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Commons Chamber
Budget Resolutions - Tue 12 Mar 2024
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Darren Jones (Lab - Bristol North West) We will increase the levy to the same rate of tax as in Norway, end the windfall tax investment allowances - Speech Link
2: Angus Brendan MacNeil (Ind - Na h-Eileanan an Iar) Ireland seems similar to Iceland, as do Norway and Denmark. - Speech Link
3: Alan Brown (SNP - Kilmarnock and Loudoun) It defies logic.Labour likes to talk about Norway and the taxes it raises from the North sea. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Budget Resolutions - Mon 11 Mar 2024
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Alison Thewliss (SNP - Glasgow Central) In Scotland we think of what we could have: Ireland with its budget surplus, and Norway with its oil - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
International Women’s Day - Fri 08 Mar 2024
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Baroness Vere of Norbiton (Con - Life peer) charter being emulated in other sectors, including aviation and maritime; in other countries, such as Norway - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
LGBT History Month - Thu 07 Mar 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Elliot Colburn (Con - Carshalton and Wallington) Conversion therapy bans have been proposed or passed in Portugal, Norway, Tasmania in Australia, Switzerland - Speech Link
2: Elliot Colburn (Con - Carshalton and Wallington) The Bill attracted criticism from those in favour of a ban because, unlike in other countries such as Norway - Speech Link
3: Ashley Dalton (Lab - West Lancashire) Several European states, including Norway, Portugal, Cyprus, Ireland and Belgium, have achieved what - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Brexit: Benefits to Economy and Society - Wed 06 Mar 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Lord Clarke of Nottingham (Con - Life peer) with that huge and prosperous free trade area, perhaps in order to get nearer to the arrangements that Norway - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Long-Term National Housing Strategy - Thu 29 Feb 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Lord Young of Norwood Green (Lab - Life peer) In Norway, you have to live in the country to be able to invest in housing, and the Government should - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Sudan: Darfur - Thu 29 Feb 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Benyon (Con - Life peer) Alongside Norway, we jointly funded the Sudan humanitarian conference that took place in Cairo in November—an - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Ukraine - Wed 28 Feb 2024
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: None delighted to announce that Kosovo and Estonia have joined us, Australia, Canada, Denmark, New Zealand, Norway - Speech Link
2: None Alongside Norway, we are leading a maritime capability coalition, and we have been joined by a dozen - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2024 - Tue 27 Feb 2024
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: None with income replacement rates comparable to the OECD average, alongside countries such as Germany and Norway - Speech Link


General Committees
Draft Paternity Leave (Amendment) Regulations 2024 - Tue 27 Feb 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Richard Thomson (SNP - Gordon) On the length of parental leave, Norway allows 49 weeks of parental leave, with 15 weeks reserved for - Speech Link
2: Kevin Hollinrake (Con - Thirsk and Malton) Gordon, made some interesting points, and asked why we cannot go much further on parental leave, citing Norway - Speech Link