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Lords Chamber
Olympic and Paralympic Games 2012 - Mon 21 May 2012
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Lord Haskel (LAB - Life peer) The energy centre burns waste material. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Ford (CB - Life peer) of this summer, that she might have mentioned that Chelsea had won the Champions League on Saturday night - Speech Link
3: Lord Bates (CON - Life peer) initiatives to promote the spirit of the truce … the Foreign and Commonwealth Office is engaging with our embassies - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Foreign Affairs and International Development - Tue 15 May 2012
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Mary Macleod (CON - Brentford and Isleworth) The Foreign Secretary has talked about opening embassies around the world. - Speech Link
2: Lord Hague of Richmond (CON - Life peer) I discussed the latest position with Mr Annan last night. - Speech Link
3: Denis MacShane (LAB - Rotherham) In a report written by Nick Burns, one of the US’s most experienced diplomats, Mr Burns, who served the - Speech Link
4: Andrew Mitchell (CON - Sutton Coldfield) Friend the Foreign Secretary had been closing embassies. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Strategic Defence and Security Review - Thu 26 Jan 2012
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Jim Murphy (LAB - East Renfrewshire) An expat Scot, he looks as though last evening he spent a lot of time enjoying Burns night. - Speech Link
2: Edward Leigh (CON - Gainsborough) passage in Martin Gilbert’s book, “Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years”, that quotes Churchill on the night - Speech Link
3: Rory Stewart (IND - Penrith and The Border) We could help not only by having more political focus and more diplomats and embassies focused precisely - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
UK Extradition Arrangements - Mon 05 Dec 2011
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Caroline Lucas (GRN - Brighton, Pavilion) needed because of these very disturbing cases in which it is clear that things have gone wrong.The night - Speech Link
2: Stephen Phillips (CON - Sleaford and North Hykeham) Friend the Member for Bournemouth West (Conor Burns) was particularly impressive. - Speech Link
3: Jeremy Corbyn (IND - Islington North) either indicates unanimity or that the dark forces of the Whips’ Offices in all parties have taken the night - Speech Link
4: Chris Bryant (LAB - Rhondda) I know, from when I was responsible for consular support in the Foreign Office, how often British embassies - Speech Link
5: Dominic Raab (CON - Esher and Walton) Friend the Member for Bournemouth West (Conor Burns) spoke about the flaws in the European arrest warrant - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Scotland Bill - Tue 06 Sep 2011
Wales Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Selkirk of Douglas (CON - Life peer) conclusion, I would like to commend to the House the splendid words of Scotland’s national poet, Robert Burns - Speech Link
2: Earl of Mar and Kellie (LDEM - Life peer) Robert Burns derided the Scottish negotiators of 1706, but the Parcel of Rogues did quite a good job. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke (LAB - Life peer) believe that he thinks that you can be a little bit independent, with the same monarchy, the same embassies - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Bloody Sunday Inquiry (Report) - Wed 03 Nov 2010
Northern Ireland Office

Mentions:
1: Laurence Robertson (CON - Tewkesbury) Last night, I had a meeting with two members of the families who were bereaved at Ballymurphy. - Speech Link
2: Bob Stewart (CON - Beckenham) About one third of my platoon were hurt, either with broken legs or with burns from petrol bombs. - Speech Link
3: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) I understand that Lord Saville spent £175 each night on his hotel. - Speech Link
4: Mark Durkan (SDLP - Foyle) the words of the Prime Minister in his conversation with Lord Widgery—that went out through British embassies - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Finance Bill - Mon 26 Jul 2010
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Lord Spicer (CON - Life peer) In 1974 I was still running a semi-respectable econometric forecasting company—the noble Lord, Lord Burns - Speech Link
2: Lord Blackwell (CON - Life peer) diplomatic posts and compare that with the amount of money that we put into supporting our own commercial embassies - Speech Link
3: Lord Skidelsky (CB - Life peer) Do businessmen wake up in the night, thinking, “God, how large the deficit is! - Speech Link