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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 02 Sep 2026
Representation of the People Bill

"I begin by paying tribute to my predecessor, my right hon. Friend the Member for Braintree (Sir James Cleverly), for his work in this role. He has left big shoes to fill, and I look forward to following in his footsteps as best I can. I would also like to …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 02 Sep 2026
Representation of the People Bill

"I have given way many times on this point, and I would like to make some progress.

The fundamental point about producing election literature in English or another language of the British Isles is that the public must be able to scrutinise what candidates are saying. We must put a …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 02 Sep 2026
Representation of the People Bill

"I begin by welcoming back the Secretary of State to her place. I very much look forward to working opposite her.

As Conservative Members have set out so well throughout the passage of the Bill, this legislation professes to strengthen our democracy, but our democracy is not strengthened by proposals …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 02 Sep 2026
Representation of the People Bill

"It is an established fact that observers reported widespread concerns about family voting at the by-election that returned the hon. Member for Gorton and Denton (Hannah Spencer) to the House. It is up to every Member, and to the public, to decide what to do with that information. The hon. …..."
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Division Vote (Commons)
2 Sep 2026 - Representation of the People Bill - View Vote Context
Katie Lam (Con) voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 93 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 411 Noes - 102
Division Vote (Commons)
2 Sep 2026 - Representation of the People Bill - View Vote Context
Katie Lam (Con) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 93 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 85 Noes - 427
Division Vote (Commons)
2 Sep 2026 - Representation of the People Bill - View Vote Context
Katie Lam (Con) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 92 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 105 Noes - 410
Division Vote (Commons)
2 Sep 2026 - Representation of the People Bill - View Vote Context
Katie Lam (Con) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 91 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 166 Noes - 346
MP Financial Interest
Katie Lam (Conservative - Weald of Kent)
Original Source (17th August 2026)
2. Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP
Lord Philip Harris - £2,500.00
Written Question
Crown Court: Trials
Friday 17th July 2026

Asked by: Katie Lam (Conservative - Weald of Kent)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what was the (a) average length of a trial and (b) average time taken for a case to reach completion following receipt at the Crown Court, broken down by individual Crown Court centre, for each financial year from 2019–20 to 2024–25.

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

The Ministry of Justice regularly publishes data on the average amount of time a case spends being heard and the average time taken for a case to reach completion following receipt at the Crown Court, as part of the Criminal Court Statistics Quarterly: Criminal court statistics - GOV.UK

Data on the average amount of time a case spends being heard (in hours) is published in the “Crown Court average waiting and hearing time tool”, which can be filtered by trial type, including jury trial (01. Not guilty plea & 02. Trials total) and region.

Data on the average time taken for a case to reach completion (in days) following receipt at the Crown Court is published in the ‘End-to-end timeliness tool’ (Crown Court) which be filtered by Local Criminal Justice Board (LCJB).

LCJB and region are the lowest available geographic level of our published Accredited Official Statistics for timeliness and hearing time respectively. Our published metrics are produced at a sufficiently 'high' level of geography to reduce the volatility and fluctuations associated with low volumes of cases.