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Grand Committee
Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment) Regulations 2024 - Mon 20 May 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: None recognition of EU rules on a regulation-by-regulation basis, taking into account the views of industry and consumer - Speech Link
2: Lord Offord of Garvel (Con - Life peer) regulation in order to benefit businesses and consumers, while maintaining our commitment to high levels of protection - Speech Link


Written Statements
Gambling Measures Consultation: Response - Thu 16 May 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Stuart Andrew (Con - Pudsey) the supply of gambling, such as the number of gaming machines available in a venue, were an important protection - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Community Sports: Impact on Young People - Thu 16 May 2024
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Earl of Effingham (Con - Excepted Hereditary) mentally healthier and sharper; they want to succeed in their jobs; they earn money; retail sales rise; consumer - Speech Link
2: Lord Shamash (Lab - Life peer) sorely needed service to respond to critical issues such as homelessness, domestic abuse, Court of Protection - Speech Link
3: Baroness Nye (Lab - Life peer) industry was £2.6 billion and that it brought £338 million to the UK economy in inward golf tourism, with consumer - Speech Link
4: Lord Drayson (Lab - Life peer) shifts towards net zero, these strengths remain very relevant today and are in tune with what the modern consumer - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Renters (Reform) Bill
2nd reading - Wed 15 May 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) Yes, there are consumer protections, but these are difficult to enforce and may not be enacted as quickly - Speech Link
2: Lord Best (XB - Life peer) cloud hangs over what was the centrepiece of the Bill: the fundamental issue of renters’ security—their consumer - Speech Link
3: Baroness Thornhill (LD - Life peer) What is noticeable about all the charities lobbying us about the Bill is their commendable protection - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Tobacco and Vapes Bill (Seventh sitting)
Committee stage: 7th sitting - Tue 14 May 2024
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Andrea Leadsom (Con - South Northamptonshire) of Children (Tobacco) Act 1986, Children and Young Persons (Protection from Tobacco) Act 1991, the Police - Speech Link
2: Andrea Leadsom (Con - South Northamptonshire) The definition used is to capture other consumer nicotine delivery devices and products, such as nicotine - Speech Link
3: Andrea Leadsom (Con - South Northamptonshire) Before being able to sell nicotine vapes on the UK consumer market, producers should ensure that their - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill
Consideration of Commons amendments - Tue 14 May 2024
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Mentions:
1: Viscount Camrose (Con - Excepted Hereditary) The CMA considers a range of consumer benefits under its existing consumer objective. - Speech Link
2: None protection legislation by failing to provide seat or trader details and information about restrictions - Speech Link
3: Lord Clement-Jones (LD - Life peer) That would have secured greater protection for consumers and avoided market exploitation, which is currently - Speech Link
4: None But the growth of this genuine consumer-to-consumer market is being held back by the black market of - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Football Governance Bill (First sitting)
Committee stage: 1st sitting - Tue 14 May 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Stephanie Peacock (Lab - Barnsley East) Given that prices have doubled, from a consumer price index perspective, that is absolutely fantastic - Speech Link
2: None scope of the regulator—and I understand why they are outside its scope—such as three up, three down, protection - Speech Link


General Committees
Draft Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment) Regulations 2024 - Mon 13 May 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Kevin Hollinrake (Con - Thirsk and Malton) continue recognition of EU rules on a case-by-case basis, taking into account the views of industry and consumer - Speech Link
2: Kevin Hollinrake (Con - Thirsk and Malton) The Government are committed to high levels of protection for UK consumers and continue to take a pragmatic - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Artificial Intelligence (Regulation) Bill [HL]
3rd reading - Fri 10 May 2024
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Mentions:
1: Lord Holmes of Richmond (Con - Life peer) and certainty, craved by consumers and businesses, is a driver of innovation, inward investment, pro-consumer - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Building Societies Act 1986 (Amendment) Bill
2nd reading - Fri 10 May 2024
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Baroness Kramer (LD - Life peer) is an adequate summary.This Bill carefully does not challenge the principle of having that layer of protection - Speech Link
2: Lord Livermore (Lab - Life peer) It will level the playing field with banks and provide that extra level of protection for building societies - Speech Link