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Lords Chamber
Crime and Policing Bill
Committee stage part one - Tue 13 Jan 2026
Home Office

Mentions:
1: None I protested to end apartheid in South Africa, which took many years of protest to achieve. - Speech Link
2: Lord Hain (Lab - Life peer) subsequent sports boycott almost universally imposed against whites-only sports tours from apartheid South Africa - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Official Development Assistance - Tue 13 Jan 2026
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Lab - Life peer) The clear message that we have from partners particularly in Africa—we announced our new Africa approach - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Nigeria: Freedom of Religion or Belief - Tue 13 Jan 2026
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: David Smith (Lab - North Northumberland) The old adage is: “When Nigeria sneezes, Africa catches a cold.” - Speech Link
2: David Smith (Lab - North Northumberland) A flourishing Nigeria is good for Britain and a challenge to the autocrats of west Africa in declaring - Speech Link
3: Stephen Doughty (LAB - Cardiff South and Penarth) I have engaged with the issue for many years, including when I was shadow Minister for Africa. - Speech Link
4: Stephen Doughty (LAB - Cardiff South and Penarth) I mentioned a range of different levels at which we do that—indeed, the Minister for Africa has raised - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Human Rights Abuses: Magnitsky Sanctions - Thu 08 Jan 2026
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Stephen Doughty (LAB - Cardiff South and Penarth) network centred on a Kenyan-British smuggler who was using corruption to move gold out of southern Africa - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Mining: Pollution - Thu 08 Jan 2026
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Lord Oates (LD - Life peer) , Action for Southern Africa—ACTSA—other civil society organisations and their legal advisers. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green - Life peer) It is facing calls for accountability in South Africa, Peru and Chile, as well as in Zambia. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Lab - Life peer) This is the scale of the challenge that we have an ambition to meet in Africa. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Middle East and North Africa - Wed 07 Jan 2026
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Lab - Life peer) as he said, was not part of the Statement, which was specifically about the Middle East and North Africa - Speech Link
2: Lord Teverson (LD - Life peer) , we primarily think about Russian aggression in Ukraine, quite rightly, but if we think of north Africa - Speech Link
3: Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Lab - Life peer) that if we neglect areas of the world, such as the Sahel, then the conditions allowed to grow in Africa - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Venezuela - Tue 06 Jan 2026
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Lord Mohammed of Tinsley (LD - Life peer) take action, what implications will there be—I am not just talking about Russia and China but in Africa - Speech Link
2: Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Lab - Life peer) difference at all to our ability to make the case for international law to partners—he mentioned Africa—and - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Middle East and North Africa - Mon 05 Jan 2026
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Hamish Falconer (Lab - Lincoln) It remains a priority for the Foreign Secretary and the Minister for Africa, and we are working alongside - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill
Report stage - Mon 05 Jan 2026
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Lord Horam (Con - Life peer) Mauritius and the Seychelles are more successful in terms of GDP per head than Egypt, South Africa and - Speech Link
2: Lord Lilley (Con - Life peer) When it takes sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago, which we count as part of Africa, it will preclude - Speech Link
3: None For example, South Africa is a strong ally of Russia, Iran and China through the BRICS partnership and - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Christmas Adjournment - Thu 18 Dec 2025
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Mark Francois (Con - Rayleigh and Wickford) The site was bought by a South Africa-based developer called Heriot. - Speech Link