Division Vote (Lords)
19 Jan 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill -
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Lord Spellar (Lab) voted No
- in line with the party majority
and against the House
One of
156 Labour No votes vs
1 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 235 Noes - 164
Division Vote (Lords)
19 Jan 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill -
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Lord Spellar (Lab) voted No
- in line with the party majority
and in line with the House
One of
151 Labour No votes vs
1 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 148 Noes - 156
Written Question
Monday 19th January 2026
Asked by:
Lord Spellar (Labour - Life peer)
Question
to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask His Majesty's Government what percentage of British manufacturing content Rolls Royce committed to in their submission for the contract for small modular reactors.
Answered by Lord Vallance of Balham
- Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
As set out on 24 December (HL12986), Great British Energy-Nuclear's (GBE-N) ambition is for 70% British built products across a Small Modular Reactor (SMR) fleet, including both on-site and off-site activity.
The GBE-N SMR Technology Selection Process evaluated bids against technical, economic, and social value criteria, though any specific commitments would remain subject to final government approvals and GBE-N entering into contract with Rolls-Royce SMR.
Written Question
Monday 19th January 2026
Asked by:
Lord Spellar (Labour - Life peer)
Question
to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask His Majesty's Government where the RCH 155 artillery platform will be manufactured.
Answered by Lord Coaker
- Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
The Early Capability Demonstrator platforms of the RCH155, two for Germany and one for the UK, will be built in Germany for joint testing.
The project remains in its assessment phase and a production contract has not yet been placed.
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Oral questions - Main Chamber
The cost of public inquiries in 2025, and the government’s legal costs for representation in public inquiries.
MP:
Lord Spellar
Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 15 Jan 2026
Chinese Embassy
"My Lords, can we now come to some degree of reality? Embassies are for relations between states; they do not imply approval of states. Furthermore, spying activities have emanated from embassies right the way back to ambassadors being expelled from this country for being part of plots to assassinate monarchs, …..."Lord Spellar - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 15 Jan 2026
Royal Navy: Nuclear Submarines
"My Lords, will the Minister care to remind the House how much the nuclear programme is suffering from the enormously damaging freeze on it between 2010 and 2016, the period of the coalition, when the then Prime Minister gave in to demands from the Liberal Democrats?..."Lord Spellar - View Speech
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Division Vote (Lords)
14 Jan 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill -
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Lord Spellar (Lab) voted No
- in line with the party majority
and in line with the House
One of
123 Labour No votes vs
0 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 59 Noes - 127
Division Vote (Lords)
14 Jan 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill -
View Vote Context
Lord Spellar (Lab) voted No
- in line with the party majority
and against the House
One of
162 Labour No votes vs
1 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 278 Noes - 176
Division Vote (Lords)
14 Jan 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill -
View Vote Context
Lord Spellar (Lab) voted No
- in line with the party majority
and against the House
One of
152 Labour No votes vs
1 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 213 Noes - 211