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Commons Chamber
Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill
2nd reading - Mon 12 Jul 2021
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Daisy Cooper (LDEM - St Albans) At the very least, this legislation must include a threshold for harm, as under the Defamation Act 2013 - Speech Link
2: Paul Blomfield (LAB - Sheffield Central) We could have considered why students in England have been treated far worse than those in Northern Ireland - Speech Link
3: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) He went on:“Freedom only to speak inoffensively is not worth having.”In Northern Ireland we had the case - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Safety of Journalists - Thu 10 Jun 2021
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Alex Sobel (LAB - Leeds North West) The Government must do far more to protect journalists in Northern Ireland. - Speech Link
2: John Whittingdale (CON - Maldon) She highlighted the particular risks of being a journalist in Northern Ireland. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Queen’s Speech - Mon 17 May 2021
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Lord Kirkhope of Harrogate (CON - Life peer) backing to the full HS2, including the vital eastern spur connecting Leeds, and development of the northern - Speech Link
2: Baroness Redfern (CON - Life peer) with the commencement of the first one this year and further freeports planned in Scotland, Wales and Northern - Speech Link
3: Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (CON - Life peer) How will its relationship with its opposite bodies in Scotland and Northern Ireland work? - Speech Link
4: Lord Cashman (LAB - Life peer) In conclusion, sadly—deeply sadly—I remain concerned about the continuous defamation and misrepresentation - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Elected Women Representatives: Online Abuse - Tue 20 Apr 2021
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Carla Lockhart (DUP - Upper Bann) Day when speaking about cracking the various glass ceilings, my party leader and First Minister of Northern - Speech Link
2: Jane Stevenson (CON - Wolverhampton North East) A study by the National University of Ireland in Galway last year found that 96% of female politicians - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Online Anonymity and Anonymous Abuse - Wed 24 Mar 2021
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Carla Lockhart (DUP - Upper Bann) called out and held accountable.I also want to raise a very sinister and very concerning trend seen in Northern - Speech Link
2: Claire Hanna (SDLP - Belfast South) This is a new manifestation of a phenomenon familiar in Northern Ireland and elsewhere, of low-level, - Speech Link
3: Naz Shah (LAB - Bradford West) In the real world we have hate crime laws and defamation laws, but for the anonymous trolls the online - Speech Link
4: John McDonnell (LAB - Hayes and Harlington) the neo-Nazi terror group Combat 18, which has in the past had links to loyalist paramilitaries in Northern - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Scotland Act 1998: Scottish Civil Service - Tue 16 Mar 2021
Scotland Office

Mentions:
1: Iain Stewart (CON - Milton Keynes South) or place out of Parliament”.In comparison, Members of the Scottish Parliament are protected against defamation - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Bribery Act 2010: Post-legislative Scrutiny (Select Committee Report) - Wed 03 Feb 2021
Scotland Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Morris of Aberavon (LAB - Life peer) I well remember that, when I was a member of a similar scrutiny committee on the Defamation Act, there - Speech Link
2: Lord Hope of Craighead (CB - Life peer) I note, however, that no mention is made of Northern Ireland in this paragraph, nor indeed is Northern - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 14 Jan 2021
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Ian Paisley (DUP - North Antrim) If that is not possible, will he agree to allow the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee to call the author - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) harassment, surveillance of religious leaders, efforts by the Government to block overseas humanitarian aid, defamation - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
India: Persecution of Minority Groups - Tue 12 Jan 2021
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) I hope to meet the Indian High Commissioner next week, with others from Northern Ireland who have asked - Speech Link
2: Barry Gardiner (LAB - Brent North) Imagine that there had been debates in the Indian Parliament all through the troubles in Northern Ireland - Speech Link
3: David Linden (SNP - Glasgow East) minorities protesting discriminatory laws and practices have faced restrictions, violence, criminal defamation - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Northern Ireland: Defamation Act 2013 - Mon 11 Jan 2021
Scotland Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Lexden (CON - Life peer) Ireland Executive about extending the Defamation Act 2013 to Northern Ireland. - Speech Link
2: Lord Stewart of Dirleton (CON - Life peer) can reassure my noble friend that the work on the law of defamation in Northern Ireland put in place - Speech Link
3: Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick (LAB - Life peer) My Lords, what work has been done by the Northern Ireland Executive on updating the defamation laws in - Speech Link
4: Lord Stewart of Dirleton (CON - Life peer) I repeat my previous answer that the law of defamation is a devolved matter for the Northern Ireland - Speech Link