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Lords Chamber
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
Committee stage - Mon 12 Feb 2024
Scotland Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Garnier (Con - Life peer) It is worse to be silly than it is to be guilty of a constitutional outrage, and this is not a constitutional - Speech Link
2: Lord Falconer of Thoroton (Lab - Life peer) except, as far as I can see, the right honourable Mr James Cleverly, the Secretary of State for Home Affairs - Speech Link
3: Lord German (LD - Life peer) legal opinion, and we have witnessed incredible displays of legal acrobatics, most of it on the head - Speech Link
4: Lord Stewart of Dirleton (Con - Life peer) respects its legal and international obligations. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Kurdistan Region of Iraq - Wed 07 Feb 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: John McDonnell (Lab - Hayes and Harlington) The teachers want to stop what they describe as the meddling by the dominant parties in the affairs and - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) previous homelands, but these minorities still lack legal protections and face persecution from authorities - Speech Link
3: Brendan O'Hara (SNP - Argyll and Bute) their own constitutional future. - Speech Link
4: Leo Docherty (Con - Aldershot) of Peshmerga Affairs on its reform agenda. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Ministerial Severance: Reform - Tue 06 Feb 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Emily Thornberry (Lab - Islington South and Finsbury) I praise the current Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the right hon. - Speech Link
2: Emily Thornberry (Lab - Islington South and Finsbury) Take the Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, the right hon. - Speech Link
3: Kirsty Blackman (SNP - Aberdeen North) Rural Affairs Secretaries and five Prime Ministers. - Speech Link
4: Michael Ellis (Con - Northampton North) legal advice, if they think the case is appropriate. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Freedom of Religion and Belief in Nigeria - Tue 06 Feb 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: David Linden (SNP - Glasgow East) That is why the UK Government must ensure that there are safe and legal routes for refugees fleeing to - Speech Link
2: Lyn Brown (Lab - West Ham) He was, rightly, very clear about the many forms of legal and administrative discrimination that Christian - Speech Link
3: Leo Docherty (Con - Aldershot) affairs and religious freedom in the country. - Speech Link
4: Fiona Bruce (Con - Congleton) He had no legal representation and because he was found guilty of blasphemy, he was sentenced to death - Speech Link
5: Leo Docherty (Con - Aldershot) violence, and to uphold its constitutional commitment to religious freedom for all, as we have discussed - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Electoral Commission Strategy and Policy Statement - Tue 06 Feb 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Lord Khan of Burnley (Lab - Life peer) :“I really do not think that anyone in your Lordships’ House can have the slightest doubt about the constitutional - Speech Link
2: Lord Rennard (LD - Life peer) was legislated for on the basis that it“must be as independent of the Government of the day as our constitutional - Speech Link
3: Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LD - Life peer) The Institute for Economic Affairs is a well-funded think tank which does not publish its funding. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Penn (Con - Life peer) That is a well-established legal principle. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Finance Bill
Report stage - Mon 05 Feb 2024
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: None The word “contemplating” has been deliberately used because, in legal terms, it means that the company - Speech Link
2: John Redwood (Con - Wokingham) That is an interesting point of debate, but my understanding of the constitutional position is that it - Speech Link
3: Sarah Olney (LD - Richmond Park) place, sitting on the Economic Affairs Committee, reported their concern“that the number of significant - Speech Link
4: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) We on the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee have also put forward that view. - Speech Link
5: James Murray (LAB - Ealing North) The legal firm Wedlake Bell, for instance, has said:“The proposed new tax regime replacing the LTA at - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Northern Ireland - Thu 01 Feb 2024
Northern Ireland Office

Mentions:
1: Chris Heaton-Harris (Con - Daventry) We will give legal direction to the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs on these - Speech Link
2: Chris Heaton-Harris (Con - Daventry) I agree with my right hon. and learned Friend, the Chair of the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee. - Speech Link
3: Rosie Winterton (Lab - Doncaster Central) I call the Chair of the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee. - Speech Link
4: Jeffrey M Donaldson (DUP - Lagan Valley) People told us, by the way, Madam Deputy Speaker, that we would not achieve legal change, and yet that - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
United Kingdom Internal Market - Thu 01 Feb 2024
Northern Ireland Office

Mentions:
1: Robert Buckland (Con - South Swindon) the legal obligation with regard to the all-island economy. - Speech Link
2: Gavin Robinson (DUP - Belfast East) Donaldson) and this Parliament were able to speak to and agree the constitutional SI that just passed - Speech Link
3: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Now today we see the legislation that I and others called for—constitutional legislation to secure our - Speech Link
4: Steve Baker (Con - Wycombe) Affairs to ensure that is the case.On the change to the definition of qualifying Northern Ireland goods - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Northern Ireland Executive Formation - Thu 01 Feb 2024
Northern Ireland Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Caine (Con - Life peer) bold steps to make that case for the union too.We will also legislate to reaffirm Northern Ireland’s constitutional - Speech Link
2: Lord Dodds of Duncairn (DUP - Life peer) These are fundamentally important constitutional and economic issues, and many unionists are still concerned - Speech Link
3: Lord Bew (XB - Life peer) to act in the spirit of the Good Friday agreement by putting that at the centre of affairs in a way - Speech Link
4: Lord Godson (Con - Life peer) women and others besides. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Northern Ireland Executive Formation - Wed 31 Jan 2024
Northern Ireland Office

Mentions:
1: Chris Heaton-Harris (Con - Daventry) legal changes—I mean, other changes—to have that done. - Speech Link
2: Lindsay Hoyle (Spk - Chorley) I call the Chair of the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee. - Speech Link
3: Chris Heaton-Harris (Con - Daventry) of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs and other UK Government authorities to eliminate any physical - Speech Link
4: Colum Eastwood (SDLP - Foyle) It is important to point out that the people of Ireland, north and south, will decide the constitutional - Speech Link
5: Gregory Campbell (DUP - East Londonderry) the constitutional position. - Speech Link