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Lords Chamber
Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 - Mon 15 Apr 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Lord Johnson of Lainston (Con - Life peer) regulator, can create the conditions for business confidence and investment, sensible risk-taking and - Speech Link
2: Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville (LD - Life peer) However, the order we are debating this evening from the Department for Business and Trade moves in the - Speech Link
3: Duke of Wellington (XB - Excepted Hereditary) Trade considers the water industry. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Iran and Israel - Mon 15 Apr 2024
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Baroness Smith of Basildon (Lab - Life peer) much of the international community. - Speech Link
2: Lord True (Con - Life peer) our international partners to develop that further. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Smith of Newnham (LD - Life peer) East, do we not need to think about ensuring that we are increasing our defence positions to support trade - Speech Link
4: Lord True (Con - Life peer) Under the new UAV trade prohibitions, it is illegal for a UK business, UK national or anyone in the UK - Speech Link
5: Lord True (Con - Life peer) MoD received an uplift of £24 billion in cash terms over four years, which was the biggest defence investment - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Data Protection and Digital Information Bill
Committee stage - Mon 15 Apr 2024
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Mentions:
1: None ; and(c) the international commitments the third country or international organisation concerned has - Speech Link
2: Lord Bethell (Con - Excepted Hereditary) investment in that important trade, we must curate and care for it in a way that instils trust and responsibility - Speech Link
3: None , including the protection of confidential information, in particular trade secrets, and maintaining - Speech Link
4: None In other words, is there a trade-off for CTP and the NCA between ease of collaboration with MI5 and a - Speech Link
5: None That would have a major impact on UK businesses in administrative costs alone, and would disrupt trade - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 - Mon 15 Apr 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Lord Leong (Lab - Life peer) Like the regulators, we want to support businesses and stimulate the vital investment needed to ensure - Speech Link
2: None the principles of international trade. - Speech Link
3: None and Trade—with, of course, a high degree of collaboration with officials from Defra and other departments - Speech Link
4: Lord Johnson of Lainston (Con - Life peer) This may include, but is not limited to, innovation, infrastructure and investment, competition, skills - Speech Link


Other Business
Arbitration Bill [HL]
Lords Special Public Bill Committee: Part 1 - Wed 27 Mar 2024
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Lord Bellamy (Con - Life peer) has underpinned the foremost position that we enjoy as a destination for international arbitration. - Speech Link
2: Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede (Lab - Life peer) effective and to maintain its competitive advantage in the international arena. - Speech Link
3: Lord Bellamy (Con - Life peer) learned Lord, Lord Thomas, about the bilateral investment treaty. - Speech Link
4: Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames (LD - Life peer) our competitive position in international circles in the field of arbitration. - Speech Link
5: Lord Bellamy (Con - Life peer) Association and the Grain and Feed Trade Association, as well as the Law Society and the Bar Council, - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill
3rd reading - Tue 26 Mar 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Con - Life peer) The UK remains one of the most open economies in the world, and investment is crucial to our plans for - Speech Link
2: Baroness Stowell of Beeston (Con - Life peer) Stage 2 is the exemption for investment in UK news from legitimate foreign state investment funds. - Speech Link
3: Lord Bassam of Brighton (Lab - Life peer) We have come to understand better just how complicated the terms of international trade are and how careful - Speech Link
4: Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Con - Life peer) She is right, as well, to make the distinction between foreign investment and foreign state investment - Speech Link
5: Lord Offord of Garvel (Con - Life peer) in the Department for Business and Trade, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, and - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill
2nd reading - Tue 26 Mar 2024
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Mentions:
1: Lord Lilley (Con - Life peer) If, in a crisis, a country has supplies of crude, it can trade it for other types of crude that work - Speech Link
2: Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (Green - Life peer) It does not matter from where on earth those fossil fuels are extracted or what the balance of trade - Speech Link
3: Baroness Young of Old Scone (Lab - Life peer) I do not accept the belief of the noble Lord, Lord Lilley, that we can force trade from having the wrong - Speech Link
4: Earl Russell (LD - Excepted Hereditary) It sows division and weakens our international reputation. - Speech Link
5: Lord Callanan (Con - Life peer) and leaves us less exposed to unpredictable international events. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Cybersecurity and UK Democracy - Tue 26 Mar 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: None We have seen this in China’s continued disregard for universal human rights and international commitments - Speech Link
2: None Our National Security and Investment Act 2021 has overhauled our scrutiny of investment into the United - Speech Link
3: Lord Alton of Liverpool (XB - Life peer) Relations and Defence Committee, on which I served, which examined the question of China trade and security - Speech Link
4: Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone (Con - Life peer) , and we believe that through trade comes more civilised relationships and wealth creation. - Speech Link
5: Baroness Neville-Rolfe (Con - Life peer) partners, and we are all working to have an open and stable international order in difficult circumstances - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Code of Practice on Dismissal and Re-Engagement - Mon 25 Mar 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Lord Offord of Garvel (Con - Life peer) In accordance with the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992, the Secretary of State - Speech Link
2: Lord Woodley (Lab - Life peer) rehire; and fails to include any measures (1) contained in the Employment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal - Speech Link
3: Lord Browne of Ladyton (Lab - Life peer) Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) Bill. - Speech Link
4: Lord Offord of Garvel (Con - Life peer) re-engagement and from a report from the International Labour Organization. - Speech Link
5: Lord Woodley (Lab - Life peer) for companies and for company survivals, and indeed to make sure that they had the right investment - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Mon 25 Mar 2024
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: James Heappey (Con - Wells) The Government are investing £1.95 billion extra in our resilience and readiness, but more than investment - Speech Link
2: Mark Pawsey (Con - Rugby) for Business and Trade. - Speech Link
3: Dave Doogan (SNP - Angus) If the UK finds, as the UN Secretary-General, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International did, that - Speech Link
4: James Cartlidge (Con - South Suffolk) That is why we put in extra investment of £400 million and announced a winter plan. - Speech Link
5: James Cartlidge (Con - South Suffolk) I am pleased to say that we held the first UK trade mission in December, and that there will be further - Speech Link