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Lords Chamber
Crime and Policing Bill
Committee stage - Thu 15 Jan 2026
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Moynihan of Chelsea (Con - Life peer) to an aggravated offence is a peculiar idea. - Speech Link
2: Lord Young of Acton (Con - Life peer) Why is a criminal offence motivated by hostility towards a victim’s transgender identity punished more - Speech Link
3: Lord Davies of Gower (Con - Life peer) The fact that, once a criminal enters a premises, he can store the stolen goods until a search warrant - Speech Link
4: None It would make it an offence for a motorist not to comply with instruction from a self-escort person, - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Crime and Policing Bill
Committee stage part two - Tue 09 Dec 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Featherstone (LD - Life peer) According to the Member’s explanatory statement, it would“make it a criminal offence to enable or profit - Speech Link
2: Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab - Life peer) My noble friend Lady Goudie’s amendment would also make it a criminal offence to operate a website hosting - Speech Link
3: Lord Pannick (XB - Life peer) 70, does make it a criminal offence to engage in penetrative sex with a human corpse. - Speech Link
4: Lord Pannick (XB - Life peer) If you are going to have a specific offence, surely it should cover a wider range of sexual activity - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Violence against Women and Girls: London - Tue 25 Nov 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Rosena Allin-Khan (Lab - Tooting) The online world has become a breeding ground for extreme misogyny, targeted at young boys and often - Speech Link
2: Emily Darlington (Lab - Milton Keynes Central) Parliament is a workplace, not a lifestyle. - Speech Link
3: Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Lab - Clapham and Brixton Hill) We urgently need to get a grip on this issue.As I come to the end of my speech, I want to make sure to - Speech Link
4: Jess Phillips (Lab - Birmingham Yardley) We need to make sure that there is a standard in the country, no matter where someone is. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Gender Self-identification - Mon 19 May 2025
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: David Mundell (Con - Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale) Members keep their speeches to around seven minutes, everyone will get to make a meaningful contribution - Speech Link
2: Tracy Gilbert (Lab - Edinburgh North and Leith) woman would be a biological woman, a person who had a gender recognition certificate identifying as a - Speech Link
3: Pippa Heylings (LD - South Cambridgeshire) Yannifer is a trans woman, a close friend and a colleague of mine. - Speech Link
4: Christine Jardine (LD - Edinburgh West) That is not a privilege, but a right. - Speech Link
5: Seema Malhotra (LAB - Feltham and Heston) Our immediate priority, as laid out in the King’s Speech, is to make sure that we have a trans-inclusive - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Lesbian Visibility Week - Thu 24 Apr 2025
Wales Office

Mentions:
1: Kate Osborne (Lab - Jarrow and Gateshead East) a rise in hate crime, and we must make active efforts to support our non-binary and trans community, - Speech Link
2: Kate Osborne (Lab - Jarrow and Gateshead East) We need to be clear that lesbophobia, homophobia and transphobia are driven by attacks from a far-right - Speech Link
3: Sarah Dyke (LD - Glastonbury and Somerton) In many countries, same-sex attraction remains a criminal offence and, in some cases, lesbians face abhorrent - Speech Link
4: Mims Davies (Con - East Grinstead and Uckfield) Having a child in the right loving home can make an amazing contribution and difference, which is truly - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Football Governance Bill [HL]
Committee stage part two - Mon 16 Dec 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Baroness Fox of Buckley (Non-affiliated - Life peer) First, I would make a distinction between children and adults. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Twycross (Lab - Life peer) That is a specific issue we have asked the gambling industry to look at. - Speech Link
3: Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Con - Life peer) I hope the Minister can explain why, if the regulator is equipped to make a judgment about criminal conduct - Speech Link
4: Baroness Twycross (Lab - Life peer) They can make evidenced-based decisions on facts in a clearly defined framework. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
LGBT Veterans: Etherton Review - Thu 12 Dec 2024
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Helen Maguire (LD - Epsom and Ewell) barriers a criminal record creates when trying to find employment. - Speech Link
2: Alison Bennett (LD - Mid Sussex) That financial insecurity, coupled with the difficulty of finding employment with a criminal conviction - Speech Link
3: Siân Berry (Green - Brighton Pavilion) Although homosexuality was decriminalised for civilians in 1967, it remained a criminal offence in the - Speech Link
4: Alex Baker (Lab - Aldershot) Today is a great day, but the fight for equality is a journey, not a destination. - Speech Link
5: James Asser (Lab - West Ham and Beckton) of a century after the decriminalisation of homosexuality in civilian life—they faced criminal convictions - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Violence against Women and Girls - Wed 27 Nov 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Liz Saville Roberts (PC - Dwyfor Meirionnydd) women at work and make a tangible difference. - Speech Link
2: Alex McIntyre (Lab - Gloucester) spiking a criminal offence—something that my predecessor worked hard on. - Speech Link
3: John Slinger (Lab - Rugby) Catcalling is not a low-level offence and it is certainly not a bit of harmless fun. - Speech Link
4: Alicia Kearns (Con - Rutland and Stamford) I stress to any victims out there that spiking is already a criminal offence. - Speech Link
5: Jess Phillips (Lab - Birmingham Yardley) I refuse to make a target and miss a point. It is quite easy to juke stats anyway, isn’t it? - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Online Safety Legislation: Abuse on Social Media - Thu 05 Sep 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (Lab - Life peer) Under the Act, stirring up hatred is a priority offence, requiring providers to proactively combat illegal - Speech Link
2: Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick (Lab - Life peer) racism, Islamophobia, homophobia and sectarianism. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (Lab - Life peer) Yes, there is a case for looking at all regulators; we have a debate on this on Monday in the House, - Speech Link
4: Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (Lab - Life peer) online abuse and posts of a sexual nature. - Speech Link
5: Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (Lab - Life peer) We also need to make sure that the police, as they play a community role, make clear what is illegal - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Conversion Practices (Prohibition) Bill
2nd reading - Fri 01 Mar 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: William Cash (Con - Stone) Friend also accept that it would be impossible for a criminal trial determining whether an offence has - Speech Link
2: Neale Hanvey (Alba - Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath) it a specific offence not to provide adequate information and ensure informed consent; and make it an - Speech Link
3: Miriam Cates (Con - Penistone and Stocksbridge) single act could be brought as a criminal offence. - Speech Link
4: Suella Braverman (Con - Fareham) Homosexuality is a criminal offence in about 60 countries, half of which are in Africa. - Speech Link