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Lords Chamber
Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill
3rd reading - Tue 26 Mar 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Lord Faulks (Non-affiliated - Life peer) is impressive, but sometimes the meaning is a little hard to tease out—on how the Minister envisages parliamentary - Speech Link
2: Lord Offord of Garvel (Con - Life peer) My Lords, I add my thanks to all noble Lords who have been involved in the diligent scrutiny we have - Speech Link
3: Baroness Stowell of Beeston (Con - Life peer) In the EU, the Commission is taking serious measures against some of the big tech firms to make them - Speech Link
4: Lord Clement-Jones (LD - Life peer) This must not be used by big tech as a major loophole to avoid regulatory action. - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Data Protection and Digital Information Bill
Committee stage - Mon 25 Mar 2024
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Mentions:
1: None Introducing a higher degree of parliamentary scrutiny to that included in the Bill, or removing the power - Speech Link
2: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green - Life peer) or a group campaigning for stronger regulations on pesticides or for the Government to take stronger action - Speech Link
3: Viscount Camrose (Con - Excepted Hereditary) I shall refer to these EU-derived rules as the time periods regulation.In response to the Retained EU - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Cyber-security and UK Democracy - Mon 25 Mar 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Oliver Dowden (Con - Hertsmere) institutions, rights or political system.Our National Security and Investment Act 2021 has overhauled our scrutiny - Speech Link
2: Pat McFadden (Lab - Wolverhampton South East) He said that the attacks on parliamentary accounts were unsuccessful. - Speech Link
3: Kirsty Blackman (SNP - Aberdeen North) The EU is currently delivering €240 million for cyber-security to improve its collective resilience. - Speech Link
4: Oliver Dowden (Con - Hertsmere) This is not just about offensive action, but the extensive defensive action we have taken to continuously - Speech Link
5: Richard Foord (LD - Tiverton and Honiton) On that occasion, 130 Russian diplomats were expelled from more than 25 countries, and the EU ambassador - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Artificial Intelligence (Regulation) Bill [HL]
2nd reading - Fri 22 Mar 2024
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Mentions:
1: Lord Holmes of Richmond (Con - Life peer) We do not have to fear being in the first mover spotlight—the EU has taken that with its Act, in all - Speech Link
2: Viscount Chandos (Lab - Life peer) sciences industry thrives in countries where there is strong regulation.I urge the Government to give parliamentary - Speech Link
3: Lord Bishop of Worcester (Bshp - Bishops) Altman’s qualities of character and conduct while at the helm of OpenAI have come under considerable scrutiny - Speech Link
4: Lord Fairfax of Cameron (Con - Excepted Hereditary) Others, such as the EU, US, Italy, Canada and Brazil, are taking steps towards regulation, while, as - Speech Link
5: Baroness Twycross (Lab - Life peer) The EU has opted for a comprehensive and prescriptive legislative approach; the US is introducing some - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Genocide (Prevention and Response) Bill [HL]
2nd reading - Fri 22 Mar 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Kennedy of Shaws (Lab - Life peer) Such a report would enable proper scrutiny of the United Kingdom’s contributions to prevent, protect - Speech Link
2: Lord Hannay of Chiswick (XB - Life peer) replicates what is already being done by the US and which also could be followed, if we give a lead, by the EU - Speech Link
3: Lord Collins of Highbury (Lab - Life peer) need to look at how these very serious matters are overseen in government, at whether and how there is parliamentary - Speech Link
4: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) We should take robust action. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Armed Forces Readiness and Defence Equipment - Thu 21 Mar 2024
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Kevan Jones (Lab - North Durham) The tempo has to be increased, so action will have to be taken very quickly. - Speech Link
2: Danny Kruger (Con - Devizes) the reform of the parliamentary army. - Speech Link
3: Meg Hillier (LAB - Hackney South and Shoreditch) Gentleman has just said, does he agree that it would be good to have tighter scrutiny of that spending - Speech Link
4: George Galloway (WPB - Rochdale) Have they seen pensioner poverty and fuel poverty in action? - Speech Link
5: Martin Docherty-Hughes (SNP - West Dunbartonshire) It is not, in my view, the role of the Army to pick up civilian action. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Food Security - Thu 21 Mar 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Steven Bonnar (SNP - Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill) I have also noted the EFRA Committee’s scrutiny of the chosen definition of food security by the Minister - Speech Link
2: Robbie Moore (Con - Keighley) We hope to publish that national action plan imminently. - Speech Link
3: Greg Clark (Con - Tunbridge Wells) I am encouraged by the imminence of the publication of the action plan. - Speech Link
4: Robbie Moore (Con - Keighley) I reassure all Members of the House that we have already taken action. - Speech Link
5: Philip Dunne (Con - Ludlow) the Minister sought to introduce some new definitions to parliamentary terminology. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 21 Mar 2024
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) that, despite all the armed forces frottage coming from Labour Front Benchers, they are planning an EU - Speech Link
2: Peter Bottomley (Con - Worthing West) First, the Leader of the House will soon see the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s report - Speech Link
3: Ian Liddell-Grainger (Con - Bridgwater and West Somerset) The chairman of the scrutiny committee should spend less time working under the leader and a little more - Speech Link
4: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) I would suggest another course of action: vote him out of office. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (IAC Report) - Tue 19 Mar 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LD - Life peer) the foreign affairs debate, the noble Lord, Lord Cameron, said we should never confuse activity with action - Speech Link
2: Lord Kerr of Kinlochard (XB - Life peer) system; in other parliamentary systems there is far closer scrutiny than we are allowed here. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green - Life peer) trans-Pacific partnership, we are talking about decisions that have significant implications for climate action - Speech Link
4: Lord McNicol of West Kilbride (Lab - Life peer) dispute settlement provisions may lead to our high standards not being enforced due to fears of legal action - Speech Link


General Committees
Draft Strategy and Policy Statement for Energy Policy in Great Britain - Tue 19 Mar 2024
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Mentions:
1: Alan Brown (SNP - Kilmarnock and Loudoun) Glas and the Cruachan Dam extension.Finally—people will be glad to hear—the document finishes with the EU-UK - Speech Link
2: Amanda Solloway (Con - Derby North) I also thank them for their scrutiny of the draft of the document. - Speech Link
3: Amanda Solloway (Con - Derby North) Member will understand the parliamentary protocol around how regulatory bodies operate. - Speech Link