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Lords Chamber
Craftspeople: European Union Travel and Trade - Mon 13 May 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LD - Life peer) ordered the rebuilding of Westminster Abbey a mere 750 years ago, there were craftsmen from Italy, France - Speech Link


General Committees
Draft Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment) Regulations 2024 - Mon 13 May 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Kevin Hollinrake (Con - Thirsk and Malton) the UK is now fifth in the global league table for trade; it was sixth, but we have just gone past France - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Commercial Organisations and Public Authorities Duty (Human Rights and Environment) Bill [HL]
2nd reading - Fri 10 May 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Lord Browne of Ladyton (Lab - Life peer) attractiveness to inward investment or stultify our economy but ensure future regulatory alignment with France - Speech Link
2: Baroness Coussins (XB - Life peer) Bill, as we have heard, would also align the UK with legal developments in other countries, such as France - Speech Link
3: Lord Prentis of Leeds (Lab - Life peer) the John Lewis Partnership through to Sainsbury’s and Tesco—and it mirrors developments in Germany, France - Speech Link
4: Lord McNicol of West Kilbride (Lab - Life peer) , Lady Young of Hornsey, and my noble friend Lord Browne of Ladyton pointed out, many other nations—France - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
NATO: French Nuclear Weapons - Thu 09 May 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) My Lords, French participation in NATO’s nuclear structures is a matter for France. - Speech Link
2: Lord West of Spithead (Lab - Life peer) France, of course, does not, although in 2020, 2022, and now this year President Macron has floated ideas - Speech Link
3: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) We are having constructive engagement with France on the importance of European security, particularly - Speech Link
4: Baroness Smith of Newnham (LD - Life peer) When having conversations with the President of France, are His Majesty’s Government also mindful of - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Permanent Secretaries: Appointment and Removal (Constitution Committee Report) - Thu 09 May 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Neville-Rolfe (Con - Life peer) They do it differently in the US and in France, for example, but our system has been successful, by and - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Inadmissible Asylum Seekers - Thu 09 May 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Bishop of St Albans (Bshp - Bishops) gangs—but that recent reports indicate that over 350 children were held in UK detention facilities in France - Speech Link
2: Lord Rogan (UUP - Life peer) that His Majesty’s Government refuse to take back any refugees from the Republic of Ireland unless France - Speech Link
3: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) unaccompanied asylum-seeking children, those who choose to travel from a safe third country such as France - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Recognition of Western Sahara as Moroccan - Wed 08 May 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Daniel Kawczynski (Con - Shrewsbury and Atcham) Sahara as Moroccan, and some of our other allies, Spain—the former colonial power in Western Sahara—France - Speech Link
2: Daniel Kawczynski (Con - Shrewsbury and Atcham) so much instability in the region.During the second world war, Mohammed V was pressurised by Vichy France - Speech Link
3: Daniel Kawczynski (Con - Shrewsbury and Atcham) At the very least, we should follow Spain, the former colonial power, along with Germany and France in - Speech Link
4: Daniel Kawczynski (Con - Shrewsbury and Atcham) We are falling behind our main competitors, such as Spain, France, Germany and America, and unless the - Speech Link
5: Rehman Chishti (Con - Gillingham and Rainham) The United Kingdom and France chair the UN Trusteeship Council, which looks at transitional governance - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: David T C Davies (Con - Monmouth) Gentleman that since Brexit the UK has grown faster than France and Germany. - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Space Industry (Indemnities) Bill
Committee stage: 1st sitting - Wed 08 May 2024
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Jonathan Lord (Con - Woking) Other space nations, such as France and the United States, limit liabilities or provide a state guarantee - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Finance (No. 2) Bill
Committee of the whole House - Wed 08 May 2024
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Nigel Huddleston (Con - Mid Worcestershire) to increase to about 37%, compared with around 39% in Germany, around 42% in Italy and around 46% in France - Speech Link
2: Nigel Huddleston (Con - Mid Worcestershire) example, the International Monetary Fund has forecast that this country will grow faster than Germany, France - Speech Link