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Division Vote (Commons)
8 Sep 2025 - Renters’ Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Alex Barros-Curtis (Lab) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 316 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 325 Noes - 171
Division Vote (Commons)
8 Sep 2025 - Renters’ Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Alex Barros-Curtis (Lab) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 314 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 336 Noes - 158
Division Vote (Commons)
8 Sep 2025 - Renters’ Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Alex Barros-Curtis (Lab) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 319 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 402 Noes - 97
Division Vote (Commons)
8 Sep 2025 - Renters’ Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Alex Barros-Curtis (Lab) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 317 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 401 Noes - 96
Division Vote (Commons)
8 Sep 2025 - Renters’ Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Alex Barros-Curtis (Lab) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 317 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 398 Noes - 93
Written Question
Sexual Offences: Contact Orders and Parental Responsibility
Friday 5th September 2025

Asked by: Alex Barros-Curtis (Labour - Cardiff West)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to prevent people who have committed sexual offences from obtaining parental responsibility or contact orders for children conceived as a result of their crimes; and whether she plans to introduce amendments to the Children Act to close this loophole.

Answered by Sarah Sackman - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

The Government has included a measure in the Victim and Courts Bill which will restrict the exercise of an offender’s parental responsibility where they are sentenced to four or more years imprisonment for a serious child sexual abuse offence against a child for whom they hold parental responsibility. Given these changes are untested, the Government has chosen to focus on the cases involving the highest degree of direct risk to children first.

However, the Government recognises the discussions around the appropriate scope of the measure, including whether to extend it to offenders convicted of rape where a child has been conceived as a result. We are looking at this closely and will continue to work across Parliament as the Bill progresses.

The welfare of a child must be the court’s paramount consideration when making decisions about that child’s life. Courts already have powers under the Children Act 1989 to restrict the exercise of parental responsibility and to control who the child should live or spend time with, if it is in the child’s best interest to do so. When considering arrangements to be made for a child, including the extent to which parental responsibility should be exercisable and who exactly the child should live or spent time with, the court must have particular regard to a list of welfare factors, including any harm the child has suffered or is at risk of suffering.

Division Vote (Commons)
4 Sep 2025 - House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill - View Vote Context
Alex Barros-Curtis (Lab) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 261 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 338 Noes - 74
Division Vote (Commons)
4 Sep 2025 - House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill - View Vote Context
Alex Barros-Curtis (Lab) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 265 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 331 Noes - 73
Division Vote (Commons)
4 Sep 2025 - House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill - View Vote Context
Alex Barros-Curtis (Lab) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 262 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 336 Noes - 77
Division Vote (Commons)
3 Sep 2025 - Hospitality Sector - View Vote Context
Alex Barros-Curtis (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 325 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 158 Noes - 334