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Westminster Hall
Christians and Religious Minorities: India - Thu 24 Feb 2022
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Theresa Villiers (CON - Chipping Barnet) comparison with the allegations routinely made against the Royal Ulster Constabulary during the troubles in Northern - Speech Link
2: Patricia Gibson (SNP - North Ayrshire and Arran) dare to protest against discriminatory laws and practices have faced restrictions, violence, criminal defamation - Speech Link
3: Kemi Badenoch (CON - Saffron Walden) agreement, which would particularly benefit the north of England, the west midlands, Wales, Scotland and Northern - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [Lords]
Report stage - Mon 21 Feb 2022
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: None 2017 so as to confer publication powers on the Office for Students and provide it with protection from defamation - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Back in Northern Ireland, which the Bill is not aimed at, we try to make those opportunities available - Speech Link
3: None 31, leave out “and 23 to” and insert “, 23 to (Office for Students: publication and protection from defamation - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [Lords]
Report stage - Mon 24 Jan 2022
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) We already changed the legislation in Northern Ireland, so I understand why this Minister and Government - Speech Link
2: Peter Bottomley (CON - Worthing West) Gentleman join me in saying to Richard Davidoff, who might take defamation action against people who - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Lawfare and UK Court System - Thu 20 Jan 2022
No Department present

Mentions:
1: David Davis (CON - Haltemprice and Howden) Such lawsuits are based on laws on defamation, privacy, data protection and—ironically—harassment. - Speech Link
2: Robert Neill (CON - Bromley and Chislehurst) mind that one of the key strengths of the independent Bar in England and Wales, in Scotland and in Northern - Speech Link
3: Apsana Begum (LAB - Poplar and Limehouse) Defamation is an area of law that is rarely accessible to working-class people. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Money Laundering - Thu 13 Jan 2022
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Rooker (LAB - Life peer) he condemn, as does the recent Chatham House report, the lawyers and PR agents who make quasi-libel defamation - Speech Link
2: Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick (LAB - Life peer) I am thinking in particular of Northern Ireland, where it has had an insidious impact on society. - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)
Committee stage: 5th sitting - Tue 07 Dec 2021
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: None According to a report from the National Children’s Bureau in Northern Ireland, families of children with - Speech Link
2: Alex Burghart (CON - Brentwood and Ongar) providers for potential breaches of registration conditions, which will give the OfS protection from defamation - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Subsidy Control Bill (Eleventh sitting) - Thu 18 Nov 2021
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Mentions:
1: Seema Malhotra (LAB - Feltham and Heston) Ireland as on England. - Speech Link
2: Paul Scully (CON - Sutton and Cheam) The clause further ensures that the CMA is protected from defamation law when providing advice or reports - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Building Safety Bill (Thirteenth sitting) - Thu 21 Oct 2021
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Christopher Pincher (IND - Tamworth) They range from 12 months for defamation or late payment of insurance claims, to six years for claims - Speech Link
2: Brendan Clarke-Smith (CON - Bassetlaw) Have the Government considered extending the new homes ombudsman provisions to Scotland, Wales and Northern - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Elections Bill (Tenth sitting)
Committee stage:s: 10th sitting - Thu 21 Oct 2021
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Kemi Badenoch (CON - Saffron Walden) The clause also makes provisions for the protection of witnesses against defamation claims, and for any - Speech Link
2: Patrick Grady (IND - Glasgow North) As the Minister has said, this clause relates to England, Wales and Northern Ireland. - Speech Link
3: None Ireland and the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Legacy of Northern Ireland’s Past - Wed 14 Jul 2021
Northern Ireland Office

Mentions:
1: Lindsay Hoyle (Speaker - Chorley) think fit in debate”and that“the Member is protected by parliamentary privilege from any action for defamation - Speech Link
2: Brandon Lewis (CON - Great Yarmouth) It continues to impact and permeate society in Northern Ireland. - Speech Link
3: Stephen Farry (Alliance - North Down) There is near universal disapproval of these proposals in Northern Ireland. - Speech Link
4: Brandon Lewis (CON - Great Yarmouth) Ireland—those families who want it—can get to the truth and that, as a wider society in Northern Ireland - Speech Link