Information between 1st May 2023 - 24th January 2026
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19 Sep 2025, 10:21 a.m. - House of Lords "of our societal values. Matthew Parris in 'The Times' recently " Lord Curry of Kirkharle (Crossbench) - View Video - View Transcript |
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21 Nov 2025, 10:36 a.m. - House of Lords "Others might also have dug out the words of the Times columnist Matthew Parris, quoted in a debate " Lord Farmer (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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Broadcasting: Recent Developments
60 speeches (21,549 words) Thursday 8th January 2026 - Lords Chamber Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Mentions: 1: Lord Hacking (Lab - Excepted Hereditary) developed by the late Michael Mosley; secondly, “Great Lives”, whose presenter until now has been Matthew Parris - Link to Speech |
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Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
165 speeches (32,633 words) Committee stage Friday 21st November 2025 - Lords Chamber Department of Health and Social Care Mentions: 1: Lord Farmer (Con - Life peer) and through that dark valley.Others might also have dug out the words of the Times columnist Matthew Parris - Link to Speech |
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Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
166 speeches (48,667 words) 2nd reading Friday 19th September 2025 - Lords Chamber Department of Health and Social Care Mentions: 1: Lord Curry of Kirkharle (XB - Life peer) view, would undermine the very foundation of our societal values.Writing in the Times recently, Matthew Parris - Link to Speech |
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Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill
380 speeches (50,410 words) 2nd reading Tuesday 9th September 2025 - Commons Chamber Ministry of Defence Mentions: 1: Phil Brickell (Lab - Bolton West) That was reported, and much maligned, by Matthew Parris in The Spectator at the time—let us not forget - Link to Speech |
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The Future of News (Communications and Digital Committee Report)
47 speeches (19,576 words) Friday 25th April 2025 - Lords Chamber Mentions: 1: Lord Birt (XB - Life peer) provide searching analysis of the major issues of the day: Peter Jay, then Brian Walden, then Matthew Parris - Link to Speech |
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Social Cohesion and Community during Periods of Change
61 speeches (35,991 words) Friday 6th December 2024 - Lords Chamber Cabinet Office Mentions: 1: Lord Lilley (Con - Life peer) Matthew Parris equated it to a rugby match: you can try to stop people getting across the line, but as - Link to Speech |
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Assisted Dying
148 speeches (24,521 words) Monday 29th April 2024 - Westminster Hall Home Office Mentions: 1: Andrew Selous (Con - South West Bedfordshire) like that to happen.I have to say that I was deeply shocked by the remarks of the journalist Matthew Parris - Link to Speech 2: Stephen Timms (Lab - East Ham) Matthew Parris wrote in his column in The Times that we need assisted suicide because old people cost - Link to Speech 3: Thérèse Coffey (Con - Suffolk Coastal) People in this House have put forward the view of Matthew Parris that it is perfectly rational to say - Link to Speech 4: Desmond Swayne (Con - New Forest West) what begins as a choice will end as an expectation, and so proceeding, we will end up with what Matthew Parris - Link to Speech 5: Robin Millar (Con - Aberconwy) characterise this as a slippery slope or the thin end of a wedge, and I, too, was appalled at what Matthew Parris - Link to Speech |
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SEND Provision
50 speeches (15,740 words) Thursday 14th March 2024 - Commons Chamber Scotland Office Mentions: 1: Matt Hancock (Ind - West Suffolk) the Department, and most recently in The Times newspaper by the otherwise absolutely brilliant Matthew Parris - Link to Speech |
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Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill
104 speeches (41,496 words) 2nd reading Tuesday 20th February 2024 - Lords Chamber Cabinet Office Mentions: 1: Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LD - Life peer) I recommend to the Minister the excoriating article that Matthew Parris wrote in the Times two weekends - Link to Speech |
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Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
188 speeches (41,541 words) Committee stage Wednesday 14th February 2024 - Lords Chamber Scotland Office Mentions: 1: Viscount Hailsham (Con - Life peer) dog-whistle policies, but you can deepen the rift between the electorate and us.I am a great admirer of Matthew Parris - Link to Speech |
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NHS Dentistry: Recovery and Reform
105 speeches (11,220 words) Wednesday 7th February 2024 - Commons Chamber Department of Health and Social Care Mentions: 1: Peter Bottomley (Con - Worthing West) am not sure how many he wrote himself; some may have seemed rather familiar to anyone who read Matthew Parris - Link to Speech |
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Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill
97 speeches (24,262 words) Report stage: Part 2 Wednesday 13th September 2023 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Mentions: 1: Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (LAB - Life peer) As Matthew Parris said in his recent Times article, under the government proposals,“when considering - Link to Speech |
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Illegal Migration Bill
172 speeches (28,145 words) Report stage: Part 1 Wednesday 28th June 2023 - Lords Chamber Scotland Office Mentions: 1: Lord Horam (CON - Life peer) As Matthew Parris, who is no one’s idea of a right-wing nutcase, said recently in an article:“If you - Link to Speech |
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Imprisonment for Public Protection Action Plan
18 speeches (6,943 words) Thursday 25th May 2023 - Grand Committee Ministry of Justice Mentions: 1: Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood (CB - Life Peer (judicial)) With the burden reversed—a burden repeatedly said by Ken Clarke, Matthew Parris and others to be effectively - Link to Speech |
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Monday 24th November 2025
Oral Evidence - BBC, Sir Robbie Gibb, and Caroline Thomson Culture, Media and Sport Committee Found: Dr Huq: You are giving us articles, but you could look at Matthew Parris in The Spectator and his view |
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Monday 24th November 2025
Oral Evidence - Caroline Daniel, and Michael Prescott Culture, Media and Sport Committee Found: Dr Huq: You are giving us articles, but you could look at Matthew Parris in The Spectator and his view |
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Wednesday 17th April 2024
Scrutiny evidence - Petitioner Evidence Part 2 of 2 Royal Albert Hall Bill [HL] Committee Found: e-mail address is not secure, is not encrypted and should not be used for sensitive data.190 Sir, Matthew Parris |
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Wednesday 26th April 2023
Oral Evidence - Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), and Reform Public Services Committee Found: Matthew Parris wrote in a piece about 20 years ago that, if we are not careful, we will be on the wrong |
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Feb. 03 2025
Written evidence submitted by Dame Sarah Mullally, Bishop of London, Lead Bishop on Health and Social Care for the Church of England and former Chief Nursing Officer for England on behalf of the Bishops of the Church of England and the Archbishops’ Council (TIAB28) Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill 2024-26 Written evidence Found: Also Matthew Parris: "Your time is up" will never be an order, but - yes, the objectors are right - [ |
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Apr. 16 2024
Petitioner Evidence Part 2 [Pages 114 to 215] Royal Albert Hall Bill [HL] 2022-23 Written evidence Found: e-mail address is not secure, is not encrypted and should not be used for sensitive data.190 Sir, Matthew Parris |