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Lords Chamber
Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL]
2nd reading - Wed 16 Jun 2021
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Baroness Hodgson of Abinger (CON - Life peer) Does the Minister expect the ASC to comment on the merits of a decision being made or to make recommendations - Speech Link
2: Lord Dodds of Duncairn (DUP - Life peer) of the devolved Governments to ensure a consistent approach.I want to touch briefly on a number of clauses - Speech Link
3: Baroness Redfern (CON - Life peer) I would like us not just to restrict the use of glue traps but to ban them outright.I welcome the fact - Speech Link
4: Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (CON - Life peer) a verdict on some of the proposals in the reports? - Speech Link
5: Lord Benyon (CON - Life peer) The Government have no plans to change the regulatory system for the use of animals in science. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Televised Election Debates - Mon 07 Jan 2019
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Steve Double (CON - St Austell and Newquay) in that process, and also meet the expectation of a large part of the public—they want to see a debate - Speech Link
2: John Lamont (CON - Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk) A petition calling for a ban on the sale of fireworks has 297,000 signatures, which is twice the support - Speech Link
3: Chloe Smith (CON - Norwich North) Political parties use many mediums to convey their message to members of the public before a general - Speech Link
4: Chloe Smith (CON - Norwich North) That is what we do when we put something into law.Moving on to the suggested use of a quango to achieve - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Fireworks: Public Sales - Mon 26 Nov 2018
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Mentions:
1: Helen Jones (LAB - Warrington North) The petition calls for a ban on the sale of fireworks to the public and for a move to organised displays - Speech Link
2: Bill Grant (CON - Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock) I support a ban on the sale of fireworks to the public. - Speech Link
3: Patricia Gibson (SNP - North Ayrshire and Arran) a ban on the public use of fireworks. - Speech Link
4: Kelly Tolhurst (CON - Rochester and Strood) governing the use of fireworks to include a ban on public use”.That debate took place because 113,000 - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill
2nd reading (Hansard - continued): House of Lords - Wed 31 Jan 2018
Department for Exiting the European Union

Mentions:
1: Lord Lupton (Non-affiliated - Life peer) a referendum on the terms of our exit from the EU—which would give a second bite of the cherry to a minority - Speech Link
2: Lord Baker of Dorking (CON - Life peer) of Justice, we were supposed to form a committee to be a check on the Commission because the Commission - Speech Link
3: Lord Bishop of Oxford (Bishops - Bishops) Article 25, on the rights of the elderly and the right of older people to lead a life of dignity and - Speech Link
4: Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (LAB - Life peer) To give the public a chance to decide on the terms of the deal is not anti-democratic. - Speech Link
5: Lord Lamont of Lerwick (CON - Life peer) as a means of getting a second referendum on to the agenda and into the debate. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Fireworks - Mon 29 Jan 2018
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Mentions:
1: Susan Elan Jones (LAB - Clwyd South) It wants toChange the laws governing the use of fireworks to include a ban on public use”,and states - Speech Link
2: Bill Grant (CON - Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock) , I advocate a ban on the sale of fireworks to individual members of the public. - Speech Link
3: Mohammad Yasin (LAB - Bedford) for a change in the laws governing the use of fireworks to include a ban on public use.From time to - Speech Link
4: Patricia Gibson (SNP - North Ayrshire and Arran) a ban on the public use of fireworks. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill
Committee: 4th sitting: House of Commons - Mon 04 Dec 2017
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Eleanor Laing (CON - Epping Forest) any change to the matters listed in paragraphs (a) to (e) of subsection (2).(4) Before concluding a - Speech Link
2: Chris Bryant (LAB - Rhondda) a regulatory framework on the island of Ireland, they must speak to the First Minister of Wales as well - Speech Link
3: Ian Blackford (SNP - Ross, Skye and Lochaber) The simple fact is that the Secretary of State and others have been asked on a number of occasions to - Speech Link
4: Paul Masterton (CON - East Renfrewshire) to vote on whether to grant a legislative consent motion ahead of the Third Reading of the Bill in the - Speech Link
5: Bernard Jenkin (CON - Harwich and North Essex) in the United Kingdom to allow representatives of all four Parliaments to meet on a regular basis on - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Policing and Crime Bill
Committee: 4th sitting (Hansard - part one): House of Lords - Wed 09 Nov 2016
Home Office

Mentions:
1: None to the full cost to the public purse of issuing the certificate.” - Speech Link
2: Baroness Williams of Trafford (CON - Life peer) report for the Mayor of London on London’s preparedness to respond to a major terrorist incident, which - Speech Link
3: None (1) does not apply—(a) to a person who is responsible for the organisation of the event, or(b) to a - Speech Link
4: Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen (Non-affiliated - Life peer) Extending the offence to include travel to a music event or festival would not only widen the scope of - Speech Link
5: Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe (LAB - Life peer) I particularly asked if they would define the benefits of this change to the public. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Fireworks - Mon 06 Jun 2016
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Angela Smith (LDEM - Penistone and Stocksbridge) They include, of course, a change in the law to restrict the use of fireworks—not their sale; we already - Speech Link
2: Angela Smith (LDEM - Penistone and Stocksbridge) a more robust approach to regulating the use of fireworks by members of the public, notwithstanding - Speech Link
3: Angela Smith (LDEM - Penistone and Stocksbridge) to police restrictions on the use of fireworks at certain times of the year. - Speech Link
4: Philip Hollobone (CON - Kettering) The fireworks industry in this country would benefit from a ban on the domestic sale of fireworks because - Speech Link
5: Lord Johnson of Marylebone (CON - Life peer) freely available guidance on how to minimise the impact of fireworks use on animals and on how to reduce - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
European Union Referendum Bill - Thu 18 Jun 2015
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Pat McFadden (LAB - Wolverhampton South East) When a member state makes a decision on its own membership of the EU, on whether to join the euro or - Speech Link
2: Tom Tugendhat (CON - Tonbridge and Malling) political change, but a major constitutional change to the state of the United Kingdom.I understand - Speech Link
3: Hywel Williams (PC - Arfon) having a vote on this crucial question, that might be thought to throw some doubt on the value of the - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Consumer Rights Bill - Wed 29 Oct 2014
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Lord Taverne (LDEM - Life peer) In 1904, the House of Lords voted for a compulsory change to a metric system but the Bill failed in the - Speech Link
2: Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town (LAB - Life peer) It would have the effect of giving a consumer recourse to argue that the change in the terms of the - Speech Link
3: Baroness Neville-Rolfe (CON - Life peer) Where traders include a term to allow them unilaterally to change the characteristics of the goods, service - Speech Link
4: None on these departments to carry out a job to protect the public? - Speech Link
5: Baroness Neville-Rolfe (CON - Life peer) That brings me on to the point that a number of noble Lords have made about the funding of the trading - Speech Link