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Division Votes
4 Mar 2026 - Crime and Policing Bill - View Vote Context Lord Harper voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 135 Conservative No votes vs 3 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 213 Noes - 145
4 Mar 2026 - Crime and Policing Bill - View Vote Context Lord Harper voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 105 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 129 Noes - 132
5 Mar 2026 - National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context Lord Harper voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 127 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 193 Noes - 143
5 Mar 2026 - National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context Lord Harper voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 125 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 194 Noes - 140
5 Mar 2026 - National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context Lord Harper voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 130 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 198 Noes - 139
10 Mar 2026 - Victims and Courts Bill - View Vote Context Lord Harper voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 128 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 189 Noes - 157
10 Mar 2026 - Victims and Courts Bill - View Vote Context Lord Harper voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 160 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 252 Noes - 171
10 Mar 2026 - Victims and Courts Bill - View Vote Context Lord Harper voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 165 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 257 Noes - 174
10 Mar 2026 - Victims and Courts Bill - View Vote Context Lord Harper voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 172 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 273 Noes - 180
10 Mar 2026 - Victims and Courts Bill - View Vote Context Lord Harper voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 148 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 216 Noes - 170
9 Mar 2026 - Crime and Policing Bill - View Vote Context Lord Harper voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 162 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 200 Noes - 162
9 Mar 2026 - Crime and Policing Bill - View Vote Context Lord Harper voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 66 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 68 Noes - 183
9 Mar 2026 - Crime and Policing Bill - View Vote Context Lord Harper voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 69 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 76 Noes - 185
9 Mar 2026 - Crime and Policing Bill - View Vote Context Lord Harper voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 70 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 82 Noes - 151
11 Mar 2026 - Crime and Policing Bill - View Vote Context Lord Harper voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 41 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 44 Noes - 153
11 Mar 2026 - Crime and Policing Bill - View Vote Context Lord Harper voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 149 Conservative Aye votes vs 1 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 163 Noes - 153
11 Mar 2026 - Crime and Policing Bill - View Vote Context Lord Harper voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 178 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 227 Noes - 221
11 Mar 2026 - Crime and Policing Bill - View Vote Context Lord Harper voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 181 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 215 Noes - 180

Speeches
Lord Harper speeches from: Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Lord Harper contributed 9 speeches (2,646 words) Committee stage Friday 13th March 2026 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Justice
Lord Harper speeches from: UK Space Economy Lord Harper contributed 1 speech (76 words) Wednesday 11th March 2026 - Lords Chamber Department for Business and Trade
Lord Harper speeches from: Iran and the Middle East Lord Harper contributed 1 speech (54 words) Monday 9th March 2026 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Defence
Lord Harper speeches from: Access to Work Fund Lord Harper contributed 1 speech (130 words) Thursday 5th March 2026 - Lords Chamber Department for Work and Pensions

Written Answers
Women: Public Places Asked by: Lord Harper (Conservative - Life peer) Thursday 5th March 2026 Question To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Collins of Highbury on 2 February (HL Deb col 1299), what is the evidential basis that all public services they deliver are in full compliance with the law, as set out in the ruling of the Supreme Court in For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers [2025] UKSC 16. Answered by Lord Collins of Highbury - Lord in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip) As clarified by Lord Collins during the debate on 2 February, the Government is absolutely committed to fully implementing the For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers [2025] Supreme Court ruling. Where necessary, government departments are carefully reviewing the ruling’s potential implications in full to ensure that their policies and guidance are legally compliant. It is important that departments take the time to get this right and seek specialist legal advice where necessary. The Equality and Human Rights Commission - as the independent regulator - has submitted a draft Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions and Associations to Ministers, and we are working as quickly as we can to review it with the care it deserves. This will provide further guidance to duty bearers on how they should comply with the Equality Act 2010 following the ruling.

Written Answers

Women: Public Places
Asked by: Lord Harper (Conservative - Life peer)
Thursday 5th March 2026

Question

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Collins of Highbury on 2 February (HL Deb col 1299), what is the evidential basis that all public services they deliver are in full compliance with the law, as set out in the ruling of the Supreme Court in For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers [2025] UKSC 16.

Answered by Lord Collins of Highbury - Lord in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

As clarified by Lord Collins during the debate on 2 February, the Government is absolutely committed to fully implementing the For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers [2025] Supreme Court ruling.

Where necessary, government departments are carefully reviewing the ruling’s potential implications in full to ensure that their policies and guidance are legally compliant. It is important that departments take the time to get this right and seek specialist legal advice where necessary.

The Equality and Human Rights Commission - as the independent regulator - has submitted a draft Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions and Associations to Ministers, and we are working as quickly as we can to review it with the care it deserves. This will provide further guidance to duty bearers on how they should comply with the Equality Act 2010 following the ruling.

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Live Transcript
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9 Mar 2026, 3:27 p.m. - House of Lords " Could I could I probe the noble Lady a little further on the answer she just gave to my noble friend, Lord Harper? Initially, the UK denied the use of our bases for offensive strikes on Iran, and then " Lord Callanan (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
13 Mar 2026, 12:31 p.m. - House of Lords "the noble Lord, Lord Harper. My " The Earl of Effingham (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
13 Mar 2026, 2:22 p.m. - House of Lords "new poll by Whitestone Insights, to which my little friend Lord Harper " Lord Shinkwin (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
13 Mar 2026, 1:05 p.m. - House of Lords "Lord Lord Harper question, what's my view in relation to it? My view " Lord Falconer of Thoroton (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
13 Mar 2026, 3:14 p.m. - House of Lords "doctors and hospitals, but Lord Harper referred to those people who " Lord Evans of Rainow (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
13 Mar 2026, 3:26 p.m. - House of Lords "and forgotten. As my noble friend Lord Harper has already pointed out, " Baroness Monckton of Dallington Forest (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
13 Mar 2026, 10:15 a.m. - House of Lords "of the noble Lord, Lord Harper. This. They would require that a person must apply to the Commissioner for referral to a " Baroness Levitt, The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript

Parliamentary Debates
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill 195 speeches (43,033 words) Committee stage Friday 13th March 2026 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Justice Mentions: 1: None Amendments 495D and 496D, in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Harper, would require that a person must - Link to Speech 2: Lord Falconer of Thoroton (Lab - Life peer) assisted death to those who want it.As to the second part of the question asked by the noble Lord, Lord Harper - Link to Speech 3: Lord Shinkwin (Con - Life peer) This is consistent with two findings of a new poll by Whitestone Insight, to which my noble friend Lord Harper - Link to Speech 4: Lord Evans of Rainow (Con - Life peer) On a previous day in our debates, the noble Lord, Lord Harper, made a powerful point: it is okay if you - Link to Speech 5: Baroness Monckton of Dallington Forest (Con - Life peer) As my noble friend Lord Harper has already pointed out, during Covid, people with learning disabilities - Link to Speech
Iran and the Middle East 39 speeches (2,250 words) Monday 9th March 2026 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Defence Mentions: 1: Lord Callanan (Con - Life peer) My Lords, can I probe the noble Baroness a little further on her answer to my noble friend Lord Harper - Link to Speech

Parliamentary Debates

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
195 speeches (43,033 words)
Committee stage
Friday 13th March 2026 - Lords Chamber
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: None Amendments 495D and 496D, in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Harper, would require that a person must - Link to Speech
2: Lord Falconer of Thoroton (Lab - Life peer) assisted death to those who want it.As to the second part of the question asked by the noble Lord, Lord Harper - Link to Speech
3: Lord Shinkwin (Con - Life peer) This is consistent with two findings of a new poll by Whitestone Insight, to which my noble friend Lord Harper - Link to Speech
4: Lord Evans of Rainow (Con - Life peer) On a previous day in our debates, the noble Lord, Lord Harper, made a powerful point: it is okay if you - Link to Speech
5: Baroness Monckton of Dallington Forest (Con - Life peer) As my noble friend Lord Harper has already pointed out, during Covid, people with learning disabilities - Link to Speech

Iran and the Middle East
39 speeches (2,250 words)
Monday 9th March 2026 - Lords Chamber
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Lord Callanan (Con - Life peer) My Lords, can I probe the noble Baroness a little further on her answer to my noble friend Lord Harper - Link to Speech