Mentions:
1: Keir Mather (Lab - Selby) That goes back to the public law point about transparency and fairness. - Speech Link
2: Edward Morello (LD - West Dorset) They are overseen by the ORR and published on its public register. - Speech Link
3: Keir Mather (Lab - Selby) That means that legislation will be subject to full public consultation and subsequently debated in both - Speech Link
4: Keir Mather (Lab - Selby) of public ownership. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Stuart Anderson (Con - South Shropshire) That open-ended consultation, which closed on 6 October 2025, could remove the minimum branch requirements - Speech Link
2: Stuart Anderson (Con - South Shropshire) But I have seen a huge change in public opinion on the posts that I have put out on social media. - Speech Link
3: Helen Morgan (LD - North Shropshire) Last year’s Post Office Green Paper consultation caused particular concern for rural areas. - Speech Link
4: Sarah Olney (LD - Richmond Park) Bus route reductions leave some villages with little to no public transport, worsening isolation. - Speech Link
5: Rebecca Paul (Con - Reigate) That is why public funding has played a role. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Lansley (Con - Life peer) Act but are a result of the Planning and Infrastructure Act—are a very significant strategic planning - Speech Link
2: None and oversee planning functions” He went on to say that this “supports the Government’s wider planning - Speech Link
3: None I submit to the Minister that, if she wants to raise the role of planning, to put planning reform at - Speech Link
4: Lord Best (XB - Life peer) Decisions on whether a planning application should be taken to the planning committee or dealt with by - Speech Link
5: Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (Con - Life peer) guidance is planning guidance. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Liz Kendall (Lab - Leicester West) We have launched a specific consultation on children’s online lives, and how to give them the best life - Speech Link
2: Liz Kendall (Lab - Leicester West) The Government’s consultation on children’s use of social media and how we build a great life online - Speech Link
3: Kanishka Narayan (Lab - Vale of Glamorgan) We have now launched a short, sharp consultation to protect children’s experiences online. - Speech Link
4: Keir Starmer (Lab - Holborn and St Pancras) Gentleman talks of a public inquiry. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Sikka (Lab - Life peer) There does not appear to have been much public consultation on this SI, either. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (Green - Life peer) Like it or not, this Government are losing the public. - Speech Link
3: Lord Davies of Gower (Con - Life peer) Existing public order powers can be complex, reactive and fragmented. - Speech Link
4: None There was consultation; there was engagement. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Stockwood (Lab - Life peer) Just to acknowledge, the CMA is currently doing its work, including on a consultation to get feedback - Speech Link
2: Lord Watts (Lab - Life peer) My Lords, like most regulators, this one is failing the general public. - Speech Link
3: Lord Stockwood (Lab - Life peer) There are reforms in place, and the unlocking business consultation means that we will take direct feedback - Speech Link
4: Lord Stockwood (Lab - Life peer) However, particularly pertinent to the point of the homes target, the Government, through the Planning - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Baroness Merron (Lab - Life peer) Because the NHS depends on its workforce, we are developing a long-term approach to workforce planning - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Dave Robertson (Lab - Lichfield) In the Netherlands, there was a scandal around hacking of keycards for public transport. - Speech Link
2: Ben Spencer (Con - Runnymede and Weybridge) There may not necessarily be a public view of how much of that regulation is actually going on. - Speech Link
3: David Chadwick (LD - Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe) Let us look to the secondary legislation and hope that there is good consultation there. - Speech Link
4: Bradley Thomas (Con - Bromsgrove) There is a broad-based plan and a specific one for the public sector in the Government context. - Speech Link
5: Tim Roca (Lab - Macclesfield) Q The Committee heard this morning about the public sector’s level of technical debt. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: None We are now sitting in public and the proceedings are being broadcast. - Speech Link
2: None We are now sitting in public again. We have heard declarations of interest. - Speech Link
3: None Probably some further work needs to be done and further consultation. - Speech Link
4: None I am Ben Lyons, and I am senior director for policy and public affairs at Darktrace. - Speech Link
5: None You are absolutely right to raise the public sector issues. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Jerome Mayhew (Con - Broadland and Fakenham) This is the public sector not publishing information about cosy contracts with other public sector organisations - Speech Link
2: Keir Mather (Lab - Selby) Public service contracts are a typical arrangement between public authorities and transport operators - Speech Link
3: None This amendment requires pre-award publication of public service contracts. - Speech Link