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Lords Chamber
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - Thu 03 Jul 2025
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Baroness Smith of Malvern (Lab - Life peer) I am sure that the noble Baroness could envisage a situation where, for legitimate reasons, a Section - Speech Link
2: Lord Wei (Con - Life peer) How do we deal with that precise situation which she has said could happen? - Speech Link
3: None Amendment 324 would protect asylum-seeking families. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Blake of Leeds (Lab - Life peer) families and families affected by war, natural disaster or economic collapse from registers. - Speech Link
5: Lord Wei (Con - Life peer) That is the focus of these amendments.The point I wanted to raise about asylum seekers was that asylum - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Renters’ Rights Bill - Tue 01 Jul 2025
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Baroness Wolf of Dulwich (XB - Life peer) Obviously, the Scottish situation is very different from ours, but it is also obvious that, when it comes - Speech Link
2: None That is fine initially, but given time and inflation, it is an unreal situation. - Speech Link
3: None The economic case for action is compelling. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Lister of Burtersett (Lab - Life peer) Both reports underline how the situation is aggravated by freezes in the local housing allowance and - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill
Committee stage - Thu 26 Jun 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Davies of Gower (Con - Life peer) I have tabled these amendments and a number of others to seek to rectify the situation and probe the - Speech Link
2: Baroness Hamwee (LD - Life peer) It is not illegal to seek asylum, and a crossing is not the same thing as entry. - Speech Link
3: Lord Cameron of Lochiel (Con - Life peer) They provide objectives that would lead to urgent decision-making on asylum claims. - Speech Link
4: Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab - Life peer) claim raised, and outcomes from those asylum claims varied. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 26 Jun 2025
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Jesse Norman (Con - Hereford and South Herefordshire) have an open door to extract money from the Treasury, and the Government have actually made the situation - Speech Link
2: Euan Stainbank (Lab - Falkirk) Will the Leader of the House clarify that, once it is in force, clause 48 of the Border Security, Asylum - Speech Link
3: Lucy Powell (LAB - Manchester Central) Clause 48 of the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill will give the Home Secretary powers to - Speech Link
4: Ben Maguire (LD - North Cornwall) pollution, will the Leader of the House agree to a debate in Government time about the health and economic - Speech Link
5: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) I wish to raise the urgent situation facing Christians in Syria, where a suicide attack on a Damascus - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Criminal Justice - Wed 25 Jun 2025
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Andy Slaughter (Lab - Hammersmith and Chiswick) An ineffective criminal justice system presents grave risks for both social and economic stability. - Speech Link
2: Andy Slaughter (Lab - Hammersmith and Chiswick) Across the piece, we see people going above and beyond because of the situation in which the system has - Speech Link
3: Ashley Fox (Con - Bridgwater) that they will review the right to family life being used in appeals in serious cases related to asylum - Speech Link
4: Linsey Farnsworth (Lab - Amber Valley) We inherited a particularly drastic situation, which will not be turned around overnight. - Speech Link
5: Nicholas Dakin (Lab - Scunthorpe) We will also fund capacity to speed up the processing of asylum appeals, supporting the Government’s - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government - Tue 24 Jun 2025
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Florence Eshalomi (LAB - Vauxhall and Camberwell Green) The homelessness situation in the capital is not deceasing and boroughs are spending almost 80% of that - Speech Link
2: Vikki Slade (LD - Mid Dorset and North Poole) The situation is made worse because independent providers are not covered for the NICs increase. - Speech Link
3: David Simmonds (Con - Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner) have seen a developing backdrop of rising inflation, which is now pushing 3.5%, and deteriorating economic - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Employment Rights Bill
Committee stage part two - Tue 24 Jun 2025
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Lord Hunt of Wirral (Con - Life peer) I do so against a background of economic data emerging in recent months painting a deeply concerning - Speech Link
2: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) It removes key flexibilities that employers rely on to respond to changing economic circumstances. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (Lab - Life peer) Our first mission as a Government is to deliver economic growth in every part of the country. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - Mon 23 Jun 2025
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Baroness Lister of Burtersett (Lab - Life peer) waits, with qualitative feedback emphasising that guardians are viewed by asylum-seeking children as - Speech Link
2: Baroness Barran (Con - Life peer) It is clear that, in common with all looked-after children, unaccompanied asylum-seeking children are - Speech Link
3: Baroness Blake of Leeds (Lab - Life peer) They are also entitled to legal assistance in pursuing their asylum claim. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Blake of Leeds (Lab - Life peer) There is a high likelihood of a very stressful situation and an unfamiliar environment. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - Thu 19 Jun 2025
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Baroness Barran (Con - Life peer) So I know the situation on the ground is extremely difficult, but I think it is helpful to have a bit - Speech Link
2: Baroness Lister of Burtersett (Lab - Life peer) It highlighted a separation between practices of care and the practicalities of asylum support, even - Speech Link
3: Baroness Smith of Malvern (Lab - Life peer) Applying the duty to the asylum functions of the Home Office would not require it to decide asylum claims - Speech Link
4: Lord Mohammed of Tinsley (LD - Life peer) The situation is compounded by variations in the quality of those plans. - Speech Link
5: Lord Bird (XB - Life peer) When are we going to move to a situation where we prevent children needing this? - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Employment Rights Bill
Committee stage part one - Wed 18 Jun 2025
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Lord Hunt of Wirral (Con - Life peer) ability to review and, if necessary, revise a labour market enforcement strategy to reflect new economic - Speech Link
2: Baroness Coffey (Con - Life peer) I find it hard to understand how we can be in a situation where, having taken over a case, it would go - Speech Link
3: Baroness Hamwee (LD - Life peer) In the case of migrant workers, the situation is not so straightforward. - Speech Link
4: Lord Katz (Lab - Life peer) The need for this was recognised by Parliament in the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999. - Speech Link
5: Baroness Hamwee (LD - Life peer) I cannot say that the current situation “breaches” it, as it is not illegal, but it does not observe - Speech Link