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Grand Committee
Data Protection and Digital Information Bill
Committee stage - Wed 27 Mar 2024
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Mentions:
1: Lord Clement-Jones (LD - Life peer) that is no guarantee against significant reforms being brought in through a process that eludes full parliamentary - Speech Link
2: None If you are a business, however, you have to pay for access, sign licensing agreements and potentially - Speech Link
3: Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (Lab - Life peer) making a provision in the Bill for the ICO to further designate high-risk processing activities with parliamentary - Speech Link


Other Business
Arbitration Bill [HL]
Lords Special Public Bill Committee: Part 1 - Wed 27 Mar 2024
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd (XB - Life peer) I commend parliamentary counsel on the elegance with which they have drafted the short amendments needed.This - Speech Link
2: Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd (XB - Life peer) what Spotlight on Corruption told us in two submissions; they are valuable papers that deserve close scrutiny - Speech Link
3: Lord Bellamy (Con - Life peer) Court of International Arbitration, the London Maritime Arbitrators Association and the Grain and Feed Trade - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Cybersecurity and UK Democracy - Tue 26 Mar 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: None Our National Security and Investment Act 2021 has overhauled our scrutiny of investment into the United - Speech Link
2: None The summit provided the United Kingdom Government with a platform to build international agreements on - Speech Link
3: Baroness Neville-Rolfe (Con - Life peer) I commend the work done by the Parliamentary Security Department. - Speech Link
4: Lord Alton of Liverpool (XB - Life peer) I put it to the Minister that with a multi-billion-pound trade deficit with China, we are insufficiently - Speech Link
5: Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone (Con - Life peer) Our national interests are to protect democracy, but also to ensure that trade continues to flourish. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Code of Practice on Dismissal and Re-Engagement - Mon 25 Mar 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Lord Offord of Garvel (Con - Life peer) the House on 19 February be approved.Relevant document: 16th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny - Speech Link
2: Lord Offord of Garvel (Con - Life peer) In accordance with the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992, the Secretary of State - Speech Link
3: Lord Hendy (Lab - Life peer) That was the case with P&O Ferries, where collective agreements stretching back nearly 100 years - Speech Link
4: Lord Offord of Garvel (Con - Life peer) Subject to parliamentary time, the Government intend to bring this forward this summer.The noble Lord - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Artificial Intelligence (Regulation) Bill [HL]
2nd reading - Fri 22 Mar 2024
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Mentions:
1: Viscount Chandos (Lab - Life peer) sciences industry thrives in countries where there is strong regulation.I urge the Government to give parliamentary - Speech Link
2: Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd (XB - Life peer) The noble Lord, Lord Holmes, referred to the trade documents Bill, which was the product of international - Speech Link
3: Lord Bishop of Worcester (Bshp - Bishops) Altman’s qualities of character and conduct while at the helm of OpenAI have come under considerable scrutiny - Speech Link
4: Lord Kirkhope of Harrogate (Con - Life peer) The quest for balance in regulation must be undertaken with a keen eye on international agreements, ensuring - Speech Link
5: Lord Ranger of Northwood (Con - Life peer) That would not help us to work hand in hand with industry and trade bodies to build trust and confidence - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Armed Forces Readiness and Defence Equipment - Thu 21 Mar 2024
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Danny Kruger (Con - Devizes) the reform of the parliamentary army. - Speech Link
2: Meg Hillier (LAB - Hackney South and Shoreditch) Gentleman has just said, does he agree that it would be good to have tighter scrutiny of that spending - Speech Link
3: Alec Shelbrooke (Con - Elmet and Rothwell) Perhaps we need more Navy, because that will become a much more critical area in our security, our trade - Speech Link
4: John Healey (Lab - Wentworth and Dearne) Whether it is Royal Navy ships’ days at sea or MACA agreements struck with other Departments, data that - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (Amendment of List of Safe States) Regulations 2024 - Tue 19 Mar 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) the House on 8 November 2023 be approved.Relevant document: 4th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny - Speech Link
2: Lord German (LD - Life peer) This regret amendment is not about whether Georgia and India are safe countries for trade or tourism, - Speech Link
3: Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede (Lab - Life peer) The UK has migration returns agreements with both countries, but the current returns rate of Indian nationals - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (IAC Report) - Tue 19 Mar 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town (Lab - Life peer) Committee Scrutiny of international agreements: UK accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific - Speech Link
2: Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town (Lab - Life peer) , but it would also facilitate parliamentary scrutiny of the Government’s aims as set against their achievements.In - Speech Link
3: Lord Lansley (Con - Life peer) , open trade, a rules-based trading system and not simply to bilateral agreements but to plurilateral - Speech Link
4: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LD - Life peer) My Lords, I declare that I co-chair the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Trade out of Poverty. - Speech Link
5: Lord Kerr of Kinlochard (XB - Life peer) system; in other parliamentary systems there is far closer scrutiny than we are allowed here. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [Lords]
Report stage - Tue 19 Mar 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Anthony Mangnall (Con - Totnes) Some of us have been arguing for parliamentary scrutiny of trade deals for the last four years. - Speech Link
2: Iain Duncan Smith (Con - Chingford and Woodford Green) to be subject to parliamentary approval—free trade agreements are routinely subject to it. - Speech Link
3: None The UK’s procedures already allow for some parliamentary scrutiny. - Speech Link
4: Sarah Green (LD - Chesham and Amersham) We need proper parliamentary scrutiny of trade deals, and I ask the Government to ensure that it happens - Speech Link
5: Gareth Thomas (LAB - Harrow West) Our amendments and new clauses seek to address the weak arrangements for parliamentary scrutiny of trade - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
Consideration of Lords amendments - Mon 18 Mar 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Stephen Kinnock (Lab - Aberavon) instead have been focused on taking back control of our border security from the criminal gangs who trade - Speech Link
2: Stephen Kinnock (Lab - Aberavon) I know that he is very taken with parliamentary sovereignty, and that is very important, but parliamentary - Speech Link
3: None I do not think the parliamentary scrutiny of the Bill and its associated treaty has been very satisfactory - Speech Link
4: None and Crossbench peers in the House of Lords last week, it seemed to be an outrage to try to stop this trade - Speech Link
5: Michael Tomlinson (Con - Mid Dorset and North Poole) We had the debate last week and we have had the debate again today: scrutiny, scrutiny, scrutiny—something - Speech Link