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5 Jan 2026 - Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill - View Vote Context Lord Bates voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 149 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 168 Noes - 178 |
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5 Jan 2026 - Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill - View Vote Context Lord Bates voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 101 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 132 Noes - 124 |
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5 Jan 2026 - Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill - View Vote Context Lord Bates voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 138 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 194 Noes - 130 |
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5 Jan 2026 - Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill - View Vote Context Lord Bates voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 148 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 210 Noes - 131 |
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5 Jan 2026 - Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill - View Vote Context Lord Bates voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 82 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 131 Noes - 127 |
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6 Jan 2026 - Sentencing Bill - View Vote Context Lord Bates voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 122 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 134 Noes - 185 |
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6 Jan 2026 - Sentencing Bill - View Vote Context Lord Bates voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 163 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 180 Noes - 219 |
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6 Jan 2026 - Sentencing Bill - View Vote Context Lord Bates voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 157 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 182 Noes - 209 |
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6 Jan 2026 - Sentencing Bill - View Vote Context Lord Bates voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 126 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 204 Noes - 136 |
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12 Jan 2026 - Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill - View Vote Context Lord Bates voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 171 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 201 Noes - 169 |
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14 Jan 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Lord Bates voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 185 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 278 Noes - 176 |
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14 Jan 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Lord Bates voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 178 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 213 Noes - 211 |
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14 Jan 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Lord Bates voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 42 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 59 Noes - 127 |
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Lord Bates speeches from: Official Development Assistance
Lord Bates contributed 2 speeches (1,123 words) Tuesday 13th January 2026 - Lords Chamber |
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Development Aid
Asked by: Lord Bates (Conservative - Life peer) Monday 5th January 2026 Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office: To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the humanitarian impact of (1) actual and (2) planned reductions in Official Development Assistance. Answered by Baroness Chapman of Darlington - Minister of State (Development) I refer the Noble Lord to the answer provided on 8 December in response to Question HL12253. |
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Sudan: Humanitarian Aid
Asked by: Lord Bates (Conservative - Life peer) Friday 9th January 2026 Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office: To ask His Majesty's Government how much they contributed in humanitarian assistance to Sudan in (1) 2023, (2) 2024, and (3) 2025; and how much they plan to contribute to Sudan in 2026. Answered by Baroness Chapman of Darlington - Minister of State (Development) Data on Official Development Assistance (ODA) spend for 2023 and 2024 is published in Statistics on International Development (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistics-on-international-development-final-uk-oda-spend-2024), including breakdowns by country, sector, and type of aid. Table 1 below shows UK ODA funding provided to Sudan through bilateral humanitarian assistance in 2023 and 2024. Table 2 shows ODA spent in the UK in the same years. Figures for 2025 and 2026 will be published in the usual way in due course. Table 1. Humanitarian ODA to Sudan, 2023 and 2024
Source: Statistics on International Development: Final UK ODA spend 2024 Table 2. ODA Spent in the UK, 2023 and 2024
Note 1. In-donor expenditure includes an estimate of the ODA-eligible part of FCDO's and other departments' administration costs, refugees living in the UK spend, raising development awareness and costs of UK experts and UK scholarships. Source: Statistics on International Development: Final UK ODA spend 2024. |
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Development Aid
Asked by: Lord Bates (Conservative - Life peer) Friday 9th January 2026 Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office: To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of UK Official Development Assistance was spent in the UK in (1) 2023, (2) 2024, and (3) 2025. Answered by Baroness Chapman of Darlington - Minister of State (Development) Data on Official Development Assistance (ODA) spend for 2023 and 2024 is published in Statistics on International Development (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistics-on-international-development-final-uk-oda-spend-2024), including breakdowns by country, sector, and type of aid. Table 1 below shows UK ODA funding provided to Sudan through bilateral humanitarian assistance in 2023 and 2024. Table 2 shows ODA spent in the UK in the same years. Figures for 2025 and 2026 will be published in the usual way in due course. Table 1. Humanitarian ODA to Sudan, 2023 and 2024
Source: Statistics on International Development: Final UK ODA spend 2024 Table 2. ODA Spent in the UK, 2023 and 2024
Note 1. In-donor expenditure includes an estimate of the ODA-eligible part of FCDO's and other departments' administration costs, refugees living in the UK spend, raising development awareness and costs of UK experts and UK scholarships. Source: Statistics on International Development: Final UK ODA spend 2024. |
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13 Jan 2026, 8:22 p.m. - House of Lords "working so hard to support. Lord Bates Lord Bates and I think some other noble Lords as well, quoted some figures about our global " Baroness Chapman of Darlington, Minister of State (Development) (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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13 Jan 2026, 8:01 p.m. - House of Lords " I thank Lord Bates for securing >> I thank Lord Bates for securing this debate. My brief report remarks draw on two reports from the Public Accounts Committee from " Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green Party) - View Video - View Transcript |
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13 Jan 2026, 8:04 p.m. - House of Lords "very eloquently by my friend, the noble Lord Lord Bates, who's got a terrific voluntary record in this " Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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13 Jan 2026, 7:51 p.m. - House of Lords " I thank the noble Lord Lord Bates for initiating this debate, and I declare my interest as CEO of and I declare my interest as CEO of United Against Malnutrition and Hunger. As we've heard, the world " Lord Oates (Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript |
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13 Jan 2026, 7:59 p.m. - House of Lords " My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord Lord Bates on securing this debate, and I declare an this debate, and I declare an interest as the chairman of the Halo Trust, the global mine and " Lord Evans of Weardale (Crossbench) - View Video - View Transcript |
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13 Jan 2026, 8:15 p.m. - House of Lords " I congratulate Lord Bates both on the debate, his powerful speech on the debate, his powerful speech and say how much I enjoyed working with him as he development Minister, " Lord Bruce of Bennachie (Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript |
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13 Jan 2026, 8:17 p.m. - House of Lords " My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lord Bates on securing this important debate. He has once again made a powerful and deeply personal case for the positive impact of UK overseas development " The Earl of Courtown (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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13 Jan 2026, 8:19 p.m. - House of Lords " My Lords, I am genuinely grateful to Lord Bates for providing us the opportunity to have this discussion. I think actually it's probably rather " Baroness Chapman of Darlington, Minister of State (Development) (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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Official Development Assistance
34 speeches (7,324 words) Tuesday 13th January 2026 - Lords Chamber Mentions: 1: Lord Oates (LD - Life peer) My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Bates, for initiating this debate. - Link to Speech 2: Lord Evans of Weardale (XB - Life peer) My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Bates, on securing this debate. - Link to Speech 3: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green - Life peer) I thank the noble Lord, Lord Bates, for securing this debate. - Link to Speech 4: Lord Bruce of Bennachie (LD - Life peer) My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Bates, on the debate and on his powerful speech and say - Link to Speech 5: Earl of Courtown (Con - Excepted Hereditary) My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lord Bates on securing this important debate. - Link to Speech |