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Division Votes
6 Dec 2023 - Strikes (Minimum Service Levels: Border Security) Regulations 2023 - View Vote Context Lord Cormack voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 159 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 151 Noes - 167
6 Dec 2023 - Code of Practice on Reasonable Steps to be taken by a Trade Union (Minimum Service Levels) - View Vote Context Lord Cormack voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 179 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 196 Noes - 192
6 Dec 2023 - Strikes (Minimum Service Levels: Passenger Railway Services) Regulations 2023 - View Vote Context Lord Cormack voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 137 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 116 Noes - 144
6 Dec 2023 - Strikes (Minimum Service Levels: NHS Ambulance Services and the NHS Patient Transport Service) Regulations 2023 - View Vote Context Lord Cormack voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 175 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 170 Noes - 187
16 Jan 2024 - Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Lord Cormack voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 195 Conservative No votes vs 2 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 102 Noes - 212

Speeches
Lord Cormack speeches from: BBC: Funding Lord Cormack contributed 2 speeches (69 words) Wednesday 17th January 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Lord Cormack speeches from: Sir Edward Heath: Operation Conifer Lord Cormack contributed 2 speeches (809 words) Wednesday 17th January 2024 - Lords Chamber Home Office
Lord Cormack speeches from: Post Office (Horizon System) Compensation Bill Lord Cormack contributed 1 speech (936 words) 2nd reading Tuesday 16th January 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Business and Trade
Lord Cormack speeches from: Leasehold Reform Lord Cormack contributed 1 speech (27 words) Thursday 11th January 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities
Lord Cormack speeches from: Parliamentary Democracy and Standards in Public Life Lord Cormack contributed 1 speech (425 words) Thursday 11th January 2024 - Lords Chamber Leader of the House
Lord Cormack speeches from: HMRC: Tax Returns Lord Cormack contributed 1 speech (31 words) Wednesday 10th January 2024 - Lords Chamber HM Treasury
Lord Cormack speeches from: Building Repairs: VAT Lord Cormack contributed 1 speech (93 words) Thursday 14th December 2023 - Lords Chamber Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities
Lord Cormack speeches from: European Political Community Summit Lord Cormack contributed 1 speech (43 words) Tuesday 12th December 2023 - Lords Chamber Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Lord Cormack speeches from: Love Matters (Archbishops’ Commission on Families and Households Report) Lord Cormack contributed 1 speech (858 words) Friday 8th December 2023 - Lords Chamber Department for Work and Pensions
Lord Cormack speeches from: Rwanda Treaty Lord Cormack contributed 1 speech (15 words) Friday 8th December 2023 - Lords Chamber Home Office
Lord Cormack speeches from: UK-Rwanda Partnership Lord Cormack contributed 1 speech (113 words) Thursday 7th December 2023 - Lords Chamber Home Office
Lord Cormack speeches from: House of Lords Appointments Commission Lord Cormack contributed 2 speeches (59 words) Wednesday 6th December 2023 - Lords Chamber Cabinet Office

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Lord Cormack mentioned

Parliamentary Debates
HMRC Self-assessment Helpline 17 speeches (1,439 words) Tuesday 26th March 2024 - Lords Chamber HM Treasury Mentions: 1: Lord Brownlow of Shurlock Row (Con - Life peer) My Lords, I pay tribute to my noble friend Lord Cormack. - Link to Speech
Investigatory Powers (Amendment)Bill [Lords] 116 speeches (19,224 words) Report stage Monday 25th March 2024 - Commons Chamber Home Office Mentions: 1: Kevan Jones (Lab - North Durham) As I said earlier, unfortunately he is at the funeral of Lord Cormack; the House will understand his - Link to Speech
Foetal Sentience Committee Bill [HL] 40 speeches (8,704 words) 2nd reading Friday 22nd March 2024 - Lords Chamber Department of Health and Social Care Mentions: 1: Baroness Smith of Newnham (LD - Life peer) have been by the noble Baroness, Lady Kennedy of The Shaws—and it was so impassioned that the late Lord - Link to Speech
Easter and Christian Culture 44 speeches (14,189 words) Thursday 21st March 2024 - Westminster Hall Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities Mentions: 1: Edward Leigh (Con - Gainsborough) to its purpose of making us a more spiritual nation.Before I sit down, may I pay tribute to the late Lord - Link to Speech
Higher Education 53 speeches (23,082 words) Thursday 7th March 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Education Mentions: 1: Lord Norton of Louth (Con - Life peer) mention of which gives me an opportunity to pay tribute to one of our alumni, the late noble Lord, Lord - Link to Speech
Foreign Affairs 50 speeches (21,456 words) Tuesday 5th March 2024 - Lords Chamber Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Mentions: 1: Baroness Helic (Con - Life peer) I also pay tribute to the late Lord Cormack. - Link to Speech
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill 175 speeches (38,738 words) Report stage Monday 4th March 2024 - Lords Chamber Home Office Mentions: 1: Viscount Hailsham (Con - Life peer) My Lords, I begin by saying how much I regret the death of my noble friend Lord Cormack. - Link to Speech 2: Lord Howard of Lympne (Con - Life peer) I cannot add anything to what my noble friend said, but it is entirely true that Lord Cormack is a great - Link to Speech 3: Lord Clarke of Nottingham (Con - Life peer) My Lords, I begin by paying tribute to my old friend Lord Cormack, whom I knew for 60 years. - Link to Speech 4: Lord Stewart of Dirleton (Con - Life peer) I echo everything said about my noble friend Lord Cormack. - Link to Speech 5: Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts (Con - Life peer) My Lords, I add my tribute to those already paid to Lord Cormack. - Link to Speech
Business of the House 87 speeches (10,686 words) Thursday 29th February 2024 - Commons Chamber Leader of the House Mentions: 1: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) First, let me add my voice to the many tributes that have been paid both to Lord Cormack and to Ronnie - Link to Speech
Oral Answers to Questions 126 speeches (9,632 words) Wednesday 28th February 2024 - Commons Chamber Cabinet Office Mentions: 1: Rishi Sunak (Con - Richmond (Yorks)) I know the thoughts of the whole House will be with the friends and families of Lord Cormack and Ronnie - Link to Speech 2: Keir Starmer (Lab - Holborn and St Pancras) May I join the Prime Minister in his remarks about Lord Cormack and Ronnie Campbell? - Link to Speech
Northern Ireland 42 speeches (28,471 words) Tuesday 27th February 2024 - Lords Chamber Northern Ireland Office Mentions: 1: Lord Dodds of Duncairn (DUP - Life peer) My Lords, I begin by joining the Minister in paying tribute to the late Lord Cormack. - Link to Speech 2: Lord Bew (XB - Life peer) My Lords, first, I pay tribute to Lord Cormack, as have others in this House. - Link to Speech 3: Baroness Hoey (Non-affiliated - Life peer) My Lords, it was appropriate in this debate to hear so much about Lord Cormack. - Link to Speech
Speaker’s Statement 1 speech (165 words) Tuesday 27th February 2024 - Commons Chamber Mentions: 1: Lindsay Hoyle (Spk - Chorley) powerful advocate for his constituents and his principles.There is also the tragic news of the death of Lord - Link to Speech
Victims and Prisoners Bill 100 speeches (30,222 words) Committee stage Monday 26th February 2024 - Lords Chamber Leader of the House Mentions: 1: Baroness Brinton (LD - Life peer) The noble Lord, Lord Cormack, told me he was going to speak, and his death over the weekend leaves a - Link to Speech 2: None Like Lord Cormack, he had acted on this in the Commons, and I know he has told the Minister that the - Link to Speech 3: Baroness Campbell of Surbiton (XB - Life peer) My Lords, before I begin, I too pay tribute to the late Lord Cormack. - Link to Speech 4: Baroness Altmann (Con - Life peer) As a tribute to Lord Cormack, who campaigned on this issue for so many years, it would be fitting if - Link to Speech 5: Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames (LD - Life peer) We mourn Lord Cormack, whose involvement in the campaign was also extensive and long lasting.The noble - Link to Speech
Death of a Member: Lord Cormack 2 speeches (37 words) Monday 26th February 2024 - Lords Chamber
Overseas Territories: Tax Haven Status 20 speeches (1,402 words) Monday 26th February 2024 - Lords Chamber HM Treasury Mentions: 1: Baroness Chakrabarti (Lab - Life peer) polarised times, I look across and see the significant space where the temperate voice of our friend Lord - Link to Speech 2: Baroness Kramer (LD - Life peer) My Lords, from these Benches I join in with the shock and sense of loss at the death of Lord Cormack. - Link to Speech 3: Lord Collins of Highbury (Lab - Life peer) My Lords, I associate myself with the comments in relation to Lord Cormack. - Link to Speech
NHS: Neurology Care 19 speeches (1,632 words) Monday 26th February 2024 - Lords Chamber Department of Health and Social Care Mentions: 1: Baroness Merron (Lab - Life peer) My Lords, as Lord Cormack was a fellow of Lincoln, as I am, I pay tribute today to his considerable contribution - Link to Speech 2: Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford (Con - Life peer) My Lords, I echo the comments about Lord Cormack—we are all going to miss him dreadfully in this Chamber.There - Link to Speech
Employment of People with Criminal Convictions 20 speeches (1,281 words) Monday 26th February 2024 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Justice Mentions: 1: Lord Bishop of Gloucester (Bshp - Bishops) My Lords, from these Benches I add our own sadness at the death of Lord Cormack. - Link to Speech 2: Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (Green - Life peer) I will just say that I will miss Lord Cormack very much.There is a section of prisoners—the IPP prisoners - Link to Speech 3: Lord Polak (Con - Life peer) My Lords, for eight years I have had the privilege of sitting on this Bench next to Lord Cormack, often - Link to Speech
Sir Edward Heath: Operation Conifer 38 speeches (11,161 words) Wednesday 17th January 2024 - Lords Chamber Home Office Mentions: 1: Lord Birt (XB - Life peer) It was, as the noble Lord, Lord Cormack, said, an absolute tragedy that he died before the shadow of - Link to Speech 2: Lord Coaker (Lab - Life peer) The noble Lord, Lord Cormack, referred to this. - Link to Speech 3: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) Cormack noted, a great statesman—but the Government cannot and should not be guided by emotion, nor - Link to Speech 4: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) Cormack and asked also by the noble Lords, Lord Hunt and Lord Coaker, I absolutely will take this back - Link to Speech
Post Office (Horizon System) Compensation Bill 40 speeches (19,139 words) 2nd reading Tuesday 16th January 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Business and Trade Mentions: 1: Lord Weir of Ballyholme (DUP - Life peer) That should give us pause for thought.The noble Lord, Lord Cormack, highlighted that the sub-postmasters - Link to Speech 2: Lord Offord of Garvel (Con - Life peer) the lessons that we learn from it.Next is the theme of legal process, brought up by the noble Lord, Lord - Link to Speech
Parliamentary Democracy and Standards in Public Life 68 speeches (20,113 words) Thursday 11th January 2024 - Lords Chamber Leader of the House Mentions: 1: Lord Newby (LD - Life peer) This point was made by the noble Lord, Lord Cormack. - Link to Speech
Love Matters (Archbishops’ Commission on Families and Households Report) 50 speeches (29,662 words) Friday 8th December 2023 - Lords Chamber Department for Work and Pensions Mentions: 1: Baroness Twycross (Lab - Life peer) of views on the issue of same-sex marriage, and we have heard the counterview from the noble Lord, Lord - Link to Speech 2: Viscount Younger of Leckie (Con - Excepted Hereditary) However, I listened very carefully to my noble friends Lady Stowell, Lord Cormack and Lord Robathan. - Link to Speech 3: Lord Archbishop of Canterbury (Bshp - Bishops) going to ride off on that hobby-horse, save to say that I appreciate the sympathy of the noble Lord, Lord - Link to Speech
UK-Rwanda Partnership 41 speeches (5,394 words) Thursday 7th December 2023 - Lords Chamber Home Office Mentions: 1: Lord Liddle (Lab - Life peer) I will follow up on the question from the noble Lord, Lord Cormack. - Link to Speech 2: Earl Attlee (Con - Excepted Hereditary) But, in answer to my noble friend Lord Cormack and the noble Lord, Lord Liddle, once the first 50 or - Link to Speech

Select Committee Documents
Tuesday 26th March 2024 Oral Evidence - House of Lords Appointments Commission, and House of Lords Appointments Commission Membership of the House of Lords - Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee Found: I regularly attended debates, with Lord Cormack, Lord Burns and others speaking.
Tuesday 19th December 2023 Report - 245th - Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure; Church of England Pensions (Application of Capital Funds) Measure Ecclesiastical Committee (Joint Committee) Found: COMMONS Baroness Butler-Sloss Fleur Anderson MP The Earl of Cork and Orrery Sir Peter Bottomley MP Lord