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Lords Chamber
House of Lords Reform - Tue 12 Nov 2024
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Lord Burns (XB - Life peer) On its own, my fear is that without a cap on the size at the same time, we will be back in the same place - Speech Link
2: Baroness Stowell of Beeston (Con - Life peer) Chamber remains a promise on the never-never. - Speech Link
3: Lord Mancroft (Con - Excepted Hereditary) The Government did a deal with those hereditary Peers whereby they agreed to leave the House on the understanding - Speech Link
4: Lord Whitty (Lab - Life peer) Frankly, we need a separate debate about the future of the House of Lords, maybe on the basis of a White - Speech Link
5: Baroness Smith of Basildon (Lab - Life peer) I am at the start of my comments on the debate and the noble Lord seeks to intervene on me within a few - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
2nd reading - Tue 15 Oct 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Edward Leigh (Con - Gainsborough) Why does the Church of England have a monopoly on places in the House of Lords? - Speech Link
2: Ben Spencer (Con - Runnymede and Weybridge) There is a fertile debate on this side of the House, and the Government should reflect on the fact that - Speech Link
3: Oliver Dowden (Con - Hertsmere) Gentleman grows into a sturdy oak, like all the great oaks on the Benches behind me. - Speech Link
4: Jesse Norman (Con - Hereford and South Herefordshire) In a sense, would he not improve on Bagehot’s distinction by blending the two a little in the case of - Speech Link
5: Richard Holden (Con - Basildon and Billericay) We are discussing a policy of the Government and what was in the manifesto on which the hon. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Covid-19 Inquiry - Tue 03 Sep 2024
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Baroness Brinton (LD - Life peer) for a no-deal Brexit. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Tyler of Enfield (LD - Life peer) for a no-deal Brexit. - Speech Link
3: Lord Frost (Con - Life peer) for a no-deal Brexit. - Speech Link
4: Lord Lansley (Con - Life peer) itself on a basis which is not a reasonable one for us to have worked on in the past. - Speech Link
5: Lord Browne of Ladyton (Lab - Life peer) on the preparation for an expected hard Brexit. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
King’s Speech - Tue 23 Jul 2024
Attorney General

Mentions:
1: Lord Dodds of Duncairn (DUP - Life peer) It was, in effect, a conditional amnesty—a shameful stain on the record of the previous Government and - Speech Link
2: Lord Fowler (XB - Life peer) means a permanent cap on the size of the Lords, restricting the discretion of any Prime Minister and - Speech Link
3: Baroness Jay of Paddington (Lab - Life peer) The then Government proposed, for example, a statutory appointments commission, a cap on the overall - Speech Link
4: Lord Rogan (UUP - Life peer) I would appreciate some clarity from the Minister on when a replacement Act will be on the statute book.The - Speech Link
5: Lord Burns (XB - Life peer) The first proposal, and for me the most important, is that there should be a cap on the size of the House - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
King’s Speech - Tue 23 Jul 2024
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Viscount Astor (Con - Excepted Hereditary) Whether it is a Chamber elected on a PR basis or appointed, a greater emphasis on the devolved Administrations - Speech Link
2: Baroness Prashar (XB - Life peer) about the reform of the appointments process and a cap on the size of the House of Lords. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Lawlor (Con - Life peer) a century ago, the Labour Party replaced the Liberals as the radical contender to take on the mantle - Speech Link
4: Baroness Pinnock (LD - Life peer) On the one hand, the noble and learned Lord, Lord Keen, made a robust defence of the status quo; on the - Speech Link
5: Lord Offord of Garvel (Con - Life peer) agreed with me to put a union jack on the ferry. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Foreign Affairs and Defence - Thu 18 Jul 2024
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) There is a deal on the table to achieve those goals, backed by Israel, the United States and the United - Speech Link
2: Jeremy Corbyn (Ind - Islington North) I congratulate the hon. Member on a powerful speech. - Speech Link
3: Carla Denyer (Green - Bristol Central) In fact, it is on a wall just around the corner from where I first met a member of the Green party—a - Speech Link
4: John Cooper (Con - Dumfries and Galloway) now on the Government Benches, where Labour Members are having a moment in the sun, but also on the - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
King’s Speech - Thu 18 Jul 2024
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Mentions:
1: Lord Young of Cookham (Con - Life peer) a bilateral on the RSG. - Speech Link
2: Lord Crisp (XB - Life peer) I welcome a great deal of what is being proposed by the Government in their legislation on renters reform - Speech Link
3: Lord Carrington (XB - Excepted Hereditary) I also welcome a great deal of what was in the gracious Speech.I will concentrate on a couple of things - Speech Link
4: Baroness Parminter (LD - Life peer) People on a lower income are charged on the streets at a 20% rate. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Debate on the Address - Wed 17 Jul 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Keir Starmer (Lab - Holborn and St Pancras) I will in a moment.We do not just turn the page on that today; we close the door on it forever. - Speech Link
2: Bernard Jenkin (Con - Harwich and North Essex) the Scottish National party wants to rerun the referendum on Brexit and, of course, on Scottish independence - Speech Link
3: Rachael Maskell (LAB - York Central) we know, the NHS as a whole is on its knees. - Speech Link
4: Ruth Jones (Lab - Newport West and Islwyn) the trains on a weekly basis. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Valedictory Debate - Fri 24 May 2024
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Theresa May (Con - Maidenhead) , and the significance of their role, but we owe them a great debt.My final thanks, before moving on - Speech Link
2: Andrew Percy (Con - Brigg and Goole) I was put on the A-list. - Speech Link
3: Robert Neill (Con - Bromley and Chislehurst) I am a politician on the centre-right. - Speech Link
4: Matthew Offord (Con - Hendon) a good record on the issue. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Skills: Importance for the UK Economy and Quality of Life - Thu 09 May 2024
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Lord Aberdare (XB - Excepted Hereditary) to the current requirement to achieve a level 4 GCSE pass, which has a highly damaging effect on the - Speech Link
2: Lord Baker of Dorking (Con - Life peer) We have a rich knowledge of education in this House, but we do not hold the Government to account on - Speech Link
3: Lord Griffiths of Burry Port (Lab - Life peer) , on our creative future, was published just a year ago and there is a whole chapter on the skills that - Speech Link
4: Earl of Effingham (Con - Excepted Hereditary) Please can she update the House on the expected timeframe for a compulsory ban on smartphones in schools - Speech Link
5: Lord Addington (LD - Excepted Hereditary) A clear one is the fact that we do not seem to have a handle on training for skills—a skill you can actually - Speech Link