Information between 2nd December 2025 - 12th December 2025
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2 Dec 2025 - Budget Resolutions - View Vote Context Barry Gardiner voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 340 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 364 Noes - 167 |
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2 Dec 2025 - Budget Resolutions - View Vote Context Barry Gardiner voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 315 Labour Aye votes vs 1 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 327 Noes - 182 |
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2 Dec 2025 - Budget Resolutions - View Vote Context Barry Gardiner voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 347 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 362 Noes - 164 |
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2 Dec 2025 - Budget Resolutions - View Vote Context Barry Gardiner voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 343 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 348 Noes - 176 |
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2 Dec 2025 - Budget Resolutions - View Vote Context Barry Gardiner voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 346 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 369 Noes - 166 |
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2 Dec 2025 - Budget Resolutions - View Vote Context Barry Gardiner voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 350 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 371 Noes - 166 |
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2 Dec 2025 - Budget Resolutions - View Vote Context Barry Gardiner voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 336 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 357 Noes - 174 |
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3 Dec 2025 - Pension Schemes Bill - View Vote Context Barry Gardiner voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 296 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 154 Noes - 303 |
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3 Dec 2025 - Pension Schemes Bill - View Vote Context Barry Gardiner voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 294 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 87 Noes - 299 |
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3 Dec 2025 - Pension Schemes Bill - View Vote Context Barry Gardiner voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 295 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 143 Noes - 304 |
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3 Dec 2025 - Pension Schemes Bill - View Vote Context Barry Gardiner voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 291 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 77 Noes - 298 |
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8 Dec 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Barry Gardiner voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 309 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 326 Noes - 162 |
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8 Dec 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Barry Gardiner voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 305 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 395 Noes - 98 |
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8 Dec 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Barry Gardiner voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 294 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 300 Noes - 96 |
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8 Dec 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Barry Gardiner voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 305 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 327 Noes - 162 |
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8 Dec 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Barry Gardiner voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 308 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 327 Noes - 96 |
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10 Dec 2025 - Seasonal Work - View Vote Context Barry Gardiner voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 312 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 320 Noes - 98 |
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10 Dec 2025 - Seasonal Work - View Vote Context Barry Gardiner voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 311 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 98 Noes - 325 |
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10 Dec 2025 - Conduct of the Chancellor of the Exchequer - View Vote Context Barry Gardiner voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 290 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 90 Noes - 297 |
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Barry Gardiner speeches from: Kashmir: Self-determination
Barry Gardiner contributed 3 speeches (676 words) Wednesday 10th December 2025 - Westminster Hall Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office |
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Barry Gardiner speeches from: Government Procurement
Barry Gardiner contributed 5 speeches (2,326 words) Tuesday 2nd December 2025 - Commons Chamber Cabinet Office |
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Barry Gardiner speeches from: Office for Budget Responsibility Forecasts
Barry Gardiner contributed 1 speech (47 words) Monday 1st December 2025 - Commons Chamber HM Treasury |
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Barry Gardiner speeches from: Budget Resolutions
Barry Gardiner contributed 3 speeches (873 words) Monday 1st December 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for Energy Security & Net Zero |
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Lynemouth Power Station: Biofuels
Asked by: Barry Gardiner (Labour - Brent West) Tuesday 9th December 2025 Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to ensure transparency over contract terms agreed with Lynemouth under new low-carbon dispatchable power arrangements. Answered by Michael Shanks - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero) We are in discussions with Lynemouth Power Station to assess whether a Low Carbon Dispatchable Contract for Difference agreement could appropriately support security of supply and deliver value for consumers. Should we proceed following a full internal decision-making process with an agreement the core elements of the Heads of Terms will be announced prior to the publication of the full contract in due course. |
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Drax Power Station: Timber
Asked by: Barry Gardiner (Labour - Brent West) Tuesday 9th December 2025 Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the answer of 21 November 2025 to question 90099, what his evidential basis is for Drax's policy of not sourcing material directly from old growth areas; and whether his Department has the same definition of old growth forest as Drax. Answered by Michael Shanks - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero) The Government’s definition of old-growth forest is set out in the terms of the new Low-Carbon Dispatchable Contract for Difference published by the Low Carbon Contracts Company (LCCC) on 1 December. From 2027 there is no reliance on any other definition for determining eligibility subsidy.
Any breaches of the contractual restriction on sourcing biomass directly from old-growth forest will result in significant financial penalties and could lead to termination of the contract for serious or repeated breaches. The contract also contains strengthened Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) measures, and gives LCCC powers to conduct audits throughout the biomass supply chain. |
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Biofuels
Asked by: Barry Gardiner (Labour - Brent West) Tuesday 9th December 2025 Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to ensure that new contracts for biomass do not lead to long-term reliance on imported feedstocks. Answered by Michael Shanks - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero) It is for generators to ensure they can source sufficient biomass to meet generation requirements and sustainability standards set out in Government support schemes.
The new low-carbon dispatchable CfD with Drax incorporates strengthened sustainability standards, including a reduction in the allowable supply chain emissions threshold from 50gCO2e/MJ to 36.6gCO2e/MJ, regardless of where material is sourced.
The UK does not have sufficient forest capacity to meet current and projected short-term demand for bioenergy feedstocks. The majority of biomass imported currently is a byproduct of the wider timber industry. |
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Biofuels: Subsidies
Asked by: Barry Gardiner (Labour - Brent West) Tuesday 9th December 2025 Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether biomass subsidies are compatible with the recommendations of the Independent Review of the UK's Greenhouse Gas Removal Strategy. Answered by Michael Shanks - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero) The Independent Review considered the long-term potential for greenhouse gas removals and recommended that the UK adopt a strategic aim to minimise the use of imported biomass. The sourcing of biomass is a commercial decision for generators. However, under the terms of the new short-term Low Carbon Dispatchable Contract for Difference with Drax, large-scale biomass will play a much more limited role in the power system, operating less than half as often as it currently does. This will result in a reduction in the UK’s reliance on imported biomass feedstock going forward. |
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Biofuels: Supply Chains
Asked by: Barry Gardiner (Labour - Brent West) Tuesday 9th December 2025 Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to help tackle deforestation, air pollution and community health impacts linked to imported biomass supply chains. Answered by Michael Shanks - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero) The new Low-Carbon Dispatchable Contract for Difference strengthens environmental protections, and enhances monitoring, reporting and verification of compliance. The government has recently published the common biomass sustainability framework consultation. The proposals we are consulting on will ensure that the highest industry standards continue to apply to biomass power generation in the UK.
International biomass supply chain operations are licensed and regulated in the jurisdiction in which they are situated. We have ongoing engagement with relevant authorities regarding the full range of sustainability, environmental and other relevant matters. |
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Wednesday 3rd December Political prisoners in Bangladesh 13 signatures (Most recent: 16 Dec 2025)Tabled by: Barry Gardiner (Labour - Brent West) That this House notes with concern that many former MPs, journalists and judges have been imprisoned without charge for over a year in Bangladesh; recalls that justice delayed is justice denied; expresses its concern that there has been a resurgence of human rights abuses by state institutions, including over 40 … |
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1st December 2025
Barry Gardiner (Labour - Brent West) 1.1. Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments Payment received on 14 November 2025 - £1,250.00 Source |
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1st December 2025
Barry Gardiner (Labour - Brent West) 1.1. Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments Payment received on 20 November 2025 - £3,000.00 Source |
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1st December 2025
Barry Gardiner (Labour - Brent West) 1. Employment and earnings speaking and media appearances - MATV Channel Source |
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1st December 2025
Barry Gardiner (Labour - Brent West) 4. Visits outside the UK International visit to United States between 25 October 2025 and 05 November 2025 Source |
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1st December 2025
Barry Gardiner (Labour - Brent West) 1.1. Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments Payment received on 27 November 2025 - £1,000.00 Source |
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Thursday 4th December Barry Gardiner signed this EDM on Monday 15th December 2025 77 signatures (Most recent: 18 Dec 2025) Tabled by: Lee Barron (Labour - Corby and East Northamptonshire) That this House notes that a majority of Britons, 54 percent, intend to send their Christmas gifts this year using Royal Mail, an increase from 30 percent in 2024; recognises the vital role Royal Mail continues to play in connecting families and communities; and expresses its sincere thanks to every … |
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Thursday 4th December Barry Gardiner signed this EDM as a sponsor on Monday 8th December 2025 38 signatures (Most recent: 15 Dec 2025) Tabled by: Chris Hinchliff (Labour - North East Hertfordshire) That this House recognises that the public overwhelmingly values nature, and expresses concern that recommendations 11 and 12 of the Nuclear Regulatory Review propose a weakening of the Habitats Regulations; believes that this would constitute a sledgehammer to crack a nut; notes that the Habitats Regulations applied in full during … |
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2 Dec 2025, 8:41 p.m. - House of Commons ">> The question is that this House do now adjourn and we have Barry Gardiner on government procurement. Barry Gardiner. " Adjournment: Government procurement Barry Gardiner MP (Brent West, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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2 Dec 2025, 8:41 p.m. - House of Commons "Barry Gardiner. >> Deputy Speaker, on the 1st of October this year, it became mandatory for government " Adjournment: Government procurement Barry Gardiner MP (Brent West, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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2 Dec 2025, 8:43 p.m. - House of Commons ">> Exeter Barry Gardiner. >> Well, I'm grateful to my hon. Friend for his intervention. He's right, of course. It isn't always " Adjournment: Government procurement Barry Gardiner MP (Brent West, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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2 Dec 2025, 8:43 p.m. - House of Commons "Ireland Assembly would be advantageous not just for the Minister, but for us? >> Exeter Barry Gardiner. " Adjournment: Government procurement Barry Gardiner MP (Brent West, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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2 Dec 2025, 8:53 p.m. - House of Commons "businesses and local people to get high skilled jobs from this government procurement. >> Barry Gardiner. " Adjournment: Government procurement Barry Gardiner MP (Brent West, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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2 Dec 2025, 8:48 p.m. - House of Commons "getting involved in the first place. change? >> Well. >> Barry Gardiner. >> Look, I'm heartened, Madam " Adjournment: Government procurement Barry Gardiner MP (Brent West, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
| Parliamentary Debates |
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Kashmir: Self-determination
81 speeches (11,617 words) Wednesday 10th December 2025 - Westminster Hall Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Mentions: 1: Andrew Snowden (Con - Fylde) Member for Brent West (Barry Gardiner) for his contribution, which provided a clear and concise history - Link to Speech 2: Hamish Falconer (Lab - Lincoln) Friends the Members for Bradford East and for Brent West (Barry Gardiner) demonstrate, even the history - Link to Speech |
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Government Procurement
15 speeches (4,209 words) Tuesday 2nd December 2025 - Commons Chamber Cabinet Office Mentions: 1: Chris Ward (Lab - Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven) Friend the Member for Brent West (Barry Gardiner) for securing the debate. - Link to Speech |
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Budget Resolutions
249 speeches (46,636 words) Monday 1st December 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for Energy Security & Net Zero Mentions: 1: John Glen (Con - Salisbury) Member for Brent West (Barry Gardiner), who I know holds his views with great sincerity, although I do - Link to Speech |
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Wednesday 10th December 2025 2 p.m. Environmental Audit Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Addressing the risks from Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) At 2:30pm: Oral evidence Professor Elsie Sunderland - Fred Kavli Professor of Environmental Chemistry and Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Harvard University Professor Martyn Kirk - Professor of Applied Epidemiology at Australian National University Professor Alan Boobis OBE - Professor of Toxicology at Imperial College London At 3:30pm: Oral evidence David Henderson - CEO at Water UK Dr David Megson - Reader in Chemistry and Environmental Forensics at Manchester Metropolitan University Vicky Robinson - Head of Sustainability at The Agricultural Industries Confederation View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Wednesday 17th December 2025 2 p.m. Environmental Audit Committee - Oral evidence Subject: The Environment in Focus At 2:30pm: Oral evidence Ms Sally Nex - Advocate at The Peat-free Partnership Dr Chris Nichols - Head of Conservation Evidence & Outcomes at The Woodland Trust At 2:50pm: Oral evidence Rowena Shivam - Student of Sustainable Built Environment, Energy and Resources at University College London At 3:10pm: Oral evidence Jemima Hartshorn - Founder and Director at Mums for Lungs Dr Nat Easton - Air Quality Researcher and Specialist Policy Officer at The University of Southampton At 3:30pm: Oral evidence Ben Reynolds - Executive Director at Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP UK) David Baldock - Honorary Fellow at Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP UK) At 3:50pm: Oral evidence Dr Susan O'Leary - Director at Centre for Research into Sustainability, Royal Holloway, University of London Dr John Hillier - Reader in Natural Hazard Risk at Loughborough University View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Wednesday 7th January 2026 2 p.m. Environmental Audit Committee - Oral evidence Subject: The Seventh Carbon Budget At 2:30pm: Oral evidence Polly Cook - Chief Officer, Climate, Energy and Green Spaces at Leeds City Council Toby Park - Director, Climate, Energy and Sustainability at Behavioural Insights Team Professor Lorraine Whitmarsh MBE - Director, Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations at Department of Psychology, University of Bath At 3:30pm: Oral evidence Nigel Topping - Chair at Climate Change Committee Emma Pinchbeck - CEO at Climate Change Committee View calendar - Add to calendar |