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Grand Committee
Flour Milling Sector - Thu 12 Feb 2026
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Lord Rooker (Lab - Life peer) For every 100 tonnes of wheat, we get 75 to 78 tonnes of flour and 22 tonnes of by-products for animal - Speech Link
2: Lord Vaizey of Didcot (Con - Life peer) Greater government encouragement for organic arable production would reduce those imports and strengthen - Speech Link
3: Earl of Effingham (Con - Excepted Hereditary) My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Rooker, for tabling this Question for Short Debate. - Speech Link


Grand Committee
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
Committee stage - Wed 11 Feb 2026
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) This week we publish the local government finance settlement, which has restructured local government - Speech Link
2: None ” Member’s explanatory statement The Local Government Act 2000 does not provide for a local authority - Speech Link
3: None ” Member’s explanatory statement The Local Government Act 2000 does not provide for a local authority - Speech Link
4: Lord Faulks (Non-affiliated - Life peer) That is a matter for the Government rather than for local newspapers. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Local Government Finance - Wed 11 Feb 2026
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: None Funding and Sustainability of Local Government Finance, HC 514, and the Government response, HC 1355. - Speech Link
2: Gideon Amos (LD - Taunton and Wellington) In our manifesto, the Liberal Democrats called for multi-year settlements for local government; for councils - Speech Link
3: Bradley Thomas (Con - Bromsgrove) Reform spoke about this DOGE—Department of Government Efficiency—programme for local government. - Speech Link
4: Graham Stuart (Con - Beverley and Holderness) There is nothing fair about it.The local government finance settlement will mean only one thing for families - Speech Link
5: Richard Foord (LD - Honiton and Sidmouth) The final settlement for local government finance does not bring good news for Devon. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Police Grant Report - Wed 11 Feb 2026
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Sarah Jones (Lab - Croydon West) As the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, my hon. - Speech Link
2: Chris Philp (Con - Croydon South) In fact, the Government are providing £50 million for that purpose. - Speech Link
3: Ben Obese-Jecty (Con - Huntingdon) every single ward that is represented currently by local government. - Speech Link
4: Jess Phillips (Lab - Birmingham Yardley) Member for North Norfolk, who bears some responsibility for the damage that this Government are having - Speech Link
5: Jess Phillips (Lab - Birmingham Yardley) My colleagues who are responsible for local government and policing, my right hon. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Hughes Report: Second Anniversary - Wed 11 Feb 2026
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Sarah Green (LD - Chesham and Amersham) redress for those harmed by valproate and mesh if there was no real intention or desire in the Department - Speech Link
2: Sarah Green (LD - Chesham and Amersham) year, to ask for more detailed answers from the Department of Health and Social Care. - Speech Link
3: Warinder Juss (Lab - Wolverhampton West) Dr Hughes laid out in detail how such a scheme can be implemented, and it is for the Government to put - Speech Link
4: Lizzi Collinge (Lab - Morecambe and Lunesdale) their kids.I urge the Government to provide an interim payment for those families. - Speech Link
5: James Wild (Con - North West Norfolk) For the sake of the families who have suffered, the Government need to act now. - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Railways Bill (Thirteenth sitting)
Committee stage: 13th sitting - Tue 10 Feb 2026
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: None This new clause would establish a new funding mechanism for local authorities to bid for central government - Speech Link
2: Keir Mather (Lab - Selby) Local and regional transport authorities could then bid for funding from the pot for their local areas - Speech Link
3: Keir Mather (Lab - Selby) Funding for cycle storage is already available from a range of local transport funds, including the active - Speech Link
4: Jerome Mayhew (Con - Broadland and Fakenham) A survey conducted by the Department for Transport in 2022 found that most rail users’ journeys were - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill (Fifth sitting)
Committee stage: 5th sitting - Tue 10 Feb 2026
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Mentions:
1: Kanishka Narayan (Lab - Vale of Glamorgan) The Government will provide further clarity in secondary legislation, setting out thresholds for each - Speech Link
2: Kanishka Narayan (Lab - Vale of Glamorgan) I can confirm that the Government will issue guidance for competent authorities. - Speech Link
3: Ben Spencer (Con - Runnymede and Weybridge) Clause 18, which the Government seek to modify through amendments 14 to 18, creates new pathways for - Speech Link
4: Ben Spencer (Con - Runnymede and Weybridge) detail on this, but the whole reason for the Government bringing in the powers in clause 12, and the - Speech Link
5: None GovernmentLocal GovernmentThe Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government’(3) In - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill (Sixth sitting)
Committee stage: 6th sitting - Tue 10 Feb 2026
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Mentions:
1: None GovernmentLocal GovernmentThe Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government’(3) In - Speech Link
2: Kanishka Narayan (Lab - Vale of Glamorgan) On food specifically, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the wider Government - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 10 Feb 2026
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Mentions:
1: Catherine Atkinson (Lab - Derby North) Last year, I teamed up with the local Labour council cabinet member for the cost of living and my hon - Speech Link
2: Richard Quigley (Lab - Isle of Wight West) I know that the Department is working hard with the Department for Transport to decarbonise shipping, - Speech Link
3: Michael Shanks (Lab - Rutherglen) Energy resilience is a top priority for the Government, which is why my Department will publish an energy - Speech Link
4: Martin McCluskey (Lab - Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West) Friend is a real champion for local community power in Na h-Eileanan an Iar. I am sure my hon. - Speech Link
5: Chris McDonald (Lab - Stockton North) The Government were pleased to provide an exemption for the islands around Scotland for a number of reasons - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Independent Water Commission: Final Report - Tue 10 Feb 2026
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Ellie Chowns (Green - North Herefordshire) Member for West Dorset (Edward Morello) for securing this debate. - Speech Link
2: Emma Hardy (Lab - Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice) Member for West Dorset (Edward Morello) for securing this debate. - Speech Link
3: Rachel Gilmour (LD - Tiverton and Minehead) Friend the Member for West Dorset (Edward Morello) for securing the debate. - Speech Link
4: Roz Savage (LD - South Cotswolds) I thank the Government for where they have gone, but I beg them to go so much further. - Speech Link
5: Tim Farron (LD - Westmorland and Lonsdale) a massive opportunity for the Government to use the special administration regime and move that company - Speech Link
6: Blake Stephenson (Con - Mid Bedfordshire) Ministers in the previous Government also took action to ban water company bosses’ bonuses for illegal - Speech Link