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Public Bill Committees
Railways Bill (Sixth sitting)
Committee stage: 6th sitting - Tue 27 Jan 2026
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Rebecca Smith (Con - South West Devon) As a member of the public, I want to be sure that those public sector staff are not receiving undue recompense - Speech Link
2: Edward Argar (Con - Melton and Syston) Would that advice be public? - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Finance (No. 2) Bill (First sitting)
Committee stage: 1st sitting - Tue 27 Jan 2026
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: None We are now sitting in public and the proceedings are being broadcast. - Speech Link
2: Mark Garnier (Con - Wyre Forest) Is this another example of the Government hitting the private sector while protecting the public sector - Speech Link
3: None employment,(c) the manufacturing sector,(d) small and medium-sized enterprises, and(e) the public finances - Speech Link
4: James Wild (Con - North West Norfolk) employment, the manufacturing sector, small and medium-sized enterprises and public finances.The 2025 - Speech Link


Grand Committee
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
Committee stage - Tue 27 Jan 2026
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Lord Shipley (LD - Life peer) First, elections are important for public posts that require the expenditure of large sums of public - Speech Link
2: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) safety, so that they can deliver the public service reform that the public expect to see. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) This would include working closely with local councillors, business leaders and public sector institutions - Speech Link
4: None the business sector. - Speech Link
5: None Accounts Committee, have the potential to transform the way in which our local public sector operates - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill
Committee of the whole House - Tue 27 Jan 2026
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Helen Morgan (LD - North Shropshire) , the Government intend to apply the new prioritisation rules midway through the 2026 specialty recruitment - Speech Link
2: Karin Smyth (Lab - Bristol South) We consider the new clause to be unnecessary at this time because existing systems for recruitment to - Speech Link
3: Karin Smyth (Lab - Bristol South) to thank the Leader of the House, the Chief Whip, parliamentary counsel and business managers, the public - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill
2nd reading - Tue 27 Jan 2026
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Preet Kaur Gill (LAB - Birmingham Edgbaston) That is public money, spent so that British patients have the doctors they need. - Speech Link
2: Katie Lam (Con - Weald of Kent) It is also right that, across every area of the public sector, we reward talent, effort and merit. - Speech Link
3: Beccy Cooper (Lab - Worthing West) mix, but public health training is hugely oversubscribed in the United Kingdom. - Speech Link


Written Statements
Woking Borough Council and Thurrock Council: Best Value Duty - Tue 27 Jan 2026
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Alison McGovern (Lab - Birkenhead) improved, with more transparency in reporting and that the council is embracing external reviews and public - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Police Reform White Paper - Mon 26 Jan 2026
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Shabana Mahmood (Lab - Birmingham Ladywood) Policing remains the last great unreformed public service. - Speech Link
2: Max Wilkinson (LD - Cheltenham) Numbers are down, and so is public trust. - Speech Link
3: Shabana Mahmood (Lab - Birmingham Ladywood) In the end, policing is a public service; it is there for members of the public, and to give victims - Speech Link
4: Shabana Mahmood (Lab - Birmingham Ladywood) trust not costing public confidence in policing. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Key Stage 1 Curriculum - Mon 26 Jan 2026
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Roz Savage (LD - South Cotswolds) not-too-muddy spaces are provided.I thank the creator of the petition, Ruth Lue-Quee, who is in the Public - Speech Link
2: Roz Savage (LD - South Cotswolds) That contributes not only to poorer outcomes for children, but to burnout, demoralisation and a recruitment - Speech Link
3: David Baines (Lab - St Helens North) introducing the debate so comprehensively, and pay tribute to Ruth Lue-Quee and all those in the Public - Speech Link
4: Sureena Brackenridge (Lab - Wolverhampton North East) world is difficult for children, and it presents unique challenges for our brilliant early years sector - Speech Link
5: Olivia Bailey (Lab - Reading West and Mid Berkshire) , and thank all those who signed and engaged with the petition, particularly those who are in the Public - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Armed Forces Bill
2nd reading - Mon 26 Jan 2026
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Steve Barclay (Con - North East Cambridgeshire) It is actually the view of the cross-party Public Accounts Committee. - Speech Link
2: Steve Barclay (Con - North East Cambridgeshire) In all that time a 98% failure rate in a public sector initiative amounts to the most catastrophic fiasco - Speech Link
3: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) The first is that the duty should apply to all relevant public bodies. - Speech Link
4: Jonathan Brash (Lab - Hartlepool) Does she therefore agree that we must ensure that when it is extended to every public sector organisation - Speech Link
5: Lizzi Collinge (Lab - Morecambe and Lunesdale) Recruitment and retention reforms are already working: recruitment is up, outflows are down, and the - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
Committee stage - Fri 23 Jan 2026
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Baroness Berger (Lab - Life peer) sector or charitable organisations and, if it was the private sector, whether it would be allowed to - Speech Link
2: Lord Markham (Con - Life peer) That 70% of the public support it. - Speech Link
3: Lord Weir of Ballyholme (DUP - Life peer) But in a wide range of other public administration or public policy decisions, there is at least the - Speech Link
4: Lord Harper (Con - Life peer) That is what the public would expect of us. - Speech Link
5: Lord Moylan (Con - Life peer) It is to do with public reaction. - Speech Link