Information between 2nd February 2026 - 22nd February 2026
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Tuesday 10th February 2026 Department for Work and Pensions Baroness Sherlock (Labour - Life peer) Orders and regulations - Grand Committee Subject: Guaranteed Minimum Pensions Increase Order 2026 Guaranteed Minimum Pensions Increase Order 2026 View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Monday 23rd February 2026 3:45 p.m. Department for Work and Pensions Baroness Sherlock (Labour - Life peer) Legislation - Grand Committee Subject: Pension Schemes Bill – committee stage (day 8) Pension Schemes Bill 2024-26 View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Monday 2nd March 2026 Department for Work and Pensions Baroness Sherlock (Labour - Life peer) Orders and regulations - Grand Committee Subject: Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2026; Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Thursday 12th March 2026 Department for Work and Pensions Baroness Sherlock (Labour - Life peer) Legislation - Main Chamber Subject: Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill - second reading and all remaining stages Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill 2024-26 View calendar - Add to calendar |
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3 Feb 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Sherlock voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 125 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 176 Noes - 132 |
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3 Feb 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Sherlock voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 131 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 178 Noes - 140 |
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3 Feb 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Sherlock voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 131 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 36 Noes - 144 |
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3 Feb 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Sherlock voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 166 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 295 Noes - 180 |
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4 Feb 2026 - Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 - View Vote Context Baroness Sherlock voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 165 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 62 Noes - 295 |
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10 Feb 2026 - Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Sherlock voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 173 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 186 Noes - 251 |
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10 Feb 2026 - Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Sherlock voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 169 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 188 Noes - 258 |
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11 Feb 2026, 3:55 p.m. - House of Lords "benefits up. Rating order 2026 and one other motion Baroness Sherlock. >> Lords, with the leave of the House, I beg to move the motion. " Business of the House - View Video - View Transcript |
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11 Feb 2026, 3:55 p.m. - House of Lords "motions in the name of Baroness Sherlock be agreed to En bloc, as " Business of the House - View Video - View Transcript |
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Wednesday 11th February 2026
Government Response - Government Response to the Constitution Committee's Report on the Pension Schemes Bill (17th Report of Session 2024–26) Constitution Committee Found: Official Official Baroness Sherlock OBE Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions |
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Wednesday 11th February 2026
Written Evidence - A Blake CMS0034 - Child Maintenance Service Child Maintenance Service - Work and Pensions Committee Found: Minister Baroness Sherlock noted "having to go back to primary legislation is quite challenging" (Oral |
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Social Security Benefits: Migrants
Asked by: Baroness Maclean of Redditch (Conservative - Life peer) Friday 20th February 2026 Question to the Department for Work and Pensions: To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Sherlock on 3 February (HL Deb col 1428), what assessments they have carried out to determine whether access to the benefits system acts as a pull factor for migrants. Answered by Baroness Sherlock - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions) The Home Office is the department responsible for assessing migration trends – including pull factors for migration. The Home Office report ‘Asylum seeker decision-making in journeys to the United Kingdom (2022)’ explores the decision-making process for asylum seekers choosing to come to the UK.
Most migrants with temporary visas cannot access the benefit system. Access to public funds and benefits is usually at the point of settlement, which for most people will be after they have lived in the UK legally for five years, and the Home Office Earned Settlement policy consultation is looking at increasing this to ten years.
The Home Office are also consulting on changing the default position to maintain No Recourse to Public Funds at settlement and lifting this only at the point of British citizenship, in addition to increasing times for path to settlement from five to ten years. |
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Social Security Benefits: Migrants
Asked by: Baroness Maclean of Redditch (Conservative - Life peer) Thursday 19th February 2026 Question to the Department for Work and Pensions: To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Sherlock on 3 February (HL Deb col 1428), what are the terms of reference for the consultation on the relationship between residence requirements and the benefits system; when that consultation will open; and who can contribute to that consultation. Answered by Baroness Sherlock - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions) Full details about the consultation including timelines, how long the consultation will last, and how to be involved, will be announced in due course. |
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Department for Work and Pensions: Migrant Workers
Asked by: Baroness Coffey (Conservative - Life peer) Thursday 19th February 2026 Question to the Department for Work and Pensions: To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Sherlock on 30 January (HL13334), of the 344 civil servants employed in the Department for Work and Pensions, what grades they are comprised. Answered by Baroness Sherlock - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions) We do not disclose a breakdown of the grades for data privacy reasons as some of the grades may have fewer than five staff members on Skilled Worker visas. |
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Feb. 09 2026
Letter from Baroness Sherlock to Viscount Younger and others regarding direction powers and fiduciary duty, collaboration with strategic authorities and aligning legislation with the devolution landscape, moving from eight pools to six, advice on the investment strategy, what is covered by an investment strategy. Pension Schemes Bill 2024-26 Will write letters Found: Letter from Baroness Sherlock to Viscount Younger and others regarding direction powers and fiduciary |
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Feb. 19 2026
Social Security Advisory Committee Source Page: The Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment and Employment and Support Allowance (Amendment) Regulations 2026 Document: (PDF) News and Communications Found: A copy of this letter goes to the Secretary of State, The Baroness Sherlock OBE, Bill Thorpe and Graeme |
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Thursday 12th February 2026
Department for Work and Pensions Source Page: Letter dated 09/02/2026 from Baroness Sherlock to Viscount Younger and others regarding points raised about the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) during the Committee stage (first day) of the Pension Schemes Bill: Direction powers and fiduciary duty, collaboration with strategic authorities and aligning legislation with the devolution landscape, moving from eight pools to six, advice on the investment strategy, what is covered by an investment strategy. 6p. Document: 10.02.26_PSB_Committee_LGPS_Letter.pdf (PDF) Found: Letter dated 09/02/2026 from Baroness Sherlock to Viscount Younger and others regarding points raised |