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Lords Chamber
Autumn Statement 2023 - Wed 29 Nov 2023
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Baroness Featherstone (LD - Life peer) more, and deserved so much more.Tax reliefs are a proven road to putting a rocket under an industry’s capability - Speech Link
2: Lord Harrington of Watford (Con - Life peer) However, the evidence we got from interviewing more than 200 companies—sovereign wealth funds, pension - Speech Link
3: Lord Jackson of Peterborough (Con - Life peer) Yes, there are some good parts—the 110 growth measures, the work capability assessments to get people - Speech Link
4: Lord Sherbourne of Didsbury (Con - Life peer) It is more than we spend on education, twice as much as we spend on defence and five times as much as - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Automated Vehicles Bill [HL]
2nd reading - Tue 28 Nov 2023
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Lord Berkeley (Lab - Life peer) The noble Lord, Lord Cameron, talked about the importance of having some self-drive capability, especially - Speech Link
2: Lord Holmes of Richmond (Con - Life peer) Are we looking to still have some potential UK sovereign battery production? - Speech Link
3: Lord Hampton (XB - Excepted Hereditary) transport could be automated, particularly in rural areas, with a big impact on agriculture, mining and defence - Speech Link
4: Lord Davies of Gower (Con - Life peer) This is too narrow and leaves a gap, as the risk of misunderstanding a vehicle’s self-driving capability - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Ukraine - Tue 28 Nov 2023
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: John Healey (Lab - Wentworth and Dearne) unleash fresh horrors on Ukraine, still shows contempt for international law, and still wants to redraw sovereign - Speech Link
2: James Heappey (Con - Wells) the world is understand what the Ukrainians want to do next and get there first in delivering that capability - Speech Link
3: James Heappey (Con - Wells) We have been the first to go through every capability threshold; they know that and they continue to - Speech Link
4: James Heappey (Con - Wells) that is the right moral outcome for Ukraine—it deserves to restore its territory and live as a free sovereign - Speech Link
5: James Heappey (Con - Wells) people to economies around Europe, when ultimately we hope they will be able to go home to a free, sovereign - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill [HL]
2nd reading - Mon 20 Nov 2023
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) It also clarifies that a notice may be given to one entity in relation to the capability of another entity - Speech Link
2: Lord Murphy of Torfaen (Lab - Life peer) It should be confined to either the Foreign Secretary, the Home Secretary, the Defence Secretary or the - Speech Link
3: Lord Carlile of Berriew (XB - Life peer) It was a surprise when national security originally appeared as part of the defence strategy, but it - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
King’s Speech - Wed 15 Nov 2023
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Earl of Minto (Con - Excepted Hereditary) Our people have always been our greatest asset and our finest capability, but our challenge over the - Speech Link
2: Lord Morrow (DUP - Life peer) That is foundational, because it is only when two sovereign states afford each other their reciprocal - Speech Link
3: Lord Houghton of Richmond (XB - Life peer) A healthy reserve is a vital national strategic capability. - Speech Link
4: Lord Dannatt (XB - Life peer) budget, being regarded as a core national capability. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Violence Reduction, Policing and Criminal Justice - Wed 15 Nov 2023
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Yvette Cooper (Lab - Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford) that the only way forward is a two-state solution with a secure and safe Israel alongside a secure and sovereign - Speech Link
2: Alex Chalk (Con - Cheltenham) offence of non-fatal strangulation, and made clear that the cowardly so-called “rough sex gone wrong” defence - Speech Link
3: Michael Shanks (Lab - Rutherglen and Hamilton West) first contribution in this House was to ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to make work capability - Speech Link
4: John Hayes (Con - South Holland and The Deepings) We in this place must stand in defence of the gentle.Yet too often in my lifetime, those who shape criminal - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
King’s Speech - Tue 14 Nov 2023
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Mentions:
1: Lord Clement-Jones (LD - Life peer) this year recommended amending the Computer Misuse Act 1990 to include a statutory public interest defence - Speech Link
2: Baroness Fraser of Craigmaddie (Con - Life peer) Channel 4’s role and economic importance to the production sector was the key defence against plans for - Speech Link
3: Viscount Hanworth (Lab - Excepted Hereditary) The newcleo reactor, which can be described as a lead-cooled fast reactor, has this capability. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories - Tue 14 Nov 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) Gaza; supporting the safe return of hostages and British nationals; backing Israel’s right to self-defence - Speech Link
2: David Lammy (Lab - Tottenham) facts on the ground are changing day to day, in relation to both hostages being rescued and Hamas’s capability - Speech Link
3: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) It is part of Israel’s legitimate position that it can exercise its right to self-defence and go after - Speech Link
4: Matthew Offord (Con - Hendon) Does the Minister agree that there is no moral equivalence between Hamas and the sovereign independent - Speech Link
5: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) I point out to him that the Israel Defence Forces use their power to defend their citizens; Hamas use - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
King’s Speech - Mon 13 Nov 2023
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Lord Ravensdale (XB - Excepted Hereditary) The UK is uniquely placed to develop a capability that can meet our fuel needs as well as those of other - Speech Link
2: Baroness Drake (Lab - Life peer) create scale is necessary to enable lower costs, better governance and increased investment capacity and capability - Speech Link
3: Lord Faulkner of Worcester (Lab - Life peer) best intentions, the civil servants struggling to cope with this situation frankly do not have the capability - Speech Link
4: Lord Sarfraz (Con - Life peer) The Middle East has its sovereign wealth funds, the Japanese have JOGMEC and the South Koreans have KORES - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Building an NHS Fit for the Future - Mon 13 Nov 2023
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Kevan Jones (Lab - North Durham) for his speech.I note the historic event last week of the King making his first Gracious Address as sovereign - Speech Link
2: Valerie Vaz (Lab - Walsall South) drink; doctors are even unable to carry out operations.We have had the first speech of our gracious sovereign - Speech Link
3: Robin Walker (Con - Worcester) I recognise that any country facing such an assault has a right to self-defence, but I urge colleagues - Speech Link
4: Mel Stride (Con - Central Devon) Of course, we have just concluded our work capability assessment consultation, in which we are looking - Speech Link