Information between 27th April 2026 - 27th May 2026
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27 Apr 2026 - Northern Ireland Troubles Bill (Carry-over) - View Vote Context John Milne 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 - 279 Noes - 176 |
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27 Apr 2026 - Pension Schemes Bill - View Vote Context John Milne voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 57 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 279 Noes - 164 |
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27 Apr 2026 - English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - View Vote Context John Milne voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 57 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 271 Noes - 171 |
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27 Apr 2026 - English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - View Vote Context John Milne 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 - 269 Noes - 170 |
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27 Apr 2026 - English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - View Vote Context John Milne voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 57 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 270 Noes - 170 |
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27 Apr 2026 - English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - View Vote Context John Milne voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 57 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 273 Noes - 167 |
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27 Apr 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context John Milne voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 54 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 272 Noes - 64 |
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28 Apr 2026 - Referral of Prime Minister to Committee of Privileges - View Vote Context John Milne voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 56 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 223 Noes - 335 |
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28 Apr 2026 - Business without Debate - View Vote Context John Milne voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 53 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 308 Noes - 81 |
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28 Apr 2026 - Pension Schemes Bill - View Vote Context John Milne voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 54 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 335 Noes - 158 |
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20 May 2026 - Defence Readiness - View Vote Context John Milne voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 61 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 307 Noes - 171 |
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20 May 2026 - Defence Readiness - View Vote Context John Milne 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 - 78 Noes - 408 |
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John Milne speeches from: Community Infrastructure Levy: Homeowners
John Milne contributed 1 speech (115 words) Wednesday 29th April 2026 - Westminster Hall Ministry of Justice |
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John Milne speeches from: Oral Answers to Questions
John Milne contributed 2 speeches (126 words) Tuesday 28th April 2026 - Commons Chamber HM Treasury |
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John Milne speeches from: Oral Answers to Questions
John Milne contributed 1 speech (81 words) Monday 27th April 2026 - Commons Chamber Department for Work and Pensions |
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Arms Trade: Israel
Asked by: John Milne (Liberal Democrat - Horsham) Wednesday 29th April 2026 Question to the Department for Business and Trade: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to question UIN 117033, how many of the 5 ML3 licences referenced are for non-military purposes. Answered by Chris Bryant - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade) Three were not for military purposes in Israel. One was for commercial use, one for civilian use, and one for re-export to another country. The remaining two licences were for military training purposes, specifically non-lethal ammunition only used in training and not suitable for operational use. |
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Universal Credit
Asked by: John Milne (Liberal Democrat - Horsham) Tuesday 19th May 2026 Question to the Department for Work and Pensions: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will publish figures for how many people are in receipt of a Universal Credit health award and classified as Severe Conditions Criteria. Answered by Stephen Timms - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions) Plans to publish Severe Conditions Criteria cases for people on Universal Credit health are included in the published UC WCA Release Strategy: Universal Credit WCA statistics: release strategy - GOV.UK |
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Food: Academies
Asked by: John Milne (Liberal Democrat - Horsham) Wednesday 20th May 2026 Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether academies and free schools will be classed as public settings for the purpose of the Government's ambition that half of all food served in public settings is either locally sourced or certified to higher environmental standards. Answered by Angela Eagle - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) The Government is open to considering all lawful means of achieving its ambition that half of all food purchased across the public sector should be locally produced or certified to higher environmental standards. Approximately half the £4.9bn annual spend on public sector food and catering in England is attributable to education settings, which represents a significant opportunity to deliver healthy outcomes for the public, contribute to sustainability goals and support domestic growth.
Defra has published a new national procurement policy statement. It sets expectations for Government contracts to favour products certified to high environmental standards that we think high-quality British producers are well-placed to meet.
Further, the Government is currently assessing what food the public sector buys and where it comes from. This will help inform our future approach on public sector food procurement, including for state-funded education settings. |
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Personal Independence Payment
Asked by: John Milne (Liberal Democrat - Horsham) Wednesday 20th May 2026 Question to the Department for Work and Pensions: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether as part of the Timms Review his Department intends to make reductions in total PIP expenditure. Answered by Stephen Timms - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions) We have launched the Timms Review to ensure we have a system that supports disabled people to achieve better health, higher living standards and greater independence, including through employment. The Review is being co-produced with disabled people, the organisations that represent them, carers, clinicians, experts, MPs and other stakeholders, so a wide range of views and voices are heard. The group has established its ways of working, themes for the Review, launched a Call for Evidence, and outlined its varied approach to evidence gathering. It will continue to meet regularly over the course of this year to determine the Review's strategic direction, priorities and its recommendations. I cannot pre-empt the outcome of this work, but the Terms of Reference for the Review stipulate that “the Review will operate within the OBR’s projections for future PIP expenditure”. |
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Batteries: Storage
Asked by: John Milne (Liberal Democrat - Horsham) Wednesday 20th May 2026 Question to the Ministry of Defence: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish guidance used by his Department for the a) construction and b) management of battery energy storages sites. Answered by Luke Pollard - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) The Ministry of Defence is progressing its ‘Defence Advanced Battery Strategy’ which sets out the Department’s approach to advanced battery technologies.
The Department does not currently publish specific guidance for the construction or management of Battery Energy Storage Systems on its estate. This is a recognised gap, and a planned pilot project will inform future feasibility work and the development of appropriate standards and guidance in due course. |
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Watchkeeper WK450: Components
Asked by: John Milne (Liberal Democrat - Horsham) Wednesday 27th May 2026 Question to the Department for Business and Trade: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if his Department will conduct an investigation into whether Watchkeeper drone components are being exported from the UK to Israel to support drone exports to Romania. Answered by Chris Bryant - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade) Watchkeeper unmanned aerial system (UAS) components are licensed from the UK to Israel solely for the purpose of supporting onward export to a Romanian UAS programme. The Department has published extensive information on our export licences to Israel. This is available here: Israel export control licensing data: 31 July 2025 - GOV.UK. |
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Personal Independence Payment
Asked by: John Milne (Liberal Democrat - Horsham) Tuesday 26th May 2026 Question to the Department for Work and Pensions: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, (a) how many people have been assessed at a PIP assessment as having a progressive and life-limiting condition who do not qualify for Special Rules, (b) are in receipt of a fixed-term award, and (c) what is the length of these fixed-term awards. Answered by Stephen Timms - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions) Special Rules for End of Life exists to ensure that there is timely support for claimants reaching the end of their life. These claimants will receive faster, easier payments of PIP (among other benefits) and will receive the highest rate of benefit payment. The Department regards a PIP claimant as nearing the end of life if they suffer from a progressive disease and the person’s death in consequence of that disease can reasonably be expected within 12 months based on a clinical diagnosis. There is no change to their benefit entitlement should the claimant live longer than these 12 months.
It is not possible to provide a definitive estimate of the number of claimants who have any progressive or life-limiting condition but do not meet the above criteria for Special Rules. This is because, unless a claimant is submitting evidence of eligibility for Special Rules, the department only collects information on the health conditions of claimants, not their severity or whether they are life-limiting and progressive. |
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Wednesday 13th May John Milne signed this EDM on Tuesday 19th May 2026 Digital sovereignty and sovereign public procurement strategy 37 signatures (Most recent: 2 Jun 2026)Tabled by: Victoria Collins (Liberal Democrat - Harpenden and Berkhamsted) That this House notes that we live in an increasingly digitised world, with our jobs, finance, transport and national security depending on technological solutions; further notes that many of these services, including Government services and critical national infrastructure, depend on technology and/or supply chains that are not owned or located … |
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28 Apr 2026, 11:41 a.m. - House of Commons "services sector to the hilt to ensure that it continues to be the world leading success, that it is. >> John Milne. " Lucy Rigby KC MP, The Economic Secretary to the Treasury (Northampton North, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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28 Apr 2026, 11:41 a.m. - House of Commons ">> John Milne. >> Question number four, Mr. Speaker. >> Minister. >> Mr. speaker, the Chancellor and " Lucy Rigby KC MP, The Economic Secretary to the Treasury (Northampton North, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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28 Apr 2026, 11:41 a.m. - House of Commons "services sector to the hilt to ensure that it continues to be the world leading success, that it is. >> John Milne. " Message from the King - View Video - View Transcript |
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28 Apr 2026, 11:41 a.m. - House of Commons ">> John Milne. >> Question number four, Mr. Speaker. >> Minister. >> Mr. speaker, the Chancellor and " Message from the King - View Video - View Transcript |
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28 Apr 2026, 11:42 a.m. - House of Commons "the Defence Industrial Strategy. John Milne thank you, Mr. Speaker. In my constituency of Horsham Chess " Rt Hon James Murray MP, The Chief Secretary to the Treasury (Ealing North, Labour ) - View Video - View Transcript |
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28 Apr 2026, 11:42 a.m. - House of Commons "John Milne thank you, Mr. Speaker. In my constituency of Horsham Chess " Message from the King - View Video - View Transcript |
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Thursday 11th June 2026 9:30 a.m. Department for Transport Oral questions - Main Chamber Subject: Transport (including Topical Questions) Alex Ballinger: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Steve Race: What steps she is taking to support the delivery of mass transit systems. Sarah Owen: What recent progress she has made on bringing the rail network into public ownership. Ashley Fox: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Andrew Lewin: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Mike Reader: What steps she is taking to improve passenger rail services. Anna Gelderd: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Anna Gelderd: What steps she is taking to improve the resilience of transport networks in rural areas. Julia Buckley: What steps she is taking to improve passenger rail services. Will Forster: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Joe Powell: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Jeff Smith: What steps she is taking to improve passenger rail services. Kirith Entwistle: What steps she is taking to improve connectivity between Bolton and Manchester. Lincoln Jopp: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Joe Robertson: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. John Milne: Whether she is taking steps to incentivise summer rail travel. Bayo Alaba: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Ian Sollom: What steps she is taking to improve transport links between Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire in the context of the Universal United Kingdom Resort. Wes Streeting: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Al Pinkerton: What steps she is taking help improve safety at road junctions. John Lamont: What assessment she has made of the potential impact of timetable changes on passengers using Berwick-upon-Tweed station. Euan Stainbank: What recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Business and Trade on harmonising import tariffs for diesel and electric buses. Siân Berry: What steps she is taking to reduce road danger through the third Road Investment Strategy. Danny Beales: What steps she is taking to support road users. Amanda Martin: What steps she is taking to help decarbonise the transport sector. Luke Charters: What steps her Department is taking to improve rail services in the north of England. Carolyn Harris: What recent assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of providing UV index alerts on public information boards at transport hubs. John Slinger: What steps her Department is taking to improve bus services in Warwickshire. Alex Barros-Curtis: What steps she is taking to improve passenger rail services. Manuela Perteghella: What steps she is taking to improve connectivity in rural areas. Ayoub Khan: If she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Birmingham PFI roads contract on the adequacy of road maintenance in Birmingham. Liz Twist: What plans she has to work with local leaders to improve bus services. Neil Hudson: What steps her Department is taking to improve transport services in Epping Forest constituency. Sarah Coombes: What steps she is taking to improve road safety. Connor Naismith: What recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the cancellation of parts of HS2 on business confidence. View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Wednesday 20th May 2026 11:30 a.m. Department for Science, Innovation & Technology Oral questions - Main Chamber Subject: Science, Innovation and Technology (including Topical Questions) Douglas McAllister: ?If she will take urgent steps to protect children online. Clive Jones: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. John Milne: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Charlie Dewhirst: What discussions she has had with the science and technology sector on closer regulatory alignment with the EU. Chris Vince: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Sarah Bool: What steps she is taking with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to support the agri-food sector. Joe Robertson: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Josh Babarinde: What steps she is taking to support grassroot organisations working to improve digital inclusion. Claire Young: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Fred Thomas: What steps her Department has taken to help ensure that parents and children are able to engage with the consultation entitled Growing up in the online world: a national consultation. Iqbal Mohamed: What steps she is taking to help ensure artificial intelligence is developed responsibly. Harriet Cross: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Alan Mak: What comparative assessment she has made of the competitiveness of the (a) UK and (b) EU science and technology sectors. Sarah Smith: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Josh Babarinde: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Olly Glover: What steps her Department is taking to maintain levels of funding for astronomy and space science. Dave Robertson: ?What steps she is taking to help ensure that the UK has sovereign AI capacity. Mark Sewards: What assessment she has made of the potential merits of recognising advanced mathematics in UKRI's revised approach to funding. Adrian Ramsay: When she plans to publish research priorities for alternative methods to animal testing to support its phasing out. Michelle Welsh: ?If she will take urgent steps to protect children online. Charlotte Cane: What advice she has received from the Women in Tech Taskforce on equity in education. Wendy Chamberlain: What discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on research funding for the Lobular Breast Cancer Moonshot Project. David Davis: What steps she is taking to help support the development of UK-based cloud infrastructure. View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Friday 5th June 2026
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Source Page: Businesses approved to export to the EU Document: (ODS) Found: City Council CS (Cold Store) (General Activity) CS (Cold Store) RDC.852.E.014 Asda Rochdale CDC John Milne |
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Wednesday 20th May 2026 9 a.m. Work and Pensions Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Youth employment, education and training At 9:30am: Oral evidence Alan Milburn - Chair at Young People and Work Report At 10:30am: Oral evidence Professor Dr Hubert Ertl - Director of Research and Vice President at Germany’s Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB) Dr Veerle Miranda - Head of Youth Employment and Social Policies Unit at Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Dr Emily Erickson - Research Fellow and Policy Lead at Institute of Employment Research, University of Warwick View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Wednesday 3rd June 2026 9 a.m. Work and Pensions Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Realising potential: Delivering the Child Poverty Strategy At 9:30am: Oral evidence Tom Drake - Business Head of Community Projects at EFL in the Community Beatrice Orchard - Head of Programme at Trussell George Looker - Chief Executive Officer at Babyzone Annabel Smith - Director of Strategic Partnerships and Stakeholders at West of England Combined Authority At 10:30am: Oral evidence Charis Chittick - Head of Policy, Strategy and Communications at One Parent Families Scotland Josephine Whitaker-Yilmaz - Head of Advocacy, Praxis and Chair, No Recourse to Public Funds subgroup at Refugee and Migrant Children’s Consortium Lynn Perry - Chief Executive Officer at Barnardo’s View calendar - Add to calendar |