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Lords Chamber
Clean Power 2030 Action Plan: Rural Communities - Wed 22 Apr 2026
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Mentions:
1: Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (Con - Life peer) half Danish and fairly closely follow developments there—has the largest oil and gas production in the EU - Speech Link
2: Lord Howell of Guildford (Con - Life peer) One way is by road, which is not practised in four or five other advanced industrial countries. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - Mon 20 Apr 2026
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: None The updated guidance will be used in schools from this September. - Speech Link
2: None month, Ofsted will inspect schools’ mobile phone policies. - Speech Link
3: Lord Russell of Liverpool (XB - Excepted Hereditary) schools that have done so are not good.Many countries of the world have recognised this and are doing - Speech Link
4: Baroness Smith of Malvern (Lab - Life peer) numbers are impacting even good schools. - Speech Link
5: Lord Gove (Con - Life peer) Improvements in schools in England have not been matched by schools in Scotland or Wales. - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Civil Preparedness for War - Mon 20 Apr 2026
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Baroness Harris of Richmond (LD - Life peer) The EU has adopted its preparedness union strategy, which aims to“enhance the EU’s civilian and military - Speech Link
2: Lord Bishop of Chester (Bshp - Bishops) I would also draw comparisons with such countries as Ukraine and Taiwan, except the difference is that - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Grenfell Tower Memorial (Expenditure) Bill
2nd reading - Tue 14 Apr 2026
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Lord Garnier (Con - Life peer) Since then, other countries have moved ahead. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Gill (Lab - Life peer) I recall the shame I experienced as a British representative in the EU, fielding questions from other - Speech Link
3: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) the Department for Education and MHCLG have jointly issued additional funding to Grenfell-affected schools - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Middle East - Mon 13 Apr 2026
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Keir Starmer (Lab - Holborn and St Pancras) We should not forget that the nature of Iran’s response—the indiscriminate attack upon countries that - Speech Link
2: Keir Starmer (Lab - Holborn and St Pancras) Lady for her support for the planning that we are doing with other countries. It is important. - Speech Link
3: Keir Starmer (Lab - Holborn and St Pancras) That is why we have been working with other countries at various levels and will bring them together - Speech Link
4: Keir Starmer (Lab - Holborn and St Pancras) On the contrary, we are working with other countries to try and get the strait open, and fully open, - Speech Link
5: Keir Starmer (Lab - Holborn and St Pancras) That is what we are focusing on with our allies in the EU. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Middle East: Economic Update - Thu 26 Mar 2026
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: None will explore a new defence financing and procurement mechanism with the Netherlands, Finland and other EU - Speech Link
2: None On trade, I can confirm to the House that we are aiming to conclude negotiations with the EU this year - Speech Link
3: Baroness Neville-Rolfe (Con - Life peer) The references to relations with the EU are less convincing. - Speech Link
4: Lord Redwood (Con - Life peer) My Lords, the Government say that they will directly reduce food bills by joining the EU SPS. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Equality: Break Down Barriers to Opportunity Mission - Wed 25 Mar 2026
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Baroness Bull (XB - Life peer) While she speaks about schools, we know that children have opportunities outside and around schools that - Speech Link
2: Baroness Blake of Leeds (Lab - Life peer) is that UK cities kept their relationships with European cities, even though we are outside of the EU - Speech Link
3: Baroness Blake of Leeds (Lab - Life peer) review, we will be looking, for example, at attainment data and at all the different measures by which schools - Speech Link
4: Baroness Hussein-Ece (LD - Life peer) Nearly half of them—47%—frequently have to move schools. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - Wed 25 Mar 2026
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Lord Mohammed of Tinsley (LD - Life peer) , and (ii) secondary schools, (c) the impact a monetary cap would have on schools and their uniform policies - Speech Link
2: Lord Agnew of Oulton (Con - Life peer) , so that failing schools nearby could be kept going. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Bousted (Lab - Life peer) To do so, we need to have children in those schools. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Barran (Con - Life peer) Why shouldn’t good schools expand or take over failing schools or form federations?” - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Representation of the People Bill (Fourth sitting)
Committee stage: 4th sitting - Tue 24 Mar 2026
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Paul Holmes (Con - Hamble Valley) Similarly, in some countries it would not be easy for a candidate to access the information of people - Speech Link
2: Lisa Smart (LD - Hazel Grove) Some schools and local authorities may do civic education really well and others may not. - Speech Link
3: Samantha Dixon (Lab - Chester North and Neston) As I mentioned, citizenship will also be introduced in primary schools. - Speech Link
4: Lisa Smart (LD - Hazel Grove) She talked about devolved Administrations, schools and others. - Speech Link
5: None The Government have not undertaken any research on the steps necessary to avoid non-qualifying EU or - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Representation of the People Bill (Third sitting)
Committee stage: 3rd sitting - Tue 24 Mar 2026
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Paul Holmes (Con - Hamble Valley) Gentleman disagrees with that, but many countries around the world disagree with him. - Speech Link
2: Warinder Juss (Lab - Wolverhampton West) I spend so much time going into schools, and I find that younger people are more concerned about the - Speech Link
3: Ellie Chowns (Green - North Herefordshire) In a number of countries, 16 and 17-year-olds already have the vote. - Speech Link
4: Ellie Chowns (Green - North Herefordshire) That is done very widely in many other countries. Imprisonment is the punishment to the individual. - Speech Link
5: Ellie Chowns (Green - North Herefordshire) As I outlined in my speech, in many comparable countries, all prisoners are permitted to vote. - Speech Link