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Division Votes
15 Sep 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lauren Edwards voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 302 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 318 Noes - 170
15 Sep 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lauren Edwards voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 300 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 328 Noes - 160
15 Sep 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lauren Edwards voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 301 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 329 Noes - 163
15 Sep 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lauren Edwards voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 300 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 326 Noes - 160
15 Sep 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lauren Edwards voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 300 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 316 Noes - 172
15 Sep 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lauren Edwards voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 304 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 327 Noes - 164
15 Sep 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lauren Edwards voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 303 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 314 Noes - 178
15 Sep 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lauren Edwards voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 300 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 330 Noes - 158
15 Sep 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lauren Edwards voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 301 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 316 Noes - 161
15 Sep 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lauren Edwards voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 302 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 330 Noes - 161
15 Sep 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lauren Edwards voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 302 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 330 Noes - 161
15 Sep 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lauren Edwards voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 304 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 332 Noes - 160
16 Sep 2025 - Sentencing Bill - View Vote Context Lauren Edwards voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 277 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 78 Noes - 292
16 Sep 2025 - Sentencing Bill - View Vote Context Lauren Edwards voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 278 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 340 Noes - 77
14 Oct 2025 - Mental Health Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Lauren Edwards voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 320 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 164 Noes - 333
14 Oct 2025 - Mental Health Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Lauren Edwards voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 318 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 78 Noes - 327
14 Oct 2025 - Mental Health Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Lauren Edwards voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 320 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 163 Noes - 339
15 Oct 2025 - Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill - View Vote Context Lauren Edwards voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 309 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 160 Noes - 324
15 Oct 2025 - Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill - View Vote Context Lauren Edwards voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 304 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 151 Noes - 319
15 Oct 2025 - Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill - View Vote Context Lauren Edwards voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 306 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 78 Noes - 316
20 Oct 2025 - Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill - View Vote Context Lauren Edwards voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 298 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 174 Noes - 321
20 Oct 2025 - Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill - View Vote Context Lauren Edwards voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 297 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 83 Noes - 319
20 Oct 2025 - Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill - View Vote Context Lauren Edwards voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 296 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 320 Noes - 171
20 Oct 2025 - Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill - View Vote Context Lauren Edwards voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 299 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 172 Noes - 322
20 Oct 2025 - Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill - View Vote Context Lauren Edwards voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 298 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 318 Noes - 174

Speeches
Lauren Edwards speeches from: Post-16 Education and Skills Strategy Lauren Edwards contributed 1 speech (56 words) Monday 20th October 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for International Development
Lauren Edwards speeches from: Work for Serving Prisoners Lauren Edwards contributed 1 speech (104 words) Wednesday 15th October 2025 - Commons Chamber Ministry of Justice

Written Answers
Hospitals: Special Educational Needs Asked by: Lauren Edwards (Labour - Rochester and Strood) Monday 20th October 2025 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what general training all hospital and general practice staff are expected to receive in order to understand the needs of neuro-divergent and autistic patients; and what plans he has to improve the quality of such training in the future. Answered by Zubir Ahmed - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care) Under the Health and Care Act 2022, all Care Quality Commission registered providers are required to ensure their staff receive specific training on learning disability and autism, appropriate to their role. This training will ensure staff can provide safe, informed care which caters for the needs of people with a learning disability and autistic people. The Oliver McGowan Code of Practice has been published to guide providers on how to meet the statutory requirement on learning disability and autism training under the Health and Care Act 2022. The Code became final on 6 September 2025. The Code sets out four standards which outline minimum training requirements including: expectations on training content at different levels; that training is co-produced and co-delivered with people with lived experience; and how training should be monitored and evaluated. The Code is available at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/oliver-mcgowan-code-of-practice/the-oliver-mcgowan-draft-code-of-practice-on-statutory-learning-disability-and-autism-training We are rolling out the Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism (Oliver’s Training) to the health and adult social care workforce, which is the government’s preferred training package. Over three million people have completed the first part of this training, which is freely available on the NHS elearning for health hub. A long-term independent evaluation conducted by the University of Leicester is underway to assess the delivery and impact of Oliver’s Training.

Written Answers

Hospitals: Special Educational Needs
Asked by: Lauren Edwards (Labour - Rochester and Strood)
Monday 20th October 2025

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what general training all hospital and general practice staff are expected to receive in order to understand the needs of neuro-divergent and autistic patients; and what plans he has to improve the quality of such training in the future.

Answered by Zubir Ahmed - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

Under the Health and Care Act 2022, all Care Quality Commission registered providers are required to ensure their staff receive specific training on learning disability and autism, appropriate to their role. This training will ensure staff can provide safe, informed care which caters for the needs of people with a learning disability and autistic people. The Oliver McGowan Code of Practice has been published to guide providers on how to meet the statutory requirement on learning disability and autism training under the Health and Care Act 2022. The Code became final on 6 September 2025. The Code sets out four standards which outline minimum training requirements including: expectations on training content at different levels; that training is co-produced and co-delivered with people with lived experience; and how training should be monitored and evaluated. The Code is available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/oliver-mcgowan-code-of-practice/the-oliver-mcgowan-draft-code-of-practice-on-statutory-learning-disability-and-autism-training

We are rolling out the Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism (Oliver’s Training) to the health and adult social care workforce, which is the government’s preferred training package. Over three million people have completed the first part of this training, which is freely available on the NHS elearning for health hub. A long-term independent evaluation conducted by the University of Leicester is underway to assess the delivery and impact of Oliver’s Training.

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Live Transcript
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20 Oct 2025, 6:18 p.m. - House of Commons " Lauren Edwards. " Lauren Edwards MP (Rochester and Strood, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript

Parliamentary Debates
Work for Serving Prisoners 27 speeches (4,869 words) Wednesday 15th October 2025 - Commons Chamber Ministry of Justice Mentions: 1: Jake Richards (Lab - Rother Valley) Friend the Member for Rochester and Strood (Lauren Edwards) about the length of courses. - Link to Speech

Select Committee Documents
Thursday 16th October 2025 Special Report - 2nd Special Report - Review of the 2024 general election: Government and the Electoral Commission responses Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee Found: Liberal Democrat; Ely and East Cambridgeshire) Sam Carling (Labour; North West Cambridgeshire) Lauren Edwards
Tuesday 14th October 2025 Oral Evidence - Harry Rich Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee Found: Members present: Simon Hoare (Chair); Richard Baker; Markus Campbell- Savours; Charlotte Cane; Lauren Edwards
Friday 12th September 2025 Report - 3rd report - Appointment of the Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee Found: Liberal Democrat; Ely and East Cambridgeshire) Sam Carling (Labour; North West Cambridgeshire) Lauren Edwards

Lauren Edwards - Select Committee Information

Calendar
Tuesday 14th October 2025 9:30 a.m. Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee - Oral evidence Subject: The work of the Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists At 10:00am: Oral evidence Harry Rich - Former Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists View calendar - Add to calendar
Tuesday 21st October 2025 10:30 a.m. Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Public Bodies At 11:00am: Oral evidence Sian Jones - Director, Value for Money at National Audit Office View calendar - Add to calendar
Monday 3rd November 2025 2:30 p.m. Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee - Oral evidence Subject: The work of the UK Statistics Authority At 3:00pm: Oral evidence Josh Simons MP - Parliamentary Secretary at Cabinet Office Catherine Little CB - Chief Operating Officer for the Civil Service and Permanent Secretary to the Cabinet Office at Cabinet Office View calendar - Add to calendar
Tuesday 4th November 2025 9:30 a.m. Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Public Bodies At 10:00am: Oral evidence Keith Fraser - Chair at Public Chairs’ Forum, and Chair at Youth Justice Board Ruth Glazzard - Board Member at Public Chairs’ Forum, and Chair at Welsh Revenue Authority Adrian Smith OBE - Chair at Association of Chief Executives, and Chief Executive at Reclaim Fund Ltd Elysia McCaffrey - Board Member at Association of Chief Executives, and Chief Executive at Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority View calendar - Add to calendar

Select Committee Documents
Friday 12th September 2025 Report - 3rd report - Appointment of the Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
Tuesday 14th October 2025 Written Evidence - Simon Briscoe, Richard Alldritt, and Bernard Silverman UKSA0031 - The work of the UK Statistics Authority The work of the UK Statistics Authority - Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
Tuesday 14th October 2025 Written Evidence - UK Government - Cabinet Office UKSA0032 - The work of the UK Statistics Authority The work of the UK Statistics Authority - Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
Tuesday 14th October 2025 Written Evidence - UK Open Government Network PEW0027 - Propriety, ethics and the wider standards landscape in the UK Propriety, ethics and the wider standards landscape in the UK - Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
Tuesday 14th October 2025 Written Evidence - Association of Chief Executives/Public Chairs' Forum PBI0021 - Public Bodies Public Bodies - Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
Tuesday 14th October 2025 Written Evidence - Simon Briscoe, Richard Alldritt, and Bernard Silverman UKSA0031 - The work of the UK Statistics Authority The work of the UK Statistics Authority - Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
Tuesday 14th October 2025 Written Evidence - UK Government - Cabinet Office UKSA0032 - The work of the UK Statistics Authority The work of the UK Statistics Authority - Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
Tuesday 14th October 2025 Written Evidence - Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (ACOBA) PEW0026 - Propriety, ethics and the wider standards landscape in the UK Propriety, ethics and the wider standards landscape in the UK - Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
Tuesday 14th October 2025 Written Evidence - Ofcom PEW0032 - Propriety, ethics and the wider standards landscape in the UK Propriety, ethics and the wider standards landscape in the UK - Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
Tuesday 14th October 2025 Written Evidence - Office for Statistics Regulation PEW0031 - Propriety, ethics and the wider standards landscape in the UK Propriety, ethics and the wider standards landscape in the UK - Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
Tuesday 14th October 2025 Written Evidence - House of Lords Appointments Commission PEW0030 - Propriety, ethics and the wider standards landscape in the UK Propriety, ethics and the wider standards landscape in the UK - Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
Tuesday 14th October 2025 Written Evidence - National Audit Office PEW0028 - Propriety, ethics and the wider standards landscape in the UK Propriety, ethics and the wider standards landscape in the UK - Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
Tuesday 14th October 2025 Written Evidence - Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman PEW0029 - Propriety, ethics and the wider standards landscape in the UK Propriety, ethics and the wider standards landscape in the UK - Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
Tuesday 14th October 2025 Correspondence - Letter from Professor Sir John Aston, President, Royal Statistical Society, Tracey Brown OBE, Director, Sense about Science, Professor Imran Rasul OBE, President, Royal Economic Society, and David Aikman, Director, National Institute of Economic and Social Research, on Independence of the UK’s statistical system, dated 11.9.25 Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
Tuesday 14th October 2025 Correspondence - Letter from Darren Tierney, Permanent Secretary, Office for National Statistics on update on the Office for National Statistics, dated 17.9.25 Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
Tuesday 14th October 2025 Correspondence - Letter from Alex Burghart MP, Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster on Cabinet Office vetting of Lord Mandelson. dated 16.9.25 Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
Tuesday 14th October 2025 Correspondence - Letter from Rt Hon. Nick Thomas-Symonds MP, Minister for the Cabinet Office and HM Paymaster General on appointment of the new Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists, dated 19.9.25 Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
Thursday 16th October 2025 Special Report - 2nd Special Report - Review of the 2024 general election: Government and the Electoral Commission responses Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
Tuesday 14th October 2025 Oral Evidence - Harry Rich Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
Tuesday 21st October 2025 Correspondence - Letter from Rt Hon. Nick Thomas-Symonds MP, Minister for the Cabinet Office and HM Paymaster General on the launch of the Ethics and Integrity Commission (EIC) and related policies, dated 13.10.25 Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
Tuesday 21st October 2025 Correspondence - Letter from Darren Tierney, Permanent Secretary, Office for National Statistics on further information in relation to the work of the UK Statistics Authority Inquiry, dated 13.10.25 Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
Tuesday 21st October 2025 Correspondence - Letter to Lord Livermore, Financial Secretary to the Treasury on the work of the UK Statistics Authority Inquiry, dated 19.09.25 Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
Tuesday 21st October 2025 Correspondence - Letter from Rt Hon. James Murray MP, Chief Secretary to the Treasury on Treasury response to request from the Committee, dated 13.10.25 Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
Tuesday 21st October 2025 Oral Evidence - National Audit Office Public Bodies - Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
Thursday 30th October 2025 Correspondence - Letter from Sir Chris Wormald, Cabinet Secretary and Head of the UK Civil Service on the process of the appointment of the former Ambassador to the United States - Lord Mandelson, dated 30.10.25 Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
Thursday 30th October 2025 Correspondence - Letter to Sir Chris Wormald, Cabinet Secretary and Head of the UK Civil Service on the Cabinet Office vetting of Lord Mandelson, dated 17.10.25 Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee