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Westminster Hall
BBC World Service Funding - Thu 26 Jun 2025
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Peter Prinsley (Lab - Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket) It broadcasts in 43 languages to 400 million people a week, bringing impartial news to some of the most - Speech Link
2: Peter Prinsley (Lab - Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket) demands on resources.The World Service is vital in the battle against misinformation, which is a modern - Speech Link
3: John Slinger (Lab - Rugby) truth, in my view, is an absolute must.Currently reaching about 400 million people a week in 42 languages - Speech Link
4: Chris Vince (LAB - Harlow) It reaches 400 million people in 43 languages every single week.As many hon. - Speech Link
5: Andrew Rosindell (Con - Romford) It broadcasts in 42 languages and has a profound impact on some of the world’s most repressive regimes - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill
2nd reading - Mon 02 Jun 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord German (LD - Life peer) My noble friend Lady Hamwee will expand on the modern slavery implications of the Bill later.Finally, - Speech Link
2: Baroness O'Grady of Upper Holloway (Lab - Life peer) Let us remember that, before funding was cut, free classes in English for speakers of other languages - Speech Link
3: Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab - Life peer) for disqualification from modern slavery protections on public grounds. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
EU-UK Summit - Thu 22 May 2025
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Chris Murray (Lab - Edinburgh East and Musselburgh) We do not need to go back to our previous relationship with the EU; we need to reset it for modern times - Speech Link
2: Chris Murray (Lab - Edinburgh East and Musselburgh) As a languages graduate, I absolutely support that, but we need to spread it. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Artificial Intelligence: Public Services - Tue 06 May 2025
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Mentions:
1: Baroness Coussins (XB - Life peer) if public services, in an attempt to be inclusive but also to save money, convey information in languages - Speech Link
2: Lord Clement-Jones (LD - Life peer) Back in January, the Blueprint for Modern Digital Government stated the intention to establish“an AI - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - Thu 01 May 2025
Department for International Development

Mentions:
1: Lord Aberdare (XB - Excepted Hereditary) remarkable classics teachers, from whom I gained, and have retained, an enduring love of classical languages - Speech Link
2: Lord Scriven (LD - Life peer) engage with communities outside those in which they are being educated—an important aspect of life in modern - Speech Link
3: Lord Hannan of Kingsclere (Con - Life peer) way they can fit all that into the school day is by not having as much of that day taken up with modern - Speech Link
4: Baroness Fraser of Craigmaddie (Con - Life peer) languages and expressive arts continues to decline. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Black Maternal Health Awareness Week - Tue 29 Apr 2025
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Caroline Johnson (Con - Sleaford and North Hykeham) That is when interpreters are most difficult to obtain, particularly for languages spoken by fewer people - Speech Link
2: Ashley Dalton (Lab - West Lancashire) That should shame us in modern Britain.Tackling inequalities and racism in maternity services is an absolute - Speech Link


General Committees
Draft Health and Social Care Information Standards (Procedure) Regulations 2025 - Tue 29 Apr 2025
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Karin Smyth (Lab - Bristol South) They provide the common language or languages through which the systems and organisations of the NHS - Speech Link


Written Corrections
Other Correction - Mon 07 Apr 2025
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Mohammad Yasin (Lab - Bedford) to cut 400 academic staff, which is almost 10% of the total, and to eliminate subjects like music, modern - Speech Link
2: Mohammad Yasin (Lab - Bedford) to cut 400 academic staff, which is almost 10% of the total, and to eliminate subjects like music, modern - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Universities: Funding and Employment - Wed 02 Apr 2025
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Mohammad Yasin (Lab - Bedford) to cut 400 academic staff, which is almost 10% of the total, and to eliminate subjects like music, modern - Speech Link
2: Mohammad Yasin (Lab - Bedford) If we continue to cut essential departments—English, nursing, modern foreign languages —where will our - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
St Patrick’s Day and Northern Irish Affairs - Thu 27 Mar 2025
Northern Ireland Office

Mentions:
1: Adam Jogee (Lab - Newcastle-under-Lyme) All of them have achieved international acclaim in both the English and Irish languages. - Speech Link
2: Adam Jogee (Lab - Newcastle-under-Lyme) other, it remains the gold standard in diplomacy and one of the most significant peace processes in modern - Speech Link