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Lords Chamber
UK Development Partnership Assistance - Thu 29 Jan 2026
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Baroness Featherstone (LD - Life peer) power, enables us to shape discussions on governance reform, human rights, climate resilience and economic - Speech Link
2: Baroness Hussein-Ece (LD - Life peer) Instead of leading peace talks, supporting institution building and fostering economic recovery, the - Speech Link
3: Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke (Lab - Life peer) I was called the head of the economic department but, given that there was nobody else in the economic - Speech Link
4: Lord Oates (LD - Life peer) Conflict, food insecurity and economic collapse drive irregular migration. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - Wed 28 Jan 2026
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Lord Bird (XB - Life peer) If we have a situation where we have millions of people never arriving at the starting line of life, - Speech Link
2: Lord Crisp (XB - Life peer) I know women who are in this situation. The amendment says that all parents should be consulted. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Shephard of Northwold (Con - Life peer) I say to the Minister that I am flagging up a possible situation beyond this Bill. - Speech Link
4: Lord Bishop of Manchester (Bshp - Bishops) They are probably as nuanced as we are going to get in a complex situation where we can all find bad - Speech Link
5: Lord Lucas (Con - Excepted Hereditary) I have been involved in that sort of situation a couple of times in my life. - 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) times and those, in Weimar Germany and the rest of it, but I will say that we are facing severe economic - Speech Link
2: Alan Campbell (Lab - Tynemouth) We do not presently proscribe the Houthis as a terrorist organisation, but the situation remains under - Speech Link
3: Lincoln Jopp (Con - Spelthorne) The news has broken that overnight the first asylum seekers have been moved into Crowborough barracks - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Baroness Monckton of Dallington Forest (Con - Life peer) As my noble friend Lord Borwick pointed out to me, the Woolsack symbolises the economic foundation of - Speech Link
2: Lord Forbes of Newcastle (Lab - Life peer) Jews, Muslims, LGBT people, asylum seekers, single parents and many others have been, and continue to - Speech Link
3: Baroness Verma (Con - Life peer) Most businesses are started by local people to serve local communities, creating economic wealth and - Speech Link
4: Lord Rook (Lab - Life peer) Research outlines additional services, both economic and social, provided by our public houses. - Speech Link
5: Lord Northbrook (Con - Excepted Hereditary) I emphasise to the Minister here today the urgency of the situation. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Crime and Policing Bill
Committee stage - Thu 15 Jan 2026
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Brinton (LD - Life peer) one person seeing that tweet could have started one of the arsons in the bins outside one of the asylum - Speech Link
2: Lord Davies of Gower (Con - Life peer) Officers must be able to enter premises without a warrant if the situation requires it.That is why the - Speech Link
3: None Crime rates are often exacerbated by economic status, meaning offenders will often live or reside in - Speech Link
4: Lord Davies of Gower (Con - Life peer) We cannot simply look on at the situation with the hope that it gets better.The Government must resolve - Speech Link
5: Lord Anderson of Ipswich (XB - Life peer) If the law says it is enough for a constable to have a subjective belief that the economic well-being - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Iran - Thu 15 Jan 2026
No Department present

Mentions:
1: None Thirdly, there is the co-ordinated economic and diplomatic pressure on the regime. - Speech Link
2: Lord Callanan (Con - Life peer) My Lords, the situation in Iran is very fast-moving, and there have been significant developments since - Speech Link
3: Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Lab - Life peer) That is not the right way to reach this country when in need of asylum. - Speech Link
4: Lord Dholakia (LD - Life peer) My Lords, first, the Minister has indicated that the Government will consider applications for asylum - Speech Link
5: Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Lab - Life peer) We need to do whatever we can to improve that situation for people. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Crime and Policing Bill
Committee stage part one - Tue 13 Jan 2026
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Chakrabarti (Lab - Life peer) In the hypothetical situation that the noble Lord, Lord Hogan-Howe, gives of everyone wearing a mask - Speech Link
2: Lord Walney (XB - Life peer) This situation is highly complex and difficult for the police and the courts to navigate now. - Speech Link
3: Lord Leigh of Hurley (Con - Life peer) So innocent employees, eaters, diners and members of the public faced a very unpleasant situation. - Speech Link
4: Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab - Life peer) They may or may not choose to do so, because it may inflame the situation or not. - Speech Link
5: None They might not agree that economic damage—it is primarily economic damage but let us not forget that - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Official Development Assistance - Tue 13 Jan 2026
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Lord Campbell-Savours (Lab - Life peer) The shifts from development budgets to defence and asylum support have been problematic.Over a lifetime - Speech Link
2: Lord Oates (LD - Life peer) He continued:“The situation, it is so miserable, it is so catastrophic”. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Sugg (Con - Life peer) Every pound invested in family planning yields almost £27 in social and economic benefits. - Speech Link
4: Earl of Courtown (Con - Excepted Hereditary) The situation in Sudan, which this House has debated before, is a tragic example. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Call for General Election - Mon 12 Jan 2026
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: John Lamont (Con - Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk) Last year, more than 41,000 people entered the United Kingdom illegally, with 32,000 now housed in asylum - Speech Link
2: Patrick Hurley (Lab - Southport) There were years of economic stagnation, a referendum of such consequential proportions that the economy - Speech Link
3: Lee Anderson (RUK - Ashfield) We have a Chancellor who does not understand the first thing about economic growth. - Speech Link
4: Peter Prinsley (Lab - Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket) Our Prime Minister is, I believe, exactly the opposite.The situation of the world at the moment is as - Speech Link
5: Anna Turley (LAB - Redcar) We have halved the number of asylum hotels. There have been 1 million potholes fixed. My hon. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Crime and Policing Bill
Committee stage part two - Wed 07 Jan 2026
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Fox of Buckley (Non-affiliated - Life peer) You have a situation where, for example, a protest outside an asylum hotel organised by the Pink Ladies—for - Speech Link
2: Lord Walney (XB - Life peer) But we are in an era when much protest is increasingly organised and designed to cause significant economic - Speech Link