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Lords Chamber
Parliamentary Democracy in the United Kingdom - Tue 25 Apr 2023
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (GRN - Life peer) It is exemplified by an Executive who are taking on the powers of Parliament to make, delete and even - Speech Link
2: Lord Rennard (LDEM - Life peer) A more representative Parliament would have prevented much of what has gone wrong since then. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Noakes (CON - Life peer) The majority in each House of Parliament seem resolved to frustrate the will of the British people as - Speech Link
4: Viscount Stansgate (LAB - Excepted Hereditary) what one might call the normal power of Prorogation as a highly political act of some consequence.Then - Speech Link
5: Baroness Neville-Rolfe (CON - Life peer) of Parliament when there is a majority in favour of the Government’s programme. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Scotland (Self-Determination)
1st reading - Wed 01 Feb 2023
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Neale Hanvey (Alba - Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath) poll in Northern Ireland regarding the constitutional future of the island of Ireland. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill
2nd reading: Part one - Tue 21 Feb 2023
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Mentions:
1: Baroness O'Grady of Upper Holloway (LAB - Life peer) It also seeks to override the authority of the Scottish Parliament and the Welsh Parliament. - Speech Link
2: Lord Judge (CB - Life peer) Not only that: he can change any Act of Parliament. - Speech Link
3: Lord Strasburger (LDEM - Life peer) It started with the illegal prorogation of Parliament and has continued with frequent attempts to sideline - Speech Link
4: Baroness Noakes (CON - Life peer) Parliament should not be expected to pass laws without an understanding of the scale and scope of the - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Cabinet Manual: Revision (Constitution Committee Report) - Fri 16 Dec 2022
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Baroness Drake (LAB - Life peer) thereafter that updates be considered at the beginning of each Parliament, endorsed by Parliament, with - Speech Link
2: Baroness Warwick of Undercliffe (LAB - Life peer) of dubious activities by Members of Parliament, culminating in the so-called cash-for-questions scandal - Speech Link
3: Lord Howarth of Newport (LAB - Life peer) the prerogative in the unlawful Prorogation of Parliament; contempt for the rule of law in the disparagement - Speech Link
4: Lord Etherton (CB - Life peer) The second of those cases, concerning the lawfulness of the Prorogation of Parliament, made it clear - Speech Link
5: Lord True (CON - Life peer) The Government have committed to producing an update of the Cabinet Manual before the end of the Parliament—I - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Independence Referendum for Scotland - Wed 30 Nov 2022
Scotland Office

Mentions:
1: Neale Hanvey (Alba - Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath) Lord Advocate,“The principle of the unlimited sovereignty of Parliament is a distinctively English principle - Speech Link
2: Neale Hanvey (Alba - Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath) the people of Scotland and not the UK Government or Parliament.”On that, I wholly agree. - Speech Link
3: John Lamont (CON - Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk) That is yet another benefit of the strength of the Union and the power that this Parliament and Government - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill
Committee stage: Committee of the whole House - Mon 30 Jan 2023
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Mentions:
1: Nigel Evans (CON - Ribble Valley) an Act or Measure of Senedd Cymru, or(ii) an Act of the Scottish Parliament.”The purpose of this amendment - Speech Link
2: Claudia Webbe (IND - Leicester East) State of to seek the approval of Parliament to amend or add to the legislation. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Counsellors of State Bill [HL]
2nd reading - Mon 21 Nov 2022
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Lord True (CON - Life peer) of Parliament and I am confident that there is a strong desire across your Lordships’ House to support - Speech Link
2: Lord Janvrin (CB - Life peer) , of accident or illness.The fast-tracking of the Bill though Parliament therefore seems entirely sensible - Speech Link
3: Viscount Stansgate (LAB - Excepted Hereditary) of Parliament—which were only made possible by virtue of the operation of the Regency Act. - Speech Link
4: Lord True (CON - Life peer) approve a Prorogation of Parliament at the request of Mr Blair while the monarch was unavailable overseas - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Public Service Broadcasting: BBC Centenary - Thu 03 Nov 2022
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Baroness Stowell of Beeston (CON - Life peer) of audiences, and the young in particular, but the dissatisfaction of some sections of society who feel - Speech Link
2: Lord McNally (LDEM - Life peer) She is a proud daughter of Stockport, of which I was an MP, and Stockport is proud of her. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Benjamin (LDEM - Life peer) I have vast experience, knowledge and wisdom of the importance of this because of my 46 years of broadcasting - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Seven Principles of Public Life - Wed 07 Sep 2022
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Chris Bryant (LAB - Rhondda) We think that all Members of Parliament should be treated equally under the rules of the House. - Speech Link
2: Luke Pollard (LAB - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport) It suggests that we are all the same, and that every Member of Parliament—regardless of their party—is - Speech Link
3: Ruth Cadbury (LAB - Brentford and Isleworth) Given his deep experience of the history of Parliament and his role in our Parliament now, we should - Speech Link
4: Fleur Anderson (LAB - Putney) Parliament and a list of things that have happened to bring us to this debate. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Points of Order - Tue 05 Jul 2022
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Peter Bone (CON - Wellingborough) On a point of order, Mr Speaker. - Speech Link
2: Chris Bryant (LAB - Rhondda) On a point of order, Mr Speaker. - Speech Link
3: Clive Efford (LAB - Eltham) On a point of order, Mr Speaker. - Speech Link
4: Catherine West (LAB - Hornsey and Wood Green) On a point of order, Mr Speaker. - Speech Link
5: Lindsay Hoyle (Speaker - Chorley) Member for giving me notice of the point of order. - Speech Link