Information between 1st May 2023 - 25th January 2026
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27 Mar 2025, 1:17 p.m. - House of Lords "James Callaghan government, the unions all but brought the country to its knees. So a new settlement " Lord Hunt of Wirral (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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27 Feb 2025, 4:02 p.m. - House of Commons "political thinkers like Keir Hardie in Merthyr Tydfil, James Callaghan in Cardiff. It is a history that we " Catherine Fookes MP (Monmouthshire, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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10 Nov 2025, 4:22 p.m. - House of Lords "value. An ambition for a curriculum of high standards was, of course, led by James Callaghan in his great " Baroness Smith of Malvern, Minister of State (Education) (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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10 Nov 2025, 4:22 p.m. - House of Lords "led by James Callaghan in his great education debate and delivered by the National Curriculum by the " Baroness Smith of Malvern, Minister of State (Education) (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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Curriculum and Assessment Review
40 speeches (5,523 words) Monday 10th November 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Work and Pensions Mentions: 1: Baroness Smith of Malvern (Lab - Life peer) An ambition for a curriculum of high standards was of course led by James Callaghan in his great education - 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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St David’s Day and Welsh Affairs
76 speeches (16,216 words) Thursday 27th February 2025 - Commons Chamber Wales Office Mentions: 1: Catherine Fookes (Lab - Monmouthshire) leaders and political thinkers like Kier Hardie in Merthyr Tydfil, Aneurin Bevan in Ebbw Vale and James Callaghan - Link to Speech |
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Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Ninth sitting)
165 speeches (17,802 words) Committee stage: 9th Sitting Tuesday 4th February 2025 - Public Bill Committees Department for Education Mentions: 1: Catherine McKinnell (Lab - Newcastle upon Tyne North) We must not return to curriculum decisions being taken in what James Callaghan famously called a “secret - Link to Speech |
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Oral Answers to Questions
137 speeches (9,695 words) Wednesday 18th December 2024 - Commons Chamber Cabinet Office Mentions: 1: Amanda Martin (Lab - Portsmouth North) James Callaghan was a true Portsmouth great who went to the same school as another true Portsmouth great - Link to Speech |
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National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill
265 speeches (32,723 words) 2nd reading Tuesday 3rd December 2024 - Commons Chamber HM Treasury Mentions: 1: Paul Waugh (LAB - Rochdale) In 1964, the outgoing Tory Chancellor Reggie Maudling bumped into James Callaghan and said,“Good luck - 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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Budget Resolutions
195 speeches (45,922 words) Wednesday 30th October 2024 - Commons Chamber Mentions: 1: Chris Evans (LAB - Caerphilly) The route is long and hard.”Those words were spoken by Prime Minister James Callaghan at the Labour party - Link to Speech |
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Budget Responsibility Bill
92 speeches (23,910 words) Committee of the whole House Wednesday 4th September 2024 - Commons Chamber HM Treasury Mentions: 1: Amanda Martin (Lab - Portsmouth North) famous figures have helped shape our city, including Charles Dickens, Isambard Kingdom Brunel and James Callaghan - Link to Speech |
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Online Safety Bill
94 speeches (21,924 words) Consideration of Lords amendments Tuesday 12th September 2023 - Commons Chamber Department for Science, Innovation & Technology Mentions: 1: William Cash (CON - Stone) must say that it was a Labour Minister—but we got the Bill through as the then Prime Minister James Callaghan - Link to Speech |
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Migration
44 speeches (15,656 words) Thursday 15th June 2023 - Commons Chamber Home Office Mentions: 1: Peter Bottomley (CON - Worthing West) and immigration policies have been debated fiercely.There have been great arguments ever since James Callaghan - Link to Speech |
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Tuesday 9th December 2025
Oral Evidence - University of Toronto Settlement, Citizenship and Integration - Justice and Home Affairs Committee Found: When James Callaghan passed it—and the current Home Secretary is very much in the James Callaghan tradition—he |
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Monday 1st September 2025
Written Evidence - Maurice Frank AAC0277 - Autism Act 2009 Autism Act 2009 - Autism Act 2009 Committee Found: That unfair local disadvantage included when a South Wales MP, James Callaghan, was Prime Minister. |
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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: development land taxes (introduced in 1947 by Clement Attlee, in 1967 by Harold Wilson and in 1976 by James Callaghan |
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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: Summer of 1974 were products of the policy pursued by Harold Wilson, the Prime Minister, James Callaghan |
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Children, young people and the built environment - CBP-10363
Oct. 14 2025 Found: 8 108 The Home Office’s Urban Aid Programme was intr oduced in 1968 by then Home Secretary James Callaghan |
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State visits to the UK - CBP-10336
Sep. 16 2025 Found: the hosts, and in keeping with the duties and dignity of the Royal Family”.11 In June 1976, James Callaghan |
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Tuition fees in England: History, debates, and international comparisons - CBP-10155
Dec. 02 2024 Found: Commons Library Research Briefing, 2 December 2024 On 5 July 1976, the Labour government of James Callaghan |
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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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The royal prerogative and ministerial advice - CBP-9877
Oct. 24 2023 Found: In 1976, James Callaghan announced the creation of the Crown Appointments Commission (since 2003 the |
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Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax APPG Document: What is Fair and Responsible Tax? Found: And this problem isn’t new: when Chancellor James Callaghan introduced capital gains tax in the 1960s |
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Internet, Communications and Technology APPG Document: history of PITCOM Found: In March 1978 James Callaghan watched a Horizon Programme ‘Now the Chips are Down’ and called for a TUC |
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Monday 3rd February 2025
Department for Education Source Page: Education Secretary speech on new era of school standards Document: Education Secretary speech on new era of school standards (webpage) Found: It’s almost fifty years since James Callaghan gave a major speech about the purpose of our education |
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Monday 30th December 2024
Cabinet Office Source Page: New Year Honours List 2025 Document: (webpage) Found: Members of the Order of the British Empire Member of the Order of the British Empire Marissa James CALLAGHAN |
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Jun. 21 2023
Sellafield Ltd Source Page: Safety expert recognised in King’s Birthday Honours Document: Safety expert recognised in King’s Birthday Honours (webpage) News and Communications Found: when he joined British Nuclear Fuels as a safety assessor at Sellafield in 1977, a time when James Callaghan |
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4. 90-second Statements
Wednesday 7th June 2023 Mentions: 1: David Rees (Welsh Labour - Aberavon) Government in the 1960s, 1970s and 1990s, under three different Labour Prime Ministers—Harold Wilson, James Callaghan - 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 |