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Grand Committee
Donations to Political Parties - Thu 12 Feb 2026
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Lord Sikka (Lab - Life peer) Companies registered in the UK can hand money to parties, but this does not have to come from their trade - Speech Link
2: Lord Watson of Invergowrie (Lab - Life peer) The Labour Party is funded to some extent by business but mainly by trade unions: I declare an interest - Speech Link
3: Lord Rogan (UUP - Life peer) The list includes Irish citizens, most Irish-registered companies, trade unions, building societies, - Speech Link
4: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) We are also reinforcing the principle that only permissible donors may fund UK politics.Where illicit - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Phil Brickell (Lab - Bolton West) a cryptoasset that our own law enforcement agencies have flagged as a tool used in Russia-linked illicit - Speech Link
2: Alex Sobel (LAB - Leeds Central and Headingley) effectiveness of UK political finance laws, as well as the safeguards in place to protect our democracy from illicit - Speech Link
3: Lincoln Jopp (Con - Spelthorne) As European trade commissioner, Mandelson made decisions favouring Deripaska’s company by $200 million - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Mon 09 Feb 2026
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Allison Gardner (Lab - Stoke-on-Trent South) Secretary of State provide an update on her work with the National Crime Agency and Royal Mail to detect illicit - Speech Link
2: Melanie Onn (Lab - Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes) Humberside police, and the trade unions representing them, have raised concerns about the potential closure - Speech Link
3: Alex Norris (LAB - Nottingham North and Kimberley) We are working with partners on all flows of illicit trafficking of peoples across the world, at every - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Royal Navy: Caribbean - Mon 09 Feb 2026
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Lord Lemos (Lab - Life peer) The ship also conducts regional engagement and supports counter-illicit trafficking operations, which - Speech Link
2: Lord Lemos (Lab - Life peer) is very important and does a lot of work in supporting the overseas territories and combating the illicit - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Crime and Policing Bill
Committee stage - Thu 05 Feb 2026
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Brinton (LD - Life peer) said that the proposed amendments“ensure compatibility between UK domestic legislation and the UK-EU Trade - Speech Link
2: Lord Cromwell (XB - Excepted Hereditary) Also, of the £100 billion in illicit financial flows alone each year, law enforcement recovers only some - Speech Link
3: Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer (LD - Life peer) poaching—not one or two eels for supper but glass eels, which are the babies, all illegally fished—is a trade - Speech Link
4: Baroness Fox of Buckley (Non-affiliated - Life peer) I want to stress that Faisal was no angel—he was involved in the drugs trade; he was a teenager in a - Speech Link
5: Lord Katz (Lab - Life peer) comprehensive regime of offences relating to the possession and supply of drugs, weapons and other illicit - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Sudan - Thu 05 Feb 2026
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Monica Harding (LD - Esher and Walton) Will the Government now target those profiting from Sudan’s gold trade, which continues to bankroll the - Speech Link
2: Ellie Chowns (Green - North Herefordshire) sanctions—with partners, including those two countries, to highlight, call attention to and stop the illicit - Speech Link
3: Maya Ellis (Lab - Ribble Valley) assure me that in wider diplomatic engagement with international partners, including when negotiating trade - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Finance (No. 2) Bill (Fifth sitting)
Committee stage: 5th sitting - Tue 03 Feb 2026
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Lucy Rigby (Lab - Northampton North) Anyone selling illicit vapes puts the public at risk and undermines legitimate businesses. - Speech Link
2: James Wild (Con - North West Norfolk) As the Minister said, this is a very important part of the new regime, given the impact that illicit - Speech Link
3: James Wild (Con - North West Norfolk) vape trade is met with serious, fierce sanctions. - Speech Link
4: Lucy Rigby (Lab - Northampton North) We understand that there is a large illicit market in this area. - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Finance (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)
Committee stage: 4th sitting - Thu 29 Jan 2026
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: James Wild (Con - North West Norfolk) While we broadly support these measures, there are concerns about the implications for illicit trade - Speech Link
2: Dan Tomlinson (Lab - Chipping Barnet) HMRC’s estimate of illicit trade is published annually in “Measuring tax gaps”, which are official statistics - Speech Link
3: Dan Tomlinson (Lab - Chipping Barnet) The clause relates to trade defence. - Speech Link
4: Mark Garnier (Con - Wyre Forest) The net result was a global trade war that resulted in a 65% drop in global trade. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Prisons: Illegal Drugs - Thu 15 Jan 2026
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Andy Slaughter (Lab - Hammersmith and Chiswick) The trade in and use of illicit drugs has reached endemic levels, creating a culture of acceptance where - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Back home in Northern Ireland, 41% of prisoners surveyed said it was easy to acquire illicit drugs and - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Stuart Anderson (Con - South Shropshire) I have fed that into Government, but we have recently signed a huge trade deal with South Korea. - Speech Link
2: Stephen Doughty (LAB - Cardiff South and Penarth) That agreement has enhanced co-operation across defence and security, science, trade and culture. - Speech Link
3: Emily Thornberry (Lab - Islington South and Finsbury) It is at the forefront of hybrid warfare; it faces cyber-attacks, illicit financing schemes, prolific - Speech Link
4: Tom Hayes (Lab - Bournemouth East) all we have known in history—because America sought collective security, self-determination, open trade - Speech Link
5: John Whittingdale (Con - Maldon) It needs to involve seizing Russian assets and stopping trade with Russia. - Speech Link