Mentions:
1: Lord Tugendhat (Con - Life peer) sort of behaviour that the world associates with despots and autocracies, not with an established democracy - Speech Link
2: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) We are a parliamentary democracy, and that means that Parliament is sovereign. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Chakrabarti (Lab - Life peer) That is not only silly, to echo the noble and learned Lord, Lord Garnier, but very dangerous in a democracy - Speech Link
4: None That raises very serious constitutional issues and very serious issues about democracy itself. - Speech Link
5: Baroness Lawlor (Con - Life peer) My point is that we must defend the interests of people, Parliament and democracy, because we cannot - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Jack Lopresti (Con - Filton and Bradley Stoke) Kurdistani leaders stabilised the new Iraq with peaceful elections and a landmark constitution in 2005 - Speech Link
2: Jack Lopresti (Con - Filton and Bradley Stoke) the western values of freedom and democracy. - Speech Link
3: Brendan O'Hara (SNP - Argyll and Bute) , but it did enshrine the autonomy of the Kurdistan region in the new Iraqi constitution, which promised - Speech Link
4: Leo Docherty (Con - Aldershot) the level of autonomy for the KRI that is laid out in the Iraqi constitution. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Baroness Penn (Con - Life peer) the integrity of elections so that our democracy remains secure, modern, transparent and fair. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Noakes (Con - Life peer) This is one way of correcting a serious imbalance that unelected quangos have created in our constitution - Speech Link
3: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green - Life peer) of our debate; that is what should determine our politics and be the foundation of democracy. - Speech Link
4: Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LD - Life peer) My Lords, we are talking about the quality of our democracy and the central role of the Electoral Commission - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Steve Baker (Con - Wycombe) and, I believe, of the overwhelming number of right hon. and hon. - Speech Link
2: Steve Baker (Con - Wycombe) Ireland and us, and between the European Union and us, thanks to the work of the Secretary of State, - Speech Link
3: Theresa Villiers (Con - Chipping Barnet) our status as an independent, self-governing democracy has been a prize worth fighting for.For centuries - Speech Link
4: Richard Thomson (SNP - Gordon) all parts of the UK, and between the UK and the EU, the better. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Simon Hoare (Con - North Dorset) This issue was raised in close questioning from the Lords Constitution Committee just the other month - Speech Link
2: Simon Hoare (Con - North Dorset) demean and weaken democracy. - Speech Link
3: Chloe Smith (Con - Norwich North) constitution and our electoral system.I wish to move on to the contents of the strategy and policy statement - Speech Link
4: Patrick Grady (SNP - Glasgow North) and transparency of democracy across the UK. - Speech Link
5: Cat Smith (Lab - Lancaster and Fleetwood) In a healthy modern democracy, we should seek compromise on matters of democracy and the regulation of - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Blunkett (Lab - Life peer) clash between the different parts of our constitution. - Speech Link
2: Lord Hennessy of Nympsfield (XB - Life peer) for Parliament, the judiciary, our people and the very quality of our democracy. - Speech Link
3: Lord Howarth of Newport (Lab - Life peer) Exhibit A is their contempt for the courts, the rule of law and the constitution. - Speech Link
4: Lord Cashman (Lab - Life peer) all the losers and democracy is the greater loser. - Speech Link
5: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) and culture on human rights and democracy. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Coaker (Lab - Life peer) The defence of democracy, freedom and human rights is our rallying cry, and that should ring out from - Speech Link
2: Lord McDonald of Salford (XB - Life peer) No matter that groups of American politicians disagree with their President, the US constitution makes - Speech Link
3: Lord Browne of Ladyton (Lab - Life peer) In this respect, the UK and our NATO partners are serving as the arsenal of democracy. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent (Lab - Life peer) every day for democracy and for our collective freedoms. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) and democracy in Iran. - Speech Link
2: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) It is very important that we protect democracy. - Speech Link
3: Jake Berry (Con - Rossendale and Darwen) of both the vaccines and the lockdowns, and the huge number of NHS excess deaths. - Speech Link
4: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) Gentleman’s question is that it is the Minister with responsibility for the constitution whose remit - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Empey (UUP - Life peer) What happens if the DUP and the Government agree and come together? What about the rest of us? - Speech Link
2: Lord Morrow (DUP - Life peer) Its constitution claimed the north, as it would call it; however, as a result of the Belfast agreement - Speech Link
3: Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown (DUP - Life peer) So much for democracy—and yet we are often reminded of what democracy would demand of us in going back - Speech Link
4: Lord Murphy of Torfaen (Lab - Life peer) democracy in Northern Ireland. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Alicia Kearns (Con - Rutland and Melton) They seek a return to the past, free from ideals such as equality, women’s rights and democracy. - Speech Link
2: Ian Blackford (SNP - Ross, Skye and Lochaber) Tellingly, when so many people in the world face elections this year, faith and trust in democracy, and—let - Speech Link