Votes: Nature Restoration Levy Regulations 2026

On 3rd September 2026, a vote was held on a regret motion to the Nature Restoration Levy Regulations 2026, in which a Bishop took part:

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Votes: Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

On 27th April 2026, the House of Lords debated amendments to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill. Two Bishops took part in votes on the bill:

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Votes: House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill

On 2nd July 2025, the House of Lords debated the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill in report. Votes were held on amendments to the bill, in which Bishops took part:

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Votes: Product Regulation and Metrology Bill

On 26th February 2025, the House of Lords debated the Product Regulation and Metrology Bill. Votes were held on amendments to the bill, in which a bishop took part:

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Votes: Data (Use and Access) Bill

On 5th February 2025, the House of Lords debated the Data (Use and Access) Bill. Votes were held on amendments to the bill, in which Bishops took part:

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Votes: Holocaust Memorial Bill

On 4th September 2024, the House of Lords debated a regret motion to the Holocaust Memorial Bill. A vote was held on the motion, in which Bishops took part:

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Votes: Code of Practice on Reasonable Steps to be taken by a Trade Union (Minimum Service Levels)

On 6th December 2023, the House of Lords a motion to approve the Code of Practice on Reasonable Steps to be taken by a Trade Union (Minimum Service Levels). A vote was held on an amendment to the motion, in which a Bishop 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: Adjournment

On 8th December 2021, the House of Lords held a vote on a motion for adjournment, in which Bishops took part:

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Votes: Heather and Grass etc. Burning (England) Regulations 2021

On 18th March 2021, the House of Lords voted on a regret motion to the Heather and Grass etc. Burning (England) Regulations 2021. A Bishop took part in the vote:

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