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Grand Committee
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
Committee stage - Wed 04 Feb 2026
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Lord Best (XB - Life peer) was, as a very prominent part of local government. - Speech Link
2: None Those are legal requirements on the Government. - Speech Link
3: Lord Mawson (XB - Life peer) However, this is an opportunity for this Government. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Stedman-Scott (Con - Life peer) My Lords, the Government have now confirmed a substantial programme of reform of the Local Government - Speech Link
5: None The Government have previously stated that actuaries are aware of the local government reorganisation - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill (Second sitting)
Committee stage: 2nd sitting - Tue 03 Feb 2026
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Mentions:
1: Bradley Thomas (Con - Bromsgrove) The ICO is grant in aid funded from Government, so we are dependent on Government support.To move from - Speech Link
2: Ben Spencer (Con - Runnymede and Weybridge) Q Does that also exist for local government? - Speech Link
3: David Chadwick (LD - Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe) The Government cyber action plan is internally facing, looking at what the Government need to do to address - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill (First sitting)
Committee stage:Commitee Debate: 1st sitting - Tue 03 Feb 2026
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Mentions:
1: Kanishka Narayan (Lab - Vale of Glamorgan) You are then into the legislation side with procurement, because procurement will flow down. - Speech Link
2: Freddie van Mierlo (LD - Henley and Thame) What do you think are the threats from leaving local government out of scope? - Speech Link
3: Ben Spencer (Con - Runnymede and Weybridge) How can Government Departments be overseen and held to account in a way that will deliver meaningful - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - Tue 03 Feb 2026
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Lord Storey (LD - Life peer) This must be guaranteed by government policy. - Speech Link
2: None departments;(c) guidance and training provided to government departments to support the production child - Speech Link
3: Baroness Blake of Leeds (Lab - Life peer) Government departments will continue to complete CRIAs where necessary, including on this legislation - Speech Link
4: Baroness Blake of Leeds (Lab - Life peer) The Government cannot support it, however. - Speech Link
5: Baroness Smith of Malvern (Lab - Life peer) The Government share these aims. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Mon 02 Feb 2026
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: John Healey (Lab - Rawmarsh and Conisbrough) It is also true that the last Government, his Government, missed their own targets for SME defence support - Speech Link
2: John Healey (Lab - Rawmarsh and Conisbrough) Gentleman above all, having been responsible for defence procurement in the last Government, will appreciate - Speech Link
3: Luke Pollard (LAB - Plymouth Sutton and Devonport) To help deliver that, I am proud that this Labour Government are working with the Labour Government in - Speech Link
4: Luke Pollard (LAB - Plymouth Sutton and Devonport) This Government have stepped up our support for naval shipbuilding. - Speech Link
5: Will Stone (Lab - Swindon North) Taskforce Kindred has been a fantastic success of this Government. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 29 Jan 2026
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Chris McDonald (Lab - Stockton North) The Government recognise the challenge of high industrial energy costs. - Speech Link
2: Kate Dearden (LAB - Halifax) That is a responsible Government taking action. - Speech Link
3: Kate Dearden (LAB - Halifax) That is being a responsible Government, and we are doing the right thing. - Speech Link
4: Chris Bryant (Lab - Rhondda and Ogmore) Friend is in two Departments and therefore able to bridge these issues. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - Wed 28 Jan 2026
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Lord Bird (XB - Life peer) departments dealing with poverty. - Speech Link
2: None Moreover, fears of what a future Government might do have not stopped the Government setting clear targets - Speech Link
3: None The Government turned that down. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Smith of Malvern (Lab - Life peer) I commend the government amendments, particularly government Amendment 120. - Speech Link
5: Lord Lucas (Con - Excepted Hereditary) I recommend that the Government pursue Amendment 191A.I also very much hope the Government will pursue - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
UK Start-up Companies - Wed 28 Jan 2026
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Baroness Lloyd of Effra (Lab - Life peer) As the noble Lord is aware, in the Budget the Government introduced an entrepreneurship tax package to - Speech Link
2: Lord Popat (Con - Life peer) Can the Minister give us an assurance that the Government will look into all this? - Speech Link
3: Baroness Lloyd of Effra (Lab - Life peer) We are looking carefully across all departments at how we can optimise regulation. - Speech Link
4: Lord Fox (LD - Life peer) My Lords, I am pleased to hear that the Government are going out and looking for evidence. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Defence Industry: Environmental, Social and Governance Requirements - Wed 28 Jan 2026
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Katie Lam (Con - Weald of Kent) The defence of the realm is the first duty of any Government. - Speech Link
2: Helen Maguire (LD - Epsom and Ewell) We know that the previous Conservative Government bungled defence procurement in our country, overseeing - Speech Link
3: David Reed (Con - Exmouth and Exeter East) That must change through Government contracts removing such prohibitive clauses and the Government being - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Armed Forces Bill
2nd reading - Mon 26 Jan 2026
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: James Cartlidge (Con - South Suffolk) When it comes to procurement, we live in a parallel universe where the Government have delivered—quite - Speech Link
2: Jim Allister (TUV - North Antrim) And now the Government are exempting the whole level of local government from the implementation of the - Speech Link
3: Calvin Bailey (Lab - Leyton and Wanstead) One of the critical points of the armed forces covenant is that it extends across Government to all Government - Speech Link
4: Mark Francois (Con - Rayleigh and Wickford) In essence, the intention is to spread the authority of the covenant to cover other Government Departments - Speech Link