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Lords Chamber
Renters (Reform) Bill
2nd reading - Wed 15 May 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Lord Etherton (XB - Life peer) undoubtedly give rise to dispute and appeals.Fourthly and finally, in relation to two offences under - Speech Link
2: Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (Green - Life peer) That is a very fair summary, but it is obviously very worrying. - Speech Link
3: Lord Carrington (XB - Excepted Hereditary) have largely accepted that it is a problem: that is, the housing of agricultural and other workers in - Speech Link
4: Lord Hacking (Lab - Excepted Hereditary) decent home and to pay a fair rent, while likewise enabling landlords to provide just that? - Speech Link
5: Baroness Thornhill (LD - Life peer) That felt like a bit of a veiled threat that this would act as a deterrent to challenge a rent rise. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
No Recourse to Public Funds - Wed 15 May 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Beth Winter (Lab - Cynon Valley) We are living in a cost of living crisis, and the family is struggling on a daily basis, unable to pay - Speech Link
2: Ian Byrne (Lab - Liverpool, West Derby) Why do the Government not give people seeking asylum the right to work, so that they can contribute to - Speech Link
3: Beth Winter (Lab - Cynon Valley) Will the Minister give way? - Speech Link
4: Beth Winter (Lab - Cynon Valley) We have shortages of nurses and of workers in other sectors and industries. - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Roger Gale (Con - North Thanet) workers: sexual activity in the presence of a person with a mental disorder)• section 41 (care workers - Speech Link
2: Robert Neill (Con - Bromley and Chislehurst) That is essential to ensure a fair approach. - Speech Link
3: Alex Cunningham (Lab - Stockton North) I give credit to Members across the Benches for holding the Government to account. - Speech Link
4: Iain Duncan Smith (Con - Chingford and Woodford Green) I rise to speak in favour of new clause 57 and what was new clause 7 which has been copied by the Government - Speech Link
5: Emma Lewell-Buck (Lab - South Shields) I rise to make a short speech in support of new clause 9, in the name of the hon. - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Lord Hendy (Lab - Life peer) Fair Globalization”,and the fundamental ILO conventions. - Speech Link
2: Lord Verdirame (Non-affiliated - Life peer) My Lords, I rise to offer a few remarks on these two amendments.Amendment 30 does not really extend what - Speech Link
3: None I will give an example. - Speech Link
4: Lord Beith (LD - Life peer) has given rise to something as significant as a potential ban on boycotts. - Speech Link
5: Lord Davies of Brixton (Lab - Life peer) for or”—my emphasis—“voting in favour of a motion supporting a boycott”.Can the Minister give us an - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules - Tue 14 May 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Lister of Burtersett (Lab - Life peer) I hope the Minister can give a more lucid response to the question than that offered in the Commons to - Speech Link
2: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) the rules on care workers, as the noble Lord, Lord Coaker, mentioned, as well as on skilled workers, - Speech Link
3: None This does not provide a basis on which to give preferential treatment over other applicants and sponsors - Speech Link
4: None ONS data on ethnicity pay gaps highlights that most non-white British groups have a lower median hourly - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Mon 13 May 2024
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Paul Maynard (Con - Blackpool North and Cleveleys) We have just had a consultation on the possibility of moving from collect and pay to direct pay for all - Speech Link
2: Mims Davies (Con - Mid Sussex) Gentleman’s points, claims for reimbursement are in a good position within a 10-day ambition to pay. - Speech Link
3: Richard Burgon (Lab - Leeds East) But a new poll today shows that two thirds of people think the Government should urgently pay fair compensation - Speech Link
4: Deidre Brock (SNP - Edinburgh North and Leith) The Trussell Trust, however, says it has seen a 36% rise in pensioners turning to food banks in the past - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Bill
2nd reading - Mon 13 May 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom (Con - Life peer) The Bill quashes certain convictions and, by doing so, it gives rise to redress being paid to hundreds - Speech Link
2: Lord Falconer of Thoroton (Lab - Life peer) Our justice system prides itself, rightly, on providing a fair and reliable system of adjudication, where - Speech Link
3: Lord Bishop of Manchester (Bshp - Bishops) the support of a minority party more to the left, were told that the price to pay included quashing - Speech Link
4: Lord Sikka (Lab - Life peer) That is evident in many other cases: for example, P&O Ferries knowingly flouted the law to sack workers - Speech Link
5: Lord Etherton (XB - Life peer) proper, fair and speedy restitution and acquittals to the sub-postmasters, rather than drive a coach - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Miners and Mining Communities - Thu 09 May 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Grahame Morris (Lab - Easington) We require a Government committed to levelling up, fair taxation, and justice. - Speech Link
2: Steve Double (Con - St Austell and Newquay) sector and give mid-Cornwall a great future for decades to come. - Speech Link
3: Emma Lewell-Buck (Lab - South Shields) The Government keep saying that we need to strike a fair balance, but there is nothing fair about it - Speech Link
4: Nia Griffith (Lab - Llanelli) It is a Government responsibility.Turning to the miners’ pensions, I pay tribute to my hon. - Speech Link
5: Lee Rowley (Con - North East Derbyshire) I will not give way. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Skills: Importance for the UK Economy and Quality of Life - Thu 09 May 2024
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Baroness Hayman (XB - Life peer) as part of a fair transition to net zero and nature restoration. - Speech Link
2: Lord Marks of Hale (Con - Life peer) strategy.With much pride, and some emotion, tempered with a healthy dose of butterflies, I rise to speak - Speech Link
3: Baroness Wolf of Dulwich (XB - Life peer) and what you have to pay, is a moving minefield. - Speech Link
4: Lord Lucas (Con - Excepted Hereditary) We want to pay our own people more and to have a workforce with ever-rising skills, capability and pay - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Tobacco and Vapes Bill (Fifth sitting)
Committee stage: 5th sitting - Thu 09 May 2024
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Andrea Leadsom (Con - South Northamptonshire) First, I pay tribute to my hon. - Speech Link
2: Preet Kaur Gill (LAB - Birmingham, Edgbaston) shop workers grief at the till. - Speech Link
3: Andrea Leadsom (Con - South Northamptonshire) Lady makes a fair point. - Speech Link
4: Andrea Leadsom (Con - South Northamptonshire) will be liable to pay a fine of up to £2,500 if convicted. - Speech Link
5: Preet Kaur Gill (LAB - Birmingham, Edgbaston) There is no doubt, however, that the rise in youth vaping is a serious concern.My main question about - Speech Link