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Lords Chamber
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
Report stage - Thu 26 Mar 2026
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Baroness Barran (Con - Life peer) argued in their work on regional growth, those returns depend critically on raising education and skills - Speech Link
2: None However, in the Post-16 Education and Skills White Paper, published in October, the Government came up - Speech Link
3: None If one looks at the Government’s proposals in the Post-16 Education and Skills White Paper, one sees - Speech Link
4: None In that White Paper, the Government set themselves a specific target in terms of skills. - Speech Link
5: None On Amendment 119, as set out in the Post-16 Education and Skills White Paper, reducing the number of - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Curriculum and Assessment Review - Thu 26 Mar 2026
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Baroness Caine of Kentish Town (Lab - Life peer) Media literacy and digital literacy were two of the top five issues raised by young people and stakeholders - Speech Link
2: Lord Clement-Jones (LD - Life peer) Media and digital literacy is, in Internet Matters’ own words, “a postcode lottery”.I have three specific - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Voluntary Groups and Community Centres - Wed 25 Mar 2026
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Ben Coleman (Lab - Chelsea and Fulham) They are the places where people go for affordable advice, for skills, for culture and simply for companionship - Speech Link
2: Ben Coleman (Lab - Chelsea and Fulham) and volunteers are being asked to act as de facto property managers, but they often do not have the skills - Speech Link
3: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) see the sheer volume of volunteer hours in place to provide children with a safe place to learn new skills - Speech Link
4: Chris Kane (Lab - Stirling and Strathallan) They are now hubs for technology, innovation and community life, offering everything from digital access - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - Wed 25 Mar 2026
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Lord Bellamy (Con - Life peer) Finally, there are provisions about mandating digital ID checks and setting an age of consent somewhere - Speech Link
2: None So, it is with some frustration that I say to the Minister that the digital behemoths cannot be governed - Speech Link
3: Baroness Blake of Leeds (Lab - Life peer) provision made by regulations under section 100A(3) of that Act.” (3) In section 94 of the Education and Skills - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Endometriosis Services - Tue 24 Mar 2026
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Jack Abbott (LAB - Ipswich) National strategies, research investment and virtual hospitals are all welcome and necessary, but digital - Speech Link
2: Luke Evans (Con - Hinckley and Bosworth) : a gynaecologist with expertise in diagnosing and managing endometriosis, including training and skills - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
Report stage part one - Tue 24 Mar 2026
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Con - Life peer) one looks down the list, one sees immediately the huge role that culture and heritage can play in skills - Speech Link
2: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) believe that culture in its many forms—visual arts, music, theatre, museums, libraries, combined arts, digital - Speech Link
3: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) to rural priorities, including in areas such as transport, housing delivery, economic growth and skills - Speech Link
4: None they can deputise for the mayor in a specific area of competence, and by bringing their specific skills - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Armed Forces Bill (First sitting)
Select Committee stage: 1st sitting - Tue 24 Mar 2026
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: David Reed (Con - Exmouth and Exeter East) local council level—I think we have all experienced this—that might be more inconsistent because the skills - Speech Link
2: Al Carns (Lab - Birmingham Selly Oak) Member for Exmouth and Exeter East mentioned the lack of skills at local council level—that is the problem - Speech Link
3: Mark Francois (Con - Rayleigh and Wickford) That could include small group interventions to develop language skills or pre-teaching key vocabulary - Speech Link
4: Al Carns (Lab - Birmingham Selly Oak) A central part of this work is developing digital, streamlined plans that can be easily transferred, - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
Committee stage - Fri 20 Mar 2026
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Lord Moore of Etchingham (Non-affiliated - Life peer) called Spelling to Communicate, it turns out that he has a vast range of knowledge and high conceptual skills - Speech Link
2: Lord Blencathra (Con - Life peer) That was before the digital era. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Grey-Thompson (XB - Life peer) You could easily make an assumption that someone’s communication skills are very good, when indeed they - Speech Link
4: Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown (DUP - Life peer) of basic understanding of autism and learning disabilities”and“a lack of practical communication skills - Speech Link


Written Statements
Northern Growth Strategy: Next Steps - Thu 19 Mar 2026
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: James Murray (LAB - Ealing North) technologies, including through investing hundreds of millions into the development of Manchester digital - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Representation of the People Bill (Second sitting)
Committee stage: 2nd sitting - Wed 18 Mar 2026
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Paul Holmes (Con - Hamble Valley) election leaflet repository for digital communications. - Speech Link
2: Samantha Dixon (Lab - Chester North and Neston) If we take the example of digital imprints, measures have been taken to extend the digital imprint regime - Speech Link
3: David Simmonds (Con - Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner) Samantha Dixon: You mentioned digital ID. - Speech Link
4: David Simmonds (Con - Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner) Q Just to be clear, the question is about digital bank cards. - Speech Link