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Division Votes
11 Nov 2025 - Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill - View Vote Context Lord Meston voted Aye and against the House One of 19 Crossbench Aye votes vs 25 Crossbench No votes Tally: Ayes - 89 Noes - 195
11 Nov 2025 - Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill - View Vote Context Lord Meston voted No and in line with the House One of 22 Crossbench No votes vs 4 Crossbench Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 201 Noes - 238
17 Nov 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lord Meston voted Aye and in line with the House One of 34 Crossbench Aye votes vs 9 Crossbench No votes Tally: Ayes - 296 Noes - 147
10 Dec 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lord Meston voted No and in line with the House One of 20 Crossbench No votes vs 13 Crossbench Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 219 Noes - 223

Speeches
Lord Meston speeches from: Victims and Courts Bill Lord Meston contributed 1 speech (1,296 words) 2nd reading Tuesday 16th December 2025 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Justice
Lord Meston speeches from: Crime and Policing Bill Lord Meston contributed 1 speech (793 words) Committee stage part one Monday 15th December 2025 - Lords Chamber Home Office
Lord Meston speeches from: Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Lord Meston contributed 1 speech (376 words) Committee stage Friday 5th December 2025 - Lords Chamber Department of Health and Social Care
Lord Meston speeches from: Crime and Policing Bill Lord Meston contributed 5 speeches (1,455 words) Committee stage part two Thursday 27th November 2025 - Lords Chamber Home Office
Lord Meston speeches from: Mental Health Bill [HL] Lord Meston contributed 1 speech (99 words) Consideration of Commons amendments and / or reasons Monday 24th November 2025 - Lords Chamber Department of Health and Social Care
Lord Meston speeches from: Crime and Policing Bill Lord Meston contributed 1 speech (315 words) Committee stage part one Monday 10th November 2025 - Lords Chamber Home Office
Lord Meston speeches from: Financial Provision on Divorce Lord Meston contributed 1 speech (600 words) Monday 10th November 2025 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Justice

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10 Nov 2025, 5:46 p.m. - House of Lords "noble friend Lord Clement-Jones and the noble Lord, Lord Meston, which " Baroness Doocey (Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript
10 Nov 2025, 6:09 p.m. - House of Lords "Lord Meston in their comments, excluding a person from their home is of course not something that " Lord Hanson of Flint, The Minister of State, Home Department (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
10 Nov 2025, 6:09 p.m. - House of Lords "noble Lord Meston has raised, is that the exclusion can only happen when there is a risk of violence or " Lord Hanson of Flint, The Minister of State, Home Department (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
10 Nov 2025, 8:33 p.m. - House of Lords "Butler-Sloss has raised many issues and Lord Meston has agreed with some of them, but not with all of " Baroness Levitt, The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
10 Nov 2025, 8:19 p.m. - House of Lords "Baroness Butler-Sloss and and Lord Meston that some judicial discretion and flexibility continue " Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames (Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript
24 Nov 2025, 4:18 p.m. - House of Lords "when you mean and but leave open inverted. I do hope that Lord Meston some of his colleagues Lord " Baroness Merron, The Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Health and Social Care (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
24 Nov 2025, 4:05 p.m. - House of Lords ">> Friend Lady Berridge, and also follow on from the Lord Meston. This is. >> A really important issue in " Baroness Hollins (Crossbench) - View Video - View Transcript
5 Dec 2025, 2:52 p.m. - House of Lords "practice. I am grateful to Lord Meston for his endorsement of the " Bill Sponsor Lord Falconer of Thoroton (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
15 Dec 2025, 7:16 p.m. - House of Lords "could see some perverse outcomes from this. The noble Lord Lord Meston talked about the Hague " Baroness Sugg (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
15 Dec 2025, 7:20 p.m. - House of Lords "Ireland. I note the concerns raised by the noble Lady and the noble Lords. Lord Meston Lord Davies of Gower, my noble friend Lord Hacking, " Baroness Levitt, The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
15 Dec 2025, 7:25 p.m. - House of Lords "answer to the point raised by the noble Lord Lord Meston, that the " Baroness Levitt, The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
15 Dec 2025, 7:25 p.m. - House of Lords "effectively, Lord Meston said. And the noble Lady Baroness Sugg, in " Baroness Levitt, The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
16 Dec 2025, 6:56 p.m. - House of Lords "noble Lord Lord Meston, noble Lady Baroness Hamwee, my noble friend Baroness Griffin of Princethorpe, " Baroness Levitt, The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
16 Dec 2025, 7 p.m. - House of Lords "by the noble Lord Lord Meston about the explanatory notes. Sorry about that. We'll check. We've got them " Baroness Levitt, The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
16 Dec 2025, 7:09 p.m. - House of Lords "the explanatory notes again, as did the noble Lord Lord Meston. If we've got them wrong, we'll correct " Baroness Levitt, The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
16 Dec 2025, 5:28 p.m. - House of Lords "are likely to come into force? As Lord Meston has said, section 18 of " Baroness Hamwee (Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript
16 Dec 2025, 5:32 p.m. - House of Lords "return. And to hear in particular from the noble Lord, Lord Meston. " Baroness Chakrabarti (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
16 Dec 2025, 5:37 p.m. - House of Lords "noble Lord Lord Meston, who is distinguished in that area as my noble friend is in the context of " Baroness Chakrabarti (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
16 Dec 2025, 5:13 p.m. - House of Lords "the noble Lord Lord Meston. But I agree with my noble friend Lord " Lord Garnier (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
16 Dec 2025, 6:02 p.m. - House of Lords "it goes through the noble Lord. Meston gave a number of examples, which I know from my own experience " Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
16 Dec 2025, 6:03 p.m. - House of Lords "offences. But nevertheless, I look forward to the noble Lord Dear Lord Meston pursuing the practical " Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
16 Dec 2025, 6:22 p.m. - House of Lords "requiring the court to make a prohibited steps order. I agree with the noble Lord Lord Meston on " Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames (Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript
16 Dec 2025, 5:57 p.m. - House of Lords "heard from Lord Meston, it's and as " Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
16 Dec 2025, 6:41 p.m. - House of Lords "question mark as to the four year threshold provision touched upon by the noble Lord Meston, because of " Lord Keen of Elie (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript

Parliamentary Debates
Victims and Courts Bill 52 speeches (24,819 words) 2nd reading Tuesday 16th December 2025 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Justice Mentions: 1: Baroness Levitt (Lab - Life peer) The noble Lord, Lord Meston, asked me when we met about the number of offenders this will capture. - Link to Speech 2: Lord Garnier (Con - Life peer) I listened with great care to the noble Lord, Lord Meston, on that. - Link to Speech 3: Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede (Lab - Life peer) As we have heard from the noble Lord, Lord Meston, and as anyone who has sat in a court knows, it is - Link to Speech 4: Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames (LD - Life peer) Victim impact needs to be understood by the public and by defendants, as the noble Lord, Lord Meston, - Link to Speech 5: Baroness Levitt (Lab - Life peer) A number of points were made, including by the noble Lord, Lord Meston, about the Explanatory Notes. - Link to Speech
Crime and Policing Bill 100 speeches (26,958 words) Committee stage part one Monday 15th December 2025 - Lords Chamber Home Office Mentions: 1: None The noble Lord, Lord Meston, talked about the Hague convention as the civil mechanism working to design - Link to Speech 2: Baroness Levitt (Lab - Life peer) Clause 104 to Northern Ireland.I note the concern raised by the noble Baroness and the noble Lords, Lord Meston - Link to Speech 3: Baroness Brinton (LD - Life peer) I particularly thank the noble Lord, Lord Meston, and the noble Baroness, Lady Sugg, for their detailed - Link to Speech
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill 192 speeches (37,331 words) Committee stage Friday 5th December 2025 - Lords Chamber Department of Health and Social Care Mentions: 1: Lord Falconer of Thoroton (Lab - Life peer) I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Meston, for his endorsement of the approach to “ordinarily resident - 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: None soon debate at greater length will put in place the mandatory duty—which I know the noble Lord, Lord Meston - Link to Speech 2: Lord Sandhurst (Con - Excepted Hereditary) His words of caution should be heeded.As to Amendment 274 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Meston, - Link to Speech 3: Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab - Life peer) I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Meston, for moving the amendment on behalf of the noble Baroness - Link to Speech 4: None I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Meston, for moving the amendments. - Link to Speech
Mental Health Bill [HL] 23 speeches (6,433 words) Consideration of Commons amendments and / or reasons Monday 24th November 2025 - Lords Chamber Department of Health and Social Care Mentions: 1: Baroness Buscombe (Con - Life peer) Following on from the noble Lord, Lord Meston, this is a really important issue in relation to my noble - Link to Speech 2: Baroness Merron (Lab - Life peer) The modern style is to say “and” when you mean “and”, but to leave—I hope that the noble Lords, Lord Meston - Link to Speech
Financial Provision on Divorce 33 speeches (8,212 words) Monday 10th November 2025 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Justice Mentions: 1: Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames (LD - Life peer) I agree fully with the noble and learned Baroness, Lady Butler-Sloss, and the noble Lord, Lord Meston - Link to Speech 2: Baroness Levitt (Lab - Life peer) all points.The noble and learned Baroness, Lady Butler-Sloss, raised many issues; the noble Lord, Lord Meston - 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: Lord Clement-Jones (LD - Life peer) Amendment 12—I thank the noble Lord, Lord Meston, for signing it—seeks to remove the power to exclude - Link to Speech 2: None backing to Amendment 12, in the names of my noble friend Lord Clement-Jones and the noble Lord, Lord Meston - Link to Speech 3: Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab - Life peer) As noble Lords have said, including the noble Lords, Lord Clement-Jones and Lord Meston, excluding a - Link to Speech

Select Committee Documents
Friday 19th December 2025 Report - Forty-third Report - 3 Statutory Instruments Reported Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) Found: Brady of Altrincham (Conservative; Life peer) Lord Carter of Haslemere (Crossbench; Life peer) Lord Meston
Friday 12th December 2025 Report - Forty-second Report - 1 Statutory Instrument Reported Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) Found: Brady of Altrincham (Conservative; Life peer) Lord Carter of Haslemere (Crossbench; Life peer) Lord Meston
Friday 5th December 2025 Report - Forty-first Report - 1 Statutory Instrument Reported Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) Found: Brady of Altrincham (Conservative; Life peer) Lord Carter of Haslemere (Crossbench; Life peer) Lord Meston
Friday 21st November 2025 Report - Fortieth Report - 2 Statutory Instruments Reported Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) Found: Brady of Altrincham (Conservative; Life peer) Lord Carter of Haslemere (Crossbench; Life peer) Lord Meston
Friday 21st November 2025 Report - 2nd Special Report - Scrutinising Statutory Instruments: Departmental Returns, October 2024 – September 2025: Government response Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) Found: Brady of Altrincham (Conservative; Life peer) Lord Carter of Haslemere (Crossbench; Life peer) Lord Meston
Friday 14th November 2025 Report - Thirty-ninth Report - 1 Statutory Instrument Reported Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) Found: Brady of Altrincham (Conservative; Life peer) Lord Carter of Haslemere (Crossbench; Life peer) Lord Meston

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Lord Meston - Select Committee Information

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Select Committee Documents
Friday 14th November 2025 Report - Thirty-ninth Report - 1 Statutory Instrument Reported Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee)
Friday 21st November 2025 Report - Fortieth Report - 2 Statutory Instruments Reported Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee)
Friday 21st November 2025 Report - 2nd Special Report - Scrutinising Statutory Instruments: Departmental Returns, October 2024 – September 2025: Government response Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee)
Friday 5th December 2025 Report - Forty-first Report - 1 Statutory Instrument Reported Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee)
Friday 12th December 2025 Report - Forty-second Report - 1 Statutory Instrument Reported Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee)
Friday 19th December 2025 Report - Forty-third Report - 3 Statutory Instruments Reported Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee)