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Commons Chamber
Scotland Bill - Mon 06 Jul 2015
Scotland Office

Mentions:
1: Jacob Rees-Mogg (CON - North East Somerset) we have a monarchy that is funded to do what we want our monarchy to do. - Speech Link
2: Dominic Grieve (IND - Beaconsfield) In the light of last year’s referendum result, that is not what we are doing here. - Speech Link
3: Jacob Rees-Mogg (CON - North East Somerset) the monarchy as his successor. - Speech Link
4: Ian Murray (LAB - Edinburgh South) The abolition is vehemently opposed by the unions and the British Transport police, and their strong - Speech Link
5: Graham Allen (LAB - Nottingham North) arose from the referendum and the Smith process will feel that this House has cheated them out of a proper - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 16 Jun 2015
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: David Hanson (LAB - Delyn) If he will make representations to the Bank of England on the publication prior to the EU referendum - Speech Link
2: Bill Esterson (LAB - Sefton Central) Does he accept that that is a reason for bringing forward the date of the referendum as fast as possible - Speech Link
3: George Osborne (CON - Tatton) We have heard the argument over the past couple of years that the fact of having a referendum would put - Speech Link
4: George Osborne (CON - Tatton) 58% of Scots want a referendum and 63% of SNP supporters want a referendum. - Speech Link
5: George Osborne (CON - Tatton) This morning he called for the abolition of the monarchy, so he is making an interesting start to his - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
European Union Referendum Bill - Tue 09 Jun 2015
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Hammond of Runnymede (CON - Life peer) It sets in stone our commitment to hold the referendum before the end of 2017. - Speech Link
2: Owen Paterson (CON - North Shropshire) abolition of our national currency, while regulating the activities of campaigning organisations in - Speech Link
3: Lord Austin of Dudley (Non-affiliated - Life peer) have a referendum on our membership of the EU. - Speech Link
4: Alex Salmond (SNP - Gordon) The Prime Minister proposes to hold the referendum as a political tactic, and that is the contradiction - Speech Link
5: David Nuttall (CON - Bury North) the mechanism to hold the referendum. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Queen’s Speech - Wed 27 May 2015
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone (CON - Life peer) momentous year for the monarchy. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Royall of Blaisdon (LAB - Life peer) So did the hundreds of candidates up and down the country who put their lives on hold, as well as their - Speech Link
3: Baroness Stowell of Beeston (CON - Life peer) Then, we faced a once-in-a-generation referendum, when the people of Scotland clearly stated their view - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Devolution and the Union - Thu 20 Nov 2014
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Roger Godsiff (LAB - Birmingham, Hall Green) , would also have to decide on the role of the monarchy in the new constitutional settlement. - Speech Link
2: Alan Reid (LDEM - Argyll and Bute) I certainly agree that a constitutional convention is a good idea, but it must not hold up the present - Speech Link
3: Alan Reid (LDEM - Argyll and Bute) On the eve of the referendum, the leadership of the three main parties made a vow, and it is essential - Speech Link
4: Graham Allen (LAB - Nottingham North) on the day after the referendum. - Speech Link
5: Gerald Howarth (CON - Aldershot) I certainly do not want the abolition of the House of Lords, which is currently the repository of much - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Scotland: Independence Referendum - Thu 30 Jan 2014
Attorney General

Mentions:
1: Lord Gordon of Strathblane (LAB - Life peer) are having a referendum on independence. - Speech Link
2: Lord Cavendish of Furness (CON - Life peer) for me, I hold in my hand a £50 note. - Speech Link
3: Lord Sutherland of Houndwood (CB - Life peer) I also thank him for his analysis of what the future might hold and should hold. - Speech Link
4: Lord Trimble (CON - Life peer) I had not thought of that phrase, but it looked to me like a sort of dual monarchy. - Speech Link
5: Lord Wallace of Tankerness (LDEM - Life peer) This country led the way in the abolition of slavery. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Succession to the Crown Bill - Thu 28 Feb 2013
Attorney General

Mentions:
1: Lord True (CON - Life peer) on the same-sex marriage Bill, lest it be seen as an attempt to use the monarchy as a device to debate - Speech Link
2: Lord Forsyth of Drumlean (CON - Life peer) in the context of the monarchy. - Speech Link
3: Lord Stevenson of Balmacara (LAB - Life peer) , Lord Freeman and Lord Cormack, makes abolition of the Catholic marriage ban conditional on an agreement - Speech Link
4: Lord Trefgarne (CON - Excepted Hereditary) , and in some of them a referendum is also required. - Speech Link
5: Lord Wallace of Tankerness (LDEM - Life peer) and they have been given no indication by any realm that it intends to hold a referendum. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Scotland and the Union - Thu 29 Nov 2012
Scotland Office

Mentions:
1: None “notes that a referendum on separating Scotland from the rest of the UK will be held before the end of - Speech Link
2: Eleanor Laing (CON - Epping Forest) “notes that a referendum on separating Scotland from the rest of the UK will be held before the end of - Speech Link
3: Eleanor Laing (CON - Epping Forest) “notes that a referendum on separating Scotland from the rest of the UK will be held before the end of - Speech Link
4: Graeme Morrice (LAB - Livingston) union of Britain.With the Acts of Union in 1707, Scotland quickly took advantage of the abolition of - Speech Link
5: Lord Dodds of Duncairn (DUP - Life peer) Furthermore, of course, the union of the monarchy has been around for longer even than the political - Speech Link
6: John Robertson (LAB - Glasgow North West) Who would have thought that, 300 years on, we would be having a debate and a referendum on how we might - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
House of Lords Reform Bill - Mon 09 Jul 2012
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Nick Clegg (LDEM - Sheffield, Hallam) more important referendum taking place in this Parliament: the referendum on the future of the United - Speech Link
2: David Nuttall (CON - Bury North) How can the Deputy Prime Minister justify not holding a referendum on these proposals when a referendum - Speech Link
3: Sadiq Khan (LAB - Tooting) We gave the people of the north-east of England a referendum to vote on regional government —a proposal - Speech Link
4: Eleanor Laing (CON - Epping Forest) Democrats a permanent hold on the balance of power in the second Chamber. - Speech Link
5: Angela Smith (LDEM - Penistone and Stocksbridge) It remains a mystery to Opposition Members that the party that was so keen to hold a referendum on the - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Bank of England (Appointment of Governor) Bill - Fri 06 Jul 2012
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Brandon Lewis (CON - Great Yarmouth) the Government hold. - Speech Link
2: Lord Johnson of Marylebone (CON - Life peer) While Bagehot’s dictum,“We must not let daylight in upon magic”,applied initially to the monarchy, it - Speech Link
3: Matt Hancock (IND - West Suffolk) To support a Bill in which the ultimate safeguard is the abolition of the Select Committee system is - Speech Link
4: Matt Hancock (IND - West Suffolk) in November that there was to be a referendum on the bail-out package supported by the president of the - Speech Link