May 2026

Carolyn Harris voted NO on 'King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i)' (108-323, defeated)

Stephen Morgan voted NO on 'King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i)' (108-323, defeated)

Emma Hardy voted NO on 'King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i)' (108-323, defeated)

Vicky Foxcroft voted NO on 'King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i)' (108-323, defeated)

Richard Burgon voted NO on 'King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i)' (108-323, defeated)

James Cleverly voted AYE on 'King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i)' (108-323, defeated)

Parliamentary appearance by Danny Beales

Alex Norris voted NO on 'King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i)' (108-323, defeated)

Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi voted NO on 'King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i)' (108-323, defeated)

Baroness Harman’s record speaks for itself. She has spent decades turning words into action, whether by passing landmark legislation, strengthening protections or relentlessly pushing this issue, which should never be used for party political point scoring, up the political agenda. It is this Prime Minister and this Government who are determined to halve violence against women and girls. Our VAWG strategy sets out the plan to do so, and we are getting on with the job of delivering it.

The Conservatives left a criminal justice system in which victims wait years for trials and feel traumatised by their experiences in court and in which our prisons were full, with the system at risk of collapse. That is not to mention the Probation Service, which, after the Conservatives’ failed privatisation attempts, was on its knees. It is this Labour Government who are taking action to halve violence against women and girls, reduce the time that victims wait to see justice and better support

My first concern is about the number of WhatsApp and other channels that have been used for very informal but important communications between officials and Ministers—a practice that seems to have started very actively under the Johnson Government and continued thereafter. My second concern is about the use of low-level IT systems for quite serious documents of record. Can the Minister update the House on what is being done to tighten up those important channels?

Gerald Jones voted NO on 'King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i)' (108-323, defeated)

Wes Streeting voted NO on 'King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i)' (108-323, defeated)

Peter Kyle voted NO on 'King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i)' (108-323, defeated)

Helen Hayes voted NO on 'King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i)' (108-323, defeated)

Rupa Huq voted NO on 'King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i)' (108-323, defeated)

Anna McMorrin voted NO on 'King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i)' (108-323, defeated)

11. What steps his Department is taking to help prevent the criminalisation of children while in care.

I refer to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. Children in care have often faced significant trauma, instability, neglect or abuse. As a result, many of them end up in the criminal justice system, and care leavers are 10 times more likely to end up in prison. Counselling has been shown to help keep children in care out of prison, which is obviously better for the young people, and saves the state money in the long term. Will the Minister consider changing national protocol