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Lords Chamber
Christians: Persecution - Mon 25 Mar 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee (Non-affiliated - Life peer) There is also a real and urgent need to include mandatory religious literacy in the training of all FCDO - Speech Link
2: Lord Bishop of Oxford (Bshp - Bishops) However, religious literacy in policy and diplomacy remains a significant challenge, even though only - Speech Link
3: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LD - Life peer) Islam, and many communities over centuries have been worried about political Christianity too. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Local Government Finances - Thu 21 Mar 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer (LD - Life peer) The Government are consigning a generation to poorer literacy and lower academic attainment.Libraries - Speech Link
2: Lord Bishop of Manchester (Bshp - Bishops) That really inspired us to think about how we could better work together as faith and political leaders - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Tutoring Provision - Tue 19 Mar 2024
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Munira Wilson (LD - Twickenham) earning potential is significant, and so is the very real impact of strong foundations in numeracy and literacy - Speech Link
2: Jonathan Gullis (Con - Stoke-on-Trent North) This is not meant to be a party political dig, but it was administered under the last Labour Government - Speech Link
3: Damian Hinds (Con - East Hampshire) In the progress in international reading literacy study 2021, primary school readers in England were - Speech Link
4: Munira Wilson (LD - Twickenham) Sorry, I was not wishing to make a political point. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Spring Budget 2024 - Mon 18 Mar 2024
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green - Life peer) In the current political climate, that might be taken as a definition of optimism. - Speech Link
2: Lord Horam (Con - Life peer) As Martin Sandbu said in the Financial Times, it encourages “opaque and erratic” political games and“ - Speech Link
3: Baroness Vere of Norbiton (Con - Life peer) It is right that financial literacy is supported at a young age. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
News Broadcasting: Regulation - Thu 14 Mar 2024
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Viscount Colville of Culross (XB - Excepted Hereditary) Even if they are not, they are certainly discussing:“Matters of major political … controversy” or“major - Speech Link
2: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green - Life peer) rate of change and the difficulty of regulation highlights the need for us to have education on media literacy - Speech Link


Written Statements
Extremism Definition and Community Engagement - Thu 14 Mar 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Michael Gove (Con - Surrey Heath) Islamism, however, is a political ideology that seeks to divide, calls for the establishment of a totalitarian - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
International Women’s Day - Fri 08 Mar 2024
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Baroness Gohir (XB - Life peer) Financial literacy could also have a positive impact on reducing religious-only marriages, which are - Speech Link
2: Baroness Casey of Blackstock (XB - Life peer) One said, “Louise, whatever you do, do not be political and do not be passionate”. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Sater (Con - Life peer) As that campaign reports:“Financial literacy has been proven to increase social mobility and improve - Speech Link
4: Baroness Barran (Con - Life peer) We would want them to have a political voice. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 07 Mar 2024
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) Politics needs more of us, and I hope that the spirit of tomorrow will carry into this important political - Speech Link
2: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) We are soaring up the international literacy tables, and we have reformed post-16 education to enable - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Higher Education - Thu 07 Mar 2024
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Lord Blunkett (Lab - Life peer) Across different political complexions and none, we should be able to find the kind of agreement that - Speech Link
2: Lord Norton of Louth (Con - Life peer) The political benefit, as the noble Lord, Lord Bilimoria, said, is in terms of soft power. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Wilcox of Newport (Lab - Life peer) Secretary of State, now my noble friend Lord Blunkett, who was determined to ensure higher standards in literacy - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
World Book Day - Wed 06 Mar 2024
Scotland Office

Mentions:
1: Nickie Aiken (Con - Cities of London and Westminster) We must all work together, whatever our political party, to reverse that trend.I am very, very proud - Speech Link
2: Nickie Aiken (Con - Cities of London and Westminster) That is one reason why improving adult literacy rates is also important. - Speech Link
3: Catherine McKinnell (Lab - Newcastle upon Tyne North) I pay tribute to the amazing work of the National Literacy Trust and BookTrust. - Speech Link