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Lords Chamber
Death of a Member: Lord Judge - Thu 09 Nov 2023
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Lord McFall of Alcluith (Lord Speaker - Life peer) , the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, and an active Member of this House—including, most recently - Speech Link
2: None They are among the many from every side of the House and every level and department of the House’s staff - Speech Link
3: Lord Bishop of Gloucester (Bshp - Bishops) of the Queen’s Bench Division and later as Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, or as a Member of - Speech Link
4: Lord Hendy (Lab - Life peer) the National Union of Mineworkers, and he was for the Union of Democratic Mineworkers. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
King’s Speech - Thu 09 Nov 2023
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Baroness Cumberlege (Con - Life peer) She has done a huge amount in the National Health Service. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Finn (Con - Life peer) the owners of more than 5 million homes across England and Wales that languish under leasehold covenants - Speech Link
3: Viscount Younger of Leckie (Con - Excepted Hereditary) that, other than in exceptional circumstances, every new house in England and Wales will be freehold - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Breaking Down Barriers to Opportunity - Wed 08 Nov 2023
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Gillian Keegan (Con - Chichester) In Labour-run Wales, attendance rates are still far behind those in England. - Speech Link
2: Gillian Keegan (Con - Chichester) While in England we have increased the number of teachers by 27,000, the numbers have fallen in Wales - Speech Link
3: Wendy Morton (Con - Aldridge-Brownhills) rate of offences across England and Wales, with 178 knife crimes per 100,000 of population. - Speech Link
4: Rob Butler (Con - Aylesbury) Council and a non-executive director of His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service. - Speech Link
5: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Britain and Northern Ireland; it is a barrier in Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland.Another - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
King’s Speech - Wed 08 Nov 2023
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede (Lab - Life peer) Where are the optimism, confidence and vision for our Probation Service, which is surely at the heart - Speech Link
2: Lord Beith (LD - Life peer) partly because the Probation Service is so badly understaffed. - Speech Link
3: Lord Kakkar (XB - Life peer) In 2017, he was appointed the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales. - Speech Link
4: Lord Patten (Con - Life peer) We have 270,000 Jews in England and Wales out of 58.6 million. - Speech Link
5: Lord Browne of Belmont (DUP - Life peer) For Northern Ireland to join England, Scotland and Wales in benefiting from being outside the EU, out - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Prisons - Tue 24 Oct 2023
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Ruth Cadbury (Lab - Brentford and Isleworth) day on prison staff, inmates and the victims of crime. - Speech Link
2: Edward Timpson (Con - Eddisbury) the large numbers—disproportionate numbers, one could argue—of foreign nationals still in custody in England - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Prison Capacity - Tue 17 Oct 2023
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Lord Bellamy (Con - Life peer) Today, the prison population in England and Wales is greater than it has ever been—nearly double the - Speech Link
2: Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede (Lab - Life peer) initiatives for them to work effectively.The Government’s approach to the Probation Service has had - Speech Link
3: Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames (LD - Life peer) Indeed, the Statement itself points out that the prison population in England and Wales has nearly doubled - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Prison Capacity - Mon 16 Oct 2023
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Alex Chalk (CON - Cheltenham) Today, the prison population in England and Wales is greater than it has ever been—nearly double the - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) I am mindful that this is about England and Wales, but I have been contacted over the past few years - Speech Link
3: Charlotte Nichols (LAB - Warrington North) The Times reports that“Lord Justice Edis, the senior presiding judge for England and Wales, has ordered - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Wed 13 Sep 2023
Scotland Office

Mentions:
1: Alun Cairns (CON - Vale of Glamorgan) this Brexit opportunity for people in Scotland, Wales and elsewhere? - Speech Link
2: John Lamont (CON - Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk) The national living wage has increased by 9.7% to £10.42 an hour for workers aged 23 years and over. - Speech Link
3: Rishi Sunak (CON - Richmond (Yorks)) of distinguished service. - Speech Link
4: Kate Hollern (LAB - Blackburn) Staff are unable to access facilities and the whole school is hugely inconvenienced. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 12 Sep 2023
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Ruth Cadbury (LAB - Brentford and Isleworth) 2018 report into the probation service. - Speech Link
2: Greg Smith (CON - Buckingham) How many staff vacancies there are in prisons in England and Wales. - Speech Link
3: Theresa Villiers (CON - Chipping Barnet) unmanageably large case loads for probation staff? - Speech Link
4: Damian Hinds (CON - East Hampshire) We have increased probation staff in the London area by 4.5% over the last year, and that includes 270 - Speech Link
5: Nia Griffith (LAB - Llanelli) legal aid providers shut up shop, leaving 42% of the population of England and Wales without a single - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
HMPPS Update - Thu 07 Sep 2023
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Alex Chalk (CON - Cheltenham) His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service is giving every assistance to the Metropolitan police’s operation - Speech Link
2: Robert Neill (CON - Bromley and Chislehurst) staff across the Prison Service. - Speech Link
3: Richard Thomson (SNP - Gordon) million has been stripped out of prison budgets in England and Wales since 2010, which will leave more - Speech Link