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Division Votes
26 Mar 2025 - Tobacco and Vapes Bill - View Vote Context Oliver Dowden voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 84 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 92 Noes - 303
26 Mar 2025 - Tobacco and Vapes Bill - View Vote Context Oliver Dowden voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 85 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 159 Noes - 307
31 Mar 2025 - Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Oliver Dowden voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 97 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 167 Noes - 306
31 Mar 2025 - Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Oliver Dowden voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 98 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 168 Noes - 302
31 Mar 2025 - Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill - View Vote Context Oliver Dowden voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 95 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 301 Noes - 104
31 Mar 2025 - Business without Debate - View Vote Context Oliver Dowden voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 93 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 296 Noes - 164
31 Mar 2025 - Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill - View Vote Context Oliver Dowden voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 96 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 296 Noes - 170
31 Mar 2025 - Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Oliver Dowden voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 96 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 166 Noes - 305
31 Mar 2025 - Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill - View Vote Context Oliver Dowden voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 94 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 302 Noes - 167
31 Mar 2025 - Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill - View Vote Context Oliver Dowden voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 94 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 301 Noes - 167
18 Mar 2025 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Oliver Dowden voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 95 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 382 Noes - 104
18 Mar 2025 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Oliver Dowden voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 96 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 167 Noes - 324
18 Mar 2025 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Oliver Dowden voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 96 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 107 Noes - 324
19 Mar 2025 - National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context Oliver Dowden voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 97 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 316 Noes - 187
19 Mar 2025 - National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context Oliver Dowden voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 97 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 316 Noes - 189
19 Mar 2025 - National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context Oliver Dowden voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 98 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 313 Noes - 190
19 Mar 2025 - National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context Oliver Dowden voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 99 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 314 Noes - 187
19 Mar 2025 - Winter Fuel Payment - View Vote Context Oliver Dowden 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 - 177 Noes - 293
25 Mar 2025 - National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context Oliver Dowden voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 101 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 311 Noes - 192
25 Mar 2025 - National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context Oliver Dowden voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 101 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 312 Noes - 190
25 Mar 2025 - Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill (changed to Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers) Bill) - View Vote Context Oliver Dowden voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 101 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 319 Noes - 166
25 Mar 2025 - Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill (changed to Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers) Bill) - View Vote Context Oliver Dowden voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 103 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 320 Noes - 180
25 Mar 2025 - Great British Energy Bill - View Vote Context Oliver Dowden voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 103 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 314 Noes - 198
25 Mar 2025 - Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill (changed to Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers) Bill) - View Vote Context Oliver Dowden voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 103 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 320 Noes - 179
25 Mar 2025 - Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill (changed to Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers) Bill) - View Vote Context Oliver Dowden voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 102 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 316 Noes - 180
25 Mar 2025 - National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context Oliver Dowden voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 101 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 314 Noes - 196
25 Mar 2025 - Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill (changed to Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers) Bill) - View Vote Context Oliver Dowden voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 104 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 316 Noes - 183
25 Mar 2025 - Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill (changed to Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers) Bill) - View Vote Context Oliver Dowden voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 102 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 322 Noes - 117
25 Mar 2025 - National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context Oliver Dowden voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 101 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 313 Noes - 194
1 Apr 2025 - Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Oliver Dowden voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 101 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 110 Noes - 302
1 Apr 2025 - Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Oliver Dowden voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 98 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 303 Noes - 110

Speeches
Oliver Dowden speeches from: Oral Answers to Questions Oliver Dowden contributed 1 speech (122 words) Monday 31st March 2025 - Commons Chamber Home Office
Oliver Dowden speeches from: Oral Answers to Questions Oliver Dowden contributed 1 speech (70 words) Tuesday 25th March 2025 - Commons Chamber Department of Health and Social Care
Oliver Dowden speeches from: Winter Fuel Payment Oliver Dowden contributed 2 speeches (106 words) Wednesday 19th March 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for Work and Pensions
Oliver Dowden speeches from: Oral Answers to Questions Oliver Dowden contributed 1 speech (81 words) Tuesday 18th March 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Written Answers
Care Homes: Standards Asked by: Oliver Dowden (Conservative - Hertsmere) Wednesday 2nd April 2025 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to (a) tackle, (b) prevent and (c) monitor poor quality care in council-commissioned care homes. Answered by Stephen Kinnock - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care) The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the independent regulator for health and social care in England. The CQC monitors, inspects, and regulates adult social care services, including council-commissioned care homes, to make sure they meet fundamental standards of quality and safety. Inspection reports on individual providers are made publicly available. Where concerns on quality or safety are identified, the CQC uses a range of regulatory and enforcement powers to take action to ensure the safety of the people drawing on care and support. This could include using requirement notices to highlight areas that need improvement, or placing adult social care providers into special measures to closely supervise the quality of their care. In cases of significant concern, the CQC can take action that could lead to the removal of a provider’s registration or, in the most serious cases, take criminal action. The CQC also assesses local authorities’ delivery of their duties under Part 1 of the Care Act 2014. This includes the local authority’s duty to work closely with local providers to ensure high quality services that put the wellbeing of the people who draw on care at the centre of decisions. Local authorities should also keep contracts under review to confirm that care requirements are being met, and to seek to continuously improve the quality, effectiveness, and efficiency of services. I recently met with Sir Julian Hartley on 14 March 2025, where we discussed the CQC’s recent challenges and how we will continue working closely together on key priorities.

Written Answers

Care Homes: Standards
Asked by: Oliver Dowden (Conservative - Hertsmere)
Wednesday 2nd April 2025

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to (a) tackle, (b) prevent and (c) monitor poor quality care in council-commissioned care homes.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the independent regulator for health and social care in England. The CQC monitors, inspects, and regulates adult social care services, including council-commissioned care homes, to make sure they meet fundamental standards of quality and safety. Inspection reports on individual providers are made publicly available.

Where concerns on quality or safety are identified, the CQC uses a range of regulatory and enforcement powers to take action to ensure the safety of the people drawing on care and support.

This could include using requirement notices to highlight areas that need improvement, or placing adult social care providers into special measures to closely supervise the quality of their care. In cases of significant concern, the CQC can take action that could lead to the removal of a provider’s registration or, in the most serious cases, take criminal action.

The CQC also assesses local authorities’ delivery of their duties under Part 1 of the Care Act 2014. This includes the local authority’s duty to work closely with local providers to ensure high quality services that put the wellbeing of the people who draw on care at the centre of decisions. Local authorities should also keep contracts under review to confirm that care requirements are being met, and to seek to continuously improve the quality, effectiveness, and efficiency of services.

I recently met with Sir Julian Hartley on 14 March 2025, where we discussed the CQC’s recent challenges and how we will continue working closely together on key priorities.

MP Financial Interests
24th March 2025 Oliver Dowden (Conservative - Hertsmere) 4. Visits outside the UK International visit to United States between 27 February 2025 and 03 March 2025 Source
7th April 2025 Oliver Dowden (Conservative - Hertsmere) 1.1. Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments Payment received on 14 March 2025 - £10,000.00 Source

Oliver Dowden mentioned

Parliamentary Debates
Oral Answers to Questions 161 speeches (10,273 words) Monday 31st March 2025 - Commons Chamber Home Office Mentions: 1: Matt Vickers (Con - Stockton West) Friend the Member for Hertsmere (Sir Oliver Dowden) has outlined, this weekend we heard the shocking - Link to Speech
Oral Answers to Questions 154 speeches (10,095 words) Tuesday 18th March 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for Energy Security & Net Zero Mentions: 1: Roger Gale (Con - Herne Bay and Sandwich) Friend the Member for Hertsmere (Sir Oliver Dowden)—by continuing to subsidise the Drax power station - Link to Speech

Parliamentary Research
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill 2024-25: Progress of the bill - CBP-10219 Mar. 18 2025 Found: seek cross-party engagement on proposals, and review the implications of all proposals.11 Sir Oliver Dowden

Non-Departmental Publications - News and Communications
Mar. 19 2025 Advisory Committee on Business Appointments Source Page: Dowden, Oliver - Deputy Prime Minister, Cabinet Office - ACOBA Advice Document: (PDF) News and Communications Found: Website: http://www.gov.uk/acoba August 2022 BUSINESS APPOINTMENT APPLICATION: The Rt Hon Oliver Dowden
Mar. 19 2025 Advisory Committee on Business Appointments Source Page: Dowden, Oliver - Deputy Prime Minister, Cabinet Office - ACOBA Advice Document: (PDF) News and Communications Found: http://www.gov.uk/acoba August 2024 BUSINESS APPOINTMENT APPLICATION: The Rt Hon Sir Oliver Dowden
Mar. 19 2025 Advisory Committee on Business Appointments Source Page: Dowden, Oliver - Deputy Prime Minister, Cabinet Office - ACOBA Advice Document: (PDF) News and Communications Found: http://www.gov.uk/acoba September 2022 BUSINESS APPOINTMENT APPLICATION: The Rt Hon Oliver Dowden
Mar. 19 2025 Advisory Committee on Business Appointments Source Page: Dowden, Oliver - Deputy Prime Minister, Cabinet Office - ACOBA Advice Document: Dowden, Oliver - Deputy Prime Minister, Cabinet Office - ACOBA Advice (webpage) News and Communications Found: Dowden, Oliver - Deputy Prime Minister, Cabinet Office - ACOBA Advice Advice to Sir Oliver Dowden