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Lords Chamber
Poverty Reduction - Thu 22 Feb 2024
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Lord Bird (XB - Life peer) I come from a London Irish racist, small-minded and self-harming working class in Notting Hill; I have - Speech Link
2: Lord Bishop of Durham (Bshp - Bishops) There is no single, simple solution to poverty reduction. - Speech Link
3: Lord Loomba (XB - Life peer) Many local authorities have closed their schemes entirely. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) I grew up in a council house myself, so I speak from experience here. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Pupil Mental Health, Well-being and Development - Thu 22 Feb 2024
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Earl Russell (LD - Excepted Hereditary) professionals in all state-funded schools and to pay for that through a trebling of the digital services tax - Speech Link
2: Baroness Bull (XB - Life peer) They allow opportunities for emotional regulation and stress reduction, and all these are key to how - Speech Link
3: Earl of Effingham (Con - Excepted Hereditary) Will the Government commit to revisiting the decision to cut funding for walking and cycling schemes - Speech Link
4: Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe (Lab - Life peer) We should look to see whether we can have a greater expansion at school levels. - Speech Link
5: Baroness Twycross (Lab - Life peer) Lady Blake did not speak in this debate, but I understand she did great work as leader of Leeds City Council - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill
2nd reading - Tue 20 Feb 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Neville-Rolfe (Con - Life peer) Local government pension schemes are frequently under pressure to divest certain securities. - Speech Link
2: Lord Hain (Lab - Life peer) In London, Camden Council renamed the street where the Anti-Apartheid Movement had its office Mandela - Speech Link
3: Lord Verdirame (Non-affiliated - Life peer) I declare an interest, in that I am a professor at King’s College London. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Blackstone (Lab - Life peer) bodies and their pension funds should not take into account ethical considerations such as the use of tax - Speech Link
5: Baroness Kennedy of Shaws (Lab - Life peer) events of 7 October, followed by the deaths of many children, the displacement of so many people, the reduction - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Knife and Sword Ban - Tue 06 Feb 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Mark Pritchard (Con - The Wrekin) place to deal with what is a very important issue, and that party politics should be set aside for greater - Speech Link
2: Kim Johnson (Lab - Liverpool, Riverside) They are calling for much stronger sentences and greater deterrence for knife crime; does he agree with - Speech Link
3: Louie French (Con - Old Bexley and Sidcup) tax and his continued hammering of motorists across London. - Speech Link
4: Alistair Carmichael (LD - Orkney and Shetland) violence reduction unit. - Speech Link
5: Chris Philp (Con - Croydon South) violence reduction unit. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Finance Bill
Report stage - Mon 05 Feb 2024
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Drew Hendry (SNP - Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey) We pay the highest standing charge for electricity, 40% more than here in London, and because of UK Government - Speech Link
2: Drew Hendry (SNP - Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey) We already have lower council tax and, of course, we are introducing a council tax freeze. - Speech Link
3: Anthony Mangnall (Con - Totnes) code and provide greater support for UK firms. - Speech Link
4: Nigel Huddleston (Con - Mid Worcestershire) The Government also publish a list of tax avoidance schemes subject to a stop notice on gov.uk, with - Speech Link
5: None provide the information as required (which may include the total or partial invalidity of the claim or a reduction - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Arts - Thu 01 Feb 2024
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Lord Bragg (Lab - Life peer) was said to a company approaching a century of often outstanding work: opera in English; free ticket schemes - Speech Link
2: Lord Rooker (Lab - Life peer) Events can be streamed from London and New York. - Speech Link
3: Lord Howarth of Newport (Lab - Life peer) Greater Manchester and London are already well ahead with creative health strategies for their city regions.We - Speech Link
4: Lord Murphy of Torfaen (Lab - Life peer) In all of those cities, we have now seen a reduction in performances. - Speech Link
5: Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury (LD - Life peer) Central Treasury funding for culture has seen a 40% reduction since 2008. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Industrial Strategy - Thu 01 Feb 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Kakkar (XB - Life peer) next 30 years, there will be a further £68 billion contributing to our GDP, and there will be a 40% reduction - Speech Link
2: Lord Willetts (Con - Life peer) we can promote economic growth by horizontal policies that apply across the entire economy: a good tax - Speech Link
3: Lord Whitty (Lab - Life peer) of carbon capture and storage, which will be another vital sector in delivering net zero but needs greater - Speech Link
4: Baroness Blake of Leeds (Lab - Life peer) They will need to deliver major infrastructure schemes, provide the skilled workforce as required and - Speech Link
5: Lord Evans of Rainow (Con - Life peer) goods exports eligible for zero tariffs in dynamic economies across the Asia-Pacific, as well as the reduction - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Hospitality Sector: Fiscal Support - Wed 31 Jan 2024
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Alyn Smith (SNP - Stirling) I am also not a part of Stirling Council. - Speech Link
2: Steve Double (Con - St Austell and Newquay) Friend the Member for Sutton and Cheam (Paul Scully), there have never been two greater champions in - Speech Link
3: Steve Double (Con - St Austell and Newquay) We need to get international tourists who come to this country out of London. - Speech Link
4: Rachael Maskell (LAB - York Central) certainly welcome those interested in talking about the family coming to York because that will also build greater - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Mon 29 Jan 2024
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Gillian Keegan (Con - Chichester) Although I do not know whether his local area bid into them, we have many schemes to ensure that local - Speech Link
2: Damian Hinds (Con - East Hampshire) We are also giving greater flexibility to allocate funding to meet the revenue costs of reducing surplus - Speech Link
3: Munira Wilson (LD - Twickenham) Minister back my ten-minute rule Bill to commit to exactly that duty, to be paid for by trebling the tax - Speech Link
4: Louie French (Con - Old Bexley and Sidcup) all helping to make Bexley one of the top boroughs in London for apprenticeships. - Speech Link
5: Gillian Keegan (Con - Chichester) Obviously, one reason for the reduction in some of the SME numbers is the fact that we made improvements - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Ukraine - Fri 26 Jan 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) Our collective defence spending is 15 times greater. - Speech Link
2: Lord Stirrup (XB - Life peer) The UK should be offering a greater lead in this regard. - Speech Link
3: Lord Risby (Con - Life peer) Excellent foundation work was undertaken at the London Ukraine Recovery Conference, with Lloyd’s of London - Speech Link
4: Lord Houghton of Richmond (XB - Life peer) the strategic context of 2024, they may be thinking that investing in defence is more important than tax - Speech Link
5: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) There are nearly 200,000 visa holders in UK schemes. - Speech Link