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Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Wed 15 May 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Mims Davies (Con - Mid Sussex) system, and in the accessibility of homes and transport, and through delivery of the national disability - Speech Link
2: Maria Caulfield (Con - Lewes) We are currently consulting on the NHS constitution, which will give women not just the right to same-sex - Speech Link
3: Kemi Badenoch (Con - Saffron Walden) democratic processes, including through the defending democracy taskforce. - Speech Link
4: Rishi Sunak (Con - Richmond (Yorks)) authoritarian states: Russia poisoning people on our streets; China targeting our democracy; and Iranian - Speech Link
5: Stephen Flynn (SNP - Aberdeen South) who on these isles is tasked with defending their liberties and their democracy. - Speech Link


Deposited Papers

May. 14 2024

Source Page: I. Best value standards and intervention: A statutory guide for best value authorities: a) Guidance and b) Government response to consultation. (2 docs.) II. Letter dated 08/05/2024 from Max Soule Deputy Director Local Government Stewardship to Liz Watts Chief Executive, South Cambridgeshire District Council regarding Best Value Notice issued to the Council. 3p. III. CIPFA Reviews of debt/investment risk profile for: a) Warrington Borough Council, b) Spelthorne Borough Council (2 docs). IV. Letter dated 08/05/2024 from Max Soule to Andrew Lewis regarding Liverpool City Council - proposed move to a statutory assurance and improvement board. 7p.
Document: official_Revised_Best_Value_Guidance_-_post_WR.docx (webpage)

Found: Best value standards and intervention: A statutory guide for best value authorities: a) Guidance and


Lords Chamber
Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill
Committee stage part two - Tue 14 May 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Bishop of Manchester (Bshp - Bishops) to local democracy, and potentially to wider civic and public life, is to remove this clause altogether - Speech Link
2: Baroness Janke (LD - Life peer) Prelate said, freedom of speech is a basic right and a cornerstone of democracy. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
International Health Regulations - Tue 14 May 2024
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Andrew Stephenson (Con - Pendle) both in the UK and around the world. - Speech Link
2: Andrew Stephenson (Con - Pendle) both in the UK and around the world. - Speech Link
3: Andrew Stephenson (Con - Pendle) , the parliamentary adoption process will depend on under which article of the WHO constitution the accord - Speech Link
4: Andrew Stephenson (Con - Pendle) 194 member states operating under the WHO constitution. - Speech Link
5: Tom Hunt (Con - Ipswich) national democracy is incredibly important to me, many of my constituents and other people in this place - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Football Governance Bill (Second sitting)
Committee stage: 2nd sitting - Tue 14 May 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Stephanie Peacock (Lab - Barnsley East) But at a small club, you are walking around the ground and the bars before and after the game and talking - Speech Link
2: Stephanie Peacock (Lab - Barnsley East) We have got a democracy, really. Football is run by the clubs and their various governing bodies. - Speech Link
3: Damian Collins (Con - Folkestone and Hythe) The middle and bottom clubs would not be able to invest, and the differential between the top clubs and - Speech Link
4: Clive Betts (Lab - Sheffield South East) Football needs to vote, and the Premier League has its constitution; I have no issues with that.I used - Speech Link


Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

May. 09 2024

Source Page: Call for Proposals: UKISF Pacific Programme
Document: UK WPS National Action Plan (PDF, 8.5MB) (PDF)

Found: The UK NAP is jointly owned by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and the Ministry


Non-Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
UK Integrated Security Fund

May. 09 2024

Source Page: Call for Proposals: UKISF Pacific Programme
Document: UK WPS National Action Plan (PDF, 8.5MB) (PDF)

Found: The UK NAP is jointly owned by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and the Ministry


Select Committee
Formal Minutes 2023–2024 (to 1 May 2024)

Formal Minutes May. 09 2024

Committee: Justice Committee (Department: Ministry of Justice)

Found: Registered 14 March 2023) • Name of donor: Government of Pakistan, Speaker's Office Address of donor: Constitution


Grand Committee
Permanent Secretaries: Appointment and Removal (Constitution Committee Report) - Thu 09 May 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Drake (Lab - Life peer) is a central tenet of our constitution and not seriously challenged. - Speech Link
2: Lord Thomas of Gresford (LD - Life peer) My Lords, I have the privilege of serving on the Constitution Committee under the excellent and careful - Speech Link
3: Baroness Finn (Con - Life peer) my interest as a member of the Constitution Committee and a former special adviser. - Speech Link
4: Lord Butler of Brockwell (XB - Life peer) I therefore have confidence that the conclusions and recommendations of the Constitution Committee in - Speech Link
5: Baroness Drake (Lab - Life peer) government in our democracy. - Speech Link


Non-Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Employment Appeal Tribunal

May. 08 2024

Source Page: Z v Y: [2024] EAT63
Document: Z v Y [2024] EAT 63 (PDF)

Found: Not only is that principle part of the rule of law in a democracy, and a fundamental principle of the