Information between 14th May 2025 - 3rd June 2025
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14 May 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Lauren Edwards voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 294 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 366 Noes - 98 |
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14 May 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Lauren Edwards voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 291 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 297 Noes - 168 |
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14 May 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Lauren Edwards voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 295 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 304 Noes - 68 |
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14 May 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Lauren Edwards voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 293 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 371 Noes - 98 |
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16 May 2025 - Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill - View Vote Context Lauren Edwards voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 200 Labour No votes vs 129 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 243 Noes - 279 |
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16 May 2025 - Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill - View Vote Context Lauren Edwards voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 206 Labour Aye votes vs 127 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 288 Noes - 239 |
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21 May 2025 - Immigration - View Vote Context Lauren Edwards voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 242 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 83 Noes - 267 |
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21 May 2025 - Business and the Economy - View Vote Context Lauren Edwards voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 246 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 88 Noes - 253 |
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22 May 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Lauren Edwards voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 191 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 195 Noes - 124 |
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Lauren Edwards speeches from: Legal Aid Agency: Cyber-security Incident
Lauren Edwards contributed 1 speech (102 words) Monday 19th May 2025 - Commons Chamber Ministry of Justice |
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Lauren Edwards speeches from: Mental Health Bill [Lords]
Lauren Edwards contributed 1 speech (790 words) 2nd reading2nd Reading Monday 19th May 2025 - Commons Chamber Department of Health and Social Care |
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Apprentices: Taxation
Asked by: Lauren Edwards (Labour - Rochester and Strood) Tuesday 20th May 2025 Question to the Department for Education: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the Growth and Skills Levy effectively reduces skills gaps identified by Skills England. Answered by Janet Daby - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education) I refer the hon. Member for Rochester and Strood to the answer of 28 March 2025 to Question 39389. |
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Apprentices: Taxation
Asked by: Lauren Edwards (Labour - Rochester and Strood) Tuesday 20th May 2025 Question to the Department for Education: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of funding through the growth and skills levy will employers be able to spend on non-apprenticeship training. Answered by Janet Daby - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education) I refer the hon. Member for Rochester and Strood to the answer of 7 April 2025 to Question 40142. |
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Apprentices: Taxation
Asked by: Lauren Edwards (Labour - Rochester and Strood) Tuesday 20th May 2025 Question to the Department for Education: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the time taken to publish guidance on funding rules and criteria for the Growth and Skills Levy on the number of apprenticeship starts in the 2025-26 academic year. Answered by Janet Daby - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education) The apprenticeship funding rules for the 2025/2026 academic year were published on 15 May 2025 on GOV.UK at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/apprenticeship-funding-rules-2025-to-2026. These include guidance for employers and providers on the growth and skills offer, including on foundation and shorter duration apprenticeships. All apprenticeships starting on or after 1 August 2025 will be subject to these rules unless otherwise specified.
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Apprentices: Taxation
Asked by: Lauren Edwards (Labour - Rochester and Strood) Tuesday 20th May 2025 Question to the Department for Education: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to provide guidance to (a) providers and (b) employers on the growth and skills levy. Answered by Janet Daby - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education) The apprenticeship funding rules for the 2025/2026 academic year were published on 15 May 2025 on GOV.UK at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/apprenticeship-funding-rules-2025-to-2026. These include guidance for employers and providers on the growth and skills offer, including on foundation and shorter duration apprenticeships. All apprenticeships starting on or after 1 August 2025 will be subject to these rules unless otherwise specified.
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Government Departments: Information Sharing
Asked by: Lauren Edwards (Labour - Rochester and Strood) Tuesday 20th May 2025 Question to the Cabinet Office: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to share data between Departments on matters that affect trends in the level of the cost of living. Answered by Georgia Gould - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office) The Government has set out a Plan for Change, outlining our ambitious yet achievable milestones, including raising living standards in every part of the United Kingdom to ensure working people have more money in their pockets.
The Government is working to ensure that public sector data is fit for purpose, trusted, ethically managed, and reused for the public good with robust safeguards for privacy, regardless of the individual departmental source.
Cabinet Office ministers are actively working with ministerial colleagues in other departments to encourage data sharing to support the delivery of the Government’s Plan for Change.
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Wednesday 14th May Lauren Edwards signed this EDM as a sponsor on Friday 16th May 2025 Cross-Channel train services for Kent and London 10 signatures (Most recent: 2 Jun 2025)Tabled by: Tristan Osborne (Labour - Chatham and Aylesford) That this House calls on the Government to support the return of cross-Channel train services to the Kent stations of Ashford and Ebbsfleet, which were suspended during the pandemic; and believes that the reinstatement could bring a direct economic benefit of £281 million to Kent, with a larger impact including … |
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Wednesday 7th May Lauren Edwards signed this EDM on Friday 16th May 2025 Mental Health Awareness Week 2025 26 signatures (Most recent: 2 Jun 2025)Tabled by: Sojan Joseph (Labour - Ashford) That this House recognises that Mental Health Awareness Week is between 12 and 19 May 2025; notes that the theme for this year is community; believes that being part of a safe, positive community is vital for our mental health and wellbeing; further believes that people thrive when they have … |
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Mental Health Bill [Lords]
147 speeches (40,481 words) 2nd reading2nd Reading Monday 19th May 2025 - Commons Chamber Department of Health and Social Care Mentions: 1: Kevin McKenna (Lab - Sittingbourne and Sheppey) Friend the Member for Rochester and Strood (Lauren Edwards) talked about, and which is also very active - Link to Speech 2: Luke Evans (Con - Hinckley and Bosworth) Member for Rochester and Strood (Lauren Edwards) talked about the importance of support for learning - Link to Speech |
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Tuesday 20th May 2025
Oral Evidence - Demos, Future Governance Forum, and Re:State Mission Government - Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee Found: meeting Members present: Richard Baker; Markus Campbell-Savours; Charlotte Cane; Sam Carling; Lauren Edwards |
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Jun. 03 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 3 June 2025 Crime and Policing Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Johnson Paula Barker Kirith Entwistle Abtisam Mohamed Debbie Abrahams Cat Eccles Paul Davies Lauren Edwards |
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Jun. 02 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 2 June 2025 Crime and Policing Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Johnson Paula Barker Kirith Entwistle Abtisam Mohamed Debbie Abrahams Cat Eccles Paul Davies Lauren Edwards |
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May. 30 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 30 May 2025 Crime and Policing Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Johnson Paula Barker Kirith Entwistle Abtisam Mohamed Debbie Abrahams Cat Eccles Paul Davies Lauren Edwards |
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May. 23 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 23 May 2025 Crime and Policing Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Johnson Paula Barker Kirith Entwistle Abtisam Mohamed Debbie Abrahams Cat Eccles Paul Davies Lauren Edwards |
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May. 22 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 22 May 2025 Crime and Policing Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Johnson Paula Barker Kirith Entwistle Abtisam Mohamed Debbie Abrahams Cat Eccles Paul Davies Lauren Edwards |
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Tuesday 20th May 2025 9:30 a.m. Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Mission Government At 10:00am: Oral evidence Anna Garrod - Director of Policy and Impact at Demos Nathan Yeowell - Executive Director at Future Governance Forum Joe Hill - Policy Director at Re:State View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Tuesday 10th June 2025 9:30 a.m. Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee - Oral evidence Subject: The work of the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments At 10:00am: Oral evidence The Rt Hon. the Lord Pickles - Former Chair of the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Tuesday 17th June 2025 9:30 a.m. Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |
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3 Jun 2025
Propriety, ethics and the wider standards landscape in the UK Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee (Select) Submit Evidence (by 26 Aug 2025) The Government has a manifesto commitment to “restore confidence in government and ensure ministers are held to the highest standards". Trust in government and the political system more widely is essential to the proper functioning and prosperity of a democratic state. Concerns with ethical standards are not new, however controversy surrounding the propriety of conduct of those in public life was a particularly prominent part of political life during the last parliament. This has raised questions as to whether the current system of ethical standards regulation is sufficient or even fit for purpose. Read the call for evidence for more detail about the inquiry. |
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12 Jun 2025
Ministerial Statements and the Ministerial Code Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee (Select) Submit Evidence (by 11 Jul 2025) This inquiry will consider whether the Ministerial Code adequately sets out what the House should expect of Ministers making the most important announcements of government policy. We will ask whether those requirements are observed with sufficient rigour by Ministers. Additionally, we will consider the appropriate balance in deciding between a written or oral statement. Read the call for evidence for more detail about the inquiry. |