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Grand Committee
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
Committee stage - Tue 20 Jan 2026
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LD - Life peer) seen the way in which local councils used to pull cultural elements together through education in schools - Speech Link
2: Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (Con - Life peer) blame for having to revisit the provision of school buses and the taxi service to get children to schools - Speech Link
3: Lord Cameron of Dillington (XB - Life peer) This lack of a car also means that kids at many schools miss out on all the extracurricular activities—football - Speech Link
4: Lord Gascoigne (Con - Life peer) I do not want to open this up into a broad debate about local government finance, but it does have read-through - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill
Consideration of Lords amendments - Tue 20 Jan 2026
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: John Hayes (Con - South Holland and The Deepings) The Chair made it clear at the outset that the amendments that deal with matters of finance were inappropriate - Speech Link
2: Priti Patel (Con - Witham) foreign Government who are allied with our enemies and growing closer to them, while your councils and schools - Speech Link
3: Carla Lockhart (DUP - Upper Bann) This is taxpayers’ money that should be funding schools, hospitals and other much-needed infrastructure - Speech Link
4: Stephen Doughty (LAB - Cardiff South and Penarth) Alliance, no less, has confirmed that the use of a discount rate to give NPV is a standard concept in finance - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Water (Special Measures) Act 2025: Enforcement - Tue 20 Jan 2026
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Tim Farron (LD - Westmorland and Lonsdale) In my communities in Westmorland, 11p out of every pound we pay on our water bills goes just to finance - Speech Link
2: Neil Hudson (Con - Epping Forest) left without water supply, medical procedures cancelled, some hospital appointments moved online, schools - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Holocaust Memorial Bill
Consideration of Lords amendments - Tue 20 Jan 2026
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: None defeating prejudice requires each of us to challenge antisemitism and division in our communities, our schools - Speech Link
2: Steve Barclay (Con - North East Cambridgeshire) He speaks as a former Chair of the PAC; I currently chair the Finance Committee. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Sale of Fireworks - Mon 19 Jan 2026
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Sarah Owen (Lab - Luton North) When I visit schools, particularly primary schools, I ask how many children are kept up each night because - Speech Link
2: Iqbal Mohamed (Ind - Dewsbury and Batley) important that any legislation giving them the authority and powers to help with fireworks is backed by finance - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - Mon 19 Jan 2026
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Baroness Blake of Leeds (Lab - Life peer) The provisional local government finance settlement includes continued funding of £100 million through - Speech Link
2: Lord Storey (LD - Life peer) However, in many cases, schools have their own units on site, which is the best model by far. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green - Life peer) We could potentially save a life if GP surgeries and schools know the situation that children are in. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 15 Jan 2026
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Andrew Rosindell (Con - Romford) These attacks have only intensified in recent months, targeting vulnerable groups such as Christian schools - Speech Link
2: Marsha De Cordova (Lab - Battersea) are being killed because of their faith, and that persecution comes in many forms; he has mentioned schools - Speech Link
3: Nick Smith (Lab - Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney) I will send him the recent Finance Committee report, which was published just before Christmas and goes - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Katrina Murray (Lab - Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch) about building houses quickly; it was about planning whole communities, with homes alongside jobs, schools - Speech Link
2: Abena Oppong-Asare (Lab - Erith and Thamesmead) strong lessons from past new towns is that housing numbers alone are not enough; we need to treat schools - Speech Link
3: Florence Eshalomi (LAB - Vauxhall and Camberwell Green) New towns should support thriving communities by ensuring access to schools; to cultural, sporting and - Speech Link
4: Chris Bloore (Lab - Redditch) Each neighbourhood was designed to be largely self-contained, with schools, shops, churches and green - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Ukraine - Wed 14 Jan 2026
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Stephen Doughty (LAB - Cardiff South and Penarth) missile strikes that have killed civilians and torn through homes, infrastructure, hospitals and schools - Speech Link
2: David Taylor (Lab - Hemel Hempstead) I agree that we need to look at how we can get more UK finance into Ukraine through joint ventures that - Speech Link
3: Johanna Baxter (Lab - Paisley and Renfrewshire South) We now see the deliberate transformation of schools into instruments of war—an $8 billion down payment - Speech Link
4: Alex Sobel (LAB - Leeds Central and Headingley) Schools are not working. - Speech Link
5: Martin Wrigley (LD - Newton Abbot) can recognise qualifications from Ukrainian schools. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - Wed 14 Jan 2026
No Department present

Mentions:
1: None kinship local offers that are published or reviewed before section 5 of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools - Speech Link
2: Lord Storey (LD - Life peer) or previously looked after, in effect, removes one of the most useful tools available to virtual schools - Speech Link
3: Baroness Blake of Leeds (Lab - Life peer) This means that schools can direct spending where the need is greatest, including to pupils with other - Speech Link