Information between 6th March 2026 - 16th March 2026
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10 Mar 2026 - Courts and Tribunals Bill - View Vote Context Polly Billington voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 301 Labour Aye votes vs 10 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 304 Noes - 203 |
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10 Mar 2026 - Courts and Tribunals Bill - View Vote Context Polly Billington voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 308 Labour No votes vs 7 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 203 Noes - 311 |
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9 Mar 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Polly Billington voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 293 Labour Aye votes vs 1 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 307 Noes - 173 |
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9 Mar 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Polly Billington 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 - 321 Noes - 106 |
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9 Mar 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Polly Billington 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 - 306 Noes - 182 |
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9 Mar 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Polly Billington voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 305 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 309 Noes - 181 |
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9 Mar 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Polly Billington 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 - 315 Noes - 163 |
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9 Mar 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Polly Billington voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 297 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 315 Noes - 109 |
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9 Mar 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Polly Billington 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 - 171 |
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9 Mar 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Polly Billington voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 293 Labour Aye votes vs 1 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 304 Noes - 177 |
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11 Mar 2026 - Finance (No. 2) Bill - View Vote Context Polly Billington voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 282 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 292 Noes - 161 |
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11 Mar 2026 - Finance (No. 2) Bill - View Vote Context Polly Billington voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 279 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 172 Noes - 283 |
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11 Mar 2026 - Finance (No. 2) Bill - View Vote Context Polly Billington voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 286 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 174 Noes - 292 |
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Batteries and Data Centres
Asked by: Polly Billington (Labour - East Thanet) Monday 9th March 2026 Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department made of the potential merits of delaying connection offers for some protected battery projects and data centres to allow NESO and DESNZ to undertake other key activities to ensure projects can be delivered in time for 2030. Answered by Michael Shanks - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero) NESO’s connections reforms have reduced the queue for generation and storage connections by over half, with the queue now largely in line with the capacity ranges set out in the Clean Power 2030 Action Plan.
We are aware that the volume of batteries in the queue exceeds that range. Nevertheless, the queue outcomes reflect consistent application of the agreed and published connection methodologies, designed to ensure fairness and maintain investor confidence.
As set out in November 2025’s ‘Delivering AI Growth Zones’ announcement, government is working closely with the regulator, NESO, and network companies, to deliver further reforms to the grid connection process for demand, to manage speculative data centre applications. |
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Electrical Substations and Renewable Energy: Development Consent Orders
Asked by: Polly Billington (Labour - East Thanet) Monday 9th March 2026 Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussion he has had with National Grid Electricity Transmission on the siting of new substations and the consenting process for renewable projects under the Development Consent Order regime. Answered by Michael Shanks - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero) The Secretary of State has not held discussions with National Grid Electricity Transmission on the siting of new substations or the consenting process of renewable projects.
In his quasi-judicial role in determining Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) applications for Development Consent Orders, he cannot comment on the merits of projects to avoid prejudicing the decision-making process.
Network developers are responsible for determining the siting of new substations in line with relevant national policy, including the National Policy Statement for electricity networks (NPS EN-5).
The Planning Act 2008 sets out the legislative framework for the NSIP consenting process. |
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Wednesday 4th March 2026
Oral Evidence - Ofgem, Ofgem, National Energy System Operator (NESO), and National Energy System Operator (NESO) The cost of energy - Energy Security and Net Zero Committee Found: You are lucky that Polly Billington isn’t here—if you have watched previous sessions, you will understand |
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Tuesday 17th March 2026 2:30 p.m. Energy Security and Net Zero Committee - Oral evidence Subject: The cost of energy At 3:00pm: Oral evidence Michael Shanks MP - Minister for Energy at Department for Energy Security and Net Zero Jonathan Mills CB - Director General for Energy Markets and Supply at Department for Energy Security and Net Zero View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Wednesday 25th March 2026 2:30 p.m. Energy Security and Net Zero Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Energy resilience At 3:00pm: Oral evidence Ana Musat - Executive Director – Policy & Engagement at RenewableUK Dan Marks - Research Fellow, Energy Security at RUSI David Whitehouse - Chief Executive at OEUK At 3:45pm: Oral evidence Alex Grant - UK Country Manager at Equinor Gordon Balmer - Executive Director at Petrol Retailers Association Alan Gelder - Senior Vice President of Refining, Chemicals and Oil Markets at Wood Mackenzie Elizabeth de Jong - CEO at Fuels Industry UK At 4:30pm: Oral evidence Michael Shanks MP - Minister for Energy at Department for Energy Security and Net Zero Jonathan Mills CB - Director General for Energy Markets and Supply at Department for Energy Security and Net Zero View calendar - Add to calendar |