Information between 9th July 2025 - 29th July 2025
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9 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context Rachel Blake voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 331 Labour No votes vs 47 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 149 Noes - 334 |
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9 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context Rachel Blake voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 377 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 175 Noes - 401 |
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9 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context Rachel Blake voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 333 Labour Aye votes vs 47 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 336 Noes - 242 |
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9 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context Rachel Blake voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 356 Labour No votes vs 8 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 35 Noes - 469 |
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9 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context Rachel Blake voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 330 Labour Aye votes vs 37 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 335 Noes - 135 |
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9 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context Rachel Blake voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 364 Labour No votes vs 7 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 105 Noes - 370 |
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9 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context Rachel Blake voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 377 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 103 Noes - 416 |
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9 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context Rachel Blake voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 333 Labour No votes vs 35 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 130 Noes - 443 |
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15 Jul 2025 - Taxes - View Vote Context Rachel Blake 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 - 165 Noes - 342 |
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15 Jul 2025 - Welfare Spending - View Vote Context Rachel Blake voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 344 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 106 Noes - 440 |
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16 Jul 2025 - Competition - View Vote Context Rachel Blake 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 - 334 Noes - 54 |
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16 Jul 2025 - Competition - View Vote Context Rachel Blake 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 - 333 Noes - 54 |
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Rachel Blake speeches from: Strategy for Elections
Rachel Blake contributed 1 speech (88 words) Thursday 17th July 2025 - Commons Chamber Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government |
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Rachel Blake speeches from: RAF Photographic Reconnaissance Unit
Rachel Blake contributed 1 speech (337 words) Thursday 17th July 2025 - Westminster Hall Ministry of Defence |
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Rachel Blake speeches from: Sudan
Rachel Blake contributed 1 speech (109 words) Wednesday 16th July 2025 - Commons Chamber Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office |
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Rachel Blake speeches from: Taxes
Rachel Blake contributed 1 speech (61 words) Tuesday 15th July 2025 - Commons Chamber HM Treasury |
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Rachel Blake speeches from: Oral Answers to Questions
Rachel Blake contributed 1 speech (75 words) Monday 14th July 2025 - Commons Chamber Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government |
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Rachel Blake speeches from: London’s National Economic Contribution
Rachel Blake contributed 1 speech (150 words) Thursday 10th July 2025 - Westminster Hall Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government |
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Holiday Accommodation: Business Rates
Asked by: Rachel Blake (Labour (Co-op) - Cities of London and Westminster) Friday 11th July 2025 Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate her Department has made of the tax revenue from ensuring compliance with rules on eligibility of short-term lets for business rates. Answered by Jim McMahon - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government) Before a short-term let can be assessed as a self-catering accommodation (short-term let) for business rates purposes it must have been available to let for at least 140 days in the past year and demonstrate at least 70 days of actual letting activity in the last year. It is for local authorities to bill and collect business rates. The government does not make an estimate of the number of short-term lets who choose not to be assessed for business rates or do not meet these criteria. However, the government does collect data on the number of short-term lets assessed for business rates. The latest available data from March 2025 shows that there are 65,380 short-term lets assessed for business rates in England. Where a property does not meet these criteria, it will usually be considered domestic, and liable for council tax in the same way as any other domestic property. |
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Holiday Accommodation: Databases
Asked by: Rachel Blake (Labour (Co-op) - Cities of London and Westminster) Tuesday 15th July 2025 Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many full-time equivalent staff will be needed to enforce the short-term lets database. Answered by Chris Bryant - Minister of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport) Detailed operational requirements, including staffing levels, are being determined as part of the development process. |
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Artificial Intelligence: Holiday Accommodation
Asked by: Rachel Blake (Labour (Co-op) - Cities of London and Westminster) Tuesday 15th July 2025 Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of using artificial intelligence in the regulatory process for short-term lets. Answered by Chris Bryant - Minister of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport) The Government is committed to being at the forefront of artificial intelligence innovation across public services and regulatory processes. Decisions about which technologies, including potential AI applications, will best support the Short Term Lets registration scheme's effectiveness are being determined during the design phase. Any specific assessment of AI applications in the registration process would be a matter for DCMS as the lead department for this policy area. Public testing on the register is due to start later in 2025 and a full version of the scheme in 2026.
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Holiday Accommodation: Registration
Asked by: Rachel Blake (Labour (Co-op) - Cities of London and Westminster) Tuesday 15th July 2025 Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to her Department's consultation outcome entitled Consultation on a registration scheme for short-term lets in England, updated on 19 July 2024, when she will publish a full response to the consultation. Answered by Chris Bryant - Minister of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport) DCMS has commenced the second phase of digital development, with public testing due to start in September. The full consultation response will be published alongside the necessary secondary legislation. |
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RAF Photographic Reconnaissance Unit
38 speeches (12,414 words) Thursday 17th July 2025 - Westminster Hall Ministry of Defence Mentions: 1: David Reed (Con - Exmouth and Exeter East) Member for Cities of London and Westminster (Rachel Blake) also made the point that it was not just about - Link to Speech 2: Julie Minns (Lab - Carlisle) Friends the Members for Morecambe and Lunesdale (Lizzi Collinge), Cities of London and Westminster (Rachel Blake - Link to Speech |
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Managing Agents (Regulation)
2 speeches (1,540 words) 1st reading Wednesday 16th July 2025 - Commons Chamber Mentions: 1: Danny Beales (Lab - Uxbridge and South Ruislip) Danny Beales, Joe Powell, Nesil Caliskan, Chris Bloore, Chris Curtis, Dr Rupa Huq, Sarah Russell, Rachel Blake - Link to Speech |
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Thursday 17th July 2025
Minutes and decisions - Monday 14 July 2025 – Decisions House of Commons Commission Committee Found: July 2025 at 10.00 am Meeting in the Speaker’s Study Present: The Speaker, in the Chair Rachel Blake |
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Thursday 17th July 2025
Report - Restoration and Renewal: Annual Progress Report 2025 Restoration and Renewal Programme Board Committee Found: of Alcluith (Chair, by virtue of office) 1/1 Rt Hon Steve Barclay MP (from December 2024) 0/1 Rachel Blake |
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Thursday 17th July 2025
Report - Restoration and Renewal Annual Progress Report 2025 Restoration and Renewal Client Board Committee Found: of Alcluith (Chair, by virtue of office) 1/1 Rt Hon Steve Barclay MP (from December 2024) 0/1 Rachel Blake |
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Wednesday 16th July 2025
Minutes and decisions - Monday 9 December 2024 - Minutes Restoration and Renewal Client Board Committee Found: Room 4A Meeting time 17:00–18:30 Attendees Client Board Programme Board (in attendance) Rachel Blake |
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Wednesday 16th July 2025
Report - 10th Report - Re-appointment of Richard Hughes as Chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility Treasury Committee Found: Hackney South and Shoreditch) (Chair) Dame Harriett Baldwin (Conservative; West Worcestershire) Rachel Blake |
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Tuesday 15th July 2025
Oral Evidence - Office for Budget Responsibility Treasury Committee Found: Watch the meeting Members present: Dame Meg Hillier (Chair); Dame Harriett Baldwin; Rachel Blake; Chris |
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Tuesday 15th July 2025
Oral Evidence - Office for Budget Responsibility, Budget Responsibility Committee, and Budget Responsibility Committee Treasury Committee Found: Watch the meeting Members present: Dame Meg Hillier (Chair); Dame Harriett Baldwin; Rachel Blake; Chris |
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Monday 14th July 2025
Report - 9th Report - Financial Ombudsman Service: Accountability to the House of Commons Treasury Committee Found: Hackney South and Shoreditch) (Chair) Dame Harriett Baldwin (Conservative; West Worcestershire) Rachel Blake |
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Saturday 12th July 2025
Special Report - 2nd Special Report - Acceptance of Cash: Government Response Treasury Committee Found: Hackney South and Shoreditch) (Chair) Dame Harriett Baldwin (Conservative; West Worcestershire) Rachel Blake |
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Tuesday 8th July 2025
Oral Evidence - Admiral Group Plc, AXA, Aviva, and Lloyds Banking Group Treasury Committee Found: Watch the meeting Members present: Dame Meg Hillier (Chair); Dame Harriett Baldwin; Rachel Blake; Chris |
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Maternity APPG Document: Minutes Maternity APPG Inaugural Meeting 10 March 2025.docx Found: Wednesbury), Paula Barker MP (Liverpool Wavertree), Lee Barron MP (Corby and East Northamptonshire), Rachel Blake |
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Tuesday 22nd July 2025 9:45 a.m. Treasury Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Bank of England Financial Stability Reports At 10:15am: Oral evidence Andrew Bailey - Governor at Bank of England Professor Randall Kroszner - External Member at Financial Policy Committee, Bank of England Carolyn Wilkins - External Member at Financial Policy Committee, Bank of England View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Monday 3rd November 2025 4:30 p.m. Restoration and Renewal Client Board - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |