Information between 4th July 2026 - 12th October 2026
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15 Jul 2026 - Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) - View Vote Context Matt Western voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 313 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 330 Noes - 109 |
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15 Jul 2026 - Trade Unions - View Vote Context Matt Western voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 313 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 330 Noes - 109 |
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13 Jul 2026 - Immigration and Asylum Bill - View Vote Context Matt Western voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 282 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 97 Noes - 358 |
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13 Jul 2026 - Immigration and Asylum Bill - View Vote Context Matt Western voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 263 Labour Aye votes vs 14 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 264 Noes - 90 |
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14 Jul 2026 - Public Office (Accountability) Bill - View Vote Context Matt Western voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 328 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 102 Noes - 409 |
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14 Jul 2026 - Public Office (Accountability) Bill - View Vote Context Matt Western voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 321 Labour No votes vs 7 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 93 Noes - 323 |
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14 Jul 2026 - Public Office (Accountability) Bill - View Vote Context Matt Western voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 329 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 104 Noes - 412 |
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2 Sep 2026 - Representation of the People Bill - View Vote Context Matt Western voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 322 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 411 Noes - 102 |
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2 Sep 2026 - Representation of the People Bill - View Vote Context Matt Western voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 323 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 85 Noes - 427 |
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2 Sep 2026 - Representation of the People Bill - View Vote Context Matt Western voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 318 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 105 Noes - 410 |
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2 Sep 2026 - Representation of the People Bill - View Vote Context Matt Western voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 323 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 166 Noes - 346 |
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Matt Western speeches from: Global Biodiversity and Ecosystems: National Security
Matt Western contributed 1 speech (265 words) Thursday 3rd September 2026 - Westminster Hall Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
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Matt Western speeches from: Waste Management Sites
Matt Western contributed 1 speech (82 words) Wednesday 15th July 2026 - Westminster Hall Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
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Matt Western speeches from: Israeli Settlements: Trade Ban
Matt Western contributed 4 speeches (71 words) Thursday 9th July 2026 - Commons Chamber Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade |
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Medical Laboratory Scientific Officers
Asked by: Matt Western (Labour - Warwick and Leamington) Wednesday 2nd September 2026 Question to the Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of (a) reclassifying biomedical scientists as healthcare professionals, and (b) including them within the healthcare occupations paid under the NHS Agenda for Change pay rates, to support NHS workforce needs. Answered by Jo White - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office) In their 18 December 2025 review of the Skilled Worker salary requirements the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) considered the requirements for biomedical scientists. The Government is carefully considering the recommendations in the MAC’s salary review. |
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Monday 7th September 2026 2:30 p.m. Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Oral questions - Main Chamber Subject: Housing, Communities and Local Government (including Topical Questions) Matt Western: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Josh Newbury: What steps her Department is taking to ensure that the planning system provides green spaces for communities. Mark Pritchard: What information her Department holds on the percentage of Green Belt land that is classified as grey belt in Shropshire. Olly Glover: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Bradley Thomas: What steps she is taking to ensure that her Department has effective strategies for prioritising housing densification in urban areas. Olivia Bailey: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Callum Anderson: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Lewis Cocking: What steps she is taking to help reduce the prevalence of private estate management arrangements on new housing estates. Ben Maguire: What steps her Department is taking to ensure that adequate infrastructure is provided for new housing developments. Imran Hussain: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Chris Ward: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Julie Minns: What steps her Department is taking to encourage greater participation by young people in democratic processes. Sonia Kumar: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Alex Baker: What steps her Department is taking to encourage greater participation by young people in democratic processes. Liz Jarvis: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Monica Harding: What assessment she has made of the potential impact of planning policy on Green Belt land in Esher and Walton constituency. Ben Obese-Jecty: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Navendu Mishra: What steps she is taking to help increase levels of housing stock in Stockport constituency. Janet Daby: What steps her Department plans to take through local government changes to further devolve funding decisions to regions. Chris Vince: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Fleur Anderson: ?What steps she is taking to support high streets in Putney. Jayne Kirkham: What support her Department is providing to councils to help them use their Housing Revenue Account to build council houses. Martin Wrigley: For what reason the local government reorganisation model in Devon was selected. Meg Hillier: What assessment she has made of the potential impact of Housing Revenue Account debt on the ability of local authorities to maintain and increase council housing stock. Steve Yemm: What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help tackle rough sleeping. Abena Oppong-Asare: What progress her Department has made on tackling rough sleeping and homelessness in Erith and Thamesmead constituency. Patrick Hurley: What progress her Department has made on tackling rough sleeping and homelessness in Southport. Sally Jameson: What steps she is taking to tackle youth homelessness. Saqib Bhatti: How her Department defines a walking distance to a train station. Adam Thompson: What steps she is taking to support high streets in Erewash. Alex Brewer: What steps she is taking to support high streets. Tracy Gilbert: Whether she has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on increasing skills in the net zero sector through the Local Growth Fund. Chris Vince: What progress her Department has made on tackling rough sleeping and homelessness in Harlow. Olivia Bailey: What steps she is taking to help ensure that rural communities have access to affordable housing. Daniel Zeichner: What recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the Oxford-Cambridge Growth Corridor. View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Representation of the People Bill
189 speeches (73,727 words) Report stage Wednesday 2nd September 2026 - Commons Chamber Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Mentions: 1: Phil Brickell (Lab - Bolton West) Friend the Member for Warwick and Leamington (Matt Western) on foreign source donations and loans; and - Link to Speech |
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Waste Management Sites
48 speeches (13,901 words) Wednesday 15th July 2026 - Westminster Hall Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Mentions: 1: Sarah Gibson (LD - Chippenham) Member for Warwick and Leamington (Matt Western). - Link to Speech 2: Emma Hardy (Lab - Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice) Member for Warwick and Leamington (Matt Western). - Link to Speech |
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Israeli Settlements: Trade Ban
154 speeches (22,229 words) Thursday 9th July 2026 - Commons Chamber Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Mentions: 1: Chris Bryant (Lab - Rhondda and Ogmore) Friend the Member for Warwick and Leamington (Matt Western) because he is very keen, but he will have - Link to Speech |
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Representation of the People Bill: HL Bill 47 of 2026–27 - LLN-2026-0050
Sep. 10 2026 Found: took place on new clauses proposed by Emily Darlington, Labour MP for Milton Keynes Central, and Matt Western |
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What is a 'whole of society' approach to defence and security? - CBP-11082
Sep. 02 2026 Found: was “confident” that it would meet this spending target in 2027. 8 The chair of the committee, Matt Western |
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Monday 13th July 2026 4 p.m. National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) - Oral evidence Subject: Deterrence in an age of Russian aggression At 4:20pm: Oral evidence Lieutenant General (Retired) Ben Hodges - Former Commanding General of US Army Europe Tom McKane - Former Director General for Strategy and Security Policy, Ministry of Defence and Distinguished Fellow at Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) Jen Easterly - Former Director of the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and Visiting Fellow at Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford At 5:00pm: Oral evidence Rachel Ellehuus - Former US Secretary of Defense Representative in Europe, NATO and Director-General at Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) Sir Adam Thomson - Former UK Permanent Representative to NATO and Senior Associate Fellow at European Leadership Network (ELN) Armida Van Rij - Senior Non-resident Fellow, Chicago Council on Global Affairs and Senior Research Fellow at Centre for European Reform (CER) View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Monday 7th September 2026 4 p.m. National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) - Oral evidence Subject: AI and quantum computing in the national security context At 4:30pm: Oral evidence George Balston - Strategy Advisor at The Alan Turing Institute Kenneth Payne - Professor of Strategy at King's College London Dr Michael Cuthbert - Director at National Quantum Computing Centre View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Monday 12th October 2026 4 p.m. National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Monday 19th October 2026 4 p.m. National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) - Oral evidence Subject: Space resilience At 4:30pm: Oral evidence Dr Julia Balm - Co-Director at Freeman Air and Space Institute (School of Security Studies, King’s College London) Jessie Hamill-Stewart - Program Manager, Cyber Security and Space Domain Awareness at National Composites Centre Will Marshall - Co-Founder and CEO at Planet At 5:15pm: Oral evidence Robert Atchison - Managing Director at ClearSpace UK Stephanie Ayres - Head of Policy at UKspace Elizabeth Seward - CEO at Supersharp View calendar - Add to calendar |
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15 Jul 2026
Space resilience National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) (Select) Not accepting submissions No description available |
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Thursday 10th September 2026 9:10 a.m. 2nd Meeting, 2026 (Session 7) The committee will meet at 9:10am at Committee Room 3 and will be broadcast on www.scottishparliament.tv. 1. Declaration of interests: Steven Bonnar MSP will be invited to declare any relevant interests. 2. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 5 in private. 3. Cross-Party Group: The Committee will consider an application for recognition from the proposed Cross-Party Group on Science and Technology, and take evidence from—Clare Adamson MSP, Proposed Convener of the CPG on Science and Technology. 4. Cross-Party Group - approval: The Committee will decide whether to accord recognition to the proposed Cross-Party Group on Science and Technology. 5. Work programme: The Committee will review its work programme. For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee via email at [email protected] View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Thursday 10th September 2026 9:15 a.m. 2nd Meeting, 2026 (Session 7) The committee will meet at 9:15am at Committee Room 3 and will be broadcast on www.scottishparliament.tv. 1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 4 in private. 2. Cross-Party Group: The Committee will consider an application for recognition from the proposed Cross-Party Group on Science and Technology, and take evidence from—Clare Adamson MSP, Proposed Convener of the CPG on Science and Technology. 3. Cross-Party Group - approval: The Committee will decide whether to accord recognition to the proposed Cross-Party Group on Science and Technology. 4. Work programme: The Committee will review its work programme. For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee via email at [email protected] View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Thursday 24th September 2026 9 a.m. 3rd Meeting, 2026 (Session 7) The committee will meet at 9:00am at Committee Room 3 and will be broadcast on www.scottishparliament.tv. 1. Decisions on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take items 2, 3 and 4 in private. 2. Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland: The Committee will consider a report from the Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland. 3. Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland: The Committee will consider a request for a direction from the Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland. 4. Work programme: The Committee will consider its work programme. For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee via email at [email protected] View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Thursday 1st October 2026 9:15 a.m. 4th Meeting, 2026 (Session 7) The committee will meet at 9:15am at Committee Room 3 and will be broadcast on www.scottishparliament.tv. 1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 7 in private. 2. Subordinate Legislation: The Committee will take evidence on — The Representation of the People (Postal Voting for Local Government Elections) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2026 [draft]The Scottish Local Government Elections (Election Agents, Expenses and Publication of Information) Amendment Order 2026 [draft] from— Jamie Hepburn, Minister for Parliamentary Business and Veterans and Iain Hockenhull, Head of Elections, Scottish Government. Lorraine Walkinshaw, Lawyer, Scottish Government Legal Directorate. 3. Subordinate Legislation: Jamie Hepburn, Minister for Parliamentary Business and Veterans to move— S7M-01085—That the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee recommends that the The Representation of the People (Postal Voting for Local Government Elections) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2026 [draft] be approved.S7M-01086—That the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee recommends that the The Scottish Local Government Elections (Election Agents, Expenses and Publication of Information) Amendment Order 2026 [draft] be approved. 4. Subordinate Legislation: The Committee will consider— The Representation of the People (Absent Voting at Local Government Elections) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2026 (SSI 2026/251)The Scottish Local Government Elections Amendment Order 2026 (SSI 2026/254) 5. Scottish Local Government Elections (Candidacy Rights of Commonwealth Citizens) Bill – Stage 1 evidence: The Committee will take evidence from— Robert Nicol, President, Scottish Assessors Association. Chris Highcock, Secretary to the Board and Depute Returning Officer for the City of Edinburgh, Electoral Management Board for Scotland. 6. Representation of the People Bill (UK Parliament Legislation) – evidence: The Committee will take evidence on legislative consent memorandums LCM-S6-74, LCM-S7-7, LCM-S7-7a and LCM-S7-7b from— Robert Nicol, Electoral Registration Officer and Chris Highcock, Secretary to the Board and Depute Returning Officer for the City of Edinburgh, Electoral Management Board for Scotland. Professor Toby James, Professor of Politics and Public Policy, University of East Anglia UK. 7. Review of evidence: The Committee will review the evidence it heard under agenda items 5 and 6. For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee on [email protected] View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Thursday 8th October 2026 9:15 a.m. 5th Meeting, 2026 (Session 7) The committee will meet at 9:15am at Committee Room 3 and will be broadcast on www.scottishparliament.tv. 1. Decisions on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take items 6, 7 and 8 in private. 2. Cross-Party Group: The Committee will consider an application for recognition from the proposed Cross-Party Group on Ireland, and take evidence from— Patricia Gibson, Proposed Convener of Cross-Party Group on Ireland, Scottish Parliament. 3. Cross-Party Group - approval: The Committee will decide whether to accord recognition to the proposed Cross-Party Group on Ireland. 4. Scottish Local Government Elections (Candidacy Rights of Commonwealth Citizens) Bill – Stage 1 evidence: The Committee will take evidence from— Professor Toby James, Professor of Politics and Public Policy, University of East Anglia UK; Professor Alistair Clark, Professor of Political Science, Newcastle University; Andy Hunter, Chair of the Scotland and Northern Ireland Branch, Association of Electoral Administrators; and then from— Jamie Hepburn, Minister for Parliamentary Business and Veterans, Iain Hockenhull, Head of Elections, and Angus Reid-Bryan, Elections Team, Scottish Government. Lorraine Walkinshaw, Lawyer, Scottish Government Legal Directorate. 5. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the Representation of the People (Absent Voting at Local Government Elections) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2026 [SSI 2026/263] 6. Review of evidence: The Committee will consider the evidence it heard under agenda item 4. 7. Temporary Standing Order Rule Changes: The Committee will consider its approach to scrutiny of the Presiding Officer's temporary changes to Standing Orders. 8. Complaint: The Committee will continue its consideration of a report from the Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland. For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee on email at [email protected]. View calendar - Add to calendar |