Written Evidence May. 20 2024
Inquiry: Defending DemocracyFound: previously published and open-source information from organisations, and institutions in the UK and abroad
Dec. 01 2011
Source Page: Libya crisis: National Security Adviser's review of central co-ordination and lesson learned. 56 p.Found: The earthquake in New Zealand, with British Nationals among the fatalities, added to the pressure.
Mentions:
1: James Cleverly (Con - Braintree) That is what voting for this legislation means. - Speech Link
2: Liam Byrne (Lab - Birmingham, Hodge Hill) People will always go that extra mile to seek a new life abroad. - Speech Link
3: Danny Kruger (Con - Devizes) The rights and liberties of individuals—citizens and foreign nationals, whether here legally or illegally—are - Speech Link
4: Liz Saville Roberts (PC - Dwyfor Meirionnydd) This Bill does reputational damage to the UK at home and abroad. - Speech Link
Jun. 07 2023
Source Page: Registration and voting rights of European Union citizens: draft changes to regulationsFound: Registration and voting rights of European Union citizens: draft changes to regulations
Mentions:
1: Alicia Kearns (Con - Rutland and Melton) We in this House have a duty to protect British nationals, so what assessment have the Government made - Speech Link
2: James Cleverly (Con - Braintree) team are maintaining, as best they can, contact with British nationals in Israel, and indeed in Gaza - Speech Link
3: James Cleverly (Con - Braintree) The consular department in the FCDO has got in contact with the families of those British nationals who - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (CON - Berwick-upon-Tweed) The legislation will make it illegal for any person working in the UK, as well as all British nationals - Speech Link
2: Robert Neill (CON - Bromley and Chislehurst) nationals and British companies in a way that we would never countenance in this House. - Speech Link
3: Drew Hendry (SNP - Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey) By supporting the regulations, we are not just voting for sanctions: we are voting, ultimately, for justice - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: William Cash (Con - Stone) Friend reflect on this fact about prisoner voting? - Speech Link
2: John Hayes (Con - South Holland and The Deepings) what my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Fareham rightly described as activist lawyers abroad - Speech Link
3: Nick Fletcher (Con - Don Valley) When we speak about human rights, we have to remember the rights of the British people who put us here - Speech Link
4: Jerome Mayhew (Con - Broadland) nationals of Hong Kong descent; we have had the Syria programme, which I believe involved about 20,000 - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Stephen Kinnock (Lab - Aberavon) Let me be clear: Labour Members will proudly be voting against the amendments that are being promoted - Speech Link
2: John Hayes (Con - South Holland and The Deepings) Friend is making a compelling argument about the difference between this country and those abroad who - Speech Link
3: William Cash (Con - Stone) immigration law, and European Union voters are voting with their feet. - Speech Link
4: Miriam Cates (Con - Penistone and Stocksbridge) The responsibility of the British Government is the safety and welfare of the British people. - Speech Link
5: None legislation to add India and Georgia to the list of safe countries to which we will be able to return nationals - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Johnson of Lainston (Con - Life peer) at home and abroad, including, and specifically, their targeting of MPs and Peers here in the UK, are - Speech Link
2: Baroness Hayman (XB - Life peer) How would the House of Commons resolve against ratification without voting on the issue? - Speech Link
3: Lord McNicol of West Kilbride (Lab - Life peer) Unions both here and abroad have deep concerns about the inadequacies of the labour chapters and the - Speech Link
4: None The WWF, among others, has raised concerns about this deal encouraging the use of pesticides abroad which - Speech Link
5: Lord Leong (Lab - Life peer) Why is the extension of rights in sound recordings and performance to foreign nationals not covered under - Speech Link
Jul. 27 2023
Source Page: Building a New Scotland: citizenship in an independent ScotlandFound: British citizens by descent, which are those born outside the UK, have different rights to British citizens