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Westminster Hall
UK Bus Manufacturing - Tue 27 Jan 2026
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Euan Stainbank (Lab - Falkirk) We need a stronger emphasis on social value, and I believe Ministers must now consider a 30% social value - Speech Link
2: Graham Leadbitter (SNP - Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey) It has had positive social impacts and gives young and old people access to vital services and to education - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Mon 26 Jan 2026
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Natasha Irons (Lab - Croydon East) What steps will the Government take to ensure that Young Futures hubs and DWP services share information - Speech Link
2: Tim Farron (LD - Westmorland and Lonsdale) Will he also pay attention to, and discuss with his Cabinet colleagues, the fact that awful bus services - Speech Link
3: Diana Johnson (Lab - Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham) I am sure that the Minister for Social Security and Disability, my right hon. - Speech Link
4: Diana Johnson (Lab - Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham) I meet my colleagues in the Health and Social Care Department regularly, particularly because of the - Speech Link
5: Simon Opher (Lab - Stroud) In Stroud, we have secured £90,000 in funding for a scheme that places employment social prescribers - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Armed Forces Bill
2nd reading - Mon 26 Jan 2026
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: John Healey (Lab - Rawmarsh and Conisbrough) It means that social care, employment support and other public services will be legally required to consider - Speech Link
2: John Healey (Lab - Rawmarsh and Conisbrough) When they are looking for support from local services, those services will in future have to take into - Speech Link
3: Amanda Martin (Lab - Portsmouth North) More than 9,000 veterans of all services live in Portsmouth. - Speech Link
4: Scott Arthur (Lab - Edinburgh South West) That means that social care, employment support and other public services will be legally required to - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Local Government Reorganisation - Mon 26 Jan 2026
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: None Years of underfunding has led to a crisis in social care, the decline of our town centres and rubbish - Speech Link
2: None financial waste of two-tier councils, so that we can plough the savings back into the front-line services - Speech Link
3: None Local residents do not know which of their two councils is responsible for which services. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) The consequences of that and 14 years of funding cuts were the crisis in social care, the decline of - Speech Link
5: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) Services in local government are not sustainable, the finance system is not working, and we now need - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Crime and Policing Bill
Committee stage - Thu 22 Jan 2026
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Brinton (LD - Life peer) The front page of the advice rightly refers to the Samaritans first; it then talks about Mind, social - Speech Link
2: Baroness Doocey (LD - Life peer) Between 2019 and 2023, over 4 million anti-social behaviour incidents were not attended by an officer - Speech Link
3: Baroness Smith of Llanfaes (PC - Life peer) The services that young people most frequently interact with—education, health, social services—are all - Speech Link
4: None Education, health, social services, housing and local authority support are already devolved. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 22 Jan 2026
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Jesse Norman (Con - Hereford and South Herefordshire) In its own way, this is a repetition of the private finance initiative scandal of 30 years ago, in which - Speech Link
2: Alan Campbell (Lab - Tynemouth) It will consider the options of banning social media for children below a certain age and raising the - Speech Link
3: Alan Campbell (Lab - Tynemouth) We are also doing our best to recruit specialists in those services. - Speech Link
4: Charlie Dewhirst (Con - Bridlington and The Wolds) Can we have a debate in Government time on PFI contracts and their impact on public services? - Speech Link
5: Martin Rhodes (Lab - Glasgow North) It has been a registered social landlord since 1987, and it provides homes and services to around 364 - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Local Government Reorganisation - Thu 22 Jan 2026
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Steve Reed (LAB - Streatham and Croydon North) Years of underfunding has led to a crisis in social care, the decline of our town centres and rubbish - Speech Link
2: Florence Eshalomi (LAB - Vauxhall and Camberwell Green) between frontline services and elections. - Speech Link
3: Steve Reed (LAB - Streatham and Croydon North) that people may need to travel, it is important that such services remain available to them. - Speech Link
4: Steve Reed (LAB - Streatham and Croydon North) directors, instead of ploughing that money into frontline services. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Retail and Hospitality Sector - Thu 22 Jan 2026
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Verma (Con - Life peer) Social interactions bring an abundance of good health and well-being benefits. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Shah (Lab - Life peer) High streets are not merely commercial spaces but social infrastructure. - Speech Link
3: Lord Rook (Lab - Life peer) Research outlines additional services, both economic and social, provided by our public houses. - Speech Link
4: Lord Leong (Lab - Life peer) This pub is a powerful testimony—an example of social enterprise in action. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
International Day of Education - Thu 22 Jan 2026
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Sam Rushworth (Lab - Bishop Auckland) To this day, it always warms my heart when they reach out to me on social media to let me know how they - Speech Link
2: Monica Harding (LD - Esher and Walton) Schools often deliver clean water, meals, sanitation and access to child protection services. - Speech Link
3: Stephen Doughty (LAB - Cardiff South and Penarth) We are helping partner Governments to finance and manage their own education systems more effectively - Speech Link
4: Stephen Doughty (LAB - Cardiff South and Penarth) For example, our support for the International Finance Facility for Education has already unlocked $1 - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Local Government Finances: Surrey - Thu 22 Jan 2026
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Ben Spencer (Con - Runnymede and Weybridge) It determines the provision of services and the protection of our communities, and it is essential to - Speech Link
2: Ben Spencer (Con - Runnymede and Weybridge) The resulting economic and social impact of not funding these essential services will be calamitous locally.Of - Speech Link
3: Miatta Fahnbulleh (LAB - Peckham) I acknowledge the pressure that social care is creating for the local government finance system; that - Speech Link