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Lords Chamber
Skills: Importance for the UK Economy and Quality of Life - Thu 09 May 2024
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Lord Birt (XB - Life peer) I give just two examples: in 2022, there were 43,000 vacancies in skilled metal, electrical and electronic - Speech Link
2: Lord Elliott of Mickle Fell (Con - Life peer) As well as serving delicious baked goods, it works with young offenders, helping them grow their skills - Speech Link
3: Lord Mountevans (XB - Excepted Hereditary) This is borne out of inherent concern for seafarers’ safety, both coastal and deep sea, placing a higher - Speech Link
4: Baroness Wilcox of Newport (Lab - Life peer) Last year’s consumer digital index, which is run by Lloyds Bank and commissioned by the DfE, reported - Speech Link
5: Baroness Barran (Con - Life peer) We are funding a range of apprenticeship standards in green occupations, including level 4 electrical - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill
Committee stage - Mon 29 Apr 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Lord Foster of Bath (LD - Life peer) Indeed, the charity Electrical Safety First has calculated that there are around nine such fires every - Speech Link
2: Baroness Scott of Bybrook (Con - Life peer) safety standards in buildings by identifying whether there is an electrical defect prior to sale, and - Speech Link
3: Earl of Lytton (XB - Excepted Hereditary) It is absolutely right to consider electrical safety in buildings.I also particularly mention the noble - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill
Report stage - Wed 13 Mar 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Lord Clement-Jones (LD - Life peer) in our discussions on the Bill, for which I apologise, but charities such as Electrical Safety First - Speech Link
2: Lord Leong (Lab - Life peer) These would make selling goods online, when they do not meet specified safety requirements, constitute - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
South West Water - Tue 05 Mar 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Simon Jupp (Con - East Devon) , not only because of a potential breach of the Environment Agency’s permit conditions, but for the safety - Speech Link
2: Anne Marie Morris (Con - Newton Abbot) There is a huge overreliance on smart meters to deliver the goods, and indeed on every one of us using - Speech Link
3: Selaine Saxby (Con - North Devon) Devon just three weeks ago, when there was a raw sewage spill from a sewage treatment works due to an electrical - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill
Committee stage - Wed 31 Jan 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Viscount Camrose (Con - Excepted Hereditary) landscape to require the CMA to consider issues already overseen by other expert regulators, such as online safety - Speech Link
2: None and electronic goods. - Speech Link
3: None Proposed new subsections (3) and (4) are self-explanatory and cover the consideration of health and safety - Speech Link
4: Lord Lucas (Con - Excepted Hereditary) I am cautious about amateurs repairing electrical goods and, if we did anything along that line, I would - Speech Link
5: Lord Fox (LD - Life peer) discussed who has the obligation to maintain software updates for equipment from the perspective of safety - Speech Link


Written Statements
Product Safety and Metrology: (Amendment) Regulations 2024 - Wed 24 Jan 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Kevin Hollinrake (Con - Thirsk and Malton) Security and Net Zero; the Explosives Regulations 2014—Department for Work and Pensions, Health and Safety - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Automated Vehicles Bill [HL]
Committee stage: Part 1 - Wed 10 Jan 2024
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: None just an issue of Europeans bringing their cars to the UK on holiday; it is about a massive number of goods - Speech Link
2: Lord Davies of Gower (Con - Life peer) In such a case, standard consumer protections would apply. - Speech Link
3: Lord Berkeley (Lab - Life peer) , the Health and Safety at Work etc. - Speech Link
4: Lord Tunnicliffe (Lab - Life peer) , the Health and Safety at Work etc. - Speech Link
5: Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted (LD - Life peer) by Professor Mary L Cummings, a senior member of the IEEE and a professor of mechanical engineering, electrical - Speech Link
6: Lord Davies of Gower (Con - Life peer) That is the rationale behind the safety backstop in Clause 2(2), which states that the safety principles - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Fire Safety Regulations and Guidance - Thu 14 Dec 2023
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Lord Tope (LD - Life peer) Electrical Safety First has found concerning trends in London-based e-bike and e-scooter users. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Pinnock (LD - Life peer) Nearly one fire a day in London is caused by faulty white goods. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill
2nd reading - Tue 05 Dec 2023
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Baroness Hayman (XB - Life peer) industry-compiled Global E-waste Monitor showed that the UK produces 1.6 million tonnes of electronic and electrical - Speech Link
2: Lord Etherton (XB - Life peer) … for the supply of goods, services or digital content by the trader to the consumer in exchange for - Speech Link
3: Baroness Uddin (Non-affiliated - Life peer) Regardless, we know that the appetite and demand for online services and goods has soared. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill
Report stage - Mon 20 Nov 2023
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Mentions:
1: None We need to be concerned, too, about the challenge from companies to online safety legislation. - Speech Link
2: Neil Coyle (Lab - Bermondsey and Old Southwark) sold online as legit: the British Toy & Hobby Association and Electrical Safety First issued briefings - Speech Link
3: Kevin Hollinrake (Con - Thirsk and Malton) protection and product safety law. - Speech Link