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Division Votes
2 Dec 2025 - Budget Resolutions - View Vote Context Rachel Blake voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 340 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 364 Noes - 167
2 Dec 2025 - Budget Resolutions - View Vote Context Rachel Blake voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 347 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 362 Noes - 164
2 Dec 2025 - Budget Resolutions - View Vote Context Rachel Blake voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 343 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 348 Noes - 176
2 Dec 2025 - Budget Resolutions - View Vote Context Rachel Blake voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 346 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 369 Noes - 166
2 Dec 2025 - Budget Resolutions - View Vote Context Rachel Blake voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 350 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 371 Noes - 166
2 Dec 2025 - Budget Resolutions - View Vote Context Rachel Blake voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 315 Labour Aye votes vs 1 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 327 Noes - 182
2 Dec 2025 - Budget Resolutions - View Vote Context Rachel Blake voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 336 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 357 Noes - 174
3 Dec 2025 - Pension Schemes Bill - View Vote Context Rachel Blake voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 291 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 77 Noes - 298
3 Dec 2025 - Pension Schemes Bill - View Vote Context Rachel Blake voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 294 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 87 Noes - 299
8 Dec 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Rachel Blake 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
8 Dec 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Rachel Blake 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
8 Dec 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Rachel Blake 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
8 Dec 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Rachel Blake 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
9 Dec 2025 - Railways Bill - View Vote Context Rachel Blake 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
9 Dec 2025 - Railways Bill - 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 - 329 Noes - 173
10 Dec 2025 - Conduct of the Chancellor of the Exchequer - View Vote Context Rachel Blake 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
10 Dec 2025 - Seasonal Work - View Vote Context Rachel Blake 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
10 Dec 2025 - Seasonal Work - View Vote Context Rachel Blake 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
16 Dec 2025 - Finance (No. 2) Bill - View Vote Context Rachel Blake 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
16 Dec 2025 - Finance (No. 2) 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 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 118 Noes - 340
17 Dec 2025 - National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context Rachel Blake 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

Speeches
Rachel Blake speeches from: Points of Order Rachel Blake contributed 1 speech (115 words) Wednesday 10th December 2025 - Commons Chamber
Rachel Blake speeches from: Oral Answers to Questions Rachel Blake contributed 2 speeches (96 words) Tuesday 9th December 2025 - Commons Chamber HM Treasury
Rachel Blake speeches from: OBR: Resignation of Chair Rachel Blake contributed 1 speech (79 words) Wednesday 3rd December 2025 - Commons Chamber HM Treasury
Rachel Blake speeches from: Homelessness: Funding Rachel Blake contributed 1 speech (672 words) Tuesday 2nd December 2025 - Westminster Hall Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Written Answers
National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning Service Asked by: Rachel Blake (Labour (Co-op) - Cities of London and Westminster) Friday 5th December 2025 Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what governance arrangements his Department has considered for the future Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre in Victoria Tower Gardens. Answered by Miatta Fahnbulleh - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government) We are considering a range of operating models for the Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre and will ensure that there are robust governance arrangements in place which are appropriate to the chosen model.

Written Answers

National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning Service
Asked by: Rachel Blake (Labour (Co-op) - Cities of London and Westminster)
Friday 5th December 2025

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what governance arrangements his Department has considered for the future Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre in Victoria Tower Gardens.

Answered by Miatta Fahnbulleh - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

We are considering a range of operating models for the Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre and will ensure that there are robust governance arrangements in place which are appropriate to the chosen model.

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Live Transcript
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3 Dec 2025, 12:52 p.m. - House of Commons " Rachel Blake. " Rachel Blake MP (Cities of London and Westminster, Labour ) - View Video - View Transcript
10 Dec 2025, 12:34 p.m. - House of Commons "Order, Order, order. Order, order. Rachel Order, order. Rachel Blake. " Rt Hon Sir Keir Starmer MP, The Prime Minister (Holborn and St Pancras, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
9 Dec 2025, 12:40 p.m. - House of Commons "NHS waiting lists are falling. I wonder why they're still increasing in Scotland. >> Rachel Blake. " Rt Hon Rachel Reeves MP, The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Leeds West and Pudsey, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
9 Dec 2025, 12:40 p.m. - House of Commons ">> Rachel Blake. >> Thank you. >> Mr. Speaker. >> Short term, let. >> Mr. Dougan, what is it about? " Rt Hon Rachel Reeves MP, The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Leeds West and Pudsey, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript

Calendar
Monday 19th January 2026 2:30 p.m. Department for Education Oral questions - Main Chamber Subject: Education Rachel Blake: What steps she is taking to ensure that families of children with SEND have early access to support. Blake Stephenson: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Gareth Snell: What estimate her Department has made of the number of young people enrolled on A-levels and T-levels in September 2026. Lauren Edwards: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Caroline Voaden: What steps her Department is taking to improve teacher retention. Jon Pearce: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Steve Yemm: What steps she is taking to help ensure the integrity of school and college assessments and examinations. Sarah Owen: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Joe Powell: What steps she is taking to introduce a Ukrainian GCSE. Alison Griffiths: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Chris Bloore: What assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of powers to intervene where local authorities are not meeting statutory SEND duties. Bayo Alaba: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Tim Farron: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Darren Paffey: What steps she is taking to ensure that families of children with SEND have early access to support. Beccy Cooper: What assessment she has made of the potential impact of flu vaccination levels on rates of school absence in autumn 2025. Charlie Dewhirst: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Carla Denyer: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Michelle Scrogham: What steps she is taking to reduce variations in funding for SEND provision across local authorities. Laurence Turner: What recent progress her Department has made on establishing the School Support Staff Negotiating Body. Jim Dickson: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Gregory Stafford: What plans her Department has to tackle the SEND funding shortfall identified in the OBR Economic and Fiscal Outlook November 2025. Rachel Taylor: What steps her Department is taking to help improve the governance of academy trusts. Rosie Duffield: What recent progress she has made on publishing guidance for gender questioning children in schools. Daniel Francis: What steps she is taking to ensure high-quality school places for children with SEND. Jacob Collier: What steps she is taking to ensure high-quality school places for children with SEND. Sarah Olney: Whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill on levels of financial oversight for children’s care home providers. Marsha De Cordova: What assessment she has made of the adequacy of SEND provision for blind and partially sighted children. Liz Jarvis: What steps she is taking to ensure adequate funding to implement the recommendations of the Curriculum and Assessment Review. James Naish: If she will make an assessment of the potential merits of expanding home fees status to British citizens who relocated to the EU prior to the UK's withdrawal. Sarah Green: Whether she plans to update guidance on handling complaints in children's social care. Alex Sobel: Whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of raising the minimum income threshold for student maintenance loans in line with inflation. Luke Charters: What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help improve the affordability of childcare. Gareth Bacon: What recent progress her Department has made on implementing the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023. Tulip Siddiq: What steps she is taking to help improve safeguarding practices in nurseries and early years settings. Caroline Dinenage: What assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the use of smart phones in schools on levels of disruption in classrooms. View calendar - Add to calendar

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Monday 19th January 2026 2:30 p.m.
Department for Education

Oral questions - Main Chamber
Subject: Education
Rachel Blake: What steps she is taking to ensure that families of children with SEND have early access to support. Blake Stephenson: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Gareth Snell: What estimate her Department has made of the number of young people enrolled on A-levels and T-levels in September 2026. Lauren Edwards: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Caroline Voaden: What steps her Department is taking to improve teacher retention. Jon Pearce: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Steve Yemm: What steps she is taking to help ensure the integrity of school and college assessments and examinations. Sarah Owen: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Joe Powell: What steps she is taking to introduce a Ukrainian GCSE. Alison Griffiths: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Chris Bloore: What assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of powers to intervene where local authorities are not meeting statutory SEND duties. Bayo Alaba: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Tim Farron: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Darren Paffey: What steps she is taking to ensure that families of children with SEND have early access to support. Beccy Cooper: What assessment she has made of the potential impact of flu vaccination levels on rates of school absence in autumn 2025. Charlie Dewhirst: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Carla Denyer: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Michelle Scrogham: What steps she is taking to reduce variations in funding for SEND provision across local authorities. Laurence Turner: What recent progress her Department has made on establishing the School Support Staff Negotiating Body. Jim Dickson: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Gregory Stafford: What plans her Department has to tackle the SEND funding shortfall identified in the OBR Economic and Fiscal Outlook November 2025. Rachel Taylor: What steps her Department is taking to help improve the governance of academy trusts. Rosie Duffield: What recent progress she has made on publishing guidance for gender questioning children in schools. Daniel Francis: What steps she is taking to ensure high-quality school places for children with SEND. Jacob Collier: What steps she is taking to ensure high-quality school places for children with SEND. Sarah Olney: Whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill on levels of financial oversight for children’s care home providers. Marsha De Cordova: What assessment she has made of the adequacy of SEND provision for blind and partially sighted children. Liz Jarvis: What steps she is taking to ensure adequate funding to implement the recommendations of the Curriculum and Assessment Review. James Naish: If she will make an assessment of the potential merits of expanding home fees status to British citizens who relocated to the EU prior to the UK's withdrawal. Sarah Green: Whether she plans to update guidance on handling complaints in children's social care. Alex Sobel: Whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of raising the minimum income threshold for student maintenance loans in line with inflation. Luke Charters: What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help improve the affordability of childcare. Gareth Bacon: What recent progress her Department has made on implementing the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023. Tulip Siddiq: What steps she is taking to help improve safeguarding practices in nurseries and early years settings. Caroline Dinenage: What assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the use of smart phones in schools on levels of disruption in classrooms. View calendar - Add to calendar

Parliamentary Debates
International Human Rights Day 2025 31 speeches (8,543 words) Wednesday 10th December 2025 - Westminster Hall Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Mentions: 1: Markus Campbell-Savours (Ind - Penrith and Solway) Member for Cities of London and Westminster (Rachel Blake), who sadly was not able to contribute due - Link to Speech
Homelessness: Funding 49 speeches (14,049 words) Tuesday 2nd December 2025 - Westminster Hall Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Mentions: 1: Alison McGovern (Lab - Birkenhead) Friend the Member for Cities of London and Westminster (Rachel Blake) said, we announced in the Budget - Link to Speech

Select Committee Documents
Friday 12th December 2025 Formal Minutes - Formal minutes 2024-25 Backbench Business Committee Found: Representations from Members The following Members made oral representations: • Rachel Blake: International
Tuesday 2nd December 2025 Minutes and decisions - Monday 17 November 2025 – Decisions House of Commons Commission Committee Found: COMMISSION / MEC Monday 17 November 2025 Present: The Speaker, in the Chair Steve Barclay Rachel Blake
Tuesday 2nd December 2025 Minutes and decisions - Monday 27 October 2025 – Decisions House of Commons Commission Committee Found: Goldsmith (Clerk of the House) Marianne Cwynarski (Director General (Operations)) Apologies: Rachel Blake
Tuesday 2nd December 2025 Minutes and decisions - Monday 8 September 2025 – Decisions House of Commons Commission Committee Found: COMMISSION / MEC Monday 8 September 2025 Present: The Speaker, in the Chair Steve Barclay Rachel Blake

Rachel Blake - Select Committee Information

Calendar
Monday 9th March 2026 4:30 p.m. Restoration and Renewal Client Board - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar

Select Committee Documents
Wednesday 3rd December 2025 Agendas and papers - Monday 8 December 2025 – Agenda House of Commons Commission Committee
Tuesday 2nd December 2025 Minutes and decisions - Monday 17 November 2025 – Decisions House of Commons Commission Committee
Tuesday 2nd December 2025 Minutes and decisions - Monday 27 October 2025 – Decisions House of Commons Commission Committee
Tuesday 2nd December 2025 Minutes and decisions - Monday 8 September 2025 – Decisions House of Commons Commission Committee
Thursday 8th January 2026 Agendas and papers - Monday 12 January 2026 – Agenda House of Commons Commission Committee

Scottish Calendar
Wednesday 17th December 2025 9:30 a.m. 34th Meeting, 2025 (Session 6) The committee will meet at 9:30am at TG.60-CR3 The Fleming Room and will be broadcast on www.scottishparliament.tv. 1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take agenda items 3 and 4 in private. 2. The 2024/25 audit of the Scottish Government Consolidated Accounts: The Committee will take evidence from— Stephen Boyle, Auditor General for Scotland. Carole Grant, Audit Director and Richard Smith, Senior Audit Manager, Audit Scotland. 3. The 2024/25 audit of the Scottish Government Consolidated Accounts: The Committee will consider the evidence heard at agenda item 2 and take further evidence from— Stephen Boyle, Auditor General for Scotland. Carole Grant, Audit Director and Richard Smith, Senior Audit Manager, Audit Scotland. 4. The 2024/25 audit of the Scottish Government Consolidated Accounts: The Committee will consider the evidence heard at agenda items 2 and 3 and agree any further action it wishes to take. For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, Katrina Venters on 86244 or at [email protected] View calendar - Add to calendar
Wednesday 7th January 2026 9:30 a.m. 1st Meeting, 2026 (Session 6) The committee will meet at 9:30am at TG.60-CR3 The Fleming Room and will be broadcast on www.scottishparliament.tv. 1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take agenda items 4, 5, 6 and 7 in private. 2. The 2023/24 audit of UHI Perth: The Committee will take evidence from— Catherine Etri, Interim Principal and Chief Executive, Alistair Wylie, Interim Chair, and Lynn Murray, Depute Principal (Operations), UHI Perth. Vicki Nairn, Principal and Vice-Chancellor and Mike Baxter, Chief Financial Officer, University of the Highlands and Islands. Jacqui Brasted, Director of Access, Learning and Outcomes and Tiffany Ritchie, Acting Director of Finance, Scottish Funding Council. 3. NHS in Scotland 2025: Finance and performance: The Committee will take evidence from— Stephen Boyle, Auditor General for Scotland. Leigh Johnston, Senior Manager and Bernie Milligan, Audit Manager, Audit Scotland. 4. NHS in Scotland 2025: Finance and performance: The Committee will consider the evidence heard at agenda item 3 and take further evidence from— Stephen Boyle, Auditor General for Scotland. Leigh Johnston, Senior Manager and Bernie Milligan, Audit Manager, Audit Scotland. 5. The 2023/24 audit of UHI Perth: The Committee will consider the evidence heard at agenda item 2 and take further evidence from— Stephen Boyle, Auditor General for Scotland. Derek Hoy, Senior Manager, Audit Scotland. 6. The 2023/24 audit of UHI Perth: The Committee will consider the evidence heard at agenda items 2 and 5 and agree any further action it wishes to take. 7. NHS in Scotland 2025: Finance and performance: The Committee will consider the evidence heard at agenda items 3 and 4 and agree any further action it wishes to take. For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee at [email protected] View calendar - Add to calendar
Wednesday 14th January 2026 9:30 a.m. 2nd Meeting, 2026 (Session 6) The committee will meet at 9:30am at TG.60-CR3 The Fleming Room and will be broadcast on www.scottishparliament.tv. 1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take agenda items 4, 5, 6 and 7 in private. 2. The 2024/25 audit of Historic Environment Scotland: The Committee will take evidence from— Stephen Boyle, Auditor General for Scotland. Lisa Duthie, Audit Director and Carole Grant, Audit Director, Audit Scotland. 3. Cairngorm funicular railway: The Committee will take evidence from— Nick Kempe, Campaigner and Mountaineer, Gordon Bulloch, Former Environmental Land Remediation and Business Turnaround Manager, and Dave Morris, Cairngorm and International Mountain Expert, Parkswatch Scotland. 4. The 2024/25 audit of Historic Environment Scotland: The Committee will consider the evidence heard at agenda item 2 and take further evidence from— Stephen Boyle, Auditor General for Scotland. Lisa Duthie, Audit Director and Carole Grant, Audit Director, Audit Scotland. 5. The 2024/25 audit of Historic Environment Scotland: The Committee will consider the evidence heard at agenda items 2 and 4 and agree any further action it wishes to take. 6. Cairngorm funicular railway: The Committee will consider the evidence heard at agenda item 3 and agree any further action it wishes to take. 7. Work programme: The Committee will consider its work programme. For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, Claire Menzies at [email protected] View calendar - Add to calendar