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Westminster Hall
Russian Influence on UK Politics and Democracy - Mon 09 Feb 2026
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Ellie Chowns (Green - North Herefordshire) that the threats to public trust in our democracy not only derive from the influence of Russia and dark - Speech Link
2: Alex Sobel (LAB - Leeds Central and Headingley) It is a technique, like dark money and manipulation, as old as nefarious actors themselves. - Speech Link
3: Manuela Perteghella (LD - Stratford-on-Avon) Member’s Bill last year to cap political donations and close the loopholes that allow foreign-linked dark - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Ukraine - Wed 14 Jan 2026
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Stephen Doughty (LAB - Cardiff South and Penarth) framework under which British, French and partner forces could operate on Ukrainian soil, securing its skies - Speech Link
2: John Slinger (Lab - Rugby) Parents cook food in the dark hours.Civilian life itself is the target, not military locations. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Science and Discovery Centres - Wed 14 Jan 2026
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Mentions:
1: Joe Morris (Lab - Hexham) of the sciences to our national life; I think that tells its own story quite powerfully.Kielder’s dark - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill
Committee stage - Wed 10 Dec 2025
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Lord Moylan (Con - Life peer) I am open to being corrected on all hands about this, because I am groping my way in the dark through - Speech Link
2: Lord Moylan (Con - Life peer) We are not in the dark on that subject, because the cost-benefit analysis produced by the department - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Ukraine - Fri 31 Oct 2025
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green - Life peer) When we hear talk about the Russian political war, disinformation and other dark arts, we need to acknowledge - Speech Link
2: Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Lab - Life peer) Goldie, and others, that includes the deployment of a multinational force to help secure Ukraine’s skies - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Black Country Day - Tue 22 Jul 2025
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Cat Eccles (Lab - Stourbridge) glass cone, a well-known shape on the Stourbridge horizon, flanked on either side by black and red skies - Speech Link
2: Warinder Juss (Lab - Wolverhampton West) Smoke was emitted from the iron foundries, forges and mines, giving the area a dark, blackened appearance - Speech Link
3: Alex Ballinger (Lab - Halesowen) Its furnaces lit the skies; its tools forged the British Empire. - Speech Link
4: Max Wilkinson (LD - Cheltenham) The Black Country’s origins lie in the dark coal seams and iron foundries that, from the 16th century - Speech Link
5: Alex Norris (LAB - Nottingham North and Kimberley) Friend the Member for Tipton and Wednesbury mentioned about sumo and the clear skies programme—another - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Space Weather - Wed 02 Jul 2025
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Mentions:
1: Neil Shastri-Hurst (Con - Solihull West and Shirley) solar storm known as the Carrington event ignited telegraph wires, shocked operators and lit up the skies - Speech Link


General Committees
Draft Contracts for Difference (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) Regulations 2025 - Mon 30 Jun 2025
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Mentions:
1: Nick Timothy (Con - West Suffolk) Last January, a combination of dark skies and low wind—what has now become known as Dunkelflaute—brought - Speech Link
2: Jerome Mayhew (Con - Broadland and Fakenham) What does she suggest will be the baseload provider for periods where it is dark and the wind is not - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Space Industry - Wed 11 Jun 2025
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Sarah Russell (Lab - Congleton) I am very proud that it is part of my constituency.The work done at Jodrell Bank requires dark, quiet - Speech Link
2: Jayne Kirkham (LAB - Truro and Falmouth) us an advantage in a range of industries, and space is no exception, thanks to our remoteness, open skies - Speech Link
3: Chris McDonald (Lab - Stockton North) We then came to a state-of-the-art facility: an underground dark matter laboratory operated by the Science - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
80th Anniversary of Victory in Europe and Victory over Japan - Fri 09 May 2025
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Earl of Minto (Con - Excepted Hereditary) As early as 1940, in his “finest hour” speech, Churchill warned of“a new dark age made more sinister - Speech Link
2: Baroness Benjamin (LD - Life peer) it took to leave their homes and families, crossing vast oceans to face the horrors of war in the skies - Speech Link
3: Lord Farmer (Con - Life peer) those Judeo-Christian foundations of justice and love, which proved so effective in beating back the dark - Speech Link
4: Baroness Ramsey of Wall Heath (Lab - Life peer) We set sail in the dark of the night of 5 June and, when morning came on the 6th, we were not alone. - Speech Link