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Information between 6th September 2025 - 16th October 2025

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Thursday 11th September 2025
Neil O'Brien (Conservative - Harborough, Oadby and Wigston)

Urgent question - Main Chamber
Subject: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs if she will make a statement on the process for the appointment of the United Kingdom’s Ambassador to the United States
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Thursday 16th October 2025
Neil O'Brien (Conservative - Harborough, Oadby and Wigston)

Urgent question - Main Chamber
Subject: To ask the Prime Minister if he will make a statement on the three witness statements in relation to alleged breach of Official Secrets Act on behalf of China
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Division Votes
15 Sep 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Neil O'Brien voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 81 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 327 Noes - 164
15 Sep 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Neil O'Brien voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 83 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 314 Noes - 178
15 Sep 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Neil O'Brien voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 82 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 318 Noes - 170
15 Sep 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Neil O'Brien voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 81 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 332 Noes - 160
15 Sep 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Neil O'Brien voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 82 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 328 Noes - 160
15 Sep 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Neil O'Brien voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 85 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 329 Noes - 163
15 Sep 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Neil O'Brien voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 85 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 326 Noes - 160
15 Sep 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Neil O'Brien voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 82 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 316 Noes - 172
15 Sep 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Neil O'Brien voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 85 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 330 Noes - 158
15 Sep 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Neil O'Brien voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 83 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 316 Noes - 161
15 Sep 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Neil O'Brien voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 82 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 330 Noes - 161
15 Sep 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Neil O'Brien voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 83 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 330 Noes - 161
16 Sep 2025 - Child Poverty Strategy (Removal of Two Child Limit) - View Vote Context
Neil O'Brien voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 75 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 89 Noes - 79
10 Sep 2025 - Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context
Neil O'Brien voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 85 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 92 Noes - 364
10 Sep 2025 - Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context
Neil O'Brien voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 87 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 158 Noes - 297
10 Sep 2025 - Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context
Neil O'Brien voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 86 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 153 Noes - 300
10 Sep 2025 - Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context
Neil O'Brien voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 85 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 362 Noes - 87
9 Sep 2025 - Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill - View Vote Context
Neil O'Brien voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 104 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 330 Noes - 179
9 Sep 2025 - Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill - View Vote Context
Neil O'Brien voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 102 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 116 Noes - 333
8 Sep 2025 - Renters’ Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Neil O'Brien voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 91 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 325 Noes - 171
8 Sep 2025 - Renters’ Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Neil O'Brien voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 90 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 401 Noes - 96
8 Sep 2025 - Renters’ Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Neil O'Brien voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 89 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 404 Noes - 98
8 Sep 2025 - Renters’ Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Neil O'Brien voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 89 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 336 Noes - 158
8 Sep 2025 - Renters’ Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Neil O'Brien voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 91 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 335 Noes - 160
8 Sep 2025 - Renters’ Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Neil O'Brien voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 91 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 402 Noes - 97
8 Sep 2025 - Renters’ Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Neil O'Brien voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 87 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 398 Noes - 93
14 Oct 2025 - Mental Health Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context
Neil O'Brien voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 90 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 164 Noes - 333
14 Oct 2025 - Mental Health Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context
Neil O'Brien voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 91 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 163 Noes - 339
15 Oct 2025 - Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill - View Vote Context
Neil O'Brien voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 86 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 160 Noes - 324
15 Oct 2025 - Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill - View Vote Context
Neil O'Brien voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 86 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 151 Noes - 319


Speeches
Neil O'Brien speeches from: Security Update: Official Secrets Act Case
Neil O'Brien contributed 2 speeches (197 words)
Monday 13th October 2025 - Commons Chamber
Cabinet Office
Neil O'Brien speeches from: Official Secrets Act
Neil O'Brien contributed 1 speech (160 words)
Monday 15th September 2025 - Commons Chamber
Cabinet Office
Neil O'Brien speeches from: UK Ambassador to the US: Appointment Process
Neil O'Brien contributed 3 speeches (599 words)
Thursday 11th September 2025 - Commons Chamber
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office


Written Answers
Civil Society: Employers' Contributions
Asked by: Neil O'Brien (Conservative - Harborough, Oadby and Wigston)
Monday 15th September 2025

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of the potential impact of the increase in employer National Insurance contributions on receipts to the Exchequer from the charity and voluntary sector.

Answered by Dan Tomlinson - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury)

The Government recognises the important role charities play in our society and has made it a priority to reset the relationship with civil society by developing a Civil Society Covenant.

A Tax Information and Impact Note (TIIN) was published alongside the introduction of the Bill containing the changes to employer National Insurance contributions. The TIIN sets out the impact of the policy on the exchequer, the economic impacts of the policy, and the impacts on individuals, businesses, civil society organisations, as well as an overview of the equality impacts.

The Office for Budget Responsibility also published the Economic and Fiscal Outlook (EFO), which sets out a detailed forecast of the economy and public finances.

Midland Main Line: Electrification
Asked by: Neil O'Brien (Conservative - Harborough, Oadby and Wigston)
Monday 8th September 2025

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, further to the Answer of 1 September 2025 to Question 69372 on Midland Main Line: Electrification, what is her Department's estimate of the cost of completing electrification of the Midland Main Line to Nottingham and Sheffield.

Answered by Simon Lightwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The Department’s most recent estimate to electrify the Midland Main Line to Nottingham and Sheffield was c. £1.5 billion, however, before the decision to pause the programme was confirmed, work was being undertaken by Network Rail to update their cost estimate.

Since July, Network Rail have been making plans for their current activities in a way that enables work to be subsequently utilised. The design work that will be completed will enable a more robust and up to date cost estimate to be produced, as and when funding becomes available to complete electrification of the route.

General Practitioners: Integrated Care Boards
Asked by: Neil O'Brien (Conservative - Harborough, Oadby and Wigston)
Monday 6th October 2025

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) general practices and (b) GP premises there were in each integrated care board area in each month since June 2024.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

NHS England has provided a table showing the number of general practices (GPs) by integrated care board (ICB) and the number of branch surgeries by ICB. It also shows the number of GPs that opened and closed since June 2024 and the number of branch surgeries that opened and closed since June 2024. A copy of the table has been placed in the Library due to the size of the data.

Updated data is published daily at 14:00. This information is available in the public domain and can be extracted by using the Data Search and Export website, at the following link:

https://www.odsdatasearchandexport.nhs.uk/

The data in the attachment is accurate as of 23 July 2025.

Pupils: Languages
Asked by: Neil O'Brien (Conservative - Harborough, Oadby and Wigston)
Friday 10th October 2025

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils who did not have English as their first language had each different non-English language as their first language in each of the last 10 years.

Answered by Georgia Gould - Minister of State (Education)

The department collects data where a pupil’s first language is known or believed to be other than English. Where a pupil is recorded to speak a first language known or believed to be other than English, a language is recorded. The attached document shows the number of pupils in England, by first language spoken, over the last ten years.

Visas: Married People
Asked by: Neil O'Brien (Conservative - Harborough, Oadby and Wigston)
Monday 13th October 2025

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many spousal visa applicants were exempted from the standard income threshold because their partner in the UK was receiving disability benefits in the last 12 months.

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

Data on the number of spousal visa applications which have been exempted from the standard income threshold does not form part of our data sets and is not published.

Obtaining the specific information requested would involve collating and verifying information and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

A range of processing data including case outcomes on spousal visa applications, can be found at: Immigration system statistics data tables - GOV.UK and Migration transparency data - GOV.UK.




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11 Sep 2025, 10:45 a.m. - House of Commons
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Parliamentary Debates
Security Update: Official Secrets Act Case
94 speeches (13,896 words)
Monday 13th October 2025 - Commons Chamber
Cabinet Office
Mentions:
1: Dan Jarvis (Lab - Barnsley North) Member for Harborough, Oadby and Wigston (Neil O'Brien) guffaws from a sedentary position, but I think - Link to Speech