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Commons Chamber
International Health Regulations - Tue 14 May 2024
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) been contacted by a large number of constituents who have voiced grave concerns about the powers and rights - Speech Link
2: Tom Hunt (Con - Ipswich) thought that it would end with Brexit, but it did not; it is now going on with the European convention on human - Speech Link
3: Andrew Stephenson (Con - Pendle) Respecting national sovereignty rights is a distinct principle in the current draft of the accord, and - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules - Tue 14 May 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Lister of Burtersett (Lab - Life peer) Minister explain how the welfare and best interests of children, as required by the UN Convention on the Rights - Speech Link
2: None granted permission where to deny entry, or permission for further stay, would breach their Article 8 rights - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Football Governance Bill (Second sitting)
Committee stage: 2nd sitting - Tue 14 May 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Stephanie Peacock (Lab - Barnsley East) I have to be a responsible human being and decide, “Do we want to remain there? - Speech Link
2: Chris Green (Con - Bolton West) I have to behave as a responsible human being, and it is whether I can then go to my investors and say - Speech Link
3: Damian Collins (Con - Folkestone and Hythe) I would not necessarily advocate the regulator having formal step-in rights in respect of players as - Speech Link
4: Damian Collins (Con - Folkestone and Hythe) If you are talking about things like national minimum wage or employment rights, then absolutely, those - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill
Committee stage part one - Tue 14 May 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Noakes (Con - Life peer) Here we have someone associated with the UN Human Rights Council telling our Local Government Pension - Speech Link
2: None I specifically raised issues concerning the UN’s Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights partly - Speech Link
3: None But addressing that problem does not therefore mean that we can allow human rights and other abuses to - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Public Procurement - Mon 13 May 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Dave Doogan (SNP - Angus) The Act also fails to appropriately protect workers’ rights—never more important for workers in the UK - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) secured certain contracts—for example, in ensuring that the materials we rely on are not subject to human - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Risk-based Exclusion - Mon 13 May 2024
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Lucy Powell (LAB - Manchester Central) Members have constitutional rights that allow us to do the job of representing our constituents freely - Speech Link
2: Deidre Brock (SNP - Edinburgh North and Leith) The motion in January struck the appropriate balance between the rights of staff and the parliamentary - Speech Link
3: Jacob Rees-Mogg (Con - North East Somerset) The only way to override such ancient rights—this is the whole basis of our system of common law—is by - Speech Link
4: Michael Ellis (Con - Northampton North) It is offensive to the laws of national justice and, in fact, contrary to human rights to do so. - Speech Link
5: Jacob Rees-Mogg (Con - North East Somerset) Exclusive cognisance cannot override our ancient rights in that way. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Palestinians: Visa Scheme - Mon 13 May 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Apsana Begum (Lab - Poplar and Limehouse) rights records and crimes, but not others? - Speech Link
2: Joanna Cherry (SNP - Edinburgh South West) mandate; secondly, to support Palestinians and Israelis in building a peaceful future based on equal rights - Speech Link
3: Joanna Cherry (SNP - Edinburgh South West) The Joint Committee on Human Rights, which I chair, has commented on that. - Speech Link
4: Andy Slaughter (Lab - Hammersmith) all know about, they are not entertaining Palestinian refugees at the moment, but clearly the same rights - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Bill
2nd reading - Mon 13 May 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Lord Sandhurst (Con - Excepted Hereditary) We have lived many happy years, relatively, since the Bill of Rights, and we must continue to do so. - Speech Link
2: Lord Sahota (Lab - Life peer) beyond the call of duty to protect the Post Office brand and their jobs and did not care about the human - Speech Link
3: Baroness Brinton (LD - Life peer) There are consequential rights, although the Bill says they are limited in scope, for the Secretary of - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Modern Slavery National Referral Mechanism: Waiting Times - Mon 13 May 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Butler-Sloss (XB - Life peer) Lords, I declare that I am co-chair of the parliamentary group on modern slavery and vice-chair of the Human - Speech Link
2: Lord Randall of Uxbridge (Con - Life peer) My Lords, I declare my interest as the chairman of the Human Trafficking Foundation. - Speech Link
3: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) circumstances, in line with Article 13 of the European Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human - Speech Link
4: Baroness Brinton (LD - Life peer) My Lords, the Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy and Evidence Centre’s paper on the 2023 national - Speech Link
5: Lord Coaker (Lab - Life peer) My Lords, I should have referred to my interest as a trustee of the Human Trafficking Foundation, as - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Commercial Organisations and Public Authorities Duty (Human Rights and Environment) Bill [HL]
2nd reading - Fri 10 May 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Baroness Young of Hornsey (XB - Life peer) We believe that a due diligence obligation must cover all internationally recognised human rights and - Speech Link
2: Baroness Coussins (XB - Life peer) rights and environmental defenders face immense risks when reporting human rights abuses. - Speech Link
3: Lord McNicol of West Kilbride (Lab - Life peer) using human rights protection clauses to tackle the use of modern slavery. - Speech Link