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Lords Chamber
Crime and Policing Bill
Committee stage part two - Wed 07 Jan 2026
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Doocey (LD - Life peer) That seems a fair step, given that the platforms host most of the scams and profit from the engagement - Speech Link
2: Lord Katz (Lab - Life peer) It is fair to point out that there has been a fair amount of success already in that effort. - Speech Link
3: Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames (LD - Life peer) ”—I suspect that the noble Lord must mean to “permit any persons to go about their daily business”.The - Speech Link
4: None Noisy and inconvenient they may be, and they may hinder many of us frequently in our daily business, - Speech Link
5: Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab - Life peer) The Government are making changes still to allow that right but also to try to get a fair balance so - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill
2nd reading2nd Reading Commons Hansard Link - Tue 06 Jan 2026
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Mike Reader (Lab - Northampton South) We’re looking at an acquisition in your business area. - Speech Link
2: Mike Reader (Lab - Northampton South) Business resilience is also required at other times when the state interacts with business; I think of - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Planning Reform - Tue 16 Dec 2025
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Will Forster (LD - Woking) What steps are the Government taking to tackle developers that are land banking instead of building homes - Speech Link
2: Jim Dickson (Lab - Dartford) such as Ebbsfleet and Stone, and I am glad to announce that there are plans for many more, but it is fair - Speech Link
3: Damian Hinds (Con - East Hampshire) As with business rates and the Budget, it might take a few days for it to be absolutely clear what is - Speech Link
4: Matthew Pennycook (Lab - Greenwich and Woolwich) We want to ensure that we have a viability system that is working effectively, that is fair and that - Speech Link
5: Jess Brown-Fuller (LD - Chichester) We know that developers favour land banking—waiting until the situation is so acute that they can then - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill
2nd reading - Mon 15 Dec 2025
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Chris Bryant (Lab - Rhondda and Ogmore) The retail banking sector in the UK also sometimes needs to understand better how it can support small - Speech Link
2: Chris Bryant (Lab - Rhondda and Ogmore) A fair amount of London Fashion Week is supported by either the Department for Business and Trade or - Speech Link
3: Chris Bryant (Lab - Rhondda and Ogmore) He has made a very fair point. - Speech Link
4: Ben Coleman (Lab - Chelsea and Fulham) It was attended by nearly 1,000 people from business and Government from the UK and 10 rapidly growing - Speech Link
5: Joshua Reynolds (LD - Maidenhead) UK Export Finance’s business plan for 2024 to 2029 clearly states its five-year milestones, including - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Oil Refining Sector - Thu 11 Dec 2025
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Mentions:
1: Douglas McAllister (Lab - West Dunbartonshire) Those principles should draw on best practice and ensure that transitions are fair and planned, not rushed - Speech Link
2: Edward Leigh (Con - Gainsborough) That may be a fair point. - Speech Link
3: Seamus Logan (SNP - Aberdeenshire North and Moray East) Today I learned that 7,000 business leaders, workers and companies have signed a letter to the Prime - Speech Link
4: Harriet Cross (Con - Gordon and Buchan) industry through the emissions trading scheme makes it significantly harder for refineries to do business - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 09 Dec 2025
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Richard Fuller (Con - North Bedfordshire) The Minister said this was “fair”—no, no, no. - Speech Link
2: Tim Farron (LD - Westmorland and Lonsdale) Access to banking is surely a key part of financial inclusion. - Speech Link
3: Wera Hobhouse (LD - Bath) How can he justify such a stark increase in business rates? - Speech Link
4: Dan Tomlinson (Lab - Chipping Barnet) It may be that the business to which the hon. - Speech Link
5: Dan Tomlinson (Lab - Chipping Barnet) Let us be clear: nobody’s business rate bills are trebling. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Crime and Policing Bill
Committee stage part one - Tue 09 Dec 2025
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Lord Davies of Gower (Con - Life peer) that the test of whether a fair trial can take place applied to all past and future cases. - Speech Link
2: Lord Faulks (Non-affiliated - Life peer) On the contrary, a fair trial (which must surely include a fair opportunity for the defendant to investigate - Speech Link
3: Baroness Kennedy of Shaws (Lab - Life peer) Then there is business of not verifying age adequately. - Speech Link
4: Lord Faulks (Non-affiliated - Life peer) There may be reasons why we have reached a stage where there cannot be a fair trial. - Speech Link
5: None Such an infrastructure might be good for business. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Mobile Phone and Broadband Prices - Tue 09 Dec 2025
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Lord Sikka (Lab - Life peer) Government what steps they are taking to ensure price increases by mobile phone and broadband companies are fair - Speech Link
2: Baroness Lloyd of Effra (Lab - Life peer) customers feel empowered in engaging in the telecoms market, and confident that they are getting a fair - Speech Link
3: Baroness Blower (Lab - Life peer) My Lords, services such as NHS appointments, banking and even shopping, regrettably, have moved online - Speech Link
4: Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick (Lab - Life peer) with the growing emphasis and reliance on—and need for—mobile phones and broadband to undertake business - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Digital ID - Mon 08 Dec 2025
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Samantha Niblett (Lab - South Derbyshire) One constituent told me:“We already use our phones and banking apps—this would simply streamline it”. - Speech Link
2: Gregory Stafford (Con - Farnham and Bordon) I apologise for the fact that I may not be here for the wind-ups because of the business in the main - Speech Link
3: Rupert Lowe (Ind - Great Yarmouth) It will creep into travel, banking, housing, benefits and even voting. - Speech Link
4: Jamie Stone (LD - Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross) As Chair of the Petitions Committee, I must of course be fair minded and impartial at all times, but - Speech Link
5: Victoria Collins (LD - Harpenden and Berkhamsted) This will just add to that.All this is to say nothing about the impact on business costs. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
2nd readingLorsd Hansard - Mon 08 Dec 2025
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Lord Porter of Spalding (Con - Life peer) told that London was going to be in scope, and that the number of councillors on councils would be fair - Speech Link
2: Lord Fuller (Con - Life peer) Local government exists to raise a family, grow a business, invest in local infrastructure and protect - Speech Link
3: Earl of Devon (XB - Excepted Hereditary) I also operate a Devon-based heritage, land and farming business, which interacts with various tiers - Speech Link
4: Lord Borwick (Con - Excepted Hereditary) represented here; there is ample obloquy for everyone other than the Cross-Benchers to take their fair - Speech Link
5: Lord Jamieson (Con - Life peer) rates, which are set to be removed by a business rates reset. - Speech Link