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Commons Chamber
Israel and Gaza - Mon 20 May 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: David Lammy (Lab - Tottenham) the Britain’s most fundamental principles: respect for the rule of law. - Speech Link
2: Florence Eshalomi (LAB - Vauxhall) a democratic state falls within the rule of international law. - Speech Link
3: Andy Slaughter (Lab - Hammersmith) adherence to the rule of law. - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) This is a highly complex area and it must always be governed by law, including international law. - Speech Link
2: David Lammy (Lab - Tottenham) I say to him very gently that we are the country of the rule of law; we do not wait for others to get - Speech Link
3: Bernard Jenkin (Con - Harwich and North Essex) I do not think that we should rule out some Russian involvement in the recent attempt on the life of - Speech Link
4: Dan Carden (Lab - Liverpool, Walton) values—of democracy, freedom, human rights and the rule of law—we have thought less about value and - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Management of Hedgerows (England) Regulations 2024 - Mon 20 May 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Lord Douglas-Miller (Con - Life peer) consensus from environmental and farming stakeholders alike that hedgerows should be protected in domestic law - Speech Link
2: Earl of Leicester (Con - Excepted Hereditary) While all the farmers are obeying the law and not cutting between 1 March and 31 August, you can drive - Speech Link
3: Lord Teverson (LD - Life peer) I cannot understand the five-year rule. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Hayman of Ullock (Lab - Life peer) It is important that we have those protections in place in law for sound environmental reasons.The noble - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Low Traffic Neighbourhoods - Mon 20 May 2024
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Marsha De Cordova (Lab - Battersea) that may come about as a result of some of the changes being introduced.Although the basic idea of LTNs - Speech Link
2: Marsha De Cordova (Lab - Battersea) Many of the benefits of LTNs do not help disabled people. - Speech Link
3: Jacob Rees-Mogg (Con - North East Somerset) schemes, to apply the rules and guidance that came out, I think, on 17 March, to make them into firm law - Speech Link
4: Ruth Cadbury (Lab - Brentford and Isleworth) Another suggestion is the use of a “one strike and then you’re fined” rule to warn people not to drive - 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: Lord Howell of Guildford (Con - Life peer) endure will be those that are voluntary, like-minded, not overcentralised, and generally upholding the rule - Speech Link
2: Lord Leong (Lab - Life peer) , concern for the vulnerable, democracy, human rights, and the rule of law. - Speech Link
3: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) partnership with our Commonwealth family on vital issues such as empowering women and girls, bolstering the rule - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Football Governance Bill (Fourth sitting)
Committee stage: 4th sitting - Thu 16 May 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Stephanie Peacock (Lab - Barnsley East) in the geographic area associated with a football club”.However, those indications will not become law - Speech Link
2: Clive Betts (Lab - Sheffield South East) mystique is often deliberate, to hide the real owners and what they are doing.Although this will be the rule - Speech Link
3: Stuart Andrew (Con - Pudsey) The current drafting, supported by public law principles, as my hon. - Speech Link
4: Stephanie Peacock (Lab - Barnsley East) of £90 this year—that is an increase of 111%. - Speech Link
5: Stuart Andrew (Con - Pudsey) of any of its other functions. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Relationships, Sex and Health Education: Statutory Guidance - Thu 16 May 2024
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Gillian Keegan (Con - Chichester) that makes the need for transparency with parents crystal clear and clarifies the scope within the law - Speech Link
2: Catherine McKinnell (Lab - Newcastle upon Tyne North) people who are transgender, that people can go through a process to change their gender and that the law - Speech Link
3: Julian Lewis (Con - New Forest East) that, Mr Deputy Speaker, but I read it as an attempt to undermine the firm guidance given in statute law - Speech Link
4: Gillian Keegan (Con - Chichester) That is what the guidance is meant to do; it is not to undermine political impartiality or the rule of - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Courts (Remote Hearings) Bill
Committee stage - Wed 15 May 2024
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Andy Carter (Con - Warrington South) These include an amendment to section 47 of the Family Law Act 1996 on arrest for breach of order. - Speech Link
2: Andy Carter (Con - Warrington South) In doing so, we are ensuring that the rule of law is upheld and that we provide for better and more timely - Speech Link
3: Allan Dorans (SNP - Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock) I have served as a justice of the peace in Scotland and am aware of the implications of the Bill. - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Lord Etherton (XB - Life peer) reach its own conclusion on the application of recklessness in criminal law. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Lawlor (Con - Life peer) This is how it should be when we enter into a transaction in this country: two parties under the rule - Speech Link
3: Lord Khan of Burnley (Lab - Life peer) Why could we not have Awaab’s law? - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Biodiversity Loss - Wed 15 May 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Caroline Lucas (Green - Brighton, Pavilion) to give a voice to nature in law. - Speech Link
2: Caroline Lucas (Green - Brighton, Pavilion) Can she rule out the idea that for England it will simply be a reiteration of the environmental improvement - Speech Link
3: Wera Hobhouse (LD - Bath) Local government has a huge rule to play but can be effective only if resourced properly. - Speech Link
4: Wera Hobhouse (LD - Bath) at an infrastructure committee meeting, where the point was made that the Government can break the law - Speech Link