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Commons Chamber
Access to Redress Schemes - Thu 18 Apr 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Richard Foord (LD - Tiverton and Honiton) and widespread financial misconduct against small and medium-sized enterprises by the Royal Bank of Scotland - Speech Link
2: Alistair Carmichael (LD - Orkney and Shetland) of the Swindlers” concerned a Ponzi scheme perpetrated by a financial adviser in the north-east of Scotland - Speech Link
3: Alex Burghart (Con - Brentwood and Ongar) Any reform process would need to ensure that we do not lose personal understanding of the claimants who - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Wed 17 Apr 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Carol Monaghan (SNP - Glasgow North West) Individuals’ personal data is not safe in Tory hands. - Speech Link
2: Rishi Sunak (Con - Richmond (Yorks)) Where I do agree with my predecessor very strongly is that Scotland would be far stronger inside the - Speech Link
3: Stephen Flynn (SNP - Aberdeen South) Gordon Brown was also correct in stating that Scottish independence is not simply off the agenda. - Speech Link
4: Rishi Sunak (Con - Richmond (Yorks)) have a democratic vote on that topic, but I would suggest to the SNP that, rather than obsessing about independence - Speech Link
5: Emma Hardy (Lab - Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle) unique and limited circumstances banks should offer discretion when deciding if chargeback applies to payment - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Tobacco and Vapes Bill
2nd reading - Tue 16 Apr 2024
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Kirsten Oswald (SNP - East Renfrewshire) ASH Scotland does great work in that regard. - Speech Link
2: Sajid Javid (Con - Bromsgrove) Secondly, it is corrosive of personal liberty and agency. - Speech Link
3: Alexander Stafford (Con - Rother Valley) wrong.I do not like smoking, and I wish people would not do it, but if we believe in freedom of speech, independence - Speech Link
4: Bob Blackman (Con - Harrow East) My second declaration is personal. - Speech Link
5: None the purposes of any Act resulting from the Tobacco and Vapes Bill, it is expedient to authorise the payment - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill
2nd reading - Wed 27 Mar 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Baroness Scott of Bybrook (Con - Life peer) the security of an automatic 990-year lease extension, with ground rent reduced to a peppercorn on payment - Speech Link
2: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) I thank the individuals who have sent us their personal accounts of the impact of leaseholds. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Thornhill (LD - Life peer) recent casework reminded me sharply of how vulnerable elderly leaseholders are when demands are made for payment - Speech Link
4: Lord Best (XB - Life peer) But all parties are agreed that a regulator with independence from the sector and real teeth is essential.Too - Speech Link
5: Baroness Twycross (Lab - Life peer) Government to introduce alternative tenures, such as commonhold, which has already been introduced in Scotland - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Disability Benefits - Tue 26 Mar 2024
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Lab - Slough) I beg to move,That this House has considered Personal Independence Payment and other disability benefits.It - Speech Link
2: Pauline Latham (Con - Mid Derbyshire) independence payment. - Speech Link
3: Pauline Latham (Con - Mid Derbyshire) independence payment. - Speech Link
4: Debbie Abrahams (Lab - Oldham East and Saddleworth) independence payment. - Speech Link
5: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) independence payment. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Bill
2nd reading - Wed 20 Mar 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Kemi Badenoch (Con - Saffron Walden) tightrope that we are walking: getting justice for postmasters while not interfering with judicial independence - Speech Link
2: Jonathan Reynolds (LAB - Stalybridge and Hyde) I welcome some of the changes we have seen, such as the optional £600,000 up-front payment available - Speech Link
3: Marion Fellows (SNP - Motherwell and Wishaw) Yet a few days after that the Bill arrived in Scotland with no mention of Scotland at all. - Speech Link
4: Paul Scully (Con - Sutton and Cheam) said that we do not necessarily need this kind of law, which is, frankly, trampling quite a lot on the independence - Speech Link
5: Duncan Baker (Con - North Norfolk) a new MP any more—and being able, by quite some accident, to talk about the matter with a degree of personal - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Access to Migraine Treatment - Wed 20 Mar 2024
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Paul Girvan (DUP - South Antrim) many people who suffer from migraine lose their job and have difficulty even accessing the likes of personal - Speech Link
2: Karin Smyth (Lab - Bristol South) Member for Bishop Auckland (Dehenna Davison) for opening the debate and sharing her personal experience - Speech Link
3: Andrew Stephenson (Con - Pendle) Members talked about the stigma around migraine, with many setting out their own personal experiences - Speech Link
4: Dehenna Davison (Con - Bishop Auckland) I appreciate that independence is crucial, but by raising awareness as we are doing today, and hopefully - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Automated Vehicles Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)
Committee stage: 2nd sitting - Tue 19 Mar 2024
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Simon Lightwood (LAB - Wakefield) Guide Dogs is clear that AVs can unlock independence for those with sight loss, but vehicles must be - Speech Link
2: Anthony Browne (Con - South Cambridgeshire) Member about the situation in Scotland. - Speech Link
3: Gavin Newlands (SNP - Paisley and Renfrewshire North) Essentially, the power is devolved to local authorities in Scotland. - Speech Link
4: Gavin Newlands (SNP - Paisley and Renfrewshire North) Logistics and haulage, personal transport, public transport, personal delivery services—the list is almost - Speech Link
5: Anthony Browne (Con - South Cambridgeshire) The system is designed in such a way as to make sure that the victim gets any payment due to them as - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Mon 18 Mar 2024
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Mel Stride (Con - Central Devon) independence payment, which is a contribution to the additional costs of sickness and disability. - Speech Link
2: Justin Tomlinson (Con - North Swindon) In addition to the financial support provided to personal independence payment claimants, what progress - Speech Link
3: Kate Hollern (Lab - Blackburn) In early December, my constituent was informed by the DWP that they must renew their personal independence - Speech Link
4: Alistair Strathern (Lab - Mid Bedfordshire) independence payment claims. - Speech Link


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) Maintaining that committee’s independence is an integral aspect of the policy’s design. - Speech Link
2: Alison Thewliss (SNP - Glasgow Central) In Scotland, we see the humanity in people. - Speech Link
3: Joanna Cherry (SNP - Edinburgh South West) That is my personal belief. - Speech Link
4: Alistair Carmichael (LD - Orkney and Shetland) out towards the end of his remarks, we now have another innovation: people are to be offered a cash payment - Speech Link