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Lords Chamber
Queen’s Speech - Mon 17 May 2021
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Baroness Worthington (CB - Life peer) We are gambling with the youth of today’s future, and they are rightly demanding that we do more.Within - Speech Link
2: Lord Kirkhope of Harrogate (CON - Life peer) Legislation to cover airline insolvency and the repatriation of passengers in such circumstances was - Speech Link
3: Lord Balfe (CON - Life peer) really hope for.The subject I want to raise is the problem of what is called the potential airline insolvency - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Better Jobs and a Fair Deal at Work - Wed 12 May 2021
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Gareth Thomas (LAB - Harrow West) London Capital and Finance was collapsing, again asleep at the wheel when Greensill tottered into insolvency - Speech Link
2: Richard Holden (CON - North West Durham) Speech, because I am very passionate about that, along with other members of the all-party group on gambling-related - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Financial Services Bill
Report stage - Wed 14 Apr 2021
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Bishop of St Albans (Bishops - Bishops) to block gambling transactions.As things stand, gambling blockers have widened coverage over the past - Speech Link
2: Lord Foster of Bath (LDEM - Life peer) who have been affected by problem gambling. - Speech Link
3: Lord Sikka (LAB - Life peer) addictions—of course, gambling is not the only one. - Speech Link
4: None making payments to gambling operators. - Speech Link
5: None Unlicensed gambling operators are illegal, so they sometimes get around gambling blocks by pretending - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Financial Services Bill
Report stage - Wed 24 Mar 2021
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Lord Sikka (LAB - Life peer) However, we have reliable data for the online gaming and gambling sector. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (GRN - Life peer) why 20% of the UK insurance sector and a large amount of our out-of-control, seriously damaging gambling - Speech Link
3: Lord True (CON - Life peer) As well as preparing the regulations, the Treasury will also need to work with the Insolvency Service - Speech Link
4: None debtors’ monthly repayments, of which 8% will be provided to the debt advice provider, 1% to the Insolvency - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Administration (Restrictions on Disposal etc. to Connected Persons) Regulations 2021 - Mon 22 Mar 2021
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Mentions:
1: Lord Callanan (CON - Life peer) Now more than ever, we need a strong and robust insolvency regime to provide confidence to businesses - Speech Link
2: Lord Foulkes of Cumnock (LAB - Life peer) Here, insolvency is partly devolved. - Speech Link
3: Lord Callanan (CON - Life peer) legislation, so insolvency practitioners are already familiar with the term. - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Financial Services Bill
Committee stage - Wed 03 Mar 2021
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Sikka (LAB - Life peer) These include the Financial Conduct Authority, HMRC, the Gambling Commission and 22 other bodies, mainly - Speech Link
2: Lord Lucas (CON - Excepted Hereditary) A lot of pressure has been placed on the Insolvency Service and the courts in the course of Covid. - Speech Link
3: None To mitigate this risk, debt advice firms and insolvency practitioners are already required to ensure - Speech Link
4: None Since May, the new insolvency code of ethics has required insolvency practitioners to ensure that any - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Financial Services Bill (Tenth sitting)
Committee stage: 10th sitting - Tue 01 Dec 2020
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: None Items outside the scope of the clause include: personal insolvency, including reforms to debt relief - Speech Link
2: Angela Eagle (LAB - Wallasey) We talk about that with regard to gambling, but buying goods can also be addictive. - Speech Link
3: Stella Creasy (LAB - Walthamstow) and not straying into a discussion of the Insolvency Act 2020. - Speech Link
4: Stella Creasy (LAB - Walthamstow) Again, I do not wish to prosecute the Insolvency Act 1986 and how it works, but I do wish to set out - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2020 - Tue 27 Oct 2020
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Lord Sikka (LAB - Life peer) published research in scholarly journals on matters such as accounting, auditing, corporate governance, insolvency - Speech Link
2: Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville (LDEM - Life peer) Do we really want this to go unregulated at this time, when suicides caused by gambling are at an all-time - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Investigatory Powers (Communications Data) (Relevant Public Authorities and Designated Senior Officers) Regulations 2020 - Wed 02 Sep 2020
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Williams of Trafford (CON - Life peer) sites in the UK; the Environment Agency, in order to tackle serious organised waste crime; the Insolvency - Speech Link
2: Lord Rosser (LAB - Life peer) five additional public authorities are the Civil Nuclear Constabulary, the Environment Agency, the Insolvency - Speech Link
3: Baroness Williams of Trafford (CON - Life peer) about are the Pensions Regulator, the Civil Nuclear Constabulary, the Environment Agency and the Insolvency - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 21 Jul 2020
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Mentions:
1: Alok Sharma (CON - Reading West) We have also provided support to businesses through measures in the Corporate Insolvency and Governance - Speech Link
2: Barry Sheerman (LAB - Huddersfield) Thatcher’s example and introduce a windfall profit tax on people who have made a lot of money—the gambling - Speech Link