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Commons Chamber
Infected Blood Compensation Scheme - Tue 21 May 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Nick Thomas-Symonds (Lab - Torfaen) We thank the charities, and the remarkable campaigning work of my right hon. - Speech Link
2: Jason McCartney (Con - Colne Valley) We have become friends over many years while campaigning on this issue. - Speech Link
3: John Glen (Con - Salisbury) Many of these individuals have been campaigning for 20, 30 or 40 years, and I pay tribute to all of them - Speech Link
4: Tom Hunt (Con - Ipswich) My constituent, Alan, has been campaigning for justice for 37 years. - Speech Link
5: John Glen (Con - Salisbury) I cannot account for when electoral events will be triggered, but I can say that the points about sensitivity - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Wed 08 May 2024
Wales Office

Mentions:
1: Jo Stevens (Lab - Cardiff Central) is a bit like the Conservative councillor in Sunderland who set up anti-20 mph Facebook groups while campaigning - Speech Link
2: Liz Saville Roberts (PC - Dwyfor Meirionnydd) Secretary of State agree that Governments at both ends of the M4 need to recommit to integrity and transparency - Speech Link
3: Stewart Malcolm McDonald (SNP - Glasgow South) China has now hacked the data of defence personnel, the Electoral Commission and various other public - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Defence - Tue 07 May 2024
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Grant Shapps (Con - Welwyn Hatfield) now that the Ukrainians have certainty that that aid will be there, come what may and regardless of electoral - Speech Link
2: Jeremy Quin (Con - Horsham) can be placed the hack of the defence payroll discussed earlier today, which follows the hack of our electoral - Speech Link
3: Martin Docherty-Hughes (SNP - West Dunbartonshire) is also about us as parliamentarians taking our responsibilities appropriately, and about creating transparency - Speech Link
4: James Gray (Con - North Wiltshire) I am glad to say that at the end of a year’s campaigning, we did achieve something of that kind. - Speech Link
5: Bob Seely (Con - Isle of Wight) relation to artillery shells, I do not want to keep banging on about this point, but the more there is transparency - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Security in the Western Balkans - Thu 02 May 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Alicia Kearns (Con - Rutland and Melton) The current wave of tension in northern Kosovo exploded when Srpska Lista orchestrated an electoral boycott - Speech Link
2: Richard Foord (LD - Tiverton and Honiton) Would he be more appalled by my absence from campaigning or the debate?” - Speech Link
3: Alec Shelbrooke (Con - Elmet and Rothwell) Corruption, electoral fraud, the state of law—these are all things that the Government are trying to - Speech Link
4: Stephen Doughty (LAB - Cardiff South and Penarth) towards a so-called foreign agents Act, mirroring developments elsewhere and again removing democratic transparency - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Bank of England (Economic Affairs Committee Report) - Thu 02 May 2024
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Viscount Chandos (Lab - Life peer) I profoundly believe that transparency should be at the heart of public bodes generally; even the intelligence - Speech Link
2: Baroness Lane-Fox of Soho (XB - Life peer) I personally believe that more could be done to keep the transparency and the levels of trust high in - Speech Link
3: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green - Life peer) It is a demonstration that campaigning works that, in 2021, the Government’s target of reaching net zero - Speech Link
4: Baroness Kramer (LD - Life peer) level in politics not to seek to manipulate issues such as interest rates and inflation when there is electoral - Speech Link
5: Baroness Vere of Norbiton (Con - Life peer) However, crucially, the Government are confident that this does not undermine the transparency of these - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Data Protection and Digital Information Bill
Committee stage - Wed 24 Apr 2024
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Mentions:
1: Lord Clement-Jones (LD - Life peer) My Lords, having been involved in and seen the campaigning of the bereaved families and the noble Baroness - Speech Link
2: Lord Clement-Jones (LD - Life peer) Likewise, we must all pay tribute to the tireless campaigning of the noble Lord, Lord Arbuthnot. - Speech Link
3: Lord Harlech (Con - Excepted Hereditary) statement of reasons for the removal and make public the decision to do so, ensuring accountability and transparency - Speech Link
4: Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (Lab - Life peer) Tackling this area is one step towards that.Action to regulate AI by requiring transparency and safety - Speech Link
5: Lord Leong (Lab - Life peer) make it an offence to create deepfakes of political figures, particularly when they risk undermining electoral - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Data Protection and Digital Information Bill
Committee stage - Mon 22 Apr 2024
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (Lab - Life peer) This is a measure that many charities have supported.Of course, we want to encourage campaigning by charitable - Speech Link
2: Lord Clement-Jones (LD - Life peer) The Information Commissioner issued guidance on political campaigning, and it was brought within the - Speech Link
3: None I am supportive of tackling fraud—whether tax, money laundering, Covid, electoral or benefit—but the - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Cybersecurity and UK Democracy - Tue 26 Mar 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: None email and file-sharing systems, which contain copies of the electoral register. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Lab - Life peer) Can the Minister assist in providing the necessary transparency and reassurance so that this matter can - Speech Link
3: Lord Fox (LD - Life peer) Lord, Lord Alton, who has earned the opprobrium of the Chinese Communist Party thanks to his tireless campaigning - Speech Link
4: Baroness Neville-Rolfe (Con - Life peer) The electoral registration officers for each local authority hold the live versions of the electoral - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Data Protection and Digital Information Bill
Committee stage - Mon 25 Mar 2024
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Mentions:
1: Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (Lab - Life peer) it harder for some people to vote and to vastly increase the amount of money that can be spent on campaigning - Speech Link
2: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green - Life peer) What about an NGO campaigning to stop a proposed new nuclear power station, or a group campaigning for - Speech Link
3: None campaigning to diminish the trust the electorate has in the political system. - Speech Link
4: Lord Bassam of Brighton (Lab - Life peer) Given how young attainers could be, it would protect them from the unwarranted attentions of campaigning - Speech Link
5: Lord Bassam of Brighton (Lab - Life peer) As I recall, the ages are on the electoral register. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Representation of the People (Variation of Election Expenses and Exclusions) Regulations 2024 - Tue 19 Mar 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: None I thank the Electoral Commission for drawing the Government’s attention to this point of law and for - Speech Link
2: None Lord also expresses regret in respect of the effect of increasing reporting thresholds on reducing the transparency - Speech Link
3: Lord Rennard (LD - Life peer) reach voters by current expense limits, and the effect of increasing reporting thresholds on reducing transparency - Speech Link
4: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green - Life peer) say what is often considered the unsayable: we need state funding of political parties and election campaigning - Speech Link
5: Lord Khan of Burnley (Lab - Life peer) expenses incurred to protect candidates, their families and supporters to be seen as part of the cost of campaigning - Speech Link