Lord Mendelsohn

Labour Peer

As a result of COVID-19, some MPs were less able to vote in Parliament in certain periods, and this will be reflected by absences in their voting record.

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11th May to 2nd June 2020

All MPs could vote remotely through an online voting tool. Votes cast remotely are shown as normal on the TheyWorkForYou voting record.

2nd to 9th June 2020

The option of online voting was removed, and a number of MPs may have been unable to vote because they were not physically able to attend.

10th June 2020 onwards

The requirements on proxy voting were relaxed, allowing MPs to designate another MP to cast a vote on their behalf.

If an MP votes by proxy, it is effectively exactly the same as if they cast the vote in person and it shows up on their TheyWorkForYou voting record.

MPs are not required to designate a proxy, and may instead pair with an opposing MP to miss a vote. Parliament does not record when two MPs have come to a pairing arrangement, so on TheyWorkForYou, they will both appear to have been absent for the vote.

We will update this information if the situation changes. See more detail on votes during the COVID-19 period here.

Recent appearances

  • Written Answers — Department of Health and Social Care: Coronavirus: Prescriptions 16 Mar 2023

    To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effect on patients of the lifting of the prescription waiver on anti-COVID medicines at the end of March; and what steps they will take to prevent health inequalities in COVID-19 medicine provision arising as a result of that.
  • Written Answers — Department of Health and Social Care: Coronavirus: Disease Control 16 Mar 2023

    To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 14 February (HL5363), what data they are utilising (1) to monitor emerging COVID-19 variants, and (2) to assess their potential impact; and what specific surveillance arrangements are in place to assist this assessment.
  • Written Answers — Department of Health and Social Care: Evusheld 16 Mar 2023

    To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 7 February (HL4941), what standards are set for governance and reporting by (1) RAPID C-19, and (2) other Department of Health and Social Care committees; how they are audited against this standard; and how regularly that auditing takes place.

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Labour Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 9 October 2013

Other offices held in the past

  • Member, International Relations and Defence Committee (1 Jul 2019 to 11 Nov 2021)
  • Shadow Spokesperson (Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) (14 Jul 2016 to 25 Jan 2018)
  • Shadow Spokesperson (International Trade) (1 Jul 2016 to 25 Jan 2018)
  • Shadow Spokesperson (Business, Innovation and Skills) (28 May 2015 to 14 Jul 2016)

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