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Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 03 Feb 2026
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: David Lammy (Lab - Tottenham) report that we must pull all levers if we are serious about seeing this backlog come down by the next general - Speech Link
2: David Lammy (Lab - Tottenham) These issues have a bearing on the Department for Business and Trade, so we necessarily have to work - Speech Link
3: David Lammy (Lab - Tottenham) I met prison officer unions just two weeks ago to discuss these very issues. - Speech Link
4: Jake Richards (Lab - Rother Valley) Gentleman that the shadow Attorney General, while serving on the Tory Front Bench, is currently representing - Speech Link
5: David Lammy (Lab - Tottenham) I met the prison officer unions a couple of weeks ago to discuss these issues and we are in a good dialogue - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Crime and Policing Bill
Committee stage part one - Tue 27 Jan 2026
Home Office

Mentions:
1: None quality and best practice at force level;(c) include contributions from staff representative bodies and trade - Speech Link
2: Lord Hogan-Howe (XB - Life peer) it—is what it says about the relationship with the chief officers, the Police Federation and the unions - Speech Link
3: Lord Davies of Gower (Con - Life peer) It reports only crimes committed against over-16s and excludes crimes against the general public, the - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Sentencing Bill
Report stage: Part 1 - Tue 06 Jan 2026
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Lord Keen of Elie (Con - Life peer) In general, repeat offenders will receive a sentence of imprisonment, whereas single offenders will often - Speech Link
2: None I will make a couple of general points on the presumption in favour of the suspension of sentences of - Speech Link
3: Lord Timpson (Lab - Life peer) unions in Amendment 134 in Committee. - Speech Link
4: Lord Lemos (Lab - Life peer) From 1 January to 8 December 2025, 933 sentences were considered by the Attorney-General’s Office as - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Sentencing Bill
Committee stage part one - Wed 03 Dec 2025
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: None It is clear that across your Lordships’ House there is, subject to caveats, general support for many - Speech Link
2: Lord Timpson (Lab - Life peer) I am proud to be their colleague.I begin by recognising the close interest of probation trade unions - Speech Link
3: None 36 (reviews of sentencing), after subsection (2) insert—“(2A) An application may be made to the Attorney - Speech Link
4: Lord Timpson (Lab - Life peer) think in the coming weeks.The unduly lenient sentence scheme allows any person to request that the Attorney-General - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Budget Resolutions - Thu 27 Nov 2025
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Mel Stride (Con - Central Devon) When we left on the day of the general election, we had a near-record high level of employment and a - Speech Link
2: Pat McFadden (Lab - Wolverhampton South East) There is a difference in our approaches—a very welcome one.We have trade agreements with the world’s - Speech Link
3: Daisy Cooper (LD - St Albans) Members on the Labour Benches will say, “We have all these new trade deals. - Speech Link
4: Andrew Lewin (Lab - Welwyn Hatfield) The Brexit deal put up trade barriers with our closest and largest trading partners. - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Tobacco and Vapes Bill
Committee stage - Wed 26 Nov 2025
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: None Have there been any discussions with teachers’ organisations or teachers’ unions? - Speech Link
2: Baroness Hoey (Non-affiliated - Life peer) There was a general feeling that vaping was better than smoking. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Hoey (Non-affiliated - Life peer) She has been told by the Attorney-General. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Crime and Policing Bill
Committee stage part one - Wed 19 Nov 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: None I welcome the support of the noble Baroness, Lady Doocey, for the general offence. - Speech Link
2: Lord Hannett of Everton (Lab - Life peer) It is not condoned by employers, and certainly not by the trade unions, but the £200 threshold, to some - Speech Link
3: Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab - Life peer) current general secretary, and my noble friend Lord Hannett of Everton, the general secretary before - Speech Link
4: Lord Blencathra (Con - Life peer) Will she use the new powers, which I think the Attorney-General is taking, to overrule the Sentencing - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Economic and Taxation Policies: Jobs, Growth and Prosperity - Thu 13 Nov 2025
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Lord Saatchi (Con - Life peer) I suggest, just for the sake of the story, that on the morning of the trial the Attorney-General of the - Speech Link
2: Baroness Meyer (Con - Life peer) Apart from trade unions and their supporters, no one seems to support the workers’ rights Bill. - Speech Link
3: Lord Livermore (Lab - Life peer) We have also reached a trade agreement with the US and signed a new trade deal with India. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 11 Nov 2025
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Jake Richards (Lab - Rother Valley) Government recognise that pension age is an important issue for frontline staff and our recognised trade - Speech Link
2: Jake Richards (Lab - Rother Valley) As I said, the Government will continue to engage with the relevant and recognised unions, as well as - Speech Link
3: Jake Richards (Lab - Rother Valley) already said, it is absolutely right that we continue to have those discussions with the relevant trade - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Employment Rights Bill
Consideration of Lords message - Wed 05 Nov 2025
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Kate Dearden (LAB - Halifax) Consultation with employers, trade unions and stakeholders will take place before such regulations are - Speech Link
2: Andrew Griffith (Con - Arundel and South Downs) We on the Conservative Benches seek to respect the role of trade unions, but in a flexible workplace - Speech Link
3: Andy McDonald (Lab - Middlesbrough and Thornaby East) Trade unions are critical to that mission and the Employment Rights Bill will help to deliver that.The - Speech Link
4: Andy McDonald (Lab - Middlesbrough and Thornaby East) I hope we see a robust and enforceable right of access for trade unions to workplaces, both physical - Speech Link