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Division Votes
12 Nov 2025 - Energy - View Vote Context John Whittingdale voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 94 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 97 Noes - 336
12 Nov 2025 - Taxes - View Vote Context John Whittingdale voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 94 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 101 Noes - 316
13 Nov 2025 - Planning and Infrastructure Bill - View Vote Context John Whittingdale voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 72 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 250 Noes - 133
13 Nov 2025 - Planning and Infrastructure Bill - View Vote Context John Whittingdale voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 72 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 244 Noes - 132
13 Nov 2025 - Planning and Infrastructure Bill - View Vote Context John Whittingdale voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 71 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 252 Noes - 130
13 Nov 2025 - Planning and Infrastructure Bill - View Vote Context John Whittingdale voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 69 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 254 Noes - 129
13 Nov 2025 - Planning and Infrastructure Bill - View Vote Context John Whittingdale voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 72 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 257 Noes - 128
13 Nov 2025 - Planning and Infrastructure Bill - View Vote Context John Whittingdale voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 72 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 268 Noes - 78
13 Nov 2025 - Planning and Infrastructure Bill - View Vote Context John Whittingdale voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 73 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 255 Noes - 128
13 Nov 2025 - Planning and Infrastructure Bill - View Vote Context John Whittingdale voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 75 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 264 Noes - 125
13 Nov 2025 - Planning and Infrastructure Bill - View Vote Context John Whittingdale voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 75 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 254 Noes - 135
24 Nov 2025 - English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - View Vote Context John Whittingdale voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 90 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 99 Noes - 367
24 Nov 2025 - English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - View Vote Context John Whittingdale voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 90 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 158 Noes - 318
25 Nov 2025 - English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - View Vote Context John Whittingdale voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 96 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 322 Noes - 179
25 Nov 2025 - English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - View Vote Context John Whittingdale voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 98 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 187 Noes - 320
25 Nov 2025 - English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - View Vote Context John Whittingdale voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 99 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 189 Noes - 320

Speeches
John Whittingdale speeches from: BBC Leadership John Whittingdale contributed 1 speech (116 words) Tuesday 11th November 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Written Answers
Agriculture and Business: Inheritance Tax Asked by: John Whittingdale (Conservative - Maldon) Thursday 13th November 2025 Question to the HM Treasury: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will have discussions with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the potential merits of reversing recent changes to agricultural property relief and business property relief. Answered by Dan Tomlinson - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury) HM Treasury Ministers discuss a range of subjects with Ministers from other departments, including the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. The Government believes its reforms to agricultural property relief and business property relief from 6 April 2026 get the balance right between supporting farms and businesses, fixing the public finances, and funding public services. The reforms reduce the inheritance tax advantages available to owners of agricultural and business assets, but still mean those assets will be taxed at a much lower effective rate than most other assets. Despite a tough fiscal context, the Government will maintain very significant levels of relief from inheritance tax beyond what is available to others and compared to the position before 1992. Where inheritance tax is due, those liable for a charge can pay any liability on the relevant assets over 10 annual instalments, interest-free.

Written Answers

Agriculture and Business: Inheritance Tax
Asked by: John Whittingdale (Conservative - Maldon)
Thursday 13th November 2025

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will have discussions with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the potential merits of reversing recent changes to agricultural property relief and business property relief.

Answered by Dan Tomlinson - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury)

HM Treasury Ministers discuss a range of subjects with Ministers from other departments, including the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

The Government believes its reforms to agricultural property relief and business property relief from 6 April 2026 get the balance right between supporting farms and businesses, fixing the public finances, and funding public services. The reforms reduce the inheritance tax advantages available to owners of agricultural and business assets, but still mean those assets will be taxed at a much lower effective rate than most other assets. Despite a tough fiscal context, the Government will maintain very significant levels of relief from inheritance tax beyond what is available to others and compared to the position before 1992. Where inheritance tax is due, those liable for a charge can pay any liability on the relevant assets over 10 annual instalments, interest-free.

Early Day Motions Signed
Thursday 20th November John Whittingdale signed this EDM on Thursday 27th November 2025 Crohn’s and Colitis Awareness Week 2025 89 signatures (Most recent: 11 Dec 2025) Tabled by: Andrew Snowden (Conservative - Fylde) That this House recognises Crohn’s and Colitis Awareness Week, taking place in December 2025, highlighting the experiences of people living with Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis across the UK; notes that these serious, lifelong, and often invisible conditions affect around one in every 123 people, impacting education, employment, relationships and …

Early Day Motions Signed

Thursday 20th November
John Whittingdale signed this EDM on Thursday 27th November 2025

Crohn’s and Colitis Awareness Week 2025

89 signatures (Most recent: 11 Dec 2025)
Tabled by: Andrew Snowden (Conservative - Fylde)
That this House recognises Crohn’s and Colitis Awareness Week, taking place in December 2025, highlighting the experiences of people living with Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis across the UK; notes that these serious, lifelong, and often invisible conditions affect around one in every 123 people, impacting education, employment, relationships and …

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Live Transcript
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11 Nov 2025, 5:44 p.m. - House of Commons "Friend to discuss some of the suggestions that she might. >> Sir John Whittingdale. >> Madam Deputy Speaker, the BBC " Rt Hon Lisa Nandy MP, The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (Wigan, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
27 Nov 2025, 9:56 a.m. - House of Commons ">> What did you pay for Oasis tickets? Jim? So John Whittingdale number ten, sir. " Rt Hon Lisa Nandy MP, The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (Wigan, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
27 Nov 2025, 9:57 a.m. - House of Commons "we're determined that the BBC will continue to lead the way on changing that John Whittingdale. >> But the Secretary of State will " Rt Hon Lisa Nandy MP, The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (Wigan, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
25 Nov 2025, 1:09 p.m. - House of Commons " So John Whittingdale. " Alex Sobel MP (Leeds Central and Headingley, Labour ) - View Video - View Transcript
27 Nov 2025, 10:08 a.m. - House of Commons " So John Whittingdale? Thank you, " Rt Hon Sir John Whittingdale MP (Maldon, Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript

Select Committee Documents
Tuesday 25th November 2025 Oral Evidence - Czech Senate, Polish Parliament, Finnish Parliament, Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Committee on Foreign Policy and Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation at Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Committee on Foreign Policy and Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation at Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, and Committee on Foreign Policy and Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation at Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Foreign Affairs Committee Found: Fleur Anderson; Aphra Brandreth; Phil Brickell; Dan Carden; Richard Foord; Uma Kumaran; Sir John Whittingdale
Friday 21st November 2025 Agendas and papers - Uncorrected transcript: Special inquiry committee proposal - Freelancing and Self-employment: Rights and Responsibilities in a Modern Economy Liaison Committee (Lords) Found: If you would bear with me—I just love this quote —in 2015 John Whittingdale asked the Office of Tax
Tuesday 4th November 2025 Oral Evidence - COP26, and Wellcome Foreign Affairs Committee Found: Alex Ballinger; Phil Brickell; Dan Carden; Richard Foord; Uma Kumaran; Abtisam Mohamed; Sir John Whittingdale
Tuesday 4th November 2025 Oral Evidence - COP26, and Wellcome Foreign Affairs Committee Found: Alex Ballinger; Phil Brickell; Dan Carden; Richard Foord; Uma Kumaran; Abtisam Mohamed; Sir John Whittingdale
Tuesday 4th November 2025 Oral Evidence - University of East Anglia, and Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) Foreign Affairs Committee Found: Alex Ballinger; Phil Brickell; Dan Carden; Richard Foord; Uma Kumaran; Abtisam Mohamed; Sir John Whittingdale
Tuesday 4th November 2025 Oral Evidence - University of East Anglia, and Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) Foreign Affairs Committee Found: Alex Ballinger; Phil Brickell; Dan Carden; Richard Foord; Uma Kumaran; Abtisam Mohamed; Sir John Whittingdale
Monday 3rd November 2025 Oral Evidence - Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), and Cabinet Office Work of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office - Foreign Affairs Committee Found: Q263 Sir John Whittingdale: How did that work?

John Whittingdale - Select Committee Information

Calendar
Tuesday 18th November 2025 10 a.m. Foreign Affairs Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Disinformation diplomacy: How malign actors are seeking to undermine democracy At 10:30am: Oral evidence Nina Jankowicz - CEO at American Sunlight Project Roberta Braga - Founder and Executive Director at Digital Democracy Institute of the Americas Jon Bateman - Senior Fellow and Co-Director, Technology and International Affairs Programme at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace At 11:15am: Oral evidence Alexandre Brasil - Deputy Head of Mission at Brazilian Embassy in London At 11:30am: Oral evidence Nishant Lalwani - CEO at International Fund for Public Interest Media View calendar - Add to calendar
Monday 24th November 2025 1 p.m. Foreign Affairs Committee - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar
Tuesday 25th November 2025 3 p.m. Foreign Affairs Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Joint meeting of the UK Foreign Affairs Committee and the Ukrainian Committee on Foreign Policy and Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation At 3:30pm: Oral evidence Pavel Fischer - Foreign Committee Chairman at Czech Senate Agnieszka Pomaska - Chair of the EU Affairs Committee at Polish Parliament Heikki Autto - Chair of the Defence Committee at Finnish Parliament Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze - Chair of the Parliamentary Committee on Integration of Ukraine to the EU at Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine View calendar - Add to calendar
Tuesday 9th December 2025 9:30 a.m. Foreign Affairs Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Work of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office At 10:00am: Oral evidence Sir Oliver Robbins KCMG CB - Permanent Under-Secretary at Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office Nick Dyer - Second Permanent Under-Secretary at Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office Tim Jones - Finance Director at Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office View calendar - Add to calendar
Tuesday 16th December 2025 1:30 p.m. Foreign Affairs Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Work of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office At 2:00pm: Oral evidence Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP - Secretary of State at Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) Sir Oliver Robbins KCMG CB - Permanent Under-Secretary at Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) View calendar - Add to calendar

Select Committee Documents
Tuesday 4th November 2025 Oral Evidence - COP26, and Wellcome Foreign Affairs Committee
Tuesday 4th November 2025 Oral Evidence - University of East Anglia, and Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) Foreign Affairs Committee
Monday 3rd November 2025 Oral Evidence - Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), and Cabinet Office Work of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office - Foreign Affairs Committee
Tuesday 4th November 2025 Oral Evidence - University of East Anglia, and Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) Foreign Affairs Committee
Tuesday 4th November 2025 Oral Evidence - COP26, and Wellcome Foreign Affairs Committee
Tuesday 11th November 2025 Correspondence - Correspondence from the Minister of State for International Development and Africa relating to the Hillmore Treaty, dated 07 November 2025 Foreign Affairs Committee
Wednesday 12th November 2025 Correspondence - Correspondence between the Chairs of the Foreign Affairs, International Development, and Culture, Media and Sport Committees and the Chair of the BBC relating to the BBC World Service, dated 22 October and 5 November Foreign Affairs Committee
Tuesday 18th November 2025 Oral Evidence - American Sunlight Project, Digital Democracy Institute of the Americas, and Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Disinformation diplomacy: How malign actors are seeking to undermine democracy - Foreign Affairs Committee
Tuesday 18th November 2025 Oral Evidence - Brazilian Embassy in London Disinformation diplomacy: How malign actors are seeking to undermine democracy - Foreign Affairs Committee
Tuesday 18th November 2025 Oral Evidence - International Fund for Public Interest Media Disinformation diplomacy: How malign actors are seeking to undermine democracy - Foreign Affairs Committee
Tuesday 18th November 2025 Correspondence - Correspondence from the Permanent Under-Secretary following up on the oral evidence session on 03 November 2025, dated 11 November 2025 Foreign Affairs Committee
Tuesday 18th November 2025 Correspondence - Correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary following up on the oral evidence session on 03 November 2025, dated 11 November 2025.docx Foreign Affairs Committee
Tuesday 25th November 2025 Oral Evidence - Czech Senate, Polish Parliament, Finnish Parliament, Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Committee on Foreign Policy and Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation at Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Committee on Foreign Policy and Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation at Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, and Committee on Foreign Policy and Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation at Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Foreign Affairs Committee
Monday 1st December 2025 Special Report - 2nd Special Report - The write to protect: Britain’s pen on the world stage: Government Response Foreign Affairs Committee
Tuesday 9th December 2025 Oral Evidence - Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office, Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office, and Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office Work of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office - Foreign Affairs Committee
Thursday 11th December 2025 Correspondence - Correspondence from the Minister of State for Europe, North America and UK Overseas Territories, relating to the constitution of the British Virgin Islands, dated 1 December Foreign Affairs Committee
Thursday 11th December 2025 Correspondence - Correspondence with the Permanent Under-Secretary at the FCDO, relating to the work of the FCDO, dated 27 and 21 November Foreign Affairs Committee