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Lords Chamber
News Broadcasting: Regulation - Thu 14 Mar 2024
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Lord McNally (LD - Life peer) In the United States there is no impartiality governance framework round the media. - Speech Link
2: Lord Inglewood (Non-affiliated - Excepted Hereditary) things, which is right and proper and must continue because, as Thomas Jefferson said, the price of freedom - Speech Link
3: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green - Life peer) Boy, there has been a lot of water under the bridge in our media since then. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury (LD - Life peer) Conservative Home Secretary, Ofcom’s CEO said that rules around impartiality“require us to prioritise freedom - Speech Link
5: Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Con - Life peer) decision, Ofcom is required by legislation to strike a balance between ensuring an appropriate level of freedom - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Extremism Definition and Community Engagement - Thu 14 Mar 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Michael Gove (Con - Surrey Heath) Freedom of expression, freedom of religion and belief, the rule of law, democracy and equal rights—these - Speech Link
2: Kit Malthouse (Con - North West Hampshire) blacklist will have a chilling impact more widely on their place in society; from financial services to the media - Speech Link
3: Stewart Hosie (SNP - Dundee East) radicalised not simply by shadowy organisations on the dark web, but at least in part by the mainstream media - Speech Link
4: Michael Gove (Con - Surrey Heath) I am grateful to many media outlets for shining a light on extremism, from the BBC to The Times. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
United Kingdom: Union - Thu 14 Mar 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Lord McInnes of Kilwinning (Con - Life peer) of the noble Baroness, Lady Foster of Aghadrumsee, who, despite the excitement of much of the London media - Speech Link
2: Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee (Non-affiliated - Life peer) The narrative from media is that we should engage with the conversation because change is coming.We should - Speech Link
3: Lord Godson (Con - Life peer) It was only after the proposal came under media scrutiny that in 2020 the Government of the Republic - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill
Report stage - Wed 13 Mar 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Baroness Stowell of Beeston (Con - Life peer) Freedom of the press means freedom from government: the freedom of the media to scrutinise and hold to - Speech Link
2: Lord Clement-Jones (LD - Life peer) Given the importance of pluralism and freedom of speech in our media, the thought of foreign Governments - Speech Link
3: Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Con - Life peer) Bill and others.Media freedom depends on having a plurality of media through which the public can access - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Sport: Gambling Advertising - Wed 13 Mar 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Ronnie Cowan (SNP - Inverclyde) the tried and tested methods of leaflets, door knocking, newsletters, hustings, radio, TV and social media - Speech Link
2: Iain Duncan Smith (Con - Chingford and Woodford Green) That would perhaps ensure that social media and online marketing can be effectively regulated.I am not - Speech Link
3: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Some of the steps taken to combat this include regulating ads on social media and restricting betting - Speech Link
4: Stuart Andrew (Con - Pudsey) The smartphone era comes with risks and opportunities, so we need to strike the balance between freedom - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
5G Masts: Greater Manchester - Wed 13 Mar 2024
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Jim McMahon (LAB - Oldham West and Royton) rests with BT Openreach; in areas such as ours, where there is cable, it does not rest with Virgin Media - Speech Link
2: Jim McMahon (LAB - Oldham West and Royton) vinyl-wrapping some of the cabinets that cannot be moved to commemorate the sacrifice people made for our freedom - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Victims and Prisoners Bill
Committee stage - Tue 12 Mar 2024
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Lord Hope of Craighead (XB - Life peer) However, there was, in my time, a very well-organised and properly funded training for freedom programme - Speech Link
2: Lord Clarke of Nottingham (Con - Life peer) It is, straightforwardly, fear of public opinion, fear of the media—in particular of the tabloid press - Speech Link
3: Lord Clarke of Nottingham (Con - Life peer) The reality is that they contemplate the appalling reaction that they would get in the media, the public - Speech Link
4: Lord Bellamy (Con - Life peer) that these risks are very difficult for any responsible Government to take, irrespective of what the media - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Victims and Prisoners Bill - Tue 12 Mar 2024
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Lord Bellamy (Con - Life peer) It is not a question of being frightened of the media or of cowering in fear of the Daily Mail; it is - Speech Link
2: Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd (XB - Life peer) I hope it can be corrected, because the protection of your liberty and your freedom to do what you do - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Prisons and Probation: Foreign National Offenders - Tue 12 Mar 2024
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Alex Chalk (Con - Cheltenham) I believe that would have been a grave mistake, shattering a fundamental British freedom and dismantling - Speech Link
2: Shabana Mahmood (Lab - Birmingham, Ladywood) —[Official Report, 16 October 2023; Vol. 738, c. 59-60.]Last month we learned from a leak to the media - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Budget Resolutions - Tue 12 Mar 2024
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Barry Sheerman (LAB - Huddersfield) arms and by encroaching on territory across Europe, but through his pernicious ability to use social media - Speech Link
2: Nickie Aiken (Con - Cities of London and Westminster) We must see more of this type of project, and freedom and flexibility must be given to the public sector - Speech Link