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Lords Chamber
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
Committee stage - Thu 04 Sep 2025
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Con - Life peer) This issue affects many charitable and civil society organisations as well.Adding a fee for listed building - Speech Link
2: Lord Mann (Lab - Life peer) The civil servants and the Minister had not thought this through, but it was a statutory instrument, - Speech Link
3: Baroness Scott of Bybrook (Con - Life peer) servants and Ministers. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) servants who make decisions on behalf of Ministers. - Speech Link
5: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green - Life peer) servants—maybe we need that right across the House, because ecosystems, including bats, are crucial - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill
Committee stage: Part 1 - Wed 03 Sep 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: None our Border Force has been diverted from its primary role, and the fact that we have vast numbers of civil - Speech Link
2: Viscount Goschen (Con - Excepted Hereditary) think we spent two days or a day and a half talking about the border controller—essentially a renamed civil - Speech Link
3: Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab - Life peer) Empey, will know that the Government keep all matters under review at all times—that is the political, Civil - Speech Link
4: Lord Alton of Liverpool (XB - Life peer) transnational repression against individuals in another country; serious abuses in a conflict; unlawful recruitment - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Mon 01 Sep 2025
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Tim Farron (LD - Westmorland and Lonsdale) Tourism assesses that 37% of its businesses have cut staff as a consequence and 33% are freezing recruitment - Speech Link
2: Mark Garnier (Con - Wyre Forest) It seems that the Government have prioritised civil service bureaucracy over helping frozen pensioners - Speech Link
3: Torsten Bell (Lab - Swansea West) That work, which is very welcome, has been done by not just Members but civil society organisations and - Speech Link
4: Steve Darling (LD - Torbay) Can the Minister cast any light on whether guidance has been given to civil servants on such cuts? - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Employment Rights Bill
Report stage part one - Wed 23 Jul 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Barber of Ainsdale (Lab - Life peer) Naturally, they want to play their part in civil society, in contributing to the debates in the sectors - Speech Link
2: Lord Hendy (Lab - Life peer) requirement which answered the Law Lords’ decision in Osborne vs the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants - Speech Link
3: Lord Jackson of Peterborough (Con - Life peer) now have in the economy, where we have pressure on employment, rising inflation, difficulties in recruitment - Speech Link


Written Statements
Government of Service - Mon 21 Jul 2025
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Pat McFadden (Lab - Wolverhampton South East) servants and special advisers to the Civil Service Commission. - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Lord Anderson of Swansea (Lab - Life peer) I think the almost universal answer from commentators is, “Yes”.I have two questions, on recruitment - Speech Link
2: Lord Young of Norwood Green (Lab - Life peer) recruitment crisis”. - Speech Link
3: Lord Craig of Radley (XB - Life peer) Recruitment has already been mentioned; it is showing improvement, but is well below needs. - Speech Link
4: Lord Stevens of Birmingham (XB - Life peer) servants—to do some of the cyberwarfare. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
RAF Photographic Reconnaissance Unit - Thu 17 Jul 2025
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Julie Minns (Lab - Carlisle) involved, the project requests an opportunity to meet the Minister to discuss a working arrangement with civil - Speech Link
2: David Reed (Con - Exmouth and Exeter East) We cannot simply talk about the need for recruitment; we must foster a culture that respects and values - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Employment Rights Bill
Report stage - Wed 16 Jul 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Hunt of Wirral (Con - Life peer) servants out of London.Of course, these amendments, while helpful, have added layers of complexity. - Speech Link
2: None When we had the pleasure of meeting the Minister and civil servants working on the Bill, for which we - Speech Link
3: Lord Hunt of Wirral (Con - Life peer) Will a minor accounting error mean that family-run businesses face raids from civil servants and property - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Resident Doctors: Industrial Action - Wed 16 Jul 2025
No Department present

Mentions:
1: None and last year, so renegotiating this year’s pay award would be deeply unfair to all other public servants - Speech Link
2: Lord Kamall (Con - Life peer) respect for trade unions and, along with friendly societies and mutuals, their wonderful history in civil - Speech Link
3: Lord Stoneham of Droxford (LD - Life peer) This is surely critical to the morale of the NHS, affecting recruitment and retention even more than - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
RAF E-7 Wedgetail Programme - Wed 16 Jul 2025
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Luke Pollard (LAB - Plymouth Sutton and Devonport) The recruitment of the new national armaments director, being led by the Secretary of State, is a key - Speech Link
2: Luke Pollard (LAB - Plymouth Sutton and Devonport) about how we are going to get to Wedgetail’s introduction in service, and briefly mentioned the NAD recruitment - Speech Link
3: Mark Francois (Con - Rayleigh and Wickford) He is in Parliament; he has had plenty of time to prepare and he has lots of civil servants to advise - Speech Link