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Commons Chamber
Welsh Affairs - Thu 29 Feb 2024
Wales Office

Mentions:
1: Stephen Crabb (Con - Preseli Pembrokeshire) and talking to them about their aspirations, how they consume media, and in particular the role of social - Speech Link
2: Beth Winter (Lab - Cynon Valley) Sadly, though, the people of Cymru who created that wealth have not reaped all the benefits from it. - Speech Link
3: Jo Stevens (Lab - Cardiff Central) The organisers of the anti-20 mph social media groups in Wales are run by a Conservative councillor from - Speech Link
4: David T C Davies (Con - Monmouth) There have been extra payments to pensioners and to those on benefits, and also to those in houses with - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Digital Exclusion - Wed 28 Feb 2024
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Mentions:
1: Sarah Dines (Con - Derbyshire Dales) Digital exclusion is a social, economic and increasingly political issue. - Speech Link
2: Robin Walker (Con - Worcester) other things, the cost of devices: having gone out to people, they need to be maintained and their security - Speech Link
3: Saqib Bhatti (Con - Meriden) Member for Ellesmere Port and Neston already knows, his constituency benefits from excellent broadband - Speech Link
4: Saqib Bhatti (Con - Meriden) Just last week we launched a pilot advertising campaign designed to generate awareness of the benefits - Speech Link
5: Justin Madders (Lab - Ellesmere Port and Neston) “Digital exclusion arises from a complex interplay of factors including age, socio-economic status, disability - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Media Bill
2nd reading - Wed 28 Feb 2024
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Con - Life peer) S4C will be able more easily to adapt to market change, maximising the benefits to its audiences, and - Speech Link
2: Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee (Non-affiliated - Life peer) Everyone benefits from shared broadcasting experiences, whether we are old or young, rich or poor, of - Speech Link
3: Lord Addington (LD - Excepted Hereditary) Holmes, and thought how he and I would want to talk about listed events, and access in terms of both disability - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Viscount Younger of Leckie (Con - Excepted Hereditary) The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order increases relevant state pension rates by 8.5%, in line - Speech Link
2: None Not only have social security benefits lost out due to the failure of CPI to measure the true impact - Speech Link
3: Baroness Sherlock (Lab - Life peer) As he has explained, the Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order will increase most working-age benefits - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 27 Feb 2024
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Mentions:
1: Chris Stephens (SNP - Glasgow South West) What recent assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of introducing a social energy - Speech Link
2: Chris Law (SNP - Dundee West) What recent assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of introducing a social energy - Speech Link
3: Marion Fellows (SNP - Motherwell and Wishaw) Over the past two years, my constituents in Motherwell and Wishaw, as well as the disability groups that - Speech Link
4: Amanda Solloway (Con - Derby North) We also have the warm home discount, the winter fuel payment and the disability cost of living payment - Speech Link
5: Andrew Bowie (Con - West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine) That is one of the huge benefits, along with many others, of small modular reactors, which is why we - Speech Link
6: Graham Stuart (Con - Beverley and Holderness) We already have solar, onshore wind and other developers providing benefits to consumers, and we will - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Poverty Reduction - Thu 22 Feb 2024
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Baroness Lister of Burtersett (Lab - Life peer) security benefits that we expect our fellow citizens to survive on in next week’s uprating debate, but - Speech Link
2: Lord Bishop of Durham (Bshp - Bishops) On social security benefit levels, we need the essentials guarantee proposed by the Trussell Trust and - Speech Link
3: Lord Loomba (XB - Life peer) More broadly, local crisis support is a vital part of our social security system, providing timely support - Speech Link
4: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) The high cost of living with a disability, whether poor physical or mental health, means that the poverty - Speech Link


General Committees
Draft Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 Draft Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) (Specified Diseases and Prescribed Occupations) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 Draft Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 - Mon 19 Feb 2024
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Mims Davies (Con - Mid Sussex) increase is in line with the proposed increases to industrial injuries disablement benefit and other disability - Speech Link
2: Mims Davies (Con - Mid Sussex) industrial diseases.The shadow Minister asked why the uprating is not considered as part of the main social - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 - Mon 19 Feb 2024
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Viscount Younger of Leckie (Con - Excepted Hereditary) As many noble Lords will be aware, these two schemes are not included in the main social security benefits - Speech Link
2: Viscount Younger of Leckie (Con - Excepted Hereditary) The Department of Health and Social Care invested around £122 million in cancer research in 2022-23 through - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
Committee stage - Wed 14 Feb 2024
Scotland Office

Mentions:
1: None He worked in the Office of the National Security Council, the ONSC, a department initially funded by - Speech Link
2: Lord Green of Deddington (XB - Life peer) I am pointing to the social difficulties that will also follow. - Speech Link
3: Lord Carlile of Berriew (XB - Life peer) There were huge benefits from that change, but it was made only because there was a fairly complex but - Speech Link
4: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LD - Life peer) fabric and social contract of our nation when it comes to the high level of migration. - Speech Link
5: Lord Wolfson of Tredegar (Con - Life peer) acquired under existing laws, or creates a new obligation, or imposes a new duty, or attaches a new disability - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Workers (Economic Affairs Committee Report) - Thu 08 Feb 2024
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Lord Layard (Lab - Life peer) People with mental health problems comprise at least half of all those on disability benefits who are - Speech Link
2: Lord Sikka (Lab - Life peer) Just think about the huge social cost associated with producing one tax-dodging accountant. - Speech Link
3: Lord Griffiths of Fforestfach (Con - Life peer) While it might be a net benefit initially to the public finances, there is the problem of social housing - Speech Link
4: Baroness Sherlock (Lab - Life peer) Labour is committed to creating jobs that provide security, treat workers fairly and pay decent wages - Speech Link