Information between 7th July 2025 - 17th July 2025
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7 Jul 2025 - Renters’ Rights Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Smith of Malvern 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 - 206 Noes - 198 |
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7 Jul 2025 - Renters’ Rights Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Smith of Malvern voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 140 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 213 Noes - 209 |
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7 Jul 2025 - Renters’ Rights Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Smith of Malvern voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 144 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 274 Noes - 154 |
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9 Jul 2025 - House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Smith of Malvern voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 140 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 284 Noes - 239 |
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9 Jul 2025 - House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Smith of Malvern voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 147 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 265 Noes - 247 |
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9 Jul 2025 - House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Smith of Malvern voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 114 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 11 Noes - 126 |
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9 Jul 2025 - House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Smith of Malvern voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 134 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 139 Noes - 158 |
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15 Jul 2025 - Renters’ Rights Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Smith of Malvern 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 - 282 Noes - 158 |
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15 Jul 2025 - Renters’ Rights Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Smith of Malvern voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 148 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 215 Noes - 240 |
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15 Jul 2025 - Renters’ Rights Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Smith of Malvern voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 143 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 237 Noes - 223 |
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15 Jul 2025 - Renters’ Rights Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Smith of Malvern voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 143 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 98 Noes - 148 |
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15 Jul 2025 - Renters’ Rights Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Smith of Malvern voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 138 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 106 Noes - 148 |
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15 Jul 2025 - Renters’ Rights Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Smith of Malvern voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 144 Labour Aye votes vs 1 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 214 Noes - 153 |
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14 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Smith of Malvern voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 137 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 161 Noes - 191 |
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14 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Smith of Malvern voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 132 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 232 Noes - 137 |
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14 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Smith of Malvern voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 144 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 65 Noes - 170 |
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14 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Smith of Malvern 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 - 267 Noes - 153 |
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14 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Smith of Malvern voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 141 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 264 Noes - 158 |
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16 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Smith of Malvern voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 120 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 148 Noes - 155 |
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16 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Smith of Malvern voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 121 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 184 Noes - 123 |
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16 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Smith of Malvern voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 119 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 47 Noes - 121 |
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16 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Smith of Malvern voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 127 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 124 Noes - 131 |
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16 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Smith of Malvern voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 122 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 180 Noes - 123 |
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16 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Smith of Malvern voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 132 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 202 Noes - 138 |
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16 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Smith of Malvern voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 152 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 304 Noes - 160 |
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16 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Smith of Malvern voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 133 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 100 Noes - 136 |
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16 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Smith of Malvern voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 145 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 248 Noes - 150 |
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Baroness Smith of Malvern speeches from: Giving Every Child the Best Start in Life
Baroness Smith of Malvern contributed 15 speeches (3,918 words) Monday 7th July 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Education |
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Wednesday 9th July 2025
Correspondence - Correspondence to Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities, re Wales Commissioner, dated 03.07.2025 Women and Equalities Committee Found: recently I raised it in a meeting with the Minister of State for Women and Equalities, Baroness Smith of Malvern |
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Training: Taxation
Asked by: Lord Blunkett (Labour - Life peer) Thursday 17th July 2025 Question to the Department for Education: To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Smith of Malvern on 26 June (HL8471), and with regard to paragraph 4.36 of the Spending Review 2025 (CP 1336), what proportion of the additional £1.2 billion allocated per year by 2028–29 for skills by the Treasury will be (1) part of the growth and skills levy, and (2) drawn down from the skills surcharge levied on employers for bringing in overseas staff. Answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern - Minister of State (Minister for Women and Equalities) Further details on allocation of the department’s Spending Review settlement will be set out following the conclusion of departmental business planning.
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Training: Taxation
Asked by: Lord Blunkett (Labour - Life peer) Thursday 17th July 2025 Question to the HM Treasury: To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Smith of Malvern on 26 June (HL8470), when they intend to announce the revised formula for allocating the growth and skills levy (formerly the apprenticeship levy), including (1) the total for each year of the spending review period, and (2) the amount to be held back by the Treasury. Answered by Lord Livermore - Financial Secretary (HM Treasury) At Spending Review 2025, the Government allocated an additional £1.2 billion per year for skills by 2028-29. Final allocations for all skills programmes, including the growth and skills offer, will be confirmed in due course. |
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Human Rights: Education
Asked by: Lord Touhig (Labour - Life peer) Thursday 10th July 2025 Question to the Department for Education: To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Smith of Malvern on 30 May (HL7545), whether they will meet pupils of Meath School in Ottershaw in respect of UNICEF UK's "Rights Respecting Schools Award"; and whether they plan to provide funding for the scheme in England. Answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern - Minister of State (Minister for Women and Equalities) The government is committed to upholding the principles of the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child and safeguarding the rights of children, as we continue to do through the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill. We know that some schools choose to follow the UNICEF scheme ‘Rights Respecting Schools Award’, which puts children’s rights at the heart of school policy and practice, and we welcome that commitment to promoting the rights of children. However, there are no plans to provide funding for the ‘Rights Respecting Schools Award’ scheme in England. All schools in England have specific duties to promote the spiritual, moral, social and cultural (SMSC) development of their pupils and prepare them for the opportunities and responsibilities of adult life. Schools in England are required to promote the fundamental British values of democracy, rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance of those of different faiths and beliefs. Citizenship education is an effective way of doing this, and we expect teachers to reinforce these values as well as to support pupils’ SMSC development. Ministers welcome the opportunity to meet children and would be grateful for requests to be sent to the office of my hon. Friend, the Minister for School Standards. |
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Private Education
Asked by: Lord Weir of Ballyholme (Democratic Unionist Party - Life peer) Wednesday 9th July 2025 Question to the Department for Education: To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Smith of Malvern on 28 April (HL6277), how many pupils were attending the 20 schools referred to. Answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern - Minister of State (Minister for Women and Equalities) The information is available on Get Information about Schools and shows these schools had over 1,500 pupils. Overall pupil numbers at these schools combined were only at 51% of the combined capacity of these schools in January 2024 - before details of tax changes were announced. Low pupil numbers relative to capacity can be a risk factor associated with subsequent closure. |