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Westminster Hall
Zero-emission Buses - Tue 21 May 2024
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Ian Paisley (DUP - North Antrim) In 2021, the United Nations working group on business and human rights wrote to BYD, saying that it“had - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Friend has underlined the crucial issue of human rights abuses and the persecution, trafficking and all - Speech Link
3: Iain Stewart (Con - Milton Keynes South) If there are concerns about human rights, as the hon. - Speech Link
4: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Human rights and religious belief go hand in hand. If you take on one, you hurt the other. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Child Sexual Abuse Material (Digital Devices)
1st reading - Wed 15 May 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Apsana Begum (Lab - Poplar and Limehouse) Today there is a debate on amendments and new clauses that cover domestic abuse, human trafficking and - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Criminal Justice Bill
Report stage (day 1) - Wed 15 May 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: None Friend the Member for Swansea East, seeks to align the definition of “human trafficking” in UK law with - Speech Link
2: Carolyn Harris (Lab - Swansea East) New clause 29 would bring the UK definition of human trafficking in line with international standards - Speech Link
3: None During our inquiry on human trafficking, we were shocked to find out that not only do pimping websites - Speech Link
4: None Friend the Member for Swansea East, which concerns the definition of human trafficking. - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: None 5, at end insert “and conventions, including the Genocide Convention, the Universal Declaration on Human - Speech Link
2: Lord Hendy (Lab - Life peer) put the UK in breach of its obligations under the genocide convention, the Universal Declaration of Human - Speech Link
3: Lord Roborough (Con - Excepted Hereditary) trafficking offences. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Illegal Migration Act: Northern Ireland - Tue 14 May 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Alison Thewliss (SNP - Glasgow Central) The court also found incompatibility between the 2023 Act and the Human Rights Act 1998 on the duty to - Speech Link
2: Claire Hanna (SDLP - Belfast South) The European convention on human rights is not just a key part of the UK’s unwritten constitution, but - Speech Link
3: Tim Farron (LD - Westmorland and Lonsdale) Across the United Kingdom, including Northern Ireland, there are 90,000 of our fellow human beings who - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Prevention of Sexual Violence in Conflict - Tue 14 May 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Sharon Hodgson (Lab - Washington and Sunderland West) Republic of the Congo provoked a loud and very angry response from global women’s organisations and human - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) As Members of this House, we have a platform to raise awareness of significant human rights concerns. - Speech Link
3: Stella Creasy (LAB - Walthamstow) The captive women and children were used for sexual slavery and trafficking. - Speech Link
4: Jeremy Corbyn (Ind - Islington North) Rights, at the Human Rights Council only a couple of months ago on 4 March. - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Baroness Noakes (Con - Life peer) which is why I raised it.To finish, my concern on this score was underlined by the action of the UN human - Speech Link
2: None I specifically raised issues concerning the UN’s Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights partly - Speech Link
3: None But addressing that problem does not therefore mean that we can allow human rights and other abuses to - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Modern Slavery National Referral Mechanism: Waiting Times - Mon 13 May 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Coaker (Lab - Life peer) Trafficking Foundation. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Butler-Sloss (XB - Life peer) Trafficking Foundation. - Speech Link
3: Lord Randall of Uxbridge (Con - Life peer) Trafficking Foundation. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Hamwee (LD - Life peer) Does he also recognise that many victims of trafficking are British citizens? - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Commercial Organisations and Public Authorities Duty (Human Rights and Environment) Bill [HL]
2nd reading - Fri 10 May 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Baroness Young of Hornsey (XB - Life peer) We believe that a due diligence obligation must cover all internationally recognised human rights and - Speech Link
2: Baroness Coussins (XB - Life peer) rights and environmental defenders face immense risks when reporting human rights abuses. - Speech Link
3: Lord McNicol of West Kilbride (Lab - Life peer) resilience into global supply chains and driving progress on fundamental issues such as climate change, anti-trafficking - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Inadmissible Asylum Seekers - Thu 09 May 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord German (LD - Life peer) Amid the numbers, the data and policy detail, it is essential that we remember the human cost of this - Speech Link
2: Lord Hussain (LD - Life peer) My Lords, Britain has a history of giving asylum to many political leaders, human rights workers and - Speech Link
3: Baroness Hamwee (LD - Life peer) essential for stability and a basis from which exploitation and a whole range of abuses, including trafficking - Speech Link
4: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) However, any asylum or human rights claim made against the child’s country or origin will be declared - Speech Link