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Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 16 May 2024
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) record our thanks for everyone who works on the estate to enable us to do our jobs and keep British democracy - Speech Link
2: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) He will know that not only the Defending Democracy Taskforce but the House authorities, our security - Speech Link
3: Owen Thompson (SNP - Midlothian) The dangerous extremists on the SNP Benches believe that democracy is not a one-time event so, as we - Speech Link
4: Ian Liddell-Grainger (Con - Bridgwater and West Somerset) I have gone on and on about local government not standing up for local people, and I will continue to - Speech Link
5: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) have its own local policy about the density of those HMOs. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Relationships, Sex and Health Education: Statutory Guidance - Thu 16 May 2024
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Catherine McKinnell (Lab - Newcastle upon Tyne North) I hope that, as part of the review, the Government will look at some of the fantastic resources local - Speech Link
2: Gillian Keegan (Con - Chichester) this step is out for consultation, so we do expect that everybody who has a view—parents, teachers, local - Speech Link
3: Gillian Keegan (Con - Chichester) For example, some people would argue against democracy, and we do not want to give them a platform; some - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Community Sports: Impact on Young People - Thu 16 May 2024
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Lord Wood of Anfield (Lab - Life peer) Cutbacks to council budgets have had a dramatic impact on a range of local sports infrastructure, and - Speech Link
2: Lord Monks (Lab - Life peer) , the Scouts, the Guides, the Boys’ Brigade and, above all, the schools and local authorities—formed - Speech Link
3: Lord Addington (LD - Excepted Hereditary) Local government has a lot of this responsibility, but it is skint at the moment. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Thornton (Lab - Life peer) As a Labour and Co-op Party member, I am committed to and interested in the role that democracy, ownership - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Renters (Reform) Bill
2nd reading - Wed 15 May 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Lord Truscott (Non-affiliated - Life peer) of inflation, and never forget the aspirations of British people to be part of our property-owning democracy - Speech Link
2: Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (Green - Life peer) Local mayors and local authorities know their areas and understand the local housing market. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Swinburne (Con - Life peer) The new property portal will support local authorities in their enforcement action. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
China - Wed 15 May 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Bob Seely (Con - Isle of Wight) In Document No. 9, for example, the CCP describes democracy as one of nine false ideological trends. - Speech Link
2: Justin Madders (Lab - Ellesmere Port and Neston) Since October, the EU has been investigating whether local subsidies have been helping Chinese car manufacturers - Speech Link
3: Mark Logan (Con - Bolton North East) Usually, complaints were about local government at the village level, or the municipal or provincial - Speech Link
4: Neil Coyle (Lab - Bermondsey and Old Southwark) I also mention the corruption and local-level issues. - Speech Link
5: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Taiwan’s democracy and freedom are in danger, as well as the stability of the wider region. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Wed 15 May 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Kemi Badenoch (Con - Saffron Walden) to respond to the full range of threats to our democratic processes, including through the defending democracy - Speech Link
2: Rishi Sunak (Con - Richmond (Yorks)) people having a say over their local communities. - Speech Link
3: Steve Tuckwell (Con - Uxbridge and South Ruislip) businesses and local students, and for the education sector and the local economy. - Speech Link
4: Rishi Sunak (Con - Richmond (Yorks)) Friend’s local hospital. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Criminal Justice Bill
Report stage (day 1) - Wed 15 May 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Alex Cunningham (Lab - Stockton North) Friend recognises the impact that such abuse of technology has on our democracy. - Speech Link
2: None The police work with local authorities to deliver a safeguarding response for victims of cuckooing. - Speech Link
3: Tim Farron (LD - Westmorland and Lonsdale) It is an industry that employs 60,000 people, worth £3.5 billion to the local economy and contributing - Speech Link
4: Jess Phillips (Lab - Birmingham, Yardley) there is a worry about the drafting of proposed new section 10B to the Children Act, which requires local - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill
Committee stage part two - Tue 14 May 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Bishop of Manchester (Bshp - Bishops) It would be invidious to our democracy for a candidate not to be able to answer honestly a question raised - Speech Link
2: Baroness Noakes (Con - Life peer) At that time, that was hugely divisive in the local community. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Janke (LD - Life peer) Clause 4, as the right reverend Prelate said, freedom of speech is a basic right and a cornerstone of democracy - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
War Graves Week - Tue 14 May 2024
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Grant Shapps (Con - Welwyn Hatfield) Vital lessons about the fragility of freedom and democracy and the need to cherish and nurture them, - Speech Link
2: Chris Evans (LAB - Islwyn) We owe them a debt of honour, for we would not be standing in this seat of democracy if they had not - Speech Link
3: Kevan Jones (Lab - North Durham) There are war graves in our local cemeteries. - Speech Link
4: Leo Docherty (Con - Aldershot) It provides an appreciation of our history; a deep appreciation of our freedom and our democracy; and - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Prevention of Sexual Violence in Conflict - Tue 14 May 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Sharon Hodgson (Lab - Washington and Sunderland West) has occurred, to help collect vital evidence and record testimonies in a sensitive way, and build up local - Speech Link
2: Lyn Brown (Lab - West Ham) international NGOs and expensive consultants and to be far more open to working directly with small local - Speech Link