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Lords Chamber
Victims and Prisoners Bill
Committee stage - Mon 05 Feb 2024
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Lord Russell of Liverpool (XB - Excepted Hereditary) departments trying to ignore one another, and, above all, like a department doing everything it can - Speech Link
2: Baroness Brinton (LD - Life peer) One of my concerns is that a lot of different departments of government or agencies are trying to create - Speech Link
3: Baroness Lister of Burtersett (Lab - Life peer) the Commons, Sarah Champion suggested that it was due to the hostile environment towards people from overseas - Speech Link
4: Earl Howe (Con - Excepted Hereditary) I believe that our doing so sent a clear message, not only within the UK but overseas, that Britain is - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Hospitality Sector: Fiscal Support - Wed 31 Jan 2024
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Tim Farron (LD - Westmorland and Lonsdale) The nature of tourism and hospitality is that our competitors are overseas, so this unfair playing field - Speech Link
2: Priti Patel (Con - Witham) We need a tax system that supports tourism and hospitality.I am a great believer in encouraging overseas - Speech Link
3: John Nicolson (SNP - Ochil and South Perthshire) Well, it is now up to its oxters in Brexit Kool-Aid, too. - Speech Link
4: Nigel Huddleston (Con - Mid Worcestershire) Again, these are ongoing conversations across multiple Government Departments. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
International Freedom of Religion or Belief Bill
2nd reading - Fri 26 Jan 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Fiona Bruce (Con - Congleton) Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief with appropriate resources and authority to work across FCO departments - Speech Link
2: Jack Brereton (Con - Stoke-on-Trent South) Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief with appropriate resources and authority to work across FCO departments - Speech Link
3: Gavin Robinson (DUP - Belfast East) It is no surprise that that interest leads to our aid contributions and humanitarianism across the world - Speech Link
4: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) Minister on progress, in addition to providing ad hoc reports on important issues arising, or following overseas - Speech Link
5: Fiona Bruce (Con - Congleton) It was Lord Alton who first took me to a meeting of Aid to the Church in Need, where I heard at first - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Wed 24 Jan 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: John Lamont (Con - Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk) Departments to consider the issues around wrongful convictions. - Speech Link
2: Alyn Smith (SNP - Stirling) What recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on promoting Scotland overseas. - Speech Link
3: Alyn Smith (SNP - Stirling) to promote ourselves overseas for the sake of our economy and our society. - Speech Link
4: Rishi Sunak (Con - Richmond (Yorks)) corridors so that we can increase the supply of aid getting to those who desperately need it. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Girlguiding UK: British Overseas Territories - Tue 23 Jan 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Other Government Departments must have input into it as well.I have also been contacted by a number of - Speech Link
2: Caroline Nokes (Con - Romsey and Southampton North) The only other thing that has stuck with me is my first aid badge, which could probably do with a bit - Speech Link
3: Stuart Andrew (Con - Pudsey) The 2012 overseas territories White Paper sets out that Government Departments“engage with and support - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
AI Scams: Consumer Protection - Mon 22 Jan 2024
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Mentions:
1: Dean Russell (Con - Watford) experienced by UK victims could have an international component, either involving offenders in the UK and overseas - Speech Link
2: Saqib Bhatti (Con - Meriden) includes benefits for fraud prevention, on which we are working closely with the Home Office and other Departments - Speech Link
3: Saqib Bhatti (Con - Meriden) and the Home Office.DSIT has already published best practices relating to AI identifiers, which can aid - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
COP10: WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control - Thu 18 Jan 2024
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Andrew Lewer (Con - Northampton South) Speaking as a long-standing local government man—and I am still vice president of the Local Government - Speech Link
2: Virendra Sharma (Lab - Ealing, Southall) I want the Government to stand by these arguments. - Speech Link
3: Andrea Leadsom (Con - South Northamptonshire) We will also provide vapes as a quit aid to those who want to stop smoking.As colleagues will know, I - Speech Link
4: Andrea Leadsom (Con - South Northamptonshire) firm belief is that our policy could save countless lives in this country and, through our example, overseas - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Climate Change: Impact on Developing Nations - Thu 11 Jan 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Hannay of Chiswick (XB - Life peer) the government structures for handling our overseas aid. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Blackstone (Lab - Life peer) Will the Government close this loophole and allocate the resulting savings to development aid to counter - Speech Link
3: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green - Life peer) The Government then, in responding to that, committed to“ensure all new UK bilateral aid spending does - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 09 Jan 2024
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Alex Chalk (Con - Cheltenham) Departments and so on. - Speech Link
2: Mike Freer (Con - Finchley and Golders Green) Last year we spent £1 billion on civil legal aid to support the most vulnerable, and we recognise the - Speech Link
3: Alex Chalk (Con - Cheltenham) Rights Act, including through the Illegal Migration Act 2023, the Victims and Prisoners Bill and the Overseas - Speech Link
4: Stuart C McDonald (SNP - Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East) Any old Government—even a crumbling Tory Government—can rip up fundamental rights without constraint, - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Data Protection and Digital Information Bill
2nd reading - Tue 19 Dec 2023
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Mentions:
1: Lord Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham (Bshp - Bishops) Thirdly, we emphasised the Nolan principles as an aid to the public use of data. - Speech Link
2: Lord Sikka (Lab - Life peer) their savings which push them over the benefit eligibility threshold, or when people spend more time overseas - Speech Link
3: Lord Holmes of Richmond (Con - Life peer) Also, is what is set out in the Bill coherent with other government work in other departments on digital - Speech Link
4: Lord Clement-Jones (LD - Life peer) ICO to facilitate its investigations, and increases the frustration of UK businesses in dealing with overseas - Speech Link