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Commons Chamber
LGBT+ History Month - Thu 12 Feb 2026
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Nadia Whittome (Lab - Nottingham East) Roman and Indian times, to the two-spirit people of indigenous north Americans or to the hijra in south - Speech Link
2: Uma Kumaran (Lab - Stratford and Bow) She is a proud, queer British south Asian who is a role model to so many, and that representation really - Speech Link
3: Steve Race (Lab - Exeter) The Intercom Trust is a south-west LGBT+ charity that last year served more than 4,000 service users - Speech Link
4: Steve Race (Lab - Exeter) An analysis of data from 10 countries in sub-Saharan Africa found that HIV prevalence among men who are - Speech Link
5: Mark Pritchard (Con - The Wrekin) Member for Islington South and Finsbury (Emily Thornberry) to mention that, because as the Minister will - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Lord Jackson of Peterborough (Con - Life peer) on the domestic healthcare sector and staffing shortages in many countries abroad, particularly in Africa - Speech Link
2: Lord Kamall (Con - Life peer) stage 1 posts in gynaecology, the Wessex region had just 11 places in 2024, while the whole of the south-west - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Ambassadors: Vetting Process - Tue 10 Feb 2026
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Lab - Life peer) Conservative MP, and there are Members in this place who have been high commissioners in Australia and South - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Sudan - Thu 05 Feb 2026
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Yvette Cooper (Lab - Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley) contact with all members of the Quad, including Secretary Rubio and the President’s senior adviser on Africa - Speech Link
2: Anneliese Dodds (LAB - Oxford East) Earlier this week, the all-party parliamentary group for Sudan and South Sudan met the Somoud civilian - Speech Link
3: Ben Lake (PC - Ceredigion Preseli) of armed groups in the southern and western parts of that state, what is the view of Ethiopia and South - Speech Link
4: Yvette Cooper (Lab - Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley) Many of the Foreign Ministers I spoke to, including the Ethiopian and South Sudanese Foreign Ministers - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Mon 02 Feb 2026
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: John Healey (Lab - Rawmarsh and Conisbrough) Member for South Suffolk (James Cartlidge) did, for this country to invest 2.5% of GDP by 2030—the hon - Speech Link
2: Henry Tufnell (Lab - Mid and South Pembrokeshire) What assessment he has made of the potential impact of increases in defence spending on Mid and South - Speech Link
3: John Healey (Lab - Rawmarsh and Conisbrough) He has thrown 17,000 North Korean troops into the fight, and has recruited thousands more from Africa - Speech Link
4: John Healey (Lab - Rawmarsh and Conisbrough) Her part of the world—the south-west—plays a leading role in that. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Indefinite Leave to Remain - Mon 02 Feb 2026
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Jas Athwal (Lab - Ilford South) I speak today because Ilford South ranks second in the country in terms of the number of residents who - Speech Link
2: Jas Athwal (Lab - Ilford South) cannot overlook the fact that children will be adversely affected.Nearly 3,000 residents in Ilford South - Speech Link
3: Warinder Juss (Lab - Wolverhampton West) I was born in east Africa. - Speech Link
4: Scott Arthur (Lab - Edinburgh South West) That couple could choose to live anywhere in the world, so of course they live in Edinburgh South West - Speech Link
5: Tony Vaughan (Lab - Folkestone and Hythe) Friends the Members for Sheffield Central (Abtisam Mohamed) and for Leeds South West and Morley (Mark - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
UK Development Partnership Assistance - Thu 29 Jan 2026
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Lord St John of Bletso (XB - Excepted Hereditary) I will devote my remarks purely to Africa. - Speech Link
2: Lord Forbes of Newcastle (Lab - Life peer) , south Asia and the Indo-Pacific. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Goudie (Lab - Life peer) contribution to this—to the millions of girls in South Africa who gained schooling through the DfID - Speech Link
4: Lord Oates (LD - Life peer) I later lived and worked for some years in southern Africa. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
UK-EU Customs Union - Thu 29 Jan 2026
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Docherty of Milngavie (Lab - Life peer) , although London and the south-east should irrigate, not drain.That brings me to this debate. - Speech Link
2: Lord Moynihan of Chelsea (Con - Life peer) 50% on steel and aluminium rather than 25%, and no superior trade deals with the US, Japan, India, South - Speech Link
3: Lord Elliott of Mickle Fell (Con - Life peer) go back in time and since we’ve left the EU we have done trade deals with India, with the US, with South - Speech Link
4: Baroness Finn (Con - Life peer) The EU has concluded trade agreements with countries such as South Korea, Mexico and South Africa; Turkey - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
British Indian Ocean Territory - Wed 28 Jan 2026
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Seema Malhotra (LAB - Feltham and Heston) Friend the Member for Cardiff South and Penarth (Stephen Doughty), debated it for more than two hours - Speech Link
2: Tim Roca (Lab - Macclesfield) We see that every day in the South China sea. - Speech Link
3: Kieran Mullan (Con - Bexhill and Battle) Member makes is in buying into China’s narrative that there is a grey zone in the South China sea. - Speech Link
4: Luke Evans (Con - Hinckley and Bosworth) Friend the Member for South West Wiltshire (Dr Murrison) raised a very simple principle. - Speech Link
5: Julian Lewis (Con - New Forest East) I understand that the country that would carry out the inspection is South Africa, which is somewhat - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill - Mon 26 Jan 2026
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Stephen Doughty (LAB - Cardiff South and Penarth) partnership, because it enables rapid deployment of operations and forces across the middle east, east Africa - Speech Link