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Grand Committee
Pakistan: UK Aid - Thu 25 Apr 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Alton of Liverpool (XB - Life peer) animals in detention centres in other countries, which my noble friend Lady Cox and I have seen at first - Speech Link
2: Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee (Non-affiliated - Life peer) My Lords, first, I agree with that last sentiment concerning the Minister. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Cox (XB - Life peer) First, they recommend the use of the percentage of official aid for minorities mainly for education and - Speech Link
4: Lord Bishop of Guildford (Bshp - Bishops) First, UK aid should include religious minorities in the list of marginalised communities within Pakistan - Speech Link
5: Lord Bishop of Leicester (Bshp - Bishops) First, there are many possibilities for how our aid budget might be targeted and I dare to suggest that - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Defence Spending - Thu 25 Apr 2024
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: None This week we have committed an extra £500 million of military aid to Ukraine for this year, bringing - Speech Link
2: None We must spend more because defence of the realm is the first duty of every Government. - Speech Link
3: Earl of Minto (Con - Excepted Hereditary) If you look at where the investment focus is within the next few years, you find that, first, it is on - Speech Link
4: Lord West of Spithead (Lab - Life peer) I ask the Minister to go back to the MoD and ask, as one of the first little kick-starters of money, - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Affordable Housing: Supply - Thu 25 Apr 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Baroness Warwick of Undercliffe (Lab - Life peer) Women’s Aid points to the lack of affordable housing as a primary barrier to those escaping abuse.Yet - Speech Link
2: Lord Griffiths of Burry Port (Lab - Life peer) I received, as I am sure we all have, briefings ahead of this debate—for example, from Women’s Aid—about - Speech Link
3: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) There will be first dibs for first-time buyers, and support for younger people by giving them the first - Speech Link
4: Baroness Swinburne (Con - Life peer) the sectors, including construction, to £2.7 billion in the 2024-25 period.On the report from Women’s Aid - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 25 Apr 2024
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Nickie Aiken (Con - Cities of London and Westminster) May I first pay tribute to Lord Field? - Speech Link
2: Liam Byrne (Lab - Birmingham, Hodge Hill) We therefore held our first hearing on licensing arms exports to Israel yesterday. - Speech Link
3: Matt Rodda (Lab - Reading East) First, may I offer my deepest condolences to Frank Field’s family? - Speech Link
4: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) She will know that the Deputy Foreign Secretary has been very concerned about ensuring that there is aid - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2024 - Thu 25 Apr 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Kennedy of Southwark (Lab - Life peer) My Lords, I will respond to the Minister’s statement by first thanking our intelligence, security and - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Universal Credit: Farmers - Wed 24 Apr 2024
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Rather than making farming viable, the Government aid through the universal credit system may put people - Speech Link
2: Wendy Chamberlain (LD - North East Fife) That is arguably one of the reasons why some farmers need extra support in the first instance. - Speech Link
3: Wendy Chamberlain (LD - North East Fife) minimum income floor is a blunt tool that is doing more harm than good.My final point is similar to my first - Speech Link
4: Jo Churchill (Con - Bury St Edmunds) First, let me put it on record that the Government recognise the vital contribution of farmers to the - Speech Link
5: Jo Churchill (Con - Bury St Edmunds) The Government stand by these reforms, which were first introduced in 2013. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Family Reunion Visas: Gaza - Wed 24 Apr 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Blower (Lab - Life peer) opening question, my noble friend Lord Dubs specifically used the word “temporary”, and then prayed in aid - Speech Link
2: Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone (Con - Life peer) He was my first boss; he paid me £12 a week—I was overpaid. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Renters (Reform) Bill
Report stage - Wed 24 Apr 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Matthew Pennycook (Lab - Greenwich and Woolwich) First, the Government have had five years, since they first made the commitment to abolish section 21 - Speech Link
2: None been caused—this is something the Government have to take on board—through the withdrawal of legal aid - Speech Link
3: Helen Hayes (Lab - Dulwich and West Norwood) Legal aid lawyers in my constituency who work in the courts speak of the chaos, the crumbling infrastructure - Speech Link
4: None Brought up, read the First and Second time, and added to the Bill. - Speech Link
5: None Brought up, read the First and Second time, and added to the Bill. - Speech Link
6: None Brought up, read the First and Second time, and added to the Bill. - Speech Link
7: None Brought up, read the First and Second time, and added to the Bill. - Speech Link
8: None Brought up, read the First and Second time, and added to the Bill. - Speech Link
9: None Brought up, read the First and Second time, and added to the Bill. - Speech Link
10: None Brought up, read the First and Second time, and added to the Bill. - Speech Link
11: None Brought up, read the First and Second time, and added to the Bill. - Speech Link
12: None Brought up, read the First and Second time, and added to the Bill. - Speech Link
13: None Brought up, read the First and Second time, and added to the Bill. - Speech Link
14: None Brought up, read the First and Second time, and added to the Bill. - Speech Link
15: None Brought up, read the First and Second time, and added to the Bill. - Speech Link
16: None Brought up, read the First and Second time, and added to the Bill. - Speech Link
17: None Brought up, read the First and Second time, and added to the Bill. - Speech Link
18: None Brought up, read the First and Second time, and added to the Bill. - Speech Link
19: None Brought up, read the First and Second time, and added to the Bill. - Speech Link
20: None Brought up, read the First and Second time, and added to the Bill. - Speech Link
21: None Brought up, read the First and Second time, and added to the Bill. - Speech Link
22: None Brought up, read the First and Second time, and added to the Bill. - Speech Link
23: None Brought up, read the First and Second time, and added to the Bill. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Defence Spending - Wed 24 Apr 2024
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Grant Shapps (Con - Welwyn Hatfield) This week we have committed an extra £500 million of military aid to Ukraine for this year, bringing - Speech Link
2: John Healey (Lab - Wentworth and Dearne) welcome in it and more widely today, with the US Congress finally passing the Bill for more military aid - Speech Link
3: Grant Shapps (Con - Welwyn Hatfield) First, I assure the hon. - Speech Link
4: Grant Shapps (Con - Welwyn Hatfield) We have just made our seventh or eighth drop of food aid into Gaza, using the RAF. - Speech Link
5: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) I also thank them for committing an extra £500 million of aid for Ukraine, which is important. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Partner and Spousal Visas: Minimum Income - Tue 23 Apr 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Paul Blomfield (Lab - Sheffield Central) First, the Government announced that they were more than doubling the threshold to £38,700 by spring - Speech Link
2: Tim Farron (LD - Westmorland and Lonsdale) That is the first question I would like him to consider. - Speech Link
3: Stephen Kinnock (Lab - Aberavon) First, I want to thank my hon. - Speech Link
4: Stuart C McDonald (SNP - Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East) He prays in aid public opinion, but what research have the Government done on the proposals? - Speech Link
5: Tom Pursglove (Con - Corby) The first increase, to £29,000, came into force on 11 April. - Speech Link