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Commons Chamber
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
Consideration of Lords amendments - Mon 18 Mar 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Michael Tomlinson (Con - Mid Dorset and North Poole) , the Government greatly value the contribution of those who have supported us and our armed forces overseas - Speech Link
2: Stephen Kinnock (Lab - Aberavon) instead have been focused on taking back control of our border security from the criminal gangs who trade - Speech Link
3: None by the noble Lord Browne, would provide an exemption for people who have supported the armed forces overseas - Speech Link
4: None and Crossbench peers in the House of Lords last week, it seemed to be an outrage to try to stop this trade - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Public Procurement (British Goods and Services) Bill
2nd reading - Fri 15 Mar 2024
Northern Ireland Office

Mentions:
1: Sarah Champion (Lab - Rotherham) Research from Tussell found that in 2020 alone the public sector spent £18 billion with overseas suppliers - Speech Link
2: Sarah Champion (Lab - Rotherham) Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has long raised the issue of procuring authorities buying food from overseas - Speech Link
3: Lloyd Russell-Moyle (LAB - Brighton, Kemptown) The only reason that we could include the clauses on gender and trade was the fantastic work that my - Speech Link
4: Nia Griffith (Lab - Llanelli) Member for Darlington (Peter Gibson) for their contributions today.The UK is a party to the World Trade - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Animal Welfare (Import of Dogs, Cats and Ferrets) Bill
2nd reading - Fri 15 Mar 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Selaine Saxby (Con - North Devon) Having had a cat while I was living overseas, I know that cats are extremely stressed by transportation - Speech Link
2: Selaine Saxby (Con - North Devon) She has a passport from overseas, so the RSPCA believes she was imported having already been cropped - Speech Link
3: Selaine Saxby (Con - North Devon) safeguard the welfare of the thousands of puppies, cats and ferrets that come into Great Britain from overseas - Speech Link
4: Simon Lightwood (LAB - Wakefield) Its research found that 50,000 cats were obtained overseas in 2022-23. - Speech Link
5: Jane Hunt (Con - Loughborough) Sadly, the trade is big business. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 14 Mar 2024
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) amendments to the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill.Tuesday 19 March—Remaining stages of the Trade - Speech Link
2: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) Holiday”, which would have the added bonus of cutting down the SNP’s need to blow more taxpayers’ cash on overseas - Speech Link
3: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) I will certainly ensure that the Department for Business and Trade, which has oversight of this matter - Speech Link
4: Liam Byrne (Lab - Birmingham, Hodge Hill) No other Department has missed the deadline; only the Department for Business and Trade. - Speech Link
5: Michael Shanks (Lab - Rutherglen and Hamilton West) He represented my constituency of Rutherglen for 23 years, and was a committed trade unionist in the - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Asylum and Migration - Thu 14 Mar 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Tim Loughton (Con - East Worthing and Shoreham) spending even more there, not having solved the problem at source.As someone who defended the 0.7% overseas - Speech Link
2: Stephen Kinnock (Lab - Aberavon) started coming in large numbers in 2018 to work with our European partners and allies to end the vile trade - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Housing: Young People - Thu 14 Mar 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Lord Young of Cookham (Con - Life peer) Many older people want to trade down or to rightsize, freeing up their homes for young families. - Speech Link
2: Lord Shipley (LD - Life peer) couple of years, one of the key reasons for which is the fact that the Government insist on counting overseas - Speech Link
3: Lord Shipley (LD - Life peer) the Government, through deliberate policy over the last few years, have been increasing the number of overseas - Speech Link


General Committees
Draft Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (Consequential, Supplementary and Incidental Provisions) Regulations 2024 Draft Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (Financial Penalty) Regulations 2024 - Thu 14 Mar 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Kevin Hollinrake (Con - Thirsk and Malton) can be pursued by the most appropriate agency.This instrument makes minor changes to the Register of Overseas - Speech Link
2: Peter Grant (SNP - Glenrothes) For example, we sometimes see whole sets of associated companies that are incorporated, trade for a few - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
St Patrick’s Day: Irish Diaspora in the UK - Thu 14 Mar 2024
Northern Ireland Office

Mentions:
1: Rebecca Long Bailey (Lab - Salford and Eccles) to another fierce political activist in Salford: Eva Gore-Booth, the famous Salford suffragette and trade - Speech Link
2: Andrew Rosindell (Con - Romford) St Patrick’s day, which we celebrate, will also be celebrated on Sunday in Montserrat—a British overseas - Speech Link
3: Rachel Hopkins (Lab - Luton South) Friend the Member for Salford and Eccles about many trade union leaders being of Irish descent. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 14 Mar 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Steve Barclay (Con - North East Cambridgeshire) For example, pigs reared overseas are often marketed as British bacon, and our labelling changes often - Speech Link
2: Imran Hussain (Lab - Bradford East) implement a proper food strategy to support UK farmers, and have put in place damaging barriers to trade - Speech Link
3: Victoria Prentis (Con - Banbury) Commonwealth and Development Office’s decision-making process to inform the Department for Business and Trade - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: None Act.(4) In this section “relevant Select Committee of the House of Commons” means the Business and Trade - Speech Link
2: Baroness Stowell of Beeston (Con - Life peer) the noble Lord, Lord Anderson, is unable to be in the Chamber today because of other responsibilities overseas - Speech Link
3: Baroness Hayman (XB - Life peer) The Department for Business and Trade is engaged in relation to post-Brexit product safety standards. - Speech Link
4: Lord Moynihan (Con - Excepted Hereditary) To do so, they have perfected their trade to the point that they have become “trusted suppliers” for - Speech Link
5: None other device.(5) A secondary ticketing facility must make it clear to traders and businesses based overseas - Speech Link