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Lords Chamber
Crime and Policing Bill
Committee stage: Part 2 - Mon 02 Feb 2026
Northern Ireland Office

Mentions:
1: None This briefing is also backed by Southall Black Sisters; Roshni, which supports Black and minoritised - Speech Link
2: None Within virtually every country in Europe, abortion is now legal. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Barker (LD - Life peer) It may be apprehended that some gap in the welfare of the country may follow from that”. - Speech Link
4: None For example, maternal mortality is higher among women of Black and Asian backgrounds. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
Committee stage - Fri 30 Jan 2026
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Baroness Coffey (Con - Life peer) then the second declaration, have to happen while the person making all these requests is in the country - Speech Link
2: Lord Empey (UUP - Life peer) Depending on where someone is in this country, they may or may not have the equipment or the capacity - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Finance (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)
Committee stage: 4th sitting - Thu 29 Jan 2026
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: James Wild (Con - North West Norfolk) What is the Minister’s response to that shift, which is already taking effect in parts of the country - Speech Link
2: Dan Tomlinson (Lab - Chipping Barnet) The vast majority of taxi services across the country are not using the TOMS and will be unaffected by - Speech Link
3: James Wild (Con - North West Norfolk) Will the Minister outline specific measures that HMRC will use to counter any shift towards the black - Speech Link
4: Mark Garnier (Con - Wyre Forest) Such tariffs harm the country that introduces them. - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Finance (No. 2) Bill (Third sitting)
Committee stage: 3rd sitting - Thu 29 Jan 2026
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: James Wild (Con - North West Norfolk) Vital support was pulled from millions of pensioners across the country. - Speech Link
2: James Wild (Con - North West Norfolk) Treasury officials in the room—suggesting this was a simple way to save some money and fill a fictional black - Speech Link
3: James Wild (Con - North West Norfolk) anyone think that sounds like a measure that is likely to attract talent and investment into the country - Speech Link
4: Dan Tomlinson (Lab - Chipping Barnet) ensure that they work as intended, acknowledge the economic contribution of former non-doms to our country - Speech Link
5: James Wild (Con - North West Norfolk) undermine what we all want to see, which is more money being brought back into the UK and invested in our country - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Ukraine: Non-recognition of Russian-occupied Territories - Thu 29 Jan 2026
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: John Whittingdale (Con - Maldon) I went to Mariupol, a city on the Black sea. - Speech Link
2: Julian Lewis (Con - New Forest East) The whole country was not overrun. - Speech Link
3: Tim Roca (Lab - Macclesfield) By 1939, the country was occupied and its independence was destroyed. - Speech Link
4: Tom Hayes (Lab - Bournemouth East) It would reward aggression and invite more of it.We in this country need to be particularly cognisant - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Baroness Scott of Bybrook (Con - Life peer) If the Government want to reorganise local government across the country, why not bring London in line - Speech Link
2: Lord Fuller (Con - Life peer) That is not good for democracy, councils, governance or the country, and it certainly is not good for - Speech Link
3: Lord Fuller (Con - Life peer) You would think that that would be enough to put the black spot on it, but not for this Government.I - Speech Link
4: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green - Life peer) It is interesting that the Government seem to want one model across the country at higher levels, but - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
UK Development Partnership Assistance - Thu 29 Jan 2026
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Baroness Hyde of Bemerton (Lab - Life peer) I am deeply thankful to the incredible staff of this place—Black Rod, the doorkeepers, the librarians - Speech Link
2: Baroness Alexander of Cleveden (Lab - Life peer) It is time for the Government to nourish the soft power tree that this country planted 90 years ago. - Speech Link
3: Lord Barber of Chittlehampton (Lab - Life peer) On soft power, no other country can match us.Building our hard power will help us deter and resist the - Speech Link
4: Lord Browne of Ladyton (Lab - Life peer) Secondly, we are, in the long-term, defined by what we do as a country rather than by our aspirations - Speech Link
5: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LD - Life peer) He and I have joked in the conversations that we have grabbed when we have both been in the country, - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
UK-EU Customs Union - Thu 29 Jan 2026
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Newby (LD - Life peer) debate may sound rather dry and technical, but it deals with two of the biggest issues facing the country - Speech Link
2: Lord Monks (Lab - Life peer) It set the scene for this debate very well and the scene for the country more generally. - Speech Link
3: Lord Docherty of Milngavie (Lab - Life peer) My Lords, I begin by thanking Black Rod, Garter, the clerk, the doorkeepers and all the staff of this - Speech Link
4: Lord Fox (LD - Life peer) ; and it has reduced the wealth of the country. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
British Indian Ocean Territory - Wed 28 Jan 2026
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Julian Lewis (Con - New Forest East) If we transfer sovereignty to a country that is signed up to be part of a nuclear-free zone, that is - Speech Link
2: Luke Evans (Con - Hinckley and Bosworth) Every time we have a Foreign Office question, the Black Knight comes in front of us. - Speech Link
3: Iain Duncan Smith (Con - Chingford and Woodford Green) While we have control in the UK, we do not have control of a foreign country. - Speech Link
4: Luke Evans (Con - Hinckley and Bosworth) That is exactly what any responsible country should do. - Speech Link
5: Luke Pollard (LAB - Plymouth Sutton and Devonport) I am proud of my country and proud of our armed forces. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Wed 28 Jan 2026
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Seema Malhotra (LAB - Feltham and Heston) The race equality engagement group is engaging with minority communities across the country to tackle - Speech Link
2: Abena Oppong-Asare (Lab - Erith and Thamesmead) I am very keen to hear how the Government are ensuring that black voices, particularly black women’s - Speech Link
3: David Lammy (Lab - Tottenham) That is the way that we deliver for the public of this country. - Speech Link
4: Mark Pritchard (Con - The Wrekin) The UK’s nuclear deterrent has kept this country safe for over five decades. - Speech Link