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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 10 Jul 2025
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill

"My Lords, I support my noble friends in opposing this clause. While I will try to avoid repeating what my noble friends have already said, to take a starting point, I did speak in the debate at the other end on this because it was important that, as has already …..."
Baroness Coffey - View Speech

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 10 Jul 2025
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill

"I appreciate what the Minister is saying, but, ultimately, this is a decision about whether or not Rwanda is a safe country. Do the UK Government believe that Rwanda is a safe country or do they agree with the Supreme Court that it is an unsafe country?..."
Baroness Coffey - View Speech

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Written Question
Immigration: EU Nationals
Thursday 10th July 2025

Asked by: Baroness Coffey (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many people are currently registered on the EU Settlement Scheme as (1) settled, and (2) pre-settled.

Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint - Minister of State (Home Office)

The latest available statistics for the EU Settlement Scheme are for the period up to 31 March 2025 and can be found on GOV.UK here: How many grants of settlement are made via the EU Settlement Scheme? - GOV.UK.

They show that there have been just under 4.2 million grants of settled status and just under 2.9 million grants of pre-settled status since the Scheme's inception. Of these, some applicants have since progressed to settled status meaning that, as of 31 March 2025, there were approximately 1.6 million remaining people holding pre-settled status.

Written Question
Immigration: EU Nationals
Thursday 10th July 2025

Asked by: Baroness Coffey (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many people with EU Settlement Scheme status are currently living in the UK.

Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint - Minister of State (Home Office)

The information requested is not currently available from published statistics, and could only be collected and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.

Speech in Grand Committee - Wed 09 Jul 2025
Overarching National Policy Statement for Energy

"My Lords, I start by declaring an interest: I still live in Suffolk and probably within a mile—perhaps even 500 metres—of where a substation is proposed to be built. The area of the country that I used to represent in the other place is likely, within 10 to 15 years, …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Wed 09 Jul 2025
Overarching National Policy Statement for Energy

"My Lords, I was considering aspects of information that would be provided. It would have been helpful to know at least the summary responses, but we will have a further opportunity at the next stage of consideration to go into this in more detail.

Building on what the noble Lord, …..."
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Division Vote (Lords)
9 Jul 2025 - House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill - View Vote Context
Baroness Coffey (Con) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 246 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 265 Noes - 247
Written Question
General Practitioners: Standards
Wednesday 9th July 2025

Asked by: Baroness Coffey (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government what is the target time for a patient to obtain a GP appointment.

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

The Government is determined to work with the National Health Service to fix the front door of our health service and ensure that everyone can access general practice (GP) appointments and services, including in Eastbourne. Through our 10-Year Health Plan, it will be easier and faster to see a GP. The 8:00am scramble will end, we will train more doctors, and we will guarantee digital consultations within 24 hours.

The GP Contract requires practices to offer patients an assessment of need, or to signpost them to an appropriate service, on the day they contact the practice, so that patients are not asked to call back another day. An appointment may not always be clinically necessary but where this is appropriate, we expect practices to offer one within two weeks, with urgent needs seen on the same day.

Division Vote (Lords)
7 Jul 2025 - Renters’ Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Baroness Coffey (Con) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 175 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 274 Noes - 154
Division Vote (Lords)
7 Jul 2025 - Renters’ Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Baroness Coffey (Con) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 174 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 213 Noes - 209