Information between 10th November 2024 - 18th July 2025
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4 Mar 2025 - Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill - View Vote Context Viscount Astor voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 196 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 213 Noes - 249 |
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4 Mar 2025 - Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill - View Vote Context Viscount Astor voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 197 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 214 Noes - 248 |
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4 Mar 2025 - Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill - View Vote Context Viscount Astor voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 185 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 200 Noes - 236 |
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2 Apr 2025 - Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Viscount Astor voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 164 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 242 Noes - 157 |
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2 Apr 2025 - Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Viscount Astor voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 177 Conservative Aye votes vs 1 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 214 Noes - 216 |
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2 Jul 2025 - House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill - View Vote Context Viscount Astor voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 249 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 280 Noes - 243 |
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9 Jul 2025 - House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill - View Vote Context Viscount Astor voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 251 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 284 Noes - 239 |
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9 Jul 2025 - House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill - View Vote Context Viscount Astor 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 Tally: Ayes - 265 Noes - 247 |
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2 Jun 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Viscount Astor voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 96 Conservative Aye votes vs 1 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 242 Noes - 116 |
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11 Jun 2025 - Armed Forces Commissioner Bill - View Vote Context Viscount Astor voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 178 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 265 Noes - 161 |
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Viscount Astor speeches from: House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
Viscount Astor contributed 1 speech (254 words) Committee stage part one Wednesday 12th March 2025 - Lords Chamber Leader of the House |
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Viscount Astor speeches from: House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
Viscount Astor contributed 1 speech (105 words) Committee stage part one Monday 3rd March 2025 - Lords Chamber Leader of the House |
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Viscount Astor speeches from: House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
Viscount Astor contributed 1 speech (915 words) 2nd reading: Part 2 Wednesday 11th December 2024 - Lords Chamber Leader of the House |
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Viscount Astor speeches from: House of Lords Reform
Viscount Astor contributed 1 speech (837 words) Tuesday 12th November 2024 - Lords Chamber Leader of the House |
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Hunting: Public Consultation
Asked by: Viscount Astor (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary) Monday 28th April 2025 Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by the Minister for Food Security and Rural Affairs on 1 April (HC Deb col 282), what plans they have to include the British Hound Sports Association in their forthcoming consultation on trail hunting. Answered by Baroness Hayman of Ullock - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) The Government made a manifesto commitment to ban Trail Hunting as part of a set of measures to improve animal welfare. Work to determine the best approach is ongoing. Public stakeholders such as the British Hounds Sports Association will have the opportunity to contribute through any future consultation. |
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12 Mar 2025, 4:52 p.m. - House of Lords "Viscount Astor makes it extremely important point about the perverse incentives. Viscount Hailsham makes " Lord Hannan of Kingsclere (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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House of Lords Reform
180 speeches (59,124 words) Tuesday 12th November 2024 - Lords Chamber Leader of the House Mentions: 1: Lord Foulkes of Cumnock (Lab - Life peer) Chamber and not the composition—although, following the seventh Lord Cromwell and the fourth Viscount Astor - Link to Speech |
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Peers
Asked by: Lord Strathclyde (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary) Friday 17th January 2025 Question to the Cabinet Office: To ask His Majesty's Government which current members of the House of Lords will be affected by the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill as currently drafted. Answered by Baroness Smith of Basildon - Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal The House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill delivers the manifesto commitment to remove the right of hereditary peers to sit and vote in the House of Lords. As a result of the Bill, the 92 seats currently reserved for hereditary peers will be removed. The Bill will remove the remaining hereditary peers at the end of the Parliamentary session in which it receives Royal Assent. A list of the current hereditary peers can be found below
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Media APPG Document: 2024 AGM Minutes Found: Labour) Matt Warman MP (Conservative) Baroness Goudie (Labour) Lord Mendoza (Conservative) Viscount Astor |
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Media APPG Document: INAUGURAL MEETING 2024 MINUTES Found: Labour) Matt Warman MP (Conservative) Baroness Goudie (Labour) Lord Mendoza (Conservative) Viscount Astor |