Votes: Financial Services & Markets Bill

On 13th June 2023, the House of Lords debated the Financial Services & Markets Bill in its third day of the report stage. Votes were held on two amendments to the bill, in which the Archbishop of Canterbury took part.

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Votes: Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill

On 8th June the House of Lords debated Commons amendments to the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill. Votes were held on further amendments to the bill, in which a bishop took part:

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Votes: Retained EU Law Bill (Revocation and Reform)

On 6th June 2023, the House of Lords debated the Retained EU Law Bill following Commons amendments. Votes were held on motions to add additional amendments to the bill, in which a bishop took part:

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Votes: Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill

On 26th April 2023, the House of Lords debated the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill in the report stage. Votes were held on amendments to the bill, in which Bishops took part:

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Votes: Energy Bill [HL]

On 17th April 2023, the House of Lords debated the Energy Bill in the second day of the report stage. Votes were held on amendments to the bill, in which bishops took part:

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Votes: Windsor Framework

On 29th March 2023, the House of Lords debated a motion to approve the Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations. A vote was held on an amendment to the motion, in which a Bishop took part:

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Votes: Energy Bill

On 28th March the House of Lords debated the Energy Bill (HL) in the first day of the report stage. A vote was held on an amendment to the bill, in which bishops took part:

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Votes: Public Order Bill

On 28th March 2023, the House of Lords debated Commons Amendments to the Public Order Bill. A vote was held on further amendments, in which bishops took part:

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Votes: Building Safety (Leaseholder Protections) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2023: Motion to Regret

On 21st March 2023, Baroness Pinnock tabled a Motion to Regret on the Building Safety (Leaseholder Protections) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2023. A vote was held on the motion, in which Bishops took part:

Division 1:

The Bishop of Manchester, the Bishop of St Albans, the Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich, and the Bishop of Worcester took part in a vote on Baroness Pinnock’s motion to regret regarding the Building Safety (Leaseholder Protections) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2023:

Baroness Pinnock moved that this House regrets that in laying the Building Safety (Leaseholder Protections) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (SI 2023/126) His Majesty’s Government have not published data on the number of landlords who have benefited from an error which allowed landlords to transfer costs of remedying historical building defects on to their leaseholders; further regrets that His Majesty’s Government have no intention to identify leaseholders affected by that error to advise them to appeal to the First-tier Tribunal to recover costs; and calls on His Majesty’s Government to publish these figures in a spirit of transparency and write to those affected with clear guidance on how to recover costs.

The motion was agreed. Content: 185 / Not Content: 138.

The Bishop of Manchester, the Bishop of St Albans, the Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich, and the Bishop of Worcester voted Content.

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Votes: Public Order Bill

On 14th March 2023, the House of Lords debated Commons amendments to the Public Order Bill. Votes were held on amendments to the bill, in which bishops took part.

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