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Lords Chamber
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
Committee stage - Fri 09 Jan 2026
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Lord Carlile of Berriew (XB - Life peer) Generally, the answer is: in the courts, of course. - Speech Link
2: Lord Falconer of Thoroton (Lab - Life peer) I agree with the noble Lord’s assessment. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Butler-Sloss (XB - Life peer) No one had ever had that case come before the courts. - Speech Link
4: Baroness O'Loan (XB - Life peer) There should have been an assessment of risk and cost, but there was none. - Speech Link
5: Lord Falconer of Thoroton (Lab - Life peer) For all those reasons, the panel is better than the courts. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 08 Jan 2026
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Alan Campbell (Lab - Tynemouth) We are committed to supporting coastal communities and ensuring that coastal risk management is fit for - Speech Link
2: Sarah Pochin (RUK - Runcorn and Helsby) If not, will the Home Secretary at least make a statement to the House on her assessment of the threat - Speech Link
3: Alan Campbell (Lab - Tynemouth) The Solicitors Regulation Authority is an independent regulator, however the Minister for Courts and - Speech Link
4: Jon Pearce (Lab - High Peak) It will increase the risk of fly-tipping and litter across my constituency. - Speech Link
5: Michelle Welsh (Lab - Sherwood Forest) It seems utterly ridiculous that local government red tape is allowed to put homes at risk. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Human Rights Abuses: Magnitsky Sanctions - Thu 08 Jan 2026
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Iain Duncan Smith (Con - Chingford and Woodford Green) If such an assessment has not been carried out, will the Minister say whether it is the Government’s - Speech Link
2: Lloyd Hatton (Lab - South Dorset) Some companies and enablers with a high risk appetite are willing to provide services to sanctioned high - Speech Link
3: Iqbal Mohamed (Ind - Dewsbury and Batley) The sheer scale of suffering in Gaza, including from the blockade’s effect on civilians and the risk - Speech Link
4: Wendy Morton (Con - Aldridge-Brownhills) What assessment has been made of that option? - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Mining: Pollution - Thu 08 Jan 2026
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Lord Oates (LD - Life peer) to allow a class action against Anglo American South Africa is currently before the South African courts - Speech Link
2: Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Lab - Life peer) I will get back in touch with him following this debate to get an up-to-date assessment of where that - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Jury Trials - Wed 07 Jan 2026
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Sarah Sackman (Lab - Finchley and Golders Green) The fact is that swift courts, flow courts, blitz courts—whatever we wish to call them—are being operated - Speech Link
2: Sarah Sackman (Lab - Finchley and Golders Green) I will make a commitment to publish an impact assessment, an equalities impact assessment, and the evidence - Speech Link
3: Jess Brown-Fuller (LD - Chichester) The Deputy Prime Minister set out in extreme detail that, compared with magistrates courts, Crown courts - Speech Link
4: Jess Brown-Fuller (LD - Chichester) First, there must be investment in the courts estate, not only to reopen the hundreds of courts closed - Speech Link
5: Alicia Kearns (Con - Rutland and Stamford) Yet without any modelling, impact assessment or equalities assessment, and not in line with the review - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Wed 07 Jan 2026
Northern Ireland Office

Mentions:
1: Peter Lamb (Lab - Crawley) Will the Secretary of State give his assessment of the risk of that? - Speech Link
2: Tonia Antoniazzi (Lab - Gower) What assessment has he made of the potential impact? - Speech Link
3: Hilary Benn (Lab - Leeds South) I have not made such an assessment, because that is not a policy that the Government advocate. - Speech Link
4: Catherine Fookes (Lab - Monmouthshire) What assessment he has made of the potential impact of the autumn Budget 2025 on Northern Ireland. - Speech Link
5: Hilary Benn (Lab - Leeds South) I do not agree with that assessment. - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Lord Vaux of Harrowden (XB - Excepted Hereditary) conclusion:“Until all fraud-enabling industries fear significant financial, legal and reputational risk - Speech Link
2: Lord Katz (Lab - Life peer) If they do not, they risk facing the full regulatory costs of failing to comply, which can extend to - Speech Link
3: Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames (LD - Life peer) Considerable changes were made by the Conservative Government in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts - Speech Link
4: Lord Strasburger (LD - Life peer) Through the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 and the Public Order Act 2023, the previous - Speech Link
5: Lord Strasburger (LD - Life peer) Section 78 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 also created a new statutory offence - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Sentencing Bill
Report stage: Part 1 - Tue 06 Jan 2026
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Lord Timpson (Lab - Life peer) concerns and I value the attention given to this issue, but it has long been the practice of the courts - Speech Link
2: Lord Keen of Elie (Con - Life peer) Outcomes depend heavily on the risk posed by the offender and the need for immediate public protection - Speech Link
3: Lord Timpson (Lab - Life peer) Courts will still have discretion to impose immediate custody in any case involving significant risk - Speech Link


General Committees
The Corporation Tax Act 2010 (Part 8C) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 - Tue 06 Jan 2026
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Dan Tomlinson (Lab - Chipping Barnet) of part 8C, restitution interest is compensation for not having had access to money awarded by the courts - Speech Link
2: Kit Malthouse (Con - North West Hampshire) That means that all the litigation delay risk is transferred on to the private sector company, which - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Sentencing Bill
Report stage: Part 2 - Tue 06 Jan 2026
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Baroness Chakrabarti (Lab - Life peer) There cannot be zero risk. - Speech Link
2: None victims and the public at risk. - Speech Link
3: Lord Russell of Liverpool (XB - Excepted Hereditary) Although we are reassured by the investment into prisons and probation and the commitments to improve the risk-assessment - Speech Link
4: None perpetrators is the OASys risk-assessment tool. - Speech Link
5: None to the limitations of this risk assessment and the fear of the management plan possibly being shared - Speech Link