Information between 8th December 2025 - 17th January 2026
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8 Dec 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Paula Barker voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 308 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 327 Noes - 96 |
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8 Dec 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Paula Barker voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 309 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 326 Noes - 162 |
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8 Dec 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Paula Barker voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 305 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 395 Noes - 98 |
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8 Dec 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Paula Barker 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 - 300 Noes - 96 |
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8 Dec 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Paula Barker voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 305 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 327 Noes - 162 |
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9 Dec 2025 - Railways Bill - View Vote Context Paula Barker voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 316 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 170 Noes - 332 |
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9 Dec 2025 - Railways Bill - View Vote Context Paula Barker voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 314 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 329 Noes - 173 |
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10 Dec 2025 - Seasonal Work - View Vote Context Paula Barker voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 312 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 320 Noes - 98 |
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10 Dec 2025 - Seasonal Work - View Vote Context Paula Barker voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 311 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 98 Noes - 325 |
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10 Dec 2025 - Conduct of the Chancellor of the Exchequer - View Vote Context Paula Barker voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 290 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 90 Noes - 297 |
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15 Dec 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Paula Barker voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 304 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 311 Noes - 96 |
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16 Dec 2025 - Finance (No. 2) Bill - View Vote Context Paula Barker voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 333 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 118 Noes - 340 |
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16 Dec 2025 - Finance (No. 2) Bill - View Vote Context Paula Barker voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 329 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 341 Noes - 195 |
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17 Dec 2025 - National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context Paula Barker voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 300 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 312 Noes - 165 |
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7 Jan 2026 - Rural Communities - View Vote Context Paula Barker 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 - 105 Noes - 332 |
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Paula Barker speeches from: Venezuela
Paula Barker contributed 1 speech (121 words) Monday 5th January 2026 - Commons Chamber Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office |
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Paula Barker speeches from: Middle East and North Africa
Paula Barker contributed 1 speech (88 words) Monday 5th January 2026 - Commons Chamber Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office |
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Access to Work Programme
Asked by: Paula Barker (Labour - Liverpool Wavertree) Monday 22nd December 2025 Question to the Department for Work and Pensions: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that any proposals to amend the Access to Work scheme are subject to consultation with disabled people and piloted before implementation. Answered by Stephen Timms - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions) This Government values the input of disabled people and people with health conditions, their representative organisations and people that support them. That is why we brought forward the Green Paper and opened a public consultation. We are now carefully reviewing responses to the Green Paper.
We have recently concluded the Access to Work Collaboration Committees, in which we engaged with a range of stakeholders, including disabled people’s organisation representatives and lived experience users, to provide discussion, experience, and challenge to the design of the future Access to Work Scheme.
We are continuing to work closely with stakeholders, and in particular disabled people and their representatives. |
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Access to Work Programme
Asked by: Paula Barker (Labour - Liverpool Wavertree) Tuesday 30th December 2025 Question to the Department for Work and Pensions: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people who have left or are at risk of leaving employment due to reductions in Access to Work awards upon renewal. Answered by Stephen Timms - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions) The Department for Work and Pensions does not collect data on the number of people who may have left or are at risk of leaving employment due to reductions in Access to Work awards upon renewal. Access to Work is only available to individuals who are starting or in employment, so this type of data is not recorded. Customers who disagree with a renewal outcome may request a reconsideration of their award. The Access to Work scheme supports disabled people start and stay in employment by providing tailored support based on individual needs. In the Pathways to Work Green Paper, we consulted on the future of the Access to Work scheme. We are considering responses to the consultation and will set out our plans in due course. |
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Pregnancy: Monitoring
Asked by: Paula Barker (Labour - Liverpool Wavertree) Thursday 15th January 2026 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of (a) the effectiveness of the monitoring of early foetal development in patients by trusts and (b) trends in the level of variations in that monitoring by those trusts. Answered by Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care) Monitoring and reviewing Foetal Growth Restriction is a key safety component of the Saving Babies Lives Care Bundle (Care Bundle) which includes the Foetal Growth standard. NHS Resolution monitors this through the Maternity Incentive Scheme as part of the financial incentive for National Health Service trusts to improve safety in maternity and neonatal services. We are expecting the final evaluation of Maternity Incentive Scheme this year. In December 2025, NHS England wrote to NHS trusts advising them to stop using intergrowth growth charts to estimate foetal weight and move to other alternatives by 31 March 2026. This is supported in guidance from the Royal College of Gynaecologists and implementation of this change will be monitored locally. |
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Artificial Intelligence: Pornography
Asked by: Paula Barker (Labour - Liverpool Wavertree) Thursday 15th January 2026 Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of making UK AISI / Thorn's guidance, Recommended Practice for AI-G CSEA Prevention, published in December 2025, mandatory for all AI developers to prevent the creation of AI-generated child sexual abuse material. Answered by Kanishka Narayan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology) The Government recognises the importance of tackling AI-generated CSAM. Creating, possessing, or distributing CSAM, including AI Generated CSAM, is illegal. The Online Safety Act requires services to proactively identify and remove this content. We are taking further action in the Crime and Policing Bill to criminalise CSAM image generators, and to ensure AI developers can directly test for and address vulnerabilities in their models which enable the production of CSAM. The AISI / Thorn joint publication guidance (Recommended Practice for AI-G CSEA Prevention) sets out practical steps that AI developers, model hosting services and others in the AI ecosystem can take to reduce the risk that their systems are misused to generate CSAM. This guidance is informed by input from industry and child protection organisations, and many of the world’s leading AI developers (including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Meta) have signed up to the principles of earlier forms of this guidance. The Government is clear: no option is off the table when it comes to protecting the online safety of users in the UK, and we will not hesitate to act where evidence suggests that further action is necessary. |
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5 Jan 2026, 7:24 p.m. - House of Commons " Paula Barker thank you, Madam. Deputy Speaker. Compliance with international law is not an either international law is not an either or, and I'm extremely concerned that the action of the United States shows utter disdain for " Paula Barker MP (Liverpool Wavertree, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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5 Jan 2026, 9:30 p.m. - House of Commons " Paula Barker. >> Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. As the Minister alluded to from the Dispatch Box, British taxpayers have witnessed atrocities committed " Paula Barker MP (Liverpool Wavertree, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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Tuesday 27th January 2026 11:30 a.m. HM Treasury Oral questions - Main Chamber Subject: Treasury Paula Barker: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Chris Coghlan: If she will make an assessment of the potential merits of issuing research and development bonds of up to £20 billion. Kirsteen Sullivan: What steps she is taking to provide regional funding. Chi Onwurah: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Alan Strickland: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Peter Prinsley: What steps she is taking to reform business rates. Preet Kaur Gill: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Richard Foord: What assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to business rates on the hospitality sector. Gagan Mohindra: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Paula Barker: Whether she plans to increase the level of Small Business Rates Relief for the hair and beauty sector. Jo White: What assessment she has made of the potential merits of providing Government-backed loans for SMEs. Munira Wilson: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Emma Foody: What steps she is taking to provide regional funding. Nia Griffith: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Edward Morello: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Luke Murphy: If she will make an assessment of the potential impact of trends in the level of living standards on the economy. Dave Robertson: What steps she is taking to providing funding for rail infrastructure. Wendy Chamberlain: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. John Whittingdale: What fiscal steps she is taking to support the hospitality sector. Andy McDonald: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Olly Glover: What assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to business rates on the hospitality sector. Sally Jameson: What fiscal steps she is taking with Cabinet Colleagues to help reduce energy bills. Lillian Jones: What assessment she has made of the potential implications for her Department's policies of the Final Report of the Covid Counter Fraud Commissioner, published on 9 December 2025. Elaine Stewart: What steps she is taking to provide regional funding. Abtisam Mohamed: What fiscal steps she is taking to support small businesses. Tom Gordon: What assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to business rates on the hospitality sector. Marie Goldman: What assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to business rates on the hospitality sector. Alison Taylor: If she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the FTSE 100 Index rising above 10,000 points on the economy. Lincoln Jopp: What assessment she has made of the potential impact of her policies on inflation. Kevin Bonavia: What economic steps she has taken against Russia since its invasion of Ukraine. Joe Powell: What assessment she has made of the potential implications for her Department's policies of the Final Report of the Covid Counter Fraud Commissioner, published on 9 December 2025. Anna Dixon: What fiscal steps she is taking with Cabinet Colleagues to help reduce energy bills. Alice Macdonald: What steps she is taking to providing funding for rail infrastructure. Bobby Dean: What assessment she has made of the adequacy of the restriction on tax relief for banks' compensation payments for motor finance compensation payments. Peter Fortune: What estimate she has made of the average annual cost to motorists of ending the temporary 5p fuel duty reduction. View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Draft Oil and Gas Authority (Carbon Storage and Offshore Petroleum) (Specified Periods for Disclosure of Protected Material) Regulations 2026
9 speeches (1,871 words) Tuesday 16th December 2025 - General Committees Department for Business and Trade |
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The Customs Tariff (Establishment) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2025
7 speeches (1,042 words) Monday 8th December 2025 - General Committees HM Treasury |
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Friday 16th January 2026
Report - 7th Report - Register of Interests of Members’ Staff: transitional provisions Committee on Standards Found: Current membership Alberto Costa (Conservative; South Leicestershire) (Chair) Paula Barker (Labour; Liverpool |
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Thursday 11th December 2025
Report - 6th Report - Influencing Code of Conduct investigations Committee on Standards Found: Current membership Alberto Costa (Conservative; South Leicestershire) (Chair) Paula Barker (Labour; Liverpool |
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Thursday 11th December 2025
Report - 5th Report - Charlie Maynard Committee on Standards Found: Current membership Alberto Costa (Conservative; South Leicestershire) (Chair) Paula Barker (Labour; Liverpool |
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Thursday 11th December 2025
Report - Charlie Maynard - Oral evidence Committee on Standards Found: Charlie Maynard MP, HC 1570 Tuesday 18 November 2025 Members present: Alberto Costa (Chair); Paula Barker |
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Thursday 11th December 2025
Report - Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst - Transcript Committee on Standards Found: Standards, HC 1569 Private sitting Tuesday 18 November 2025 Members present: Alberto Costa (Chair); Paula Barker |
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Thursday 11th December 2025
Report - 4th Report - Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst Committee on Standards Found: Current membership Alberto Costa (Conservative; South Leicestershire) (Chair) Paula Barker (Labour; Liverpool |
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Tourism: Taxation
Asked by: David Simmonds (Conservative - Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner) Tuesday 9th December 2025 Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 13 October 2025 to Question 77537 on Hotels: Taxation, and with reference to the written statement of 25 November 2025 on Devolution and Growth, HCWS1097, on what basis this change in policy was made. Answered by Miatta Fahnbulleh - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government) The government keeps all tax policy under review. The government’s number one mission is to kickstart economic growth, and devolving fiscal powers is critical to achieving this. Introducing a visitor levy provides Mayors with a new lever to both raise and reinvest revenue locally. English Mayors have come together to ask for an overnight stay levy through the “right to request”. The government has considered these representations from Mayors and the three amendments proposed by Wera Hobhouse MP, Paula Barker MP and Alex Mayer MP, to the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill in reaching this position. A Written Ministerial Statement setting out this position was published on 25 November. A visitor levy also responds to the call from Mayors for further fiscal devolution. |
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Tuesday 16th December 2025
Department of Health and Social Care Source Page: DHSC: ministerial travel and meetings, July to September 2025 Document: View online (webpage) Found: |