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Lords Chamber
Holocaust Memorial Bill
Report stage part two - Wed 11 Jun 2025
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Baroness Deech (XB - Life peer) no one to stop them; they can go right up towards the mound and throw something or sail along the river - Speech Link
2: Baroness Fleet (Con - Life peer) Even when the hateful slogan, “From the River to the Sea”, was projected on to the Elizabeth Tower, the - Speech Link
3: Baroness Walmsley (LD - Life peer) It would be located extremely close to the Thames and the ageing river wall. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Renters’ Rights Bill - Wed 14 May 2025
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Lord Cashman (Non-affiliated - Life peer) and community hubs and demolish the entire site, a site providing marine facilities to more than 200 boats - Speech Link
2: Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer (LD - Life peer) However, the Act did not read across to the duties of the Canal & River Trust, in whose gift lie - Speech Link
3: Lord Young of Cookham (Con - Life peer) frontage along the Thames and one of its tributaries, but we have never accommodated houseboats. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
River Thames: Unauthorised Mooring - Tue 29 Apr 2025
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Monica Harding (LD - Esher and Walton) Some boats apparently operate as Airbnbs. - Speech Link
2: Joshua Reynolds (LD - Maidenhead) along our stretch of the Thames. - Speech Link
3: Monica Harding (LD - Esher and Walton) At that point, there were 180 boats. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Coastal Communities - Thu 20 Mar 2025
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Steff Aquarone (LD - North Norfolk) My constituents look at projects such as the Thames barrier, where we have rightly taken bold steps and - Speech Link
2: Seamus Logan (SNP - Aberdeenshire North and Moray East) Each July, Portsoy hosts the Scottish traditional boat festival, which celebrates the craft behind boats - Speech Link
3: David Burton-Sampson (Lab - Southend West and Leigh) The North Thames cockle fishery, which is one of the oldest in Europe, has implemented measures such - Speech Link
4: Paul Holmes (Con - Hamble Valley) will permit me a minor indulgence as I add my homage to my coastal constituency.Straddling the Hamble river - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Shipyards: Economic Growth - Tue 18 Mar 2025
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: John Grady (Lab - Glasgow East) people were working in 38 yards along the Clyde; at the turn of the last century, almost one in four boats - Speech Link
2: Patricia Ferguson (Lab - Glasgow West) For centuries, it was a major shipbuilding river with some 30,000 ships built in yards in Glasgow and - Speech Link
3: Richard Quigley (Lab - Isle of Wight West) role in designing and constructing the vessels that keep our communities connected, including the Thames - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
International Women�s Day - Thu 06 Mar 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lincoln Jopp (Con - Spelthorne) second woman ever to record an average speed of 100 mph around the Brooklands circuit just over the River - Speech Link
2: Polly Billington (Lab - East Thanet) We know that 30% of the people who come across the channel on small boats are women and children, and - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Great British Energy Bill
Committee stage - Wed 22 Jan 2025
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Mentions:
1: Lord Cameron of Dillington (XB - Life peer) While the recent cessation of sand-eel fishing by UK fishing boats has helped—they are now not allowed - Speech Link
2: Lord Howell of Guildford (Con - Life peer) footprint: a major environmental impact.My noble friend Lord Hamilton spoke about tidal power and the Thames - Speech Link
3: Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Lab - Life peer) allocation round of the Government’s contracts for difference scheme.I had responsibility for the River - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Asylum Seeker Hotel Accommodation: Reopening - Tue 21 Jan 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Jack Rankin (Con - Windsor) Datchet sits on the north bank of the Thames, and literally just the other side of the river is Home - Speech Link
2: Jack Rankin (Con - Windsor) the rainbow—we need to remove it.Ultimately, to stop the use of asylum hotels we need to stop the boats - Speech Link
3: Jack Rankin (Con - Windsor) has provided a March target for closing nine hotels, but with 23,000 individuals crossing on small boats - Speech Link
4: Rupert Lowe (RUK - Great Yarmouth) Send the following message and the boats will stop: “If you come to the UK illegally, you won’t be met - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Water (Special Measures) Bill [Lords]
2nd reading - Mon 16 Dec 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Ben Coleman (Lab - Chelsea and Fulham) In 2023 alone, Thames Water pumped sewage into the river 116 times, for 990 hours, even when it was not - Speech Link
2: Matt Rodda (Lab - Reading Central) It is a wonderful town at the confluence of two major rivers: the River Thames, one of the country’s - Speech Link
3: Matt Rodda (Lab - Reading Central) next to an island—the foam was caused by nitrate pollution from sewage.This was in the River Thames, - Speech Link
4: Helen Maguire (LD - Epsom and Ewell) The River Mole, stretching 50 miles from Sussex to the Thames, is more than a waterway; it is a much-loved - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Storm Bert - Tue 26 Nov 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: None emergency services, and the actions being taken to further protect communities in the coming days, with river - Speech Link
2: None Unfortunately, an estimated 107 properties have flooded across England, principally from river and surface - Speech Link
3: None It relates to the Billing Aquadrome on the River Nene in Northamptonshire, where the caravan park was - Speech Link
4: None The river has now peaked, and local responders will be focusing on the lower reaches of rivers over the - Speech Link