Information between 12th November 2025 - 22nd November 2025
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Wednesday 17th December 2025 Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Conservative - Life peer) Oral questions - Main Chamber Subject: Potential impact of the proposed Fair Work Agency on small and micro businesses View calendar - Add to calendar |
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17 Nov 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lord Sharpe of Epsom voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 193 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 296 Noes - 147 |
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17 Nov 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lord Sharpe of Epsom voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 195 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 302 Noes - 135 |
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17 Nov 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lord Sharpe of Epsom voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 198 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 298 Noes - 157 |
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17 Nov 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lord Sharpe of Epsom voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 198 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 295 Noes - 150 |
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17 Nov 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lord Sharpe of Epsom voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 199 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 309 Noes - 150 |
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Lord Sharpe of Epsom speeches from: Employment Rights Bill
Lord Sharpe of Epsom contributed 7 speeches (1,599 words) Consideration of Commons amendments and / or reasons Monday 17th November 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Business and Trade |
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Animal Experiments
Asked by: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Conservative - Life peer) Friday 21st November 2025 Question to the Home Office: To ask His Majesty's Government, in the light of the Annual statistics of scientific procedures on living animals, Great Britain 2024, published on 23 October, which included 250 procedures reported as the forced swim test, what steps they are taking to end the use of this test. Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint - Minister of State (Home Office) As of March 2024, the Home Office no longer grants project licences for use of the FST as a model of depression. This position is in line with recommendations from a report on the Forced Swim Test by the independent Animals in Science Committee ASC), The Home Office Regulator has reviewed all licences authorising the use of the Forced Swim Test (FST) under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986. The number of project licences that authorises the FST in Great Britain has decreased from nine to a current total of only three licences. All of these licences are due to expire by 2028. Taking into account the ASC’s recommendations, the FST does potentially have some use in narrowly defined research contexts where there are no non-animal alternatives currently available: screening for antidepressant efficacy and studying the neurobiology of stress. The Home Office will only authorise testing in these specific circumstances and where there is robust, legitimate scientific justification. |
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Animal Experiments
Asked by: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Conservative - Life peer) Friday 21st November 2025 Question to the Home Office: To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to set a timeline for phasing out the use of the forced swim test in their strategy to support the development, validation and uptake of non-animal methods. Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint - Minister of State (Home Office) As of March 2024, the Home Office no longer grants project licences for use of the FST as a model of depression. This position is in line with recommendations from a report on the Forced Swim Test by the independent Animals in Science Committee ASC), The Home Office Regulator has reviewed all licences authorising the use of the Forced Swim Test (FST) under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986. The number of project licences that authorises the FST in Great Britain has decreased from nine to a current total of only three licences. All of these licences are due to expire by 2028. Taking into account the ASC’s recommendations, the FST does potentially have some use in narrowly defined research contexts where there are no non-animal alternatives currently available: screening for antidepressant efficacy and studying the neurobiology of stress. The Home Office will only authorise testing in these specific circumstances and where there is robust, legitimate scientific justification. |
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17 Nov 2025, 3:38 p.m. - House of Lords "amendment 48 B, which was tabled by the noble Lord Lord Sharpe of Epsom. " Baroness Lloyd of Effra, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology) (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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17 Nov 2025, 5:49 p.m. - House of Lords ">> The question is that motion be agreed to? Motion F one Lord Sharpe of Epsom. >> I beg to move motion F one. " Lord Collins of Highbury, Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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Employment Rights Bill
55 speeches (9,538 words) Consideration of Commons amendments and / or reasons Monday 17th November 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Business and Trade Mentions: 1: Baroness Lloyd of Effra (Lab - Life peer) who need it most is imperative.Motion C relates to Amendment 48B, tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Sharpe of Epsom - Link to Speech |