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Michael Foot mentioned

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10 Mar 2025, 3:57 p.m. - House of Lords
"Powell and Michael foot. And they "
Lord Strathclyde (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
12 Mar 2025, 7:12 p.m. - House of Commons
"and is proud to work in the footsteps of Neil Kinnock, Michael foot. A conviction politician in the "
Andrew Griffith MP (Arundel and South Downs, Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
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
4 Sep 2025, 5:28 p.m. - House of Commons
"debate for sharing his remarks in advance with me. Things have changed since Michael foot and we are proud to support our nuclear deterrent and "
Rt Hon Sir Julian Lewis MP (New Forest East, Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
4 Sep 2025, 5:08 p.m. - House of Commons
"Service, BBCM. The year was 1982 under very different Labour Party, led by veteran unilateralist, Michael foot, was committed to imagining the British strategic "
Rt Hon Sir Julian Lewis MP (New Forest East, Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
13 May 2025, 5:43 p.m. - House of Commons
"exception either. And lamented friend. Michael foot, of course, on "
Rt Hon Sir John Hayes MP (South Holland and The Deepings, Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript


Parliamentary Debates
Call for General Election
157 speeches (25,757 words)
Monday 12th January 2026 - Westminster Hall
Cabinet Office
Mentions:
1: Patrick Hurley (Lab - Southport) Members may remember Michael Foot—the right hon. - Link to Speech

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) blames the Conservatives for endlessly blocking reform, but it was actually the unholy alliance of Michael Foot - Link to Speech

BBC Monitoring Service
26 speeches (4,016 words)
Thursday 4th September 2025 - Commons Chamber
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Mentions:
1: Julian Lewis (Con - New Forest East) The year was 1982, and a very different Labour party, led by veteran unilateralist Michael Foot, was - Link to Speech
2: Stephen Doughty (LAB - Cardiff South and Penarth) I can assure him that things have changed a lot since Michael Foot. - Link to Speech

Online Communication Offence Arrests
22 speeches (8,117 words)
Thursday 17th July 2025 - Grand Committee
Cabinet Office
Mentions:
1: Lord Lebedev (XB - Life peer) will give those of us who wish him well reason to believe that Labour—the party of George Orwell, Michael Foot - Link to Speech

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) There was Michael Foot, of course, on the other side. - Link to Speech

Employment Rights Bill
222 speeches (43,482 words)
Report stage (day 2)
Wednesday 12th March 2025 - Commons Chamber
Department for Business and Trade
Mentions:
1: Andrew Griffith (Con - Arundel and South Downs) She is proud to walk in the footsteps of Neil Kinnock, Michael Foot and the right hon. - Link to Speech

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

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 Acts legislated by the then Secretary of State for Employment Michael Foot in the mid-1970s. - Link to Speech

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

House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
358 speeches (44,527 words)
2nd reading
Tuesday 15th October 2024 - Commons Chamber
Cabinet Office
Mentions:
1: Oliver Dowden (Con - Hertsmere) Or, as Michael Foot told the House in 1969 when opposing Harold Wilson’s Lords reform Bill, will it become - Link to Speech

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) House of Lords, which were defeated by an unholy alliance between Enoch Powell on the right and Michael Foot - Link to Speech

Valedictory Debate
114 speeches (57,382 words)
Friday 24th May 2024 - Commons Chamber
Department for Work and Pensions
Mentions:
1: Barry Sheerman (LAB - Huddersfield) As many people know, back in the day, Margaret Thatcher was against it and Michael Foot was against it - Link to Speech

Tributes to Sir Tony Lloyd
72 speeches (14,451 words)
Tuesday 23rd January 2024 - Commons Chamber
Cabinet Office
Mentions:
1: John Cryer (Lab - Leyton and Wanstead) the PLP through that period.It is extraordinary to think that when Tony came into this place, Michael Foot - Link to Speech

Armed Forces
59 speeches (24,778 words)
Thursday 7th September 2023 - Lords Chamber
Ministry of Defence
Mentions:
1: Lord Tugendhat (CON - Life peer) of State and the Prime Minister to read a slim volume entitled Guilty Men, which was written by Michael Foot - Link to Speech



Department Publications - News and Communications
Friday 9th May 2025
Attorney General
Source Page: Thompsons Lecture: Employment law and the fundamental right to security
Document: Thompsons Lecture: Employment law and the fundamental right to security (webpage)

Found: Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, was brought in the wake of the Aberfan disaster, introduced by Michael Foot



Non-Departmental Publications - Transparency
Jul. 29 2024
British Library
Source Page: British Library Annual Report and Accounts 2023 to 2024
Document: (PDF)
Transparency

Found: The display featured biographical papers such as a 1985 letter from Michael Foot, former Labour leader




Michael Foot mentioned in Scottish results


Scottish Parliamentary Debates
Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 (50th Anniversary)
14 speeches (36,697 words)
Tuesday 30th April 2024 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Leonard, Richard (Lab - Central Scotland) Parliament, and I remind members of my own voluntary register of trade union interests.It was Michael Foot - Link to Speech