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Westminster Hall
Animals in Science Regulation Unit: Annual Report 2024 - Tue 03 Feb 2026
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Seamus Logan (SNP - Aberdeenshire North and Moray East) Member is addressing the wider issue of animal welfare, while my focus today is on this report. - Speech Link
2: Ruth Jones (Lab - Newport West and Islwyn) Our national reputation as a world leader on animal welfare legislation, particularly in relation to - Speech Link
3: Alicia Kearns (Con - Rutland and Stamford) It would be not a victory for animal welfare but an abdication of responsibility. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Indefinite Leave to Remain - Mon 02 Feb 2026
Home Office

Mentions:
1: John McDonnell (Lab - Hayes and Harlington) as this when I have been here in recent times have been for debates on the two-child limit and on welfare - Speech Link
2: Brian Leishman (Lab - Alloa and Grangemouth) Whether we are talking about immigration, welfare, education, the environment, industry, or all the rest - Speech Link
3: Perran Moon (Lab - Camborne and Redruth) innovation, or we will not achieve our economic goals and targets.Concerns relating to spiralling welfare - Speech Link
4: Mike Tapp (Lab - Dover and Deal) That is a reflection on the demand that this can put on our welfare system and, of course, on housing - Speech Link
5: Mike Tapp (Lab - Dover and Deal) We are currently considering the Migration Advisory Committee’s review of salary requirements before - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: None efficiency and legitimacy (PEEL) programme.(9) The Secretary of State must establish an independent advisory - Speech Link
2: Lord Hogan-Howe (XB - Life peer) To have to sustain that work over months and years, even with all the welfare support that they get, - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Animal Rescue Centres - Mon 26 Jan 2026
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Johanna Baxter (Lab - Paisley and Renfrewshire South) Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (Scotland) Regulations 2021. - Speech Link
2: Irene Campbell (Lab - North Ayrshire and Arran) Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (Scotland) Regulations 2021. - Speech Link
3: Angela Eagle (Lab - Wallasey) basis, has a duty to ensure its welfare. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
The UK’s Demographic Future - Thu 11 Dec 2025
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts (Con - Life peer) Secondly, British industry uses overseas recruitment—the Migration Advisory Committee described it as - Speech Link
2: Baroness Finn (Con - Life peer) They shape our economy, public services, environment, culture, infrastructure and welfare system. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent (Lab - Life peer) Not all impacts of migration are quantifiable, as set out by the Migration Advisory Committee in its - Speech Link
4: Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts (Con - Life peer) It is game over once that is said; it is a dog whistle that always resonates.I thank everybody who has - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Crime and Policing Bill
Committee stage part two - Thu 27 Nov 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Randall of Uxbridge (Con - Life peer) financial and in-kind support undermine national efforts to support broader child protection and social welfare - Speech Link
2: Lord Blencathra (Con - Life peer) deliberately separated from their families and recruited into residential care institutions, not for their welfare - Speech Link
3: Lord Blencathra (Con - Life peer) the Government Whip, the noble Lord, Lord Katz, that he must not get overexcited about a 10-minute advisory - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis - Wed 19 Nov 2025
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Mark Sewards (Lab - Leeds South West and Morley) He cannot play with his children, walk his dog or undertake basic activities. - Speech Link
2: Tessa Munt (LD - Wells and Mendip Hills) groups such as #ThereForME to rectify the situation immediately, for example by convening a national advisory - Speech Link
3: Tessa Munt (LD - Wells and Mendip Hills) Meanwhile, welfare benefits are the most common issue that constituents with ME raise with me. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Stamp Duty Land Tax - Tue 28 Oct 2025
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Mel Stride (Con - Central Devon) What did the Government do when they tried to tackle the welfare budget? - Speech Link
2: Blake Stephenson (Con - Mid Bedfordshire) I just wonder whether he has reflected on the size of the welfare budget. - Speech Link
3: Bobby Dean (LD - Carshalton and Wallington) Over half of that figure is based on welfare cuts—a welfare bill, by the way, that rose on the watch - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Sentencing Bill
2nd reading - Tue 16 Sep 2025
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Robert Jenrick (Con - Newark) career burglar or repeat shoplifter will not quiver at the thought of being forbidden from entering the Dog - Speech Link
2: Josh Babarinde (LD - Eastbourne) Where is David Gauke’s recommendation of an independent advisory body on prison capacity? - Speech Link
3: Kieran Mullan (Con - Bexhill and Battle) of them came to this place to make.We have seen Labour Back Benchers exercise their power over the welfare - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
Committee stage - Thu 11 Sep 2025
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Baroness Hodgson of Abinger (Con - Life peer) Amendment 152ZA would require that spatial development strategies consider animal welfare. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Helic (Con - Life peer) as set out in the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Act 2022. - Speech Link
3: None of animals, as per the definition in the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Act 2022. - Speech Link
4: None Animal welfare is not generally considered a strategic planning issue. - Speech Link