To match an exact phrase, use quotation marks around the search term. eg. "Parliamentary Estate". Use "OR" or "AND" as link words to form more complex queries.


View sample alert

Keep yourself up-to-date with the latest developments by exploring our subscription options to receive notifications direct to your inbox

Lords Chamber
King’s Speech - Tue 19 May 2026
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Mentions:
1: Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone (Con - Life peer) I call on the Government to end the ludicrous ban on prisoners taking university degrees. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer (LD - Life peer) habitat, but it does make recovery impossible where the closed season means that, as soon as the females - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
“For Women Scotland” Court Ruling: First Anniversary - Tue 14 Apr 2026
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Iqbal Mohamed (Ind - Dewsbury and Batley) through so much suffering and persecution to stand up for their basic human rights as biological females - Speech Link
2: Claire Coutinho (Con - East Surrey) have been raped and find themselves face to face with a man at a rape crisis centre, and the female prisoners - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
HMP Downview: Female Prisoners - Mon 24 Nov 2025
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Rebecca Paul (Con - Reigate) Women prisoners are some of the most vulnerable in our society, yet very few people give much thought - Speech Link
2: Rebecca Paul (Con - Reigate) Women prisoners deserve better than this. - Speech Link
3: Alex Davies-Jones (Lab - Pontypridd) I have spoken to the prisoners and the staff there. - Speech Link
4: Alex Davies-Jones (Lab - Pontypridd) My priority is ensuring the safety of all prisoners on our estate. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Modern Day Slavery: Pakistan - Thu 13 Nov 2025
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Devastatingly, in a 2019 study carried out on brick kilns, approximately 20% of the females admitted - Speech Link
2: Monica Harding (LD - Esher and Walton) Pakistan to press for immediate change, to hold perpetrators of mob violence to account, to release prisoners - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Crime and Policing Bill
Report stage - Wed 18 Jun 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Judith Cummins (Lab - Bradford South) (1) After section 2 (parental responsibility for children) of the Children Act 1989, insert —‘2A Prisoners - Speech Link
2: Marie Tidball (Lab - Penistone and Stocksbridge) An inquest two years later heard how the family had been kept virtual prisoners in their home by youths - Speech Link
3: John McDonnell (Ind - Hayes and Harlington) They have said that the legislation is being used against political prisoners, which is raising concerns - Speech Link
4: Shockat Adam (Ind - Leicester South) Caucasian females are also not safe—just ask Danielle Horan, who was escorted out of not one but two - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
“For Women Scotland” Supreme Court Ruling - Tue 22 Apr 2025
Department for International Development

Mentions:
1: Caroline Johnson (Con - Sleaford and North Hykeham) She talked about NHS single-sex wards and the provision for biological females and biological males. - Speech Link
2: Bridget Phillipson (Lab - Houghton and Sunderland South) Of course it is important that vulnerable prisoners receive the support they need, but single-sex spaces - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Crown Court Criminal Case Backlog - Thu 20 Mar 2025
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Lord Thomas of Gresford (LD - Life peer) three-quarters of serving judges suffer from work-related stress symptoms, with higher figures for females - Speech Link
2: Baroness Porter of Fulwood (Con - Life peer) The situation is also not helping the remand prisoners themselves; the longer someone waits before coming - Speech Link
3: Lord Keen of Elie (Con - Life peer) understand from the Library statistics that something like 20% of our prison places are taken up by prisoners - Speech Link
4: Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede (Lab - Life peer) occasionally, and it is recognised that a completely unreasonable number of delays are caused by prisoners - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
International Women’s Day - Thu 06 Mar 2025
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Baroness Brinton (LD - Life peer) Biology and maths, by the way, are the second and third top choices for females at A-level. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Rafferty (Lab - Life peer) She inspired me to enter nursing through her stories of nursing prisoners of war in Bridge of Earn military - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
International Women�s Day - Thu 06 Mar 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Jerome Mayhew (Con - Broadland and Fakenham) In her personal diaries, she expressly discussed the need to protect female prisoners from rape and sexual - Speech Link
2: Chris McDonald (Lab - Stockton North) and announced a ban on the women�s game, stating that�the game of football is quite unsuitable for females - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL]
Report stage: Part 1 - Tue 21 Jan 2025
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Mentions:
1: None This can apply to males and females. - Speech Link
2: Lord Russell of Liverpool (XB - Excepted Hereditary) involved in a variety of Bills—the Policing and Crime Bill, the Online Safety Bill, and the Victims and Prisoners - Speech Link