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Lords Chamber
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - Thu 18 Sep 2025
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Lord Holmes of Richmond (Con - Life peer) to empower all children and young people to succeed in their education journey. - Speech Link
2: Lord Young of Acton (Con - Life peer) under the age of 18 were registered as being due to Covid-19. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Barran (Con - Life peer) keep schools open in person during civil emergencies. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Blake of Leeds (Lab - Life peer) The whole thrust of this is that it would require schools to remain open to all pupils during civil emergencies - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill
Committee stage - Thu 18 May 2023
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Baroness Scott of Bybrook (CON - Life peer) regard to all their legal requirements in the round—for example, contributing to the achievement of - Speech Link
2: None It would be open to local authorities to interpret these measures and allow retrofitting of homes as - Speech Link
3: Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist (CON - Life peer) Act 2021, will allow the Government to consider all matters considered in the existing assessment processes - Speech Link
4: Earl of Caithness (CON - Excepted Hereditary) They have to be prepared to say to us humans: “You cannot fill your swimming pools, you cannot water - Speech Link
5: None which it will expect all planning applications in their area to adhere. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Environment Bill
Committee stage - Mon 21 Jun 2021
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Teverson (LDEM - Life peer) Never mind the increase in Covid-19 in those areas since—other than that, it was a very successful bringing - Speech Link
2: Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville (LDEM - Life peer) pools closed to the public, those who were able took to what has become known as wild swimming in the - Speech Link
3: Lord Blencathra (CON - Life peer) this group all seek to change the word “biodiversity” in the Bill to the word “nature”. - Speech Link
4: Lord Cormack (CON - Life peer) to all those to whom it applies, which is virtually every citizen in our land. - Speech Link
5: Lord Randall of Uxbridge (CON - Life peer) go up to Norfolk, along the coast I am blessed to be able to see the night sky in all its glory.In recent - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Finance Bill
Report stage - Mon 24 May 2021
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Dan Carden (LAB - Liverpool, Walton) The Times reports that it will allow companies to write off investments in swimming pools, interior decoration - Speech Link
2: Claudia Webbe (IND - Leicester East) in swimming pools and jacuzzis as opposed to targeting support at British businesses that have been - Speech Link
3: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) in carrying businesses thus far, only to allow them to flounder now before any repayment is made. - Speech Link
4: Jesse Norman (CON - Hereford and South Herefordshire) I am grateful to all Members who have taken part in this debate. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Covid-19: Road Map - Tue 23 Feb 2021
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: None We now aim to offer a first dose to all those in groups five to nine by 15 April, and I am setting another - Speech Link
2: None Finally, we must remain alert to the constant mutations of the virus. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Smith of Basildon (LAB - Life peer) today are still as high as they were in the autumn and we need to be alert to ensure we do not at any - Speech Link
4: None pupils and students in all schools and further education settings can safely return to face-to-face - Speech Link
5: Baroness Evans of Bowes Park (CON - Life peer) pupils and students in all schools and further education settings can safely return to face-to-face - Speech Link
6: Lord Liddle (LAB - Life peer) This brings home to me that we are never going to eliminate Covid-19 and we need to start a public debate - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Covid-19: Road Map - Mon 22 Feb 2021
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Boris Johnson (CON - Uxbridge and South Ruislip) to open up as soon as possible, as indeed we all do. - Speech Link
2: David Simmonds (CON - Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner) in place all the measures necessary to keep them open, working with academy trusts and, crucially, local - Speech Link
3: Navendu Mishra (LAB - Stockport) to cover basic living costs due to the impact of covid-19. - Speech Link
4: Alberto Costa (CON - South Leicestershire) It was due to open last year; obviously, covid did not allow that, but it will open just as soon as you - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Public Health - Tue 01 Dec 2020
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Boris Johnson (CON - Uxbridge and South Ruislip) and gyms, leisure centres and swimming pools open. - Speech Link
2: John Redwood (CON - Wokingham) the NHS to deal with covid-19, with volunteers properly backed up with all the equipment and safety - Speech Link
3: Lilian Greenwood (LAB - Nottingham South) Despite all their investment in covid-safe measures, they remain closed at what would normally be their - Speech Link
4: Alex Cunningham (LAB - Stockton North) In a covid briefing last week, a Health Minister, who was clearly trying to be honest and open, said - Speech Link
5: Edward Timpson (CON - Eddisbury) I said that we needed a plan to enable us to live with the covid-19 virus in the longer term and keep - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Covid-19: Restrictions on Gyms and Sport - Mon 23 Nov 2020
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Jane Hunt (CON - Loughborough) to remain open throughout the outbreak. - Speech Link
2: Nusrat Ghani (CON - Wealden) covid-safe retail.Covid-19 is a deadly disease—many in this room will have lost family and friends to - Speech Link
3: Angela Eagle (LAB - Wallasey) gyms to remain open? - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Restrictions) (England) (No. 4) Regulations 2020 - Wed 04 Nov 2020
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Lord Bethell (CON - Excepted Hereditary) The ONS now estimates that approximately 568,100—one in 100 people—in England have Covid-19. - Speech Link
2: Lord Boateng (LAB - Life peer) us all in relation to the nation’s public health. - Speech Link
3: Lord Forsyth of Drumlean (CON - Life peer) place to address the COVID-19 pandemic.” - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Public Health: Coronavirus Regulations - Tue 13 Oct 2020
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Matt Hancock (IND - West Suffolk) I beg to move,That the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local Covid-19 Alert Level) (Medium) (England) - Speech Link
2: Matt Hancock (IND - West Suffolk) alert levels in England. - Speech Link
3: Christopher Chope (CON - Christchurch) all deaths from covid-19 have been in the over-80 age group. - Speech Link
4: Edward Leigh (CON - Gainsborough) in the name of covid-19. - Speech Link
5: Edward Argar (CON - Charnwood) Members to join me today in supporting these regulations relating to the covid alert levels and enforcement - Speech Link