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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 Fuller (Con - Life peer) administrative state over the people and taking power further away from residents and business to the - Speech Link
2: Earl of Devon (XB - Excepted Hereditary) I also operate a Devon-based heritage, land and farming business, which interacts with various tiers - Speech Link
3: Lord Jamieson (Con - Life peer) Yes, the Bill devolves licensing of micro electric vehicles and removes outdated Secretary of State consent - Speech Link
4: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) For Norfolk and Suffolk, Greater Essex, Sussex and Brighton, and Hampshire and the Solent, which are - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Autumn Budget 2025 - Thu 04 Dec 2025
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Baroness Neville-Rolfe (Con - Life peer) For growth, we need business and consumer confidence, both private and public investment, a tax system - Speech Link
2: Lord Razzall (LD - Life peer) For struggling high streets and small business, the Budget brought little hope. - Speech Link
3: Lord True (Con - Life peer) Unemployment is grimly rising every month, small business by small business, place by place, as it ever - Speech Link
4: Lord Livermore (Lab - Life peer) We have endorsed the industry-led Mutual and Co-operative Sector Business Council, and the Department - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill
2nd reading - Tue 02 Dec 2025
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Mentions:
1: Lord Whitehead (Lab - Life peer) It has already played a huge role in monitoring and promoting the health and welfare of our oceans and - Speech Link
2: Lord Krebs (XB - Life peer) In other words, about 90% of marine biodiversity is unknown, and if we include bacteria and other micro-organisms - Speech Link
3: Lord Bishop of Norwich (Bshp - Bishops) have been analysed and interpreted, and, yes, doodled. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Lab - Life peer) The BBNJ is not expected to have a significant or disproportionate impact on small or micro businesses - Speech Link


General Committees
Draft Heat Networks (Market Framework) (Great Britain) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 - Tue 02 Dec 2025
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Mentions:
1: Martin McCluskey (Lab - Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West) frequent outages, and people who have been left frustrated by poor communication and opaque prices—most - Speech Link
2: Andrew Bowie (Con - West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine) earlier this year, and it sets out a staged implementation timeline. - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Tobacco and Vapes Bill
Committee stage - Wed 26 Nov 2025
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green - Life peer) Amendments 182 and 187 would ensure that all schools and colleges were vape-free and would require them - Speech Link
2: Earl Howe (Con - Excepted Hereditary) small, are being pummelled by an increased disregard for the rule of law and, very often, a lack of - Speech Link
3: Baroness Fox of Buckley (Non-affiliated - Life peer) detrimentally affected by the Bill are thousands of small retail outlets, mini marts and convenience - Speech Link
4: Baroness Merron (Lab - Life peer) This included a green rating for the assessments of small and micro businesses’ assessments. - Speech Link
5: Earl Howe (Con - Excepted Hereditary) The transition needs to be as inclusive and smooth as possible, and practical guidance and support will - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
Report stage (day 1) - Mon 24 Nov 2025
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) I will not be the only MP who has received correspondence from the Country Land and Business Association - Speech Link
2: Meg Hillier (LAB - Hackney South and Shoreditch) for Business and Trade on, I think, 6 November. - Speech Link
3: Joe Robertson (Con - Isle of Wight East) Airbnbs are a big challenge, and are detrimental to the business of some small hoteliers, who are really - Speech Link
4: Siân Berry (Green - Brighton Pavilion) reading, as our grassroots music venues suffer and close due to business pressures, unfair business - Speech Link
5: Nusrat Ghani (Con - Sussex Weald) As we have four more speakers and we definitely have to finish business by 10 pm, Back Benchers are on - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Radio Equipment (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2025 - Thu 20 Nov 2025
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Baroness Hoey (Non-affiliated - Life peer) This legislation relates only to Northern Ireland and has an impact on small businesses and micro-businesses - Speech Link
2: None and small businesses. - Speech Link
3: Lord Leong (Lab - Life peer) and small businesses. - Speech Link
4: Lord Leong (Lab - Life peer) engagement for business, my officials regularly and continuously engage and consult with businesses, - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Crime and Policing Bill
Committee stage - Mon 17 Nov 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Viscount Goschen (Con - Excepted Hereditary) is a very serious issue indeed, and it is undertaken by a range of criminals, from small one-man bands - Speech Link
2: Lord Katz (Lab - Life peer) It is obviously a very profitable business to those who engage in it and I think we are all determined - Speech Link
3: Baroness Whitaker (Lab - Life peer) confiscates the caravan homes and domestic possessions of, a small number of families whose nomadic - Speech Link
4: Lord Blencathra (Con - Life peer) For example, a small-scale individual seller and a large business operation could both face the same - Speech Link
5: Lord Katz (Lab - Life peer) Some sellers who sell knives and weapons over social media tend to hold and advertise small stock numbers - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Employment Rights Bill
Consideration of Commons amendments and / or reasons - Mon 17 Nov 2025
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Lord Hunt of Wirral (Con - Life peer) to many seasonal businesses, large and small, and they remain concerned about the potential impact of - Speech Link
2: Baroness Lloyd of Effra (Lab - Life peer) We are committed to full and comprehensive consultation with businesses big and small and will arrange - Speech Link
3: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) Family Business UK, the Recruitment and Employment Confederation and UKHospitality. - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Tobacco and Vapes Bill
Committee stage - Thu 13 Nov 2025
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Earl Russell (LD - Excepted Hereditary) In a different vein from my review, it would also include a review of the impact on small and micro-businesses - Speech Link
2: None , particularly small and micro-businesses. - Speech Link
3: None That is a legitimate business aim and a perfectly reasonable thing to do. Different tastes matter. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Fox of Buckley (Non-affiliated - Life peer) independent vaping industry and so on; they often represent small SMEs and so on.I want to mention something - Speech Link