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26 Feb 2025, 3:12 p.m. - House of Commons "the party of the pint and Harold Wilson expressed enthusiastic support for preserving the pint " Mark Ferguson MP (Gateshead Central and Whickham, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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3 Mar 2025, 6:36 p.m. - House of Commons "wine merchants. Harold Wilson, the co-founder of the wine merchants " Mr Paul Kohler MP (Wimbledon, Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript |
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4 Mar 2025, 3:59 p.m. - House of Commons "youth and community hub was opened by my predecessor, Harold Wilson, who the Minister mentioned in his " Anneliese Midgley MP (Knowsley, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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6 Mar 2025, 4:07 p.m. - House of Lords "find that. I think a great in saying it is doing it to the lowest level since Harold Wilson was Prime Minister. There will be less girls " Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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13 Mar 2025, 3:39 p.m. - House of Lords "maiden speech from Lord Raval and the same from Lord Rook later on. I start with Harold Wilson, the Prime " Lord Mendelsohn (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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13 Mar 2025, 3:39 p.m. - House of Lords "start with Harold Wilson, the Prime Minister in 1965, who appointed the Archbishop of Canterbury, under " Lord Mendelsohn (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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14 Mar 2025, 12:56 p.m. - House of Commons "in poverty. Harold Wilson famously said that the Labour Party has a " Private Members' Bills: Free School Meals (Automatic Registration of Eligible Children) Bill: Second Reading Peter Lamb MP (Crawley, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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20 Oct 2025, 10:01 p.m. - House of Lords "Harold Wilson government 59 years ago, accurately recalls the " Lord Fuller (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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20 Oct 2025, 8:58 p.m. - House of Commons "done so already. The 1965 decision made by Harold Wilson, the then " Rt Hon Jeremy Corbyn MP (Islington North, Independent) - View Video - View Transcript |
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23 Oct 2025, 12:45 p.m. - House of Commons "Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson, who contacted Paul and promised to " Bob Blackman MP (Harrow East, Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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23 Oct 2025, 12:45 p.m. - House of Commons "bring in a Race Relations Act if elected. Harold Wilson kept his " Bob Blackman MP (Harrow East, Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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15 May 2025, 4:25 p.m. - House of Lords "under Harold Wilson, brought in the " Amendment 278 Lord Bird (Crossbench) - View Video - View Transcript |
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3 Nov 2025, 3:10 p.m. - House of Lords "Harold Wilson established the Open University. A distance learning model reached people who could not or would not attend residential " Lord Evans of Rainow (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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3 Nov 2025, 3:10 p.m. - House of Lords "work of our former Prime Minister, Harold Wilson, and the Open University. My Lords, the " Lord Leong (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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5 Nov 2025, 4:18 p.m. - House of Lords "government of Harold Wilson, there was no general right of appeal against Home Office immigration " Lord Davies of Gower (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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26 Nov 2025, 5:38 p.m. - House of Commons "Labour Party values. When Harold Wilson once said of our party, our movement, that we're a moral " Rt Hon Kit Malthouse MP (North West Hampshire, Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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4 Dec 2025, 1:40 p.m. - House of Lords "enough to remember the government of Harold Wilson came in and promising white heat and left with " Lord Dobbs (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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5 Jan 2026, 6:33 p.m. - House of Lords "by Harold Wilson, who was then Prime Minister, there was " Lord Horam (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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21 Jan 2026, 12:50 p.m. - House of Commons "after 1945, delivering on the promises of homes for the people, modernising the nation's housing stock under Harold Wilson in the " Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP, The Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero (Doncaster North, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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21 Jan 2026, 12:50 p.m. - House of Commons "stock under Harold Wilson in the 1960s, introducing the Decent Homes standard for social housing. In the " Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP, The Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero (Doncaster North, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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Warm Homes Plan
102 speeches (11,438 words) Wednesday 21st January 2026 - Commons Chamber Department for Energy Security & Net Zero Mentions: 1: Ed Miliband (Lab - Doncaster North) delivering on the promise of “homes for the people”, modernising the nation’s housing stock under Harold Wilson - Link to Speech |
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Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill
131 speeches (30,193 words) Report stage Monday 5th January 2026 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Defence Mentions: 1: Lord Horam (Con - Life peer) Remember that in the original deal in 1965, conducted by Harold Wilson, the then Prime Minister, there - Link to Speech |
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Digital ID
239 speeches (28,141 words) Monday 8th December 2025 - Westminster Hall Cabinet Office Mentions: 1: Josh Simons (Lab - Makerfield) Harold Wilson grasped the white heat of technology to modernise the state. - Link to Speech |
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Autumn Budget 2025
152 speeches (54,901 words) Thursday 4th December 2025 - Lords Chamber HM Treasury Mentions: 1: Lord Dobbs (Con - Life peer) unemployment, so allow me to help him.Many of us, sadly, are old enough to remember the Government of Harold Wilson - Link to Speech |
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Budget Resolutions
264 speeches (48,734 words) Wednesday 26th November 2025 - Commons Chamber Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Mentions: 1: Chris Evans (LAB - Caerphilly) Harold Wilson once said that our party and our movement is“a moral crusade or it is nothing.”That is - Link to Speech |
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Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill
169 speeches (44,144 words) Report stage Wednesday 5th November 2025 - Lords Chamber Home Office Mentions: 1: Lord Davies of Gower (Con - Life peer) My Lords, before the Immigration Appeals Act 1969, passed by the Labour Government of Harold Wilson, - Link to Speech |
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AI: Workforce Training
15 speeches (1,355 words) Monday 3rd November 2025 - Lords Chamber Mentions: 1: Lord Evans of Rainow (Con - Life peer) In 1969 Harold Wilson established the Open University, a distance learning model to reach people who - Link to Speech 2: Lord Leong (Lab - Life peer) I thank the noble Lord for reminding us of the great work of our former Prime Minister Harold Wilson - Link to Speech |
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Black History Month
81 speeches (25,189 words) Thursday 23rd October 2025 - Commons Chamber Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Mentions: 1: Seema Malhotra (LAB - Feltham and Heston) His campaigning caught the attention of future Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson, who contacted Paul - Link to Speech |
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Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill
195 speeches (33,595 words) Committee of the whole House Monday 20th October 2025 - Commons Chamber Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Mentions: 1: Jeremy Corbyn (Ind - Islington North) Nations General Assembly.It is worth recalling, as many Members have done, the 1965 decision made by Harold Wilson - Link to Speech |
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Planning and Infrastructure Bill
78 speeches (19,939 words) Report stage part two Monday 20th October 2025 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Mentions: 1: None understand that the process of agricultural land classification, which has been in place since the Harold Wilson - Link to Speech |
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Space Industry (Indemnities) Bill
30 speeches (6,146 words) 3rd reading Friday 4th July 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for Transport Mentions: 1: John Grady (Lab - Glasgow East) When Armstrong and Aldrin were waiting in the lunar module, and we had had a man on the moon, Harold Wilson - Link to Speech |
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UK Nuclear Deterrent
51 speeches (5,009 words) Monday 2nd June 2025 - Commons Chamber Ministry of Defence Mentions: 1: Jeremy Corbyn (Ind - Islington North) It was a Labour Government led by Harold Wilson in the 1960s that initiated the nuclear non-proliferation - Link to Speech |
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Renters’ Rights Bill
40 speeches (9,463 words) Thursday 15th May 2025 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Mentions: 1: Lord Bird (XB - Life peer) In 1965, when the Labour Government under Harold Wilson brought in the Rent Act, it meant in fact that - Link to Speech |
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Personal Independence Payment: Disabled People
102 speeches (13,028 words) Wednesday 7th May 2025 - Westminster Hall Department for Work and Pensions Mentions: 1: Richard Burgon (Lab - Leeds East) Harold Wilson once said:“The Labour party is a moral crusade, or it is nothing.”We need to be clear, - Link to Speech |
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Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]
233 speeches (32,168 words) 2nd reading Tuesday 1st April 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for Business and Trade Mentions: 1: Laurence Turner (Lab - Birmingham Northfield) his memoir of his time at head of the No. 10 policy unit, the noble Lord Donoughue details how Harold Wilson - Link to Speech |
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Free School Meals (Automatic Registration of Eligible Children) Bill
30 speeches (7,415 words) 2nd reading Friday 14th March 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for Education Mentions: 1: Peter Lamb (Lab - Crawley) Harold Wilson famously said that the Labour party is“a moral crusade or it is nothing.”If this Government - 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: Lord Dholakia (LD - Life peer) Raval, and I look forward to the same from the noble Lord, Lord Rook, later on.I will start with Harold Wilson - Link to Speech |
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International Women’s Day
67 speeches (34,127 words) Thursday 6th March 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Education Mentions: 1: Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale (Lab - Life peer) short-sighted and counterproductive to reduce overseas development assistance to its lowest level since Harold Wilson - Link to Speech |
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Plan for Neighbourhoods
59 speeches (7,719 words) Tuesday 4th March 2025 - Commons Chamber Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Mentions: 1: Anneliese Midgley (Lab - Knowsley) heart of Kirkby, is a vital youth and community hub that was opened by my illustrious predecessor, Harold Wilson - Link to Speech |
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Independent Schools: VAT and Business Rates Relief
85 speeches (23,318 words) Monday 3rd March 2025 - Westminster Hall Department for Work and Pensions Mentions: 1: Neil O'Brien (Con - Harborough, Oadby and Wigston) Likewise, Clement Attlee did not do it, and nor did Harold Wilson or Jim Callaghan. - Link to Speech |
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Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations 2025
10 speeches (3,378 words) Monday 3rd March 2025 - Grand Committee Department for Work and Pensions Mentions: 1: None I had the honour of serving in those three Administrations for Harold Wilson and James Callaghan, each - Link to Speech |
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Family Businesses
215 speeches (31,779 words) Wednesday 26th February 2025 - Commons Chamber HM Treasury Mentions: 1: Laurence Turner (Lab - Birmingham Northfield) Harold Wilson expressed enthusiastic support for preserving the pint measure. - Link to Speech |
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Holocaust Memorial Day
57 speeches (33,272 words) Thursday 13th February 2025 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Mentions: 1: Lord Balfe (Con - Life peer) Frankly, had it not been for Harold Wilson, we would probably have made a lesser contribution to the - Link to Speech |
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Growing the UK Economy
142 speeches (13,107 words) Wednesday 29th January 2025 - Commons Chamber HM Treasury Mentions: 1: Kanishka Narayan (Lab - Vale of Glamorgan) Harold Wilson said:“The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery.”Today, we can - Link to Speech |
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Great British Energy Bill
79 speeches (23,124 words) Committee stage Tuesday 17th December 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Energy Security & Net Zero Mentions: 1: Lord Howell of Guildford (Con - Life peer) Many of us on all sides—it was not partisan—questioned whether that bright idea of Harold Wilson and - Link to Speech |
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Improving Public Transport
73 speeches (19,826 words) Thursday 5th December 2024 - Commons Chamber Department for Transport Mentions: 1: Polly Billington (Lab - East Thanet) When she was first appointed by Harold Wilson, she turned around to the Prime Minister and said, “You - Link to Speech |
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Civil Service: Politicisation
60 speeches (22,913 words) Thursday 28th November 2024 - Lords Chamber Mentions: 1: Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LD - Life peer) Harold Wilson developed his own policy unit with a really good mixture of civil servants and outside - Link to Speech |
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Great British Energy Bill
61 speeches (40,281 words) 2nd reading Monday 18th November 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Energy Security & Net Zero Mentions: 1: Lord Falconer of Thoroton (Lab - Life peer) She served in the Governments of Harold Wilson, James Callaghan, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. - Link to Speech |
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Universities
45 speeches (20,932 words) Thursday 14th November 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Education Mentions: 1: Lord Liddle (Lab - Life peer) I think this is a tragedy.Lancaster University was opened by Prime Minister Harold Wilson 60 years ago - Link to Speech |
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Educational Opportunities
57 speeches (14,047 words) Wednesday 13th November 2024 - Westminster Hall Department for Education Mentions: 1: Emily Darlington (Lab - Milton Keynes Central) people in my constituency of Milton Keynes to get better jobs and have better lives.In the 1960s, Harold Wilson - 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 Desai (XB - Life peer) I especially remember what Harold Wilson tried to do. - Link to Speech |
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Income Tax (Charge)
182 speeches (37,520 words) Monday 4th November 2024 - Commons Chamber Department for Work and Pensions Mentions: 1: Harpreet Uppal (Lab - Huddersfield) , temples and community buildings.Of course, we are the birthplace—shared with Colne Valley—of Harold Wilson - Link to Speech |
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Science and Technology: Economy
57 speeches (21,249 words) Thursday 31st October 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Science, Innovation & Technology Mentions: 1: Lord Liddle (Lab - Life peer) It was born in the “white heat” era—Harold Wilson opened it in 1965—but in the late 1990s, it decided - Link to Speech |
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House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
358 speeches (44,527 words) 2nd reading Tuesday 15th October 2024 - Commons Chamber Cabinet Office Mentions: 1: Nick Thomas-Symonds (Lab - Torfaen) Prime Minister Harold Wilson, putting forward a programme for change in this House in October 1968, said - Link to Speech 2: Chris Ward (Lab - Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven) I am delighted to see the Minister picking up from where Harold Wilson left off. - Link to Speech 3: Simon Hoare (Con - North Dorset) He is an accomplished author: he has written a book on Nye Bevan, an award-winning book on Harold Wilson - Link to Speech 4: Anneliese Midgley (Lab - Knowsley) I have another illustrious predecessor: the MP for Huyton from 1950 to 1983, Harold Wilson, who served - Link to Speech |
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Budget Responsibility Bill
74 speeches (32,890 words) 2nd reading Tuesday 30th July 2024 - Commons Chamber HM Treasury Mentions: 1: Matthew Patrick (Lab - Wirral West) brought up, played rugby and went to school in West Kirby and Hoylake, and former Prime Minister Harold Wilson - Link to Speech |
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Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill
114 speeches (37,893 words) 2nd reading Monday 29th July 2024 - Commons Chamber Department for Transport Mentions: 1: Laurence Turner (Lab - Birmingham Northfield) When Barbara Castle was appointed Transport Minister, Harold Wilson told her:“Your job is to produce - Link to Speech |
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Education and Opportunity
125 speeches (45,348 words) Wednesday 24th July 2024 - Commons Chamber Department for International Development Mentions: 1: Emily Darlington (Lab - Milton Keynes Central) We are the home of the Open University, the vision of Harold Wilson and delivered by the fantastic Jennie - Link to Speech |
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King’s Speech (4th Day)
161 speeches (62,658 words) Monday 22nd July 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Science, Innovation & Technology Mentions: 1: Lord Razzall (LD - Life peer) In 1964, Harold Wilson put George Brown in charge of a Department of Economic Affairs, to remove what - Link to Speech |
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Valedictory Debate
114 speeches (57,382 words) Friday 24th May 2024 - Commons Chamber Department for Work and Pensions Mentions: 1: Barry Sheerman (LAB - Huddersfield) the skills that this country needs.”I had Sir John Major in my constituency recently, giving the Harold Wilson - Link to Speech |
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Miners and Mining Communities
73 speeches (27,494 words) Thursday 9th May 2024 - Commons Chamber Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Mentions: 1: Paul Howell (Con - Sedgefield) 50 years since those communities had a mine—so long ago that the Prime Minister at the time was Harold Wilson - Link to Speech |
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Affordable Housing: Supply
31 speeches (18,330 words) Thursday 25th April 2024 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Mentions: 1: Viscount Chandos (Lab - Life peer) Not the two Ronnies, but the fact that only under Harold Macmillan and Harold Wilson in recent history - Link to Speech 2: Lord Whitty (Lab - Life peer) On the other hand, in the days of Harold Macmillan and Harold Wilson, the construction sector was highly - Link to Speech |
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Tobacco and Vapes Bill
213 speeches (48,358 words) 2nd reading Tuesday 16th April 2024 - Commons Chamber Department of Health and Social Care Mentions: 1: Maggie Throup (Con - Erewash) This was a time when leading political figures such as Harold Wilson and Tony Benn openly smoked during - Link to Speech |
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Higher Education
53 speeches (23,082 words) Thursday 7th March 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Education Mentions: 1: Lord Blunkett (Lab - Life peer) That understanding came on the back of what Harold Wilson used to call the “white heat of technology” - Link to Speech |
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Educational Attainment of Boys
38 speeches (12,947 words) Tuesday 5th March 2024 - Westminster Hall Department for Education Mentions: 1: David Evennett (Con - Bexleyheath and Crayford) He was a great Harold Wilson supporter—I will not go any further with that one.There are many dedicated - Link to Speech |
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Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill [Lords]
86 speeches (22,600 words) 2nd reading Monday 19th February 2024 - Commons Chamber Home Office Mentions: 1: Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con - The Cotswolds) This came about in the ’60s and ’70s when Harold Wilson, the Prime Minister of the day, gave an undertaking - Link to Speech |
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Industrial Strategy
44 speeches (14,018 words) Thursday 1st February 2024 - Lords Chamber Cabinet Office Mentions: 1: Lord Whitty (Lab - Life peer) I remember industrial policies, or whatever they were called at the time, from Harold Wilson onwards, - Link to Speech 2: Lord Watson of Wyre Forest (Lab - Life peer) Whitty, as he is now, used to tell me about how he worked for the Ministry of Technology under Harold Wilson - Link to Speech |
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Cabinet Office
3 speeches (451 words) Wednesday 6th December 2023 - Ministerial Corrections Cabinet Office Mentions: 1: Bernard Jenkin (Con - Harwich and North Essex) civil service has been around for 50 or 60 years, since the Fulton inquiry in the 1960s under Harold Wilson - Link to Speech |
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Oral Answers to Questions
125 speeches (8,042 words) Thursday 23rd November 2023 - Commons Chamber Cabinet Office Mentions: 1: Bernard Jenkin (Con - Harwich and North Essex) civil service has been around for 50 or 60 years, since the Fulton inquiry in the 1960s under Harold Wilson - Link to Speech |
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Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill [HL]
32 speeches (19,186 words) 2nd reading Monday 20th November 2023 - Lords Chamber Home Office Mentions: 1: Lord Murphy of Torfaen (Lab - Life peer) of us in here, and that is how we deal with parliamentarians.The Wilson doctrine is as old as Harold Wilson - Link to Speech |
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King’s Speech
131 speeches (52,690 words) Monday 13th November 2023 - Lords Chamber HM Treasury Mentions: 1: Lord Balfe (Con - Life peer) Think of Harold Wilson and the way that he stirred middle Britain into action. - Link to Speech |
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King’s Speech
90 speeches (46,581 words) Thursday 9th November 2023 - Lords Chamber Department of Health and Social Care Mentions: 1: Baroness Twycross (Lab - Life peer) As we have seen in the past nationally—for example, under Harold Wilson in the 1960s—high levels of private - Link to Speech |
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Winnie Ewing
49 speeches (8,661 words) Tuesday 4th July 2023 - Commons Chamber Scotland Office Mentions: 1: Ian Blackford (SNP - Ross, Skye and Lochaber) I will pay credit to Harold Wilson, who was a friend of hers, but the experiences that she had in this - Link to Speech 2: Ian Blackford (SNP - Ross, Skye and Lochaber) but we would do well constantly to remind ourselves of her words from 1974 when, in response to Harold Wilson - Link to Speech |
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UK Economy: Growth, Inflation and Productivity
49 speeches (22,773 words) Thursday 29th June 2023 - Lords Chamber HM Treasury Mentions: 1: Lord Liddle (LAB - Life peer) politics started off with the Maudling boom, which led to the balance of payments difficulties that Harold Wilson - Link to Speech |
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Lifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill
41 speeches (23,294 words) 2nd reading Monday 19th June 2023 - Lords Chamber Department for Education Mentions: 1: Baroness Thornton (LAB - Life peer) to be said—a mutually useful political relationship with the man who became the Labour leader, Harold Wilson - Link to Speech |
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Wednesday 17th December 2025
Written Evidence - CHA1120 - Chagossian views on the Agreement with Mauritius concerning the Chagos Archipelago Chagossian views on the Agreement with Mauritius concerning the Chagos Archipelago - International Relations and Defence Committee Found: My belongingness to the Mauritian territory after having been rejected and betrayed by the then Harold Wilson |
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Tuesday 1st July 2025
Oral Evidence - Cabinet Office, and FCDO The UK-EU reset - European Affairs Committee Found: Mr Thomas- Symonds, can I commend your excellent biography of Harold Wilson, which I have read? |
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Wednesday 11th June 2025
Oral Evidence - Department for Work and Pensions, Department for Work and Pensions, and Department for Work and Pensions Get Britain Working – Reforming Jobcentres - Work and Pensions Committee Found: It sounds like something Harold Wilson would have thought of—this new great national public service |
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Friday 23rd May 2025
Written Evidence - . SMP0008 - Social Mobility Policy Social Mobility Policy - Social Mobility Policy Committee Found: welfare state, together with new industries catering to increasing consumerism and fuelled by – as Harold Wilson |
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Monday 14th April 2025
Written Evidence - n/a HLV0006 - Delivering 1.5 million new homes: Land Value Capture Delivering 1.5 million new homes: Land Value Capture - Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee Found: uplift in land value with development land taxes (introduced in 1947 by Clement Attlee, in 1967 by Harold Wilson |
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Wednesday 12th March 2025
Oral Evidence - 2025-03-12 09:30:00+00:00 Community Mental Health Services - Health and Social Care Committee Found: challenges over the years, but it is great to see that happening, and great to see the statue of Harold Wilson |
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Wednesday 26th February 2025
Oral Evidence - John McDonnell, and Ian Byrne Status of independent Members of Parliament - Procedure Committee Found: It has happened in the past, Aneurin Bevan and people like that, Harold Wilson. |
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Wednesday 26th February 2025
Oral Evidence - Shockat Adam, and Iqbal Mohamed Status of independent Members of Parliament - Procedure Committee Found: It has happened in the past, Aneurin Bevan and people like that, Harold Wilson. |
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Tuesday 25th February 2025
Oral Evidence - Cabinet Office Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee Found: Chair: Harold Wilson told us that a week was a long time in politics and he was right. |
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Tuesday 18th February 2025
Written Evidence - Freelance IPC0014 - The Israeli-Palestinian conflict The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict - Foreign Affairs Committee Found: Hattersley told me he could probably arrange for me to meet the prime minister, Harold Wilson but, “ |
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Wednesday 4th December 2024
Oral Evidence - Cabinet Office Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee Found: Secondly—this is an old theme—is the Fulton Report commissioned by Harold Wilson that talked about how |
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Tuesday 12th November 2024
Oral Evidence - 2024-11-12 10:00:00+00:00 Rough Sleeping - Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee Found: Unfortunately, some really bad Government decisions made by Harold Wilson led to enormous pressure |
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Tuesday 5th November 2024
Oral Evidence - Office for Budget Responsibility, Office for Budget Responsibility, and Office for Budget Responsibility Economic inactivity: welfare and long-term sickness - Economic Affairs Committee Found: I thought about what happened in the past when British Governments, for example under Harold Wilson |
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Wednesday 29th May 2024
Report - First Report - Promoting national strategy: How select committee scrutiny can improve strategic thinking in Whitehall Liaison Committee (Commons) Found: national strategy: How select committee scrutiny can improve strategic thinking in Whitehall 60 1967 Harold Wilson |
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Tuesday 30th April 2024
Oral Evidence - Department for Education Civil Service Leadership and Reform - Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee Found: evidence this morning there have been passing references to the Fulton report commissioned under Harold Wilson |
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Thursday 9th November 2023
Written Evidence - University of Liverpool SOT0022 - The Status of the UK’s Overseas Territories in the 21st Century The Status of the UK’s Overseas Territories in the 21 Century - Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee Found: extent that the new Colonial Secretary in 1964, Anthony Greenwood, was told by Prime Minister Harold Wilson |
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Thursday 9th November 2023
Written Evidence - Representation in Westminster Movement (Gibraltar) SOT0013 - The Status of the UK’s Overseas Territories in the 21st Century The Status of the UK’s Overseas Territories in the 21 Century - Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee Found: This was precisely the reason why Prime Minister, Sir Harold Wilson, proposed Integration for Gibraltar |
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Tuesday 17th October 2023
Written Evidence - Representation in Westminster Movement (Gibraltar) TTC0036 - The procedure of the House of Commons and the territorial constitution The procedure of the House of Commons and the territorial constitution - Procedure Committee Found: This was precisely the reason why Prime Minister, Sir Harold Wilson, proposed Integration for Gibraltar |
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Tuesday 4th July 2023
Written Evidence - The Coalition for a Digital Economy (Coadec) TER0008 - The Edinburgh Reforms The Edinburgh Reforms - Treasury Committee Found: a.Background to the CCA The Consumer Credit Act (CCA) was originally passed in 1974, when Harold Wilson |
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Tuesday 13th June 2023
Written Evidence - School of Law, Cyprus Campus, University of Central Lancashire, and Neapolis University AFR0005 - Armed Forces Readiness Armed Forces Readiness - Defence Committee Found: abject failings of the UK during the Summer of 1974 were products of the policy pursued by Harold Wilson |
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Wednesday 15th July 2020
Written Evidence - Professor Robert Beveridge CVD0443 - Impact of Covid-19 on DCMS sectors Impact of Covid-19 on DCMS sectors - Culture, Media and Sport Committee Found: taken on board the value, artistically, socially, commercially of British cinema and that’s Harold Wilson |
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Lord Wilson of Rievaulx
Asked by: Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Labour - Life peer) Wednesday 30th July 2025 Question to the Cabinet Office: To ask His Majesty's Government what criteria they will use in the review, due in 2026, to decide whether to publish retained papers relating to allegations of a security service plot against Harold Wilson. Answered by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip) Records relating to the above matter will be reviewed in accordance with the requirements of the Public Records Act 1958.
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Lord Wilson of Rievaulx
Asked by: Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Labour - Life peer) Wednesday 3rd May 2023 Question to the Cabinet Office: To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will publish the results of the inquiry by Lord Hunt of Tanworth in 1996 into allegations of a security service plot against Harold Wilson. Answered by Baroness Neville-Rolfe - Shadow Minister (Treasury) I refer the Noble Lord to the previous answer (HL1897) on 27 July 2021. To reiterate, official papers relating to these allegations are retained by the Cabinet Office. Retained papers are reviewed regularly to decide whether they can be released. |
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The United Kingdom constitution - a mapping exercise - CBP-9384
Nov. 26 2024 Found: three years of dissolution (Erskine May, para 8.3 ). 428 For the most recent example, see Harold Wilson |
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The office and functions of the Prime Minister - CBP-9880
Mar. 15 2024 Found: In 1964 Harold Wilson was told to “stand by”, 60 while James Callaghan recall ed being asked when |
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Finances of the Monarchy - CBP-9807
Nov. 27 2023 Found: have to give up polo fairly soon, things like that.80 In response the resulting media reports, Harold Wilson |
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The royal prerogative and ministerial advice - CBP-9877
Oct. 24 2023 Found: writing, that he follows that advi ce with misgiving and reluctance.67 When, in November 1965, Harold Wilson |
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Mar. 07 2024
Written evidence submitted by Big Brother Watch (IPAB02) Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Act 2024 Written evidence Found: On the 17th November 1966 the then Prime Minister, Mr Harold Wilson, said in a statement in |
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Jul. 20 2023
Mr Peter Careless Evidence [1/2] Bishop’s Stortford Cemetery Act 2024 Written evidence Found: Council was consigned to history as the result of the Local Government Act1972 introduced by Harold Wilson |
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Science and Technology in Agriculture APPG Document: Just in Case: 7 steps to narrow the UK civil food resilience gap Found: markets, distorting them. 1975 To address dissent in his party, the new Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson |
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Financial Technology APPG Document: Summary of the discussion Found: Charlie Mercer ● The CCA was passed when Harold Wilson was prime minister and it was still legal for |
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Monday 30th June 2025
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology Source Page: A year in metascience (2025) Document: (PDF) Found: examination of science with the methods of science itself. ”16 Published a few months after PM Harold Wilson |
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Thursday 26th September 2024
Home Office Source Page: The Historical Roots of the Windrush Scandal Document: (PDF) Found: Labour governments under Harold Wilson passed three ‘Race Relations Acts’ (RRAs) in 1965, 1968 and |
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Friday 14th June 2024
Cabinet Office Source Page: The King's Birthday Honours List 2024 Document: (webpage) Found: British Empire Members of the Order of the British Empire Member of the Order of the British Empire Harold WILSON |
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Friday 14th June 2024
Cabinet Office Source Page: The King's Birthday Honours List 2024 Document: (PDF) Found: For services to Conservation and to Natural Flood Management (Exeter, Devon) Harold WILSON Owner and |
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Jan. 08 2026
HM Revenue & Customs Source Page: Romania: tax treaties Document: (PDF) Guidance and Regulation Found: FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND Harold Wilson FOR THE |
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Jun. 30 2025
UK Research and Innovation Source Page: A year in metascience (2025) Document: (PDF) Statistics Found: examination of science with the methods of science itself. ”16 Published a few months after PM Harold Wilson |
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Jul. 18 2024
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments Source Page: Advisory Committee on Business Appointments – Report 2020-24 Document: (PDF) Transparency Found: ACOBA was first established by the then Prime Minister, Harold Wilson, in 1975. |
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Nov. 14 2023
Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street Source Page: British Prime Ministers who returned to government Document: British Prime Ministers who returned to government (webpage) News and Communications Found: Alec Douglas-Home After his four-seat defeat to Harold Wilson at the 1964 general election, Douglas-Home |
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Oct. 13 2023
Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street Source Page: PM accelerates military support to Northern Europe following visit to Sweden Document: PM accelerates military support to Northern Europe following visit to Sweden (webpage) News and Communications Found: is the first Prime Minister to overnight on a Royal Navy warship since the late Prime Minister Harold Wilson |
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Great British Energy Bill
49 speeches (31,775 words) Thursday 6th February 2025 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Lumsden, Douglas (Con - North East Scotland) Just as Harold Wilson closed more coal mines than any other Prime Minister, Keir Starmer will be the - Link to Speech |
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Public Service Investment
107 speeches (106,160 words) Thursday 13th June 2024 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Thomson, Michelle (SNP - Falkirk East) Rather than Clement Attlee, who oversaw the creation of the NHS, or Harold Wilson, who introduced the - Link to Speech |
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Thursday 5th March 2020
Source Page: Brave New Wales Document: Brave New Wales (webpage) Found: celebrating the Open University’s half-century to take inspiration from: The Isles of Scilly, where Harold Wilson |
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Constitutional Quick Guides: Research Briefing - 2024 update
Friday 20th September 2024 research.senedd.wales/ Welsh Parliament Senedd Research Constitutional Quick Guides Research Briefing September 2024 http://research.senedd.wales/ The Welsh Parliament is the democratically elected body that represents the interests of Wales and... Found: Harold Wilson MP. The incumbent Secretary of State is the Rt.Hon. |
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The Senedd and Devolution in Wales: a bibliography: January 2023
Tuesday 17th January 2023 www.research.senedd.wales Welsh Parliament Senedd Research The Senedd and Devolution in Wales A bibliography The Senedd and Devolution in Wales: a bibliography 1 Contents The Senedd and Devolution in Wales: a bibliography ........................... Found: the Welsh Office, 1964, Contemporary Wales 16, p39-52 Tanner, D. (2006) Richard Crossman, Harold Wilson |
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Constitutional Quick Guides: Research Briefing
Friday 12th November 2021 research.senedd.wales/ Welsh Parliament Senedd Research Constitutional Quick Guides Research Briefing November 2021 Title part 1: Title part 2 or single titles Month Year Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru Y Pwyllgor Newid Hinsawdd, Amgylchedd a Materi... Found: Harold Wilson MP. The incumbent Secretary of State is the Rt.Hon. |
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Senedd and Devolution in Wales: a bibliography
Monday 6th September 2021 www.research.senedd.wales Welsh Parliament Senedd Research The Senedd and Devolution in Wales A bibliography The Senedd and Devolution in Wales: a bibliography 1 Contents Background to Devolution in Wales ............................................ Found: the Welsh Office, 1964, Contemporary Wales 16, p39-52 Tanner, D. (2006) Richard Crossman, Harold Wilson |
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The Secretary of State for Wales - Quick guide
Wednesday 11th June 2014 Research Service Quick Guide Q u i c k G u i d e H y s b y s i a d H w y l u s | 1 The Secretary of State for Wales Quick Guide September 2012 Introduction The Secretary of State for Wales is a member of the UK cabinet and is supported by Wales O... Found: Harold Wilson MP. There have been 16 Secretaries of State for Wales: Rt. Hon. |
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1. Questions to the First Minister
Tuesday 15th October 2024 Mentions: 1: Rhys ab Owen (Independent Member - South Wales Central) Aberfan was betrayed by George Thomas, it was betrayed by the Harold Wilson Government. - Link to Speech |
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2. Business Statement and Announcement
Tuesday 2nd July 2024 Mentions: 1: Gareth Davies (Welsh Conservative Party - Vale of Clwyd) very much starting to look like the scenes from the late 1970s during the three-day week under Harold Wilson - Link to Speech |
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4. 90-second Statements
Wednesday 7th June 2023 Mentions: 1: David Rees (Welsh Labour - Aberavon) in the Government in the 1960s, 1970s and 1990s, under three different Labour Prime Ministers—Harold Wilson - Link to Speech |
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1. Questions to the First Minister
Tuesday 27th September 2022 Mentions: 1: Adam Price (Plaid Cymru - Carmarthen East and Dinefwr) Harold Wilson, again, did it when Labour was elected in 1974. - 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) And, when in 1966 Harold Wilson wanted to appoint Shirley Williams as a Minister in the Department of - Link to Speech |
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6. Debate on a Member's Legislative Proposal: Mabon ap Gwynfor (Dwyfor Meirionnydd)—Rent control
Wednesday 9th February 2022 Mentions: 1: Mike Hedges (Welsh Labour and Co-operative Party - Swansea East) The Rent Act in 1965, introduced by the Labour Government led by Harold Wilson, regulated tenancies, - Link to Speech |
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3. Legislative Consent Motion on the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill
Tuesday 21st January 2020 Mentions: 1: Mark Drakeford (Welsh Labour - Cardiff West) Having served as Secretary of State for Wales under Harold Wilson and James Callaghan, and Attorney-General - Link to Speech |