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Commons Chamber
Joint Enterprise (Significant Contribution) Bill
2nd reading - Fri 02 Feb 2024
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Kim Johnson (Lab - Liverpool, Riverside) costs of joint enterprise and have reminded us of the importance of not losing sight of its devastating social - Speech Link
2: Philip Davies (Con - Shipley) individuals refrain from committing crimes when the perceived costs or risks outweigh the potential benefits - Speech Link
3: Gareth Bacon (Con - Orpington) crime, such as a robbery, one member of the group commits a second crime—for example, he shoots the security - Speech Link
4: Gareth Bacon (Con - Orpington) This will help to inform the wider consultation paper on appeals law that is planned for publication - Speech Link
5: Gareth Bacon (Con - Orpington) In effect, there may be no real parity in such assessments, which in turn could lead to appeals on the - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill
Committee stage - Wed 31 Jan 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (Lab - Life peer) help to run our public services, they store our personal data, they shape our purchase choices and social - Speech Link
2: None Government, to which the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, just referred—only after clarifying that the appeals - Speech Link
3: None It is also beyond argument that the overall duration of the UK’s competition appeals has lengthened over - Speech Link
4: None I see lots of expressions of concern on my social media feed about how we define ESG and how that might - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Tenth sitting) - Tue 30 Jan 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Lee Rowley (Con - North East Derbyshire) and from time to time advise the Secretary of State about—(i) the operation of redress schemes;(ii) social - Speech Link
2: Matthew Pennycook (Lab - Greenwich and Woolwich) unequivocal about the fact that commonhold is a preferable tenure to leasehold, in that it gives the benefits - Speech Link
3: Lee Rowley (Con - North East Derbyshire) We appreciate that there are benefits to share-of-freehold arrangements, and obviously there is the opportunity - Speech Link
4: Matthew Pennycook (Lab - Greenwich and Woolwich) I welcome the Minister’s response to the extent that he recognised the benefits of share of freehold. - Speech Link
5: Barry Gardiner (Lab - Brent North) The new clause seems like a quick win for the Government: it would boost the security of leaseholder - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill
Committee stage - Mon 29 Jan 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: None of State can already assess takeovers of newspapers and broadcasters by parties that might include social - Speech Link
2: None assess public interest issues when newspapers, broadcasters and video or audio platforms might buy social - Speech Link
3: Lord Leong (Lab - Life peer) In January 2023, the Minister for Security said that“what the country needs is an office for whistleblowers - Speech Link
4: None I make that point because this is not akin to the Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security, for example - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill
Committee stage - Mon 22 Jan 2024
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Mentions:
1: Viscount Camrose (Con - Excepted Hereditary) recognise the importance of limiting the scope for too much disputation around this and for too many appeals - Speech Link
2: Lord Clement-Jones (LD - Life peer) Social, environmental and well-being risks and impacts, including on work conditions and environments - Speech Link
3: Lord Knight of Weymouth (Lab - Life peer) These are all positive benefits that we should celebrate when we think about and support the Bill, as - Speech Link
4: None There will be considerable benefits from building trust, for domestic and inward investment. - Speech Link
5: Lord Clement-Jones (LD - Life peer) said:“Standards are crucial to building the UK’s economic prosperity, safeguarding the UK’s national security - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Refugee Integration - Thu 18 Jan 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Lord Jackson of Peterborough (Con - Life peer) There is a temptation, when focusing on specific granular issues such as housing and benefits, to ignore - Speech Link
2: Lord Bishop of Durham (Bshp - Bishops) He is in full-time paid work as a social carer. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) UK, and people who arrive in our country, often traumatised and persecuted, seeking refuge and the security - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Dementia - Thu 18 Jan 2024
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Baroness Pitkeathley (Lab - Life peer) They lose financial security and end up in poor health and often isolated, since their social circle - Speech Link
2: Baroness Greenfield (XB - Life peer) This is where social issues should be given equal attention. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Donaghy (Lab - Life peer) My second point is about a social care workforce strategy. - Speech Link
4: Lord Weir of Ballyholme (DUP - Life peer) a caring point of view to fill that gap.If we can meet this issue of parity, there are a number of benefits - Speech Link
5: Baroness Wheeler (Lab - Life peer) There are also huge geographical variations in the length of time taken to assess claims and handle appeals - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
Committee of the whole House day 2 - Wed 17 Jan 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Robert Jenrick (Con - Newark) She now has her clip for social media, so the rest of the debate is largely irrelevant. - Speech Link
2: Stella Creasy (LAB - Walthamstow) Those who are worried about social media may also find it useful to use their phones in the Chamber to - Speech Link
3: David Simmonds (Con - Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner) I am a big fan of those fine British philosophers, Hobbes and Locke, who talk about the social contract - Speech Link
4: None My argument is that it is in our interest, because it benefits our citizens and our country, to maintain - Speech Link
5: William Cash (Con - Stone) For all these reasons we have that much more pressure on our social services, our infrastructure, our - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
Committee of the whole House Day 1 - Tue 16 Jan 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Edward Leigh (Con - Gainsborough) Too many people are languishing on benefits. - Speech Link
2: Edward Leigh (Con - Gainsborough) I question whether we can proceed with the policy of keeping people in hotels, paying them benefits and - Speech Link
3: Rob Roberts (Ind - Delyn) What I am trying to address in the amendment is the political and social instability that exists in many - Speech Link
4: Simon Clarke (Con - Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland) It makes a mockery of our border security and damages social cohesion. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
SEND Provision and Funding - Thu 11 Jan 2024
Scotland Office

Mentions:
1: Ian Lavery (Lab - Wansbeck) Moreover, they are unable to work and, in many cases, are forced to rely on benefits. - Speech Link
2: Caroline Nokes (Con - Romsey and Southampton North) school wishes to extend the residential offering, so that the children can have the same stability and security - Speech Link
3: Ruth Cadbury (Lab - Brentford and Isleworth) One indicator of the scale of such problems is that, nationally, there were 14,000 appeals to tribunal - Speech Link