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Division Vote (Commons)
18 Mar 2026 - Employment Rights: Investigatory Powers - View Vote Context
Andy Slaughter (Lab) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 301 Labour Aye votes vs 1 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 368 Noes - 107
Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 17 Mar 2026
Oral Answers to Questions

"I know that Members from all parts of the House support the Government’s aim to halve violence against women and girls. The metric on which that is based, the crime survey for England, deals with those aged 16 and over, but girls under 16 are also substantially at risk. How …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 17 Mar 2026
Oral Answers to Questions

"I have noticed there is a lot of debate on the role of juries at the moment—nothing gets past me. It might be a better informed debate if the researchers and jurors could talk about what happens in the jury room. The Law Commission recommends decriminalising that so it cannot …..."
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Written Question
Human Rights: Detainees
Tuesday 17th March 2026

Asked by: Andy Slaughter (Labour - Hammersmith and Chiswick)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what criteria her Department uses when determining whether to call for the release of individuals detained overseas for activities related to the exercise of their human rights.

Answered by Chris Elmore - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

Each case reported to the UK Government is assessed on its own merits, and there are no fixed criteria of the type the Hon Member describes.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 16 Mar 2026
Grenfell Tower Memorial (Expenditure) Bill

"The Grenfell Tower fire was a momentous as well as a tragic event. It fundamentally changed the way we look at fire safety, social housing and the emergency services. Most of all, it changed the lives of many people—not just those who lost their lives or were injured and traumatised, …..."
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Division Vote (Commons)
10 Mar 2026 - Courts and Tribunals Bill - View Vote Context
Andy Slaughter (Lab) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 301 Labour Aye votes vs 10 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 304 Noes - 203
Division Vote (Commons)
10 Mar 2026 - Courts and Tribunals Bill - View Vote Context
Andy Slaughter (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 308 Labour No votes vs 7 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 203 Noes - 311
Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 10 Mar 2026
Courts and Tribunals Bill

"The number of outstanding cases in the Crown court is 79,619. The outgoing Conservative Government promised to reduce the backlog; it should have been 53,000 by April last year. Their abject failures led the present Government to ask one of the country’s most foremost experts on the criminal courts, Sir …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 10 Mar 2026
Courts and Tribunals Bill

"Not yet; I am conscious of the time.

The removal of the right to elect for either way offences in clause 1 is the single most significant measure in reducing the caseload of the Crown court, with the Bill’s impact assessment indicating that that change will see 16,000 fewer sitting …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 10 Mar 2026
Courts and Tribunals Bill

"That is exactly the point that I somewhat briefly alluded to; I am glad that my hon. Friend outlined it in more detail. The Government really must address that before the Bill concludes its passage through this House and the other place.

In relation to both restriction of jury trials …..."
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