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Lords Chamber
King’s Speech - Wed 08 Nov 2023
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Lord Paddick (Non-affiliated - Life peer) In my experience, when compared with a peaceful protest, the police need about five times as many officers - Speech Link
2: Lord Bailey of Paddington (Con - Life peer) We often speak to our young people about their rights. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (Green - Life peer) repeal all the laws that this Government have enacted to restrict protest, strikes and voting. - Speech Link
4: Lord Borwick (Con - Excepted Hereditary) a decision not to do harm. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Israel/Gaza - Tue 24 Oct 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Gohir (XB - Life peer) Palestinian human rights do not equate to antisemitism or endorsing Hamas. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Eaton (Con - Life peer) While nobody wishes to restrict the right to protest in this country, and we all value the principles - Speech Link
3: Lord Grabiner (XB - Life peer) Peaceful relations and international harmony do not figure in the Hamas agenda. - Speech Link
4: Lord Wolfson of Tredegar (Con - Life peer) I do not mean the royal and political elements of our constitution. - Speech Link
5: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) We celebrate our democracy for its right to protest but that protest must be without incitement to hatred - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
British Nationals Detained Overseas - Tue 05 Sep 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Marie Rimmer (LAB - St Helens South and Whiston) He even took to hunger strike in prison to protest against his treatment. - Speech Link
2: Daniel Kawczynski (CON - Shrewsbury and Atcham) Does he agree that we ought to use our position in the CPTPP to restrict Chinese entry to the bloc as - Speech Link
3: Chris Bryant (LAB - Rhondda) That has to be just as much part of our foreign policy as our mercantilist desire to do better trade - Speech Link
4: Martin Docherty-Hughes (SNP - West Dunbartonshire) There are many parts of the job that we are elected to do that our constituents expect us to do. - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill (Second sitting)
Committee stage: 2nd sitting - Tue 05 Sep 2023
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: None do so, we will start by directing our questioning to you. - Speech Link
2: Felicity Buchan (CON - Kensington) to do something that they will not be allowed to do. - Speech Link
3: Felicity Buchan (CON - Kensington) The explanatory notes state that public bodies do not have article 10 rights. - Speech Link
4: Wayne David (LAB - Caerphilly) We do not want this Bill to one day prevent our campaign from being successful. - Speech Link
5: Chris Stephens (SNP - Glasgow South West) concern, particularly as you do not have labour rights without human rights. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill
2nd reading - Mon 03 Jul 2023
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Kim Johnson (LAB - Liverpool, Riverside) aim of the Bill is to limit our ability to take action to protest, and the chilling effect that will - Speech Link
2: Helen Morgan (LDEM - North Shropshire) First, it will greatly restrict the ability of public bodies to take action against human rights abuses - Speech Link
3: Stephen Crabb (CON - Preseli Pembrokeshire) That is not a surprise, but that should not be a reason for us to resile from our commitment to do something - Speech Link
4: Tommy Sheppard (SNP - Edinburgh East) They have sought to restrict our freedom to dissent and protest, but this Bill goes further, as others - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill
Consideration of Lords message - Wed 21 Jun 2023
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Kevin Hollinrake (CON - Thirsk and Malton) We do not expect that situation to change. - Speech Link
2: Alan Brown (SNP - Kilmarnock and Loudoun) It is pretty shameful.I am disappointed that the Lords did not hold out on an amendment to restrict the - Speech Link
3: Richard Burgon (LAB - Leeds East) We have seen that in the restrictions on the right to peaceful protest and on people’s ability to cast - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Public Order - Mon 12 Jun 2023
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Yvette Cooper (LAB - Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford) our roads so ambulances cannot get through is not legitimate protest. - Speech Link
2: Kieran Mullan (CON - Crewe and Nantwich) Our right to protest does not offer absolute relief from our responsibility to allow other citizens to - Speech Link
3: Caroline Lucas (GRN - Brighton, Pavilion) more power to restrict protest. - Speech Link
4: Caroline Lucas (GRN - Brighton, Pavilion) kill off this affront to our rights and our democracy, and it will be before that House tomorrow. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Illegal Migration Bill
Committee stage: Part 1 - Wed 07 Jun 2023
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Lord Kerr of Kinlochard (CB - Life peer) would not “in general” contravene the human rights convention and our obligations under it. - Speech Link
2: None their lives on account of peaceful political protest or because of their religion or belief. - Speech Link
3: None It is our law that we do not send someone to a country if it is not a signatory to the refugee convention - Speech Link
4: Lord Bach (LAB - Life peer) people whom he or others may not like, but who do have rights when they arrive in this country. - Speech Link
5: Lord Coaker (LAB - Life peer) for 12 hours or 24 hours, what rights do you have? - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Afghan Women and Girls - Tue 06 Jun 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Sarah Green (LDEM - Chesham and Amersham) With acts ranging from peaceful protest to posting on social media, Afghan women have resisted. - Speech Link
2: Debbie Abrahams (LAB - Oldham East and Saddleworth) The Government are not prepared to do anything about it. - Speech Link
3: Patrick Grady (SNP - Glasgow North) I had not correctly read our Whips bulletin, which is something I am not proud of given some of the roles - Speech Link
4: Preet Kaur Gill (LAB - Birmingham, Edgbaston) To restrict humanitarian aid and women’s right to work at this time is absolutely devastating.A January - Speech Link
5: David Rutley (CON - Macclesfield) We will continue to use every diplomatic and development lever at our disposal to restore girls’ rights - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Public Order Act 2023 - Tue 16 May 2023
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Sarah Jones (LAB - Croydon Central) serious disruption to our protest laws. - Speech Link
2: Tom Hunt (CON - Ipswich) respecting peaceful protest, which of course is a cornerstone of our democracy, and occasionally placing - Speech Link
3: Joanna Cherry (SNP - Edinburgh South West) It was not the Scottish Government who asked for powers to restrict protests outside Holyrood; it was - Speech Link
4: James Daly (CON - Bury North) What does the right to peaceful protest have to do with someone sticking themselves to the middle of - Speech Link