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Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 12 Feb 2026
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Martin Vickers (Con - Brigg and Immingham) The chemical industry sector is particularly important to the local economy in my northern Lincolnshire - Speech Link
2: Alan Campbell (Lab - Tynemouth) phrased the second part of his question, because he is right: the Government want to support heritage, culture - Speech Link
3: Ben Obese-Jecty (Con - Huntingdon) Because of this cultural heritage, we are putting the town forward to be the town of culture in 2028. - Speech Link
4: Alan Campbell (Lab - Tynemouth) Gentleman invites me down the path of town of culture, which might go down well in his area, but I can - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Healthy Relationships - Thu 12 Feb 2026
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Leigh Ingham (Lab - Stafford) They are demonstrating that when healthy relationships are embedded across the whole school, culture - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) There is so much out there that we need to do.We have incredible problems in Northern Ireland. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill
Committee stage - Thu 12 Feb 2026
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Baroness Merron (Lab - Life peer) care and getting people with the right training who understand what the NHS is about, understand the culture - Speech Link
2: Lord Mohammed of Tinsley (LD - Life peer) Gerada, and the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, I shall speak more towards Newcastle, forging the northern - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Onshoring: Fashion and Textiles - Thu 12 Feb 2026
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Catherine West (Lab - Hornsey and Friern Barnet) Nothing says more about our place in global culture. - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) But I can certainly appreciate good craftmanship, which is part of the history and legacy of Northern - Speech Link


Grand Committee
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
Committee stage - Wed 11 Feb 2026
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Lord Bassam of Brighton (Lab - Life peer) department, but my concern is that there is little thought or discussion about the size, shape or culture - Speech Link
2: Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (Green - Life peer) In Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, STV is well understood and widely trusted. - Speech Link
3: Earl of Clancarty (XB - Excepted Hereditary) concerns that the noble Lord, Lord Jamieson, expressed in the previous debate, about the use of “culture - Speech Link
4: Lord Freyberg (XB - Excepted Hereditary) Yet within the Department for Culture, Media and Sport itself, culture and sport are regarded as equal - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Woodland Creation - Wed 11 Feb 2026
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) In Northern Ireland, an acre of land currently costs £15,202, which right away puts any ideas about tree - Speech Link
2: Chris Hinchliff (Lab - North East Hertfordshire) source of joy to millions of people, and an irreplaceable ingredient of our national identity and culture - Speech Link
3: Perran Moon (Lab - Camborne and Redruth) St Michael’s Mount lost around 80% of the trees on its northern slopes, with many more so badly damaged - Speech Link
4: Mary Creagh (Lab - Coventry East) In Westminster Hall, which is home to northern Europe’s largest medieval timber roof, built in the 1390s - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Hughes Report: Second Anniversary - Wed 11 Feb 2026
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) As of February 2026, Northern Ireland victims remain in limbo. - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Friend made.Between 1998 and 2018, some 11,000 vaginal mesh implants were performed in Northern Ireland - Speech Link
3: Caroline Voaden (LD - South Devon) Running through it all, as Susan and Caroline’s cases demonstrate so starkly, is a persistent culture - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Independent Water Commission: Final Report - Tue 10 Feb 2026
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Edward Morello (LD - West Dorset) Ofwat’s primary duty to ensure reasonable returns has shaped a culture that has tolerated pollution, - Speech Link
2: Amanda Hack (Lab - North West Leicestershire) Leicestershire has again had significant rainfall, and a flood warning is still in place today on the northern - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Place-based Employment Support Programmes - Tue 10 Feb 2026
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) In Northern Ireland, we are doing a collaborative, localised model through the Ards community network - Speech Link
2: Leigh Ingham (Lab - Stafford) Pride in Place and town of culture are really good examples; those are not necessarily employment programmes - Speech Link
3: John Milne (LD - Horsham) There is a journey to go on and, as we embark on it, we need to be honest about a legacy of negative culture - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
UK-India Free Trade Agreement - Mon 09 Feb 2026
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) I think that we welcome the tariffs.The agreement was projected to give Northern Ireland’s economy a - Speech Link
2: Jim Allister (TUV - North Antrim) Under the Windsor framework, we in Northern Ireland are left under the EU’s customs union. - Speech Link
3: Jim Allister (TUV - North Antrim) It is because we in Northern Ireland did not get Brexit; the Windsor framework denied us Brexit. - Speech Link