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Public Bill Committees
Football Governance Bill (Sixth sitting)
Committee stage: 6th sitting - Tue 21 May 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Tracey Crouch (Con - Chatham and Aylesford) Government, of which the largest number sit within the responsibility of the Department for Culture, Media - Speech Link
2: Clive Betts (Lab - Sheffield South East) Everything else, including media income, can be considered, but not parachute payments. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Media Bill
Committee stage - Mon 20 May 2024
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Con - Life peer) “adequate live coverage” will meet the mark, and whether public service broadcasters will have the freedom - Speech Link
2: Lord Foster of Bath (LD - Life peer) A month later, after multiple complaints, Ofcom delivered its verdict:“In line with freedom of expression - Speech Link
3: Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Con - Life peer) Regulation must be balanced with the rights of freedom of expression and public debate, which are both - Speech Link
4: Baroness Featherstone (LD - Life peer) pluralism, a threat to freedom of information, diminished public discourse, a loss of accountability - Speech Link
5: Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Con - Life peer) freedom and the invaluable role of a free press in our society and democracy. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Mon 20 May 2024
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: James Gray (Con - North Wiltshire) Maintaining freedom of passage through the Greenland-Iceland-UK gap is an essential task for NATO, particularly - Speech Link
2: Dave Doogan (SNP - Angus) , I hope, into the Secretary of State’s ear, of the fate of HMS Argyll after I read about it in the media - Speech Link
3: Grant Shapps (Con - Welwyn Hatfield) This is an existential battle for all civilised countries that believe in democracy and freedom, and - Speech Link
4: James Cartlidge (Con - South Suffolk) We have to be in this for the long haul, and the fight for Ukraine’s freedom is the right one. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Ukraine - Mon 20 May 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: David Lammy (Lab - Tottenham) I only wish our media covered more of what the Ukrainian people are doing on the ground, every single - Speech Link
2: Marie Rimmer (Lab - St Helens South and Whiston) They are fighting for our democracy, for our freedom, and indeed for Europe’s freedom. - Speech Link
3: Kevan Jones (Lab - North Durham) What has happened in Ukraine has put into clear focus that the democracy and freedom of speech we value - Speech Link
4: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) However, in the interests of freedom, of liberty, of democracy, of justice and of decency, we must stand - Speech Link
5: John Healey (Lab - Wentworth and Dearne) Notwithstanding Putin walking away from the Black sea grain initiative, they have opened up freedom of - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Animal Welfare (Responsibility for Dog Attacks) Bill
2nd reading - Fri 17 May 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Anna Firth (Con - Southend West) dog-on-dog attacks are becoming more commonplace; I am sure you have seen the extensive reports in the media - Speech Link
2: Anna Firth (Con - Southend West) The Minister knows that, in order to support Michael, I submitted freedom of information requests to - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and International Committee of the Red Cross (Status) Bill
2nd reading - Fri 17 May 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness D'Souza (XB - Life peer) The organisation, reflecting the wider Commonwealth, with 108 member Parliaments, wishes to have the freedom - Speech Link
2: Baroness Taylor of Bolton (Lab - Life peer) important as parliamentarians around the world face new challenges, such as those that come with social media - Speech Link
3: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) such as empowering women and girls, bolstering the rule of law and good governance, and protecting the freedom - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 16 May 2024
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Emma Lewell-Buck (Lab - South Shields) The decision found that Northumbrian Water had a desire to“avoid media or political attention”.Can we - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) conviction of Christians belonging to the Montagnard minority ethnic group for their peaceful advocacy of freedom - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Community Sports: Impact on Young People - Thu 16 May 2024
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Lord Wood of Anfield (Lab - Life peer) change from the last 14 years in protecting councils’ budgets and their autonomy to spend with more freedom - Speech Link
2: Lord Monks (Lab - Life peer) Are the Government considering this issue in relation to the Media Bill, which is before the House? - Speech Link
3: Baroness Grey-Thompson (XB - Life peer) I have tabled some amendments to the Media Bill for the second day in Committee on Monday. - Speech Link
4: Lord Londesborough (XB - Excepted Hereditary) It was described by our Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport as “unapologetically ambitious - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Ukraine and Georgia - Wed 15 May 2024
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) The media reporting may have settled down, but the situation there is as volatile as it has ever been - Speech Link
2: Jonathan Djanogly (Con - Huntingdon) becoming more ready to use the apparatus of the state to suppress political dissent, free speech and the media - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
China - Wed 15 May 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Justin Madders (Lab - Ellesmere Port and Neston) Indeed, there was a debate here yesterday on the dangers of social media. - Speech Link
2: Mark Logan (Con - Bolton North East) I think that that can be reflected in the social media that is used there, by the case of Douyin. - Speech Link
3: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) of expression and other human rights of those in Hong Kong.We know that freedom of expression and freedom - Speech Link
4: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) He spoke about freedom of religious belief. - Speech Link