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Westminster Hall
Postal Services: Rural Areas - Wed 04 Feb 2026
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Stuart Anderson (Con - South Shropshire) It provides a lifeline for many towns and villages. - Speech Link
2: Steve Yemm (Lab - Mansfield) Government agencies such as the Department for Work and Pensions, banks, hospitals, the police, courts - Speech Link
3: John Milne (LD - Horsham) The universal service obligation exists for a reason, and it must work not just in theory but in practice - Speech Link
4: Rebecca Paul (Con - Reigate) Those are sensible measures of access, and it is therefore deeply concerning that the Department for - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Construction Industry Training Board: Funding - Wed 04 Feb 2026
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Steve Race (Lab - Exeter) At present, it is an arm’s length body of the Department for Work and Pensions, so I thank the Minister - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) He has been an assiduous, committed and very industrious MP for his constituency, and I thank him for - Speech Link
3: Stephen Timms (Lab - East Ham) for 16 to 18-year-olds; a further £75 million for courses for those aged over 19 and either not in work - Speech Link
4: Stephen Timms (Lab - East Ham) for Education—by the Department for Work and Pensions, with the purpose of improving training for people - Speech Link
5: Stephen Timms (Lab - East Ham) Friend for drawing this important matter to the attention of the House, and for his interest in it, and - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill
2nd reading - Tue 03 Feb 2026
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Pat McFadden (Lab - Wolverhampton South East) Department for Work and Pensions by the Treasury at the time, and the former Conservative Home Secretary - Speech Link
2: Liz Jarvis (LD - Eastleigh) of hardship.The Department for Work and Pensions’ own impact assessment has found that around 50,000 - Speech Link
3: Darren Paffey (Lab - Southampton Itchen) I commend the Secretaries of State for Education and for Work and Pensions for the work they have done - Speech Link
4: Rebecca Smith (Con - South West Devon) that the Department for Work and Pensions did not recommend that it be offered as a solution to families - Speech Link
5: Meg Hillier (LAB - Hackney South and Shoreditch) Friend the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. - Speech Link
6: Stephen Timms (Lab - East Ham) Friend the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
Committee stage - Fri 30 Jan 2026
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Lord Blencathra (Con - Life peer) It deters the normalisation of remote practice for administrative convenience and gives panels, the commissioner - Speech Link
2: Lord Birt (XB - Life peer) It is important for the individual and for the state. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Falkner of Margravine (XB - Life peer) R (Blundell) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 2021 noted that post-decision equality analysis - Speech Link
4: Lord Harper (Con - Life peer) for Work and Pensions. - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Lord Mohammed of Tinsley (LD - Life peer) I had to go and work on a YTS training scheme in 1988 for £27.50 per week, working 40 hours a week unloading - Speech Link
2: Baroness Benjamin (LD - Life peer) the issues that surround them and their well-being; I thank them all for their hard work and commitment - Speech Link
3: Baroness Benjamin (LD - Life peer) For that commitment and the constructive spirit in which this work will be undertaken and move forward - Speech Link
4: Baroness Smith of Malvern (Lab - Life peer) for these complaints to be held in a central database accessible to the Department for Education and - Speech Link
5: Baroness Morris of Yardley (Lab - Life peer) her team for working in between Committee and Report to give us something. - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Finance (No. 2) Bill (First sitting)
Committee stage: 1st sitting - Tue 27 Jan 2026
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Lucy Rigby (Lab - Northampton North) Member for Wyre Forest for his comments and for highlighting the fact that we have kept our manifesto - Speech Link
2: James Wild (Con - North West Norfolk) As a former adviser in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, I helped to develop these - Speech Link
3: Mark Garnier (Con - Wyre Forest) Will the Minister commit to working with her colleagues in the Department for Business and Trade to assess - Speech Link
4: Lucy Rigby (Lab - Northampton North) Member for Wyre Forest, and my hon. - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Jack Abbott (LAB - Ipswich) , and his support for this work underlines why strong, compassionate mental health provision for veterans - Speech Link
2: Josh Babarinde (LD - Eastbourne) for Work and Pensions. - Speech Link
3: Vikki Slade (LD - Mid Dorset and North Poole) I hope that the Minister will work carefully alongside the Department for Education on this. - Speech Link
4: Calvin Bailey (Lab - Leyton and Wanstead) that requires the Department for Business and Trade to recognise that necessary contribution, and invest - Speech Link
5: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) , and constructively work together to do better for our veterans in Northern Ireland. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
Committee stage - Fri 23 Jan 2026
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Lord Birt (XB - Life peer) work efficiently and sensitively for any individual of firm and settled mind coming forward in a state - Speech Link
2: Lord Sandhurst (Con - Excepted Hereditary) for Work and Pensions assessments done under the NHS label. - Speech Link
3: None Evidence from telemedicine and remote court hearings shows the limits of video for assessing vulnerability - Speech Link
4: Baroness Berger (Lab - Life peer) the Department for Work and Pensions has on people who are in receipt of a benefit that comes during - Speech Link
5: Lord Deben (Con - Life peer) I know what sort of society I have spent my life trying to produce and work for: a society that cares - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Alan Campbell (Lab - Tynemouth) Gentleman for his update and for the work of his Committee. - Speech Link
2: Claire Young (LD - Thornbury and Yate) Work and Pensions can hear about the harm this is doing? - Speech Link
3: Jim McMahon (LAB - Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton) for Work and Pensions agree to a time-limited period to conduct a review. - Speech Link
4: Beccy Cooper (Lab - Worthing West) Will the Leader of the House ask the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and Health Ministers to - Speech Link
5: Alan Campbell (Lab - Tynemouth) I expect he would find that the Government share his ambition for contracts and work to go to British - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 22 Jan 2026
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Matt Rodda (Lab - Reading Central) It is hugely important to my residents in Reading, for families and young people, for employers and for - Speech Link
2: Josh Simons (Lab - Makerfield) Bad data management produces bad public services, and that is why my colleagues in the Department for - Speech Link
3: Graham Leadbitter (SNP - Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey) There are many others in a similar position in Department for Work and Pensions offices, the Cabinet - Speech Link
4: Darren Jones (Lab - Bristol North West) The AI Safety Institute and officials at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology work across - Speech Link
5: Dan Jarvis (Lab - Barnsley North) The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero works closely with industry, regulators and other stakeholders - Speech Link