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

Mentions:
1: Ben Wallace (Con - Wyre and Preston North) In today’s world of social media, they put up with hate as well. - Speech Link
2: Ben Wallace (Con - Wyre and Preston North) Our public, our discourse, our media and the social media pressures are changing our society and not - Speech Link
3: Ian Blackford (SNP - Ross, Skye and Lochaber) Like other Members, I regret the polarisation we see in society and the toxicity of our social media. - Speech Link
4: Stephen Hammond (Con - Wimbledon) media, but some actors on social media still engender political hate. - Speech Link
5: Tim Loughton (Con - East Worthing and Shoreham) Social media has made our job harder. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Finance (No. 2) Bill
2nd reading - Fri 24 May 2024
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Baroness Hazarika (Lab - Life peer) In an era of polarisation and division, driven particularly by social media, it is important to show - Speech Link
2: Baroness Kramer (LD - Life peer) Again, when I am out on that doorstep, the anxiety about the state of the NHS and social care is dominating - Speech Link
3: Lord Livermore (Lab - Life peer) Do our hospitals, our schools and our police work better than 14 years ago? - Speech Link
4: Baroness Vere of Norbiton (Con - Life peer) A UK employee can earn more money before paying income tax and social security contributions than an - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) laws in the world to tackle it, with bans on particular knives, and a huge effort made by our local police - Speech Link
2: Conor Burns (Con - Bournemouth West) He was reported to social services and the police, but little action was taken. - Speech Link
3: Kirsty Blackman (SNP - Aberdeen North) The last media Bill was passed when teletext was still cutting edge, so we really need this Media Bill - Speech Link
4: Paul Howell (Con - Sedgefield) Friend the Member for South Ribble (Katherine Fletcher), to restrict social media access in prisons, - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Media Bill
Report stage - Thu 23 May 2024
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Baroness Bull (XB - Life peer) lose.Amendment 2 goes a little further and would clarify what Parliament believes to be content of civic, social - Speech Link
2: Baroness Benjamin (LD - Life peer) They do not take into account age relevance or the social value of what they push—and until we at least - Speech Link
3: Earl Attlee (Con - Excepted Hereditary) Suppose that, at some point in the future, our police got out of control, as if we were in a third-world - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism - Wed 22 May 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Tom Tugendhat (Con - Tonbridge and Malling) across society, including education, healthcare, local authorities, criminal justice agencies and the police - Speech Link
2: Alison Thewliss (SNP - Glasgow Central) Many of the people who come after me on social media have Union flags in their profiles. - Speech Link
3: Tom Tugendhat (Con - Tonbridge and Malling) I place on record my extreme gratitude to all MI5 officers, counter-terrorism police and the National - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Crash-for-cash Insurance Fraud - Wed 22 May 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Elliot Colburn (Con - Carshalton and Wallington) Following police advice, she contacted the Insurance Fraud Bureau. - Speech Link
2: Alison Thewliss (SNP - Glasgow Central) There has been talk about other kinds of fraud being facilitated over social media. - Speech Link
3: Alex Norris (LAB - Nottingham North) The police describe three different types of crash-for-cash fraud. - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Prison Media Bill
Committee stage - Wed 22 May 2024
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Katherine Fletcher (Con - South Ribble) other media created of the inside of prisons and of prison staff and uploaded to social media and websites - Speech Link
2: Paul Howell (Con - Sedgefield) The protagonists are now locked away, but they recently put something out on social media. - Speech Link
3: Katherine Fletcher (Con - South Ribble) All major social media companies state in their terms of service that their platforms cannot be used - Speech Link
4: Edward Argar (Con - Charnwood) approach to social media misuse from within custody. - Speech Link
5: Edward Argar (Con - Charnwood) I met social media companies relatively recently to discuss this matter. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Holocaust Memorial Bill
Committee of the whole House - Wed 22 May 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: None to do several interviews, which I may not be doing, but it has always been a favoured place for the media - Speech Link
2: Bob Blackman (Con - Harrow East) In the Channel Islands, British police officers actually carried out German policies. - Speech Link
3: Bob Blackman (Con - Harrow East) when he contributes to the debate—are working with security experts, agencies and the Metropolitan police - Speech Link
4: Simon Hoare (Con - North Dorset) media, so I will resist that amendment.My hon. - Speech Link
5: Wera Hobhouse (LD - Bath) Holocaust denial is becoming more prolific, with conspiracies spread on social media, and we must confront - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Political Violence and Disruption: Walney Report - Wed 22 May 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Miriam Cates (Con - Penistone and Stocksbridge) It contains 78 references to social media, which of course has been instrumental in allowing extremists - Speech Link
2: Tom Tugendhat (Con - Tonbridge and Malling) Friend’s approach to this, and to many other aspects of social media and online harms. - Speech Link
3: Tom Tugendhat (Con - Tonbridge and Malling) media and sometimes other means. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Media Bill
Committee stageLords Handsard - Wed 22 May 2024
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Lord Foster of Bath (LD - Life peer) said on Monday, in an era of disinformation and conspiracy theories, spread so easily and quickly via social - Speech Link
2: None As the internet allows us to become increasingly atomised, living in echo chambers created by social - Speech Link
3: Lord Hunt of Wirral (Con - Life peer) One of our sadnesses was that the police seemed so slow to act. - Speech Link
4: Lord Bassam of Brighton (Lab - Life peer) Challenges from the rise of social media, online consumption of media and the consequences of falling - Speech Link