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Division Votes
31 Mar 2025 - Mental Health Bill [HL] - View Vote Context
Lord Hermer 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 - 209 Noes - 143
31 Mar 2025 - Mental Health Bill [HL] - View Vote Context
Lord Hermer 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 - 218 Noes - 143
31 Mar 2025 - Mental Health Bill [HL] - View Vote Context
Lord Hermer 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 - 272 Noes - 157
31 Mar 2025 - Mental Health Bill [HL] - View Vote Context
Lord Hermer 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 - 223 Noes - 157
2 Apr 2025 - Mental Health Bill [HL] - View Vote Context
Lord Hermer voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 105 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 19 Noes - 112
2 Apr 2025 - Mental Health Bill [HL] - View Vote Context
Lord Hermer voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 104 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 51 Noes - 106
2 Apr 2025 - Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context
Lord Hermer voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 134 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 226 Noes - 142
2 Apr 2025 - Mental Health Bill [HL] - View Vote Context
Lord Hermer voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 121 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 49 Noes - 129
2 Apr 2025 - Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context
Lord Hermer 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 - 59 Noes - 148
2 Apr 2025 - Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context
Lord Hermer 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 - 240 Noes - 148
2 Apr 2025 - Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context
Lord Hermer 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 - 242 Noes - 157
2 Apr 2025 - Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context
Lord Hermer voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 135 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 214 Noes - 216
30 Apr 2025 - Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2025 - View Vote Context
Lord Hermer 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 - 28 Noes - 123
30 Apr 2025 - Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2025 - View Vote Context
Lord Hermer voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 121 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 54 Noes - 124
30 Apr 2025 - Armed Forces Commissioner Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Hermer voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 147 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 245 Noes - 157
12 May 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context
Lord Hermer 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 - 200 Noes - 183
12 May 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context
Lord Hermer 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 - 289 Noes - 168
12 May 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context
Lord Hermer voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 137 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 164 Noes - 152
12 May 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context
Lord Hermer voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 120 Labour No votes vs 8 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 272 Noes - 125
19 May 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context
Lord Hermer voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 114 Labour No votes vs 18 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 289 Noes - 118
2 Jun 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context
Lord Hermer voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 110 Labour No votes vs 7 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 242 Noes - 116


Speeches
Lord Hermer speeches from: House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
Lord Hermer contributed 1 speech (1,071 words)
Committee stage part one
Tuesday 1st April 2025 - Lords Chamber
Leader of the House



Lord Hermer mentioned

Live Transcript

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3 Jun 2025, 12:31 p.m. - House of Commons
" Lord Hermer says we are not even trying to reform the convention. Why not? "
Rt Hon Shabana Mahmood KC MP, The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (Birmingham Ladywood, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
4 Jun 2025, 5:15 p.m. - House of Commons
"listen to what our friend, the Attorney-General of this great United Kingdom, Lord Hermer, has "
Dame Harriett Baldwin MP (West Worcestershire, Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript


Parliamentary Debates
Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]
105 speeches (21,201 words)
Report stage
Wednesday 4th June 2025 - Commons Chamber
Department for Business and Trade
Mentions:
1: Harriett Baldwin (Con - West Worcestershire) Let us listen to what our friend the Attorney General of this great United Kingdom, Lord Hermer, another - Link to Speech

Oral Answers to Questions
185 speeches (11,186 words)
Tuesday 3rd June 2025 - Commons Chamber
Ministry of Justice
Mentions:
1: Robert Jenrick (Con - Newark) The Justice Secretary is reported in the press to find Lord Hermer “very frustrating”, and “personally - Link to Speech
2: Desmond Swayne (Con - New Forest West) Lord Hermer says that we are not even trying to reform the convention. Why not? - Link to Speech

Oral Answers to Questions
161 speeches (10,203 words)
Monday 2nd June 2025 - Commons Chamber
Home Office
Mentions:
1: Chris Philp (Con - Croydon South) Let me try this instead: it emerged yesterday that the Attorney General, Lord Hermer, chose not to refer - Link to Speech
2: Julian Lewis (Con - New Forest East) The Home Secretary was asked a question about Lord Hermer of Chagos, as he perhaps ought to be known. - Link to Speech
3: Yvette Cooper (Lab - Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley) Lord Hermer does not decide sentencing—he has a particular role as the Attorney General. - Link to Speech

Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill
77 speeches (38,120 words)
2nd reading
Monday 2nd June 2025 - Lords Chamber
Home Office
Mentions:
1: Baroness Hoey (Non-affiliated - Life peer) mentioned this, but I was very disappointed when our Attorney-General, the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hermer - Link to Speech
2: Lord Horam (Con - Life peer) As even the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hermer, has said, events move on; law should not be set in concrete - Link to Speech

The Future of News (Communications and Digital Committee Report)
47 speeches (19,576 words)
Friday 25th April 2025 - Lords Chamber

Mentions:
1: Baroness Fleet (Con - Life peer) It is remarkable that the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hermer, the Attorney-General, prides himself as - Link to Speech

British Steel
34 speeches (4,578 words)
Thursday 24th April 2025 - Lords Chamber
HM Treasury
Mentions:
1: Lord Fox (LD - Life peer) take-note debate last week, I wrote to the noble Baroness, Lady Jones, and the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hermer - Link to Speech



Select Committee Documents
Wednesday 21st May 2025
Written Evidence - The University of Edinburgh, School of Law
ROL0105 - Rule of Law

Rule of Law - Constitution Committee

Found: with the UK Government’s understanding of the Rule of Law as articulated by the Attorney General Lord Hermer

Monday 19th May 2025
Written Evidence - JUSTICE
ROL0103 - Rule of Law

Rule of Law - Constitution Committee

Found: young_people_call_for_freedom_democracy_and_knowled ge_of_the_law_says_new_pol/ 69 Attorney General's Office and The Rt Hon Lord Hermer

Thursday 15th May 2025
Written Evidence - Elena Auer
ROL0098 - Rule of Law

Rule of Law - Constitution Committee

Found: International law and ‘abide by and unequivocally support the European Convention on Human Rights’( Lord Hermer

Thursday 15th May 2025
Written Evidence - Dr Ronan Cormacain
ROL0101 - Rule of Law

Rule of Law - Constitution Committee

Found: Lord Hermer, the current AG, has spoken of the need to rebalance primary and delegated legislation,

Wednesday 14th May 2025
Correspondence - Letter from the Chair to the Attorney General relating to WPQ performance, dated 3 April 2025

Procedure Committee

Found: parliament.uk +44 (0)20 7219 3351 Social: @CommonsProcCom Thursday, 3 April 2025 Rt Hon Lord Hermer

Wednesday 14th May 2025
Written Evidence - Law Society of Scotland
ROL0087 - Rule of Law

Rule of Law - Constitution Committee

Found: :Lord Chancellor swearing-in speech: Rt Hon Shabana Mahmood MP - GOV.UK Rt Hon Lord Hermer KC, the Attorney

Wednesday 14th May 2025
Written Evidence - UK in a Changing Europe, and University College Dublin
ROL0085 - Rule of Law

Rule of Law - Constitution Committee

Found: commitment for the UK to be “a defender of the international rule of law”, and Attorney General Lord Hermer

Wednesday 14th May 2025
Written Evidence - Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law
ROL0081 - Rule of Law

Rule of Law - Constitution Committee

Found: In fact, 18 Lord Hermer KC, Attorney General's remarks to the Venice Commission (6 December 2024), available

Wednesday 14th May 2025
Written Evidence - Worcester College, Oxford
ROL0076 - Rule of Law

Rule of Law - Constitution Committee

Found: Lord Bingham, the former attorney general Dominic Grieve KC, and the current Attorney General, Lord Hermer

Tuesday 13th May 2025
Formal Minutes - Formal Minutes 2024-25 (to 8 May 2025)

Justice Committee

Found: The Rt Hon. the Lord Hermer KC, Attorney General and Lucy Rigby MP, Solicitor General gave evidence.

Tuesday 13th May 2025
Report - Accountability for Daesh crimes

Human Rights (Joint Committee)

Found: government about the relevant public interest considerations”.37 To the JCHR, the Attorney General, Lord Hermer

Monday 12th May 2025
Written Evidence - University of Surrey School of Law/Policy Exchange, Judicial Power Project
ROL0055 - Rule of Law

Rule of Law - Constitution Committee

Found: Risk 40.I have written in detail elsewhere about concerns I have about parts of Attorney General Lord Hermer

Monday 12th May 2025
Written Evidence - The Constitution Society
ROL0054 - Rule of Law

Rule of Law - Constitution Committee

Found: of this vital task effectively a priority.xi At the 2024 Bingham Lecture, the Attorney General, Lord Hermer

Monday 12th May 2025
Written Evidence - Society of Labour Lawyers
ROL0037 - Rule of Law

Rule of Law - Constitution Committee

Found: As the Attorney General, Lord Hermer KC, put it in his October 2024 Bingham Lecture4: “Democracy, in

Thursday 8th May 2025
Written Evidence - n/a
ROL0016 - Rule of Law

Rule of Law - Constitution Committee

Found: See further Lord Hermer AG’s Bingham Lecture (2024) where Lord Hermer appears to tie “unequivocally

Thursday 8th May 2025
Written Evidence - Public Law Project
ROL0015 - Rule of Law

Rule of Law - Constitution Committee

Found: and shift emphasis away from adherence to legal obligations.29 While the new Attorney-General, Lord Hermer

Wednesday 7th May 2025
Correspondence - Correspondence from the Attorney General relating to Written Parliamentary Questions, dated 23 April 2025

Procedure Committee

Found: Rt Hon Lord Hermer KC Lucy Rigby KC MP Attorney General, Solicitor General www.gov.uk/ago Cat Smith

Wednesday 23rd April 2025
Formal Minutes - Formal Minutes 2024-25 (to 8 April 2025)

Justice Committee

Found: The Rt Hon. the Lord Hermer KC, Attorney General and Lucy Rigby MP, Solicitor General gave evidence.

Wednesday 2nd April 2025
Oral Evidence - Rt Hon Lord Hermer KC, Attorney-General

Human Rights (Joint Committee)

Found: Rt Hon Lord Hermer KC, Attorney-General Oral Evidence

Wednesday 2nd April 2025
Oral Evidence - Rt Hon Lord Hermer KC, Attorney-General

Human Rights (Joint Committee)

Found: Rt Hon Lord Hermer KC, Attorney-General Oral Evidence

Wednesday 26th March 2025
Oral Evidence - University College London, Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law, and University of Glasgow

Rule of Law - Constitution Committee

Found: We had, for example, a speech by Lord Hermer last year in which he gave the advisory opinion of the

Wednesday 26th March 2025
Oral Evidence - University College London, Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law, and University of Glasgow

Rule of Law - Constitution Committee

Found: We had, for example, a speech by Lord Hermer last year in which he gave the advisory opinion of the



Bill Documents
Apr. 16 2025
Report of the Attorney General
General Cemetery Bill [HL] 2024-26
Government report

Found: Rt Hon Lord Hermer KC Attorney General Attorney General’s Office 102 Petty France London SW1H



Department Publications - Transparency
Thursday 29th May 2025
Cabinet Office
Source Page: Register of Ministers’ Gifts and Hospitality: April 2025
Document: (webpage)

Found: Given or Received Who gift was given to or received from Value (£) Outcome (Received gifts only) Lord Hermer

Thursday 29th May 2025
Cabinet Office
Source Page: Register of Ministers’ Gifts and Hospitality: April 2025
Document: (webpage)

Found: offered hospitality Type of Hospitality Received Accompanied by Guest Value of Hospitality (£) Lord Hermer

Wednesday 21st May 2025
Attorney General
Source Page: AGO Report and Business Plan 2024-2026
Document: (PDF)

Found: This is a major priority for THE RT HON LORD HERMER KC me and which I have sworn to uphold within

Wednesday 21st May 2025
Attorney General
Source Page: AGO Report and Business Plan 2024-2026
Document: AGO Report and Business Plan 2024-2026 (webpage)

Found: Business Plan 2024-2026 From: Attorney General's Office, Lucy Rigby KC MP and The Rt Hon Lord Hermer

Monday 19th May 2025
Cabinet Office
Source Page: Register of Ministers’ Gifts and Hospitality: February 2025
Document: (webpage)

Found: offered hospitality Type of Hospitality Received Accompanied by Guest Value of Hospitality (£) Lord Hermer

Monday 19th May 2025
Cabinet Office
Source Page: Register of Ministers’ Gifts and Hospitality: February 2025
Document: (webpage)

Found: Given or Received Who gift was given to or received from Value (£) Outcome (Received gifts only) Lord Hermer

Thursday 24th April 2025
Cabinet Office
Source Page: Register of Ministers’ Gifts and Hospitality: March 2025
Document: (webpage)

Found: Given or Received Who gift was given to or received from Value (£) Outcome (Received gifts only) Lord Hermer

Thursday 24th April 2025
Cabinet Office
Source Page: Register of Ministers’ Gifts and Hospitality: March 2025
Document: (webpage)

Found: offered hospitality Type of Hospitality Received Accompanied by Guest Value of Hospitality (£) Lord Hermer



Department Publications - News and Communications
Wednesday 28th May 2025
Attorney General
Source Page: Attorney General celebrates UK-Irish relations during visit
Document: Attorney General celebrates UK-Irish relations during visit (webpage)

Found: The Attorney General Lord Hermer KC travelled to Dublin where he met with his counterpart, Attorney

Tuesday 27th May 2025
Attorney General
Source Page: Controlling boyfriend’s suspended sentence overturned
Document: Controlling boyfriend’s suspended sentence overturned (webpage)

Found: four month prison sentence after it was referred to the Court of Appeal by the Attorney General, Lord Hermer

Tuesday 22nd April 2025
Home Office
Source Page: Independent review turns to tackling Britain’s biggest crime
Document: Independent review turns to tackling Britain’s biggest crime (webpage)

Found: Attorney General Lord Hermer KC said: Fraud is one of the most pernicious crimes.