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Lords Chamber
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
Committee stage - Fri 06 Feb 2026
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: None enacted, were not otherwise fully operational within 12 months, the commissioner would be asked to exercise - Speech Link
2: Baroness O'Loan (XB - Life peer) want clarity and certainty; they do not want to be left repeatedly in situations in which they must exercise - Speech Link
3: Lord Carlile of Berriew (XB - Life peer) consider this issue further to ensure that those staff are not put in a very difficult position in the exercise - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Crime and Policing Bill
Committee stage - Thu 05 Feb 2026
Home Office

Mentions:
1: None new clause gives effect to the JCHR’s recommendation to amend the ICC Act 2001 to provide for the exercise - Speech Link
2: None committed outside our territory, the UK is able, under the International Criminal Court Act 2001, to exercise - Speech Link
3: None The Committee should note that 28 United Nations member states can exercise absolute universal jurisdiction - Speech Link
4: None mentioned, we might try to address them by providing the strict conditions under which our courts would exercise - Speech Link
5: Baroness Doocey (LD - Life peer) are described by residents as “almost routine”, delivering drugs, phones and weapons straight into exercise - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 05 Feb 2026
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Jesse Norman (Con - Hereford and South Herefordshire) There was a due diligence exercise, and then there was security vetting by the security services. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Construction Industry: Timber - Thu 05 Feb 2026
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green - Life peer) However, it is often regarded as a tick-box exercise that is just not delivering. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Hayman of Ullock (Lab - Life peer) placing of illegally harvested timber and wood products on the UK market and require the operators to exercise - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Railways Bill (Eleventh sitting) - Thu 05 Feb 2026
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: None generality of subsection (3A) above, Great British Railways shall have a duty, in particular, to exercise - Speech Link
2: None generality of subsection (3A) above, Great British Railways shall have a duty, in particular, to exercise - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Pension Schemes Bill
Committee stage - Thu 05 Feb 2026
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Baroness Stedman-Scott (Con - Life peer) 224.At first glance, these new clauses are presented as technical and perhaps little more than an exercise - Speech Link
2: Lord Hendy (Lab - Life peer) bound.The provisions of this Bill evidence the regulatory power that the UK state exercises, and can exercise - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Railways Bill (Twelfth sitting) - Thu 05 Feb 2026
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Rebecca Smith (Con - South West Devon) an application for a judicial review, or the principles that the Court of Session would apply in exercise - Speech Link
2: Edward Morello (LD - West Dorset) facility-owner freight sidings and terminals.”This amendment ensures that the Secretary of State does not exercise - Speech Link
3: Keir Mather (Lab - Selby) The new duty focuses on determinations under the Railways Act 2005 and the exercise of key enforcement - Speech Link


Written Statements
Local Government Best Value - Wed 04 Feb 2026
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Alison McGovern (Lab - Birkenhead) State is minded to extend the intervention but reduce its scope.The Secretary of State is minded to exercise - Speech Link


Grand Committee
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
Committee stage - Wed 04 Feb 2026
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: None powers conferred under this section or Schedule 16, the Mayor of a Combined County Authority may exercise - Speech Link
2: Lord Addington (LD - Excepted Hereditary) There is a general consensus that exercise is the wonder drug. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Lord Mandelson - Wed 04 Feb 2026
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: John McDonnell (Lab - Hayes and Harlington) I just want the assurance that the Government will not be able to exercise a veto over the information - Speech Link
2: Jeremy Corbyn (Ind - Islington North) as a very clear process of reporting and a timetable, so that this is not just a carpet-brushing exercise - Speech Link