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Lords Chamber
King’s Speech - Wed 15 Nov 2023
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Earl of Minto (Con - Excepted Hereditary) act as a deterrent, and we have committed £30 million in additional aid to the Occupied Palestinian Territories - Speech Link
2: Lord Peach (XB - Life peer) We have had our era of overseas operations; we also need to pay attention to our homeland. - Speech Link
3: Lord Sharkey (LD - Life peer) peacekeepers over a Turkish Cypriot attempt to build a road to connect villages divided between the territories - Speech Link
4: Lord Hannay of Chiswick (XB - Life peer) We risk facing others if and when the Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill reaches - Speech Link
5: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LD - Life peer) For the first time ever, we are spending more on overseas assistance here in the UK, on failed policies - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Economic Growth - Tue 14 Nov 2023
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Jeremy Hunt (Con - South West Surrey) It is at the top of my mind, as we try to chart a better future for British Steel. - Speech Link
2: Debbie Abrahams (Lab - Oldham East and Saddleworth) The absence of this compassion for our fellow citizens, and indeed for our brothers and sisters overseas - Speech Link
3: Selaine Saxby (Con - North Devon) However, this year has seen a 20% drop in visitor numbers, in part as these visitors head to overseas - Speech Link
4: Clive Lewis (Lab - Norwich South) overseas territories for tax avoidance purposes.Unless we in this country are prepared to tax wealth - Speech Link
5: Darren Jones (Lab - Bristol North West) up our sleeves and partner with business, rather than stepping aside and letting investment relocate overseas - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Building an NHS Fit for the Future - Mon 13 Nov 2023
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Valerie Vaz (Lab - Walsall South) When organisations such as the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development cannot even enter Gaza and do - Speech Link
2: Robin Walker (Con - Worcester) humanitarian situation in Gaza, and I share the solidarity with innocent civilians in the Palestinian territories - Speech Link
3: Steven Bonnar (SNP - Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill) stranger himself to anti-immigration rhetoric, specifically targeting the NHS and recruitment from overseas - Speech Link
4: Richard Fuller (Con - North East Bedfordshire) How will Labour’s policy affect our ability to recruit people from overseas for our health service? - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Occupied Palestinian Territories: Humanitarian Situation - Wed 08 Nov 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) Speaker, I would like to update the House on the humanitarian situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories - Speech Link
2: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) As she said, I had a meeting this morning that was chaired by the British Overseas NGOs for Development—BOND - Speech Link
3: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) There are 32 British nationals who are waiting for clearance, and 48 British nationals who have been - Speech Link
4: Roger Gale (Con - North Thanet) October); to be printed (Bill 4) with explanatory notes (Bill 4-EN).Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Debate on the Address - Tue 07 Nov 2023
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Rishi Sunak (Con - Richmond (Yorks)) At this moment, over 7,000 servicemen and women are deployed overseas. - Speech Link
2: Julie Elliott (Lab - Sunderland Central) concerned about the fact that the Government have brought back the Economic Activities of Public Bodies (Overseas - Speech Link
3: Simon Hoare (Con - North Dorset) values: freedom of speech; the rule of law; an independent judiciary; the ability of our military and overseas - Speech Link
4: Vicky Ford (Con - Chelmsford) With dignity, gravitas and compassion, both here and overseas, he has ensured that the transfer of the - Speech Link
5: Apsana Begum (Lab - Poplar and Limehouse) do far more to address human rights violations and illegal settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill
Report stage - Wed 25 Oct 2023
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Chris Stephens (SNP - Glasgow South West) Those overseas supply companies could take legal action under this legislation on the grounds that the - Speech Link
2: Angela Rayner (Lab - Ashton-under-Lyne) in British legislation. - Speech Link
3: George Eustice (Con - Camborne and Redruth) More importantly, this sends an unfortunate signal around British foreign policy. - Speech Link
4: Stephen Crabb (Con - Preseli Pembrokeshire) One said that they felt as if Jews were being pushed out of British universities. - Speech Link
5: Richard Graham (Con - Gloucester) increasing polarisation throughout the middle east strides the Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Israel and Gaza - Mon 23 Oct 2023
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Rishi Sunak (Con - Richmond (Yorks)) It will rely on establishing more effective governance for Palestinian territories in Gaza and the west - Speech Link
2: Stephen Timms (Lab - East Ham) What is his assessment of the impact of continued illegal settlement building in the Palestinian territories - Speech Link
3: Layla Moran (LD - Oxford West and Abingdon) Will he look again at the Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill, which is coming - Speech Link
4: Rishi Sunak (Con - Richmond (Yorks)) Gentleman points to, but also British nationals. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
UN Sustainable Development Goals - Thu 19 Oct 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Vicky Ford (Con - Chelmsford) Despite the extra pressures on our Overseas Development Administration, we remain a major donor of aid - Speech Link
2: Matthew Offord (Con - Hendon) I am pleased that the FCDO is prioritising education in our overseas development aid. - Speech Link
3: Patrick Grady (SNP - Glasgow North) and Palestine had focused on attaining the sustainable development goals for all the peoples of their territories - Speech Link
4: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) Nations General Assembly, we announced new guarantees for multilateral development banks, to help our overseas - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
State Pensions: Canada Free Trade Agreement - Wed 18 Oct 2023
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Viscount Younger of Leckie (Con - Excepted Hereditary) UK state pensions are uprated overseas only where there is a legal requirement to do so. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Seccombe (Con - Life peer) Lords, will my noble friend the Minister tell the House that we do fulfil our legal obligations to our overseas - Speech Link
3: Viscount Younger of Leckie (Con - Excepted Hereditary) I also say to the noble Lord that, as he will know, if we look at the overseas territories, for instance - Speech Link
4: Viscount Younger of Leckie (Con - Excepted Hereditary) a personal choice and it is not for the Government to encourage or discourage pensioners in moving overseas - Speech Link
5: Lord Russell of Liverpool (XB - Excepted Hereditary) from an agricultural constituency who was bemoaning the fact that Canada imports a certain amount of British - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Gaza: Al-Ahli Arab Hospital Explosion - Wed 18 Oct 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: James Cleverly (Con - Braintree) We do of course continue to support British nationals overseas, including in the region, and our consular - Speech Link
2: Iain Duncan Smith (Con - Chingford and Woodford Green) We remind ourselves that when they murdered all those Israeli Jews in the territories, they filmed them - Speech Link
3: James Cleverly (Con - Braintree) loss, who are grieving and who are deeply fearful for the welfare of their families and loved ones overseas - Speech Link