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Commons Chamber
LGBT+ History Month - Thu 12 Feb 2026
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Nadia Whittome (Lab - Nottingham East) the first openly lesbian Member of this House, who fought tirelessly for gender equality and sex workers - Speech Link
2: Nia Griffith (Lab - Llanelli) I am pleased that our Employment Rights Act 2025 gives formal recognition to trade union equality officers - Speech Link
3: Kate Osborne (Lab - Jarrow and Gateshead East) particularly Drew Dalton and Peter Darrant, and their fantastic community work with youth groups and older - Speech Link
4: Mims Davies (Con - East Grinstead and Uckfield) This gives me the opportunity to point out that women, older people and ethnic minorities are all more - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Healthy Relationships - Thu 12 Feb 2026
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Maya Ellis (Lab - Ribble Valley) Today, more than two thirds of families with dependent children have both parents in employment, meaning - Speech Link
2: Freddie van Mierlo (LD - Henley and Thame) I have already pressed the Minister for Employment Rights, the hon. - Speech Link
3: Leigh Ingham (Lab - Stafford) He came up with 112 things for older people to do in that part of my constituency, but none for younger - Speech Link
4: Jade Botterill (Lab - Ossett and Denby Dale) Eligible working parents of children aged nine months and older are now benefitting from 30 hours of - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Pensions and Social Security - Tue 10 Feb 2026
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Stephen Timms (Lab - East Ham) the Universal Credit Act 2025, which will set new rates for universal credit and income-related employment - Speech Link
2: Rebecca Smith (Con - South West Devon) Last week, I highlighted the shocking statistic that one in four full-time UK workers would be better - Speech Link
3: Debbie Abrahams (Lab - Oldham East and Saddleworth) Yes, absolutely, nearly 1 million young people are not in education, employment or training and that - Speech Link
4: Steve Darling (LD - Torbay) manual workers—find it harder to continue to do the jobs that they are in as they get older, as well - Speech Link
5: Stephen Timms (Lab - East Ham) We also need support for good employment. I was pleased to hear from her and the hon. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Victims and Courts Bill
Committee stage part one - Mon 09 Feb 2026
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Lord Keen of Elie (Con - Life peer) Nevertheless, when it comes to those of 16 years and older, their personal conduct does take them before - Speech Link
2: None noble Lord’s amendment would require the Crown Court to request evidence, such as reports from social workers - Speech Link
3: None prohibited under the Official Secrets Act, including those relating to information gained through employment - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Pension Schemes Bill
Committee stage - Thu 05 Feb 2026
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Lord Wigley (PC - Life peer) comes to these issues, as I am certain he does, from a position of recognising that one group of workers - Speech Link
2: Baroness Altmann (Non-affiliated - Life peer) Prior to that, we had an appeal by the workers of Allied Steel and Wire and many of the other schemes - Speech Link
3: Baroness Sherlock (Lab - Life peer) for Pensions has met Financial Assistance Scheme members, including former Allied Steel and Wire workers - Speech Link
4: Baroness Altmann (Non-affiliated - Life peer) Those who are older—and need it most, I argue, because they have lost most—get little or nothing from - Speech Link
5: Lord Davies of Brixton (Lab - Life peer) Does the noble Baroness agree that her scheme would work the other way round, because older members will - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Postal Services: Rural Areas - Wed 04 Feb 2026
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Stuart Anderson (Con - South Shropshire) with the increase to employers’ national insurance and have made it harder to hire through the Employment - Speech Link
2: Lee Barron (Lab - Corby and East Northamptonshire) Workers are telling me that they will have a scheduled day off during the week, say a Wednesday, but - Speech Link
3: Bayo Alaba (Lab - Southend East and Rochford) We also know that, in many cases, the most rural parts of this country have older populations, for whom - Speech Link
4: David Mundell (Con - Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale) particular, people still often suffer from poor broadband and mobile reception, and are generally older - Speech Link
5: Sarah Olney (LD - Richmond Park) That has significant consequences for residents, particularly older people, those with limited digital - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill
2nd reading - Tue 03 Feb 2026
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Janet Daby (Lab - Lewisham East) Increases to the national living wage, strengthening workers’ rights through the Employment Rights Act - Speech Link
2: Luke Evans (Con - Hinckley and Bosworth) I worry that, despite this Government’s talk of employment rights, the chances for employment and the - Speech Link
3: Kit Malthouse (Con - North West Hampshire) At the moment, we have about 3.6 workers per pensioner in this country. - Speech Link
4: Lizzi Collinge (Lab - Morecambe and Lunesdale) The cap has not led to greater employment rates or a higher number of hours worked. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Transport in the South-East - Tue 03 Feb 2026
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: John Milne (LD - Horsham) It supports not just home-to-school transport but adult social care and transport for older residents.I - Speech Link
2: Zöe Franklin (LD - Guildford) The study makes it clear that without targeted intervention, housing growth, employment expansion and - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Crime and Policing Bill
Committee stage: Part 1 - Mon 02 Feb 2026
Northern Ireland Office

Mentions:
1: None dismay at the gender of the birth; the fact that the mother feared that the birth might disturb her employment - Speech Link
2: None want to be accused of age discrimination in any way but the people debating this, particularly the older - Speech Link
3: Baroness Gerada (XB - Life peer) of abortion, which has been absolutely fabulous, because I have seen many young women and girls and older - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Tony Vaughan (Lab - Folkestone and Hythe) As a coastal area, workers can only go one way. - Speech Link
2: Shockat Adam (Ind - Leicester South) , our frontline health workers, our teachers and our transport workers, not because of how much money - Speech Link
3: Steve Witherden (Lab - Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr) Our migrant workers keep our health and social care system afloat. - Speech Link
4: Martin Rhodes (Lab - Glasgow North) That power dynamic strips migrant care workers of their bargaining power. - Speech Link
5: Mike Tapp (Lab - Dover and Deal) the jobs we need them to work.Let me turn to care workers. - Speech Link