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Commons Chamber
Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill
Committee stage: Committee of the whole House - Mon 30 Jan 2023
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Mentions:
1: Angela Rayner (LAB - Ashton-under-Lyne) we all want strike action to be avoided, but the public can glaringly see through the Government’s defence—that - Speech Link
2: Sam Tarry (LAB - Ilford South) It is more like Turkey, Singapore or Russia.Amendment 86 would go some way to combating the lopsided - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill
2nd reading - Mon 16 Jan 2023
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Mentions:
1: Ian Byrne (LAB - Liverpool, West Derby) and stand in absolute solidarity with all those in Liverpool, West Derby taking industrial action in defence - Speech Link
2: Mhairi Black (SNP - Paisley and Renfrewshire South) rights at all is the existence of trade unions, and the ability of workers to organise collectively in defence - Speech Link
3: Paula Barker (LAB - Liverpool, Wavertree) What a sad indictment of a Government who purport to be a standard bearer of democratic rights in defence - Speech Link
4: Sam Tarry (LAB - Ilford South) In fact, I would say that these proposals are more akin to the practice in countries such as Singapore - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Iran - Thu 12 Jan 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Alicia Kearns (CON - Rutland and Melton) It could also be doing it because Akbari used to be a deputy Defence Minister, and the individual for - Speech Link
2: Patrick Grady (SNP - Glasgow North) The Defence Secretary himself told us in December of Russian equipment being exchanged for Iranian drones - Speech Link
3: Christian Wakeford (LAB - Bury South) connected to incidents targeting Jewish communities or Israeli interests in India, Georgia, Thailand, Singapore - Speech Link
4: Bambos Charalambous (LAB - Enfield, Southgate) accused of legitimate crimes during these protests.British-Iranian Alireza Akbari, the former deputy defence - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Commonwealth: Zimbabwe - Thu 12 Jan 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Oates (LDEM - Life peer) fundamentally undermined by Zimbabwe’s readmission, while being clear that, if necessary, the UK will stand in defence - Speech Link
2: Lord Loomba (CB - Life peer) 1995, five countries have faced periods of suspension for failing to uphold the values set out in the Singapore - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Fair Taxation of Schools and Education Standards Committee - Wed 11 Jan 2023
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Andrew Lewer (CON - Northampton South) Friend is making an excellent defence of the independent sector and its partnership work. - Speech Link
2: Nick Gibb (CON - Bognor Regis and Littlehampton) habit of reading for pleasure, and adopting an approach to mathematics based on the highly regarded Singapore - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Trade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill
2nd reading - Mon 09 Jan 2023
Department for International Trade

Mentions:
1: Lord Johnson of Lainston (CON - Life peer) by a close cooperation across the entire spectrum of engagement: economic, health, science, sport, defence - Speech Link
2: Lord Goodlad (CON - Life peer) They are also close intelligence and defence allies. - Speech Link
3: Lord Marland (CON - Life peer) deal with those countries which embrace that—we can already mention Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Singapore - Speech Link
4: Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (CON - Life peer) 50% of all publicly procured foods supplying local authorities, our schools, hospitals, prisons and defence - Speech Link
5: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LDEM - Life peer) differences, 12 billion for things already procured by overseas interests and another 11 billion for defence - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
National Security Bill
Committee stage: Part 1 - Wed 21 Dec 2022
Home Office

Mentions:
1: None within subsection (1),(d) impede the operations of His Majesty’s forces,(e) prejudice the security and defence - Speech Link
2: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LDEM - Life peer) attack”.I welcome proposed new subsection (2)(e), which references acts that“prejudice the security and defence - Speech Link
3: Lord Hope of Craighead (CB - Life peer) It is better to avoid it if you can get the substance of the defence into ordinary language and get the - Speech Link
4: Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LDEM - Life peer) money that comes from someone who says that they are a long-time British resident now living in Dubai, Singapore - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
UK Asylum and Refugee Policy - Fri 09 Dec 2022
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Berridge (CON - Life peer) glanced at my Christmas gift spreadsheet, which includes British Nigerians, British Trinidadians, British Singapore - Speech Link
2: Earl of Sandwich (CB - Excepted Hereditary) We all have a tendency to inquire about other people as a sort of defence against the unknown, but the - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty - Wed 07 Dec 2022
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Daniel Kawczynski (CON - Shrewsbury and Atcham) AUKUS is essential.It was Lee Kuan Yew who remonstrated with the United Kingdom when we left Singapore - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Hopefully the Minister will be able to give us some help.The UK shares an extraordinary defence facility - Speech Link
3: James Duddridge (CON - Rochford and Southend East) It is a massive facility for global security and the defence of the world. - Speech Link
4: Stephen Doughty (LAB - Cardiff South and Penarth) States defence facility in the territory plays a vital role in keeping us and our allies safe. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
BBC World Service - Thu 01 Dec 2022
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB - Life peer) What is the future of the radio transmitting station in Kranji, Singapore, which can reach four countries - Speech Link
2: Lord McNally (LDEM - Life peer) I suppose my defence for this change of mind is the dictum, often attributed to Lord Keynes, that when - Speech Link
3: Lord Collins of Highbury (LAB - Life peer) safety, security and freedom for their people, it is always civil society that leaps first to their defence - Speech Link