Information between 14th January 2026 - 24th January 2026
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13 Jan 2026 - Finance (No. 2) Bill - View Vote Context Ben Lake voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 4 Plaid Cymru Aye votes vs 0 Plaid Cymru No votes Tally: Ayes - 348 Noes - 167 |
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13 Jan 2026 - Finance (No. 2) Bill - View Vote Context Ben Lake voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 4 Plaid Cymru Aye votes vs 0 Plaid Cymru No votes Tally: Ayes - 181 Noes - 335 |
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13 Jan 2026 - Finance (No. 2) Bill - View Vote Context Ben Lake voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 4 Plaid Cymru No votes vs 0 Plaid Cymru Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 344 Noes - 173 |
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13 Jan 2026 - Finance (No. 2) Bill - View Vote Context Ben Lake voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 4 Plaid Cymru Aye votes vs 0 Plaid Cymru No votes Tally: Ayes - 184 Noes - 331 |
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13 Jan 2026 - Finance (No. 2) Bill - View Vote Context Ben Lake voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 4 Plaid Cymru Aye votes vs 0 Plaid Cymru No votes Tally: Ayes - 172 Noes - 334 |
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13 Jan 2026 - Finance (No. 2) Bill - View Vote Context Ben Lake voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 4 Plaid Cymru Aye votes vs 0 Plaid Cymru No votes Tally: Ayes - 187 Noes - 351 |
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14 Jan 2026 - Public Order - View Vote Context Ben Lake voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 4 Plaid Cymru No votes vs 0 Plaid Cymru Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 301 Noes - 110 |
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20 Jan 2026 - Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill - View Vote Context Ben Lake voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 4 Plaid Cymru No votes vs 0 Plaid Cymru Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 347 Noes - 184 |
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20 Jan 2026 - Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill - View Vote Context Ben Lake voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 4 Plaid Cymru No votes vs 0 Plaid Cymru Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 347 Noes - 185 |
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20 Jan 2026 - Sentencing Bill - View Vote Context Ben Lake voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 4 Plaid Cymru No votes vs 0 Plaid Cymru Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 319 Noes - 127 |
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21 Jan 2026 - National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context Ben Lake voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 4 Plaid Cymru No votes vs 0 Plaid Cymru Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 316 Noes - 194 |
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21 Jan 2026 - National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context Ben Lake voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 4 Plaid Cymru Aye votes vs 0 Plaid Cymru No votes Tally: Ayes - 195 Noes - 317 |
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21 Jan 2026 - National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context Ben Lake voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 4 Plaid Cymru Aye votes vs 0 Plaid Cymru No votes Tally: Ayes - 191 Noes - 326 |
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Ben Lake speeches from: Oral Answers to Questions
Ben Lake contributed 1 speech (59 words) Wednesday 21st January 2026 - Commons Chamber Cabinet Office |
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Ben Lake speeches from: Mobile Phones and Social Media: Use by Children
Ben Lake contributed 1 speech (71 words) Tuesday 20th January 2026 - Commons Chamber Department for Science, Innovation & Technology |
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Ben Lake speeches from: Arctic Security
Ben Lake contributed 1 speech (81 words) Monday 19th January 2026 - Commons Chamber Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office |
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Ben Lake speeches from: UK-France Relations
Ben Lake contributed 1 speech (54 words) Wednesday 14th January 2026 - Westminster Hall Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office |
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Agriculture: Inheritance Tax
Asked by: Ben Lake (Plaid Cymru - Ceredigion Preseli) Tuesday 20th January 2026 Question to the HM Treasury: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department made of the potential impact in Wales of increasing the threshold of Agricultural Property and Relief and Businesses Property Relief to £2.5 million. Answered by Dan Tomlinson - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury) The Government announced that the allowance for 100 per cent rate of relief will be increased from £1 million to £2.5 million. This means a couple will now be able to pass on up to £5 million of agricultural or business assets tax-free between them, on top of the existing allowances such as the nil-rate band.
Information from claims is not recorded to enable constituency, regional or national breakdowns of the number of estates expected to be affected. However, compared to Budget 2025, the expected number of estates across the UK claiming agricultural property relief, including those also claiming business property relief, forecast to pay more inheritance tax in 2026-27 halves from 375 to 185. Around 85 per cent of estates across the UK claiming agricultural property relief in 2026-27, including those that also claim for business property relief, are forecast to pay no more inheritance tax on their estates under these changes.
Excluding estates only holding shares designated as ‘not listed’ on the markets of recognised stock exchanges, the reforms are also now expected to result in up to 220 estates across the UK only claiming business property relief paying more inheritance tax in 2026-27. This is a reduction from up to 325 such estates forecast to pay more at Budget 2025. This means just over 80 per cent of such estates making claims are forecast to not pay any more inheritance tax.
A tax information and impact note has been published in the normal way for UK wide changes to the tax system. This is available at www.gov.uk/government/publications/changes-to-agricultural-property-relief-and-business-property-relief/agricultural-property-relief-and-business-property-relief-changes. |
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Grok
Asked by: Ben Lake (Plaid Cymru - Ceredigion Preseli) Wednesday 21st January 2026 Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to help prevent the creation of non‑consensual sexualised images through the Grok Imagine app in the UK. Answered by Kanishka Narayan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology) The Government has been clear that non-consensual intimate images are reprehensible and no service should allow their creation and distribution. The Online Safety Act requires in-scope services to prevent such content appearing on in-scope services and to remove it swiftly when it does. Where they fail to do this, Ofcom has robust enforcement powers - including fining 10% of global revenue Furthermore, the offence of creating intimate images without consent was signed into force last week. The Secretary of State announced it will be made a priority offence under the Online Safety Act – delivering the strongest protections in the Act for users from such content. |
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Thursday 5th February Ben Lake signed this EDM on Thursday 5th February 2026 Public inquiry into Epstein links 37 signatures (Most recent: 6 Feb 2026)Tabled by: Nadia Whittome (Labour - Nottingham East) That this House stands with Jeffrey Epstein’s victims whose relentless courage and pursuit of justice has led to the publication of the Epstein files; notes with concern the number of British public figures included in these files; recognises that child sexual abuse on this scale is likely to have involved … |
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Monday 26th January Ben Lake signed this EDM on Friday 30th January 2026 St David’s Day (Dydd Gwyl Dewi) 24 signatures (Most recent: 5 Feb 2026)Tabled by: David Chadwick (Liberal Democrat - Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe) That this House recognises St David’s Day (Dydd Gwyl Dewi), celebrated on 1 March, as the national day of Wales and a celebration of Welsh culture and identity, and of the life and legacy of Saint David (Dewi Sant), the patron saint of Wales; notes that St David’s Day should … |
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Tuesday 27th January Ben Lake signed this EDM on Wednesday 28th January 2026 31 signatures (Most recent: 5 Feb 2026) Tabled by: Lee Dillon (Liberal Democrat - Newbury) That this House notes with concern that in 2024 over 3,000 road incidents involving horses were recorded by the British Horse Society; further notes with concern that 81% of those incidents occurred because a driver passed a horse too closely or at excessive speed; calls on the Government to review … |
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Tuesday 20th January Ben Lake signed this EDM as a sponsor on Wednesday 28th January 2026 Harm caused by exposure to sodium valproate 11 signatures (Most recent: 6 Feb 2026)Tabled by: Bob Blackman (Conservative - Harrow East) That this House recognises the severe and avoidable harm caused to individuals and families by exposure to sodium valproate; notes the findings of the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review First Do No Harm (2020), which identified serious failures in the regulation and prescribing of sodium valproate; further notes … |
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Thursday 22nd January Ben Lake signed this EDM on Monday 26th January 2026 36 signatures (Most recent: 5 Feb 2026) Tabled by: Wendy Chamberlain (Liberal Democrat - North East Fife) That this House notes the crisis caused by gambling harms, with approximately 2.5% of the adult British population suffering from problem gambling and a further 11.5% experiencing a lower level of harm or elevated risk; further notes with deep concern that an estimated 1.2% of 11 to 17 year olds … |
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Wednesday 21st January Ben Lake signed this EDM on Monday 26th January 2026 Situation of Kurdish people in Syria 30 signatures (Most recent: 5 Feb 2026)Tabled by: Jeremy Corbyn (Independent - Islington North) That this House notes recent reports of renewed fighting in Syria, a day after a ceasefire agreement was reached between the Syrian Government forces and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces; acknowledges that this ceasefire followed intense military operations driving Kurdish forces from two Aleppo neighbourhoods wherein more than 155,000 civilians … |
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Wednesday 21st January Ben Lake signed this EDM as a sponsor on Monday 26th January 2026 Crown Estate (Wales) Bill [Lords] 17 signatures (Most recent: 4 Feb 2026)Tabled by: Llinos Medi (Plaid Cymru - Ynys Môn) That this House notes the passage of the Crown Estate (Wales) Bill through the House of Lords; believes that the people of Wales should control and benefit from their own natural resources; further notes that the value of the Crown Estate in Wales has increased dramatically from £21.1 million in … |
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Monday 19th January Ben Lake signed this EDM on Monday 26th January 2026 22 signatures (Most recent: 2 Feb 2026) Tabled by: Liz Jarvis (Liberal Democrat - Eastleigh) That this House wishes Dolly Parton a happy 80th birthday; recognises her philanthropic efforts through the Dollywood Foundation to inspire children in her home county to achieve educational success; acknowledges that the Dolly Parton's Imagination Library has been in operation for over 30 years, gifting millions of free books to … |
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Monday 19th January Ben Lake signed this EDM on Monday 26th January 2026 25 signatures (Most recent: 4 Feb 2026) Tabled by: Neil Duncan-Jordan (Labour - Poole) That this House calls for the introduction of an Essentials Guarantee as supported by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and Trussell Trust, in response to the long-term decline in household income over the past decade; notes that 8.1 million people in working households are in relative poverty, that 14.1 million people … |
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Monday 19th January Ben Lake signed this EDM on Monday 26th January 2026 16 signatures (Most recent: 2 Feb 2026) Tabled by: Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party - Strangford) That this House notes the Big Garden Bird Watch which runs from 23 to 25 January 2026; notes that the RSPB are asking people to spend an hour watching the birds in their patch, garden and local area, and to record the highest number of each bird species you see … |
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Monday 19th January Ben Lake signed this EDM on Monday 26th January 2026 Public health campaign on tackling stigma towards suicide 42 signatures (Most recent: 3 Feb 2026)Tabled by: Sarah Olney (Liberal Democrat - Richmond Park) That this House highlights, on Blue Monday, that every life lost to suicide is a tragedy; recognises the importance of breaking down barriers surrounding the stigma towards the topic of suicide; understands the importance of opening up conversations on the issue; further acknowledges that many people do not feel comfortable … |
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Tuesday 20th January Ben Lake signed this EDM on Monday 26th January 2026 UK digital sovereignty strategy 30 signatures (Most recent: 5 Feb 2026)Tabled by: Siân Berry (Green Party - Brighton Pavilion) That this House notes that government services, democratic functions and critical infrastructure increasingly depend on a small number of external digital suppliers; further notes that excessive concentration and inadequate exit or substitution planning expose the public sector to risks including service withdrawal, sanctions, commercial failure, geopolitical disruption and unilateral changes … |
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Monday 19th January Ben Lake signed this EDM as a sponsor on Tuesday 20th January 2026 Changes to Right To Protest in the Public Order Act 2023 19 signatures (Most recent: 26 Jan 2026)Tabled by: Adrian Ramsay (Green Party - Waveney Valley) That this House is concerned by proposals to use the powers in the Public Order Act 2023 to give protected national research infrastructure status to universities, laboratories, medical facilities and other facilities licensed for animal experimentation under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986; is further concerned that this could have … |
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Wednesday 14th January Ben Lake signed this EDM on Monday 19th January 2026 52 signatures (Most recent: 6 Feb 2026) Tabled by: Calum Miller (Liberal Democrat - Bicester and Woodstock) That this House applauds the courage and resilience shown by the Iranian people in standing up to the tyrannical leaders of their country, and recognises the echoes of the bravery demonstrated following the death of Mahsa Amini in 2022 at the hands of the religious morality police; believes that the … |
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Wednesday 14th January Ben Lake signed this EDM on Monday 19th January 2026 66 signatures (Most recent: 3 Feb 2026) Tabled by: Monica Harding (Liberal Democrat - Esher and Walton) That this House notes with serious concern reports that, from 31 December 2025, international non-governmental organisations operating in the Occupied Palestinian Territories have been informed that their registrations are due to expire under a newly introduced Israeli registration system, requiring the cessation of activities and the withdrawal of staff within … |
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Monday 12th January Ben Lake signed this EDM on Monday 19th January 2026 Report on conditions and treatment at Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre 17 signatures (Most recent: 19 Jan 2026)Tabled by: John McDonnell (Labour - Hayes and Harlington) That this House expresses its concern at the report compiled by asylum seekers, who are being detained in preparation for being returned to France under the Government’s one-in, one-out scheme, entitled Report on conditions and treatment at Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre, published on Monday 5 January 2026, as reported in … |
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19 Jan 2026, 8:04 p.m. - House of Commons " Ben Lake speaker, can I commend the government for standing firm with our European allies in supporting the principle that the future of Greenland is a matter for her people and her people alone? " Ben Lake MP (Ceredigion Preseli, Plaid Cymru) - View Video - View Transcript |
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20 Jan 2026, 1:52 p.m. - House of Commons " Ben Lake Madam Deputy Speaker, I know that the parents, grandparents and indeed young people across Canada will welcome action to tackle the harms of social media and mobile phone use. Will she " Ben Lake MP (Ceredigion Preseli, Plaid Cymru) - View Video - View Transcript |
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Wednesday 21st January 2026
Oral Evidence - 2026-01-21 14:30:00+00:00 Welsh Affairs Committee Found: Q14 Ben Lake: I will do my best to be brief too, Chair. |
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Wednesday 14th January 2026
Oral Evidence - S4C, S4C, and S4C Welsh Affairs Committee Found: Watch the meeting Members present: Ruth Jones (Chair); Ann Davies; Gerald Jones; Ben Lake; Llinos Medi |
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Wednesday 28th January 2026 2 p.m. Welsh Affairs Committee - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Wednesday 4th February 2026 2 p.m. Welsh Affairs Committee - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Monday 2nd February 2026 2:45 p.m. Welsh Affairs Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Promoting Wales for inward investment At 3:00pm: Oral evidence Tim Newns - Director, Office for Investment at Department for Business and Trade at UK Government The Lord Stockwood - Minister for Investment at Department for Business and Trade at UK Government View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Wednesday 11th February 2026 2 p.m. Welsh Affairs Committee - Oral evidence Subject: The work of the Secretary of State for Wales At 2:30pm: Oral evidence Rt Hon Jo Stevens MP - Secretary of State for Wales at Wales Office Anna McMorrin MP - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at Wales Office Ciarán Hayes - Director at Wales Office View calendar - Add to calendar |
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4 Feb 2026
Cross-border healthcare arrangements between England and Wales Welsh Affairs Committee (Select) Submit Evidence (by 27 Mar 2026) Cross-border healthcare affects individuals living in both England and across Wales, who travel between the nations for GPs, specialist care, hospitals, and more. Cross-border healthcare arrangements between England and Wales offer unique challenges, some of which the Welsh Affairs Committee heard during a one-off evidence session conducted in January 2025.
This inquiry is building on the Committee’s previous evidence session on cross-border healthcare to explore in greater depth the issues affecting patients. It will look at the progress that has been made with cross-border healthcare arrangements as well as identify areas of improvement. It will also seek to address the impact of recent policy healthcare announcements on cross-border healthcare arrangements.
Read the call for evidence to find out more about the inquiry. |