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Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 22 Feb 2024
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) leader; I saw it in his frustration at our country getting the best deal possible when we left the EU—the - Speech Link
2: Stephen Doughty (LAB - Cardiff South and Penarth) colleagues, and we need guidance for British citizens trapped in Gaza, for citizens of allies and other countries - Speech Link
3: Gavin Newlands (SNP - Paisley and Renfrewshire North) Schools in my constituency are far more likely to travel to the Scottish Parliament for educational enrichment - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Ceasefire in Gaza - Wed 21 Feb 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: David Lammy (Lab - Tottenham) absolutely clear that we should do nothing in this Chamber that cuts across the hard work of Arab partners, EU - Speech Link
2: Anum Qaisar (SNP - Airdrie and Shotts) They live with hospitals bombed, homes bombed, ambulances bombed, churches bombed, mosques bombed, UN schools - Speech Link
3: Chris Law (SNP - Dundee West) Nothing is off limits for Israeli forces, which have been targeting and destroying places of worship, schools - Speech Link
4: Apsana Begum (Lab - Poplar and Limehouse) grapple with the fact that the Government seem not to understand that starving civilians, destroying schools - Speech Link
5: Sam Tarry (Lab - Ilford South) civilian men, women and children are dying in their droves, with refugee camps, religious buildings, schools - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Reform) - Wed 21 Feb 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Thérèse Coffey (Con - Suffolk Coastal) These are EU rules that were put into UK law and reduce the number of vehicles that could be driven after - Speech Link
2: Chris Bryant (Lab - Rhondda) introducing a series of ten-minute rule Bills over the last year—for instance, last year she introduced the Schools - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Independent School Fees: VAT - Wed 21 Feb 2024
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Neil Hudson (Con - Penrith and The Border) our local state schools? - Speech Link
2: Andrew Lewer (Con - Northampton South) Three quarters of independent schools are now in partnerships with state schools. - Speech Link
3: Sally-Ann Hart (Con - Hastings and Rye) Buckswood boards about 50 pupils from 48 different countries and has 200 local day-school pupils. - Speech Link
4: Nigel Huddleston (Con - Mid Worcestershire) from 2015 to 2022 to ninth and 10th across the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Wed 21 Feb 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Stephen Metcalfe (Con - South Basildon and East Thurrock) encourages people to think about STEM careers at the earliest possible level, particularly in primary schools - Speech Link
2: Julia Lopez (Con - Hornchurch and Upminster) gigabit-capable broadband; now it is 80%, and the UK is building gigabit networks faster than any country in the EU - Speech Link
3: Peter Kyle (Lab - Hove) The EU has already done it. - Speech Link
4: Luke Evans (Con - Bosworth) I know the UK held the first ever summit on AI safety, with 28 countries coming together to put forward - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Finance Bill
2nd reading - Wed 21 Feb 2024
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Baroness Vere of Norbiton (Con - Life peer) with EU law, UK VAT and excise law will prevail. - Speech Link
2: Lord Leigh of Hurley (Con - Life peer) understand it, the only tax initiatives announced by Labour are to increase taxation, such as VAT on schools - Speech Link
3: Baroness Kramer (LD - Life peer) I am not talking just about the NHS: schools face record deficits, local governments are slashing essentials - Speech Link
4: Lord Livermore (Lab - Life peer) We have languished in the bottom third of OECD countries, with 27 OECD economies growing faster than - Speech Link
5: Baroness Vere of Norbiton (Con - Life peer) Ireland’s unique access to the EU single market. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill
2nd reading - Tue 20 Feb 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Neville-Rolfe (Con - Life peer) local government pension schemes, universities, government departments and agencies, publicly funded schools - Speech Link
2: Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Lab - Life peer) However, the Government seem to think that there are councils, universities, NHS trusts and nursery schools - Speech Link
3: Lord Hain (Lab - Life peer) than 120 local councils had taken some form of action, from banning South African produce in their schools - Speech Link
4: Baroness Blower (Lab - Life peer) They have the support of the EU and the OECD and are referenced in several briefings, including one from - Speech Link
5: Lord Collins of Highbury (Lab - Life peer) The Minister, in a throwaway remark, talked about schools and nursery schools, and any body that receives - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)
Committee stage: 1st sitting - Tue 20 Feb 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Greg Hands (Con - Chelsea and Fulham) Member for Harrow West was a frequent rebel when it came to the UK and EU trade agreement with Canada - Speech Link
2: Gareth Thomas (LAB - Harrow West) In fact, we have worse terms of trade with Canada than when we were in the EU . - Speech Link
3: Gareth Thomas (LAB - Harrow West) That is clearly not the case in Northern Ireland, where, under the Windsor framework, EU rules around - Speech Link
4: Samantha Dixon (Lab - City of Chester) palm oil communities project and the SPO education programme, Ferrero helps to educate communities and schools - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Mon 19 Feb 2024
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Alyn Smith (SNP - Stirling) What assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of participating in further EU permanent - Speech Link
2: Andrew Murrison (Con - South West Wiltshire) Some new units have also opened in independent schools, where there has been a 12% increase. - Speech Link
3: Grant Shapps (Con - Welwyn Hatfield) Alongside the NATO meeting, there was the Ukraine defence contact group—a group of 52 countries, all - Speech Link
4: Grant Shapps (Con - Welwyn Hatfield) There is now also input from a conglomeration of EU countries that are coming to join Prosperity Guardian - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
UK Economy - Mon 19 Feb 2024
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Bim Afolami (Con - Hitchin and Harpenden) For example—to describe that international context—10 EU countries were in recession in 2023. - Speech Link
2: Stephen Timms (Lab - East Ham) The international context that he refers to is that Japan and the UK are the only G7 countries in recession - Speech Link
3: Nia Griffith (Lab - Llanelli) With projects cancelled, HS2 cancelled, Building Schools for the Future cancelled, hospitals never built - Speech Link