Information between 30th April 2023 - 24th January 2026
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13 Mar 2025, 4:29 p.m. - House of Lords "die in vain. And don't ever, ever forget that. Long live, Enoch Powell " Baroness Hazarika (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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13 Mar 2025, 4:29 p.m. - House of Lords "forget that. Long live, Enoch Powell " Baroness Hazarika (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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12 Mar 2025, 7:32 p.m. - House of Commons "be billed Britain. It was a time of significant racist backlash with Enoch Powell and notions of racial superiority that traction in the " Kim Johnson MP (Liverpool Riverside, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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4 Sep 2025, 2:54 p.m. - House of Commons "actually an unholy alliance of Michael foot and Enoch Powell during " Shaun Davies MP (Telford, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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24 Apr 2025, 12:41 p.m. - House of Commons "Anthony Murphy who was involved in organising Enoch Powell rallies. The " Rt Hon Lucy Powell MP, Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons (Manchester Central, Labour ) - View Video - View Transcript |
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12 May 2025, 6:15 p.m. - House of Commons "why, in the introduction of this White Paper, the language of Enoch Powell was used by the PM? There has " Rt Hon Jeremy Corbyn MP (Islington North, Independent) - View Video - View Transcript |
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15 May 2025, 11:16 a.m. - House of Commons "had an immigration policy launched with echoes of Enoch Powell and the " Rt Hon Jesse Norman MP (Hereford and South Herefordshire, Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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14 May 2025, 2:11 p.m. - House of Commons "week, the Prime Minister announced the contents of the immigration white paper via a speech that mirrored Enoch Powell, despite " Kirsty Blackman MP (Aberdeen North, Scottish National Party) - View Video - View Transcript |
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16 Jun 2025, 8:34 p.m. - House of Commons "by Enoch Powell, remember to rebuild a broken nation after the war. In Liverpool they settled mostly in the " Helen Hayes MP (Dulwich and West Norwood, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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16 Jun 2025, 8:35 p.m. - House of Commons "head recently. Evoking the shadow of Enoch Powell as he whipped up hatred against the Windrush generation and " Kim Johnson MP (Liverpool Riverside, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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16 Jun 2025, 9:15 p.m. - House of Commons "where Enoch Powell wrote his divisive rivers of blood speech. Now " Mrs Sureena Brackenridge MP (Wolverhampton North East, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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17 Nov 2025, 7:30 p.m. - House of Commons "what Enoch Powell says today, the Conservatives say tomorrow and Labour legislates the day after seizing valuables belonging to " Zarah Sultana MP (Coventry South, Independent) - View Video - View Transcript |
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17 Nov 2025, 7:30 p.m. - House of Commons ">> Zarah Sultana. >> Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, civil London warned, and I quote what Enoch Powell says today, the " Zarah Sultana MP (Coventry South, Independent) - View Video - View Transcript |
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Budget Resolutions
249 speeches (46,636 words) Monday 1st December 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for Energy Security & Net Zero Mentions: 1: Zarah Sultana (YP - Coventry South) and shamefully uses the same fascistic language as Enoch Powell by calling us an “island of strangers - Link to Speech |
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Asylum Policy
199 speeches (24,638 words) Monday 17th November 2025 - Commons Chamber Home Office Mentions: 1: Zarah Sultana (Ind - Coventry South) Sivanandan warned:“What Enoch Powell says today, the Conservative Party says tomorrow, and the Labour - Link to Speech |
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Stamp Duty Land Tax
285 speeches (36,769 words) Tuesday 28th October 2025 - Commons Chamber HM Treasury Mentions: 1: Jeevun Sandher (Lab - Loughborough) There was a time when the Conservatives condemned Enoch Powell, and a time when they joined us, across - Link to Speech |
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House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
184 speeches (24,276 words) Consideration of Lords amendments Thursday 4th September 2025 - Commons Chamber Cabinet Office Mentions: 1: Edward Leigh (Con - Gainsborough) Conservatives for endlessly blocking reform, but it was actually the unholy alliance of Michael Foot and Enoch Powell - Link to Speech |
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Windrush Day 2025
53 speeches (13,947 words) Monday 16th June 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for Education Mentions: 1: Kim Johnson (Lab - Liverpool Riverside) The Windrush generation came to Britain as citizens—invited by Enoch Powell, we should remember —to rebuild - Link to Speech 2: Sureena Brackenridge (Lab - Wolverhampton North East) 2021, a plaque was proudly placed at the Wolverhampton Heritage Centre, once the office where Enoch Powell - Link to Speech |
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Employment Rights Bill
50 speeches (15,356 words) Committee stage part two Tuesday 3rd June 2025 - Lords Chamber Home Office Mentions: 1: Lord Liddle (Lab - Life peer) I have fought for racial equality ever since I was a student, when I went on marches against Enoch Powell - Link to Speech |
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Business of the House
128 speeches (12,248 words) Thursday 15th May 2025 - Commons Chamber Leader of the House Mentions: 1: Jesse Norman (Con - Hereford and South Herefordshire) We have also had an immigration policy launched with echoes of Enoch Powell, and a Prime Minister who - Link to Speech |
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Ministerial Code: Compliance
37 speeches (4,909 words) Wednesday 14th May 2025 - Commons Chamber Leader of the House Mentions: 1: Kirsty Blackman (SNP - Aberdeen North) Prime Minister announced the contents of the immigration White Paper via a speech that mirrored Enoch Powell - Link to Speech |
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UK-EU Summit
358 speeches (48,195 words) Tuesday 13th May 2025 - Commons Chamber Cabinet Office Mentions: 1: John Hayes (Con - South Holland and The Deepings) Enoch Powell stands proud among those, but there were many others. [Interruption.] - Link to Speech |
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Immigration System
111 speeches (12,299 words) Monday 12th May 2025 - Commons Chamber Home Office Mentions: 1: John McDonnell (Ind - Hayes and Harlington) The Prime Minister referred to “an island of strangers”, reflecting the language of Enoch Powell. - Link to Speech 2: Jeremy Corbyn (Ind - Islington North) Could the Home Secretary explain why, in the introduction of this White Paper, the language of Enoch Powell - Link to Speech |
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Business of the House
162 speeches (14,785 words) Thursday 24th April 2025 - Commons Chamber Leader of the House Mentions: 1: Tom Gordon (LD - Harrogate and Knaresborough) withdraw support or answer whether he is the same Anthony Murphy who was linked to organising Enoch Powell - Link to Speech |
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Integration and Community Cohesion
41 speeches (19,657 words) Thursday 13th March 2025 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Mentions: 1: Baroness Hazarika (Lab - Life peer) Long live Enoch Powell”. It is always nice to get some fan mail, isn’t it?So it is not all good. - Link to Speech |
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Swann Report: 40th Anniversary
17 speeches (3,931 words) Wednesday 12th March 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for Education Mentions: 1: Kim Johnson (Lab - Liverpool Riverside) It was also a time of significant racist backlash, with the overt racism of Enoch Powell and the notions - Link to Speech |
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House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
129 speeches (33,529 words) Committee stage part one Monday 10th March 2025 - Lords Chamber Leader of the House Mentions: 1: Lord Strathclyde (Con - Excepted Hereditary) That Bill was talked out in the House of Commons by two MPs: Enoch Powell and Michael Foot. - Link to Speech |
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Ukraine (International Relations and Defence Committee Report)
65 speeches (28,140 words) Thursday 6th March 2025 - Grand Committee Ministry of Defence Mentions: 1: Lord Balfe (Con - Life peer) In that, he was surprisingly supported by Enoch Powell. - Link to Speech |
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Violence against Women and Girls
117 speeches (36,122 words) Thursday 9th January 2025 - Commons Chamber Ministry of Justice Mentions: 1: Josh Babarinde (LD - Eastbourne) The vast majority of us in this House know that no tech billionaire, no pound-shop Enoch Powell, and - Link to Speech |
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House of Lords Reform
180 speeches (59,124 words) Tuesday 12th November 2024 - Lords Chamber Leader of the House Mentions: 1: Lord Hacking (Lab - Excepted Hereditary) It was defeated by an unholy alliance between Michael Foot on one side and Enoch Powell on the other. - Link to Speech 2: Lord Desai (XB - Life peer) As a noble Lord said, it was sabotaged by Michael Foot and Enoch Powell. - Link to Speech |
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Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Amendment) Regulations 2024
10 speeches (3,485 words) Tuesday 22nd October 2024 - Grand Committee Department of Health and Social Care Mentions: 1: Lord Wigley (PC - Life peer) The right honourable Enoch Powell had tried in 1985 to get a Private Member’s Bill, the Unborn Children - Link to Speech 2: Lord Winston (Lab - Life peer) , but one of the extraordinary things was that by the end of that I had remarkable respect for Enoch Powell - Link to Speech 3: Lord Evans of Rainow (Con - Life peer) My Lords, when I came here today, I did not think I would be hearing about Enoch Powell. - Link to Speech |
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King’s Speech
78 speeches (31,079 words) Tuesday 23rd July 2024 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Mentions: 1: Lord Hacking (Lab - Excepted Hereditary) proposed serious reforms of the House of Lords, which were defeated by an unholy alliance between Enoch Powell - Link to Speech |
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Debate on the Address
141 speeches (59,033 words) Wednesday 17th July 2024 - Commons Chamber Cabinet Office Mentions: 1: Warinder Juss (Lab - Wolverhampton West) contributions and influence of my predecessors, the most well known of whom may well be, regrettably, Enoch Powell - Link to Speech |
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Business of the House
84 speeches (10,313 words) Thursday 9th May 2024 - Commons Chamber Leader of the House Mentions: 1: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) Will it be a lecture on how misunderstood Enoch Powell was? - Link to Speech |
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Business of the House (13 May)
23 speeches (3,334 words) Wednesday 8th May 2024 - Commons Chamber Leader of the House Mentions: 1: Christopher Chope (Con - Christchurch) As was pointed out to me by Enoch Powell when I was first on the Procedure Committee in 1984, in the - Link to Speech |
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Social Cohesion and Democratic Resilience: Khan Review
34 speeches (12,281 words) Tuesday 30th April 2024 - Westminster Hall Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Mentions: 1: Naz Shah (Lab - Bradford West) She likes tweets about Enoch Powell, and a tweet by Katie Hopkins describing Sadiq Khan as “the Mayor - Link to Speech |
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Oral Answers to Questions
121 speeches (9,855 words) Wednesday 24th April 2024 - Commons Chamber Cabinet Office Mentions: 1: Sarah Jones (Lab - Croydon Central) Conservative candidate for London Mayor has promoted Islamophobic tropes online, endorsed the beliefs of Enoch Powell - Link to Speech |
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Windrush
33 speeches (17,421 words) Thursday 29th February 2024 - Lords Chamber Home Office Mentions: 1: Lord Woolley of Woodford (XB - Life peer) the freedom of that nation and then, after the war, accepted the pleas of politicians such as Enoch Powell—there - Link to Speech |
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Sir Edward Heath: Operation Conifer
38 speeches (11,161 words) Wednesday 17th January 2024 - Lords Chamber Home Office Mentions: 1: Lord Birt (XB - Life peer) the oil price doubling in a day, the Troubles, direct rule and Bloody Sunday, and the sacking of Enoch Powell - Link to Speech |
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Family Migration (Justice and Home Affairs Committee Report)
35 speeches (12,855 words) Wednesday 20th September 2023 - Lords Chamber Home Office Mentions: 1: Lord Hunt of Wirral (CON - Life peer) than 50 years since I incurred the wrath of many in my own party and beyond by publicly opposing Enoch Powell - Link to Speech 2: Lord Coaker (LAB - Life peer) I have read about his part as a Young Conservative in standing up to Enoch Powell. - Link to Speech |
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Tuesday 25th November 2025
Oral Evidence - British Future, and London School of Economics (LSE) Settlement, Citizenship and Integration - Justice and Home Affairs Committee Found: very heated debate about asylum, likewise if you go back to the previous era and the politics of Enoch Powell |
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Wednesday 12th November 2025
Oral Evidence - Peter Geoghegan, British Future, and HOPE not hate Community cohesion - Women and Equalities Committee Found: been nobody of a black or Asian background in this House of Commons while they were debating Enoch Powell |
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Monday 22nd April 2024
Oral Evidence - Mr Alistair Carmichael, and David Mundell Intergovernmental relations: 25 years since the Scotland Act 1998 - Scottish Affairs Committee Found: Mr Carmichael: I think it was Enoch Powell who said that all political careers end in failure. |
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The royal prerogative and ministerial advice - CBP-9877
Oct. 24 2023 Found: Following criticism of Queen Elizabeth II’s 1983 Christmas broadcast by the Ulster Unionist MP Enoch Powell |
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Tuesday 11th March 2025
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Source Page: The Windrush Day Grant Scheme Document: Windrush Letters (PDF) Found: of increasing racial conflict and race riots and the “river of blood” speech by the labour MP, Enoch Powell |
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Tuesday 11th March 2025
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Source Page: The Windrush Day Grant Scheme Document: Windrush Stories for Schools (PDF) Found: Another ten years on and Enoch Powell made his ‘Rivers of Blood’ speech against immigration and the proposed |
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Thursday 26th September 2024
Home Office Source Page: The Historical Roots of the Windrush Scandal Document: (PDF) Found: Conservative position, meanwhile, was symbolised by the political worldview of one man: John Enoch Powell |
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European Union-United Kingdom Summit
43 speeches (32,047 words) Tuesday 20th May 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Robertson, Angus (SNP - Edinburgh Central) In fact, because of the Enoch Powell-type rhetoric that we heard from Keir Starmer the other week, we - Link to Speech |
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Scottish Parliament Powers
149 speeches (122,536 words) Tuesday 3rd October 2023 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Grahame, Christine (SNP - Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale) Of course, power devolved is power retained—a statement that is attributed to the late Tory MP Enoch Powell - Link to Speech |
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3. Topical Questions
Wednesday 14th May 2025 Mentions: 1: Mabon ap Gwynfor (Plaid Cymru - Dwyfor Meirionnydd) Putting aside the morally dubious rhetoric used by the Prime Minister, with its echoes of Enoch Powell - Link to Speech |
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1. Motion of condolence and tributes to Her Majesty The Queen
Sunday 11th September 2022 Mentions: 1: Jenny Rathbone (Welsh Labour - Cardiff Central) Enoch Powell objected hugely, and so did the right-wing press. - Link to Speech |