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Public Bill Committees
Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation Bill
Committee stage: 1st sitting - Wed 08 May 2024
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Wayne David (Lab - Caerphilly) As champions of media freedom, we must ensure that the free press is never made so vulnerable that it - Speech Link
2: Mike Freer (Con - Finchley and Golders Green) The effect of SLAPPs is pernicious, and we cannot allow our media to be helpless to act to expose the - Speech Link
3: Mike Freer (Con - Finchley and Golders Green) I think the whole Bill supports the thrust of protecting freedom of speech. - Speech Link
4: David Davis (Con - Haltemprice and Howden) Intimidatory social media campaigns, threatening phone calls, not-so-subtle surveillance, hacking—the - Speech Link
5: None It can be done by media conglomerates as much as by oligarchs. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Recognition of Western Sahara as Moroccan - Wed 08 May 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Daniel Kawczynski (Con - Shrewsbury and Atcham) On my many visits to Morocco I have witnessed and experienced what I perceive to be a greater freedom - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) The Freedom House index gave Western Sahara four out of 100 for freedom in the territory. - Speech Link
3: Lyn Brown (Lab - West Ham) These include allegations of restrictions on freedom of speech and assembly, arbitrary detention, torture - Speech Link
4: David Rutley (Con - Macclesfield) Gentleman is committed to human rights and freedom of religion or belief. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
End of Custody Supervised Licence: Extension - Wed 08 May 2024
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Shabana Mahmood (Lab - Birmingham, Ladywood) March it was slipped out that it had been expanded from 18 to 60 days; and now it has emerged through a media - Speech Link
2: Edward Argar (Con - Charnwood) She talked about a media leak. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Countering Iran’s Hostile Activities - Wed 08 May 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Margaret Hodge (Lab - Barking) protests that followed her death, with women removing their headscarves and chanting, “Women, life, freedom - Speech Link
2: Iain Duncan Smith (Con - Chingford and Woodford Green) Beyond immediate threats to UK residents and their family members in Iran, recent media reports show - Speech Link
3: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) of religion or belief: Iran suppresses human rights and religious freedom to such an extent in that - Speech Link
4: Chris Law (SNP - Dundee West) Proscription would be a tangible step by the UK Government to stand up for the values of freedom and - Speech Link
5: Nusrat Ghani (Con - Wealden) That is why the Government have brought in the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023 and the - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Media Bill
Committee stage part one - Wed 08 May 2024
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Baroness Bull (XB - Life peer) I declare any relevant interests in the register, noting that while my own media interests have ceased - Speech Link
2: None PSB remains essential to UK media. Losing it would leave UK society and democracy worse off. - Speech Link
3: Lord Dunlop (Con - Life peer) and to commission three hours of drama per year.Thirdly, one of MG Alba’s potential advantages is the freedom - Speech Link
4: Baroness Fraser of Craigmaddie (Con - Life peer) The Media Bill is the appropriate place to confirm that there should be a Gaelic broadcaster. - Speech Link
5: None There was no reference in the original draft Media Bill to the word “genre”. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 07 May 2024
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Caroline Dinenage (Con - Gosport) Ahead of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee’s inquiry into that issue, what thought has the Minister - Speech Link
2: Jeremy Hunt (Con - South West Surrey) It is great to have the freedom to make those changes, but we have to be honest about the trade-offs. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Illegal Immigration: Costs - Tue 07 May 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Andrea Jenkyns (Con - Morley and Outwood) of being denounced as racist by a loud liberal minority in influential positions in the mainstream media - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) I declare an interest, as chair of both the all-party parliamentary group for international freedom of - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Defence - Tue 07 May 2024
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Tim Farron (LD - Westmorland and Lonsdale) are serious about standing shoulder to shoulder with our NATO colleagues and defending democracy and freedom - Speech Link
2: John Spellar (Lab - Warley) accommodation, and the costs of that are being seen in report after report from our Committee and indeed in the media - Speech Link
3: Maria Eagle (Lab - Garston and Halewood) We are the party of NATO and Labour’s values of democracy, freedom and peace are embedded in its founding - Speech Link
4: Andrew Murrison (Con - South West Wiltshire) The price of freedom is of course eternal vigilance, and that is generally agreed across this House, - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill - Tue 07 May 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Willetts (Con - Life peer) I am aware of the media coverage today about what is happening in our universities. - Speech Link
2: None I would be interested to know how the Minister feels the Office for Students’ new director of freedom - Speech Link
3: Lord Davies of Brixton (Lab - Life peer) My Lords, I just want to ask the Minister a question relating to academic freedom. - Speech Link
4: None staff with no role in the university’s decision-making process from stating—on their personal social media - Speech Link
5: None As I have said, the BDS Bill is not about restricting freedom of speech. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
EU Imports and Exports: Food and Agricultural Products - Thu 02 May 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Lord Trees (XB - Life peer) food security, but lead to international trade restrictions on our global exports, which rely on our freedom - Speech Link
2: Baroness Hayman of Ullock (Lab - Life peer) A number of examples have been in the media recently. - Speech Link