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Commons Chamber
Valedictory Debate - Fri 24 May 2024
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Matt Hancock (Con - West Suffolk) former Defence Secretary, I also thank my family, in particular my children, because the impact of the scrutiny - Speech Link
2: Stephen Hammond (Con - Wimbledon) becoming increasingly important since we left the European Union because there is a greater burden of scrutiny - Speech Link
3: John Baron (Con - Basildon and Billericay) that I have participated in, whether campaigning for our 2015 manifesto to contain the promise of an EU - Speech Link
4: Matthew Offord (Con - Hendon) That is easy to answer: it was on the military action in Libya, when I walked past my hon. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Sanctions - Fri 24 May 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Con - Berwick-upon-Tweed) I beg to move,That the Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) Regulations 2024 - Speech Link
2: Catherine West (Lab - Hornsey and Wood Green) That is what can happen when licences are issued without proper scrutiny. - Speech Link
3: Kirsty Blackman (SNP - Aberdeen North) We had many late-night sessions planning parliamentary mischief, not least in advance of the SNP walk-out - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 23 May 2024
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) amendments to the Victims and Prisoners Bill, followed by debate on a motion to approve the draft Sanctions (EU - Speech Link
2: Lucy Powell (LAB - Manchester Central) to install that new boiler and get herself a decorator crab, and has some time to put clothes on her action - Speech Link
3: William Cash (Con - Stone) I also thank the staff of the House and of my European Scrutiny Committee, which I have had the honour - Speech Link
4: Kirsten Oswald (SNP - East Renfrewshire) I have been contacted today by Action on Smoking and Health, which does important work on curbing the - Speech Link
5: Conor Burns (Con - Bournemouth West) He was reported to social services and the police, but little action was taken. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 23 May 2024
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Lab - Slough) the serious challenges facing local journalism, but to date the Government have taken no significant action - Speech Link
2: Stuart Andrew (Con - Pudsey) I pay particular tribute to my parliamentary and constituency team, who have helped me enormously over - Speech Link
3: Julia Lopez (Con - Hornchurch and Upminster) support for heritage buildings, including through Historic England’s £95 million high streets heritage action - Speech Link
4: Barbara Keeley (Lab - Worsley and Eccles South) reports that, as a result of the Conservative Government’s Brexit deal, the costs of touring in the EU - Speech Link
5: Chi Onwurah (Lab - Newcastle upon Tyne Central) when many did not believe that a digital Parliament was possible and some did not want the continued scrutiny - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Higher Education (Industry and Regulators Committee Report) - Tue 21 May 2024
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Baroness Taylor of Bolton (Lab - Life peer) We had the raft of difficulties, and we have had issues such as the loss of EU research funding that - Speech Link
2: Viscount Chandos (Lab - Life peer) So, what might the mitigating action comprise? - Speech Link
3: Lord Storey (LD - Life peer) of student fees; inflation leading to higher costs for institutions, staff and students; a lack of EU - Speech Link
4: Baroness Taylor of Bolton (Lab - Life peer) something we are going to come back to because it is a very significant point: there is a need for more parliamentary - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Management of Hedgerows (England) Regulations 2024 - Mon 20 May 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Lord Douglas-Miller (Con - Life peer) Hedgerows (England) Regulations 2024.Relevant document: 23rd Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny - Speech Link
2: Lord Douglas-Miller (Con - Life peer) Such action will be proportionate to the damage caused.Subject to parliamentary approval, detailed information - Speech Link
3: Earl Russell (LD - Excepted Hereditary) This instrument was noted by the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Lawlor (Con - Life peer) responsibilities to hedgerows seriously, but I think we could be encouraged to do a little bit better than the EU - Speech Link
5: Baroness Hayman of Ullock (Lab - Life peer) Scone said that this is a bit of a missed opportunity because we could have done better than the former EU - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 16 May 2024
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) that he is taking his party and us to Dover and Deal, but it is becoming clear that, due to industrial action - Speech Link
2: Theresa Villiers (Con - Chipping Barnet) In this Dementia Action Week, will a Minister come to the Dispatch Box and talk about plans to ensure - Speech Link
3: Ian Levy (Con - Blyth Valley) Despite the critical need, successive Labour police and crime commissioners in Northumbria have not taken action - Speech Link
4: Patricia Gibson (SNP - North Ayrshire and Arran) Can she confirm, for the purposes of clarity, whether she believes that those who wish to rejoin the EU - Speech Link
5: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) running—the same benefits that have been there before but on a global basis, not just focused on the EU - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill
Consideration of Commons amendments - Tue 14 May 2024
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Mentions:
1: Viscount Camrose (Con - Excepted Hereditary) A1, B, B1, C, C1, C2 and D.I start by thanking noble Lords for their constructive input and careful scrutiny - Speech Link
2: Lord Faulks (Non-affiliated - Life peer) I would also like to stress that a measure of cross-party co-operation was the hallmark of the scrutiny - Speech Link
3: None As regards the situation in the EU, 16 major trade associations and consumer organisations wrote to the - Speech Link
4: Lord Clement-Jones (LD - Life peer) My Lords, if this is not a non-parliamentary expression, I will say that the Minister has come within - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Defence - Tue 07 May 2024
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: John Healey (Lab - Wentworth and Dearne) this House on defence for this debate.I start by paying tribute to our UK armed forces, who are in action - Speech Link
2: James Gray (Con - North Wiltshire) Our role then becomes scrutiny of what it is that the Prime Minister and Executive have done. - Speech Link
3: Richard Foord (LD - Tiverton and Honiton) I would point to the issue of consent when we talk about parliamentary approval of military action. - Speech Link
4: Jack Lopresti (Con - Filton and Bradley Stoke) I have been to the front lines in Zaporizhzhia to see British-made artillery in action—the AS-90s, most - Speech Link
5: Andrew Murrison (Con - South West Wiltshire) Member for North Durham (Mr Jones) was fighting a bit of a rearguard action on defence spending, which - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 02 May 2024
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Nick Smith (Lab - Blaenau Gwent) Our parliamentary scrutiny is weakened when the Foreign Secretary is out of reach in the other place. - Speech Link
2: Wera Hobhouse (LD - Bath) For many years, the Foreign Office has listed human rights issues arising from action that the Israeli - Speech Link
3: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) Those activities are being met with the appropriate action, and some universities have taken a very strict - Speech Link
4: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) It is right that we should have the same scrutiny in this area of medicine as we do in any other, whether - Speech Link
5: Dave Doogan (SNP - Angus) to perform in Scotland, and Scottish and English musicians from performing in the EU. - Speech Link