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Westminster Hall
Flood Recovery Framework - Wed 17 Apr 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Philip Dunne (Con - Ludlow) I invite him to apply for a Westminster Hall debate to discuss the work of the River Severn Partnership - Speech Link
2: Emma Hardy (Lab - Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle) am aware that I am running out of time, but I am always keen to discuss flooding and I hope for more debates - Speech Link
3: Robbie Moore (Con - Keighley) Friend the Member for Wells (James Heappey)—it is good to see him contributing in a Westminster Hall - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Antimicrobial Resistance - Wed 17 Apr 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Peter Dowd (Lab - Bootle) will not be an opportunity for the Member in charge to wind up, as is the convention for 30-minute debates - Speech Link
2: Will Quince (Con - Colchester) Friend the Member for Lewes (Maria Caulfield), who I am pleased to see here in Westminster Hall today - Speech Link


Select Committee
2024-04-16 16:15:00+01:00

Oral Evidence Apr. 16 2024

Inquiry: Proposals for backbench debates
Inquiry Status: Open
Committee: Backbench Business Committee

Found: If we were minded to offer you a Westminster Hall debate, which could be on Thursday 2 May, would


Westminster Hall
Digital Skills and Careers - Tue 16 Apr 2024
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Lady for securing the debate; she always brings interesting and sensible debates to Westminster Hall - Speech Link
2: Lisa Cameron (Con - East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow) When I started about two and a half years ago, we had not had any debates in the House of Commons about - Speech Link
3: Luke Hall (Con - Thornbury and Yate) of government, including local government, the devolved Administrations and the Government here at Westminster - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Solar Supply Chains - Tue 16 Apr 2024
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Mentions:
1: Alicia Kearns (Con - Rutland and Melton) I have raised the matter in countless other meetings and debates, yet we still see no action as dirty - Speech Link
2: Alicia Kearns (Con - Rutland and Melton) raised the issue of Canadian Solar—whether it be at the Foreign Affairs Committee, in this place or in Westminster - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Human Rights: Consular Services - Tue 16 Apr 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) We had a Westminster Hall debate when each of us who participated specifically outlined the case for - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Member for Edinburgh West, and it is why we are here in Westminster Hall today.We look to the Minister - Speech Link
3: Patrick Grady (SNP - Glasgow North) I think of the debate that was held here in Westminster Hall in November 2021, which was one of the busiest - Speech Link
4: David Rutley (Con - Macclesfield) Gentleman for raising it repeatedly and in most debates of this nature. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Citizens’ Assemblies and Local Democracy - Tue 16 Apr 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Debbie Abrahams (Lab - Oldham East and Saddleworth) I am absolutely delighted to lead this Westminster Hall debate on how citizens’ assemblies can be used - Speech Link
2: Simon Hoare (Con - North Dorset) constituents in a whole variety of ways, through appeals to Ministers, all-party parliamentary groups, debates - Speech Link


Parliamentary Research
Members' pay and expenses 2023/24 - CBP-9995
Mar. 27 2024

Found: They may also chair debates in Westminster Hall and act as temporary chairs of Committees of the whole


Lords Chamber
Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill
2nd reading - Wed 27 Mar 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Lord Bishop of Manchester (Bshp - Bishops) continuous Church ownership and care since around the 11th century, when it belonged to the monks of Westminster - Speech Link
2: Baroness Twycross (Lab - Life peer) This includes a requirement for 990-year leases as standard for shared ownership homes funded by City Hall - Speech Link
3: Lord Bailey of Paddington (Con - Life peer) pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Twycross, with whom I have worked for many years in City Hall - Speech Link
4: Lord Palmer of Childs Hill (LD - Life peer) I therefore trust that, in the course of the debates on the Bill, we might consider a grandfathering - Speech Link
5: Baroness Scott of Bybrook (Con - Life peer) I think we will have further debates on 11 metres as we go through the Bill. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Disability Benefits - Tue 26 Mar 2024
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) I support him in these debates in Westminster Hall and the main Chamber. - Speech Link
2: Marion Fellows (SNP - Motherwell and Wishaw) This is why they started a system different from the one in Westminster—a system that is based on fairness - Speech Link