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Lords Chamber
BBC Charter - Wed 12 Oct 2016
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Lord Patten of Barnes (CON - Life peer) It was a scandal to do it like that and I hope that in future, the licence fee can be settled after a - Speech Link
2: Baroness Kidron (CB - Life peer) before the European referendum. - Speech Link
3: Lord Best (CB - Life peer) in making a recommendation on the level of the licence fee based on proper evidence. - Speech Link
4: Lord Maclennan of Rogart (LDEM - Life peer) The average is eight and a half hours of TV and 10 hours of BBC radio. - Speech Link
5: Lord Foster of Bath (LDEM - Life peer) for both policy and funding of free TV licences for the over-75s—a more than 25% cut in licence fee - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Outcome of the European Union Referendum - Tue 05 Jul 2016
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Lord Knight of Weymouth (LAB - Life peer) On-demand TV has moved many away from watching the national news. - Speech Link
2: Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames (LDEM - Life peer) that a non-binding referendum can take the final decision away from this Parliament. - Speech Link
3: Viscount Trenchard (CON - Excepted Hereditary) vote or a referendum on the terms of our departure. - Speech Link
4: Lord Naseby (CON - Life peer) The Prime Minister decided for his own reasons to call a non-binding referendum. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Defending Public Services - Mon 23 May 2016
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Sharon Hodgson (LAB - Washington and Sunderland West) That is a clear attack on the BBC’s independence and its ability to hold the Government to account. - Speech Link
2: Paul Maynard (CON - Blackpool North and Cleveleys) Social isolation is the key predictor of future ill health and therefore future demand on the health - Speech Link
3: Nigel Huddleston (CON - Mid Worcestershire) , TV, print and online. - Speech Link
4: Maria Eagle (LAB - Garston and Halewood) of the EU referendum, and it showed. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Anti-corruption Summit - Tue 03 May 2016
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Nigel Mills (CON - Amber Valley) As co-chair of the all-party group on anti-corruption, I was keen to hold this debate so we can air the - Speech Link
2: Margaret Hodge (LAB - Barking) government official to get a licence; and one an overseas student bribing a lecturer. - Speech Link
3: Catherine McKinnell (LAB - Newcastle upon Tyne North) Under UK law, it is extremely difficult to hold a company criminally liable for the actions of its employees - Speech Link
4: Patrick Grady (IND - Glasgow North) we approach the EU referendum, it is worth reflecting on the benefits of EU membership to global anti-corruption - Speech Link
5: John Penrose (CON - Weston-super-Mare) People cannot be sure that what they see on their TV screens and hear from their leaders or, indeed, - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Trade Union Bill
Ping Pong: House of Commons - Wed 27 Apr 2016
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Nick Boles (IND - Grantham and Stamford) that it did get hold of any document.The hon. - Speech Link
2: Dawn Butler (LAB - Brent Central) party, but in “The X Factor” and various other TV shows. - Speech Link
3: Greg Mulholland (LDEM - Leeds North West) vote—an “in” vote—in the EU referendum. - Speech Link
4: Kevan Jones (LAB - North Durham) got because of the EU referendum, we are in a good place. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
BBC Charter Review (Communications Committee Report) - Thu 21 Apr 2016
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Lord Puttnam (LAB - Life peer) The future should not—in fact, the future cannot—be simply a version of business as usual. - Speech Link
2: Lord Foster of Bath (LDEM - Life peer) licence fee to fund free TV licences for the over-75s. - Speech Link
3: Lord Hart of Chilton (LAB - Life peer) Laughter and the absurd is part of the glue binding us together and a feature of a civilised society. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury (LDEM - Life peer) , and, as I understand it, the Minister has confirmed that the Government intend to hold debates on - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Energy Bill [Lords] - Mon 18 Jan 2016
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Margaret Greenwood (LAB - Wirral West) Resources has been granted a licence for the Dee estuary, which runs along the side of the constituency - Speech Link
2: James Cartlidge (CON - South Suffolk) We had all that passion from the SNP at the referendum about Scotland. - Speech Link
3: Stephen Kinnock (LAB - Aberavon) leader on climate change is under threat, and we now face an uphill battle to meet our legally binding - Speech Link
4: Peter Aldous (CON - Waveney) It will give the jobs on which the industry depends the best chance of a secure future in what are very - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
BBC: Finance and Independence - Thu 10 Sep 2015
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Lord Low of Dalston (CB - Life peer) Two per cent of the licence fee spent on TV entertainment provides 4% of all the time audiences spend - Speech Link
2: Lord Black of Brentwood (CON - Life peer) market impact assessments of pre-existing and future initiatives; establish a binding commitment to - Speech Link
3: Lord Hannay of Chiswick (CB - Life peer) The BBC was a key part of that conclusion.First, on the issue of wider consultation about the BBC’s future - Speech Link
4: Lord Stevenson of Balmacara (LAB - Life peer) It may well be that in the future we need to reconsider the licence fee, and the idea of a household - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation - Tue 14 Jul 2015
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Mhairi Black (SNP - Paisley and Renfrewshire South) I mention it in order to hold a mirror to the face of a party that seems to have forgotten the very people - Speech Link
2: Martyn Day (SNP - Linlithgow and East Falkirk) The House may think that, following last year’s referendum, it is my right hon. - Speech Link
3: Robert Flello (LAB - Stoke-on-Trent South) This was not a Budget for the future of Britain. My right hon. - Speech Link
4: Geraint Davies (LAB - Swansea West) the withdrawal of BBC funding will hit them through the licence fee.The Sheriff of Nottingham is also - Speech Link
5: Rachael Maskell (LAB - York Central) rail hub of the future. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Education and Adoption Bill - Mon 22 Jun 2015
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Baroness Morgan of Cotes (CON - Life peer) binding contract known as a funding agreement. - Speech Link
2: Valerie Vaz (LAB - Walsall South) It is the governors who have a say on how a school is run, who hold a head to account and who are critical - Speech Link
3: Christian Matheson (LAB - City of Chester) sounds like a licence for workplace bullying. - Speech Link
4: Clive Lewis (LAB - Norwich South) they sit on, but an attack on the values that we on both sides of the House should hold dear—the values - Speech Link