Mentions:
1: Theresa May (Con - Maidenhead) But sadly, democracy today, I fear, is under threat. - Speech Link
2: Stephen Hammond (Con - Wimbledon) phoned her local councillor. - Speech Link
3: Lucy Powell (LAB - Manchester Central) Her words about democracy and respect for democracy were ones that we will all cherish.My hon. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Baroness Fox of Buckley (Non-affiliated - Life peer) done over and ripped off by people who sell them the myth that they are buying into a property-owning democracy—something - Speech Link
2: Lord Gascoigne (Con - Life peer) I thank my noble friend Lord Moylan for Amendment 49 on the right to manage and local authorities. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) Member for Manchester Central talks about the election, and democracy is an opportunity. - Speech Link
2: Peter Bottomley (Con - Worthing West) Translating what is individual and what is local into what is national and important is part of our role - Speech Link
3: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) Friend is one of the most determined champions for his local community. - Speech Link
4: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) I know that he has also brought in a long-term plan for towns, with up to £20 million for his local area - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Stephanie Peacock (Lab - Barnsley East) media outlets, including my local paper, the Barnsley Chronicle—will play an incredibly important role - Speech Link
2: Kirsty Blackman (SNP - Aberdeen North) Local radio is so incredibly important. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Martin Vickers (Con - Cleethorpes) fully support the points that he and others raised, but such is the concern—and to some extent anger—of local - Speech Link
2: Martin Vickers (Con - Cleethorpes) Decisions such as these are an opportunity for Governments to show that the views of local communities - Speech Link
3: Martin Vickers (Con - Cleethorpes) The National Grid has also given the impression to some local residents that this is a fait accompli, - Speech Link
4: Martin Vickers (Con - Cleethorpes) I am never opposed to local communities being given much-needed funding to improve the areas for the - Speech Link
5: Nigel Evans (Con - Ribble Valley) thanks to the staff who have looked after us for the past four and a half years, ensuring that our democracy - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Julia Lopez (Con - Hornchurch and Upminster) media as a vital pillar of our local democracy. - Speech Link
2: Julia Lopez (Con - Hornchurch and Upminster) We also provided business tax relief for local journalism offices, we support the BBC’s local democracy - Speech Link
3: Mark Logan (Con - Bolton North East) radio is an essential tool for democracy, that it gets the legal support it needs, and that Government - Speech Link
4: Deidre Brock (SNP - Edinburgh North and Leith) my substantive question about the enforcement of the broadcasting code, to ensure that multi-party democracy - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury (LD - Life peer) the “inform” principle, PSBs remain essential to UK media, and losing them would leave UK society and democracy - Speech Link
2: Lord Lipsey (Lab - Life peer) This is a sad day not only for press regulation but for Britain’s democracy. - Speech Link
3: None committed to protecting media freedom and the invaluable role of a free press in our society and our democracy - Speech Link
4: Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Con - Life peer) group.The Government are committed to a free and independent press which, as I said, is vital to our democracy - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Peter Bottomley (Con - Worthing West) Although the House of Lords is an important part of our democracy, it is not necessarily democracy itself - Speech Link
2: Andrew Percy (Con - Brigg and Goole) It is the thin green line—and red line—between mob rule and democracy. - Speech Link
3: None , I say that it has to be here because this is the seat of our democracy. - Speech Link
4: None The local area’s Thorney Island Society has objected. - Speech Link
5: Simon Hoare (Con - North Dorset) There is an emotional and romantic intertwining of Parliament, freedom and democracy, and how dimmed - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Tom Tugendhat (Con - Tonbridge and Malling) With permission, I will make a statement on Lord Walney’s report entitled “Protecting our Democracy - Speech Link
2: Dan Jarvis (Lab - Barnsley Central) that the report raises serious concerns about the growing intimidation of Members of this House and local - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Foster of Bath (LD - Life peer) We are a liberal democracy, and we want to protect those contributions, but surely only if their shows - Speech Link
2: Baroness Fleet (Con - Life peer) control or direct influence over a newspaper’s editorial content is anathema to a well-functioning democracy - Speech Link
3: None This has been a richly illuminating debate, passionate and critical to the vitality of our democracy—a - Speech Link
4: None Meanwhile, Ofcom lies at the heart not just of our creative and telecoms industries but of our democracy - Speech Link
5: Lord Bassam of Brighton (Lab - Life peer) We need to ensure in the future, as much as we can, that our democracy is protected. - Speech Link