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Lords Chamber
Northern Ireland Protocol Bill
Committee stage: Part 1 - Mon 31 Oct 2022
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Bruce of Bennachie (LDEM - Life peer) It is to deny democracy. - Speech Link
2: Lord Davies of Stamford (LAB - Life peer) because—and the reason I really oppose this Bill—it seems contrary to the essence of parliamentary democracy - Speech Link
3: Lord Hannan of Kingsclere (CON - Life peer) I thought it would be healthier for democracy to have a more genuine competition. - Speech Link
4: Lord Caine (CON - Life peer) Baldwinite tradition in the Conservative Party, I will try to deliver my comments in that quiet, calm, deliberative - Speech Link
5: None For the sake of our democracy, it is important that we respect that vote. - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty Sixth sitting)
Committee stage:s: 26th sitting - Thu 20 Oct 2022
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Rachael Maskell (LAB - York Central) My earlier new clauses, through which I sought a process of deliberative democracy, would of course be - Speech Link
2: Lee Rowley (CON - North East Derbyshire) Lady made a strong point—with which I agree—about the importance of democracy in the planning system, - Speech Link
3: None introduce a new voting system a local authority must have regard to the benefits of reinvigorating local democracy - Speech Link
4: Dehenna Davison (CON - Bishop Auckland) that risk, I do not consider that it could be entirely removed.Elections are the foundation of local democracy - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty Fifth sitting)
Committee stage: 25th sitting - Tue 18 Oct 2022
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Rachael Maskell (LAB - York Central) In debate on my earlier amendments, I talked about deliberative democracy. - Speech Link
2: Tim Farron (LDEM - Westmorland and Lonsdale) affordable to local people.The ability to challenge a developer and a decision seems to be at the heart of democracy - Speech Link
3: Rachael Maskell (LAB - York Central) consider my suggestion about greater community engagement and involvement, and my point about ensuring deliberative - Speech Link
4: Lee Rowley (CON - North East Derbyshire) We may have another discussion about deliberative democracy when we debate another amendment in a few - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Seventeenth sitting)
Committee Debate: 17th sitting - Tue 19 Jul 2022
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Tim Farron (LDEM - Westmorland and Lonsdale) The Government are trying to think about democracy and involving people in a hyper-local way in planning - Speech Link
2: Rachael Maskell (LAB - York Central) That democracy-washing approach does not wash with those on the Labour Benches. - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Seventeenth sitting)
Committee stage: 17th sitting - Tue 19 Jul 2022
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Tim Farron (LDEM - Westmorland and Lonsdale) The Government are trying to think about democracy and involving people in a hyper-local way in planning - Speech Link
2: Rachael Maskell (LAB - York Central) That democracy-washing approach does not wash with those on the Labour Benches. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Climate and Ecology Bill [HL]
2nd reading - Fri 15 Jul 2022
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Lord Oates (LDEM - Life peer) Such deliberative democracy has proved highly effective in many places, such as the Republic of Ireland - Speech Link
2: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (GRN - Life peer) In terms of deliberative democracy, the climate assembly—which, sadly, was rather disrupted by the arrival - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Fifteenth sitting)
Committee stage: 15th sitting - Thu 14 Jul 2022
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Rachael Maskell (LAB - York Central) democracy process as set out in section [Deliberative democracy: local planning].”This amendment along - Speech Link
2: None democracy process as set out in section [Deliberative democracy: local planning].”See explanatory statement - Speech Link
3: Rachael Maskell (LAB - York Central) That can be brought about by deliberative democracy. - Speech Link
4: Rachael Maskell (LAB - York Central) I have gone into detail on why the Government should consider deliberative democracy. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Procedure and Privileges Committee - Tue 05 Jul 2022
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Lord Moore of Etchingham (Non-affiliated - Life peer) That is not the case with legislatures: we are deliberative, discursive and ruminative. - Speech Link
2: Lord Scriven (LDEM - Life peer) prism not just of our convenience but of what it means to those outside, particularly the spark of democracy - Speech Link


Grand Committee
House of Lords: Governance - Wed 08 Dec 2021
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Lord Balfe (CON - Life peer) What I do notice is a crushing lack of any level of democracy in any part of any structure in this House - Speech Link
2: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (GRN - Life peer) These are forms of deliberative democracy. - Speech Link
3: Viscount Eccles (CON - Excepted Hereditary) We have two reports: Government by Diktat and Democracy Denied? - Speech Link
4: Lord Hamilton of Epsom (CON - Life peer) We believe in democracy, and that is what we should do.The other problem with the Shephard report, as - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Strengthening Standards in Public Life - Wed 17 Nov 2021
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Thangam Debbonaire (LAB - Bristol West) of repeating myself—unfortunately, it seems I must—standards in public life are fundamental to our democracy - Speech Link
2: Jacob Rees-Mogg (CON - North East Somerset) He said that“parliament is a deliberative assembly of one nation, with one interest, that of the whole - Speech Link
3: Richard Burgon (LAB - Leeds East) I say to those MPs: good riddance, go, our democracy does not need you. - Speech Link