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Information between 11th September 2025 - 21st September 2025

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Division Votes
15 Sep 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Kirsty Blackman voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 8 Scottish National Party Aye votes vs 0 Scottish National Party No votes
Tally: Ayes - 332 Noes - 160
15 Sep 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Kirsty Blackman voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 8 Scottish National Party Aye votes vs 0 Scottish National Party No votes
Tally: Ayes - 327 Noes - 164
15 Sep 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Kirsty Blackman voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 8 Scottish National Party Aye votes vs 0 Scottish National Party No votes
Tally: Ayes - 329 Noes - 163
15 Sep 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Kirsty Blackman voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 7 Scottish National Party Aye votes vs 0 Scottish National Party No votes
Tally: Ayes - 328 Noes - 160
15 Sep 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Kirsty Blackman voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 8 Scottish National Party No votes vs 0 Scottish National Party Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 314 Noes - 178
15 Sep 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Kirsty Blackman voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 8 Scottish National Party No votes vs 0 Scottish National Party Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 316 Noes - 172
15 Sep 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Kirsty Blackman voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 8 Scottish National Party Aye votes vs 0 Scottish National Party No votes
Tally: Ayes - 330 Noes - 158
15 Sep 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Kirsty Blackman voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 8 Scottish National Party Aye votes vs 0 Scottish National Party No votes
Tally: Ayes - 326 Noes - 160
15 Sep 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Kirsty Blackman voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 8 Scottish National Party Aye votes vs 0 Scottish National Party No votes
Tally: Ayes - 330 Noes - 161
15 Sep 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Kirsty Blackman voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 8 Scottish National Party Aye votes vs 0 Scottish National Party No votes
Tally: Ayes - 330 Noes - 161
15 Sep 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Kirsty Blackman voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 8 Scottish National Party No votes vs 0 Scottish National Party Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 318 Noes - 170
16 Sep 2025 - Child Poverty Strategy (Removal of Two Child Limit) - View Vote Context
Kirsty Blackman was Teller for the Ayes and against the House
Tally: Ayes - 89 Noes - 79
11 Sep 2025 - Pension Schemes Bill (Eighth sitting) - View Vote Context
Kirsty Blackman voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 1 Scottish National Party Aye votes vs 0 Scottish National Party No votes
Tally: Ayes - 5 Noes - 8
11 Sep 2025 - Pension Schemes Bill (Eighth sitting) - View Vote Context
Kirsty Blackman voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 1 Scottish National Party Aye votes vs 0 Scottish National Party No votes
Tally: Ayes - 3 Noes - 8


Speeches
Kirsty Blackman speeches from: Child Poverty Strategy (Removal of Two Child Limit)
Kirsty Blackman contributed 1 speech (1,694 words)
1st reading
Tuesday 16th September 2025 - Commons Chamber
Kirsty Blackman speeches from: Pension Schemes Bill (Seventh sitting)
Kirsty Blackman contributed 6 speeches (2,421 words)
Committee stage: 7th sitting
Thursday 11th September 2025 - Public Bill Committees
Department for Work and Pensions
Kirsty Blackman speeches from: Pension Schemes Bill (Eighth sitting)
Kirsty Blackman contributed 16 speeches (3,065 words)
Committee stage: 8th sitting
Thursday 11th September 2025 - Public Bill Committees
Department for Work and Pensions


Written Answers
Migrants: Detainees
Asked by: Kirsty Blackman (Scottish National Party - Aberdeen North)
Tuesday 16th September 2025

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she is taking steps to provide community-based alternatives to immigration detention for women.

Answered by Alex Norris - Minister of State (Home Office)

The Department will keep under review the feasibility of alternatives to detention, taking account of effectiveness and cost efficiency, as part of our plans to transform the asylum and returns system.

Refugees: Families
Asked by: Kirsty Blackman (Scottish National Party - Aberdeen North)
Tuesday 16th September 2025

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of suspending refugee family reunion applications on (a) women, (b) children and (c) other vulnerable groups.

Answered by Mike Tapp - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

The suspension of the refugee family reunion route is temporary while the Government undertakes a full review and reform of the current family rules to ensure we have a fair and properly balanced system. In the meantime, those with protection status can use other family routes to sponsor a partner and child to come to the UK. Information relating these changes are published on gov.uk at Statement of changes to the Immigration Rules: HC 1298, 4 September 2025 - GOV.UK.

Asylum: Gender Based Violence
Asked by: Kirsty Blackman (Scottish National Party - Aberdeen North)
Tuesday 16th September 2025

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help reduce the criminalisation of asylum-seeking survivors of violence against women and girls.

Answered by Jess Phillips - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

Asylum-seeking victims of VAWG must be treated as victims, first and foremost. We recognise the challenges asylum-seeking victims of VAWG can face and the VAWG Strategy will include more detail on our approach to criminalisation of victims of VAWG. It is vital that we get this right, and we are committed to publishing the Strategy as soon as possible.

We are committed to delivering an asylum process that is gender sensitive, building on the Government’s wider strategy to tackle violence against women and girls (VAWG).

In addition, the Government provides support to migrant victims of VAWG through the Migrant Victims Domestic Abuse Concession (MVDAC) and works with sector leads on this group to ensure they are part of the broader strategy on VAWG.

Refugees: Women
Asked by: Kirsty Blackman (Scottish National Party - Aberdeen North)
Tuesday 16th September 2025

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of reducing the refugee move-on period to 28 days on levels of risk to women of (a) homelessness and (b) exposure to violence and abuse.

Answered by Jess Phillips - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

From 1 September 2025, the Home Office has taken the decision to pause the 56 day move on period pilot for single adults in receipt of a positive asylum decision, with the exception of individuals who are pregnant, over the age of 65 or have a known/evidence disability, as defined by the 2010 Equality Act. All families and single adults that fall within the exception criteria granted asylum will continue to be given the 56-day pilot move on period until the end of December. We are committed to providing all our partners with appropriate notice of any further changes to the Move On period through our regular engagement forums and in writing.

We closely monitor the impact of all our policies, including the move on period, on the number and occupancy of asylum hotels, the overall costs of the asylum accommodation estate, the wider effect on local communities, and any pressures placed on local authorities and public amenities. We remain committed to working closely with our partners to identify improvements and make efficiencies in supporting newly recognised refugees move on from asylum accommodation. We are committed to keeping our partners informed through regular engagement.

This Government is also delivering a cross-government transformative approach to halve violence against women and girls, underpinned by a new VAWG strategy to be published this year.

Members: Correspondence
Asked by: Kirsty Blackman (Scottish National Party - Aberdeen North)
Tuesday 16th September 2025

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to respond to the correspondence of 14 August 2025 from the hon. Member for Aberdeen North, reference ZA35390, CMS Reference: 121024945817 and 73911701.

Answered by Andrew Western - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)

The Department aims to respond to all ministerial correspondences within 20 working days, but there may be instances where there is additional information needed that may cause delays.

The correspondence in question was sent to DWP Ministerial Correspondence team on 18 August. As it was in relation to a Child Maintenance Service (CMS) operational matter, it was directed to CMS to address. A response will be sent by 16 September 2025.



Bills
Child Poverty Strategy (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill 2024-26
Presented by Kirsty Blackman (Scottish National Party - Aberdeen North)
Private Members' Bill - Ten Minute Bill

A Bill to require the Secretary of State to publish a child poverty strategy which includes proposals for removing the limit on the number of children or qualifying young persons included in the calculation of an award of Universal Credit; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%



Early Day Motions Signed
Thursday 11th September
Kirsty Blackman signed this EDM as a sponsor on Monday 15th September 2025

Conduct of Lord Mandelson (No. 2)

17 signatures (Most recent: 15 Sep 2025)
Tabled by: Brendan O'Hara (Scottish National Party - Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber)
That this House believes that Lord Mandelson has brought Parliament into disrepute; and calls on the Government to take legislative steps to remove his peerage.



Kirsty Blackman mentioned

Live Transcript

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16 Sep 2025, 3:52 p.m. - House of Commons
"that opinion say, "Aye", and of the contrary, "No". Tellers for the Ayes, Kirsty Blackman and Graham Leadbetter, Tellers for the Noes, "
Mr Peter Bedford MP (Mid Leicestershire, Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
16 Sep 2025, 3:36 p.m. - House of Commons
" Kirsty Blackman. "
Ten Minute Rule Motion: Child Poverty Strategy (Removal of Two Child Limit) - View Video - View Transcript


Parliamentary Debates
Child Poverty Strategy (Removal of Two Child Limit)
7 speeches (2,802 words)
1st reading
Tuesday 16th September 2025 - Commons Chamber

Mentions:
1: Peter Bedford (Con - Mid Leicestershire) Member for Aberdeen North (Kirsty Blackman) for introducing the ten-minute rule Bill today. - Link to Speech
2: None Kirsty Blackman accordingly presented the Bill. - Link to Speech

Pension Schemes Bill (Eighth sitting)
104 speeches (20,845 words)
Committee stage: 8th sitting
Thursday 11th September 2025 - Public Bill Committees
Department for Work and Pensions
Mentions:
1: John Milne (LD - Horsham) —(Kirsty Blackman.)This new clause would require the Secretary of State to set out in regulations a timetable - Link to Speech



Bill Documents
Sep. 11 2025
Public Bill Committee Proceedings as at 11 September 2025
Pension Schemes Bill 2024-26
Bill proceedings: Commons

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Kirsty Blackman - Select Committee Information

Select Committee Documents
Tuesday 9th September 2025
Oral Evidence - Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, and Kanishka Narayan MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology

Speaker’s Conference on the security of candidates, MPs and elections - Speaker's Conference (2024) Committee
Wednesday 17th September 2025
Correspondence - Letter, dated 15 September 2025, from Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology to Mr Speaker

Speaker's Conference (2024) Committee
Wednesday 24th September 2025
Written Evidence - Full Fact
SCS0056 - Speaker’s Conference on the security of candidates, MPs and elections

Speaker’s Conference on the security of candidates, MPs and elections - Speaker's Conference (2024) Committee