Information between 13th October 2025 - 23rd October 2025
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Monday 17th November 2025 2:30 p.m. Baroness Thornton (Labour - Life peer) Oral questions - Main Chamber Subject: Recognising dyscalculia as a learning difficulty, and plans to support children who have it View calendar - Add to calendar |
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13 Oct 2025 - Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Baroness Thornton voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 125 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 138 Noes - 175 |
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13 Oct 2025 - Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Baroness Thornton voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 126 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 57 Noes - 134 |
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13 Oct 2025 - Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Baroness Thornton voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 129 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 147 Noes - 189 |
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14 Oct 2025 - Renters’ Rights Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Thornton voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 151 Labour No votes vs 2 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 204 Noes - 215 |
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14 Oct 2025 - Renters’ Rights Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Thornton voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 150 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 192 Noes - 239 |
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14 Oct 2025 - Business of the House - View Vote Context Baroness Thornton voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 152 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 211 Noes - 261 |
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14 Oct 2025 - Renters’ Rights Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Thornton voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 145 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 169 Noes - 212 |
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15 Oct 2025 - Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Thornton voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 136 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 139 Noes - 186 |
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15 Oct 2025 - Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Thornton voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 128 Labour No votes vs 2 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 200 Noes - 194 |
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20 Oct 2025 - Planning and Infrastructure Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Thornton voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 142 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 227 Noes - 168 |
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20 Oct 2025 - Planning and Infrastructure Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Thornton voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 136 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 235 Noes - 164 |
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20 Oct 2025 - Planning and Infrastructure Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Thornton voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 141 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 216 Noes - 175 |
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20 Oct 2025 - Planning and Infrastructure Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Thornton voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 139 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 61 Noes - 154 |
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20 Oct 2025 - Planning and Infrastructure Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Thornton voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 50 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 32 Noes - 57 |
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21 Oct 2025 - Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Thornton voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 145 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 262 Noes - 157 |
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21 Oct 2025 - Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Thornton voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 131 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 138 Noes - 138 |
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21 Oct 2025 - Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Thornton voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 138 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 212 Noes - 144 |
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21 Oct 2025 - Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Thornton voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 142 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 253 Noes - 153 |
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21 Oct 2025 - Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Thornton voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 146 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 270 Noes - 160 |
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22 Oct 2025 - Planning and Infrastructure Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Thornton voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 105 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 83 Noes - 113 |
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22 Oct 2025 - Planning and Infrastructure Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Thornton voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 148 Labour Aye votes vs 1 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 163 Noes - 236 |
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22 Oct 2025 - Planning and Infrastructure Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Thornton voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 148 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 246 Noes - 169 |
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22 Oct 2025 - Planning and Infrastructure Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Thornton voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 105 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 84 Noes - 113 |
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Baroness Thornton speeches from: Crime and Policing Bill
Baroness Thornton contributed 1 speech (631 words) 2nd reading Thursday 16th October 2025 - Lords Chamber Home Office |
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Baroness Thornton speeches from: Equality Act 2010: Meaning of “Sex”
Baroness Thornton contributed 1 speech (87 words) Wednesday 15th October 2025 - Lords Chamber Leader of the House |
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Equality and Human Rights Commission: Disclosure of Information
Asked by: Baroness Thornton (Labour - Life peer) Tuesday 14th October 2025 Question To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the fact that The Times has reported on the content of the draft Statutory Code of Practice shared by the Equality and Human Rights Commission with the Minister for Women and Equalities, and of how the contents of that draft were made available to the media before being laid before Parliament. Answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions) The Government does not comment on leaks.
The Minister for Women and Equalities will consider the EHRC’s updated draft Code. If the decision is taken to approve it, the Minister will lay it before both Houses over a period of 40 sitting days, as per the process set out in Section 14 of the Equality Act 2006.
The Code becomes statutory only after the formal process set out in the legislation has been followed. |
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Equality and Human Rights Commission: Public Appointments
Asked by: Baroness Thornton (Labour - Life peer) Tuesday 14th October 2025 Question To ask His Majesty's Government which commissioners of the Equality and Human Rights Commission were appointed by (1) Elizabeth Truss, and (2) Kemi Badenoch, when they were respectively Minister for Women and Equalities; and when the terms of office of those commissioners are due to conclude. Answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions) The following Commissioners were appointed under the tenure of Elizabeth Truss as Minister for Women and Equalities:
The following Commissioners were appointed under the tenure of Kemi Badenoch as Minister for Women and Equalities:
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Tuesday 21st October 2025
Department for Education Source Page: Letter dated 14/10/2025 from Baroness Smith of Malvern to Lord Watson of Invergowrie, Baroness Thornton and Lord Lucas regarding the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill committee stage debate (eleventh day) on amendment 456 (seeking to limit the use of faith-based admissions criteria to 50% in all new state funded faith schools opened after the commencement of the establishment of the new school clauses). 3p. Document: Letter_to_Peers_on_Clause_57_and_Amendment_456.pdf (PDF) Found: Letter dated 14/10/2025 from Baroness Smith of Malvern to Lord Watson of Invergowrie, Baroness Thornton |