Information between 19th May 2025 - 18th June 2025
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19 May 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Lord Rennard voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 58 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 289 Noes - 118 |
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2 Jun 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Lord Rennard voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 57 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 242 Noes - 116 |
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4 Jun 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Lord Rennard voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 60 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 221 Noes - 116 |
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11 Jun 2025 - Armed Forces Commissioner Bill - View Vote Context Lord Rennard voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 54 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 265 Noes - 161 |
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11 Jun 2025 - Holocaust Memorial Bill - View Vote Context Lord Rennard voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 21 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 83 Noes - 129 |
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Lord Rennard speeches from: Cardiovascular Illnesses
Lord Rennard contributed 1 speech (724 words) Thursday 12th June 2025 - Grand Committee Department of Health and Social Care |
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Lord Rennard speeches from: Elections: Political Party Spending
Lord Rennard contributed 2 speeches (158 words) Monday 9th June 2025 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government |
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Lord Rennard speeches from: Health: Ultra-processed Food
Lord Rennard contributed 1 speech (73 words) Tuesday 3rd June 2025 - Lords Chamber Department of Health and Social Care |
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Overseas Students
Asked by: Lord Rennard (Liberal Democrat - Life peer) Tuesday 3rd June 2025 Question to the Department for Education: To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the financial implications to higher education institutions of the 6 per cent levy on foreign students' tuition fees, proposed in Restoring control over the immigration system, published on 12 May. Answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern - Minister of State (Minister for Women and Equalities) The immigration white paper sets out a series of measures that will achieve a reduction in net migration, while maintaining the UK’s globally competitive offer to international students and making a significant contribution to growth by boosting our skills base. This includes the commitment to explore the introduction of a levy on higher education (HE) provider income from international students, with proceeds to be reinvested in the domestic HE and skills system. The department will set out more details around the levy in the Autumn Budget. Analysis of the potential impacts is based on the levy applying to English HE providers only. The department will fully consult all the devolved governments on the implementation of the international student levy. |
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Tobacco: Excise Duties
Asked by: Lord Rennard (Liberal Democrat - Life peer) Tuesday 3rd June 2025 Question to the HM Treasury: To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the extent to which tobacco industry pricing strategies undermine the objectives of the minimum excise tax and tobacco excise tax to reduce smoking prevalence. Answered by Lord Livermore - Financial Secretary (HM Treasury) Like most businesses across the economy, tobacco producers and retailers are free to set prices for their products. Evidence suggests that close to 100% of tax increases, and in many cases more, is passed through to consumers through prices. How this is distributed across products is a matter for the individual firms.
The UK has some of the highest tobacco taxes in the world which have helped reduce smoking prevalence to 11.9%.
In order to protect the public health objectives of tobacco taxation the Minimum Excise Tax sets a minimum amount of duty collected on a pack of cigarettes. This discourages manufacturers from selling cheap cigarettes as it reduces the profitability of cigarettes sold at or below the trigger price of £13.59 for a pack of 20 cigarettes.
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Overseas Students
Asked by: Lord Rennard (Liberal Democrat - Life peer) Tuesday 3rd June 2025 Question to the Department for Education: To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the consequences to higher education institutions of the applying the 6 per cent levy on foreign students' tuition fees, proposed in Restoring control over the immigration system, published on 12 May, to courses of less than six months. Answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern - Minister of State (Minister for Women and Equalities) The immigration white paper sets out a series of measures that will achieve a reduction in net migration, while maintaining the UK’s globally competitive offer to international students and making a significant contribution to growth by boosting our skills base. This includes the commitment to explore the introduction of a levy on higher education (HE) provider income from international students, with proceeds to be reinvested in the domestic HE and skills system. The department will set out more details around the levy in the Autumn Budget. Analysis of the potential impacts is based on the levy applying to English HE providers only. The department will fully consult all the devolved governments on the implementation of the international student levy. |
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Overseas Students
Asked by: Lord Rennard (Liberal Democrat - Life peer) Tuesday 3rd June 2025 Question to the Department for Education: To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the consequences for (1) the economies of England and Wales and (2) local economies resulting from the 6-percent levy on foreign students' tuition fees, proposed in Restoring control over the immigration system, published on 12 May. Answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern - Minister of State (Minister for Women and Equalities) The immigration white paper sets out a series of measures that will achieve a reduction in net migration, while maintaining the UK’s globally competitive offer to international students and making a significant contribution to growth by boosting our skills base. This includes the commitment to explore the introduction of a levy on higher education (HE) provider income from international students, with proceeds to be reinvested in the domestic HE and skills system. The department will set out more details around the levy in the Autumn Budget. Analysis of the potential impacts is based on the levy applying to English HE providers only. The department will fully consult all the devolved governments on the implementation of the international student levy. |
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Overseas Students
Asked by: Lord Rennard (Liberal Democrat - Life peer) Tuesday 3rd June 2025 Question to the Department for Education: To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to consult higher education institutions on the 6 per cent levy on foreign students' tuition fees, proposed in Restoring control over the immigration system, published on 12 May. Answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern - Minister of State (Minister for Women and Equalities) The immigration white paper sets out a series of measures that will achieve a reduction in net migration, while maintaining the UK’s globally competitive offer to international students and making a significant contribution to growth by boosting our skills base. This includes the commitment to explore the introduction of a levy on higher education (HE) provider income from international students, with proceeds to be reinvested in the domestic HE and skills system. The department will set out more details around the levy in the Autumn Budget. Analysis of the potential impacts is based on the levy applying to English HE providers only. The department will fully consult all the devolved governments on the implementation of the international student levy. |
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Tobacco: Excise Duties
Asked by: Lord Rennard (Liberal Democrat - Life peer) Wednesday 4th June 2025 Question to the HM Treasury: To ask His Majesty's Government, whether they will publish the model used to calculate (1) price elasticities, and (2) income elasticities, for tobacco, as referenced in Tobacco duties: forecast methodology, published by the Office for Budgetary Responsibility on 7 March. Answered by Lord Livermore - Financial Secretary (HM Treasury) The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) publishes details of their tobacco tax receipt forecast in the Economic and Fiscal Outlook (EFO) publication and forecast methodology page. [1] The OBR provides further information on their analysis on request.
[1] https://obr.uk/forecasts-in-depth/tax-by-tax-spend-by-spend/tobacco-duties/ |
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9 Jun 2025, 2:40 p.m. - House of Lords "her reply in response to Lord Rennard. She will be aware that " Lord Hayward (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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Cardiovascular Illnesses
17 speeches (7,977 words) Thursday 12th June 2025 - Grand Committee Department of Health and Social Care Mentions: 1: Lord Kamall (Con - Life peer) , and men are twice as likely as women to die prematurely from this disease.As the noble Lord, Lord Rennard - Link to Speech 2: Baroness Merron (Lab - Life peer) We will continue this work.The noble Lord, Lord Rennard, referred to the landmark Tobacco and Vapes Bill - Link to Speech |
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Elections: Political Party Spending
17 speeches (1,468 words) Monday 9th June 2025 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Mentions: 1: Lord Hayward (Con - Life peer) My Lords, I welcome both the Minister’s initial Answer and her reply to the noble Lord, Lord Rennard. - Link to Speech 2: Lord Leigh of Hurley (Con - Life peer) My Lords, in her answer to the Question from the noble Lord, Lord Rennard, and the Michael Brown memorial - Link to Speech |
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Jun. 17 2025
HL Bill 89 Running list of amendments - 17 June 2025 Tobacco and Vapes Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Clause 90 LORD RENNARD _ Clause 90, page 51, line 7, after “trademarks” insert, “, markings containing |
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Jun. 09 2025
HL Bill 89 Running list of amendments - 9 June 2025 Tobacco and Vapes Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Clause 90 LORD RENNARD _ Clause 90, page 51, line 7, after “trademarks” insert, “, markings containing |
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May. 28 2025
HL Bill 89 Running list of amendments - 28 May 2025 Tobacco and Vapes Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Clause 90 LORD RENNARD _ Clause 90, page 51, line 7, after “trademarks” insert, “, markings containing |
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May. 22 2025
HL Bill 89 Running list of amendments - 22 May 2025 Tobacco and Vapes Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Clause 90 LORD RENNARD _ Clause 90, page 51, line 7, after “trademarks” insert, “, markings containing |
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May. 20 2025
HL Bill 89 Running list of amendments - 20 May 2025 Tobacco and Vapes Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Clause 90 LORD RENNARD _ Clause 90, page 51, line 7, after “trademarks” insert, “, markings containing |
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Healthy Places APPG Document: 241129 APPG on Healthy Places Minutes.pdf Found: Attendees Beccy Cooper MP William Roberts, RSPH Lizzi Collinge MP Matthew Bazeley-Bell, RSPH Lord Rennard |
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University APPG Document: APPUG weekly update 02 - 06 June 2025.pdf Found: APP UG WEEKLY UPDATE 14 Department for Education: Overseas Students The Lord Rennard MBE (Liberal |
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Diabetes APPG Document: 2025.02.12 APPG for Diabetes Inaugural General Meeting Minutes Found: Democrats), Sarah Bool MP (Conservative), Josh Newbury (Labour), Alex McIntyre (Labour), The Lord Rennard |
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Social Science and Policy APPG Document: Minutes of Meeting 070524 Found: , House of Commons PRESENT: Sir Peter Bottomley MP (chair), Nia Griffith MP, Steve McCabe MP, Lord Rennard |
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Social Science and Policy APPG Document: Local Election Analysis May 2024 Found: , House of Commons PRESENT: Sir Peter Bottomley MP (chair), Nia Griffith MP, Steve McCabe MP, Lord Rennard |
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Dark Skies APPG Document: EGM 2024 Found: Jerome Mayhew MP Lady Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville Lord Carrington Lord Grantchester Lord Rennard |
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Global Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights APPG Document: AGM Minutes 2024 (EGM) Found: Kirsty Blackman MP Liz Saville-Roberts MP Lord Dholakia Lord Foulkes of Cumnock Lord Patel Lord Rennard |
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Global Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights APPG Document: Annual Report 2023-2024 Found: Lord Rennard Lord Rennard entered the HoL in 1999 as a LD peer. |
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Dark Skies APPG Document: AGM 2023 Found: Astronomical Society) Andrew McCall Apologies for absence Lord Carrington Caroline Lucas MP Lord Rennard |
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Diabetes APPG Document: appg-minutes-14.12.22-final Found: Thomas MP - George Howarth MP - Lee Anderson MP - Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe Apologies: - Lord Rennard |
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Diabetes APPG Document: AGM 2022 Minutes Found: Apologies: - Fabian Hamilton MP - Philip Dunne MP - Rupa Huq MP - Virendra Sharma MP - Lord Rennard |
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Dark Skies APPG Document: AGM 2022 Found: Smith (Buglife) · Apologies for absence Philip Dunne MP Simon Fell MP Jerome Mayhew MP Lord Rennard |
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Diabetes APPG Document: agm-minutes-2021-1 Found: Zoom 12 – 12:30pm In attendance: Derek Thomas MP Jim Shannon MP Sir George Howarth MP Lord Rennard |
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Dark Skies APPG Document: AGM 2021 Found: Mayhew MP (Conservative) Sheryll Murray MP (Conservative) Lady Neville-Rolfe (Conservative) Lord Rennard |
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Assistive and Accessible Technology APPG Document: APPGAT Extraordinary General Meeting Minutes (September 2020) Found: ) Sharon Hodgson MP (Labour) Lord Holmes (Non-affiliated) Lord Addington (Liberal Democrat) Lord Rennard |
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Diabetes APPG Document: Delivering Better Diabetes Outcomes in the New NHS Found: Siobhan Pender, RCN Joshua Perry, JDRF Lauren Proctor, Diabetes Voices Helen Pyper, Diabetes UK Lord Rennard |