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Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 11 Sep 2025
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Liz Twist (Lab - Blaydon and Consett) Programmes such as the holiday activities and food programme help to bridge the gap by providing not - Speech Link
2: Liz Saville Roberts (PC - Dwyfor Meirionnydd) week, shows that families with three or more children are far more likely to be forced to turn to food - Speech Link
3: Alan Campbell (Lab - Tynemouth) I mentioned earlier in my remarks the holiday activities and food programmes. - Speech Link
4: Lola McEvoy (Lab - Darlington) Hundreds of thousands of skilled workers have been employed in manufacturing and engineering roles over - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Indefinite Leave to Remain - Mon 08 Sep 2025
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Rebecca Long Bailey (Lab - Salford) This extends beyond social care; there must also be greater protection for migrant workers in all sectors - Speech Link
2: Neil Duncan-Jordan (Ind - Poole) workers open to abuse. - Speech Link
3: Neil Duncan-Jordan (Ind - Poole) In fact, virtually all migrant workers will in some way be affected by the changes to salary thresholds - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill
Committee stage - Mon 08 Sep 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: None As the noble Lord, Lord German, said, the UK’s fishing industry is reliant on migrant workers. - Speech Link
2: None Despite this and the importance of migrant workers filling those gaps and doing the essential work of - Speech Link
3: None It is long overdue for migrant fishers to be properly recognised as workers and to be able to access - Speech Link
4: None Finally and briefly, I will speak about Amendment 153, on migrant domestic workers. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill
Committee of the whole HouseCommittee of the Whole House - Wed 09 Jul 2025
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Siân Berry (Green - Brighton Pavilion) When one in five people receiving universal credit and disability benefits has used a food bank in the - Speech Link
2: Iqbal Mohamed (Ind - Dewsbury and Batley) It will adversely impact millions of people in our country—the people at the bottom of the food chain - Speech Link
3: Terry Jermy (Lab - South West Norfolk) My parents were supported by the local food bank. - Speech Link
4: Deirdre Costigan (Lab - Ealing Southall) The Employment Rights Bill will bring in flexible working, allowing disabled workers to perhaps start - Speech Link
5: Stephen Timms (Lab - East Ham) They did not uprate it; they froze it, forcing mass dependence on food banks. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Mon 07 Jul 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Jayne Kirkham (LAB - Truro and Falmouth) He says the policy will directly and severely impact him and hundreds of other frontline workers and - Speech Link
2: Seema Malhotra (LAB - Feltham and Heston) Gentleman will know, we work closely on this issue with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural - Speech Link
3: Jo Platt (LAB - Leigh and Atherton) Will the Minister join me in thanking retail workers in Leigh and Atherton and across the UK? - Speech Link
4: Diana Johnson (Lab - Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham) Under the previous Government, shop theft soared to record levels and assaults against retail workers - Speech Link
5: Tony Vaughan (Lab - Folkestone and Hythe) Alcaline Transport in my constituency was fined £10,000 after it reported that a clandestine migrant - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Hospitality Sector - Tue 01 Jul 2025
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Mike Wood (Con - Kingswinford and South Staffordshire) Part-time and entry-level workers have been the hardest hit; not highly paid City graduates, but bar - Speech Link
2: Llinos Medi (PC - Ynys Môn) Food and drink inflation has been consistently higher than the main rate. - Speech Link
3: Jamie Stone (LD - Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross) Without housing for workers, hospitality businesses are in real trouble. - Speech Link
4: Sarah Olney (LD - Richmond Park) workers was one of the main causes. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill
Committee stage - Thu 26 Jun 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Rooker (Lab - Life peer) In my experience in MAFF, Defra and the Food Standards Agency, it was one part of the food industry where - Speech Link
2: Baroness Ludford (LD - Life peer) It certainly needs to go much higher—I was going to say “up the food chain”, but that would be a bad - Speech Link
3: Lord Rooker (Lab - Life peer) It is about food safety, it is illegal, and it is crucial that it is dealt with. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Hamwee (LD - Life peer) Amendment 7 refers to “illegal migrant crossings”. - Speech Link
5: Lord Alton of Liverpool (XB - Life peer) crossings, and … increasing the prosecutions of criminal organisations who facilitate illegal migrant - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - Mon 23 Jun 2025
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: None I entirely agree with the noble Baroness, Lady Lister, that social workers would not do, particularly - Speech Link
2: Baroness Barran (Con - Life peer) abuse workers and youth workers—already held high caseloads, and, in part, because they do not typically - Speech Link
3: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green - Life peer) Three in five parents said they were able to spend more money on food at home as a result. - Speech Link
4: Earl of Effingham (Con - Excepted Hereditary) , with fruit, vegetables and low sugar levels in both food and drink. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 19 Jun 2025
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Navendu Mishra (Lab - Stockport) It failed its staff and exploited vulnerable workers, some of whom were migrant workers who feared speaking - Speech Link
2: Lucy Powell (LAB - Manchester Central) In November, we took the first steps to ban rogue employers from sponsoring overseas workers. - Speech Link
3: Rachael Maskell (LAB - York Central) That number has doubled since covid, and numbers continue to rise, yet the food supply does not. - Speech Link
4: Lucy Powell (LAB - Manchester Central) We are all concerned about the rise in food poverty in recent years. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - Thu 19 Jun 2025
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Baroness Barran (Con - Life peer) than child and family social workers including, but not limited to, social workers”—forgive me for being - Speech Link
2: Baroness Meacher (XB - Life peer) to become agency workers, who are of course paid a lot more than social workers. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Smith of Malvern (Lab - Life peer) and other workers who are employed on a permanent basis with teams.There is a broader range of workers - Speech Link
4: Lord Bellingham (Con - Life peer) Ofsted is not actually responsible for food in schools but can comment on the standards of food. - Speech Link
5: Baroness Smith of Malvern (Lab - Life peer) This is of course about food, but it is not only about food. - Speech Link