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Public Bill Committees
Automated Vehicles Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)
Committee stage: 1st sitting - Tue 19 Mar 2024
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Grahame Morris (Lab - Easington) There needs to be a clearly defined capability and operational constraint for systems, to ensure that - Speech Link
2: None A body of work sets out what a careful and competent driver is. - Speech Link
3: Robin Millar (Con - Aberconwy) A lot of effort is going into developing the intelligence and the decision-making capability of machines - Speech Link
4: Anthony Browne (Con - South Cambridgeshire) Reviews do take a lot of work. - Speech Link
5: Simon Lightwood (LAB - Wakefield) Amendment 16 would require authorised self-driving entities to publish an equality impact assessment - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Extremism Definition and Community Engagement - Tue 19 Mar 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Baroness Sherlock (Lab - Life peer) To tackle extremism we need to work with people of good will at all levels. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Swinburne (Con - Life peer) principles and extremism-related due diligence process will in time be the home to new counterextremism assessment - Speech Link
3: Baroness Swinburne (Con - Life peer) definition does not single out single subjects as inherently extremist, but calls for that careful assessment - Speech Link
4: Baroness Swinburne (Con - Life peer) that the list does not currently exist; the evidence and data are being compiled, and therefore an assessment - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Israel and Gaza - Tue 19 Mar 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Neil O'Brien (Con - Harborough) I welcome the hard work that the Minister is doing to get more aid in, to bring an end to the fighting - Speech Link
2: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) As I said, we continue to assess Israel’s commitment and capability to comply with international humanitarian - Speech Link
3: Liam Byrne (Lab - Birmingham, Hodge Hill) coded process that governs the export of arms, but a new international humanitarian law compliance assessment - Speech Link
4: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) There are different views, and I tweeted last weekend about the extraordinary, moving work being done - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Single Source Contract (Amendment) Regulations 2024 - Tue 19 Mar 2024
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Earl of Minto (Con - Excepted Hereditary) In this case, we have found that the rules continue to work well for traditional defence procurement - Speech Link
2: Lord Tunnicliffe (Lab - Life peer) Have the Government made any assessment of the negative impact of not allowing this in the past 10 years - Speech Link
3: Earl of Minto (Con - Excepted Hereditary) But we are often limited to a single supplier to provide the capability that our Armed Forces need, particularly - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Mon 18 Mar 2024
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Mel Stride (Con - Central Devon) Of course, we always keep all benefits under review at the Department, including PIP and the assessment - Speech Link
2: Chi Onwurah (Lab - Newcastle upon Tyne Central) What recent assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of regional variations - Speech Link
3: Andrew Gwynne (Lab - Denton and Reddish) What assessment has he made of the effect of long covid on the workforce, and what is he doing to help - Speech Link
4: Mel Stride (Con - Central Devon) reform of the work capability assessment, such that the OBR says that 371,000 fewer people will go on - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Spring Budget 2024 - Mon 18 Mar 2024
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Lord Eatwell (Lab - Life peer) and spend decisions—but today we can avoid often misleading short-term analysis and make an informed assessment - Speech Link
2: Lord Lamont of Lerwick (Con - Life peer) I read in the newspapers that the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions is examining the capability - Speech Link
3: Baroness Goldie (Con - Life peer) It gives an objective assessment of the challenges facing the Chancellor, confirming how tight his envelope - Speech Link
4: Lord Skidelsky (XB - Life peer) Completely ignored in this assessment, however, is the influence of energy prices on inflation. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
SEND Provision - Thu 14 Mar 2024
Scotland Office

Mentions:
1: Toby Perkins (Lab - Chesterfield) that comes across strongly in Derbyshire is the lack of capacity within the local authority to do the assessment - Speech Link
2: Robin Walker (Con - Worcester) Member for Chesterfield (Mr Perkins) pointed out, many more are awaiting assessment or have their needs - Speech Link
3: Matt Hancock (Ind - West Suffolk) now easily doable using technology and artificial intelligence, which can automatically assess oral capability - Speech Link
4: David Johnston (Con - Wantage) Lady, and I hope we can work together. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Asylum and Migration - Thu 14 Mar 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Diana Johnson (Lab - Kingston upon Hull North) Does the Minister think that the permanent secretary is wrong in his assessment that there is insufficient - Speech Link
2: Alison Thewliss (SNP - Glasgow Central) desperately sad.The Migration Observatory at the University of Oxford has suggested that a value for money assessment - Speech Link
3: Tim Loughton (Con - East Worthing and Shoreham) There are stories that some of the night drone capability that we provided to them is being used in the - Speech Link
4: Tim Loughton (Con - East Worthing and Shoreham) that we may have to issue some sort of amnesty, as we did previously, to enable people to qualify for assessment - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Housing: Young People - Thu 14 Mar 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) She patiently explained the issues that this caused in relation to her shift work. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Scott of Bybrook (Con - Life peer) more houses.The Government have in place a strong programme of support to upskill the capacity and capability - Speech Link
3: Baroness Scott of Bybrook (Con - Life peer) Young people with disabilities who satisfy needs-assessment eligibility criteria and a means test benefit - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Red Sea Telecommunication Cables - Thu 14 Mar 2024
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Earl of Minto (Con - Excepted Hereditary) We work collegiately with allies, including NATO, to ensure that subsea infrastructure is resilient. - Speech Link
2: Earl of Minto (Con - Excepted Hereditary) Resilience is something which we consistently and constantly work on. - Speech Link
3: Earl of Minto (Con - Excepted Hereditary) In fact, there are new support ships coming in that have the specific capability of underwater surveillance - Speech Link
4: Lord Coaker (Lab - Life peer) What assessment have the Government made of the impacts of the cuts to these telecommunications cables - Speech Link
5: Lord Craig of Radley (XB - Life peer) What assessment have the Government made of the ability of the Houthis to replace the weapons they have - Speech Link