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Lords Chamber
The UK’s Demographic Future - Thu 11 Dec 2025
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts (Con - Life peer) , I made contact with three countries overseas: the Netherlands; Japan, which is facing the opposite - Speech Link
2: Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston (XB - Life peer) I sometimes wonder whether it goes back to the 1970s, when you had countries such as China and India - Speech Link
3: Lord Frost (Non-affiliated - Life peer) A similar trend is visible across most European countries. - Speech Link
4: Lord Sarfraz (Con - Life peer) eligible for any public services, and those countries are attracting talent and entrepreneurship. - Speech Link
5: Lord Stoneham of Droxford (LD - Life peer) to bring them into line, as they would if we were a member of the EU. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Foreign Interference - Thu 11 Dec 2025
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: James MacCleary (LD - Lewes) Sweden’s chief of defence put it starkly last month, when he said:“Political polarisation in many countries - Speech Link
2: James MacCleary (LD - Lewes) Having left the EU single market, Britain faces economic pressure from multiple directions. - Speech Link
3: Peter Swallow (Lab - Bracknell) Member for Clacton (Nigel Farage) suggested that the EU and NATO had “provoked” Russia’s invasion of - Speech Link
4: Calum Miller (LD - Bicester and Woodstock) only in so far as they affect America, yet for the UK and the EU, it makes a special exception. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
St Andrew’s Day and Scottish Affairs - Thu 11 Dec 2025
Scotland Office

Mentions:
1: Graeme Downie (Lab - Dunfermline and Dollar) Our local institutions —schools, colleges and voluntary groups—prove that community is built by hands - Speech Link
2: David Mundell (Con - Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale) Education standards in Scotland’s schools are on the slide. - Speech Link
3: Stephen Gethins (SNP - Arbroath and Broughty Ferry) as only one Scottish Labour Member—they were chucked out—was able to rebel on the two-child cap.The EU - Speech Link
4: Johanna Baxter (Lab - Paisley and Renfrewshire South) Instead of fixing schools and hospitals, they fall out with themselves. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Fairtrade Certification - Thu 11 Dec 2025
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Andrew George (LD - St Ives) I cannot see how we can help countries enough if do it purely through trade. - Speech Link
2: Martin Rhodes (Lab - Glasgow North) Trade and business become more important as means of supporting and helping countries, and of narrowing - Speech Link
3: Phil Brickell (Lab - Bolton West) Member is making an important point about young children in schools. - Speech Link
4: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) The NI Fairtrade forum works with councils, schools, businesses and communities to increase awareness - Speech Link
5: Rupa Huq (Lab - Ealing Central and Acton) We are now outside the EU—something that I regret—and we are looking for free trade agreements. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Seasonal Work - Wed 10 Dec 2025
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Sarah Olney (LD - Richmond Park) , I urge them to recognise that this should only be the start of the move towards a new bespoke UK-EU - Speech Link
2: Simon Hoare (Con - North Dorset) Did she not hear me when I said that in conversations with the European Union, the EU itself will not - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Wed 10 Dec 2025
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Alex Davies-Jones (Lab - Pontypridd) We want our schools to counter misogynistic views by teaching boys about respect, empathy and equality - Speech Link
2: Keir Starmer (Lab - Holborn and St Pancras) They left our schools in a mess. They left our economy absolutely broken. - Speech Link
3: Keir Starmer (Lab - Holborn and St Pancras) We have got a close relationship with the EU through our reset earlier this year, and yes, I do want - Speech Link
4: Keir Starmer (Lab - Holborn and St Pancras) Meanwhile, decades of SNP cuts and broken promises have left schools crumbling. - Speech Link
5: Keir Starmer (Lab - Holborn and St Pancras) Digital ID has huge benefits, as many countries in Europe are already demonstrating. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Data Publication and Quality (Immigration, Nationality and Country of Birth)
1st reading - Wed 10 Dec 2025
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Katie Lam (Con - Weald of Kent) In the case of EU migrants, we do not know why these people are coming here, or how many of them already - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
2nd readingLorsd Hansard - Mon 08 Dec 2025
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LD - Life peer) set out the problem it was trying to address, saying that:“England is one of the most centralised countries - Speech Link
2: Baroness Griffin of Princethorpe (Lab - Life peer) strong local audit office to ensure effective delivery of local plans.In the clean energy Bill in the EU - Speech Link
3: Baroness Pidgeon (LD - Life peer) This is not devolution in my book.Compared with other OECD countries, the UK remains one of the most - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
Committee stage - Fri 05 Dec 2025
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Lord Frost (Non-affiliated - Life peer) Some countries will probably feel more strongly about that than others, but the risk exists and this - Speech Link
2: Lord Frost (Non-affiliated - Life peer) I will be more convinced about the Irish category than the EU pre-settled status, given this issue was - Speech Link
3: Baroness Merron (Lab - Life peer) These agreements are, as I mentioned, with the EU, EEA states and Switzerland. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Finlay of Llandaff (XB - Life peer) I was trying to look at a carve-out for those countries so that those contracts could continue, but I - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Autumn Budget 2025 - Thu 04 Dec 2025
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Lord Livermore (Lab - Life peer) Britain, one of the richest countries on earth, still has children growing up in poverty. - Speech Link
2: Lord Leigh of Hurley (Con - Life peer) We have left the EU and are no longer restricted by the EU state aid laws, other than, of course, in - Speech Link
3: Lord Tyrie (Non-affiliated - Life peer) First, we need to restore our trading links with the EU. - Speech Link
4: Lord Sikka (Lab - Life peer) The average for OECD countries is 23%, while China invests 40.4% and India invests 30.5%. - Speech Link
5: Lord Mohammed of Tinsley (LD - Life peer) Schools are already in crisis. - Speech Link