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Westminster Hall
Fireworks - Mon 29 Jan 2018
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Mentions:
1: Bill Grant (CON - Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock) , I advocate a ban on the sale of fireworks to individual members of the public. - Speech Link
2: Mohammad Yasin (LAB - Bedford) for a change in the laws governing the use of fireworks to include a ban on public use.From time to - Speech Link
3: Patricia Gibson (SNP - North Ayrshire and Arran) There is a consensus across the Chamber that it is time to ban the free sale of fireworks except for - Speech Link
4: Andrew Griffiths (CON - Burton) The controls restrict the general availability of fireworks for public sale to certain times of the year - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Laser Misuse (Vehicles) Bill [HL]
2nd reading (Hansard): House of Lords - Tue 09 Jan 2018
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Lord Kirkhope of Harrogate (CON - Life peer) We can limit the sale of knives, fireworks and acid, so why not lasers? - Speech Link
2: Baroness Sugg (CON - Life peer) evidence did not indicate that a ban or a licensing regime would have a positive impact on public safety - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill
Committee: 4th sitting: House of Commons - Mon 04 Dec 2017
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Eleanor Laing (CON - Epping Forest) Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 on the right of the Advocate General to take part in proceedings - Speech Link
2: Ian Murray (LAB - Edinburgh South) to the public and this House. - Speech Link
3: Pete Wishart (SNP - Perth and North Perthshire) the general progress that we have to make.Let us get back to more of a consensual tone, because I note - Speech Link
4: Alison Thewliss (SNP - Glasgow Central) In Scotland, we have had the smoking ban and other progressive health policies. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Policing and Crime Bill
Committee: 4th sitting (Hansard - part one): House of Lords - Wed 09 Nov 2016
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Williams of Trafford (CON - Life peer) In 1997 the ban was extended to all such ammunition, even though it is in universal use for pest control - Speech Link
2: Baroness Williams of Trafford (CON - Life peer) stolen receives a ban for life. - Speech Link
3: Lord Kennedy of Southwark (LAB - Life peer) It seeks to ban the possession of fireworks, smoke bombs and flares by those attending live musical events - Speech Link
4: Baroness Finlay of Llandaff (CB - Life peer) By allowing them for sale, they can be used to spike drinks and increase the cost to the country of alcohol-induced - Speech Link
5: Baroness Williams of Trafford (CON - Life peer) to prevent the sale of alcohol to children and to protect the public from irresponsible sales of alcohol.Powdered - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Fireworks - Mon 06 Jun 2016
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Joan Ryan (TIG - Enfield North) the sale of fireworks to the public and allowing public and private displays only if supervised and - Speech Link
2: David Mackintosh (CON - Northampton South) that all fireworks on sale to the public are required to comply with essential safety requirements that - Speech Link
3: Margaret Ferrier (IND - Rutherglen and Hamilton West) do not let the general public know. - Speech Link
4: Philip Hollobone (CON - Kettering) Were we to ban fireworks from domestic sale and say that all fireworks displays should be licensed with - Speech Link
5: Philip Hollobone (CON - Kettering) The fireworks industry in this country would benefit from a ban on the domestic sale of fireworks because - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Policing and Crime Bill
Report stage: House of Commons - Tue 26 Apr 2016
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Jake Berry (CON - Rossendale and Darwen) the country.The general public like the idea of having one individual whom they can hold accountable - Speech Link
2: None for a tightening of regulations on the sale of knives to young people—indeed, a campaign to that end - Speech Link
3: David Burrowes (CON - Enfield, Southgate) ), for Congleton (Fiona Bruce) and for Altrincham and Sale West (Mr Brady). - Speech Link
4: None Under-18s are prohibited from carrying or using fireworks in public places, but most concerts and festivals - Speech Link
5: None secondary legislation to ban the sale and importation of “zombie-killer knives” that glamorise violence - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Policing and Crime Bill (Sixth sitting)
Committee Debate: 6th sitting: House of Commons - Tue 12 Apr 2016
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Mike Penning (CON - Hemel Hempstead) for the police and the public. - Speech Link
2: Lyn Brown (LAB - West Ham) The £88 fee was finally introduced just before the general election. - Speech Link
3: Lyn Brown (LAB - West Ham) deterrent to stop an individual seller undertaking a sale. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
European Union Referendum Bill - Thu 18 Jun 2015
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Mike Gapes (TIG - Ilford South) We allow some EU citizens to vote in our elections; there is not a blanket ban. - Speech Link
2: None The arguments about the sale of cigarettes and alcohol and serving in the armed forces are not watertight - Speech Link
3: James Cartlidge (CON - South Suffolk) public policy to extend the vote to 16-year-olds. - Speech Link
4: John McDonnell (LAB - Hayes and Harlington) the key issue is whether the subject of an election excites the general public, such as in the Scottish - Speech Link
5: David Lidington (CON - Aylesbury) for us to move swiftly to a system of electronic voting that led to still greater public mistrust in - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Deregulation Bill - Tue 18 Nov 2014
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (LAB - Life peer) I cannot for the life of me see that public health non-doctors pose any risk to public safety. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Scott of Needham Market (LDEM - Life peer) For genealogists, the information on general registration certificates is invaluable. - Speech Link
3: Lord Sharkey (LDEM - Life peer) litigant in defamation cases to waive the ban in Article 9 of the Bill of Rights on proceedings in Parliament - Speech Link
4: Lord Grantchester (LAB - Excepted Hereditary) requirement for a dog to wear a collar with an identifying tag at sale under the provisions of the Breeding - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Consumer Rights Bill - Wed 29 Oct 2014
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Baroness Neville-Rolfe (CON - Life peer) We therefore think it makes more sense to provide a general requirement for notice to be given regardless - Speech Link
2: Baroness Neville-Rolfe (CON - Life peer) Businesses in general welcome it for reasons that I will come on to explain. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Neville-Rolfe (CON - Life peer) The enforcers need to act swiftly to remove it from sale. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Neville-Rolfe (CON - Life peer) The police have no general powers of entry to commercial premises. - Speech Link