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Westminster Hall
International Day of Democracy - Tue 16 Sep 2025
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: John Slinger (Lab - Rugby) time when democracy and the rule of law are under assault from disinformation, division and shrinking civic - Speech Link
2: John Slinger (Lab - Rugby) healthy democracy requires sustenance and care, a diet of trust and honesty, and regular exercise in civic - Speech Link
3: Tom Morrison (LD - Cheadle) rule of law, and justice and democracy are“under assault from disinformation, division and shrinking civic - Speech Link
4: James MacCleary (LD - Lewes) The Liberal Democrats have called on the Government to recommit to the EUFOR mission, to support the civic - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill
Committee stage - Mon 08 Sep 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Jackson of Peterborough (Con - Life peer) our country to study, some of whom stay here to further their careers and add to our economy and our civic - Speech Link
2: Lord Davies of Gower (Con - Life peer) those who come to this country will contribute to it through our economy, workplace, communities and civic - Speech Link
3: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green - Life peer) work is great, but to enable people to support themselves, support their families and contribute to societies - Speech Link
4: Lord Jackson of Peterborough (Con - Life peer) there is much more to be done along the lines that my noble friend Lord Randall outlined in terms of civic - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Strategic Defence Review 2025 - Fri 18 Jul 2025
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Lord Robertson of Port Ellen (Lab - Life peer) world had changed for the better; that the values of liberal democracy had been cemented into our societies - Speech Link
2: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LD - Life peer) in conflict prevention and conflict resolution and in supporting allies to build resilient civil societies - Speech Link
3: Lord Bishop of Bristol (Bshp - Bishops) the UN is working with Anglican leaders trained in dialogue skills to be peacemakers and social and civic - Speech Link
4: Lord Bailey of Paddington (Con - Life peer) Rather, they will need to exceed them and should promote civic engagement and pride in our Armed Forces - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Employment Rights Bill
Report stage part one - Mon 14 Jul 2025
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Baroness Tyler of Enfield (LD - Life peer) There is a move to deliver more paid carer’s leave support, recognising ageing societies, a greater proportion - Speech Link
2: Lord Remnant (Con - Excepted Hereditary) It should also find ready acceptance with employers, who would be able to fulfil their civic duties while - Speech Link
3: None The noble Lord, Lord Evans, spoke about civic defence, which sits well alongside the commitment and the - Speech Link
4: None we must consider the wider context of the changing and evolving role of public duties in terms of civic - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Football Governance Bill [Lords]
Report stage - Tue 08 Jul 2025
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Lizzi Collinge (Lab - Morecambe and Lunesdale) It is telling that in other countries that perhaps have less class-based societies, football is recognised - Speech Link
2: Lisa Nandy (Lab - Wigan) at the centre of our towns, and they deserve to be passed on to the next generation as part of our civic - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - Mon 23 Jun 2025
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Lord Russell of Liverpool (XB - Excepted Hereditary) Countries and societies all over the world are wrestling with the effects of the technology that is all-pervading—to - Speech Link
2: Baroness Morris of Yardley (Lab - Life peer) I do not see how abolishing them in schools allows teachers and educationists in wider civic society - Speech Link
3: Baroness Thornton (Lab - Life peer) The mission is to build caring, peaceful, civil societies through the development of empathy in children - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Marriage between First Cousins - Wed 18 Jun 2025
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Richard Holden (Con - Basildon and Billericay) is channelled inward to extended families and clan structures, rather than to the important shared civic - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Employment Rights Bill
Committee stage - Thu 05 Jun 2025
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Lord Hunt of Wirral (Con - Life peer) It is, for many, their first taste of civic engagement and teamwork and is often a path into engineering - Speech Link
2: Lord Katz (Lab - Life peer) heritage railways in providing a positive way of involving young people in transport, industry and civic - Speech Link
3: Lord Moynihan of Chelsea (Con - Life peer) They are found in the most caring societies, and on all sides of the Chamber. - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Small Businesses: Access to Banking - Thu 01 May 2025
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Baroness Kramer (LD - Life peer) I have visited CDFIs and met the civic societies that they use to enable small businesses to understand - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Intellectual Property: Artificial Intelligence - Wed 23 Apr 2025
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Mentions:
1: Alison Hume (Lab - Scarborough and Whitby) Creativity knows no boundaries but neither, it seems, does generative AI.Collection societies such as - Speech Link
2: Steve Race (Lab - Exeter) They are not just cultural assets, they are civic anchors promoting literacy, community engagement and - Speech Link
3: Jonathan Davies (Lab - Mid Derbyshire) North (Mr Frith) for securing this important debate.A study by the International Confederation of Societies - Speech Link
4: Chris Bryant (Lab - Rhondda and Ogmore) That is why we have collecting societies, which can be more effective in many areas, but the different - Speech Link