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Division Votes
7 May 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context
Katie Lam voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 91 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 97 Noes - 363
7 May 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context
Katie Lam voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 91 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 160 Noes - 294
12 May 2025 - Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill - View Vote Context
Katie Lam was Teller for the Noes and against the House
Tally: Ayes - 316 Noes - 95
12 May 2025 - Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill - View Vote Context
Katie Lam voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 83 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 87 Noes - 404
12 May 2025 - Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill - View Vote Context
Katie Lam was Teller for the Ayes and against the House
Tally: Ayes - 94 Noes - 315
12 May 2025 - Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill - View Vote Context
Katie Lam was Teller for the Ayes and against the House
Tally: Ayes - 98 Noes - 402


Speeches
Katie Lam speeches from: Business of the House
Katie Lam contributed 1 speech (72 words)
Thursday 8th May 2025 - Commons Chamber
Leader of the House
Katie Lam speeches from: Small Abattoirs
Katie Lam contributed 1 speech (522 words)
Thursday 8th May 2025 - Westminster Hall
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs


Written Answers
Playing Fields: Microplastics
Asked by: Katie Lam (Conservative - Weald of Kent)
Tuesday 6th May 2025

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of microplastics on artificial sports fields on the (a) respiratory health and (b) safety of children while playing sports.

Answered by Stephanie Peacock - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)

Artificial Grass Pitches (AGPs) currently play a crucial role in getting more people active across the UK. They provide durable, safe, year-round playing surfaces which can sustain up to 80 hours of use per week - significantly more than grass pitches, helping more people to access the benefits of physical activity.

The Government is aware of potential impacts which AGPs have related to the spread of rubber crumb - which contains microplastics. While, currently, there is no clear alternative, DCMS continues to work closely with Defra and the wider sector to help identify a viable long-term solution, which can maximise opportunities to get active in the most healthy and sustainable way possible.

In 2017, the European Chemical Agency published findings from a study which found there is no reason to advise people against playing sports on synthetic turf containing recycled rubber granules as infill material. Further European-led research published in the scientific journal Science of the Total Environment in 2020 reported there were no health concerns for AGPs, and in 2024 the US Environmental Protection Agency published a report noting no significant difference in chemical exposure between players on artificial grass and those on natural grass fields.

Church of England: Slavery
Asked by: Katie Lam (Conservative - Weald of Kent)
Tuesday 6th May 2025

Question

To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, with reference to Questions 48 and 49 of the Questions to the General Synod on 10 February 2025, what assessment the Church Commissioners have made of the potential implications for their policies of the comments made by the Bishop of Salisbury that external authorities must approve the implementation timeline for Project Spire; and if the Church Commissioners will list those external authorities.

Answered by Marsha De Cordova

The Church Commissioners have had informal and constructive dialogue with the Charity Commission about how to implement the Church Commissioners’ response to their historic links to African chattel enslavement (known as “Project Spire”).

This informal engagement has now concluded, and subject to authorisation by trustees the Church Commissioners anticipate that they will make appropriate applications to the Charity Commission.

Project Spire’s implementation timeline depends on this external authority to the extent that the Charity Commission will determine how long it takes to come to a decision.

Church of England: Slavery
Asked by: Katie Lam (Conservative - Weald of Kent)
Tuesday 6th May 2025

Question

To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, when Project Spire discussions began between the Charity Commission and the Church Commissioners.

Answered by Marsha De Cordova

The Church Commissioners began discussions with the Charity Commission about Project Spire in February 2023.

Church of England: Slavery
Asked by: Katie Lam (Conservative - Weald of Kent)
Tuesday 6th May 2025

Question

To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, what plans the Church Commissioners have for the release of public information on (a) the structure of the Project Spire fund and (b) its statutory authority.

Answered by Marsha De Cordova

The Church Commissioners have sought, and continue to seek, to keep the public informed about their research findings and their response to these findings through reports on their webpage, including a regularly updated Frequently Asked Questions section, stakeholder engagement sessions online and in-person, routinely answered correspondence, and published articles; including topics such as the structure of the proposed Fund of Healing, Repair and Justice – as that develops – and such statutory authority as the Church Commissioners may obtain

https://www.churchofengland.org/historic-links-to-enslavement

Church of England: Slavery
Asked by: Katie Lam (Conservative - Weald of Kent)
Tuesday 6th May 2025

Question

To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, how much money has been spent on (a) research funding, (b) salaries and (c) legal advice for Project Spire.

Answered by Marsha De Cordova

The Annual Reports of the Church Commissioners’ contains information on fees relating to forensic accounting services provided to support a research project into the fund of Queen Anne’s Bounty, one of the Commissioners’ predecessor bodies. Information (2023, p.105; 2022, p.105; 2021, p.90) can be viewed here: https://www.churchofengland.org/about/governance/national-church-institutions/church-commissioners-england/who-we-are/publications

Further information will be included in the Church Commissioners’ Annual Report and Accounts for 2024, which will be published next month.

Church of England: Slavery
Asked by: Katie Lam (Conservative - Weald of Kent)
Tuesday 6th May 2025

Question

To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, whether the Church Commissioners have (a) made or (b) have held discussions with the Charity Commission on making an application to authorise an ex-gratia payment under section 105 or 106 of the Charities Act 2011 in relation to Project Spire.

Answered by Marsha De Cordova

The Church Commissions have not made an application to the Charity Commission to seek authority for a payment under section 105 or 106 of the Charities Act 2011 in relation to Project Spire.

The Church Commissioners have held discussions with the Charity Commission about making an application to authorise an ex-gratia payment under section 106 of the Charities Act 2011 in relation to Project Spire.

Church of England: Slavery
Asked by: Katie Lam (Conservative - Weald of Kent)
Tuesday 6th May 2025

Question

To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, whether the Church Commissioners plan to set up a new charity to administer Project Spire, in the context of the Bishop of Salisbury’s comments at the General Synod in February 2025.

Answered by Marsha De Cordova

Subject to the decision of trustees and the approval of the Charity Commission, the Church Commissioners plan to set up a new charitable fund, which they propose to call the Fund for Healing, Repair and Justice, as part of the delivery of Project Spire.

Church of England: Slavery
Asked by: Katie Lam (Conservative - Weald of Kent)
Tuesday 6th May 2025

Question

To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, which grant-making powers the Church Commissioners plan to use in making grants under Project Spire.

Answered by Marsha De Cordova

Subject to the approval of trustees, the Church Commissioners intend to make an application to authorise an ex-gratia payment under section 106 of the Charities Act 2011 on the basis of a moral obligation.

Church of England: Slavery
Asked by: Katie Lam (Conservative - Weald of Kent)
Tuesday 6th May 2025

Question

To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, what statutory powers the Church Commissioners plan to use to facilitate Project Spire.

Answered by Marsha De Cordova

Subject to the approval of trustees, the Church Commissioners intend to make an application to authorise an ex-gratia payment under section 106 of the Charities Act 2011 on the basis of a moral obligation.

Church of England: Slavery
Asked by: Katie Lam (Conservative - Weald of Kent)
Tuesday 6th May 2025

Question

To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, whether legal advice has been sought to confirm that the proposals for Project Spire are within the statutory powers of the Church Commissioners.

Answered by Marsha De Cordova

The Church Commissioners routinely take advice as they consider appropriate in the exercise of their functions where there may be legal implications.

Church of England: Slavery
Asked by: Katie Lam (Conservative - Weald of Kent)
Wednesday 7th May 2025

Question

To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, with reference to p.10 of the report entitled Church Commissioners' Research into Historic Links to Transatlantic Chattel Slavery, published on 1 January 2023, for what reason that report was not peer reviewed to an academic standard.

Answered by Marsha De Cordova

Peer-reviewed publications are usually written for an academic audience. For instance, an academic journal will send a proposed article to anonymous peer reviewers. Likewise, an academic monograph proposal will be sent for peer review. Documents intended for a public audience go through a different process of internal review.

The report was initiated in 2019 via a query raised at the Church Commissioners’ Audit and Risk Committee. It is rooted in the Church Commissioners’ risk management and fiduciary duties as a 320-year-old in-perpetuity endowment fund and responsible investor. Accordingly, the analysis in the Church Commissioners’ report was underpinned out by independent professional accountants who deployed fundamental forensic techniques: detailed transactions analysis, account reconstruction and asset tracing. An overview of the work carried out by the independent accountants can be found here. The Church Commissioners also engaged independent, expert, professional historians as advisors in compiling its report.




Katie Lam mentioned

Parliamentary Debates
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill
140 speeches (34,121 words)
Report stage
Monday 12th May 2025 - Commons Chamber
Home Office
Mentions:
1: Chris Philp (Con - Croydon South) Friends the Members for Weald of Kent (Katie Lam) and for Stockton West (Matt Vickers), who are sitting - Link to Speech
2: Jo White (Lab - Bassetlaw) Member for Weald of Kent (Katie Lam), who said in Committee:“The system is broken. - Link to Speech

Small Abattoirs
23 speeches (9,607 words)
Thursday 8th May 2025 - Westminster Hall
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Mentions:
1: Ben Lake (PC - Ceredigion Preseli) Member for Weald of Kent (Katie Lam) mentioned the disproportionate regulatory burdens that small abattoirs - Link to Speech
2: Robbie Moore (Con - Keighley and Ilkley) Friend the Member for Weald of Kent (Katie Lam). Farmers want fairness, not favours. - Link to Speech

Points of Order
5 speeches (751 words)
Wednesday 7th May 2025 - Commons Chamber

Mentions:
1: Nusrat Ghani (Con - Sussex Weald) VisasPresentation and First Reading (Standing Order No. 57)Chris Philp, supported by Matt Vickers, Katie Lam - Link to Speech



Parliamentary Research
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill: Progress of the bill - CBP-10253
May. 02 2025

Found: Speaking for the Official Opposition, Katie Lam asked the minister for information about any existing



Bill Documents
May. 13 2025
All proceedings up to 13 May 2025 at Public Bill Committee Stage
Crime and Policing Bill 2024-26
Bill proceedings: Commons

Found: Negatived on division_33 Matt Vickers Alicia Kearns Harriet Cross Katie Lam .

May. 13 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 13 May 2025
Crime and Policing Bill 2024-26
Amendment Paper

Found: _NC42 Matt Vickers Alicia Kearns Harriet Cross Katie Lam .

May. 12 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 12 May 2025
Crime and Policing Bill 2024-26
Amendment Paper

Found: _NC42 Matt Vickers Alicia Kearns Harriet Cross Katie Lam .

May. 09 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 9 May 2025
Crime and Policing Bill 2024-26
Amendment Paper

Found: _NC42 Matt Vickers Alicia Kearns Harriet Cross Katie Lam .

May. 08 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 8 May 2025
Crime and Policing Bill 2024-26
Amendment Paper

Found: _NC22 Matt Vickers Alicia Kearns Harriet Cross Katie Lam .

May. 08 2025
All proceedings up to 8 May 2025 at Public Bill Committee Stage
Crime and Policing Bill 2024-26
Bill proceedings: Commons

Found: Negatived on division_33 Matt Vickers Alicia Kearns Harriet Cross Katie Lam .

May. 07 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 7 May 2025
Crime and Policing Bill 2024-26
Amendment Paper

Found: _NC22 Matt Vickers Alicia Kearns Harriet Cross Katie Lam .




Katie Lam - Select Committee Information

Calendar
Wednesday 14th May 2025 9:15 a.m.
Transport Committee - Private Meeting
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Wednesday 14th May 2025 9:15 a.m.
Transport Committee - Oral evidence
Subject: Buses connecting communities
At 9:15am: Oral evidence
Simon Lightwood MP - Minister for Local Transport at Department for Transport
Stephen Fidler - Director of Buses and Inclusion at Department for Transport
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Tuesday 13th May 2025 4 p.m.
Transport Committee - Private Meeting
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Tuesday 20th May 2025 4 p.m.
Transport Committee - Private Meeting
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Wednesday 21st May 2025 9:15 a.m.
Transport Committee - Private Meeting
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Tuesday 3rd June 2025 4 p.m.
Transport Committee - Private Meeting
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Select Committee Documents
Wednesday 7th May 2025
Oral Evidence - Network Rail, and Network Rail

Rail investment pipelines: ending boom and bust - Transport Committee
Wednesday 7th May 2025
Oral Evidence - Railway Industry Association, Railway Industry Association, Rail Forum, and Rail Forum

Rail investment pipelines: ending boom and bust - Transport Committee
Tuesday 13th May 2025
Written Evidence - JAG(UK)
MIS0083 - Managing the impact of street works

Managing the impact of street works - Transport Committee
Tuesday 13th May 2025
Written Evidence - Transport East
BCC0128 - Buses connecting communities

Buses connecting communities - Transport Committee
Wednesday 14th May 2025
Formal Minutes - Formal Minutes for Session 2024-25

Transport Committee
Wednesday 14th May 2025
Attendance statistics - Members' attendance statistics

Transport Committee
Wednesday 14th May 2025
Oral Evidence - Department for Transport, and Department for Transport

Buses connecting communities - Transport Committee
Wednesday 21st May 2025
Estimate memoranda - Office of Rail and Road Main Estimates Memorandum 2025-26

Transport Committee
Wednesday 21st May 2025
Correspondence - Letter from the Secretary of State for Transport related to the Sustainable Fuel Bill, dated 15 May 2025

Transport Committee
Wednesday 21st May 2025
Correspondence - Letter from the Secretary of State for Transport relating to evidence session on 23 April, dated 13 May 2025

Transport Committee