Lord Beamish
The Rt Hon. the Lord Beamish
Labour
•House of Lords•ActiveMember since 14 August 2024
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Voting at 16
23/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, the last Government introduced a number of measures to reduce participation, including photo ID and renewal of postal votes after three year...
Pensions: Low-income and Self-employed Workers
22/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, the Local Government Pension Scheme provides pensions for local authority workers, many of whom are on low pay. Could I have a commitment fr...
Armed Forces Commissioner Bill
22/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I join the noble Viscount, Lord Stansgate, in welcoming not only the review into whistleblowing but the movement on this Bill, because it is...
Great British Energy: Nuclear Development
21/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, my noble friend mentioned small modular nuclear reactors, in which the UK clearly has an advantage in terms of technology. How can he ensure...
Afghanistan
15/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I thank my noble friend and Min AF for their briefing to me yesterday in my role as chair of the Intelligence and Security Committee. At tha...
Fujitsu: Government Contracts
08/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, yesterday Sir Wyn produced the first volume of his report. It is worth all noble Lords reading section 2, because it gives a summary of indi...
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025
02/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I welcome my noble friend’s statement but start with a sense of disappointment that the Home Office did not see fit to give the intelligence...
F35A and F35B Jets
30/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I welcome the announcement of the procurement of the F35As. Some 15% of every single F35A will be produced in the UK. Does my noble friend a...
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G7 and NATO Summits
30/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I attended last week’s NATO summit in The Hague, as a vice president of the NATO PA. I must say to the noble Lord, Lord True, that that is n...
Armed Forces Commissioner Bill
10/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, having been in attendance for all the past stages of the Bill, I think there is no disagreement across the House, as the
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