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Grand Committee
Africa: Commercial Opportunities and Exports - Thu 12 Sep 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Lord Bruce of Bennachie (LD - Life peer) The incoming Government have made a similar pledge, but how will it be different this time? - Speech Link
2: Lord Swire (Con - Life peer) have already, but I have not noticed if so.We have ramped up our efforts in Africa big time. - Speech Link
3: Lord Mancroft (Con - Excepted Hereditary) I have therefore seen at first hand the respect with which my noble friend is held in the Government - Speech Link
4: Lord Leong (Lab - Life peer) questions.We are seeking to further growth here at home by facilitating trade contacts between African buyers - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Foreign Direct Investment to the UK - Tue 10 Sep 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Lord Leigh of Hurley (Con - Life peer) such, I have had a 35-year career in attracting investors into UK businesses, mainly from overseas buyers - Speech Link
2: Baroness Hamwee (LD - Life peer) Almost my first thought was immigration policy, including the visa regime. - Speech Link
3: Lord Johnson of Lainston (Con - Life peer) His review is unquestionably first class. - Speech Link
4: Lord Leong (Lab - Life peer) For higher-value investments, we offer bespoke assistance, including project and account management, - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Finance (No. 2) Bill (Except clauses 1 to 4, 12 and 13, and 19) - Tue 21 May 2024
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Nigel Huddleston (Con - Mid Worcestershire) First-time buyers’ relief from SDLT is available where an individual who has not previously owned a dwelling - Speech Link
2: James Murray (LAB - Ealing North) Does the Minister know why the Government at the time changed their mind? - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Finance (No. 2) Bill
Committee stage - Tue 21 May 2024
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Nigel Huddleston (Con - Mid Worcestershire) First-time buyers’ relief from SDLT is available where an individual who has not previously owned a dwelling - Speech Link
2: James Murray (LAB - Ealing North) Does the Minister know why the Government at the time changed their mind? - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Renters (Reform) Bill
2nd reading - Wed 15 May 2024
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Lord Best (XB - Life peer) buyers, to acquire existing properties. - Speech Link
2: Lord Adonis (Lab - Life peer) The state is going to have to become a major property developer again for the first time since the demise - Speech Link
3: Lord Cromwell (XB - Excepted Hereditary) They tell me that they assume landlords will sell up, perhaps to a first-time buyer, a local authority - Speech Link
4: Baroness Swinburne (Con - Life peer) We are also introducing the decent homes standard in the private rental sector for the first time, providing - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Defence - Tue 07 May 2024
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Grant Shapps (Con - Welwyn Hatfield) When the threat picture changes, the first duty of Government is to respond, which is why this Government - Speech Link
2: John Healey (Lab - Wentworth and Dearne) I welcome this defence debate in Government time. - Speech Link
3: Mark Francois (Con - Rayleigh and Wickford) due to be retired in the spring of next year and either cannibalised for parts or sold off to foreign buyers - Speech Link
4: Bernard Jenkin (Con - Harwich and North Essex) I very much welcome this defence debate in Government time but, as we run out of time, I am reminded - Speech Link
5: James Gray (Con - North Wiltshire) occasion, I think, on which the Government have given us a debate in Government time on the subject - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill
Committee stage - Wed 01 May 2024
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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
2: None Brought up, read the First and Second time, and added to the Bill. - Speech Link
3: None Brought up, read the First and Second time, and added to the Bill. - 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
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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


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