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Information between 9th September 2026 - 19th October 2026

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Division Votes
15 Sep 2026 - Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Lord Harper voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 96 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 258 Noes - 109
14 Oct 2026 - ACAS Code of Practice on Time Off for Trade Union Duties and Activities - View Vote Context Lord Harper voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 52 Conservative Aye votes vs 1 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 56 Noes - 82

Speeches
Lord Harper speeches from: G20 Summit 2027: Objectives Lord Harper contributed 1 speech (105 words) Thursday 17th September 2026 - Lords Chamber Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Lord Harper speeches from: Railways Bill Lord Harper contributed 7 speeches (3,920 words) Committee stage Wednesday 16th September 2026 - Grand Committee Department for Transport
Lord Harper speeches from: Hospitality Industry: VAT Lord Harper contributed 2 speeches (115 words) Monday 14th September 2026 - Lords Chamber HM Treasury
Lord Harper speeches from: Railways Bill Lord Harper contributed 8 speeches (3,174 words) Committee stage Thursday 10th September 2026 - Grand Committee Department for Transport

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Lord Harper mentioned

Live Transcript
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10 Sep 2026, 1:20 p.m. - Lords Grand Committee "The noble Lord Harper talked to amendments 35 and 36 " Speaker 4 - View Video - View Transcript
10 Sep 2026, 1:36 p.m. - Lords Grand Committee "As my noble friend Lord Harper asks, why is that ministerial veto " Speaker 10 - View Video - View Transcript
10 Sep 2026, 3:22 p.m. - Lords Grand Committee "and the noble Lord Harper on the dangers of two greater specificity specificity " Speaker 11 - View Video - View Transcript
10 Sep 2026, 2:22 p.m. - Lords Grand Committee "and the contribution from Lord Harper. " Speaker 5 - View Video - View Transcript
10 Sep 2026, 2:37 p.m. - Lords Grand Committee "emergencies, as the noble Lord Harper says, the government has a lot of priorities to deliver across health care, " Speaker 7 - View Video - View Transcript
10 Sep 2026, 2:26 p.m. - Lords Grand Committee "And here, perhaps I could address the comments made by my noble friend Lord Harper, " Speaker 6 - View Video - View Transcript
10 Sep 2026, 2:28 p.m. - Lords Grand Committee "noble friend, Lord Harper, that ministers have to be accountable for public expenditure, and they have to make " Speaker 6 - View Video - View Transcript
10 Sep 2026, 2:51 p.m. - Lords Grand Committee "need to be specified. I think my my noble friend Lord Harper, on a debate on an earlier day, " Speaker 1 - View Video - View Transcript
16 Sep 2026, 4:53 p.m. - Lords Grand Committee "Steel. And I can tell the noble Lord Harper that in recent months, Network Rail has worked " Speaker 6 - View Video - View Transcript
16 Sep 2026, 5:44 p.m. - Lords Grand Committee "Of course, as Lord Harper and my noble friend Lord Liddle referred to, " Speaker 4 - View Video - View Transcript
16 Sep 2026, 5:49 p.m. - Lords Grand Committee "As Lord Harper rightly said, sometimes there are trade offs around the cost of electrification. " Speaker 8 - View Video - View Transcript
16 Sep 2026, 5:48 p.m. - Lords Grand Committee "much of what Lord Liddle and Lord Harper said about actually writing too many duties into " Speaker 8 - View Video - View Transcript
16 Sep 2026, 6:05 p.m. - Lords Grand Committee "And it goes back to what the noble Lord, Lord Harper was saying. " Speaker 9 - View Video - View Transcript
16 Sep 2026, 6:58 p.m. - Lords Grand Committee "Lord Harper has spoken, because there's no need for me to repeat what he has said. But there are others that haven't been " Speaker 8 - View Video - View Transcript
16 Sep 2026, 8:26 p.m. - Lords Grand Committee "my noble friend Lord Lansley, to which the noble Lord, Lord Harper, spoke. " Speaker 7 - View Video - View Transcript
16 Sep 2026, 8:47 p.m. - Lords Grand Committee "and my noble friends, Lord Grayling, Lord Harper and Lord Moylan. " Speaker 9 - View Video - View Transcript
16 Sep 2026, 8:44 p.m. - Lords Grand Committee "In passing to the noble Lord Harper that he. " Speaker 14 - View Video - View Transcript
14 Sep 2026, 3:52 p.m. - House of Lords " I have the deepest respect for >> I have the deepest respect for my noble friend Lord Harper, but three former Secretary of State for " Lord Young of Cookham (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
12 Oct 2026, 7:08 p.m. - Lords Grand Committee "collaboration, I also agree with the noble Lord Harper that there are benefits for everyone in " Speaker 2 - View Video - View Transcript
12 Oct 2026, 5:09 p.m. - Lords Grand Committee "the noble Lord Harper might prefer to forget that one of the issues in that was that the owning groups were not " Speaker 7 - View Video - View Transcript
12 Oct 2026, 5:07 p.m. - Lords Grand Committee "name of the noble Lord Harper, the government passed the Employment Rights Act, " Speaker 7 - View Video - View Transcript
12 Oct 2026, 7:49 p.m. - Lords Grand Committee "Railway. The noble Lord Harper has just referred to the forest of Dean railway and these are all, of course, " Speaker 18 - View Video - View Transcript
12 Oct 2026, 4:06 p.m. - Lords Grand Committee "And I know that issue, and I'm sure Lord Harper knows that issue as well, because we became Secretary of state, basically " Speaker 4 - View Video - View Transcript
12 Oct 2026, 3:47 p.m. - Lords Grand Committee "friend, Lord Harper, when he was Secretary of State for transport. So there is a commonality of view in " Speaker 2 - View Video - View Transcript
12 Oct 2026, 4:39 p.m. - Lords Grand Committee "316 in the name of my noble friend Lord Harper, to which I have added my name, addresses a " Speaker 2 - View Video - View Transcript
12 Oct 2026, 4:40 p.m. - Lords Grand Committee "seven in the name of my noble friend Lord Harper is, I think, a very important " Speaker 2 - View Video - View Transcript
12 Oct 2026, 4:55 p.m. - Lords Grand Committee "If it is to manage industrial relations sensibly and avoid what my noble friend Lord Harper " Speaker 4 - View Video - View Transcript
12 Oct 2026, 4:52 p.m. - Lords Grand Committee "noble friend Lord Harper said in connection with amendments 316, which specifically " Speaker 4 - View Video - View Transcript
12 Oct 2026, 5 p.m. - Lords Grand Committee "My Lords, Lord Moylan and Lord Harper have " Speaker 6 - View Video - View Transcript
12 Oct 2026, 5:04 p.m. - Lords Grand Committee "It's how you do it that matters. And the noble Lord Harper is " Speaker 7 - View Video - View Transcript

Parliamentary Debates
Railways Bill 99 speeches (27,226 words) Committee stage Wednesday 16th September 2026 - Grand Committee Department for Transport Mentions: 1: None I can tell the noble Lord, Lord Harper, that, in recent months, Network Rail has worked extraordinarily - Link to Speech 2: Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (Green - Life peer) I am probably going to compete with the noble Lords, Lord Moylan and Lord Harper, in the length of my - Link to Speech 3: Lord Berkeley (Lab - Life peer) As the noble Lord, Lord Harper, and my noble friend Lord Liddle referred to, there is always a risk that - Link to Speech 4: Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (Green - Life peer) This goes back to what the noble Lord, Lord Harper, was saying. - Link to Speech 5: Lord Moylan (Con - Life peer) They are not those to which my noble friend Lord Harper has spoken, because there is no need for me to - Link to Speech
Air Traffic Control Disruption 15 speeches (1,476 words) Monday 14th September 2026 - Lords Chamber Department for Transport Mentions: 1: Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill (Lab - Life peer) the Bill in Committee and on Report, I took great succour from the statements of the noble Lord, Lord Harper - Link to Speech 2: Lord Young of Cookham (Con - Life peer) My Lords, I have the deepest respect for my noble friend Lord Harper, but three former Secretaries of - Link to Speech
Railways Bill 133 speeches (28,833 words) Committee stage Thursday 10th September 2026 - Grand Committee Department for Transport Mentions: 1: None The noble Lord, Lord Harper, spoke to Amendments 35 and 36 on fares, so I confirm that it is not the - Link to Speech 2: Lord Reay (Con - Life peer) As my noble friend Lord Harper asks, why is that ministerial veto necessary? - Link to Speech 3: Baroness Pidgeon (LD - Life peer) That is welcome, as was the contribution from the noble Lord, Lord Harper. - Link to Speech 4: Lord Moylan (Con - Life peer) Here, perhaps, I contest the comments made by my noble friend Lord Harper and will say something about - Link to Speech 5: Lord Bradshaw (LD - Life peer) I start by saying how much I disagree with the remarks of the noble Lord, Lord Harper. - Link to Speech

Bill Documents
Sep. 15 2026 Letter from Lord Hendy to Lord Moylan, Lord Harper and Lord Lansley regarding Great British Railway’s corporate structure, particularly regarding joint ventures and property development. Railways Bill 2024-26 Will write letters Found: Letter from Lord Hendy to Lord Moylan, Lord Harper and Lord Lansley regarding Great British Railway’s

Deposited Papers

Monday 21st September 2026 Department for Transport Source Page: Letter dated 15/09/2026 from Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill to Lord Moylan, Lord Harper and Lord Lansley regarding points raised during the Railways Bill Grand Committee stage (first day): Great British Railway’s corporate structure, particularly regarding joint ventures and property development. 2p. Document: Lord_Hendy_Letter_on_Subsidiaries_for_the_library.docx (webpage) Found: Letter dated 15/09/2026 from Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill to Lord Moylan, Lord Harper and Lord Lansley