Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 Vote on regulations to raise university tuition fees in England by 2.71% for 2026-27. The Labour government backed the increase, while opposition MPs (Conservatives) criticised it as an added burden on young people, despite their own party having nearly tripled fees in 2012. Position: Support raising university tuition fees by 2.71% for 2026-27, arguing it is necessary to sustain higher education funding EducationHigher Educationcentrewith govt | Yes | 18 Mar 2026 |
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 Vote on regulations giving the new Fair Work Agency (created by the Employment Rights Act 2025) the same investigatory powers previously held by the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority, including surveillance tools. Conservatives argued these state-level surveillance powers were disproportionate for a labour enforcement body; the Lib Dems backed the government. Position: Support transferring investigatory and surveillance powers to the Fair Work Agency as a necessary consequence of merging labour enforcement functions into the new body Constitution and DemocracyEmploymentleftwith govt | Yes | 18 Mar 2026 |
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading MPs voted on whether to give initial approval to a Courts and Tribunals Bill, which proposes modernising the criminal justice system. Debate focused on whether reforms — including potential changes to when juries are used — are necessary to clear court backlogs, while critics raised concerns about protecting jury trial rights and disproportionate impacts on minority ethnic defendants. Position: Support modernising the courts and criminal justice system, including reforms to jury thresholds, to make it fit for the 21st century Constitution and Democracycentrewith govt | Yes | 10 Mar 2026 |
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading MPs voted on a Conservative reasoned amendment opposing the Courts and Tribunals Bill at Second Reading. The Bill, introduced by David Lammy, aims to modernise the criminal justice system, but the opposition attempted to block its progress, with concerns raised about the impact on jury trials and the effect on black and minority ethnic defendants. Position: Support allowing the Courts and Tribunals Bill to proceed, backing government reforms to modernise courts and tribunals while retaining jury trials as a cornerstone of justice Constitution and Democracyleftwith govt | No | 10 Mar 2026 |
Opposition Day: Protections for children from online harms The opposition brought forward a motion calling for stronger protections for children from online harms. As an Opposition Day motion, it was debated on time allocated to the opposition and the Labour government voted against it. Position: Reject the opposition's motion, defending the government's existing approach to child online safety — likely arguing current legislation (such as the Online Safety Act) is sufficient or that the motion is politically motivated Digital and TechnologyOnline Safetycross-cuttingwith govt | No | 24 Feb 2026 |
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading MPs voted on whether to pass a bill removing the two-child limit on Universal Credit, which currently restricts child welfare payments to the first two children in a family. The government argued the policy traps children in poverty and has failed to achieve its stated aims, while opponents defended it as encouraging personal responsibility. Position: Support removing the two-child limit on Universal Credit, allowing families to receive welfare support for all their children and reducing child poverty Universal CreditWelfare and Benefitsleftwith govt | Yes | 3 Feb 2026 |
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 MPs voted on new regulations expanding the Public Order Act 2023 to criminalise interference with key national infrastructure, such as energy, transport, and water systems. This extends powers introduced to tackle disruptive protest tactics used by groups like Just Stop Oil. Position: Support extending criminal offences to cover interference with key national infrastructure, strengthening powers to deter and prosecute disruptive protest activity Constitution and DemocracyCrime & Policingrightwith govt | Yes | 14 Jan 2026 |
Budget Resolution No. 9: Basic rate limit and personal allowance for tax years 2028-29 to 2030-31 Vote on a Budget Resolution to freeze the basic rate income tax limit and personal allowance at their current levels for the tax years 2028-29 through to 2030-31, extending the existing freeze on these thresholds. This matters because freezing allowances means more people are pulled into higher tax bands as wages rise — a 'stealth tax' that increases the tax burden without raising headline rates. Position: Support extending the freeze on the income tax personal allowance and basic rate limit through to 2030-31, accepting the additional tax revenue this generates as wages grow. EconomyTaxationleftwith govt | Yes | 2 Dec 2025 |
Budget Resolution No. 5: Income tax (savings rate for future years) Vote on a Budget Resolution setting the income tax savings rate for future years, which determines how interest and savings income is taxed for people on lower incomes. This is part of the formal parliamentary process to implement Budget measures into law. Position: Support approving the government's proposed savings income tax rate as set out in the Budget EconomyTaxationcentrewith govt | Yes | 2 Dec 2025 |
Budget Resolution No. 4: Income tax (dividend rates) Vote on a Budget Resolution setting the rates of income tax applied to dividend income (money paid to shareholders). Budget Resolutions are the formal parliamentary approvals needed to implement measures announced in the Budget. Position: Support the government's proposed dividend tax rates as part of the 2025 Budget package EconomyTaxationleftwith govt | Yes | 2 Dec 2025 |
Budget Resolution No. 28: Capital gains tax (employee-ownership trusts) Vote on a Budget Resolution setting out the rules for capital gains tax treatment of Employee Ownership Trusts (EOTs), which allow businesses to be sold to trusts held on behalf of employees with potential tax reliefs. This resolution forms part of the legal framework needed to implement the government's Budget tax measures. Position: Support the government's proposed capital gains tax rules for Employee Ownership Trusts as set out in the Budget EconomyTaxationleftwith govt | Yes | 2 Dec 2025 |
Budget Resolution No. 50: Inheritance tax (limiting agricultural and business property reliefs etc) Vote on a Budget Resolution to limit Agricultural Property Relief and Business Property Relief for inheritance tax, capping the full relief available on farm and business assets. This matters because it changes how farming estates and family businesses are taxed on death, and was highly controversial with farming communities. Position: Support limiting inheritance tax reliefs on agricultural and business property, accepting that large farming and business estates should face greater inheritance tax liability FarmingTaxationleftwith govt | Yes | 2 Dec 2025 |
Draft Radio Equipment (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2025 Vote on regulations updating radio equipment rules (covering smartphones and other connected devices) for Northern Ireland to align with new EU standards, as required under the Windsor Framework. Jim Allister (TUV) opposed the vote on the grounds that his Northern Irish constituents have no democratic say in EU laws being imposed on them via the Windsor Framework. Position: Support applying updated EU radio equipment regulations to Northern Ireland as required by the Windsor Framework, ensuring regulatory alignment for the single market DevolutionDigital and Technologycross-cuttingwith govt | Yes | 19 Nov 2025 |
Sentencing Bill: Third Reading MPs voted on the final passage of the Sentencing Bill, which includes measures on sentencing reform and criminal justice. The debate also touched on issues such as parenting orders for parents of young offenders and the re-sentencing of prisoners serving the controversial Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentences. Position: Support passing the Sentencing Bill into law, including its provisions on sentencing reform, youth justice measures, and potentially addressing the IPP sentencing backlog Crime & PolicingPrisonscentrewith govt | Yes | 29 Oct 2025 |
Sentencing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 20 Vote on whether to create a 'child cruelty register' — a notification and offender management system for people convicted of child cruelty or neglect, similar to the sex offenders register. The proposal, championed by campaigners including Tony Hudgell and his adoptive mother Paula, would require those convicted of child abuse or neglect to register with authorities so they can be monitored. Position: Oppose the child cruelty register as proposed, likely on grounds that existing measures are sufficient or that the proposal needs further development before being enshrined in law Crime & PolicingPrisonsleftwith govt | No | 29 Oct 2025 |
Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 The Commons voted on whether to reject several Lords amendments to the Employment Rights Bill, including Lords amendment 1 which the Lords argued would add flexibility for workers (particularly disabled people returning to work), but which the government opposed. The government also proposed its own alternatives in some cases, including restoring the school support staff negotiating body and strengthening protections for workers against non-disclosure agreements. Position: Support the government in overriding the Lords amendments, backing the Employment Rights Bill as the government intends it, including rejecting Lords amendment 1's proposed flexibility changes and other Lords modifications EconomyEmploymentleftwith govt | Yes | 15 Sep 2025 |
Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 7 The Commons voted on whether to reject Lords Amendment 7 to the Employment Rights Bill. This was part of a broader ping-pong stage where the government sought to overturn several changes the House of Lords had made to the Bill, restoring the government's original intentions on employment rights reforms. Position: Support the government's rejection of the Lords' change to the Employment Rights Bill, backing Labour's original version of the legislation Employmentleftwith govt | Yes | 15 Sep 2025 |
Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 8 The government voted to reject a Lords amendment (Amendment 8) to the Employment Rights Bill. Based on the debate context, this relates to provisions giving workers the right to request fixed or guaranteed hours, with the Lords having amended the Bill and the government (Labour) seeking to restore its original approach or substitute its own alternative wording. Position: Support the government rejecting the Lords amendment on workers' rights to request guaranteed hours, backing the government's preferred approach to this provision in the Employment Rights Bill EconomyEmploymentleftwith govt | Yes | 15 Sep 2025 |
Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 23 The government voted to reject a Lords amendment that sought to preserve probationary periods for new employees, arguing that removing qualifying periods for unfair dismissal rights would harm youth employment and small businesses. The Lords amendment was part of a broader push to limit the Employment Rights Bill's extension of day-one unfair dismissal protections. Position: Support rejecting the Lords amendment, backing the government's plan to extend unfair dismissal protections from day one of employment without a qualifying period Employmentleftwith govt | Yes | 15 Sep 2025 |
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 Vote on Amendment 38 to the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill, which would have provided greater certainty and protections for disabled people with fluctuating conditions while the government's review of PIP assessments (the Timms review) is ongoing. Critics argued the Bill was putting cuts before the review, leaving vulnerable people uncertain about their entitlements. Position: Oppose the amendment, backing the government's approach to proceed with the Bill as drafted without the additional protections for people with fluctuating conditions Universal CreditWelfare and Benefitsrightwith govt | No | 9 Jul 2025 |
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading MPs voted on whether to pass the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill at its final stage in the Commons. The Bill makes changes to welfare benefits, including a gradual increase to the Universal Credit standard allowance, and had been debated at length including proposed amendments to speed up or expand those increases. Position: Support passing the UC and PIP Bill into law, backing the government's phased approach to reforming Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment. Universal CreditWelfare and Benefitscentrewith govt | Yes | 9 Jul 2025 |
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading MPs voted on whether to give the Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill a Second Reading, allowing it to progress through Parliament. This bill proposes significant changes to the welfare system, including reforms to how disability benefits (PIP) are assessed and restrictions on who qualifies for the health-related component of Universal Credit. Position: Support allowing the welfare reform bill to proceed, backing the government's plan to tighten eligibility for disability and incapacity benefits to reduce spending and encourage employment Universal CreditWelfare and Benefitsrightwith govt | Yes | 1 Jul 2025 |
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading MPs voted on a 'reasoned amendment' at the Second Reading of the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill — a procedural move by the opposition to block the bill from progressing, signalling rejection of the government's proposed welfare reforms. The bill seeks to make changes to Universal Credit and PIP (Personal Independence Payment) eligibility and assessments. Position: Support allowing the bill to proceed to further scrutiny, backing the government's case that welfare reform is necessary and that the bill's detail should be examined in committee Universal CreditWelfare and Benefitsrightwith govt | No | 1 Jul 2025 |
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading MPs voted on the Third Reading of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — the final Commons vote on whether to pass the assisted dying legislation in its amended form. Passing Third Reading sends the Bill to the House of Lords. Position: Support passing the assisted dying bill, allowing terminally ill adults in England and Wales to request assistance to end their lives under strict safeguards Medical Ethicscross-cuttingfree vote | Yes | 20 Jun 2025 |
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill: Second Reading MPs voted on whether to give initial approval to the government's Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill, which aims to strengthen UK border controls, crack down on criminal people-smuggling gangs using counter-terrorism-style powers, and restore order to the asylum system. Position: Support the Labour government's approach to tackling illegal immigration through tougher enforcement against criminal gangs and reforming the asylum system Border ControlImmigrationcentrewith govt | Yes | 10 Feb 2025 |
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill: Reasoned Amendment on Second Reading MPs voted on whether to block the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill from progressing. The bill aims to strengthen UK border security, tackle criminal people-smuggling gangs with counter-terror-style powers, and restore order to the immigration and asylum systems. A 'reasoned amendment' is an opposition attempt to prevent the bill passing its Second Reading. Position: Support the bill proceeding, backing Labour's plan to tackle illegal immigration, criminal gangs, and restore order to the asylum system AsylumImmigrationleftwith govt | No | 10 Feb 2025 |
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading MPs voted on whether to give the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill its Second Reading, which would allow terminally ill adults in England and Wales to legally request assistance to end their lives under strict safeguards. This was a landmark free vote on one of the most ethically contested issues in recent parliamentary history. Position: Support legalising assisted dying for terminally ill adults, giving dying people autonomy and dignity at the end of their lives under stringent criteria including checks for coercion Medical Ethicscross-cuttingfree vote | Yes | 29 Nov 2024 |
Finance Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading Vote on a Conservative reasoned amendment to block the Finance Bill (implementing the October 2024 Budget) at Second Reading. The Budget included measures such as raising the energy profits levy on North Sea oil and gas, maintaining a 25% corporation tax cap, and other tax and spending changes — the opposition argued these measures would damage growth, investment and jobs. Position: Support the Finance Bill and the October 2024 Budget, backing measures to restore fiscal stability, fund public services and invest in clean energy transition EconomyTaxationleftwith govt | No | 27 Nov 2024 |
Finance Bill: Second Reading MPs voted on whether to pass the Finance Bill, which implements Labour's October 2024 Budget. The Bill includes measures such as maintaining the 25% corporation tax cap, raising the energy profits levy on North Sea oil and gas companies, and other tax and spending changes aimed at restoring public finances and funding investment. Position: Support the Labour Budget's tax and spending plans, including higher levies on energy companies and maintaining corporation tax at 25% to fund public services and economic stability EconomyTaxationleftwith govt | Yes | 27 Nov 2024 |
Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2024 (SI, 2024, No. 869): motion to annul Vote on whether to block the government's decision to restrict Winter Fuel Payments to only those receiving Pension Credit, effectively removing the universal payment from millions of pensioners. The opposition sought to annul the regulations underpinning this change. Position: Oppose annulling the regulations, backing the government's decision to means-test Winter Fuel Payments to target support at the poorest pensioners Cost of LivingWelfare and Benefitscross-cuttingwith govt | No | 10 Sep 2024 |
