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Lords Chamber
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
Consideration of Commons amendments and / or reasons - Mon 24 Nov 2025
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) We expect that updates to the five NPSs in this transitional category will undergo full parliamentary - Speech Link
2: Baroness Freeman of Steventon (XB - Life peer) Is it Natural England, or are independent bodies doing it? Who is then assessing the evidence? - Speech Link
3: Lord Cromwell (XB - Excepted Hereditary) Are they fully independent of Natural England and the Environment Agency? - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Crime and Policing Bill
Committee stage part one - Wed 19 Nov 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: None initially thought that it was because I looked under 18, but it was to check whether the girl had the authority - Speech Link
2: Lord Brady of Altrincham (Con - Life peer) They have since indicated their intention to implement the recommendation as soon as parliamentary time - Speech Link
3: Baroness Stowell of Beeston (Con - Life peer) We need workers to have delegated authority, from their employer or their union, and from all of us in - Speech Link
4: Baroness Levitt (Lab - Life peer) The first is that Sir Brian Leveson highlighted in his independent review that the risk is mitigated - Speech Link
5: Baroness Levitt (Lab - Life peer) The noble Lord’s distinguished career as a police officer gives him great authority to speak about the - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill
Committee stage part two - Tue 18 Nov 2025
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Lord Altrincham (Con - Excepted Hereditary) ambiguity in the supervision of the contract, which may be because of the prerogative and lack of parliamentary - Speech Link
2: Lord Callanan (Con - Life peer) Schleswig-Holstein—they will remember that that was in exchange for a free hand in respect of the independent - Speech Link
3: Lord Lilley (Con - Life peer) On some of the islands there was a church, a hospital, buildings and so on that have fallen into rack - Speech Link
4: Baroness Hoey (Non-affiliated - Life peer) Article 73 grants the authority and responsibility to board, inspect, arrest and detain vessels engaged - Speech Link
5: Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Lab - Life peer) is currently undertaken by the US and monitored by the UK to ensure compliance with environmental standards - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
Consideration of Lords amendments - Thu 13 Nov 2025
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Caroline Nokes (Con - Romsey and Southampton North) in the Lords amendments engages Commons financial privilege.Clause 2National policy statements: parliamentary - Speech Link
2: Matthew Pennycook (Lab - Greenwich and Woolwich) is the only route to delivering the improved prosperity our country needs and the higher living standards - Speech Link
3: Matthew Pennycook (Lab - Greenwich and Woolwich) Let me emphasise once again that the intent of clause 2 is not to erode parliamentary scrutiny; it is - Speech Link
4: None We could get halfway to our house building target if those buildings were just put up. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Economic and Taxation Policies: Jobs, Growth and Prosperity - Thu 13 Nov 2025
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Baroness Neville-Rolfe (Con - Life peer) Increased productivity is the foundation of raising wages and living standards. - Speech Link
2: Lord Livermore (Lab - Life peer) The previous Parliament was the worst ever for living standards. - Speech Link
3: Lord Livermore (Lab - Life peer) The noble Lord, Lord Elliott, spoke about living standards in his opening speech. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Taxes - Wed 12 Nov 2025
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Mel Stride (Con - Central Devon) What matters is growth per capita, because that is what drives an improvement in living standards. - Speech Link
2: Mel Stride (Con - Central Devon) Of course, higher taxes are bearing down on living standards, but so is inflation. - Speech Link
3: James Murray (LAB - Ealing North) I understand that the Budget is an important day in the parliamentary calendar, and it is an important - Speech Link
4: Ashley Fox (Con - Bridgwater) In England we have seen a dramatic increase in reading standards and the standards of examination of - Speech Link
5: Dan Tomlinson (Lab - Chipping Barnet) Instead, this Labour Government are growing the economy and lifting living standards in all parts of - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Wed 12 Nov 2025
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Ian Murray (Lab - Edinburgh South) According to independent analysis, more than 89% of UK premises can access a gigabit-capable connection - Speech Link
2: Ian Murray (Lab - Edinburgh South) The ICO is operationally independent of Government and is accountable to this Parliament. - Speech Link
3: Sojan Joseph (Lab - Ashford) My constituents also face a new fire risk because we do not have a fully functioning fire authority. - Speech Link
4: Keir Starmer (Lab - Holborn and St Pancras) Let me be clear: I believe in a strong and independent BBC. - Speech Link


General Committees
Draft Infrastructure Planning (Business or Commercial Projects) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 - Wed 12 Nov 2025
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Matthew Pennycook (Lab - Greenwich and Woolwich) regulations were laid before the House on 15 October.The Government have identified data centres, the buildings - Speech Link
2: Gideon Amos (LD - Taunton and Wellington) Such developments enable the meeting of standards that cannot be met with smaller piecemeal development - Speech Link
3: Lewis Cocking (Con - Broxbourne) centre to go through the nationally significant infrastructure project regime, the local planning authority - Speech Link
4: Matthew Pennycook (Lab - Greenwich and Woolwich) In a similar way to how a local planning authority undertakes a period of consultation to enable views - Speech Link
5: Matthew Pennycook (Lab - Greenwich and Woolwich) As I said, that will include examination by an independent examining authority where local communities - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Financial Transparency: Overseas Territories - Wed 05 Nov 2025
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Phil Brickell (Lab - Bolton West) to the USA, the United Arab Emirates and often to India, so I like to think I can speak with some authority - Speech Link
2: Phil Brickell (Lab - Bolton West) Just this summer the SFO told the all-party parliamentary group on anti-corruption and responsible tax - Speech Link
3: Jo Platt (LAB - Leigh and Atherton) and our local authority teams. - Speech Link
4: Rebecca Long Bailey (Lab - Salford) It should require those jurisdictions to meet the same standards of transparency and accountability as - Speech Link
5: Stephen Doughty (LAB - Cardiff South and Penarth) so that they can take appropriate action to ensure the safety of the buildings and their residents. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 04 Nov 2025
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Dan Tomlinson (Lab - Chipping Barnet) After listening and considering the independent Centre for the Analysis of Taxation report, the Government - Speech Link
2: Caroline Voaden (LD - South Devon) While the Financial Conduct Authority is responsible for access to cash, it appears that there is no - Speech Link
3: Sally Jameson (LAB - Doncaster Central) Will the Minister agree to meet the British Horseracing Authority to discuss the potential impact on - Speech Link
4: Gill Furniss (Lab - Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough) Earlier this year, I chaired a roundtable with the all-party parliamentary group on debt and financial - Speech Link
5: Adrian Ramsay (Green - Waveney Valley) With billionaire wealth soaring while living standards for most people fall, does she agree that it is - Speech Link