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Westminster Hall
Holidays During School Term Time - Mon 27 Oct 2025
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Jonathan Brash (Lab - Hartlepool) The Chair of the Education Committee, my hon. - Speech Link
2: Georgia Gould (Lab - Queen's Park and Maida Vale) The Chair of the Education Committee, my hon. - Speech Link
3: Kevin Bonavia (Lab - Stevenage) The Chair of the Education Committee, my hon. - Speech Link
4: Saqib Bhatti (Con - Meriden and Solihull East) for that lost time and catch up with what other pupils have already learned, only worsening a problem - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Tobacco and Vapes Bill
Committee stage - Mon 27 Oct 2025
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Lord Murray of Blidworth (Con - Life peer) Tobacco and vape sales make up 20% of the annual revenues of many of these shops. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Northover (LD - Life peer) He then said, “I never want my son, if I ever have one, ever to take up smoking”. - Speech Link
3: Earl Howe (Con - Excepted Hereditary) This proposal opens up all sorts of interesting avenues of thought. - Speech Link
4: Lord Young of Cookham (Con - Life peer) Is that something that the Minister could sign up to? - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Sentencing Bill
Committee of the whole House - Tue 21 Oct 2025
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Warinder Juss (Lab - Wolverhampton West) Education on this issue is important. - Speech Link
2: Sarah Russell (Lab - Congleton) Judges are not getting up every morning and just coming up with ludicrous leftie positions. - Speech Link
3: Kieran Mullan (Con - Bexhill and Battle) They have to make up their mind. - Speech Link
4: None Brought up, and read the First time. - Speech Link
5: None Brought up, and read the First time. - Speech Link
6: None Brought up, and added to the Bill. - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (First sitting) - Tue 16 Sep 2025
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: None Could you please speak up? - Speech Link
2: Paul Holmes (Con - Hamble Valley) Q I have a quick follow-up. - Speech Link
3: Manuela Perteghella (LD - Stratford-on-Avon) Q I have a quick follow-up. - Speech Link
4: David Simmonds (Con - Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner) A significant underfunding of local government has built up over the last 14 to 15 years. - Speech Link
5: David Simmonds (Con - Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner) First, it is about the fact that fewer than 30% of local plans are up to date. - Speech Link
6: Manuela Perteghella (LD - Stratford-on-Avon) all, and I think it is similar for local nature recovery strategies, so there will have to be some catch-up - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Children with SEND: Assessments and Support - Mon 15 Sep 2025
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Roz Savage (LD - South Cotswolds) We know that investing money up front early in a child’s life ultimately ends up costing less.The White - Speech Link
2: Will Forster (LD - Woking) They have missed a whole year of education. - Speech Link
3: Neil Duncan-Jordan (Ind - Poole) We need a commitment to fund the new system properly. - Speech Link
4: Martin Wrigley (LD - Newton Abbot) Nearly a quarter take a year to set up. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [Lords]
Report stage - Wed 10 Sep 2025
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Euan Stainbank (Lab - Falkirk) Standing up for Scotland—aye right! - Speech Link
2: None As a new development springs up, its needs might then be included. - Speech Link
3: Steff Aquarone (LD - North Norfolk) They are set up for carrying out public transport. - Speech Link
4: Caroline Voaden (LD - South Devon) Buses connect people to jobs, education, healthcare and each other. - Speech Link
5: Jerome Mayhew (Con - Broadland and Fakenham) Lady came up with some good ideas, and even the Liberal Democrats came up with something or other. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Hospitality Sector - Wed 03 Sep 2025
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Mentions:
1: Luke Evans (Con - Hinckley and Bosworth) One thing that is not picked up in the figures is the fact that cafés and businesses up and down Hinckley - Speech Link
2: Rachel Hopkins (Lab - Luton South and South Bedfordshire) These venues provide places for families to meet and for friends to get together and to catch up for - Speech Link
3: Vikki Slade (LD - Mid Dorset and North Poole) We befriended the lonely, offered a daily catch-up for regulars and became a hub for community groups - Speech Link
4: Nigel Huddleston (Con - Droitwich and Evesham) and the sport survival fund. - Speech Link
5: Gareth Thomas (LAB - Harrow West) up on entrepreneurs; they gave up on cafés, restaurants and hotels; they gave up on small businesses - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - Tue 02 Sep 2025
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Lord Storey (LD - Life peer) One of the concerns that I have always had with home education is that it is not just about education - Speech Link
2: Baroness Smith of Malvern (Lab - Life peer) an annual review panel made up of home-educated children to advise on legislation impacting home education - Speech Link
3: Earl of Effingham (Con - Excepted Hereditary) or children missing education. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent (Lab - Life peer) or children missing education. - Speech Link
5: Lord Lucas (Con - Excepted Hereditary) The generality, which is picked up in my noble friend’s amendment, of not beginning formal education - Speech Link
6: Baroness Smith of Malvern (Lab - Life peer) Of course, the point about home education is that it would be up to parents, assuming that that education - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Strategic Defence Review 2025 - Fri 18 Jul 2025
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Baroness Goldie (Con - Life peer) Can the Minister clear this up for me? - Speech Link
2: Lord Soames of Fletching (Con - Life peer) The next step is to build up natural resilience. - Speech Link
3: Lord Dannatt (XB - Life peer) In 1939, when the war broke out, that figure jumped up to 19%. - Speech Link
4: Earl of Courtown (Con - Excepted Hereditary) I will pick up on one point. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Giving Every Child the Best Start in Life - Wed 16 Jul 2025
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Helen Hayes (Lab - Dulwich and West Norwood) Children with SEND should be able to thrive in education, and education should equip them well for the - Speech Link
2: Rachel Gilmour (LD - Tiverton and Minehead) The best start in life means a good education; good education means a good school; and a good school - Speech Link
3: Iqbal Mohamed (Ind - Dewsbury and Batley) We must train staff across education and early years in trauma-informed practice.Let me move on to education - Speech Link
4: Adam Jogee (Lab - Newcastle-under-Lyme) journey to higher education and beyond, but joined-up results. - Speech Link
5: Rebecca Paul (Con - Reigate) Family hubs are being asked to do more, serving children up to the age of 19, but with far fewer resources - Speech Link