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Grand Committee
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
Committee stage - Thu 29 Jan 2026
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Baroness Pidgeon (LD - Life peer) Despite huge amounts of correspondence, including the Department for Transport trying to put direct pressure - Speech Link
2: Baroness Scott of Bybrook (Con - Life peer) I have talked for a number of years in both Chambers about local government, but we very rarely have - Speech Link
3: Baroness Scott of Bybrook (Con - Life peer) able to hold both central and local government to account for the outcomes it produces. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Janke (LD - Life peer) Before the Secretary of State redraws the local government structures, the amendment simply asks for - Speech Link
5: Lord Bassam of Brighton (Lab - Life peer) opposite.My first experience of local government was the local parish council for the village I grew - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Railways Bill (Seventh sitting)
Committee stage: 7th sitting - Thu 29 Jan 2026
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Jerome Mayhew (Con - Broadland and Fakenham) existing and future mayoralties to be put on a statutory footing, and for their local transport plans - Speech Link
2: Jerome Mayhew (Con - Broadland and Fakenham) We have a nationalised industry reporting to officials from the Department for Transport, and it is not - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
River Habitats: Protection and Restoration - Thu 29 Jan 2026
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Lloyd Hatton (Lab - South Dorset) I agree that a co-ordinated approach that works with farmers, landowners and the Department for Environment - Speech Link
2: Ellie Chowns (Green - North Herefordshire) However, without proper Government support, local actors are stuck.People care passionately about this - Speech Link
3: Chris Hinchliff (Lab - North East Hertfordshire) Protection has to investigate the Government for their utter failure to deliver the statutory targets - Speech Link
4: Ashley Fox (Con - Bridgwater) I do not think it is for the Government to regulate the salaries of the private sector. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - Wed 28 Jan 2026
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Lord Hampton (XB - Excepted Hereditary) Local businesses often sponsor kits for local football teams; it seems churlish and idiotic not to accept - Speech Link
2: None Government Amendment 166 will remove the power for a local authority to issue a preliminary notice for - Speech Link
3: None In this amendment, I am asking for the local authority to enable local children to have access to exam - Speech Link
4: Baroness Smith of Malvern (Lab - Life peer) I hope he agrees with the Government that it would be entirely inappropriate for the Department for Education - Speech Link
5: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green - Life peer) the Government to create a duty for them to produce a report on the demand for, desirability of and - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Youth Unemployment - Wed 28 Jan 2026
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Helen Whately (Con - Faversham and Mid Kent) They will increase employment costs, complexity and risk for firms, particularly SMEs…Government needs - Speech Link
2: Helen Whately (Con - Faversham and Mid Kent) We backed businesses to create 800 jobs for every day that we were in government. - Speech Link
3: Joy Morrissey (Con - Beaconsfield) It will be a tremendous win for this Government if they try that.The Government should also try reducing - Speech Link
4: Andrew Western (Lab - Stretford and Urmston) Certainly, both the Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions, my right hon. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Defence Industry: Environmental, Social and Governance Requirements - Wed 28 Jan 2026
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Edward Morello (LD - West Dorset) Those links with local schools and higher education institutions are vital to creating a pathway for - Speech Link
2: Luke Akehurst (Lab - North Durham) Friend the Member for York Outer mentioned, face particular challenges in accessing finance and banking - Speech Link
3: David Reed (Con - Exmouth and Exeter East) Member for Epsom and Ewell (Helen Maguire), about the need for the Government to give defence companies - Speech Link


Grand Committee
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
Committee stage - Tue 27 Jan 2026
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Lord Jamieson (Con - Life peer) My focus in local government is value for money. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) for the purposes of Part 1 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989. - Speech Link
3: Lord Bichard (XB - Life peer) Government Association.The amendment would provide for the establishment in every local area of a local - Speech Link
4: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) So, the mayoral precept feels proportionate to me.The Government consult on the local government finance - Speech Link
5: None Where long-term confidence in local government finance is concerned, stability really matters. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 27 Jan 2026
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Rachel Reeves (Lab - Leeds West and Pudsey) Friend will make the case for her local area. - Speech Link
2: Ellie Chowns (Green - North Herefordshire) does of course matter for bin collections, school transport and many other aspects. - Speech Link
3: Richard Foord (LD - Honiton and Sidmouth) The Government legislated for a 20p reduction in the business rates multiplier for hospitality, and that - Speech Link
4: Dan Tomlinson (Lab - Chipping Barnet) Government can provide for them. - Speech Link
5: James Murray (LAB - Ealing North) Friend the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government. My hon. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
East Park Energy: North Bedfordshire - Tue 27 Jan 2026
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Blake Stephenson (Con - Mid Bedfordshire) Does he agree that it is important for the Government to support our local authorities, so that we think - Speech Link
2: Michael Shanks (Lab - Rutherglen) For example, the land-use work that the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is doing is - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
UK Bus Manufacturing - Tue 27 Jan 2026
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Paul Waugh (LAB - Rochdale) bus network, we cannot only improve facilities for passengers but secure contracts for local workers - Speech Link
2: Euan Stainbank (Lab - Falkirk) When I have put to the Government the case for greater policy support for UK manufacturers, the very - Speech Link
3: Kenneth Stevenson (Lab - Airdrie and Shotts) Manufacturers are calling for certainty and security, and they are asking for Government buy-in. - Speech Link
4: Richard Holden (Con - Basildon and Billericay) was Government supported but local-authority led. - Speech Link