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Information between 16th January 2026 - 15th February 2026

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Division Votes
20 Jan 2026 - Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill - View Vote Context
Josh MacAlister voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 331 Labour Aye votes vs 2 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 347 Noes - 184
20 Jan 2026 - Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill - View Vote Context
Josh MacAlister voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 331 Labour Aye votes vs 2 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 344 Noes - 182
20 Jan 2026 - Sentencing Bill - View Vote Context
Josh MacAlister voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 312 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 319 Noes - 127
20 Jan 2026 - Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill - View Vote Context
Josh MacAlister voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 333 Labour Aye votes vs 3 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 347 Noes - 185
27 Jan 2026 - Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill - View Vote Context
Josh MacAlister voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 298 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 61 Noes - 311
27 Jan 2026 - Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill - View Vote Context
Josh MacAlister voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 301 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 88 Noes - 310
27 Jan 2026 - Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill - View Vote Context
Josh MacAlister voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 301 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 91 Noes - 378
21 Jan 2026 - National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context
Josh MacAlister voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 318 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 191 Noes - 326
21 Jan 2026 - National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context
Josh MacAlister 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 - 316 Noes - 194
21 Jan 2026 - National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context
Josh MacAlister voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 310 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 195 Noes - 317
27 Jan 2026 - Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Committee - View Vote Context
Josh MacAlister voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 300 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 61 Noes - 311
28 Jan 2026 - Youth Unemployment - View Vote Context
Josh MacAlister voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 280 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 91 Noes - 287
27 Jan 2026 - Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Committee - View Vote Context
Josh MacAlister voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 303 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 88 Noes - 310
27 Jan 2026 - Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Committee - View Vote Context
Josh MacAlister voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 304 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 91 Noes - 378
28 Jan 2026 - Deferred Division - View Vote Context
Josh MacAlister voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 287 Labour Aye votes vs 3 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 294 Noes - 108
3 Feb 2026 - Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill - View Vote Context
Josh MacAlister voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 358 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 458 Noes - 104


Speeches
Josh MacAlister speeches from: Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund
Josh MacAlister contributed 1 speech (829 words)
Tuesday 10th February 2026 - Written Statements
Department for Education
Josh MacAlister speeches from: Fostering Reforms
Josh MacAlister contributed 1 speech (448 words)
Wednesday 4th February 2026 - Written Statements
Department for Education
Josh MacAlister speeches from: Local Authority Children’s Services
Josh MacAlister contributed 1 speech (1,901 words)
Wednesday 28th January 2026 - Westminster Hall
Department for Education
Josh MacAlister speeches from: International Education Strategy
Josh MacAlister contributed 1 speech (383 words)
Tuesday 20th January 2026 - Written Statements
Department for Education
Josh MacAlister speeches from: Oral Answers to Questions
Josh MacAlister contributed 10 speeches (726 words)
Monday 19th January 2026 - Commons Chamber
Department for Education



Josh MacAlister mentioned

Parliamentary Debates
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
80 speeches (24,776 words)
Wednesday 21st January 2026 - Lords Chamber
Department for Work and Pensions
Mentions:
1: Baroness Smith of Malvern (Lab - Life peer) making today.My honourable friend in the other place, the Minister for Children and Families, Josh MacAlister - Link to Speech
2: Baroness Grey-Thompson (XB - Life peer) Lady Shawcross-Wolfson, for sharing her experience, and I thank the Minister in another place, Josh MacAlister - Link to Speech

Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
22 speeches (4,005 words)
Wednesday 21st January 2026 - Lords Chamber
Department for Work and Pensions
Mentions:
1: Lord Mohammed of Tinsley (LD - Life peer) I thank the Minister in the other place, Josh MacAlister, for meeting some of us to go through the issues - Link to Speech

Mobile Phones and Social Media: Use by Children
119 speeches (11,583 words)
Tuesday 20th January 2026 - Commons Chamber
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology
Mentions:
1: Liz Kendall (Lab - Leicester West) Friend the Member for Whitehaven and Workington (Josh MacAlister), who is now the Minister for Children - Link to Speech
2: Julia Lopez (Con - Hornchurch and Upminster) Member for Whitehaven and Workington (Josh MacAlister), when he had a private Member’s Bill on this issue - Link to Speech
3: Kit Malthouse (Con - North West Hampshire) Member for Whitehaven and Workington (Josh MacAlister), who is now on the Government Front Bench—promises - Link to Speech



Select Committee Documents
Wednesday 11th February 2026
Report - 7th Report - Foundations of Learning: replacing RAAC and securing school buildings

Education Committee

Found: responsible for managing school estates; and then with the Minister for Children and Families, Josh Macalister

Tuesday 10th February 2026
Correspondence - Letter from Minister for Children and Families on the Government’s fostering reform pack-age 03.02.2026

Education Committee

Found: SW1P 3BT tel: 0370 000 2288 www.education.gov.uk/contactus/dfe Department for Education Josh MacAlister

Monday 9th February 2026
Correspondence - Letter from the Minister for Children and Families at the Department for Education relating to the Committee’s Report on the Financial sustainability of children’s care homes, 03 February 2026

Public Accounts Committee

Found: SW1P 3BT tel: 0370 000 2288 www.education.gov.uk/contactus/dfe Department for Education Josh MacAlister

Tuesday 20th January 2026
Correspondence - Letter from Minister for Children and Families on the Department for Ed-ucation’s response to the Law Commission’s review of disabled children’s social care dated 14.01.26

Education Committee

Found: SW1P 3BT tel: 0370 000 2288 www.education.gov.uk/contactus/dfe Department for Education Josh MacAlister



Parliamentary Research
Improving outcomes and support for children in care - POST-PN-0760
Feb. 05 2026

Found: National Audit Office published a report on Managing children’s residential care.242 jjj Josh MacAlister



Department Publications - News and Communications
Tuesday 10th February 2026
Department for Education
Source Page: Government unveils expanded support for adopted children
Document: Government unveils expanded support for adopted children (webpage)

Found: Josh MacAlister, Minister for Children and Families, said: Adoptive and kinship families make an extraordinary

Wednesday 4th February 2026
Department for Education
Source Page: Pledge to get 10,000 vulnerable children into foster homes
Document: Pledge to get 10,000 vulnerable children into foster homes (webpage)

Found: Minister for Children and Families, Josh MacAlister, said:  Reversing the decline in the number of available