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Division Votes
5 Nov 2025 - Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill - View Vote Context Lord Laming voted No and in line with the House One of 18 Crossbench No votes vs 4 Crossbench Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 159 Noes - 194
5 Nov 2025 - Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill - View Vote Context Lord Laming voted No and in line with the House One of 17 Crossbench No votes vs 0 Crossbench Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 157 Noes - 200
5 Nov 2025 - Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill - View Vote Context Lord Laming voted No and against the House One of 17 Crossbench No votes vs 4 Crossbench Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 161 Noes - 144
11 Nov 2025 - Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill - View Vote Context Lord Laming voted No and in line with the House One of 25 Crossbench No votes vs 19 Crossbench Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 89 Noes - 195
17 Nov 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lord Laming voted Aye and in line with the House One of 33 Crossbench Aye votes vs 6 Crossbench No votes Tally: Ayes - 309 Noes - 150
17 Nov 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lord Laming voted No and against the House One of 9 Crossbench No votes vs 34 Crossbench Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 296 Noes - 147
17 Nov 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lord Laming voted Aye and in line with the House One of 20 Crossbench Aye votes vs 7 Crossbench No votes Tally: Ayes - 298 Noes - 157
5 Jan 2026 - Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill - View Vote Context Lord Laming voted Aye and in line with the House One of 17 Crossbench Aye votes vs 16 Crossbench No votes Tally: Ayes - 132 Noes - 124
12 Jan 2026 - Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill - View Vote Context Lord Laming voted No and against the House One of 20 Crossbench No votes vs 15 Crossbench Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 201 Noes - 169

Speeches
Lord Laming speeches from: Youth Unemployment Lord Laming contributed 1 speech (65 words) Tuesday 20th January 2026 - Lords Chamber Department for Work and Pensions
Lord Laming speeches from: Early Years Education Lord Laming contributed 1 speech (88 words) Wednesday 14th January 2026 - Lords Chamber
Lord Laming speeches from: Young People not in Work, Education or Training Lord Laming contributed 1 speech (109 words) Monday 8th December 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Work and Pensions
Lord Laming speeches from: Carer’s Allowance: Overpayments Lord Laming contributed 1 speech (81 words) Tuesday 2nd December 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Work and Pensions
Lord Laming speeches from: NHS: Wheelchair Services Lord Laming contributed 1 speech (78 words) Monday 24th November 2025 - Lords Chamber Department of Health and Social Care
Lord Laming speeches from: Carer’s Allowance: Overpayments Review Lord Laming contributed 1 speech (50 words) Tuesday 18th November 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Work and Pensions

Written Answers
Prescription Drugs Asked by: Lord Laming (Crossbench - Life peer) Tuesday 18th November 2025 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the cost to the NHS of identifying, sourcing and distributing medications for emergency prescriptions. Answered by Baroness Merron - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care) The Department has made no assessment of the cost to the National Health Service of identifying, sourcing, and distributing medications for emergency prescriptions. Prescriptions issued on an emergency basis to patients are not treated any differently to regular prescriptions.
Drugs: Shortages Asked by: Lord Laming (Crossbench - Life peer) Tuesday 18th November 2025 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask His Majesty's Government what definition they use to define a medicine shortage. Answered by Baroness Merron - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care) For the purposes of reporting to the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), the DHSC Reporting Requirements for Medicines Shortages and Discontinuations guidance document states that a supply shortage of a presentation of health service medicine occurs when supply does not meet patient demand at a national level, irrespective of whether it applies to the entire United Kingdom, or only to one or more of England, Scotland, Wales, or Northern Ireland as individual UK nations. However, we have a variety of escalation routes, and we will investigate issues on a case-by-case basis regardless of whether they fit this definition.
Adoption Asked by: Lord Laming (Crossbench - Life peer) Monday 15th December 2025 Question to the Department for Education: To ask His Majesty's Government what action they intend to take in response to the estimate published by the BBC that during the last five years the adoption arrangements of more than 1,000 children have resulted in those children being returned to local authority care. Answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions) Providing support for families at an earlier stage, before needs escalate to crisis point, is critical and we are working with Adoption England to achieve this. Adoption England are working with their local authority partner safeguarding teams to improve the support adopted families receive when they are in crisis. This includes developing a national protocol which can be used for all adoption support services teams in regional adoption agencies and local authority front door safeguarding services. We have provided funding of £8.8 million to Adoption England to improve adoption services, including support to adoptive families This includes implementing a new framework for an early support core offer which covers the first 12 to 18 months after placement. This financial year the department has also invested £50 million into the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund to ensure that adopted children can access therapeutic services which help stabilise placements and address complex needs.

Written Answers

Prescription Drugs
Asked by: Lord Laming (Crossbench - Life peer)
Tuesday 18th November 2025

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the cost to the NHS of identifying, sourcing and distributing medications for emergency prescriptions.

Answered by Baroness Merron - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

The Department has made no assessment of the cost to the National Health Service of identifying, sourcing, and distributing medications for emergency prescriptions.

Prescriptions issued on an emergency basis to patients are not treated any differently to regular prescriptions.

Drugs: Shortages
Asked by: Lord Laming (Crossbench - Life peer)
Tuesday 18th November 2025

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government what definition they use to define a medicine shortage.

Answered by Baroness Merron - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

For the purposes of reporting to the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), the DHSC Reporting Requirements for Medicines Shortages and Discontinuations guidance document states that a supply shortage of a presentation of health service medicine occurs when supply does not meet patient demand at a national level, irrespective of whether it applies to the entire United Kingdom, or only to one or more of England, Scotland, Wales, or Northern Ireland as individual UK nations. However, we have a variety of escalation routes, and we will investigate issues on a case-by-case basis regardless of whether they fit this definition.

Adoption
Asked by: Lord Laming (Crossbench - Life peer)
Monday 15th December 2025

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask His Majesty's Government what action they intend to take in response to the estimate published by the BBC that during the last five years the adoption arrangements of more than 1,000 children have resulted in those children being returned to local authority care.

Answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)

Providing support for families at an earlier stage, before needs escalate to crisis point, is critical and we are working with Adoption England to achieve this.

Adoption England are working with their local authority partner safeguarding teams to improve the support adopted families receive when they are in crisis. This includes developing a national protocol which can be used for all adoption support services teams in regional adoption agencies and local authority front door safeguarding services.

We have provided funding of £8.8 million to Adoption England to improve adoption services, including support to adoptive families This includes implementing a new framework for an early support core offer which covers the first 12 to 18 months after placement.

This financial year the department has also invested £50 million into the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund to ensure that adopted children can access therapeutic services which help stabilise placements and address complex needs.

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Parliamentary Debates
Carer’s Allowance: Overpayments Review 19 speeches (2,040 words) Tuesday 18th November 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Work and Pensions Mentions: 1: Baroness Fraser of Craigmaddie (Con - Life peer) My Lords, as the noble Lord, Lord Laming, reminded us, unpaid carers do a challenging, varied and extremely - Link to Speech

Select Committee Documents
Tuesday 16th December 2025 Written Evidence - Lancaster University CSC0036 - Human Rights of Children in the Social Care System in England Human Rights of Children in the Social Care System in England - Human Rights (Joint Committee) Found: Prison Reform Trust (2016) In care out of trouble: An independent review chaired by Lord Laming, London
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 Found: Members present: Lord Carter of Coles (The Chair); Lord Blencathra; Baroness Cass; Baroness Coffey; Lord Laming
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 Found: Members present: Lord Carter of Coles (The Chair); Lord Blencathra; Baroness Cass; Baroness Coffey; Lord Laming
Tuesday 2nd December 2025 Minutes and decisions - 12 November 2025 - Decisions document Liaison Committee (Lords) Found: Resilience (Proposal 20) • 10.55am Baroness Bull – Numeracy for life (Proposal 21) • 11.05am Lord Laming
Friday 21st November 2025 Agendas and papers - Uncorrected transcript: Special inquiry committee proposal - post-legislative scrutiny of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 Liaison Committee (Lords) Found: Q33 The Chair: Good morning, Lord Laming.
Friday 21st November 2025 Minutes and decisions - 11 September 2025 - Decisions document Liaison Committee (Lords) Found: to later life – Baroness Bull and Lord Tarassenko (Proposal 21) • Domestic Abuse Act 2021 – Lord Laming
Tuesday 18th November 2025 Agendas and papers - 12 November 2025 - Agenda Liaison Committee (Lords) Found: Proposal 20) • At about 10.55am Baroness Bull – Numeracy for life (Proposal 21) • At about 11.05am Lord Laming
Wednesday 12th November 2025 Oral Evidence - Association of British Pharmaceuticals Industry, Medicines UK, and Bioindustry Association Medicines security - Public Services Committee Found: Baroness Morris of Yardley (The Chair); Lord Blencathra; Lord Carter of Coles; Baroness Cass; Lord Laming
Wednesday 12th November 2025 Oral Evidence - Orion Pharma (UK), Moderna, and Besins Healthcare UK Limited Medicines security - Public Services Committee Found: of Yardley (The Chair); Lord Blencathra; Lord Carter of Coles; Baroness Cass; Baroness Coffey; Lord Laming
Wednesday 5th November 2025 Oral Evidence - NHS England, Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS), and Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Medicines security - Public Services Committee Found: of Yardley (The Chair); Lord Blencathra; Lord Bradley; Lord Carter of Coles; Baroness Coffey; Lord Laming
Wednesday 5th November 2025 Oral Evidence - Company Chemists' Association (CCA), Healthcare Distribution Association (HDA), and Community Pharmacy England Medicines security - Public Services Committee Found: of Yardley (The Chair); Lord Blencathra; Lord Bradley; Lord Carter of Coles; Baroness Coffey; Lord Laming

Arms Length Bodies Publications
Jul. 22 2009 NICE Source Page: Child maltreatment: when to suspect maltreatment in under 18s Publication Type: Original development on 01 July 2009 Document: Guideline consultation comments table responses (PDF 1.79 MB) (webpage) Published Found: The raised awareness of safeguarding due to these publications and several others (from DCSF, Lord Laming

Lord Laming - Select Committee Information

Select Committee Documents
Tuesday 18th November 2025 Correspondence - Letter from Lord Hanson of Flint, Minister of State at the Home Office, to Lord Gardiner of Kimble, Chair of the Liaison Committee, on the Select Committee on the Fraud Act 2006 and Digital Fraud Committee Liaison Committee (Lords)
Tuesday 18th November 2025 Correspondence - Letter from Janey Daby MP, Minister for Children and Families, to Lord Gardiner of Kimble, Chair of the Liaison Committee, on the Select Committee on the Children and Families Act 2014 Liaison Committee (Lords)
Tuesday 18th November 2025 Agendas and papers - 12 November 2025 - Agenda Liaison Committee (Lords)
Friday 21st November 2025 Correspondence - Letter from the Leaders of the two Houses to Lord Gardiner of Kimble and Dame Meg Hillier MP in relation to pre-legislative scrutiny in this parliamentary session, dated 22 July 2025 Liaison Committee (Lords)
Friday 21st November 2025 Correspondence - Letter from Lord Gardiner of Kimble to the Leaders of the two Houses in relation to pre-legislative scrutiny in this parliamentary session, dated 23 October 2025 Liaison Committee (Lords)
Friday 21st November 2025 Agendas and papers - Uncorrected transcript: Special inquiry committee proposal - Childhood vaccination rates Liaison Committee (Lords)
Friday 21st November 2025 Agendas and papers - Uncorrected transcript: Special inquiry committee proposal - AI and Society Liaison Committee (Lords)
Friday 21st November 2025 Agendas and papers - Uncorrected transcript: Special inquiry committee proposal - Freelancing and Self-employment: Rights and Responsibilities in a Modern Economy Liaison Committee (Lords)
Friday 21st November 2025 Agendas and papers - Uncorrected transcript: Special inquiry committee proposal - National resilience Liaison Committee (Lords)
Friday 21st November 2025 Agendas and papers - Uncorrected transcript: Special inquiry committee proposal - Lifelong Learning: Removing barriers and realising benefits of higher education in later life Liaison Committee (Lords)
Tuesday 18th November 2025 Correspondence - Letter from Mary Creagh CBE MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, to Lord Gardiner of Kimble, Chair of the Liaison Committee, on the Select Committee on Land Use in England Liaison Committee (Lords)
Tuesday 18th November 2025 Correspondence - Letter from Baroness Twycross, Minister for Gambling and Heritage, to Lord Gardiner of Kimble, Chair of the Liaison Committee, on the Select Committee on the Social and Economic Impact of the Gambling Industry Liaison Committee (Lords)
Tuesday 18th November 2025 Minutes and decisions - 7 July 2025 - Decisions document Liaison Committee (Lords)
Friday 21st November 2025 Agendas and papers - Uncorrected transcript: Special inquiry committee proposal - Numeracy for life Liaison Committee (Lords)
Friday 21st November 2025 Minutes and decisions - 11 September 2025 - Decisions document Liaison Committee (Lords)
Friday 21st November 2025 Agendas and papers - Uncorrected transcript: Special inquiry committee proposal - post-legislative scrutiny of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 Liaison Committee (Lords)
Tuesday 18th November 2025 Minutes and decisions - 25 March 2025 - Decisions document Liaison Committee (Lords)
Tuesday 2nd December 2025 Correspondence - Letter from Dame Meg Hillier MP, Chair of the House of Commons Liaison Committee to Lord Gardiner of Kimble in relation to the implementation of public inquiry recommendations, 24 October 2025 Liaison Committee (Lords)
Tuesday 2nd December 2025 Correspondence - Letter from Lord Gardiner of Kimble to Dame Meg Hillier MP, Chair of the House of Commons Liaison Committee in relation to the implementation of public inquiry recommendations, 22 July 2025 Liaison Committee (Lords)
Tuesday 2nd December 2025 Minutes and decisions - 12 November 2025 - Decisions document Liaison Committee (Lords)
Monday 26th January 2026 Minutes and decisions - 19 January 2026 - 1st Meeting - Minutes Committee of Selection (Lords)