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Division Vote (Commons)
9 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context
Steve Darling (LD) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 65 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 149 Noes - 334
Division Vote (Commons)
9 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context
Steve Darling (LD) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 65 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 175 Noes - 401
Division Vote (Commons)
9 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context
Steve Darling (LD) voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 63 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 335 Noes - 135
Division Vote (Commons)
9 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context
Steve Darling (LD) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 63 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 105 Noes - 370
Written Question
Red Arrows: Finance
Wednesday 9th July 2025

Asked by: Steve Darling (Liberal Democrat - Torbay)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much funding his Department has allocated to (a) the Red Arrows and (b) other military display teams in the Spending Review 2025.

Answered by Maria Eagle - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)

The Spending Review has set the Ministry of Defence's Departmental Expenditure Limits until Financial Year 2028-29 for Resource and until 2029-30 for Capital. These are at high-level and do not specify all spend across the Department.

Funding for individual activities, such as display teams, will be decided on an annual basis as usual.


Written Question
Glaucoma: Health Services
Wednesday 9th July 2025

Asked by: Steve Darling (Liberal Democrat - Torbay)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of establishing a national glaucoma pathway, in the context of similar models in (a) Wales and (b) Scotland.

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

In England, integrated care boards are responsible for commissioning primary and secondary eye cares services to meet identified local needs. This can include commissioning enhanced services in the community such as glaucoma referral refinement and glaucoma monitoring services.


Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 08 Jul 2025
Road and Rail Projects

"Just one large storm could sever the rail network at Dawlish, so will the Secretary of State commit to stage 5 of Network Rail’s resilience programme? In my constituency there is a need for a railway station at Edginswell, which would equally unlock regeneration. I would welcome the Secretary of …..."
Steve Darling - View Speech

View all Steve Darling (LD - Torbay) contributions to the debate on: Road and Rail Projects

Division Vote (Commons)
8 Jul 2025 - Football Governance Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context
Steve Darling (LD) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 62 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 86 Noes - 340
Division Vote (Commons)
8 Jul 2025 - Football Governance Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context
Steve Darling (LD) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 63 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 415 Noes - 98
Division Vote (Commons)
8 Jul 2025 - Football Governance Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context
Steve Darling (LD) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 63 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 178 Noes - 338