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Commons Chamber
Official Development Assistance - Thu 26 Nov 2020
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Alyn Smith (SNP - Stirling) white and blue flag on a tail fin, and the people who think that what we need right now to buoy our spirits - Speech Link
2: Dominic Raab (CON - Esher and Walton) I hesitate to remind him that that was before the pandemic and the coronavirus, and before we were faced - Speech Link
3: Theo Clarke (CON - Stafford) I appreciate the difficult economic decisions this Government have had to make because of the coronavirus - Speech Link
4: Dominic Raab (CON - Esher and Walton) Lady that, despite the coronavirus pandemic and the fiscal conditions we face, we are none the less putting - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Comprehensive Economic Partnership (EUC Report) - Thu 26 Nov 2020
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Mentions:
1: Lord Hain (LAB - Life peer) products concerned include obscure items such as birds’ eggs, raw hides, fur skins, and ultra-strong spirits - Speech Link
2: Lord Darroch of Kew (CB - Life peer) agreement on application to Northern Ireland will work in practice.With so little good news around in these coronavirus - Speech Link
3: Lord Grimstone of Boscobel (CON - Life peer) agri-food exports to Japan were worth around £402 million, of which £271 million related to beverages, spirits - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 19 Nov 2020
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Jacob Rees-Mogg (CON - North East Somerset) on a motion relating to the Work and Pensions Select Committee report on the DWP’s response to the coronavirus - Speech Link
2: Greg Smith (CON - Buckingham) As was referenced earlier, lifting our spirits from the gloom of lockdown, on Sunday, Lewis Hamilton - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Her Majesty the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee - Mon 16 Nov 2020
No Department present

Mentions:
1: None After a very difficult year where we have come together to fight the common enemy of coronavirus, I am - Speech Link
2: Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury (LDEM - Life peer) We on these Benches join in congratulating the Government on raising our spirits with the tantalising - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Covid-19 - Mon 02 Nov 2020
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Matt Hancock (IND - West Suffolk) When coronavirus spreads rapidly, it reaches all parts. - Speech Link
2: Mary Kelly Foy (LAB - City of Durham) Instead, she must go to school, where coronavirus infections are common. - Speech Link
3: Ian Paisley (DUP - North Antrim) They are practically forgotten in the panic of the coronavirus. - Speech Link
4: Sara Britcliffe (CON - Hyndburn) He is the owner of Hoyle Bottom Spirits and maker of our very own Tinker Brook gin. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Fiscal Support for Events Industry: Covid-19 - Tue 13 Oct 2020
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Owen Thompson (SNP - Midlothian) Those events bring us together, inspire us and lift our spirits. - Speech Link
2: John Glen (CON - Salisbury) In addition, 94% of events venues have been able to make use of the coronavirus job retention scheme. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Cultural Attractions: Contribution to Local Economy - Tue 06 Oct 2020
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Kevin Brennan (LAB - Cardiff West) All of these places are wonderful, but they have all been very badly affected by coronavirus and the - Speech Link
2: Rachel Hopkins (LAB - Luton South) creative sector, saying that musicians and artists should get another job if they are struggling due to coronavirus - Speech Link
3: Caroline Dinenage (CON - Gosport) They can not only entertain but educate, they can lift spirits, they can improve mental health and wellbeing - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Support for Self-employed and Freelance Workers - Thu 17 Sep 2020
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: None [Relevant documents: Second Report of the Treasury Committee, “Economic impact of coronavirus: Gaps - Speech Link
2: Sally-Ann Hart (CON - Hastings and Rye) For we as a community will look for our creative freelancers once all this is over to lift our spirits - Speech Link
3: Tommy Sheppard (SNP - Edinburgh East) That meant she was excluded from the coronavirus job retention scheme as well. - Speech Link
4: Bambos Charalambous (LAB - Enfield, Southgate) The Chancellor said he will do “whatever it takes” to get us through the coronavirus pandemic. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Business and Planning Bill
Report stage (Hansard) - Mon 20 Jul 2020
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Lord Carlile of Berriew (CB - Life peer) with that tobacco smoke, if the people smoking are suffering from coronavirus or have the necessary - Speech Link
2: None ” means severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).”Member’s explanatory statement - Speech Link
3: None ” means severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).”Member’s explanatory statement - Speech Link
4: None ” means severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).”Member’s explanatory statement - Speech Link
5: None ” means severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).”Member’s explanatory statement - Speech Link
6: None ” means severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).”Member’s explanatory statement - Speech Link
7: None ” means severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).”Member’s explanatory statement - Speech Link
8: None ” means severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).”Member’s explanatory statement - Speech Link
9: Lord Bhatia (Non-affiliated - Life peer) regularly have to intervene when fights break out once a consumer has drunk a few glasses of beer or spirits - Speech Link
10: None The law is diminished from what it was pre-coronavirus and pre-bounce-back loans. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Finance Bill
2nd reading - Fri 17 Jul 2020
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Livermore (LAB - Life peer) Going forward, the impact of coronavirus will be vast. - Speech Link
2: Lord Macpherson of Earl's Court (CB - Life peer) In current circumstances, the cut could lift animal spirits and hence demand. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Watkins of Tavistock (CB - Life peer) We are seeing the toll coronavirus has put on the nation’s mental health. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Uddin (Non-affiliated - Life peer) Coronavirus is the biggest crisis of our generation and I recognise that the Government have provided - Speech Link
5: Lord Agnew of Oulton (CON - Life peer) It is the case that some firms will be affected by the coronavirus outbreak for longer than others. - Speech Link