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Lords Chamber
Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill
Committee stage - Wed 01 May 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Baroness Thornhill (LD - Life peer) We feel that it is time that the Government really stepped up and gripped this problem comprehensively - Speech Link
2: None Have we now run out of time, or can the Minister report some success, not for the first time, in convincing - Speech Link
3: Lord Truscott (Non-affiliated - Life peer) That is enough time even for this Government, and if not them, then certainly for the next one.No other - Speech Link
4: None My first example is relatively positive. - Speech Link
5: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green - Life peer) across the Committee.I want to pick up a point made by the noble Baroness, Lady Hayter, about how both buyers - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill
Consideration of Lords amendments - Tue 30 Apr 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Chris Bryant (Lab - Rhondda) Well, we have moved on and it is about time the Government moved on—in fact I look forward to the day - Speech Link
2: Sharon Hodgson (Lab - Washington and Sunderland West) my friend and co-chair of the all-party parliamentary group on ticket abuse Lord Moynihan, with the assistance - Speech Link
3: Sharon Hodgson (Lab - Washington and Sunderland West) So yes, it is time we sorted it out. - Speech Link
4: None I have to say that, even with assistance from younger members of my family, I have personally failed - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Natalie Elphicke (Con - Dover) That shift needs to be addressed by building more homes—affordable homes and for first-time buyers—and - Speech Link
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Commons Chamber
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
Consideration of Lords messageConsideration of Lords Message - Mon 15 Apr 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Michael Tomlinson (Con - Mid Dorset and North Poole) Once again, I reassure Parliament that once the UK special forces and Afghan relocations and assistance - Speech Link
2: Stephen Kinnock (Lab - Aberavon) It is just over two years to the day since the Rwanda scheme was first announced from the Government - Speech Link
3: Alison Thewliss (SNP - Glasgow Central) is a complete waste of time and money. - Speech Link
4: Diana Johnson (Lab - Kingston upon Hull North) Rwandan housing estate initially earmarked for migrants relocated from the UK have been sold to local buyers - Speech Link
5: Margaret Greenwood (Lab - Wirral West) There is still time for the Government to drop this horrendous Bill. I urge them to do so. - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Automated Vehicles Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)
Committee stage: 1st sitting - Tue 19 Mar 2024
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: None As time goes on and the technology progresses, what is acceptable to the Government and the public may - Speech Link
2: Anthony Browne (Con - South Cambridgeshire) It is highly unlikely that we will get this right first time and that it will never be changed, but I - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Animal Welfare (Import of Dogs, Cats and Ferrets) Bill
2nd reading - Fri 15 Mar 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Selaine Saxby (Con - North Devon) The Bill provides that the prohibitions must be enacted the first time the enabling power is used in - Speech Link
2: Simon Lightwood (LAB - Wakefield) Labour’s Animal Welfare Act 2006 saw, for the first time, animal owners responsible for ensuring that - Speech Link
3: Seema Malhotra (LAB - Feltham and Heston) There should be enough Government time to necessitate this. - Speech Link
4: James Wild (Con - North West Norfolk) Gangs promote fashionable breeds, buyers are misled about the animal’s background, and many buyers are - Speech Link
5: Steve Reed (LAB - Croydon North) Friend the Member for West Lancashire (Ashley Dalton) reminded us—or told us for the first time if we - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Housing: Young People - Thu 14 Mar 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Baroness Donaghy (Lab - Life peer) The average age of first-time buyers is increasing—last year, it was 33.5 years —while 58% of first-time - Speech Link
2: Lord Jackson of Peterborough (Con - Life peer) , especially first-time buyers”. - Speech Link
3: Lord Shipley (LD - Life peer) The number of first-time buyers fell to a 10-year low in 2023, partly due to the cost of mortgages. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Scott of Bybrook (Con - Life peer) One key programme to note, shared ownership, is a unique scheme targeted at first-time buyers. - Speech Link
5: Baroness Scott of Bybrook (Con - Life peer) Furthermore, our First Homes scheme offers first-time buyers under the age of 40 a minimum 30% discount - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Farming - Mon 04 Mar 2024
Wales Office

Mentions:
1: Bill Wiggin (Con - North Herefordshire) He was a first-class Deputy Chief Whip in the coalition Government. - Speech Link
2: Steven Bonnar (SNP - Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill) Why, despite having four Prime Ministers in that time, was the current Prime Minister the first in 28 - Speech Link
3: Daniel Zeichner (Lab - Cambridge) where a point was strongly made that Labour’s Joe Morris recently reinforced to me: we have too many buyers - Speech Link
4: Robbie Moore (Con - Keighley) They include attachés in Europe for the first time, and we are strengthening our engagement in other - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill
Report stage - Tue 27 Feb 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Lee Rowley (Con - North East Derbyshire) That is bad for everyone, but it is notable that first-time buyers constitute nearly 50% of leaseholders - Speech Link
2: Priti Patel (Con - Witham) I have met so many first-time buyers in my constituency who are trapped, because they are stuck in a - Speech Link
3: Lee Rowley (Con - North East Derbyshire) As she says, it is vital that we give people who have made such sacrifices in order to achieve first-time - Speech Link
4: Stephen Timms (Lab - East Ham) I hope that makes the case for this change clear.I am grateful to the Minister for his assistance with - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill
Committee stage - Wed 07 Feb 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Lord Offord of Garvel (Con - Life peer) I will first briefly address the government amendments, and the other amendments in my closing remarks.Amendment - Speech Link
2: Lord Holmes of Richmond (Con - Life peer) As this is the first time I have spoken on day six in Committee, I restate my technology interests, as - Speech Link
3: Lord Moynihan (Con - Excepted Hereditary) market, because the ticket touts are confident that they will be able to get them and then, as preferred buyers - Speech Link