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Commons Chamber
Russian Assets: Seizure - Tue 14 Mar 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Iain Duncan Smith (CON - Chingford and Woodford Green) for Human Rights recorded 18,358 civilian casualties. - Speech Link
2: Iain Duncan Smith (CON - Chingford and Woodford Green) human rights law or international humanitarian law confiscated without compensation, so that the frozen - Speech Link
3: Liam Byrne (LAB - Birmingham, Hodge Hill) have to ensure that we do not fall foul of the European convention on human rights, particularly the - Speech Link
4: Alyn Smith (SNP - Stirling) influence in our democracy. - Speech Link
5: Stephen Doughty (LAB - Cardiff South and Penarth) Of course, there is the precedent of the first Gulf war in Iraq, as the hon. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
International Women’s Day - Fri 10 Mar 2023
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Baroness Wilcox of Newport (LAB - Life peer) The curriculum also covers human rights and diversity, respecting differences and experiences in skills - Speech Link
2: Baroness Barker (LDEM - Life peer) Ultimately, it is about the rolling back of human rights and the destruction of human rights legislation - Speech Link
3: Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent (LAB - Life peer) a human rights activist who defended Afro-Colombian community rights. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Twycross (LAB - Life peer) This is the gulf in unpaid care work and the “it isn’t rocket science” answer to the question I put to - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
National Security Bill
Report stage - Tue 07 Mar 2023
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LDEM - Life peer) , is in her place—and those concerned about human rights. - Speech Link
2: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (CON - Life peer) values of democracy and the rule of law. - Speech Link
3: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LDEM - Life peer) if your human rights are at risk. - Speech Link
4: Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB - Life peer) Universal Declaration of Human Rights guarantees the freedom to transmit ideas and opinions? - Speech Link


Grand Committee
British-Iranian Relations - Thu 23 Feb 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB - Life peer) Iran and the PRC on everything from satellites to grain, drones and joint military exercises in the Gulf - Speech Link
2: Lord Polak (CON - Life peer) of UN Watch, a human rights NGO based in Geneva. - Speech Link
3: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LDEM - Life peer) it comes to sending signals on human rights and supporting women and girls? - Speech Link
4: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (CON - Life peer) The UK maintains sanctions on over 300 individuals and entities for their roles in Iran’s human rights - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill
2nd reading: Part 2 - Tue 21 Feb 2023
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Mentions:
1: Baroness Bryan of Partick (LAB - Life peer) Anyone who believes in parliamentary democracy needs to stand up against the Bill. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Kennedy of Shaws (LAB - Life peer) Convention on Human Rights, and we have had displays of ready breaches of international law. - Speech Link
3: Lord Callanan (CON - Life peer) , including the European Convention on Human Rights. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Ukraine - Thu 09 Feb 2023
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LDEM - Life peer) The horror inflicted on the people of Ukraine—according to the UN Human Rights Office, it has so far - Speech Link
2: Lord Browne of Ladyton (LAB - Life peer) The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights estimates that more than 7,000 Ukrainian civilians - Speech Link
3: Lord Coaker (LAB - Life peer) Our stand with Ukraine is for democracy, human rights and justice. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Russia’s Grand Strategy - Thu 19 Jan 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Chris Bryant (LAB - Rhondda) we believe in the rule of law—in order to protect the oligarchs’ rights to their property under the - Speech Link
2: Chris Bryant (LAB - Rhondda) I would argue that Russia’s continuing refusal to comply with international human rights law—and this - Speech Link
3: John Howell (CON - Henley) Human lives and human aggravation are already accounted for, but there is nothing to be able to hold - Speech Link
4: Vicky Ford (CON - Chelmsford) It is also the battleground where the war between those of us who believe in freedom and democracy, and - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
The Importance of the Relationship Between the United Kingdom and India - Thu 19 Jan 2023
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Lord Browne of Ladyton (LAB - Life peer) them human rights—prison reform, Northern Ireland solutions, a responsible press and almost any other - Speech Link
2: Lord Hannay of Chiswick (CB - Life peer) rulers, and for terrible human rights abuses—the Amritsar massacre prominent among them. - Speech Link
3: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LDEM - Life peer) It is interesting to read the FCDO’s human rights report, published in December, which highlights areas - Speech Link
4: Lord Collins of Highbury (LAB - Life peer) the issue of lives and livelihoods is intrinsically tied to the whole concept of human rights. - Speech Link
5: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (CON - Life peer) Human Rights, we of course have strong co-operation and seek to resolve issues as they are raised, from - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill
2nd reading - Tue 17 Jan 2023
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (GRN - Life peer) about democracy and public participation in this. - Speech Link
2: Lord Jackson of Peterborough (CON - Life peer) gulf between rich and poor. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Scott of Needham Market (LDEM - Life peer) Reform is needed on this and in other areas, including extending the power of general competence, rights - Speech Link
4: Lord Berkeley (LAB - Life peer) policies and decision-making to embed walking and cycling and the rights of way networks in local planning - Speech Link
5: Lord Young of Cookham (CON - Life peer) The White Paper said:“We’ll usher in a revolution in local democracy.” - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
National Security Bill
Committee stage - Mon 16 Jan 2023
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Ludford (LDEM - Life peer) Such protections, however, depend on the Human Rights Act which, under the Bill of Rights Bill as introduced - Speech Link
2: Lord Coaker (LAB - Life peer) of us the need to be ever more vigilant when it comes to freedoms and human rights within a democracy - Speech Link
3: None On Amendment 76, I say simply that the fear, certainly within the Joint Committee on Human Rights and - Speech Link
4: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LDEM - Life peer) a mechanism to find out what those in other countries are doing to encourage human rights and civil - Speech Link