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Commons Chamber
Iran: Protests - Mon 19 Jan 2026
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Monica Harding (LD - Esher and Walton) The Iranian Government are massacring civilians, and brave young protesters are risking their lives for - Speech Link
2: Hamish Falconer (Lab - Lincoln) US posture and policy towards Iran is, I am afraid, a matter for the US Government. - Speech Link
3: Hamish Falconer (Lab - Lincoln) As I said, US policy and posture towards Iran is clearly a matter for the US Government, but we are in - Speech Link
4: Richard Tice (RUK - Boston and Skegness) They asked me to ask the Government a simple question: how much more will it take for this Government - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
New Towns - Thu 15 Jan 2026
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Abena Oppong-Asare (Lab - Erith and Thamesmead) , the local council, transport plans and delivery partners. - Speech Link
2: Florence Eshalomi (LAB - Vauxhall and Camberwell Green) It is important that the Government continue to listen, to provide opportunities for local communities - Speech Link
3: Chris Curtis (Lab - Milton Keynes North) for Transport in order to do so. - Speech Link
4: Richard Baker (Lab - Glenrothes and Mid Fife) For that, we need leadership from Government at all levels. - Speech Link
5: Gideon Amos (LD - Taunton and Wellington) It will be impossible for local leaders and local councils to develop these new towns at the same time - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Wed 14 Jan 2026
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Douglas Alexander (LAB - Lothian East) Members should look at the comments yesterday about what the Scottish Government did to local government - Speech Link
2: Alan Gemmell (Lab - Central Ayrshire) I thank the Secretary of State for the announcement of £11 million of local growth funding for Ayrshire - Speech Link
3: Douglas Alexander (LAB - Lothian East) Friend has forgotten more about local government financing than John Swinney will ever know. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Storm Goretti - Tue 13 Jan 2026
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Dan Jarvis (Lab - Barnsley North) Gentleman that Government Departments, agencies and local partners have worked, and will continue to - Speech Link
2: Dan Jarvis (Lab - Barnsley North) The Government understand that, as do I as the Minister for resilience.My hon. - Speech Link
3: Dan Jarvis (Lab - Barnsley North) I know that ministerial colleagues in the Department for Transport will have heard his first point. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Airport Drop-off Charges - Tue 13 Jan 2026
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Yasmin Qureshi (Lab - Bolton South and Walkden) as a commercial business”,the Department for Transport“expects car parking at airports to be managed - Speech Link
2: Jim McMahon (LAB - Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton) I may have a slightly different view of charging policies, perhaps because from a local government finance - Speech Link
3: Amanda Hack (Lab - North West Leicestershire) When we factor in inadequate transport infrastructure, the case for regulation becomes even stronger. - Speech Link
4: Edward Morello (LD - West Dorset) The Department for Transport has previously said that it has no plans to monitor or limit parking fees - Speech Link
5: Keir Mather (Lab - Selby) forums to plan future transport options in consultation with local people. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Call for General Election - Mon 12 Jan 2026
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: John Lamont (Con - Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk) This Labour Government have now been in power for 18 months, and Britain is suffering as a result. - Speech Link
2: Olly Glover (LD - Didcot and Wantage) It would be good for the economy, good for the markets and good for that Government themselves. - Speech Link
3: Alistair Strathern (Lab - Hitchin) Too many constituents have had issues with transport, public transport and driving for too long now. - Speech Link
4: Robbie Moore (Con - Keighley and Ilkley) The message to the Government is this: get a grip and start delivering for those hard-working people. - Speech Link
5: Jim Dickson (Lab - Dartford) Government funding is now in place, and planning consent has been given for the lower Thames crossing - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Mon 12 Jan 2026
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Afzal Khan (Lab - Manchester Rusholme) What assessment he has made of the potential impact of the provisional local government finance settlement - Speech Link
2: Alison McGovern (Lab - Birkenhead) We are re-aligning funding with need and deprivation through the first multi-year local government finance - Speech Link
3: Alicia Kearns (Con - Rutland and Stamford) Rutland’s council could have submitted its own proposals for local government reform, but it has left - Speech Link
4: Wendy Morton (Con - Aldridge-Brownhills) When the Minister for Local Government and Homelessness said that residents of Birmingham do matter when - Speech Link
5: Helen Morgan (LD - North Shropshire) Shropshire council had its funding cut in the local government finance settlement, despite needing exceptional - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 08 Jan 2026
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Andy MacNae (Lab - Rossendale and Darwen) The fragmented nature of Lancashire politics has held that back for years, but the local government reorganisation - Speech Link
2: Luke Myer (Lab - Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland) local government and the NHS. - Speech Link
3: David Pinto-Duschinsky (Lab - Hendon) I urge the Department for Transport to give final approval once the design phase is complete. - Speech Link
4: Alan Campbell (Lab - Tynemouth) Friend’s concerns are drawn to the attention of the Department for Transport. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Broadcasting: Recent Developments - Thu 08 Jan 2026
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Lord Hall of Birkenhead (XB - Life peer) at what is a crucial time for broadcasting.The Green Paper the Government published on the BBC starts - Speech Link
2: Baroness Wheatcroft (XB - Life peer) for local news and more support for BBC local news. - Speech Link
3: Viscount Colville of Culross (XB - Excepted Hereditary) Already, the BBC’s R&D department has rolled out for its own journalists a deepfake identification - Speech Link
4: Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury (LD - Life peer) pub to an equally local army hut from which he would perform to the nation”.The days when choice for - Speech Link
5: Baroness Twycross (Lab - Life peer) A critical reason for that is its independence from government and other political actors. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Rural Communities - Wed 07 Jan 2026
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Victoria Atkins (Con - Louth and Horncastle) They have imposed a local government finance settlement that delivers a three-year punishment beating - Speech Link
2: Helen Morgan (LD - North Shropshire) The local government finance settlement is a huge problem for rural local authorities. - Speech Link
3: Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con - North Cotswolds) stealthily announced the local government funding settlement, which included cuts for Gloucestershire - Speech Link
4: Danny Chambers (LD - Winchester) The Conservative Government cut funding for the local council, and now local people are paying the price - Speech Link