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Commons Chamber
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill
2nd reading: House of Commons - Mon 11 Sep 2017
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Robert Syms (CON - Poole) a referendum, which was reneged on by the then Government. - Speech Link
2: Paul Farrelly (LAB - Newcastle-under-Lyme) monarchy—that a Minister of the Crown will have the power to issue regulations, which could not be changed - Speech Link
3: Ed Davey (LDEM - Kingston and Surbiton) Allowing the Government these additional powers is tantamount to the temporary abolition of this House - Speech Link
4: Nick Thomas-Symonds (LAB - Torfaen) She gave a speech at the Institute of Directors on 17 May 2016, about a month before the referendum. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
International Day of Democracy - Wed 06 Sep 2017
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Stuart C McDonald (SNP - Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East) By way of a very immediate example, Iraqi Kurdistan will hold an independence referendum on 25 September - Speech Link
2: Tommy Sheppard (SNP - Edinburgh East) My personal view on the issue of the monarchy is that we need to review the relationship between the - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
House of Lords Reform Bill [HL] - Fri 03 Feb 2017
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (GRN - Life peer) Act, by the abolition of the right of the majority of hereditary Peers to sit in the House of Lords. - Speech Link
2: Lord Norton of Louth (CON - Life peer) It refers to a form of government other than that of monarchy or aristocracy. - Speech Link
3: Lord Scriven (LDEM - Life peer) I think a second elected Chamber could increase democracy, hold the Executive more to account and give - Speech Link
4: Baroness Smith of Basildon (LAB - Life peer) We have seen the result of the Brexit referendum where a decision was made. - Speech Link
5: Lord Young of Cookham (CON - Life peer) result of the EU referendum. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Higher Education and Research Bill
2nd reading (Hansard): House of Lords - Tue 06 Dec 2016
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Lord Storey (LDEM - Life peer) Brexit, when universities now face even greater uncertainties as a result of that referendum? - Speech Link
2: Lord Waldegrave of North Hill (CON - Life peer) this House, the Church and the monarchy. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Rebuck (LAB - Life peer) on the lack of career advice to 16 year-olds.To sum up, I believe that universities must hold on to the - Speech Link
4: Lord Macdonald of River Glaven (CB - Life peer) impacting on the independence of universities to the extent of their abolition through the removal of - Speech Link
5: Lord Hannay of Chiswick (CB - Life peer) There is already plenty of anecdotal evidence of the negative impact of the referendum on the international - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
House of Lords Act 1999 (Amendment) Bill [HL] - Fri 09 Sep 2016
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Cormack (CON - Life peer) We live in a hereditary monarchy and we have two hereditary officers of state who attend your Lordships - Speech Link
2: Lord Mancroft (CON - Excepted Hereditary) One of the most unpleasant features of the recent referendum debate was the patent rubbish spouted on - Speech Link
3: Lord Bowness (CB - Life peer) The abolition of the by-elections to replace the 90 would do almost nothing to solve the problems. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen (Non-affiliated - Life peer) the result of the EU referendum on 23 June.However, that does not mean we should not continue to work - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Debate on the Address - Wed 18 May 2016
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Jeremy Corbyn (IND - Islington North) The Government are penalising students, announcing the abolition of maintenance grants last year and - Speech Link
2: David Cameron (CON - Witney) that the monarchy “call it a day” when the Queen completes her reign. - Speech Link
3: David Amess (CON - Southend West) serves as a timely reminder to all of us of just how fortunate we are to have a monarchy, rather than - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Lord Best (CB - Life peer) inform, educate, entertain and reflect”.We went on to propose the abolition of the cumbersome purpose - Speech Link
2: Lord Fowler (CB - Life peer) needs either fundamental reform or total abolition. - Speech Link
3: Lord Bragg (LAB - Life peer) We see the monarchy, under Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, as a symbol of public service. - Speech Link
4: Lord Williams of Baglan (CB - Life peer) at the spectre of our pending referendum, we can ill afford to see the BBC retreat.I commend the Government - Speech Link
5: 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


Lords Chamber
Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting - Thu 17 Dec 2015
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Uddin (Non-affiliated - Life peer) I was reminded in August as we passed the 182nd anniversary of the introduction of the Slavery Abolition - Speech Link
2: Lord Chidgey (LDEM - Life peer) the protection of women; the abolition of FGM; her commitment to LGBT rights; and fighting climate change - Speech Link
3: Lord Collins of Highbury (LAB - Life peer) I hope she will not hold my efforts in Hornsey and Wood Green on election day against me—nevertheless - Speech Link
4: Baroness Anelay of St Johns (CON - Life peer) the passage of the European Union Referendum Act. - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Baroness Bakewell (LAB - Life peer) fee outdated and in need, if not of outright abolition, of severe control. - Speech Link
2: Lord Low of Dalston (CB - Life peer) to get hold of an accessible copy of the DCMS’s consultation document, but I do not really need to read - Speech Link
3: Earl of Clancarty (CB - Excepted Hereditary) In criticising coverage of the EU referendum, the Culture Secretary is doing in a sense no more than - Speech Link
4: Lord MacKenzie of Culkein (LAB - Life peer) Their perceived grievances, blaming the BBC for their losing the referendum, are like a running sore - Speech Link
5: Baroness Neville-Rolfe (CON - Life peer) and other great British things—for me, those include the countryside and the monarchy. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
European Union Referendum Bill - Mon 07 Sep 2015
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Bernard Jenkin (CON - Harwich and North Essex) of Government in an unrestricted way, which is what the abolition of purdah would mean? - Speech Link
2: Alex Salmond (SNP - Gordon) This ignores the fact that the monarchy in its present state was formed a century before the treaty of - Speech Link
3: Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh (SNP - Ochil and South Perthshire) Then, he caved in on the timing of the poll, after his attempt to hold it on the same day as the Scottish - Speech Link
4: Michael Ellis (CON - Northampton North) It boils down to the fact that the Government are honouring a commitment to hold a referendum on our - Speech Link
5: None to “Gibraltar public funds” into a provision that allows designated organisations to hold public referendum - Speech Link