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Lords Chamber
Queen’s Speech - Tue 18 May 2021
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Lord Wolfson of Tredegar (CON - Life peer) These measures have been portrayed by some as draconian and a dismantling of our civil liberties; this - Speech Link
2: Lord Hunt of Wirral (CON - Life peer) work for UK and EU performers and their crews. - Speech Link
3: Lord Hastings of Scarisbrick (CB - Life peer) One man in particular, whose mother and aunt died as a result of the coronavirus, as a consequence sought - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Queen’s Speech - Thu 13 May 2021
Scotland Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Bruce of Bennachie (LDEM - Life peer) Westminster, the Irish Government, and civil society, including victims’ groups, as part of this process - Speech Link
2: Lord Bishop of London (Bishops - Bishops) A joined-up system with genuine multi-agency partnerships that span the NHS, local government and civil - Speech Link
3: Baroness Crawley (LAB - Life peer) ; the renewal of close and sustainable partnerships with our European Union friends and neighbours; and - Speech Link
4: Lord Falconer of Thoroton (LAB - Life peer) the independence of the Civil Service; and, thirdly, something to ensure a proper degree of regional - Speech Link
5: Lord True (CON - Life peer) the Civil Service, the unique power of the UK Treasury to support families and businesses in need, and - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Integrated Review: Development Aid - Wed 28 Apr 2021
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB - Life peer) Clean water, handwashing and good hygiene are critical defences in the fight against coronavirus, which - Speech Link
2: Lord Bishop of Rochester (Bishops - Bishops) , but the overall picture is of effective partnerships and fruitful work. - Speech Link
3: Lord Bishop of Southwark (Bishops - Bishops) I note that it will include Dutch and US vessels, emphasising precisely the sort of partnerships that - Speech Link
4: Baroness Kennedy of Shaws (LAB - Life peer) Helping draw up law to end child marriage and FGM, which has a huge impact on infant and maternal mortality - Speech Link
5: Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park (CON - Life peer) It covers: the geopolitical and geo-economic shifts that will define our new alliances and partnerships - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Registration of Marriages Regulations 2021 - Tue 23 Mar 2021
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Williams of Trafford (CON - Life peer) schedule at their marriage ceremony instead of a paper marriage register, and all marriages will be - Speech Link
2: Baroness Hodgson of Abinger (CON - Life peer) Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration etc) Act 2019: marriage registration, extension of - Speech Link
3: Lord Paddick (LDEM - Life peer) , and a marriage certificate is then issued? - Speech Link
4: Baroness Williams of Trafford (CON - Life peer) Of course, these regulations are only about marriage registration and not wider marriage law. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Scotland: General Election and Constitutional Future - Wed 17 Mar 2021
Scotland Office

Mentions:
1: Tommy Sheppard (SNP - Edinburgh East) It will be unconditional and without qualification, and it will be front and centre on page 1 of our - Speech Link
2: David Duguid (CON - Banff and Buchan) sport, and will support educational and training activities and exchanges both within the UK and internationally - Speech Link
3: John Lamont (CON - Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk) Our focus needs to be on defeating the spread of the coronavirus and on the economic recovery plan.The - Speech Link
4: Virginia Crosbie (CON - Ynys Môn) and the rest of the UK, with possible visa and customs checks, controls, duties and taxes, and maybe - Speech Link
5: Andrew Bowie (CON - West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine) not the serious issues surrounding civil service impartiality and the separation of powers within the - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill
2nd reading Day 2 - Tue 16 Mar 2021
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Pauline Latham (CON - Mid Derbyshire) However, child marriage remains an oversight, and a new clause criminalising the practice would protect - Speech Link
2: Ian Byrne (LAB - Liverpool, West Derby) civil liberties; threatens already limited rights to protest, march and demonstrate; risks worsening - Speech Link
3: Jo Gideon (CON - Stoke-on-Trent Central) Effective community safety partnerships are key to reducing serious violent crime, and I am glad the - Speech Link
4: Stephen Farry (Alliance - North Down) This legislation marks an undermining of human rights and civil liberties. - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Anti-slavery Projects: Commonwealth - Thu 04 Mar 2021
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Earl of Sandwich (CB - Excepted Hereditary) I put my faith in NGOs and faith groups, but civil society has a huge potential to bring about change - Speech Link
2: Lord Hogan-Howe (CB - Life peer) building the capacity of local civil society groups, such as local police, religious sisters and local - Speech Link
3: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (CON - Life peer) Of these, 24.9 million people were forced into labour and 15.4 million were living in a forced marriage - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Domestic Abuse Bill
Committee stage:Committee: 6th sitting (Hansard) - Wed 10 Feb 2021
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Rooker (LAB - Life peer) prospects and an enhanced role in the Civil Service—they were committed to the issues; this is not in - Speech Link
2: Baroness Hodgson of Abinger (CON - Life peer) marriage, FGM and stalking, overlap and are connected with domestic abuse. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Featherstone (LDEM - Life peer) Even today, with the vast strides forward, from civil partnerships to same-sex marriage, members of the - Speech Link
4: None proceedings; but a code shall be—(a) admissible in evidence in criminal or civil proceedings, and(b) - Speech Link
5: Baroness Williams of Trafford (CON - Life peer) to marriage, cohabitation and civil partnerships. - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 - Mon 08 Feb 2021
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Lord Scriven (LDEM - Life peer) The first two Coronavirus-related SIs were laid on 28 January and 10 February 2020, respectively. - Speech Link
2: Lord Naseby (CON - Life peer) the care and attention in Bedford Hospital.On Saturday, I had my coronavirus jab. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Warsi (CON - Life peer) Thirdly, what are the Government’s plans and timetable for easing the restrictions for weddings and civil - Speech Link
4: Baroness Brinton (LDEM - Life peer) and conversions under marriage being permitted. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Domestic Abuse Bill
Committee stage:Committee: 2nd sitting (Hansard) - Wed 27 Jan 2021
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Andrews (LAB - Life peer) hurt and to offer explanation and defence. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Fox of Buckley (Non-affiliated - Life peer) This is a political issue, and a matter of civil liberties that we take it seriously. - Speech Link
3: Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale (LAB - Life peer) I absolutely sympathise with being cautious in the use of data and careful with civil liberties. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Wilcox of Newport (LAB - Life peer) Coronavirus may exacerbate triggers, and lockdown may restrict access to support or escape. - Speech Link