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Parliamentary Research
The office and functions of the Prime Minister - CBP-9880
Mar. 15 2024

Found: The office and functions of the Prime Minister


Lords Chamber
United Kingdom: Union - Thu 14 Mar 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee (Non-affiliated - Life peer) Our Britishness is about much more than the passport we hold. - Speech Link
2: Lord Moylan (Con - Life peer) It was not a union of monarchies. The union of the monarchy had happened 100 years earlier. - Speech Link
3: Lord Godson (Con - Life peer) present security arrangements on the island of Ireland, on both sides of the border, now pose a wider - Speech Link
4: Lord Keen of Elie (Con - Life peer) address that, I suggest that one step we should take is the abolition of the Sewel convention and the - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
King’s Speech - Wed 15 Nov 2023
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Lord Hannan of Kingsclere (Con - Life peer) It is set in the future, looking back to a Brexit referendum—and this is the uncanny thing. - Speech Link
2: Lord Dannatt (XB - Life peer) Alderton to ensure a smooth succession within our monarchy. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Mobarik (Con - Life peer) who fought and died for the privileges we hold most dear: freedom of speech, freedom of movement, a - Speech Link
4: Baroness Foster of Oxton (Con - Life peer) A sleeper in Frankfurt airport placed a bomb in the hold of a 707. - Speech Link
5: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LD - Life peer) We have had the flawed abolition of DfID with the global reputation that it had. - Speech Link


Parliamentary Research
The royal prerogative and ministerial advice - CBP-9877
Oct. 24 2023

Found: The royal prerogative and ministerial advice


Westminster Hall
Bishops in the House of Lords - Thu 06 Jul 2023
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Tommy Sheppard (SNP - Edinburgh East) I think it was 113 years ago that the Labour party committed to the abolition of the House of Lords. - Speech Link
2: Martin Docherty-Hughes (SNP - West Dunbartonshire) to the referendum on Scottish independence, on which the bishops of the Church of England had more of - Speech Link
3: Patrick Grady (SNP - Glasgow North) reform of the Lords, that we hold the individuals concerned in the highest regard; nothing we say is - Speech Link
4: Alex Burghart (CON - Brentwood and Ongar) a referendum of the people of this country? - Speech Link


Parliamentary Research
The Accession of King Charles III - CBP-9621
Sep. 21 2022

Found: The Accession of King Charles III


Select Committee
Formal Minutes 2021-22: List of closed petitions

Formal Minutes Sep. 02 2022

Committee: Petitions Committee

Found: Formal Minutes 2021-22: List of closed petitions Formal Minutes


Lords Chamber
United Kingdom: The Union - Thu 23 Jun 2022
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Lord Strathclyde (CON - Excepted Hereditary) so recently pledged itself to having a referendum in the next 12 months.I will concentrate on Scotland - Speech Link
2: Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LDEM - Life peer) North Yorkshire by the abolition of district councils and the imposition of a single council, which - Speech Link
3: Lord Norton of Louth (CON - Life peer) A clear example of this was seen during the 2014 referendum on Scottish independence. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Hayman of Ullock (LAB - Life peer) The current point of tension regarding the Scottish Government’s intention to hold a second referendum - Speech Link
5: Lord Greenhalgh (CON - Life peer) He raised two important issues in a succinct contribution: the role of the monarchy in holding the union - Speech Link


Parliamentary Research
The UK Supreme Court - CBP-9536
Jun. 22 2022

Found: The UK Supreme Court


Parliamentary Research
The Crown and the constitution - CBP-8885
Feb. 04 2022

Found: The Crown and the constitution