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Grand Committee
Donations to Political Parties - Thu 12 Feb 2026
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Lord Sikka (Lab - Life peer) Japan, Ireland and Australia. - Speech Link
2: Lord Leigh of Hurley (Con - Life peer) Political parties and regulated donees have a legal obligation to ensure that they receive donations - Speech Link


General Committees
Draft Scotland Act 1998 (Modification of Schedule 5) Order 2026 - Tue 10 Feb 2026
Scotland Office

Mentions:
1: Kirsty McNeill (LAB - Midlothian) A Committee scrutinised the draft order and the Scottish Affairs Committee considered it, and they both - Speech Link
2: Andrew Bowie (Con - West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine) Friends the Members for Gordon and Buchan and for Dumfries and Galloway, and to see such a lack of attendance - Speech Link
3: Patricia Ferguson (Lab - Glasgow West) Given the relative rarity of section 30 orders, our interest is in the legal and constitutional implications - Speech Link
4: Kirsty McNeill (LAB - Midlothian) We are here to debate this order.The Chair of the Scottish Affairs Committee and indeed other members - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Scotland Act 1998 (Modification of Schedule 5) Order 2026 - Tue 10 Feb 2026
Scotland Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Smith of Cluny (Lab - Life peer) the medical profession in delivering a scheme, including considerations of training and experience; and - Speech Link
2: None The relevance and importance of the distinction is that it is the assessment of this Government and the - Speech Link
3: Baroness Coffey (Con - Life peer) My noble and learned friend Lord Keen has set out pretty eloquently the issue of the narrowness, and - Speech Link
4: None However, the Scottish Affairs Committee asked some searching questions; we have given our response, and - Speech Link
5: Baroness Smith of Cluny (Lab - Life peer) most efficient and respectful way towards the MSPs and the devolution settlement. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Victims and Courts Bill
Committee stage part two - Mon 09 Feb 2026
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Baroness Goudie (Lab - Life peer) This would fulfil the recommendations of the Home Affairs Select Committee and the House of Lords Modern - Speech Link
2: Baroness Levitt (Lab - Life peer) aid, legal advice and legal representation and assistance during criminal proceedings.The Home Office - Speech Link
3: Lord Keen of Elie (Con - Life peer) These are sensible and well-established legal boundaries.The amendment also states that the court must - Speech Link
4: None Criminal practice directions are issued by judges, not Ministers, and the legal position is then reflected - Speech Link
5: Lord Garnier (Con - Life peer) in this House and in the articles I have written—that we should no longer simply rely on legal principles - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Standards in Public Life - Mon 09 Feb 2026
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Darren Jones (Lab - Bristol North West) and Integrity Commission, and as I said in my statement, we will go further. - Speech Link
2: Judith Cummins (Lab - Bradford South) I call the Chair of the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee. - Speech Link
3: Darren Jones (Lab - Bristol North West) Friend and colleagues and to do anything I can in pursuit of that outcome. - Speech Link
4: Siân Berry (Green - Brighton Pavilion) , and as a start, will he cap political donations, and ask all MPs and peers to follow my example in - Speech Link


Grand Committee
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
Committee stage - Mon 09 Feb 2026
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: None These duties form a comprehensive legal framework for the provision and protection of allotments at the - Speech Link
2: Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LD - Life peer) from Gordon Brown through to the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee say that - Speech Link
3: Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (Green - Life peer) Climate targets, environmental targets and air quality limits are legal commitments. - Speech Link
4: Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LD - Life peer) It is a sad reflection of how timid this Government are on all matters of political and constitutional - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Crime and Policing Bill
Committee stage - Thu 05 Feb 2026
Home Office

Mentions:
1: None data protection rights of individuals, and(c) a summary of any internal reviews, audits, or legal challenges - Speech Link
2: Lord Clement-Jones (LD - Life peer) Following the recent passage of the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025, we are now operating in a new legal - Speech Link
3: Baroness Brinton (LD - Life peer) It sought to promote legal certainty and mutual recognition while respecting differing national legal - Speech Link
4: Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab - Life peer) This is in accordance with local constitutional and legal frameworks. - Speech Link
5: None safer legal framework and calls on the Government to make good on their commitment to reform the laws - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 05 Feb 2026
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Lindsay Hoyle (Spk - Chorley) I call the Chair of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee. - Speech Link
2: Ellie Reeves (Lab - Lewisham West and East Dulwich) He has recused himself from giving legal advice to the Conservative party on the issue of Ukraine and - Speech Link
3: Helen Grant (Con - Maidstone and Malling) The Minister for Courts and Legal Services says that she would scrap jury trials even if there was not - Speech Link
4: Helen Grant (Con - Maidstone and Malling) The Government cannot champion legal certainty on the one hand and flirt with retrospective decision - Speech Link
5: Sonia Kumar (Lab - Dudley) ensure that victims such as Paige receive consistent therapeutic and legal support, from initial disclosure - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Lord Mandelson - Wed 04 Feb 2026
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Alex Burghart (Con - Brentwood and Ongar) They must also understand, however, that security and our international affairs are completely entwined - Speech Link
2: Nick Thomas-Symonds (Lab - Torfaen) I will give way once more to the Chair of the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee - Speech Link
3: Lisa Smart (LD - Hazel Grove) The code is a set of rules and principles, and acts as guidance for Ministers, rather than having a legal - Speech Link
4: Julian Smith (Con - Skipton and Ripon) They are difficult from a legal point of view, and from the position of protecting the rights of the - Speech Link
5: Polly Billington (Lab - East Thanet) I accept that there are wider constitutional implications for what we are talking about right now, and - Speech Link


Grand Committee
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
Committee stage - Thu 29 Jan 2026
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Lord Fuller (Con - Life peer) In Essex and Kent, it is between 12,000 and 15,000. - Speech Link
2: None , between the boroughs and TfL and between the boroughs and the Metropolitan Police. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Royall of Blaisdon (Lab - Life peer) While it is right and proper that each and every amendment and clause is debated, I deeply regret how - Speech Link
4: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) It is important that Members are given reasonable time to get their affairs in order and to ensure their - Speech Link
5: Lord Jamieson (Con - Life peer) costly duplication and legal uncertainty, in relation not just to this amendment but across the Bill - Speech Link