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Grand Committee
Non-Domestic Rating (Rates Retention: Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024 - Tue 27 Feb 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Baroness Scott of Bybrook (Con - Life peer) consultation with local authorities and other stakeholders, we will do this using a new weighted average formula - Speech Link
2: None I will get one and write to the noble Baroness, because I know how interested she is in this issue. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Northern Ireland - Mon 26 Feb 2024
Northern Ireland Office

Mentions:
1: Sammy Wilson (DUP - East Antrim) There is still underfunding because of how the funding formula is applied in Northern Ireland, yet the - Speech Link
2: Ian Paisley (DUP - North Antrim) They cannot expect one party in Northern Ireland to do all the heavy lifting. - Speech Link
3: Carla Lockhart (DUP - Upper Bann) I, for one, will raise many of those issues with our colleagues in the Assembly. - Speech Link
4: Steve Baker (Con - Wycombe) I for one, however, wish to put all that behind us and to move forward.The hon. - Speech Link
5: Steve Baker (Con - Wycombe) No one could really add to the speech made with great skill by my right hon. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation Bill
2nd reading - Fri 23 Feb 2024
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Wayne David (Lab - Caerphilly) No one in the United Kingdom is above the law. - Speech Link
2: Chris Clarkson (Con - Heywood and Middleton) Freedom of speech is one of the most fundamental rights in every democracy. - Speech Link
3: Andy Slaughter (Lab - Hammersmith) Of course, Leveson cuts both ways; Leveson also provided a formula for protecting small publishers against - Speech Link
4: Wayne David (Lab - Caerphilly) If one letter costs £9,000, we all know how much an entire case could cost. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Poverty Reduction - Thu 22 Feb 2024
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Lord Bird (XB - Life peer) The latest one is levelling up. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Lister of Burtersett (Lab - Life peer) interview said that he was sad to hear of families in poverty who reportedly were having to water down baby formula - Speech Link
3: Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top (Lab - Life peer) That is one of the things we really value him for. - Speech Link
4: Lord Bishop of Hereford (Bshp - Bishops) One-third of 18 year-olds leave the county never to return. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Coastal Tourism and Hospitality: Fiscal Support - Thu 22 Feb 2024
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) One of the dairy farmers in that area realised that there was potential for his ice cream. - Speech Link
2: Sally-Ann Hart (Con - Hastings and Rye) We therefore need a fairer funding formula for local authorities, the police and other public sector - Speech Link
3: Selaine Saxby (Con - North Devon) I take this opportunity to put in one final pitch to the Minister. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Environment Agency: Flood Defence Expenditure - Tue 20 Feb 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (Con - Life peer) Will he agree to look at the possibility of merging the flood spending budget into one total budget, - Speech Link
2: Lord Douglas-Miller (Con - Life peer) There are two separate budgets here: one for annual maintenance and one for flood defences. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Eaton (Con - Life peer) My Lords, many councils report that the formula used to determine the Environment Agency flood defence - Speech Link
4: Lord Bishop of Chichester (Bshp - Bishops) One of the issues raised frequently with me by those managing the coastline in Suffolk is the disparity - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Infrastructure Procurement - Mon 19 Feb 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Alan Brown (SNP - Kilmarnock and Loudoun) We were assured several times that trains will run from London to Scotland on day one of HS2 services - Speech Link
2: Alan Brown (SNP - Kilmarnock and Loudoun) That is a real success story—one that the Tories said would never happen. - Speech Link
3: Alan Brown (SNP - Kilmarnock and Loudoun) plan strategically for the future, instead of this haphazard measure that is reliant on the Barnett formula - Speech Link
4: Gavin Newlands (SNP - Paisley and Renfrewshire North) Friend for giving way one last time. - Speech Link
5: Alex Burghart (Con - Brentwood and Ongar) One in every £3 of public money—some £300 billion a year—is spent on public procurement. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Local Authorities: Financial Difficulties - Wed 14 Feb 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Lord Sahota (Lab - Life peer) equivalent in the north of England; a £1 million home is charged 0.2% of its value; and on average, one - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Victims and Prisoners Bill
Committee stage - Tue 13 Feb 2024
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames (LD - Life peer) That is an important issue—one which has received far too little attention before—but is only one of - Speech Link
2: Baroness Sanderson of Welton (Con - Life peer) I cannot help thinking about that moment when they all said, “Oh, I thought I was the only one. - Speech Link
3: None Finally, I have one question for the Minister. - Speech Link
4: Lord Hope of Craighead (XB - Life peer) not suggest that the formula I have put forward is the last word on this matter. - Speech Link
5: Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd (XB - Life peer) One or the other will work. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Windsor Framework (Constitutional Status of Northern Ireland) Regulations 2024 - Tue 13 Feb 2024
Northern Ireland Office

Mentions:
1: None referenced already, such as the east-west council, InterTrade UK and the changes to the budget with the new formula - Speech Link
2: None I will add one more thing. - Speech Link
3: None by what another one does. - Speech Link
4: None There is a lot of noise about the fact that one party, the DUP, was involved in negotiations and no one - Speech Link
5: Lord Hay of Ballyore (DUP - Life peer) That was their answer, right from day one until now. - Speech Link