Information between 2nd December 2025 - 12th December 2025
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2 Dec 2025 - Budget Resolutions - View Vote Context James MacCleary voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 58 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 364 Noes - 167 |
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2 Dec 2025 - Budget Resolutions - View Vote Context James MacCleary voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 59 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 327 Noes - 182 |
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2 Dec 2025 - Budget Resolutions - View Vote Context James MacCleary voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 58 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 362 Noes - 164 |
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2 Dec 2025 - Budget Resolutions - View Vote Context James MacCleary voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 59 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 348 Noes - 176 |
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2 Dec 2025 - Budget Resolutions - View Vote Context James MacCleary voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 59 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 369 Noes - 166 |
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2 Dec 2025 - Budget Resolutions - View Vote Context James MacCleary voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 58 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 357 Noes - 174 |
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2 Dec 2025 - Budget Resolutions - View Vote Context James MacCleary voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 58 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 371 Noes - 166 |
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3 Dec 2025 - Pension Schemes Bill - View Vote Context James MacCleary voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 61 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 143 Noes - 304 |
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3 Dec 2025 - Pension Schemes Bill - View Vote Context James MacCleary voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 60 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 154 Noes - 303 |
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3 Dec 2025 - Pension Schemes Bill - View Vote Context James MacCleary voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 59 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 87 Noes - 299 |
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3 Dec 2025 - Pension Schemes Bill - View Vote Context James MacCleary voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 59 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 77 Noes - 298 |
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8 Dec 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context James MacCleary voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 63 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 326 Noes - 162 |
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8 Dec 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context James MacCleary voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 63 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 327 Noes - 162 |
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8 Dec 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context James MacCleary voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 64 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 395 Noes - 98 |
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9 Dec 2025 - UK-EU Customs Union (Duty to Negotiate) - View Vote Context James MacCleary voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 65 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 100 Noes - 100 |
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9 Dec 2025 - Railways Bill - View Vote Context James MacCleary voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 63 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 170 Noes - 332 |
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9 Dec 2025 - Railways Bill - View Vote Context James MacCleary voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 64 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 329 Noes - 173 |
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James MacCleary speeches from: Oral Answers to Questions
James MacCleary contributed 1 speech (112 words) Thursday 11th December 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for Business and Trade |
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James MacCleary speeches from: US National Security Strategy
James MacCleary contributed 1 speech (93 words) Thursday 11th December 2025 - Commons Chamber Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office |
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James MacCleary speeches from: Foreign Interference
James MacCleary contributed 3 speeches (2,690 words) Thursday 11th December 2025 - Commons Chamber Cabinet Office |
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James MacCleary speeches from: Ajax Armoured Vehicle
James MacCleary contributed 1 speech (285 words) Monday 8th December 2025 - Commons Chamber Ministry of Defence |
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James MacCleary speeches from: Venezuela: US Military
James MacCleary contributed 1 speech (77 words) Wednesday 3rd December 2025 - Commons Chamber Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office |
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Ministry of Defence: ERCAS BV
Asked by: James MacCleary (Liberal Democrat - Lewes) Wednesday 3rd December 2025 Question to the Ministry of Defence: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2025 to Question 91714 on ERCAS BV and RUK Advanced Systems, if he will list any meetings and communications his Department has had with ERCAS BV. Answered by Luke Pollard - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 13 March 2024, to Question 91714. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-11-17/91714 |
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Ministry of Defence: RUK Advanced Systems
Asked by: James MacCleary (Liberal Democrat - Lewes) Wednesday 3rd December 2025 Question to the Ministry of Defence: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2025 to Question 91714, whether his Department has had recent discussions with RUK Advance Systems Limited. Answered by Luke Pollard - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 13 March 2024, to Question 91714. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-11-17/91714 |
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Wines
Asked by: James MacCleary (Liberal Democrat - Lewes) Thursday 4th December 2025 Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of agri-food attachés on the domestic wine sector. Answered by Angela Eagle - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) Defra has 16 agri-food attachés across the world who resolve market access barriers and support export growth for the UK agri-food sector, including wine. So far in 2025, the attachés have helped resolve 41 trade barriers, worth nearly £100m in export opportunities for the agri-food sector.
The UK wine sector, as one of the fastest growing agricultural sectors, is an area that continues to attract domestic and foreign investment. UK wine exports increased by 35% in 2024, accounting for 9% of total sales, which shows a growing interest in the product. To support this interest, UK wines are now served in a number of embassies across the world, from Paris to Tokyo, with attachés playing a key role in their promotion. They also help by working across Governments and with industry partners to resolve practical issues that UK companies face when exporting.
In addition to supporting wine export outcomes (their primary focus), attachés also advance broader Defra objectives, including monitoring global wine supply chain risks and contributing to G20 discussions, COP30 and other multilateral engagements. |
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Boeing P-8 and Type 26 Frigates: North Atlantic Ocean
Asked by: James MacCleary (Liberal Democrat - Lewes) Thursday 11th December 2025 Question to the Ministry of Defence: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Type 26 frigates and (b) P-8 Poseidon aircraft will be assigned to Atlantic Bastion and when will they begin operations as part of AB. Answered by Al Carns - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for Veterans) Atlantic Bastion (AB) is Defence’s plan to secure the North Atlantic for the UK and NATO against the persistent and growing underwater threat. AB is not an operation; it is a plan to transition to a hybrid Navy, combining both crewed and uncrewed underwater systems. The details of this ambition are subject to the Defence Investment Plan. |
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Ajax Vehicles: Procurement
Asked by: James MacCleary (Liberal Democrat - Lewes) Thursday 11th December 2025 Question to the Ministry of Defence: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Department has commissioned any further independent reviews of the Ajax programme since 2023. Answered by Luke Pollard - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) We have three ongoing reviews into Ajax currently underway:
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Defence: Procurement
Asked by: James MacCleary (Liberal Democrat - Lewes) Thursday 11th December 2025 Question to the Ministry of Defence: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any major equipment programmes have been subject to formal ministerial directions in the last ten years. Answered by Luke Pollard - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) Since 2011 ordinarily all Ministerial directions are published, unless the matter must be kept confidential. |
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Wednesday 17th December James MacCleary signed this EDM on Thursday 18th December 2025 UK arms export licensing and conflict in Sudan 22 signatures (Most recent: 18 Dec 2025)Tabled by: Monica Harding (Liberal Democrat - Esher and Walton) That this House condemns the actions of parties that are fuelling, prolonging and intensifying the conflict in Sudan through the provision of arms and military support, including allegations that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is supporting the Rapid Support Forces (RSF); emphasises that the UK’s legal obligations apply not only … |
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Tuesday 16th December James MacCleary signed this EDM on Thursday 18th December 2025 39 signatures (Most recent: 18 Dec 2025) Tabled by: Danny Chambers (Liberal Democrat - Winchester) That this House recognises and observes that the NHS is facing a worst case scenario this winter, with influenza rates set to be the worst on record and 1 in 5 patients in emergency departments in a corridor care space; notes that the combination of over-crowding in hospitals with high … |
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Monday 15th December James MacCleary signed this EDM on Thursday 18th December 2025 Changes to Agricultural Property Relief and Business Property Relief in the Autumn Budget 2025 24 signatures (Most recent: 18 Dec 2025)Tabled by: Sarah Dyke (Liberal Democrat - Glastonbury and Somerton) That this House expresses concern with the Government’s announcement in the Autumn Budget, confirming their decision to cut Agricultural Property Relief (APR) and Business Property Relief (BPR) by 50% on all assets valued at over £1 million, effective from 6 April 2026; notes the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s introduction to … |
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Thursday 4th December James MacCleary signed this EDM on Thursday 18th December 2025 23 signatures (Most recent: 18 Dec 2025) Tabled by: Steve Darling (Liberal Democrat - Torbay) That this House recognises that the Baltic Sea, and specifically Danish waters, form a strategic maritime choke-point on which the Russian shadow fleet relies to export oil, and that the operation of this fleet presents a serious threat to sanctions on Russian oil and on the environment; notes that a … |
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Wednesday 3rd December James MacCleary signed this EDM on Thursday 18th December 2025 Palestinian children in Israeli military detention 39 signatures (Most recent: 18 Dec 2025)Tabled by: Munira Wilson (Liberal Democrat - Twickenham) That this House notes with concern that Israeli forces continue to arrest, detain and try several hundred Palestinian children in the Israeli military court and detention system each year despite evidence that that process violates international law; highlights that Israel regularly prosecutes Palestinian children in military courts which lack fundamental … |
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Monday 24th November James MacCleary signed this EDM on Thursday 18th December 2025 Safeguarding pubs, brewers and one million jobs 32 signatures (Most recent: 18 Dec 2025)Tabled by: Pippa Heylings (Liberal Democrat - South Cambridgeshire) That this House notes the significant economic and social contribution of the UK beer and pub sector, which supports over one million jobs from grain to glass and generates £34 billion in GVA; further notes that increased costs announced at the last Budget, combined with cumulative fiscal and regulatory pressures, … |
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Monday 24th November James MacCleary signed this EDM on Thursday 18th December 2025 Fly-tipping and illegal waste dumping by criminal gangs 42 signatures (Most recent: 18 Dec 2025)Tabled by: Sarah Dyke (Liberal Democrat - Glastonbury and Somerton) That this House expresses deep concern at the growing scale of industrial fly-tipping by criminal gangs; regrets that the Environment Agency is not equipped to deal with illegal dump sites or tackle the work and impact of organised criminal gangs illegally dumping huge quantities of waste; is deeply concerned that … |
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Wednesday 19th November James MacCleary signed this EDM on Thursday 18th December 2025 UK–EU Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Agreement 30 signatures (Most recent: 18 Dec 2025)Tabled by: Al Pinkerton (Liberal Democrat - Surrey Heath) That this House welcomes the Government’s intent to rebuild ties with the European Union as set out at the May 2025 UK–EU Reset Summit, particularly the commitment to negotiate a Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS) agreement; regrets the delay in reaching this point, after the former Conservative Government failed to … |
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Monday 1st September James MacCleary signed this EDM on Thursday 11th December 2025 Armed Forces Training Contract and Elbit Systems 56 signatures (Most recent: 17 Dec 2025)Tabled by: Brian Leishman (Labour - Alloa and Grangemouth) That this House is deeply concerned by reports that the Ministry of Defence is considering awarding a £2 billion, 15-year Army Collective Training Service contract to Elbit Systems UK, a wholly owned subsidiary of Elbit Systems Limited, Israel’s largest arms manufacturer; notes that Elbit supplies 85 per cent of the … |
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3 Dec 2025, 1:59 p.m. - House of Commons " James MacCleary. " James MacCleary MP (Lewes, Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript |
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11 Dec 2025, 4:57 p.m. - House of Commons " James MacCleary to wind up. thank everybody who has spoken in this debate. I found many of the contributions very compelling and very interesting. We are in a " James MacCleary MP (Lewes, Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript |
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Monday 5th January 2026 2:30 p.m. Home Office Oral questions - Main Chamber Subject: Home Office David Burton-Sampson: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Elsie Blundell: What steps she is taking to help prevent the exploitation of migrant care workers by private care companies. Scott Arthur: What steps her Department is taking to help tackle cyber crime. Andrew Cooper: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Oliver Dowden: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Sarah Pochin: What assessment her Department has made of recent trends in levels of violence against women and girls. Lewis Cocking: What progress her Department has made on closing asylum hotels. Peter Prinsley: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Tom Hayes: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Paul Davies: What recent steps her Department has taken to help tackle rural crime. Michelle Welsh: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Tom Rutland: What steps her Department is taking to introduce new safe and legal routes for migrants. Ian Lavery: What steps her Department is taking to help tackle extremism and radicalisation in the North East. James MacCleary: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Dave Doogan: If she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a specific offence of aggravated theft from commercial vehicles. Daniel Zeichner: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Catherine Fookes: What steps she is taking through the visa and immigration system to support refugees from Ukraine. Harpreet Uppal: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Rachel Hopkins: What steps her Department is taking to help improve police efficiency. Kieran Mullan: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Monica Harding: What steps she is taking to support effective community policing. Perran Moon: What steps her Department is taking to introduce new safe and legal routes for migrants. Jas Athwal: What recent progress her Department has made on introducing a new strategy to tackle violence against women and girls. Christine Jardine: What steps she is taking to tackle hate crime. Daniel Francis: What steps her Department is taking to reduce pull factors for migrants seeking to arrive in the UK illegally. Victoria Collins: What steps she is taking to support effective community policing. Joe Robertson: What estimate her Department has made of the number of small boat returns in 2025. Alison Griffiths: What assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the number of police officers. Terry Jermy: What recent steps her Department has taken to help tackle rural crime. Laura Kyrke-Smith: What steps she is taking to provide security protections for faith communities. Adam Jogee: What recent steps her Department has taken to help tackle rural crime in Staffordshire. Luke Murphy: What recent steps her Department has taken to help increase levels of community policing. Chris Vince: What recent progress the Defending Democracy Taskforce has made on protecting democratic institutions. Ben Goldsborough: What recent steps her Department has taken to help tackle rural crime. Blake Stephenson: If she will make an estimate of the average workforce size of businesses that are eligible to sponsor worker visas. View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Foreign Interference
38 speeches (13,886 words) Thursday 11th December 2025 - Commons Chamber Cabinet Office Mentions: 1: Caroline Nokes (Con - Romsey and Southampton North) I call James MacCleary, who will speak for up to 15 minutes. - Link to Speech 2: Calvin Bailey (Lab - Leyton and Wanstead) Member for Lewes (James MacCleary) for securing the debate. - Link to Speech 3: Calum Miller (LD - Bicester and Woodstock) Member for Lewes (James MacCleary) for securing the debate. - Link to Speech 4: Phil Brickell (Lab - Bolton West) Member for Lewes (James MacCleary) on securing this important debate. - Link to Speech 5: Charlie Dewhirst (Con - Bridlington and The Wolds) Member for Lewes (James MacCleary) on securing today’s very important and timely debate. - Link to Speech |
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Venezuela: US Military
29 speeches (2,982 words) Wednesday 3rd December 2025 - Commons Chamber Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Mentions: 1: Hamish Falconer (Lab - Lincoln) Member for Lewes (James MacCleary). - Link to Speech |
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Tuesday 24th February 2026 3 p.m. Finance Committee (Commons) - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Tuesday 27th January 2026 3 p.m. Finance Committee (Commons) - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Tuesday 24th March 2026 3 p.m. Finance Committee (Commons) - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |