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Lords Chamber
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and International Committee of the Red Cross (Status) Bill - Fri 17 May 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness D'Souza (XB - Life peer) freedom to undertake wider activities in promoting democracy and protecting the values and principles - Speech Link
2: Lord Leong (Lab - Life peer) The CPA’s constitution requires it to pursue the positive ideals of parliamentary democracy, and the - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Wed 15 May 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Mims Davies (Con - Mid Sussex) system, and in the accessibility of homes and transport, and through delivery of the national disability - Speech Link
2: Maria Caulfield (Con - Lewes) We are currently consulting on the NHS constitution, which will give women not just the right to same-sex - Speech Link
3: Kemi Badenoch (Con - Saffron Walden) democratic processes, including through the defending democracy taskforce. - Speech Link
4: Rishi Sunak (Con - Richmond (Yorks)) authoritarian states: Russia poisoning people on our streets; China targeting our democracy; and Iranian - Speech Link
5: Stephen Flynn (SNP - Aberdeen South) who on these isles is tasked with defending their liberties and their democracy. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill
Committee stage part two - Tue 14 May 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Bishop of Manchester (Bshp - Bishops) to local democracy, and potentially to wider civic and public life, is to remove this clause altogether - Speech Link
2: Baroness Janke (LD - Life peer) Prelate said, freedom of speech is a basic right and a cornerstone of democracy. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
International Health Regulations - Tue 14 May 2024
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Andrew Stephenson (Con - Pendle) both in the UK and around the world. - Speech Link
2: Andrew Stephenson (Con - Pendle) both in the UK and around the world. - Speech Link
3: Andrew Stephenson (Con - Pendle) , the parliamentary adoption process will depend on under which article of the WHO constitution the accord - Speech Link
4: Andrew Stephenson (Con - Pendle) 194 member states operating under the WHO constitution. - Speech Link
5: Tom Hunt (Con - Ipswich) national democracy is incredibly important to me, many of my constituents and other people in this place - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Football Governance Bill (Second sitting)
Committee stage: 2nd sitting - Tue 14 May 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Stephanie Peacock (Lab - Barnsley East) But at a small club, you are walking around the ground and the bars before and after the game and talking - Speech Link
2: Stephanie Peacock (Lab - Barnsley East) We have got a democracy, really. Football is run by the clubs and their various governing bodies. - Speech Link
3: Damian Collins (Con - Folkestone and Hythe) The middle and bottom clubs would not be able to invest, and the differential between the top clubs and - Speech Link
4: Clive Betts (Lab - Sheffield South East) Football needs to vote, and the Premier League has its constitution; I have no issues with that.I used - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Permanent Secretaries: Appointment and Removal (Constitution Committee Report) - Thu 09 May 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Drake (Lab - Life peer) is a central tenet of our constitution and not seriously challenged. - Speech Link
2: Lord Thomas of Gresford (LD - Life peer) My Lords, I have the privilege of serving on the Constitution Committee under the excellent and careful - Speech Link
3: Baroness Finn (Con - Life peer) my interest as a member of the Constitution Committee and a former special adviser. - Speech Link
4: Lord Butler of Brockwell (XB - Life peer) I therefore have confidence that the conclusions and recommendations of the Constitution Committee in - Speech Link
5: Baroness Drake (Lab - Life peer) government in our democracy. - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation Bill
Committee stage: 1st sitting - Wed 08 May 2024
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Mike Freer (Con - Finchley and Golders Green) and a free press by abusing our courts and our laws, and to undermine our democracy. - Speech Link
2: Mike Freer (Con - Finchley and Golders Green) Friend the Member for Haltemprice and Howden and the right hon. - Speech Link
3: Mike Freer (Con - Finchley and Golders Green) and the words that right hon. and hon. - Speech Link
4: Adam Afriyie (Con - Windsor) It highlights the nuances of differing views on constitution versus freedom of speech versus public interest - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Recognition of Western Sahara as Moroccan - Wed 08 May 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Daniel Kawczynski (Con - Shrewsbury and Atcham) and the economy, including those that have historically been dominated by males.Finally, I turn to democracy - Speech Link
2: Jeremy Corbyn (Ind - Islington North) On the return of democracy to Spain in the 1970s, Spain withdrew from Western Sahara. - Speech Link
3: Patrick Grady (SNP - Glasgow North) highest standards of democracy and peaceful international relations. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill
Committee stage part one - Tue 07 May 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: None These provisions commit the United Kingdom to respect, promote and effectively implement the ILO Constitution - Speech Link
2: None The publication of an annual human rights and democracy report has rightly continued under this Government - Speech Link
3: None human rights and democracy concerns. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Lister of Burtersett (Lab - Life peer) For me, that is not democracy; it smacks of totalitarianism. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Security in the Western Balkans - Thu 02 May 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Alicia Kearns (Con - Rutland and Melton) by discussing Bosnia and Herzegovina, which, with its multi-ethnic character and constitution, acts - Speech Link
2: Alicia Kearns (Con - Rutland and Melton) character and constitution, is a barometer for the entirety of the western Balkans. - Speech Link
3: Alicia Kearns (Con - Rutland and Melton) its constitution and that, regardless of boycott by Srpska Lista, the current mayors are legitimate, - Speech Link
4: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Madam Deputy Speaker, you, Mr Speaker and I very much believe in the constitution, so we are on the same - Speech Link
5: Stephen Doughty (LAB - Cardiff South and Penarth) there is cross-party support and concern for maintaining the values of democracy, security and stability - Speech Link