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

Commons Chamber
Tobacco and Vapes Bill
2nd reading - Tue 16 Apr 2024
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Victoria Atkins (Con - Louth and Horncastle) Lady, because the illicit trade is often the greatest in the most deprived areas of the country, and - Speech Link
2: Wes Streeting (Lab - Ilford North) In the press today, the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, the right hon. - Speech Link
3: Elizabeth Truss (Con - South West Norfolk) They are concerned about the rise of China. They want to support Ukraine. - Speech Link
4: Sajid Javid (Con - Bromsgrove) there is, and whether it is tackling burning injustices, levelling up or even the big society, these missions - Speech Link
5: Jake Berry (Con - Rossendale and Darwen) we are free to make, we might as well live in a socialist society—we may as well live in Russia or China - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Mon 25 Mar 2024
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Henry Smith (Con - Crawley) British sovereignty, so that we can help to counter the many threats of the modern world, whether that be China - Speech Link
2: James Heappey (Con - Wells) middle east, the challenge of Iran and its proxies; in the Indo-Pacific, the growing competition with China - Speech Link
3: Mark Pawsey (Con - Rugby) to Singapore, and it was achieved with the assistance of the MOD and the Department for Business and Trade - Speech Link
4: James Cartlidge (Con - South Suffolk) I am pleased to say that we held the first UK trade mission in December, and that there will be further - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Artificial Intelligence (Regulation) Bill [HL]
2nd reading - Fri 22 Mar 2024
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Mentions:
1: Lord Holmes of Richmond (Con - Life peer) Just last year, the Electronic Trade Documents Act showed that we know how to legislate for the possibilities - Speech Link
2: Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd (XB - Life peer) The noble Lord, Lord Holmes, referred to the trade documents Bill, which was the product of international - Speech Link
3: Lord Fairfax of Cameron (Con - Excepted Hereditary) To their credit, they organised and hosted Bletchley, and importantly got China to attend too. - Speech Link
4: Lord Ranger of Northwood (Con - Life peer) That would not help us to work hand in hand with industry and trade bodies to build trust and confidence - Speech Link
5: Baroness Twycross (Lab - Life peer) can help to contribute to how we tackle climate change.The use of AI by government underpins Labour’s missions - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Armed Forces Readiness and Defence Equipment - Thu 21 Mar 2024
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Jeremy Quin (Con - Horsham) In east Asia, from which the Defence Committee has just returned, China has doubled its official spending - Speech Link
2: Kevan Jones (Lab - North Durham) , people ask: do we just forget about the South China sea? - Speech Link
3: Alec Shelbrooke (Con - Elmet and Rothwell) Perhaps we need more Navy, because that will become a much more critical area in our security, our trade - Speech Link
4: Emma Lewell-Buck (Lab - South Shields) , as well as our armed forces responding to humanitarian missions and MACA—military aid to the civil - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Hong Kong Security Legislation - Thu 21 Mar 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: None It fails to provide certainty for international organisations, including diplomatic missions, operating - Speech Link
2: Lord Alton of Liverpool (XB - Life peer) As the noble Lord, Lord Purvis, just said, we are more interested in building trade relationships to - Speech Link
3: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) We work closely with the United States on China. - Speech Link
4: Lord Alton of Liverpool (XB - Life peer) Why do the Government place trade as a higher priority than speaking out in favour of the rule of law - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Hong Kong Security Legislation - Wed 20 Mar 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) It fails to provide certainty for international organisations, including diplomatic missions, operating - Speech Link
2: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) I agree with him about the nature of China. - Speech Link
3: Layla Moran (LD - Oxford West and Abingdon) The Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill was passed in - Speech Link
4: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) Friend the Secretary of State for Business and Trade said here yesterday. - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 - Tue 19 Mar 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) The instrument contains trade measures developed in close co-ordination with our G7 allies. - Speech Link
2: None More than £20 billion-worth of UK-Russia trade is now under sanction, resulting in a 99.64% fall in Russian - Speech Link
3: Baroness Smith of Newnham (LD - Life peer) What opportunities are there to work with large countries, such as China and India, which are neither - Speech Link
4: Lord Collins of Highbury (Lab - Life peer) Of course, we understand that, but the diamond trade is not huge in terms of the number of countries - Speech Link
5: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) We are expanding the network of sanctions specialists in UK diplomatic missions. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [Lords]
Report stage - Tue 19 Mar 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Iain Duncan Smith (Con - Chingford and Woodford Green) review, China is the only economy that has applied to join. - Speech Link
2: Iain Duncan Smith (Con - Chingford and Woodford Green) China applied to join the CPTPP on 16 September 2021, and is next in line. - Speech Link
3: None Ministers have cut funding for trade missions led by business groups themselves, and cut funding for - Speech Link
4: Greg Hands (Con - Chelsea and Fulham) In debates in this House over some years now, he has made clear his views on trade with China, has gained - Speech Link
5: Greg Hands (Con - Chelsea and Fulham) with China, and to other right hon. and hon. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Spring Budget 2024 - Mon 18 Mar 2024
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Lord Eatwell (Lab - Life peer) A better characterisation of Keir Starmer’s missions for Britain will be difficult to find: a commitment - Speech Link
2: Baroness Kramer (LD - Life peer) The post-Brexit fall in trade intensity was initially forecast at 15%. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Vere of Norbiton (Con - Life peer) It is about £500 billion, behind only China and the US. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Higher Education - Thu 07 Mar 2024
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Lord Howarth of Newport (Lab - Life peer) being paralysed by arbitrary fiscal rules.Improving skills is one of the Government’s levelling-up missions - Speech Link
2: Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Lab - Life peer) He was talking about higher education, China and the UK as a global competitor. - Speech Link
3: Lord Mountevans (XB - Excepted Hereditary) and finance, and an excellent master’s in energy, trade and finance. - Speech Link
4: Lord Parekh (Lab - Life peer) years ago and have developed in a manner suited to the modern age, which has not happened in India or China - Speech Link
5: Lord Vaizey of Didcot (Con - Life peer) A few tend to dominate at the moment—India, China and Nigeria. - Speech Link