Information between 6th July 2025 - 16th July 2025
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Division Votes |
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8 Jul 2025 - Football Governance Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Luke Evans voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 86 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 415 Noes - 98 |
8 Jul 2025 - Football Governance Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Luke Evans voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 89 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 178 Noes - 338 |
8 Jul 2025 - Football Governance Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Luke Evans voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 92 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 167 Noes - 346 |
9 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context Luke Evans voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 95 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 175 Noes - 401 |
9 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context Luke Evans voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 96 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 130 Noes - 443 |
9 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context Luke Evans voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 95 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 35 Noes - 469 |
9 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context Luke Evans voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 93 Conservative Aye votes vs 1 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 103 Noes - 416 |
9 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context Luke Evans voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 91 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 336 Noes - 242 |
11 Jul 2025 - House of Commons - View Vote Context Luke Evans voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 15 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 1 Noes - 58 |
15 Jul 2025 - Welfare Spending - View Vote Context Luke Evans voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 103 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 106 Noes - 440 |
15 Jul 2025 - Taxes - View Vote Context Luke Evans voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 94 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 165 Noes - 342 |
Speeches |
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Luke Evans speeches from: Taxes
Luke Evans contributed 2 speeches (97 words) Tuesday 15th July 2025 - Commons Chamber HM Treasury |
Luke Evans speeches from: Rare Cancers Bill
Luke Evans contributed 4 speeches (1,999 words) Report stage Friday 11th July 2025 - Commons Chamber Department of Health and Social Care |
Luke Evans speeches from: Oral Answers to Questions
Luke Evans contributed 2 speeches (103 words) Wednesday 9th July 2025 - Commons Chamber Scotland Office |
Luke Evans speeches from: Neighbourhood Plans: Planning Decisions
Luke Evans contributed 12 speeches (2,803 words) Wednesday 9th July 2025 - Westminster Hall Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government |
Luke Evans speeches from: Glaucoma Awareness
Luke Evans contributed 3 speeches (1,214 words) Wednesday 9th July 2025 - Westminster Hall Department of Health and Social Care |
Written Answers |
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Pension Credit: Publicity
Asked by: Luke Evans (Conservative - Hinckley and Bosworth) Monday 7th July 2025 Question to the Department for Work and Pensions: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to launch a campaign to increase pension credit uptake before winter 2025-2026. Answered by Torsten Bell - Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury) The Government wants all pensioners to get the support to which they are entitled. That is why since Autumn 2024 we have been running the biggest ever Pension Credit take-up campaign.
The Department’s campaign to raise awareness of Pension Credit has continued in numerous stages between January and July 2025 and has included radio, print and social media adverts as well as continuing work with stakeholders. We plan to continue promotional activity from Autumn through to the end of the financial year with the campaign aimed at eligible pensioners who are not yet claiming, and their friends and family, as we work to increase the take up of Pension Credit. |
Public Transport: Leicestershire
Asked by: Luke Evans (Conservative - Hinckley and Bosworth) Monday 7th July 2025 Question to the Department for Transport: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to provide funding for public transport in Leicestershire. Answered by Simon Lightwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport) This Government is committed to supporting public transport across the country. That is why we have confirmed £955 million for 2025/26 to support and improve bus services in England outside London. On our trains, the planned Great British Railways will have a relentless focus on driving up standards for passengers, including simpler fares and ticketing.
The Government is providing £8.1 million to Leicestershire County Council in 2025/26 that the council can use to introduce new bus routes, make services more frequent and protect crucial bus routes for local communities. We are also providing Leicestershire County Council with £12.3 million for 2025/26, and a total of £73.9 million from 2026/27 to 2029/30, in Local Transport Grant, which the council can use for maintenance and enhancements of its local transport network. |
Bus Services: Rural Areas
Asked by: Luke Evans (Conservative - Hinckley and Bosworth) Monday 7th July 2025 Question to the Department for Transport: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of demand responsive travel in rural areas in (a) the UK and (b) Leicestershire. Answered by Simon Lightwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport) The government believes demand responsive transport (DRT) has an important role to play in ensuring communities can access transport services in areas where more traditional, regular stopping services may not be viable.
The Department has funded 17 innovative DRT pilots through the Rural Mobility Fund. Each scheme is taking part in a detailed monitoring and evaluation process. This will provide a strong base of evidence and good practice for DRT and a better understanding of both the role it can play in rural areas and the challenges associated with introducing it. The final process evaluation will be published later in 2025, and an impact and value for money evaluation is underway, with findings available in late 2026.
Some of the Rural Mobility Fund schemes have grown beyond their original pilot areas, including Fox Connect in Leicestershire. This has expanded from serving an area in south west Leicestershire into five zones around Market Harborough and two zones around Melton Mowbray. Three new zones will shortly commence in north west Leicestershire and will connect parts of Hinckley and Bosworth. These zones provide access into the local town centre and also serve train stations and East Midlands Gateway, also served by Nottinghamshire’s DRT service. |
Public Transport
Asked by: Luke Evans (Conservative - Hinckley and Bosworth) Monday 7th July 2025 Question to the Department for Transport: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure that local leaders work across county borders to ensure the (a) development and (b) sustainability of cross-border public transport services. Answered by Simon Lightwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport) With regard to bus services, Local Transport Authorities (LTAs) already work closely together when tendering routes that cross shared boundaries, and in delivering their Bus Service Improvement Plans (BSIP). There are also requirements set out in the Transport Act 2000 for LTAs to take account of the effect of an Enhanced Partnership on neighbouring areas, and for policies on bus services in neighbouring LTA areas to be considered when developing their franchising arrangements. The government has updated its bus franchising guidance to LTAs to make clear that they should consider cross-boundary services during any franchising assessment process. This includes as part of the commercial case, where they should set out how they intend to facilitate cross-boundary services to deliver relevant BSIP outcomes and targets in both authorities’ areas. The government introduced the Bus Services (No.2) Bill on 17 December which puts the power over local bus services back in the hands of local leaders. This Bill is intended to ensure bus services reflect the needs of the communities that rely on them right across England, including services that cross local authority boundaries.
With regard to rail, Great British Rail (GBR) will be organised to work collaboratively with devolved leaders and local stakeholders to ensure rail services meet local needs. All tiers of local government in England will benefit from empowered local GBR business units that are outward-facing and engage with local authorities on their priorities and Local Transport Plans.
Through the government’s devolution agenda, Mayoral Strategic Authorities are increasingly serving rural areas. Mayors will have a role in the design of their local rail services. They will also have the power to create unified and integrated transport systems enabling local leaders to create transport networks that deliver for their areas. A single directing mind is essential to ensuring the railway serves passenger and freight interests nationally. It is also vital that mayors have the power to integrate local railways with other transport modes.
Later this year, we will publish the Integrated National Transport Strategy and set the vision for transport in England, putting people at the heart of how we plan, build and operate transport. The Strategy will aim to make public transport a more attractive option when people choose to travel and equip local leaders to make the right decisions for their areas. We want to address fragmentation and inefficiency across the transport system to ensure that public, private and third sector partners can work together to provide reliable transport services, including for cross-border journeys. |
Eating Disorders: Children and Young People
Asked by: Luke Evans (Conservative - Hinckley and Bosworth) Monday 7th July 2025 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department expects NHS England to publish updated guidance on children's and young people's eating disorders; and which third party bodies were consulted on updates to that guidance. Answered by Stephen Kinnock - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care) NHS England is in the process of refreshing its guidance on children and young people's eating disorders, which includes increasing the focus on early identification and intervention across the care pathway, including in settings such as schools and primary care. The guidance focuses on community provision of care, whilst ensuring swift access to specialist support as soon as an eating disorder is suspected. It is not yet known when the updated guidance will be published.
The updated guidance is being produced in partnership with a task and finish group comprising of internal and external clinical, academic, and policy stakeholders, including from royal colleges, regional and system children and young people and eating disorder leads and children, young people, and parents with lived experience. |
Responsible Dog Ownership Working Group
Asked by: Luke Evans (Conservative - Hinckley and Bosworth) Tuesday 8th July 2025 Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2025 to Question 61897 on Responsible Dog Ownership Working Group, who the members of the taskforce are; which members are leading on each of the four themes; and when he expects the taskforce to report their findings to Government. Answered by Daniel Zeichner - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) The Responsible Dog Ownership Taskforce is convened by Defra officials, and the membership is made up of representatives from animal welfare organisations, local authorities, the police and Welsh government. Each of these groups is represented on the four subgroups that lead on the key themes. The taskforce will report their findings in due course. |
Small Businesses
Asked by: Luke Evans (Conservative - Hinckley and Bosworth) Wednesday 9th July 2025 Question to the Department for Business and Trade: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent discussions he has had with independent SMEs on the impact of his Department's policies. Answered by Gareth Thomas - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) The UK has 5.5m SMEs and we are committed to hardwiring their voice into government policy, engaging with them in various ways including through roundtables, visits and events. Hundreds of individual SMEs have been engaged across all sectors and regions as part of co-designing our SME Strategy, including through roundtables across key areas, such as High Streets, Markets and Finance as well as specific policy events such as at Wilton Park. Engagement with individual SMEs will continue to be a priority pre and post-launch of the SME Strategy to assess the impact of these policies on SMEs across the UK. |
Transport: Finance
Asked by: Luke Evans (Conservative - Hinckley and Bosworth) Wednesday 9th July 2025 Question to the Department for Transport: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much and what proportion of funding the National-Level Transport Scheme allocates to the (a) investigation and (b) completion of business cases; and to the immediate construction of schemes that are ready to build. Answered by Mike Kane - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport) The department does not recognise the ‘National-Level Transport Scheme.’ and is therefore unable to provide an answer to this question. |
Transport: Capital Investment
Asked by: Luke Evans (Conservative - Hinckley and Bosworth) Wednesday 9th July 2025 Question to the Department for Transport: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has completed the capital review of transport projects. Answered by Mike Kane - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport) The Capital Review was undertaken by an external panel of independent experts, and has now concluded. |
Level Crossings: Safety
Asked by: Luke Evans (Conservative - Hinckley and Bosworth) Wednesday 9th July 2025 Question to the Department for Transport: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to highlight the importance of safety at railway level crossings during the school summer holidays. Answered by Simon Lightwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport) Educating users is critical to ensuring that level crossings are used safely and we look to Network Rail as the owner of these assets to do this. Network Rail produces a wide range of educational material on safety on and around the railway, including on level crossing safety, which it promotes through media campaigns and through school and community events. It recognises that the school holidays can pose particular challenges and focuses significant effort in attending local schools and community events in the vicinity of level crossings to promote railway safety. |
Chagos Islands: Sovereignty
Asked by: Luke Evans (Conservative - Hinckley and Bosworth) Tuesday 8th July 2025 Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2025 to Question 59764 on Chagos Islands: Sovereignty, what estimate he has made of the cost of payments to Mauritius for the (a) FCDO and (b) MOD as part of the Agreement concerning the Chagos Archipelago including Diego Garcia. Answered by Stephen Doughty - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) The payments to Mauritius will be split between the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and the Ministry of Defence. They will be published in the normal manner alongside other departmental spend in the annual accounts. |
Business Rates
Asked by: Luke Evans (Conservative - Hinckley and Bosworth) Tuesday 8th July 2025 Question to the HM Treasury: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to replace the business rates system from 2026-27; and whether she plans to hold a consultation to inform the new system. Answered by James Murray - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury) Over the course of this Parliament, the Government will create a fairer business rates system that protects the high street, supports investment, and is fit for the 21st century.
The Government published a Discussion Paper at Autumn Budget 2024 setting out priority areas for reform. This paper invited industry to help co-design a fairer business rates system that supports investment and is fit for the 21st century. The Treasury received over 160 written responses to that Discussion Paper and met with over 250 stakeholders.
On 17 February, the Government published a ‘forward look’ of the expected timeline for reforms announced at Autumn Budget 2024, and how stakeholders should engage with the Government on business rates reform going forwards.
In the summer, the Government will publish an interim report that sets out a clear direction of travel for the business rates system, with further policy detail to follow at Budget 2025.
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Small Businesses: Employers' Contributions
Asked by: Luke Evans (Conservative - Hinckley and Bosworth) Tuesday 8th July 2025 Question to the HM Treasury: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of increases in employer National Insurance contributions on the (a) fiscal position and (b) sustainability of independent SMEs. Answered by James Murray - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury) A Tax Information and Impact Note (TIIN) was published alongside the introduction of the Bill containing the changes to employer NICs. The TIIN sets out the impact of the policy on the exchequer, the economic impacts of the policy, and the impacts on individuals, businesses, and civil society organisations, as well as an overview of the equality impacts.
The Office for Budget Responsibility also published the Economic and Fiscal Outlook (EFO), which sets out a detailed forecast of the economy and public finances. |
Agriculture: Solar Power
Asked by: Luke Evans (Conservative - Hinckley and Bosworth) Wednesday 9th July 2025 Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of good quality agricultural land being used for the development of large scale solar farms. Answered by Mary Creagh - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) Defra produces statistical estimates of agricultural land areas each year from the annual June Survey of Agriculture:
It is recognised that solar can, when delivered in line with relevant planning policy, have a positive impact on the natural environment, and large-scale solar farms can contribute significant gains for local biodiversity with intelligent design and planning. |
Schools: Vocational Guidance
Asked by: Luke Evans (Conservative - Hinckley and Bosworth) Wednesday 9th July 2025 Question to the Department for Education: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the effectiveness of school career services in (a) highlighting and (b) encouraging apprenticeships. Answered by Janet Daby - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education) The department has introduced a ladder of support and intervention, as set out in our careers statutory guidance, to support compliance with the provider access legislation which requires schools to offer pupils encounters with providers of technical education and apprenticeships. We will continue to monitor compliance, the support in place and the impact on young people. We will also continue to monitor progress against the Gatsby Benchmarks, especially benchmarks 5, 6 and 7 which are relevant for highlighting and encouraging apprenticeships take-up. Alongside this, the Careers and Enterprise Company’s (CEC) future skills questionnaire shows a move from 38% understanding of apprenticeships in year 7 to 88% by year 13. There are multiple resources available to schools and young people to highlight and encourage apprenticeships participation:
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Parliamentary Debates |
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Neighbourhood Plans: Planning Decisions
71 speeches (13,270 words) Wednesday 9th July 2025 - Westminster Hall Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Mentions: 1: Esther McVey (Con - Tatton) I remind the Minister to leave Dr Luke Evans a couple of minutes to wind up. - Link to Speech |
Bill Documents |
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Jul. 09 2025
Crime and Policing Bill 2024-25: Progress of the bill Crime and Policing Bill 2024-26 Briefing papers Found: withdrawn following assurances from the minister that the government was exploring the matter.14 • Dr Luke Evans |
Jul. 08 2025
Bill 257 2024-25 (as introduced) Freedom of Expression (Religion or Belief System) Bill 2024-26 Bill Found: Presented by Nick Timothy supported by John Cooper, Dr Luke Evans, Mr Richard Holden, Robert Jenrick |
Jun. 24 2025
Letter from Stephen Kinnock MP regarding points raised in committee stage (first day): devolved powers in the development of the code of practice, and data on care, education and treatment reviews. Mental Health Bill [HL] 2024-26 Will write letters Found: Devolved powers in the development of the Code of Practice The Shadow Minister, Luke Evans MP raised |