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Lords Chamber
Data Adequacy Status: EU Data Protection Standards - Thu 04 Dec 2025
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Lord Vaizey of Didcot (Con - Life peer) previous Government led the way with digital trade agreements, particularly with countries such as Singapore - Speech Link
2: Baroness Lloyd of Effra (Lab - Life peer) and get all the agreements in place under the EU reset, which goes from everything from energy to defence - Speech Link


General Committees
Draft Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 (Prudential Regulation of Credit Institutions) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025 Draft Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (ESG Ratings) Order 2025 - Tue 02 Dec 2025
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Chris Coghlan (LD - Dorking and Horley) What is his view on including defence stocks in ESG portfolios, given the change in the geopolitical - Speech Link
2: Gareth Davies (Con - Grantham and Bourne) Those companies form the bedrock of the British defence industry. - Speech Link
3: Gareth Davies (Con - Grantham and Bourne) I am very grateful to the Minister for outlining the Government’s position on defence stocks. - Speech Link
4: Lucy Rigby (Lab - Northampton North) The point in relation to oil and gas is exactly the same as that for defence. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill
Committee stage part one - Tue 25 Nov 2025
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: None as a whole, rather than just with the Defence Secretary. - Speech Link
2: Lord Hay of Ballyore (DUP - Life peer) Under vetting, with government oversight, this is entirely compatible with defence interests. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Goldie (Con - Life peer) Amendment 86 is another defence and security amendment. - Speech Link
4: Lord Weir of Ballyholme (DUP - Life peer) Instead, I will ask the Government for assurances on the issue of defence. - Speech Link
5: Baroness Hoey (Non-affiliated - Life peer) It was going to give India a defence presence. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill
2nd reading - Thu 20 Nov 2025
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Lord Bishop of Chester (Bshp - Bishops) It is a vital part of the defence of our nation, as I witnessed when offering chaplaincy to our Armed - Speech Link
2: Baroness Pidgeon (LD - Life peer) Singapore and Thailand’s mandates started a 1% blend in 2026. - Speech Link
3: Lord Moylan (Con - Life peer) She mentioned Thailand and Singapore, and I am sure there are many others as well. - Speech Link
4: Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill (Lab - Life peer) a vital sustainability measure for air transport, which is essential for the nation’s wealth and defence - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill
Committee stage part two - Tue 18 Nov 2025
No Department present

Mentions:
1: None duties outlined in sections (Equality Impact Assessment) and (Implications of treaty on United Kingdom defence - Speech Link
2: Baroness Hoey (Non-affiliated - Life peer) This represents a huge sum that, if given to the Republic of Mauritius, cannot be spent on UK defence - Speech Link
3: None On 30 October, www.shippinggazette.com published an article entitled “India secures defence foothold - Speech Link
4: Lord Weir of Ballyholme (DUP - Life peer) My amendment specifically looks at the financial implications for defence. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Economic and Taxation Policies: Jobs, Growth and Prosperity - Thu 13 Nov 2025
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Lord Howell of Guildford (Con - Life peer) gas suddenly erupted four years ago, as well as on welfare, meeting the immigration wave and now defence - Speech Link
2: Lord Bilimoria (XB - Life peer) high government expenditure; unemployment of 5%; inflation almost double the target at 3.8%; and defence - Speech Link
3: Viscount Trenchard (Con - Excepted Hereditary) to offer local, flexible and part-time jobs.I welcome the Government’s commitment to spend more on defence - Speech Link


General Committees
Draft Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure (Security Requirements for Relevant Connectable Products) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 - Tue 04 Nov 2025
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Mentions:
1: Kanishka Narayan (Lab - Vale of Glamorgan) The same applies to distributors, as they are often the last line of defence against non-compliant products - Speech Link
2: Ben Spencer (Con - Runnymede and Weybridge) non-tariff barriers to trade in digital products and devices with our strategic partners in Asia—Singapore - Speech Link
3: Martin Wrigley (LD - Newton Abbot) I welcome the move to recognise standards mutually between Japan, Singapore and the UK. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Civil Justice Council Review of Litigation Funding - Wed 29 Oct 2025
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Julian Smith (Con - Skipton and Ripon) A strong defence of consumer rights is the best way for the UK to continue to thrive, for the UK economy - Speech Link
2: Sarah Sackman (Lab - Finchley and Golders Green) away from London, England and Wales to look at other jurisdictions, such as New York, Paris and Singapore - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 16 Oct 2025
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: John Lamont (Con - Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk) Friend the Member for Hereford and South Herefordshire (Jesse Norman), who is in Poland with the Defence - Speech Link
2: Alison Hume (Lab - Scarborough and Whitby) from Scarborough University Technical College, which came third at the STEM Racing world finals in Singapore - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill
2nd reading - Tue 09 Sep 2025
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Luke Pollard (LAB - Plymouth Sutton and Devonport) The deal represents broadly 0.2% of the defence budget. - Speech Link
2: Luke Pollard (LAB - Plymouth Sutton and Devonport) I will give way to the former Defence Minister. - Speech Link
3: Luke Pollard (LAB - Plymouth Sutton and Devonport) My first outing was at Defence questions yesterday, supporting British jobs in the defence sector and - Speech Link
4: Calvin Bailey (Lab - Leyton and Wanstead) I must have misread our colleagues in the US Department of Defence when they told Defence Committee members - Speech Link
5: Stephen Doughty (LAB - Cardiff South and Penarth) I single out the Chair of the Defence Committee, my hon. - Speech Link