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Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 14 Apr 2026
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Helen Morgan (LD - North Shropshire) many of my constituents know; it also costs the NHS £1.3 billion every year in medical negligence payments - Speech Link
2: Siobhain McDonagh (Lab - Mitcham and Morden) At 2 pm today, many Members of this House will be attending the funeral of our dear friend Phil Woolas - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Representation of the People Bill (Sixth sitting)
Committee stage: 6th sitting - Tue 14 Apr 2026
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Samantha Dixon (Lab - Chester North and Neston) 14-day pause in the timetable for the general election to allow time for public mourning and the funeral - Speech Link
2: Samantha Dixon (Lab - Chester North and Neston) the court-based process for leave to pay applications is inefficient and costly, delaying prompt payments - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Sudden Unexpected Death in Childhood - Tue 24 Mar 2026
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Clive Jones (LD - Wokingham) increase support for families, Liberal Democrats are calling for the funding for bereavement support payments - Speech Link
2: Sally Jameson (LAB - Doncaster Central) add extra weight, emphasising how important that is.Fiona had to return to work prior to Alfie’s funeral - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Asbestos-related Lung Cancer: Compensation Act 2006 - Mon 16 Mar 2026
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Douglas McAllister (Lab - West Dunbartonshire) Glenhaven Funeral Services, the House of Lords recognised the unique position that these victims face - Speech Link
2: Douglas McAllister (Lab - West Dunbartonshire) The shortfall in compensation payments can be seen clearly. - Speech Link
3: Sarah Sackman (Lab - Finchley and Golders Green) Glenhaven Funeral Services Ltd, the House of Lords created a special rule for cases such as mesothelioma - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 10 Mar 2026
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: James Murray (LAB - Ealing North) Our plan has lowered inflation, borrowing, debt and debt interest payments. - Speech Link
2: Torsten Bell (Lab - Swansea West) Payments of both the basic pension and the new state pension will increase by 4.8% in April, in just - Speech Link
3: Nick Smith (Lab - Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney) Some of my pensioner constituents, however, have lost money to the Safe Hands funeral scheme when trying - Speech Link
4: Lucy Rigby (Lab - Northampton North) have discussed before, people looking to buy a home can build their credit history through rent payments - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
Committee stage - Fri 27 Feb 2026
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Lord Falconer of Thoroton (Lab - Life peer) Tragically and suddenly, he died at the end of last month and today is his funeral. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Finlay of Llandaff (XB - Life peer) People may choose to have a slightly less extravagant funeral and pay into a collaborative system, allowing - Speech Link
3: Baroness Grey-Thompson (XB - Life peer) some interesting points about savings and cost, but for me that is more about how you schedule the payments - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 26 Feb 2026
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Bobby Dean (LD - Carshalton and Wallington) If people fall behind on council tax payments, councils are often quite quick to cancel their existing - Speech Link
2: Amanda Martin (Lab - Portsmouth North) My constituents in Portsmouth have raised concerns about significant mark-ups on third party funeral - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Bereaved Children: Government Support - Thu 26 Feb 2026
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Christine Jardine (LD - Edinburgh West) The situation has not been helped by the change in bereavement payments to families and the fact that - Speech Link
2: Tessa Munt (LD - Wells and Mendip Hills) She rightly points out that the fixed 18-month limit on bereavement support payments creates a financial - Speech Link
3: Caroline Voaden (LD - South Devon) I’ve had to use food banks.Even now those payments would still make a meaningful difference to us as - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Standards in Public Life - Tue 10 Feb 2026
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: None also publishing Ministers’ interests, gifts and hospitality more frequently and reforming severance payments - Speech Link
2: Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LD - Life peer) He has been at the funeral of my namesake in Kirkwall today.I wish to talk about the broader issues in - Speech Link
3: Baroness Smith of Basildon (Lab - Life peer) a couple of seconds late, and obviously I understand that the noble Lord, Lord Purvis, is at the funeral - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Civil Service Pension Scheme: Administration - Wed 04 Feb 2026
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Lorraine Beavers (Lab - Blackpool North and Fleetwood) There have been late pension payments, missing lump sums, lost records, broken systems and long delays - Speech Link
2: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Lab - Suffolk Coastal) That is a year of not being able to make mortgage payments and the like, payments he should be able to - Speech Link
3: Leigh Ingham (Lab - Stafford) To this day, his family have received no pension payments to help cover the funeral costs or mounting - Speech Link
4: Amanda Martin (Lab - Portsmouth North) His lump sum and monthly payments were due to start on the 12th, but he has received nothing. - Speech Link
5: Mike Wood (Con - Kingswinford and South Staffordshire) Can she guarantee that pension payments will be stabilised fully and permanently? - Speech Link