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Westminster Hall
Covid-19: Access to and Acceptance of Cash - Thu 03 Dec 2020
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Jesse Norman (CON - Hereford and South Herefordshire) I am afraid that, compared to his grandmastery and immense skill, I am very much a novice chess player - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Cancer in Teenagers and Young Adults - Tue 01 Dec 2020
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Imran Ahmad Khan (IND - Wakefield) I remember going in and often seeing them, despite the age difference, playing chess or chatting about - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Chinese and East Asian Communities: Racism during Covid-19 - Tue 13 Oct 2020
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Catherine West (LAB - Hornsey and Wood Green) Come and have a game of mah-jong or chess. - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Brexit: Refugee Protection and Asylum Policy (EUC Report) - Tue 22 Sep 2020
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Earl of Sandwich (CB - Excepted Hereditary) frequently be a matter of life and death—we have heard examples of that—and should not be resolved on a chess - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Windrush Compensation Scheme - Wed 06 May 2020
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Taylor of Warwick (Non-affiliated - Life peer) After the chess game is over, the black and white pieces all go back in the same box. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Air Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]
2nd reading (Hansard) - Mon 27 Jan 2020
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Lord McNally (LDEM - Life peer) That experience left me with the impression that air traffic control is a kind of three-dimensional chess - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Valedictory Debate - Tue 05 Nov 2019
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Valerie Vaz (LAB - Walsall South) her father did not have an opportunity for interaction with his family—perhaps just playing a game of chess—and - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 31 Oct 2019
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Cheryl Gillan (CON - Chesham and Amersham) Thank you.The Chess and the Misbourne are ecologically vulnerable chalk streams in my constituency, and - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill
Report stage (Hansard): House of Lords - Fri 06 Sep 2019
Department for Exiting the European Union

Mentions:
1: Lord True (CON - Life peer) shenanigans on one side or the other—if you ask me, both sides are as bad as each other—as they try to do chess - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Degraded Chalk Stream Environments - Mon 22 Jul 2019
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Charles Walker (CON - Broxbourne) The Colne; the Beane; the Mimram; the Gade; the Ver; the Chess; the Misbourne; the Wye; the Rib; the - Speech Link
2: Cheryl Gillan (CON - Chesham and Amersham) The River Chess in particular is one of the most important areas of wildlife. - Speech Link
3: Thérèse Coffey (CON - Suffolk Coastal) Importantly, she mentioned the challenges faced by the River Chess and the River Misbourne. - Speech Link