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Lords Chamber
Northern Ireland (Regional Rates and Energy) (No. 2) Bill
2nd reading (Hansard): House of Lords - Tue 12 Mar 2019
Scotland Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Empey (UUP - Life peer) land, where the Government trundle on but without the checks and balances that are the hallmarks of a democracy - Speech Link
2: Lord Murphy of Torfaen (LAB - Life peer) In a democracy, such decisions should be taken by elected politicians, which has not been the case in - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Leaving the European Union - Mon 04 Feb 2019
Department for Exiting the European Union

Mentions:
1: Wera Hobhouse (LDEM - Bath) Yes, we are a party of democracy—I always believe that we should give people a say. - Speech Link
2: Wera Hobhouse (LDEM - Bath) A democracy is a place where things move and are dynamic. The hon. - Speech Link
3: Paul Blomfield (LAB - Sheffield Central) negotiating as a member of the European Union, that exist with 70 countries, and hoping to have a say—not a deliberative - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 - Tue 29 Jan 2019
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Ian Blackford (SNP - Ross, Skye and Lochaber) say this to Conservative Members: if our First Minister calls for a section 30 authority, based on democracy - Speech Link
2: Vince Cable (LDEM - Twickenham) and Castleford (Yvette Cooper) said, the people outside are looking for something rather more calm, deliberative - Speech Link
3: Heidi Allen (LDEM - South Cambridgeshire) The fact that we have been ignored means we have not been able, in a representative democracy, to represent - Speech Link
4: Stella Creasy (LAB - Walthamstow) They are not about saying parliamentary democracy cannot work; they are about making it work with the - Speech Link
5: Theresa May (CON - Maidenhead) together, we can deliver the decision that the British people took in June 2016, restore faith in our democracy - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Brexit: Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration - Mon 14 Jan 2019
Department for Exiting the European Union

Mentions:
1: Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top (LAB - Life peer) This is a prime opportunity for us to develop more deliberative democracy. - Speech Link
2: Lord Bilimoria (CB - Life peer) Since when does democracy bind us to a point in time? Democracy is dynamic. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Brexit: Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration - Mon 14 Jan 2019
Scotland Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (CON - Life peer) What else would taking back control really mean, other than restoring parliamentary democracy? - Speech Link
2: Lord Soley (LAB - Life peer) Britain works best with representative democracy. Do not have referendums. - Speech Link
3: Lord Berkeley (LAB - Life peer) I do not know but surely in a parliamentary democracy it is for the Members of Parliament to make the - Speech Link
4: Lord McNally (LDEM - Life peer) We are a parliamentary democracy, with all the freedoms and maturity that that term implies. - Speech Link
5: Lord Triesman (LAB - Life peer) Desmond Tutu: to convene urgently an effort to find common ground, hopefully with the broader and more deliberative - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
EU Exit Negotiations - Tue 09 Oct 2018
Department for Exiting the European Union

Mentions:
1: Amber Rudd (IND - Hastings and Rye) I welcome the deliberative approach to Brexit that protects businesses and endeavours to make sure that - Speech Link
2: Rachel Maclean (CON - Redditch) vast majority do not support a second referendum, because they believe that it would undermine our democracy - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Afghanistan Update - Wed 11 Jul 2018
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Earl Howe (CON - Excepted Hereditary) army and air force, developing the nationwide security structures that will strengthen Afghanistan’s democracy - Speech Link
2: Earl Howe (CON - Excepted Hereditary) absolutely right to remind the House of the lessons from Chilcot, and that there needs to be a formal deliberative - Speech Link


General Committees
Draft Dorset (Structural Changes) (Modification Of The Local Government And Public Involvement In Health Act 2007) Regulations 2018 Draft Bournemouth, Dorset And Poole (Structural Changes) Order 2018 - Wed 16 May 2018
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Rishi Sunak (CON - Richmond (Yorks)) consultation; a representative household survey; a survey of all parish and town councils; 15 lengthy deliberative - Speech Link
2: Christopher Chope (CON - Christchurch) I am that person, but I know that the Minister believes not in the tyranny of the majority but in democracy - Speech Link
3: Jim McMahon (LAB - Oldham West and Royton) any merger or reorganisation ought to be that it has the consent of local people, is in the spirit of democracy - Speech Link
4: Christopher Chope (CON - Christchurch) We are a rules-based democracy and at the heart of all this is local democracy and localism.What is the - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Brexit Deal: Referendum - Mon 11 Dec 2017
Department for Exiting the European Union

Mentions:
1: Rachael Maskell (LAB - York Central) People are being ignored, and our democracy is failing them.One of the last points I want to make is - Speech Link
2: Lee Rowley (CON - North East Derbyshire) , the utility of referendums versus parliamentary democracy, and how the inherent tension between those - Speech Link
3: Paul Flynn (LAB - Newport West) That was our genuflection to the vote and democracy, but the only reason for voting for article 50 was - Speech Link
4: Caroline Lucas (GRN - Brighton, Pavilion) That is not denying democracy; it is enhancing it.It is also important to stress that a ratification - Speech Link
5: Tom Brake (LDEM - Carshalton and Wallington) It is an example of the will of the people being expressed through a deliberative and constructive process - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments/Ministerial Code - Mon 20 Mar 2017
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Ben Gummer (CON - Ipswich) should inform their decisions not just about their own interests, but about the wider interests of democracy - Speech Link
2: Ben Gummer (CON - Ipswich) Friend, as ever, is good at making clear the liberties that underpin our democracy and that we too often - Speech Link
3: Ben Gummer (CON - Ipswich) such decisions we all have a duty not just to our own interests but to the wider reputation of our democracy - Speech Link
4: Ben Gummer (CON - Ipswich) the pit straight to this place, and gave an experience to the House of Commons and our representative democracy - Speech Link
5: Ben Gummer (CON - Ipswich) We need to be considerate and deliberative, and to think carefully about the problems in front of us. - Speech Link