does not hold information on shortages of ophthalmology consultants. Appropriate levels of staffing will be decided by local system workforce planning. NHS England publishes quarterly National Health Service hospital trust vacancy and job advert data. The publication sets out vacancy rates for total NHS staff and, separately, for registered nurses and doctors at a national and regional level. The latest data for December 2024 shows the vacancy rate for doctors was 5.2%. The data is not detailed enough to identify vacancy rates for ophthalmology consultants. |
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Cataracts: Surgery
Asked by: Ian Byrne (Labour - Liverpool West Derby) Wednesday 14th May 2025 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the quality of lenses used by private providers of NHS cataract surgery. Answered by Stephen Kinnock - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care) No assessment has been made of the quality of lenses used by private providers of National Health Service cataract surgery. The safety of all patients, whether they are treated in the NHS or the independent sector, is a top priority for the Government. All providers of healthcare are regulated by the Care Quality Commission and follow a set of fundamental standards of safety and quality, below which care should never fall. |
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Cataracts: Surgery
Asked by: Ian Byrne (Labour - Liverpool West Derby) Wednesday 14th May 2025 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of patients who have received NHS cataract surgery in private clinics and have then been re-admitted post-surgery to NHS providers in each of the last six years. Answered by Stephen Kinnock - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care) A table showing the number and proportion of patients who received National Health Service cataract surgery in private clinics, who were then re-admitted post-surgery to NHS providers in each of the last six years, is attached. |
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Ophthalmic Services
Asked by: Ian Byrne (Labour - Liverpool West Derby) Friday 16th May 2025 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of NHS hospital trusts unable to deliver comprehensive eyecare services to (a) adults and (b) children. Answered by Stephen Kinnock - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care) Integrated care boards are responsible for commissioning secondary eye care services to meet local population need. Appropriate levels of staffing are decided by local system workforce planning. We recognise the challenges facing secondary eye care services. NHS England has been testing how IT connectivity can improve the triage and referral of patients between primary and secondary care, and how to allow more patients to be managed in the community, increasing secondary eye care capacity. |
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Cataracts: Surgery
Asked by: Ian Byrne (Labour - Liverpool West Derby) Friday 16th May 2025 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of patients to have undergone NHS cataract surgery in private clinics in each of the last six years. Answered by Stephen Kinnock - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care) The following table shows the number of patients who have undergone National Health Service cataract surgery in private clinics in each of the last six years:
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Poultry: Animal Housing
Asked by: Ian Byrne (Labour - Liverpool West Derby) Friday 16th May 2025 Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will launch a consultation on the (a) production, (b) import and (c) sales of eggs from caged hens. Answered by Daniel Zeichner - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) We remain firmly committed to maintaining and improving animal welfare and want to work closely with the farming sector to deliver high standards.
The use of cages for laying hens is an issue which we are currently considering very carefully. |
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School Milk
Asked by: Ian Byrne (Labour - Liverpool West Derby) Monday 19th May 2025 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to extend the Nursery Milk Scheme entitlement to the end of the academic year in which a child turns five. Answered by Ashley Dalton - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care) The Nursery Milk Scheme is a statutory scheme which allows early years childcare settings to reclaim the cost of providing one-third of a pint of milk per day to children under the age of five who attend a setting for two or more hours per day. Schools can claim reimbursement from the scheme in respect of their pupils aged under five years old. There are no plans to extend eligibility for the Nursery Milk Scheme to cover children until the end of the academic year, during which they reach their fifth birthday. Separate legislation allows pupils from lower-income families, and who are eligible for free school meals, to continue to receive free milk at school after the age of five years old. |
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Food: Labelling
Asked by: Ian Byrne (Labour - Liverpool West Derby) Wednesday 21st May 2025 Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 29 April to Question 20692 on food labelling, what his timescale is for a decision on (a) next steps and (b) responding to the consultation. Answered by Daniel Zeichner - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) A public consultation on fairer food labelling was undertaken last year by the previous Government.
We are now carefully considering all responses to the consultation before deciding on next steps. We recognise that this is an important matter and will respond to this consultation as soon as we are able to. |
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School Meals
Asked by: Ian Byrne (Labour - Liverpool West Derby) Friday 30th May 2025 Question to the Department for Education: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of introducing monitoring compliance with School Food Standards. Answered by Stephen Morgan - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education) I refer my hon. Friend, the Member for Liverpool West Derby to the answer of 9 May 2025 to Question 48872. |
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Thursday 22nd May Recognising Action for Brain Injury Week 2025 10 signatures (Most recent: 10 Jun 2025)Tabled by: Ian Byrne (Labour - Liverpool West Derby) That this House marks Action for Brain Injury Week 19 to 25 May 2025; commends this year’s ‘On a Good Day’ campaign to show the fluctuating and unpredictable nature of brain injury, highlighting the gap between capabilities on a good day versus on a bad day; recognises Headway's, the brain … |
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Thursday 22nd May 14 signatures (Most recent: 10 Jun 2025) Tabled by: Ian Byrne (Labour - Liverpool West Derby) That this House supports the Living Wage campaign; notes that 4.5 million UK workers are currently paid below the real Living Wage; recognises that retail workers, cleaning staff and security are some of the lowest paid, which not only exacerbates income and wealth inequality in society but has a real … |
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Thursday 12th June Ian Byrne signed this EDM on Thursday 12th June 2025 UK Government recognition of the state of Palestine 85 signatures (Most recent: 13 Jun 2025)Tabled by: Andy McDonald (Labour - Middlesbrough and Thornaby East) That this House notes the high-level international conference for the peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine and the implementation of the two-state solution of 17-20 June 2025; welcomes the Prime Minister’s remarks that Palestinian statehood is the inalienable right of the Palestinian people; reaffirms the position of the House … |
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Wednesday 11th June Ian Byrne signed this EDM as a sponsor on Wednesday 11th June 2025 Acquisition of food manufacturer Bakkavor by Greencore 10 signatures (Most recent: 13 Jun 2025)Tabled by: Rebecca Long Bailey (Labour - Salford) That this House notes its concerns following the agreement in principle from shareholders of Bakkavor, a major food manufacturer which employs almost 14,500 workers across the UK, to an acquisition deal from rival food giant Greencore which itself employs 13,600 workers across the UK and Ireland; further notes that the … |
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Monday 2nd June Ian Byrne signed this EDM on Monday 9th June 2025 16 signatures (Most recent: 11 Jun 2025) Tabled by: Grahame Morris (Labour - Easington) This House notes with concern that the future of rail freight in Great Britain is uncertain; welcomes ASLEF’s Rail Freight Future and Dignity for Drivers campaigns; recognises the importance of Great British Railways in supporting and growing rail freight and providing a strategic direction to the rail freight sector; further … |
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Wednesday 21st May Ian Byrne signed this EDM on Monday 9th June 2025 Impact of No Recourse to Public Funds on child poverty 24 signatures (Most recent: 10 Jun 2025)Tabled by: Nadia Whittome (Labour - Nottingham East) That this House recognises the urgent need for child poverty measures to include all children living in the UK, regardless of immigration status; notes with concern that an estimated 1.5 million children in families with migrant parents live in poverty, accounting for more than a third of the total number … |
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Monday 9th June Ian Byrne signed this EDM on Monday 9th June 2025 Israel’s interception of the British-flagged Madleen boat 45 signatures (Most recent: 10 Jun 2025)Tabled by: Richard Burgon (Labour - Leeds East) That this House expresses alarm at the Israeli military’s interception of the UK-flagged civilian vessel Madleen in international waters on 9 June 2025; notes that the vessel was engaged in a peaceful humanitarian mission to Gaza to help break the illegal siege and highlight Israel’s use of forced starvation against … |
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Wednesday 4th June Ian Byrne signed this EDM on Thursday 5th June 2025 70 signatures (Most recent: 13 Jun 2025) Tabled by: Rachael Maskell (Labour (Co-op) - York Central) That this House stands in solidarity with the crew of 12, including climate activist Greta Thunburg, of the Madleen Freedom Flotilla Ship bound for the Gaza Strip, attempting to break Israel's siege of Gaza to deliver vital aid including essential medical supplies, food and children's aid; supports the statement by … |
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Tuesday 3rd June Ian Byrne signed this EDM on Tuesday 3rd June 2025 Climate Finance Fund (Fossil Fuels and Pollution) Bill 36 signatures (Most recent: 13 Jun 2025)Tabled by: Richard Burgon (Labour - Leeds East) That this House welcomes the contribution made by the Climate Finance Fund (Fossil Fuels and Pollution) Bill, published on 15 May 2025, to the debate on how to fund the urgent action needed to address climate change; welcomes the Bill’s emphasis on the ‘polluter pays’ principle that fossil fuel giants … |
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Monday 19th May Ian Byrne signed this EDM on Thursday 22nd May 2025 Gary Lineker's contribution to Match of the Day 14 signatures (Most recent: 6 Jun 2025)Tabled by: Shockat Adam (Independent - Leicester South) That this House pays tribute to the extraordinary career and enduring legacy of Gary Lineker as he retires from his role on Match of the Day; celebrates him not only as one of England’s greatest ever goal scorers and a former England team captain, but as the beating heart of … |
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Monday 12th May Ian Byrne signed this EDM on Thursday 22nd May 2025 Support for the trans community 28 signatures (Most recent: 3 Jun 2025)Tabled by: Siân Berry (Green Party - Brighton Pavilion) That this House celebrates the contribution that the trans community, binary and nonbinary, makes to the UK; recognises that transgender transition liberates trans people to be their true selves; notes that there is no such thing as gender ideology, but that term is used to oppose acceptance of trans people … |
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Thursday 8th May Ian Byrne signed this EDM on Thursday 22nd May 2025 National Operating Department Practitioner Day 17 signatures (Most recent: 2 Jun 2025)Tabled by: Cat Eccles (Labour - Stourbridge) That this House recognises and celebrates National Operating Department Practitioners (ODP) Day on 14 May, which highlights the vital role ODPs play in the delivery of safe, effective and compassionate care in our hospitals and surgical theatres across the United Kingdom; commends the dedication, skill and professionalism of ODPs who … |
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Wednesday 21st May Ian Byrne signed this EDM on Wednesday 21st May 2025 45 signatures (Most recent: 2 Jun 2025) Tabled by: Zarah Sultana (Independent - Coventry South) That this House calls on the Government to immediately suspend all arms exports to Israel in line with majority public opinion and urgently provide full transparency over Britain’s military relationship with Israel considering new evidence of significantly increased military shipments during the war on Gaza; notes a new report evidencing … |
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Tuesday 13th May Ian Byrne signed this EDM on Monday 19th May 2025 Reductions to CrossCountry trains catering services 26 signatures (Most recent: 2 Jun 2025)Tabled by: Rachael Maskell (Labour (Co-op) - York Central) That this House is concerned that CrossCountry trains is the latest passenger train operator to announce cuts to the provision of on-board catering services on long-distance rail services; is further concerned that these short-sighted cuts risks hundreds of railway jobs, while pushing passengers away from the railway network; notes that … |
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Wednesday 14th May Ian Byrne signed this EDM on Friday 16th May 2025 Import of goods from Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory 33 signatures (Most recent: 4 Jun 2025)Tabled by: Ellie Chowns (Green Party - North Herefordshire) That this House notes that the International Court of Justice has called for all states to abstain from entering into economic or trade dealings with Israel concerning the Occupied Palestinian Territory or parts thereof which may entrench its unlawful presence in the territory and to take steps to prevent trade … |
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Monday 12th May Ian Byrne signed this EDM as a sponsor on Monday 12th May 2025 Future of the UK baking industry 22 signatures (Most recent: 2 Jun 2025)Tabled by: Rebecca Long Bailey (Labour - Salford) That this House notes with concern recent media reports that Associated British Foods, parent company of Allied Bakeries which produces Kingsmill bread, are in talks over a potential merger with Hovis, owned by Endless LLP; further notes that this comes as a response to reports of unsustainable losses in the … |
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Jun. 02 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 2 June 2025 Crime and Policing Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Adrian Ramsay Jodie Gosling Kate Osamor Helen Maguire Layla Moran Rosie Duffield Lillian Jones Ian Byrne |
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May. 30 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 30 May 2025 Crime and Policing Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Adrian Ramsay Jodie Gosling Kate Osamor Helen Maguire Layla Moran Rosie Duffield Lillian Jones Ian Byrne |
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May. 23 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 23 May 2025 Crime and Policing Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Adrian Ramsay Jodie Gosling Kate Osamor Helen Maguire Layla Moran Rosie Duffield Lillian Jones Ian Byrne |
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May. 22 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 22 May 2025 Crime and Policing Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Hack Liz Saville Roberts Llinos Medi Nadia Whittome Lee Barron Dr Rupa Huq Bell Ribeiro-Addy Ian Byrne |
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May. 12 2025
Consideration of Bill Amendments as at 12 May 2025 - large print Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: STAGE Monday 12 May 2025 14 _NC1 Nadia Whittome Bell Ribeiro-Addy Zarah Sultana Olivia Blake Ian Byrne |
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May. 12 2025
Report Stage Proceedings as at 12 May 2025 Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill 2024-26 Bill proceedings: Commons Found: Not called_NC1 Nadia Whittome Bell Ribeiro-Addy Zarah Sultana Olivia Blake Ian Byrne Rachael Maskell |
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May. 07 2025
Report Stage Proceedings as at 7 May 2025 Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] 2024-26 Bill proceedings: Commons Found: Dawn Butler Clive Lewis Ms Diane Abbott John McDonnell Apsana Begum Ayoub Khan Zarah Sultana Ian Byrne |