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11 Nov 2025 - Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill - View Vote Context Lord Blencathra voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 179 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 193 Noes - 236
11 Nov 2025 - Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill - View Vote Context Lord Blencathra voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 185 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 207 Noes - 240
11 Nov 2025 - Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill - View Vote Context Lord Blencathra voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 181 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 201 Noes - 238
17 Nov 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lord Blencathra voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 198 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 298 Noes - 157
17 Nov 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lord Blencathra voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 195 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 302 Noes - 135
17 Nov 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lord Blencathra voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 199 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 309 Noes - 150
17 Nov 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lord Blencathra voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 193 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 296 Noes - 147
17 Nov 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lord Blencathra voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 198 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 295 Noes - 150
24 Nov 2025 - Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill - View Vote Context Lord Blencathra voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 184 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 200 Noes - 244

Speeches
Lord Blencathra speeches from: Crime and Policing Bill Lord Blencathra contributed 1 speech (548 words) Committee stage part one Thursday 27th November 2025 - Lords Chamber Home Office
Lord Blencathra speeches from: Crime and Policing Bill Lord Blencathra contributed 7 speeches (3,468 words) Committee stage part two Thursday 27th November 2025 - Lords Chamber Home Office
Lord Blencathra speeches from: Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Lord Blencathra contributed 1 speech (670 words) Committee stage Friday 21st November 2025 - Lords Chamber Department of Health and Social Care
Lord Blencathra speeches from: Plastic Recycling Targets Lord Blencathra contributed 2 speeches (1,286 words) Thursday 20th November 2025 - Grand Committee
Lord Blencathra speeches from: Litter on Canal Towpaths Lord Blencathra contributed 2 speeches (1,320 words) Thursday 20th November 2025 - Grand Committee
Lord Blencathra speeches from: Crime and Policing Bill Lord Blencathra contributed 23 speeches (8,002 words) Committee stage Monday 17th November 2025 - Lords Chamber Home Office
Lord Blencathra speeches from: Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Lord Blencathra contributed 2 speeches (840 words) Committee stage Friday 14th November 2025 - Lords Chamber Department of Health and Social Care
Lord Blencathra speeches from: Crime and Policing Bill Lord Blencathra contributed 5 speeches (1,446 words) Committee stage part one Monday 10th November 2025 - Lords Chamber Home Office
Lord Blencathra speeches from: Crime and Policing Bill Lord Blencathra contributed 8 speeches (2,388 words) Committee stage part two Monday 10th November 2025 - Lords Chamber Home Office

Written Answers
Railways: Weedkillers Asked by: Lord Blencathra (Conservative - Life peer) Monday 17th November 2025 Question to the Department for Transport: To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the negative impact on soil cohesion when trackside trees and bushes are cut back hard and the roots destroyed by poison, or root killing herbicides, by Network Rail. Answered by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill - Minister of State (Department for Transport) Network Rail recognises that vegetation can both support and affect the stability of railway embankments and cuttings. While roots help stabilise soil by absorbing moisture, vegetation can also increase risks such as soil drying and cracking, or rockfall. To manage these risks, Network Rail operates in line with its vegetation and earthworks standards. Where trees are felled for safety or operational reasons, stump treatments are sometimes used to prevent regrowth, but they are never applied to retained trees or branches. In many locations, Network Rail cuts trees back to encourage regrowth, helping to maintain both biodiversity and soil stability. Based on information provided by Network Rail, the Government’s assessment is that these measures help to minimise the risk of negative impacts on soil cohesion and support a balanced approach to safety, performance and environmental protection in managing lineside vegetation.

Written Answers

Railways: Weedkillers
Asked by: Lord Blencathra (Conservative - Life peer)
Monday 17th November 2025

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the negative impact on soil cohesion when trackside trees and bushes are cut back hard and the roots destroyed by poison, or root killing herbicides, by Network Rail.

Answered by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill - Minister of State (Department for Transport)

Network Rail recognises that vegetation can both support and affect the stability of railway embankments and cuttings. While roots help stabilise soil by absorbing moisture, vegetation can also increase risks such as soil drying and cracking, or rockfall.

To manage these risks, Network Rail operates in line with its vegetation and earthworks standards. Where trees are felled for safety or operational reasons, stump treatments are sometimes used to prevent regrowth, but they are never applied to retained trees or branches. In many locations, Network Rail cuts trees back to encourage regrowth, helping to maintain both biodiversity and soil stability.

Based on information provided by Network Rail, the Government’s assessment is that these measures help to minimise the risk of negative impacts on soil cohesion and support a balanced approach to safety, performance and environmental protection in managing lineside vegetation.

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10 Nov 2025, 6:39 p.m. - House of Lords "Lord Clement-Jones not moved. Not moved. Amendment ten Lord Blencathra not moved. Amendment 11 " Lord Davies of Gower (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
10 Nov 2025, 5:46 p.m. - House of Lords "three, in the name of Lord Davies of Gower and Lord Blencathra, we on these benches take a very different " Baroness Doocey (Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript
10 Nov 2025, 6 p.m. - House of Lords "the noble Lord Blencathra, which is why it's crucial that being able to issue an order in respect to those " Lord Hanson of Flint, The Minister of State, Home Department (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
10 Nov 2025, 6:06 p.m. - House of Lords "impact upon an individual. Now. Amendment ten, moving swiftly to amendment ten, Lord Blencathra " Lord Hanson of Flint, The Minister of State, Home Department (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
10 Nov 2025, 6:19 p.m. - House of Lords "Lord Davies of Gower not moved. Amendment three Lord Blencathra not " Deputy Chair of Committees - View Video - View Transcript
10 Nov 2025, 3:56 p.m. - House of Lords "Baroness Scott of Bybrook and the noble Lords Lord Jamieson, Lord Roborough and Lord Blencathra for " Baroness Taylor of Stevenage, Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government) (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
10 Nov 2025, 4:04 p.m. - House of Lords "Lord Jamieson, Lord Moylan, Lord Bourne, Lord Blencathra and the " Baroness Scott of Bybrook (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
10 Nov 2025, 7:36 p.m. - House of Lords "Amendments 24 and 25 Lord Blencathra not moved. The question is that clause four stand part of " Lord Clement-Jones (Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript
10 Nov 2025, 7:28 p.m. - House of Lords "obviously, like we do, slightly diverges from Lord Blencathra, which I'll come back to in a moment. " Lord Hanson of Flint, The Minister of State, Home Department (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
10 Nov 2025, 7:30 p.m. - House of Lords "in due course push those amendments. Now the the point that the noble Lord Blencathra has mentioned is an " Lord Hanson of Flint, The Minister of State, Home Department (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
10 Nov 2025, 8:38 p.m. - House of Lords "reason why I was so, so nice about Lord Blencathra earlier amendment. I'm afraid we don't agree with " Lord Clement-Jones (Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript
10 Nov 2025, 8:42 p.m. - House of Lords "and the fact that the process will go through the courts. I want to assure noble Lord Blencathra and " Lord Katz (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
10 Nov 2025, 8:41 p.m. - House of Lords "manage, which are associated with nuisance and disorder. In his contribution, Lord Blencathra mentioned a specific landlord. " Lord Katz (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
10 Nov 2025, 8:36 p.m. - House of Lords "have it. Amendments 26 Lord Blencathra I. >> Rise to move amendment 26, which " AMDT:26 Lord Blencathra (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
10 Nov 2025, 5:07 p.m. - House of Lords "guilt. And so I was glad to see the noble Lord Lord Blencathra amendment in this group, and look " Baroness Fox of Buckley (Non-affiliated) - View Video - View Transcript
10 Nov 2025, 5:25 p.m. - House of Lords "I'm I don't need to move them. >> Lord Blencathra and sits down " Lord Blencathra (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
10 Nov 2025, 6:49 p.m. - House of Lords "amok, even though I know that's a caricature of a Lord, a noble Lord, Lord Blencathra style caricature, " Baroness Fox of Buckley (Non-affiliated) - View Video - View Transcript
10 Nov 2025, 6:54 p.m. - House of Lords ">> I'm going to seize the opportunity to agree with the noble Lord Blencathra while the going is " Viscount Goschen (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
10 Nov 2025, 7:26 p.m. - House of Lords "the amendments in the name of my noble friend Lord Blencathra, we are grateful to the noble Lord for " Lord Sandhurst (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
10 Nov 2025, 7:24 p.m. - House of Lords "of the amendments in the name of Lord Blencathra. These orders are " Baroness Doocey (Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript
10 Nov 2025, 9:16 p.m. - House of Lords "Amendment 35. Lord Blencathra. >> I rise to move amendment 35 " AMDT: 35 Lord Blencathra (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
10 Nov 2025, 9:21 p.m. - House of Lords "Lord Blencathra. This. This " Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (Green Party) - View Video - View Transcript
10 Nov 2025, 9:43 p.m. - House of Lords "and indeed my noble friend Lord Blencathra. Litter is is important, and whilst it might sound like a " Viscount Goschen (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
10 Nov 2025, 9:44 p.m. - House of Lords "side of it. There must be carrot and stick involved and absolutely support what my noble friend Lord Blencathra said about dog fouling. " Viscount Goschen (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
14 Nov 2025, 1:35 p.m. - House of Lords ">> Lord. >> Lord Blencathra. >> Which is. >> He suggested. " Baroness Hayman (Crossbench) - View Video - View Transcript
14 Nov 2025, 2:36 p.m. - House of Lords "noble Lord. Lord Blencathra said, if you don't have capacity, you " Lord Falconer of Thoroton (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
17 Nov 2025, 8:11 p.m. - House of Lords "Lord Lord Blencathra, and indeed your Lordships' House, that this government is definitely against " Baroness Doocey (Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript
17 Nov 2025, 8:20 p.m. - House of Lords "I'm very grateful to the comments from all noble Lords, particularly the support I have had from my noble friend Lord Blencathra. But " Lord Cameron of Lochiel (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
17 Nov 2025, 8:26 p.m. - House of Lords "Amendment 53 A is an amendment to 53 Lord Blencathra. >> My Lords, I rise to speak for " Lord Blencathra (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
17 Nov 2025, 8:53 p.m. - House of Lords "behaviour, but today's amendment from the noble Lord Blencathra seeks to provide minimum sentences " Lord Hanson of Flint, The Minister of State, Home Department (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
17 Nov 2025, 8:57 p.m. - House of Lords "admire the range of interventions made by the noble Lord Blencathra, and I don't want him to fall back " Lord Clement-Jones (Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript
17 Nov 2025, 8:59 p.m. - House of Lords "against technologically sophisticated platforms and Lord Blencathra. As amendment 55 relates " Lord Clement-Jones (Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript
17 Nov 2025, 9:01 p.m. - House of Lords "equally brief as Lord, my noble Lord Lord Clement-Jones and my noble friend Lord Blencathra. When " Lord Cameron of Lochiel (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
17 Nov 2025, 9:02 p.m. - House of Lords " I thank the noble Lord Lord Blencathra for his amendments, the " Government Spokes. Lord Katz (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
17 Nov 2025, 9:04 p.m. - House of Lords "think, sort of paraphrase Lord Blencathra any old Bobby with a warrant with warrant card, it will " Government Spokes. Lord Katz (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
17 Nov 2025, 9:05 p.m. - House of Lords "Clements and the Lib Dems have supported Lord Blencathra amendment. I. I wonder where I've gone wrong now. I say to the noble Lord, the " Government Spokes. Lord Katz (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
17 Nov 2025, 9:05 p.m. - House of Lords "that we are not neglecting the online side of things. I hope the noble Lord Lord Blencathra will be " Government Spokes. Lord Katz (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
17 Nov 2025, 9:07 p.m. - House of Lords "have it in clause 18, amendment 55. See Lord Blencathra. >> My Lord, I rise to move my amendment 55 see and speak to " Deputy Lord Speaker. Baroness Morris of Bolton (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
17 Nov 2025, 9:11 p.m. - House of Lords ">> I know, as the noble Lord Blencathra has so concisely described. He gets more concise as " Deputy Chair of Committees. Baroness Morris of Bolton (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
17 Nov 2025, 9:14 p.m. - House of Lords "from the noble Lord Blencathra seeks to replace this cap with a minimum penalty of 100% of the " Lord Clement-Jones (Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript
17 Nov 2025, 9:15 p.m. - House of Lords "grateful I am to my noble friend Lord Blencathra for these amendments and offer him the " Lord Cameron of Lochiel (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
17 Nov 2025, 9:17 p.m. - House of Lords " My Lords, I'm grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Blencathra, for " Government Spokes. Lord Katz (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
17 Nov 2025, 9:18 p.m. - House of Lords "Lord Laming Lord Blencathra amendment is is good, I'm afraid it doesn't actually reflect the actual " Government Spokes. Lord Katz (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
17 Nov 2025, 9:20 p.m. - House of Lords "Lord Blencathra you simply wouldn't generate. You might not think £60,000 is worth much, but certainly wouldn't generate anywhere near " Government Spokes. Lord Katz (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
17 Nov 2025, 9:21 p.m. - House of Lords "point Lord Blencathra made on the sentencing Council, we feel that Sentence Council is unlikely to " Government Spokes. Lord Katz (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
17 Nov 2025, 9:24 p.m. - House of Lords "contents have it. Clause 23, amendment 55 d Lord Blencathra not " Deputy Chair of Committees. Baroness Morris of Bolton (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
17 Nov 2025, 9:25 p.m. - House of Lords "have it. Clause 24, amendment 55 f Lord Blencathra not moved. The " Deputy Chair of Committees. Baroness Morris of Bolton (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
17 Nov 2025, 9:47 p.m. - House of Lords ">> My Lords, I'm grateful to you, my noble friends, Viscount Goschen and Lord Blencathra and to the noble Baroness, Lady Ducie, for " Lord Hanson of Flint, The Minister of State, Home Department (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
17 Nov 2025, 9:47 p.m. - House of Lords "particularly want to make a comment about the speech of my noble friend Lord Blencathra, when he pointed to " Lord Hanson of Flint, The Minister of State, Home Department (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
17 Nov 2025, 9:47 p.m. - House of Lords "Lord Blencathra, when he pointed to the 12 month summary conviction, because under the government's " Lord Hanson of Flint, The Minister of State, Home Department (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
17 Nov 2025, 9:40 p.m. - House of Lords "others, including the noble Lord Blencathra, have. Asked legitimate " Lord Hanson of Flint, The Minister of State, Home Department (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
17 Nov 2025, 8:33 p.m. - House of Lords "Lord Blencathra, which seek to further extend what constitutes nuisance begging under the proposed " Lord Hanson of Flint, The Minister of State, Home Department (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
17 Nov 2025, 8:35 p.m. - House of Lords "example, the very point the noble Lord Blencathra has mentioned, where an individual may be harassing members of the public on " Lord Hanson of Flint, The Minister of State, Home Department (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
17 Nov 2025, 8:36 p.m. - House of Lords "amendment and that the noble Lord Blencathra is at least somewhat mollified in the fact that there " Lord Hanson of Flint, The Minister of State, Home Department (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
17 Nov 2025, 8:39 p.m. - House of Lords "come now to amendment 54. >> Lord Blencathra rise. I rise to move my amendment 54 and speak to amendment 55. Now. Amendments 5254 " Deputy Lord Speaker. Lord Young of Cookham (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
17 Nov 2025, 8:47 p.m. - House of Lords "will be confronted robustly and effectively. And I thank my noble friend Lord Blencathra for bringing " Lord Cameron of Lochiel (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
17 Nov 2025, 8:55 p.m. - House of Lords "The contents have it become now to clause 13, amendment 55 B Lord Blencathra. " Deputy Lord Speaker. Lord Young of Cookham (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
17 Nov 2025, 6:17 p.m. - House of Lords "thank my noble friend Lord Blencathra for his amendment 42, which aims to ensure in statute " Lord Cameron of Lochiel (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
17 Nov 2025, 6:18 p.m. - House of Lords "hope the government will pay its due regard. I also thank my noble friend Lord Blencathra for his " Lord Cameron of Lochiel (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
17 Nov 2025, 6:19 p.m. - House of Lords "noble friend Lord Blencathra, but also the broader structural steps " Lord Cameron of Lochiel (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
17 Nov 2025, 6:20 p.m. - House of Lords "in this group, I want to thank the noble Lords, Lord Blencathra and Lord Davies of Gower for setting " Lord Katz (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
17 Nov 2025, 6:23 p.m. - House of Lords "However, I do not believe that amendments 41 from Lord Bates and 42 from Lord Blencathra are is the " Lord Katz (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
17 Nov 2025, 6:27 p.m. - House of Lords "consider certain factors that amendment 14, Lord Blencathra name seeks to remove the duty on the " Lord Katz (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
17 Nov 2025, 6:02 p.m. - House of Lords "of it. After clause eight, amendment 40 Lord Blencathra. Yes, my. >> Lord. >> I apologise for. " Division F1 - View Video - View Transcript
17 Nov 2025, 6:51 p.m. - House of Lords "to him. The Lord Blencathra noted this the government has also increased the Environment Agency's funding, including the amount " Government Spokes. Lord Katz (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
17 Nov 2025, 6:52 p.m. - House of Lords "Lord Blencathra in the previous group. The government is engaging with the Environment Agency on the case with the utmost seriousness. " Government Spokes. Lord Katz (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
17 Nov 2025, 6:52 p.m. - House of Lords "further tipping. Understanding. Lord Blencathra point. It's bad now, " Government Spokes. Lord Katz (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
17 Nov 2025, 6:53 p.m. - House of Lords "notwithstanding what Lord Blencathra offered from the annals of classic British comedy. We don't " Government Spokes. Lord Katz (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
17 Nov 2025, 7 p.m. - House of Lords "Davies of Gower not moved in clause ten, amendment 47 a Lord Blencathra. " Deputy Lord Speaker. Baroness Fookes (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
17 Nov 2025, 7:04 p.m. - House of Lords ">> My Lords, I've. >> Listened carefully to the noble Lord Blencathra and read the member's explanatory statement on these two amendments, and I will be " Deputy Lord Speaker. - View Video - View Transcript
17 Nov 2025, 7:06 p.m. - House of Lords "noble Lord Blencathra, suggesting that these unwitting miscreants " Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville (Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript
17 Nov 2025, 7:09 p.m. - House of Lords "noble friend Lord Blencathra for tabling these amendments. The case he set out seems to me to be clear " Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville (Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript
17 Nov 2025, 7:09 p.m. - House of Lords "to support Lord Blencathra. >> My Lords, I want to thank my " Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville (Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript
17 Nov 2025, 6:31 p.m. - House of Lords "nine, amendment 41 Lord Davies of Gower not moved, and 42 Lord Blencathra not moved. The question is that clause nine stand part of " Lord Blencathra (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
17 Nov 2025, 7:11 p.m. - House of Lords "And my noble friend Lord Blencathra is amendment 47 B as he set out provides for this. It gives the court the discretion to alter the " Lord Cameron of Lochiel (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
17 Nov 2025, 7:11 p.m. - House of Lords "the latter simply because it might carry a lower fine than the former. And my noble friend Lord Blencathra " Lord Cameron of Lochiel (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
17 Nov 2025, 7:16 p.m. - House of Lords "amendment be withdrawn. The amendment is mildly withdrawn. Amendment 47 be Lord Blencathra not " Deputy Lord Speaker. - View Video - View Transcript
19 Nov 2025, 8:20 p.m. - House of Lords "not content. The contents have it. Amendment 216A Lord Blencathra. My Lords, I rise. " deputy lord speaker. Viscount Colville of Culross (Crossbench) - View Video - View Transcript
19 Nov 2025, 8:34 p.m. - House of Lords ">> My Lords, the amendments in this group, tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Blencathra, put forward a " Lord Randall of Uxbridge (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
19 Nov 2025, 8:34 p.m. - House of Lords "I would just like to say that I fully support what my noble friend Lord Blencathra is putting forward, " Amendment:216A Lord Blencathra (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
19 Nov 2025, 8:34 p.m. - House of Lords "Lord Blencathra, put forward a number of alternative approaches to reduce shoplifting. However, I believe they fail to address " Lord Randall of Uxbridge (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
19 Nov 2025, 8:42 p.m. - House of Lords ">> My Lords, can I begin by sharing in part, the aspirations of the noble Lord? Blencathra? I agree " Lord Davies of Gower (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
19 Nov 2025, 8:42 p.m. - House of Lords "noble Lord? Blencathra? I agree with him. It is shop theft. It is not shoplifting, it is shop theft. " Lord Hanson of Flint, The Minister of State, Home Department (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
19 Nov 2025, 8:44 p.m. - House of Lords "noble Lord Blencathra brings forward, such as amendment 216, which seeks to create deterrent " Lord Hanson of Flint, The Minister of State, Home Department (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
19 Nov 2025, 4:33 p.m. - House of Lords " No. Lord Blencathra. And also one before. I'm not against sharp " Lord Hampton (Crossbench) - View Video - View Transcript
19 Nov 2025, 5:36 p.m. - House of Lords "withdrawn. It is by leave withdrawn. Amendment 104 214 B Lord Blencathra. " Lord Blencathra (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
19 Nov 2025, 5:58 p.m. - House of Lords ">> Noble friend Viscount Hailsham. >> It seems to me that essentially. What Lord Blencathra is saying is " Lord Garnier (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
19 Nov 2025, 5:58 p.m. - House of Lords "behind my noble friend Lord Blencathra proposals. >> And secondly. " Lord Garnier (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
19 Nov 2025, 6:03 p.m. - House of Lords "number of of associated uses. So, Lords, I think Lord Blencathra is absolutely put his finger on an " Viscount Goschen (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
19 Nov 2025, 6:03 p.m. - House of Lords ">> And it will come as no surprise to Lord Blencathra that we on these benches take a different view. We strongly believe that criminalising " Baroness Doocey (Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript
19 Nov 2025, 6:06 p.m. - House of Lords " I thank my noble friend. Lord Blencathra for his series of interesting amendments regarding " Lord Sandhurst (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
19 Nov 2025, 6:13 p.m. - House of Lords "from across the committee today. Lord Blencathra amendment 214B " Lord Hanson of Flint, The Minister of State, Home Department (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
19 Nov 2025, 6:14 p.m. - House of Lords "Lord Blencathra that in the first series of amendments on two one, " Lord Hanson of Flint, The Minister of State, Home Department (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
19 Nov 2025, 6:16 p.m. - House of Lords "noble Viscount Goschen, to Lord Sandhurst and indeed to the mover of those amendments Lord Blencathra, " Lord Hanson of Flint, The Minister of State, Home Department (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
19 Nov 2025, 6:19 p.m. - House of Lords "if I may say, the the honest, genuine motivation of Lord Blencathra in moving these " Lord Hanson of Flint, The Minister of State, Home Department (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
19 Nov 2025, 6:24 p.m. - House of Lords "leave withdrawn. Amendment 214C to E taken together. Lord Blencathra " Lord Blencathra (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
19 Nov 2025, 6:24 p.m. - House of Lords "E taken together. Lord Blencathra not moved. Clause 37, amendment " Amendment:214F Baroness Neville-Rolfe (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
19 Nov 2025, 6:37 p.m. - House of Lords "amendments tabled by my noble friends Baroness Neville-Rolfe and Lord Brennan Lord Blencathra to " Baroness Stowell of Beeston (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
19 Nov 2025, 6:57 p.m. - House of Lords "impacted by their jobs. Now, the noble Lord Blencathra, a member of " Lord Hanson of Flint, The Minister of State, Home Department (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
19 Nov 2025, 7:02 p.m. - House of Lords "Lord Blencathra and Lady Stowe for the probing and constructive questions that they put forward, I think, on this important part of " Baroness Neville-Rolfe (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
19 Nov 2025, 7:29 p.m. - House of Lords "confident that agreement will be reached. But perhaps that's one for another day, if I may. With respect to the noble Lord Lord Blencathra " Baroness Levitt, The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
19 Nov 2025, 7:29 p.m. - House of Lords "to the noble Lord Lord Blencathra deal with it that way, as well as the expansion of the and and also " Baroness Levitt, The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
19 Nov 2025, 4:44 p.m. - House of Lords "again, to learn the lessons that the noble Lord Blencathra has mentioned that we need to examine. Amendment one, two, three, in the " Lord Hanson of Flint, The Minister of State, Home Department (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
19 Nov 2025, 4:42 p.m. - House of Lords "have to keep under review the impact of those measures again, for the very same reasons that Lord Blencathra mentioned, to look at " Lord Hanson of Flint, The Minister of State, Home Department (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
19 Nov 2025, 4:50 p.m. - House of Lords "noble Lord Blencathra had to say in terms of no easy answers. I would say, my Lords, that he's not just " Lord Clement-Jones (Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript
19 Nov 2025, 5:13 p.m. - House of Lords "police officer, and I don't remember once my Lords Lord Blencathra in actually instigating " Viscount Goschen (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
19 Nov 2025, 5:13 p.m. - House of Lords "all of you. I'm sure you're all positively vetted, but Lord Blencathra, when he left, was " Lord Stevens of Kirkwhelpington (Crossbench) - View Video - View Transcript
19 Nov 2025, 5:14 p.m. - House of Lords "difference. And following my dear friend Lord Kakkar Lord Blencathra " Lord Stevens of Kirkwhelpington (Crossbench) - View Video - View Transcript
21 Nov 2025, 10:13 a.m. - House of Lords "determination of the noble Lord Lord Trees. As the noble Lord Lord Blencathra highlighted at Second Reading, His Majesty's Loyal " Baroness Grender (Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript
24 Nov 2025, 5:26 p.m. - House of Lords "Thompson, and the noble Lord Lord Blencathra for their contributions on this matter. The government tabled an amendment in lieu, which " Amendment:A Baroness Taylor of Stevenage, Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government) (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript

Parliamentary Debates
Crime and Policing Bill 46 speeches (10,007 words) Committee stage part one Thursday 27th November 2025 - Lords Chamber Home Office Mentions: 1: Lord Russell of Liverpool (XB - Excepted Hereditary) I am very grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Blencathra, who indicated that he wanted to speak before me - Link to Speech 2: Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab - Life peer) grateful to the noble Baronesses, Lady Finlay of Llandaff and Lady Doocey, and the noble Lord, Lord Blencathra - Link to Speech
Crime and Policing Bill 117 speeches (31,707 words) Committee stage part two Thursday 27th November 2025 - Lords Chamber Home Office Mentions: 1: Baroness Walmsley (LD - Life peer) I also cannot see how changing terminology would add to justice, as the noble Lord, Lord Blencathra, - Link to Speech 2: Lord Davies of Gower (Con - Life peer) I also pay tribute to my noble friend Lord Blencathra for his series of amendments. - Link to Speech 3: Lord Sandhurst (Con - Excepted Hereditary) My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Blencathra for introducing his amendment. - Link to Speech 4: Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab - Life peer) I just want to say thank you to the noble Lord, Lord Blencathra, for his kind words before he goes. - Link to Speech
Animal Welfare (Import of Dogs, Cats and Ferrets) Bill 8 speeches (1,169 words) 3rd reading Friday 21st November 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Mentions: 1: Earl of Effingham (Con - Excepted Hereditary) testament to the relentless focus and determination of the noble Lord, Lord Trees.As the noble Lord, Lord Blencathra - Link to Speech
Litter on Canal Towpaths 17 speeches (6,943 words) Thursday 20th November 2025 - Grand Committee Mentions: 1: Lord Katz (Lab - Life peer) all who spoke, particularly the noble Lord, Lord Evans of Rainow, and I join the noble Lord, Lord Blencathra - Link to Speech 2: Lord Katz (Lab - Life peer) To respond to the noble Lords, Lord Evans and Lord Blencathra, and the noble Viscount, Lord Trenchard - Link to Speech
Plastic Recycling Targets 16 speeches (5,915 words) Thursday 20th November 2025 - Grand Committee Mentions: 1: Lord Katz (Lab - Life peer) transform the recycling of plastic bottles while reducing litter.I recognise what the noble Lord, Lord Blencathra - Link to Speech 2: Lord Katz (Lab - Life peer) answer a couple of outstanding questions from the noble Baroness, Lady Miller, and the noble Lord, Lord Blencathra - Link to Speech
Crime and Policing Bill 16 speeches (16 words) Committee stage part one Wednesday 19th November 2025 - Lords Chamber Home Office Mentions: 1: None the noble Lord, Lord Sandhurst, and indeed to the author of those amendments, the noble Lord, Lord Blencathra - Link to Speech 2: None use of certain weapons that would fall under the remit of the proposals from the noble Lord, Lord Blencathra - Link to Speech
Crime and Policing Bill 107 speeches (31,157 words) Committee stage Monday 17th November 2025 - Lords Chamber Home Office Mentions: 1: Lord Katz (Lab - Life peer) All I can do is repeat what I said to the noble Lord, Lord Blencathra. - Link to Speech 2: Lord Cameron of Lochiel (Con - Life peer) My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Blencathra for tabling these amendments. - Link to Speech 3: Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab - Life peer) I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Blencathra, for tabling the amendments. - Link to Speech 4: Lord Cameron of Lochiel (Con - Life peer) I thank my noble friend Lord Blencathra for bringing forward these amendments. - Link to Speech 5: Lord Clement-Jones (LD - Life peer) I must say, I admire the range of interventions made by the noble Lord, Lord Blencathra. - Link to Speech
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill 195 speeches (36,110 words) Committee stage Friday 14th November 2025 - Lords Chamber Department of Health and Social Care Mentions: 1: Lord Harper (Con - Life peer) delivered.In the first part of my remarks, I will touch particularly on the aspect that my noble friend Lord Blencathra - Link to Speech 2: Baroness Hayman (XB - Life peer) My Lords, I profoundly disagree with the argument just made by the noble Lord, Lord Blencathra. - Link to Speech 3: Lord Falconer of Thoroton (Lab - Life peer) As the noble Lord, Lord Blencathra, said, if you do not have capacity, you cannot make the decision. - Link to Speech
Crime and Policing Bill 45 speeches (10,103 words) Committee stage part two Monday 10th November 2025 - Lords Chamber Home Office Mentions: 1: Lord Clement-Jones (LD - Life peer) I knew there was a reason why I was so nice about the earlier amendment from the noble Lord, Lord Blencathra - Link to Speech 2: Lord Katz (Lab - Life peer) I thank all noble Lords for this short but focused debate, particularly the noble Lord, Lord Blencathra - Link to Speech 3: Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab - Life peer) I am grateful to both the noble Lord, Lord Blencathra, and the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb - Link to Speech 4: Viscount Goschen (Con - Excepted Hereditary) I support my noble friends Lord Davies and Lord Blencathra. - Link to Speech 5: None The noble Lord, Lord Blencathra, is right that the broken window syndrome is true. - Link to Speech
Planning and Infrastructure Bill 18 speeches (3,370 words) 3rd reading Monday 10th November 2025 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Mentions: 1: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) noble Baroness, Lady Scott of Bybrook, and the noble Lords, Lord Jamieson, Lord Roborough and Lord Blencathra - Link to Speech 2: None In particular, I put on record my thanks to my noble friends Lord Jamieson, Lord Moylan, Lord Blencathra - Link to Speech
Crime and Policing Bill 64 speeches (20,322 words) Committee stage part one Monday 10th November 2025 - Lords Chamber Home Office Mentions: 1: Baroness Fox of Buckley (Non-affiliated - Life peer) I was therefore glad to see the amendments by the noble Lord, Lord Blencathra, in this group, and I look - Link to Speech 2: Baroness Fox of Buckley (Non-affiliated - Life peer) The noble Lords, Lord Pannick and Lord Blencathra, gave us a taste of what that anti-social activity - Link to Speech 3: Lord Clement-Jones (LD - Life peer) My Lords, I will seize the opportunity to agree with the noble Lord, Lord Blencathra, while the going - Link to Speech 4: None The point that the noble Lord, Lord Blencathra, has mentioned is important. - Link to Speech

Select Committee Documents
Wednesday 12th November 2025 Oral Evidence - Association of British Pharmaceuticals Industry, Medicines UK, and Bioindustry Association Medicines security - Public Services Committee Found: November 2025 Noon Watch the meeting Members present: Baroness Morris of Yardley (The Chair); Lord Blencathra
Wednesday 12th November 2025 Oral Evidence - Orion Pharma (UK), Moderna, and Besins Healthcare UK Limited Medicines security - Public Services Committee Found: November 2025 11 am Watch the meeting Members present: Baroness Morris of Yardley (The Chair); Lord Blencathra

Deposited Papers
Tuesday 25th November 2025 Home Office Source Page: Letter dated 20/11/2025 from Lord Katz to Lord Blencathra regarding the Crime and Policing Bill committee stage debate (first day): question on social housing providers ability to issue a closure notice on a flat within a housing block they own or manage. 2p. Document: Letter_from_Lord_Katz_to_Lord_Blencathra_on_the_Crime_Policing_Bill_.pdf (PDF) Found: Letter dated 20/11/2025 from Lord Katz to Lord Blencathra regarding the Crime and Policing Bill committee

Deposited Papers

Tuesday 25th November 2025
Home Office

Source Page: Letter dated 20/11/2025 from Lord Katz to Lord Blencathra regarding the Crime and Policing Bill committee stage debate (first day): question on social housing providers ability to issue a closure notice on a flat within a housing block they own or manage. 2p.
Document: Letter_from_Lord_Katz_to_Lord_Blencathra_on_the_Crime_Policing_Bill_.pdf (PDF)

Found: Letter dated 20/11/2025 from Lord Katz to Lord Blencathra regarding the Crime and Policing Bill committee

Lord Blencathra - Select Committee Information

Calendar
Wednesday 26th November 2025 11 a.m. Public Services Committee - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar
Wednesday 10th December 2025 11 a.m. Public Services Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Medicines security View calendar - Add to calendar

Select Committee Documents
Wednesday 12th November 2025 Oral Evidence - Orion Pharma (UK), Moderna, and Besins Healthcare UK Limited Medicines security - Public Services Committee
Wednesday 12th November 2025 Oral Evidence - Association of British Pharmaceuticals Industry, Medicines UK, and Bioindustry Association Medicines security - Public Services Committee
Thursday 20th November 2025 Correspondence - Letter from Department of Health and Social Care to Public Services Committee, regarding Medicine Security, 19 November 2025 Public Services Committee
Wednesday 19th November 2025 Correspondence - Letter from Community Pharmacy England to Baroness Morris of Yardley, Chair, Public Services Committee on 11 November 2025 Public Services Committee
Wednesday 19th November 2025 Written Evidence - Accord Healthcare MED0045 - Medicines security Medicines security - Public Services Committee
Wednesday 19th November 2025 Written Evidence - GS1 UK MED0047 - Medicines security Medicines security - Public Services Committee
Wednesday 19th November 2025 Written Evidence - Mr Andrew Davies MED0046 - Medicines security Medicines security - Public Services Committee
Wednesday 19th November 2025 Written Evidence - Alliance Healthcare Distribution Ltd (Cencora Alliance Healthcare) MED0044 - Medicines security Medicines security - Public Services Committee
Wednesday 26th November 2025 Written Evidence - INEOS MED0048 - Medicines security Medicines security - Public Services Committee
Tuesday 2nd December 2025 Correspondence - Letter to Sarah Jones MP from the Public Services Committee regarding Police transcription Public Services Committee
Monday 8th December 2025 Correspondence - Letter from Royal Pharmaceutical Society to Public Services Committee regarding Medicines Security (5 December 2025) Public Services Committee
Monday 8th December 2025 Correspondence - Letter from Company Chemists' Association, Community Pharmacy England, Healthcare Distribution Association, and MedicinesUK to Public Services Committee regarding Medicines Security (5 December 2025) Public Services Committee
Wednesday 10th December 2025 Agendas and papers - Company Chemists' Association - Supplementary Evidence Public Services Committee
Wednesday 10th December 2025 Agendas and papers - Healthcare Distribution Association - Supplementary Evidence Public Services Committee
Wednesday 10th December 2025 Oral Evidence - Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), and Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) Medicines security - Public Services Committee
Thursday 11th December 2025 Written Evidence - Company Chemists' Association (CCA) MED0050 - Medicines security Medicines security - Public Services Committee
Thursday 11th December 2025 Written Evidence - The Healthcare Distribution Association (HDA UK) MED0049 - Medicines security Medicines security - Public Services Committee