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Lords Chamber
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill
Committee stage part one - Tue 18 Nov 2025
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Lord Hannan of Kingsclere (Con - Life peer) I fear that self-determination, which is a core principle of the United Nations and of the legal order - Speech Link
2: Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Lab - Life peer) Under the previous Government, Mauritius secured a string of legal and political victories against the - Speech Link
3: Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Lab - Life peer) If we need those states to agree with us and to ignore a legal ruling too, we may not be successful. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill
Committee stage part two - Tue 18 Nov 2025
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Lab - Life peer) However, I will look into our legal position in that situation and make sure we have some clarity so - Speech Link
2: Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Lab - Life peer) and the ability to operate it, because third parties will not be questioning the legal basis on which - Speech Link
3: Baroness Hoey (Non-affiliated - Life peer) My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 60, 65 and 68 on the protection and preservation of native and migratory - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill
Committee of the whole House - Mon 17 Nov 2025
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: None Clauses 22 and 23 cover the making of regulations, and Crown application. - Speech Link
2: None These jurisdictions often have unique marine environments and, more importantly, unique constitutional - Speech Link
3: Roz Savage (LD - South Cotswolds) Up until now, they have existed in a legal grey zone, vulnerable to exploitation, and they certainly - Speech Link
4: Roz Savage (LD - South Cotswolds) and party-political lines. - Speech Link
5: Seema Malhotra (LAB - Feltham and Heston) , Food and Rural Affairs and the Department for Transport, whose expertise, along with that of parliamentary - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
Committee stage - Fri 14 Nov 2025
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Lord Gove (Con - Life peer) , Food and Rural Affairs, I had to navigate the thickets of our devolution settlement.It requires care - Speech Link
2: Baroness Coffey (Con - Life peer) Those of us who have been in government know that you tend to get small aspects of legal privilege and - Speech Link
3: None In summary, “capacity” is a specific legal and clinical concept that determines whether a person can - Speech Link
4: Baroness Grey-Thompson (XB - Life peer) and I also have a number of very minor amendments which look at a better legal definition of disabled - Speech Link
5: Baroness Coffey (Con - Life peer) If she really believed it, she might say those words outside the Chamber and see if she gets a legal - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 13 Nov 2025
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Jesse Norman (Con - Hereford and South Herefordshire) , and missile and drone attacks on energy and transport infrastructure have intensified, with serious - Speech Link
2: Marie Tidball (Lab - Penistone and Stocksbridge) and mould issues and causing damage to property and personal possessions. - Speech Link
3: Bobby Dean (LD - Carshalton and Wallington) Several legal routes have been proposed, and it is now time to act.In the meantime, one of the weapons - Speech Link
4: Daisy Cooper (LD - St Albans) In June, I met the Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the hon. - Speech Link
5: Jo White (Lab - Bassetlaw) schools and on regional and national TV. - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Baroness Hoey (Non-affiliated - Life peer) now going to be able to speak on behalf of the Attorney-General and his legal team. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Merron (Lab - Life peer) That could result in gaps in the law, creating legal uncertainty for businesses and consumers alike, - Speech Link
3: Earl Russell (LD - Excepted Hereditary) It will lead to legal complication and challenges, and that is not good for the aims of the Bill, which - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Sentencing Bill
2nd reading - Wed 12 Nov 2025
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Lord Timpson (Lab - Life peer) It also plays an important constitutional role, balancing interests across Parliament, government and - Speech Link
2: Lord Sandhurst (Con - Excepted Hereditary) As the Justice and Home Affairs Committee, on which I served, has demonstrated, reducing numbers in prison - Speech Link
3: Lord Burnett of Maldon (XB - Life peer) at the instigation and with the full consent of the judiciary, impact upon anybody’s constitutional - Speech Link
4: Lord Bach (Lab - Life peer) to serve on your Lordships’ Justice and Home Affairs Committee.My first speech in your Lordships’ House - Speech Link
5: Baroness Prashar (XB - Life peer) Earlier this month, the Justice and Home Affairs Committee sent a letter to the Ministry of Justice on - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Trade Act 2021 (Power to Implement International Trade Agreements) (Extension to Expiry) Regulations 2025 - Mon 10 Nov 2025
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Lord Stockwood (Lab - Life peer) Any agreement implemented with this power and within scope of the Constitutional Reform and Governance - Speech Link
2: Lord Hunt of Wirral (Con - Life peer) certainty and flexibility to implement existing and future agreements. - Speech Link
3: Lord Stockwood (Lab - Life peer) agreements are robust and fitting for a country with our constitutional make-up. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Financial Transparency: Overseas Territories - Wed 05 Nov 2025
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) Baroness Hodge and I took a legal opinion from some of the best lawyers in the country, including one - Speech Link
2: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) Britain and Parliament are responsible for security issues and foreign affairs. - Speech Link
3: Stephen Doughty (LAB - Cardiff South and Penarth) Gentleman is right about the legal and constitutional position. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill
2nd reading - Tue 04 Nov 2025
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Lab - Life peer) The inevitable effect would be to expose the UK to an unacceptable level of risk and legal uncertainty - Speech Link
2: Lord Altrincham (Con - Excepted Hereditary) They heard lots of legal opinions and they were not able to reach any conclusion. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Lab - Life peer) That all sounds very legalistic and cold; nevertheless, that is the legal position as it stands. - Speech Link