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Lords Chamber
Digital Exclusion (Communications and Digital Committee Report) - Thu 08 Feb 2024
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Mentions:
1: Viscount Camrose (Con - Excepted Hereditary) properly, these innovations can deliver wider social benefits too: we can connect communities, reduce loneliness - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill
Committee stage - Wed 07 Feb 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (Lab - Life peer) than that, they provide a community focus for people to socialise, eat and relax, helping to tackle loneliness - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Arts - Thu 01 Feb 2024
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Lord Howarth of Newport (Lab - Life peer) It can be applied in people’s everyday lives, supporting general well-being, reducing isolation and loneliness - Speech Link
2: Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury (LD - Life peer) It combats loneliness and both physical and mental health issues, as the noble Lord, Lord Howarth, so - Speech Link
3: Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Con - Life peer) The sessions that it runs offer an opportunity for people to socialise, overcome loneliness, and boost - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Hospitality Sector: Fiscal Support - Wed 31 Jan 2024
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Alyn Smith (SNP - Stirling) economy, but our society; they are community hubs at a time when we face an epidemic of post-covid loneliness - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Shared Parental Leave and Pay (Bereavement) Bill
2nd reading - Fri 26 Jan 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Kevin Hollinrake (Con - Thirsk and Malton) Friend the Member for Congleton (Fiona Bruce) said, loneliness in these situations—the shadow Minister - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Mentoring - Wed 24 Jan 2024
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Lisa Cameron (Con - East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow) Gentleman’s point, I have also noticed that there is a campaign to end loneliness. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Shared Rural Network Implementation - Wed 24 Jan 2024
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Chris Evans (LAB - Islwyn) It is important to recognise that online spaces can mitigate loneliness, which is crucial for people - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Pet Abduction Bill
2nd reading - Fri 19 Jan 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Stella Creasy (LAB - Walthamstow) They lower blood pressure and they are good for loneliness. As a nation, half of us own a pet. - Speech Link
2: George Freeman (Con - Mid Norfolk) just for the glories that they bring to daily life but to help them with mental health conditions, loneliness - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 11 Jan 2024
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Emma Lewell-Buck (Lab - South Shields) What steps her Department is taking to tackle loneliness. - Speech Link
2: Stuart Andrew (Con - Pudsey) Since the tackling loneliness strategy launched in 2018, the Government and their partners have invested - Speech Link
3: Lilian Greenwood (Lab - Nottingham South) the Government released their national strategy in 2018, we had a far more limited understanding of loneliness - Speech Link
4: Stuart Andrew (Con - Pudsey) Chronic loneliness has remained at about the same level, but there is still more work to be done. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Proposed British Jewish History Month - Thu 11 Jan 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Nickie Aiken (Con - Cities of London and Westminster) She has since moved on to the Silver Line, outlining the loneliness that so many older people suffer, - Speech Link