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Welsh Senedd Debate - Plenary
Group 7: Welsh elections information platform (Amendments 17, 18, 31, 1, 32, 33, 34) - Tue 02 Jul 2024

Mentions:
1: Adam Price (Plaid Cymru - None) information that is distributed on the platform, including information relating to polling stations, voting - Speech Link
2: Rhys ab Owen (Independent Member - None) You get to the polling station, you ask for a tactile voting device. - Speech Link

Scottish Parliament Debate - Committee
Committee Effectiveness Inquiry - Thu 15 May 2025

Mentions:
1: Rennie, Willie (LD - North East Fife) how we voted would affect the outcome of the vote; we would not sit in isolation knowing that our voting - Speech Link
2: Regan, Ash (Alba - Edinburgh Eastern) use a secret ballot, and there have been some good suggestions about excluding certain people from voting - Speech Link
3: Greer, Ross (Green - West Scotland) If a committee was having to deal with emergency legislation or whatever, those members could also get - Speech Link
4: Greer, Ross (Green - West Scotland) We ended up voting against a bill on that topic because we did not believe, on the basis of the evidence - Speech Link
5: Hepburn, Jamie (SNP - Cumbernauld and Kilsyth) The Parliament has adapted its processes—for example, with proxy voting and remote voting—to accommodate - Speech Link

Scottish Parliament Debate - Main Chamber
Decision Time - Wed 05 Jun 2024

Mentions:
1: Johnstone, Alison (NPA - Lothian) I ask members to refresh their voting app and, after that, to proceed to cast their votes.The vote is - Speech Link
2: Johnstone, Alison (NPA - Lothian) (Con) Rowley, Alex (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab) Ruskell, Mark (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Green) [Proxy - Speech Link
3: Johnstone, Alison (NPA - Lothian) (Con) Rowley, Alex (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab) Ruskell, Mark (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Green) [Proxy - Speech Link
4: Johnstone, Alison (NPA - Lothian) (Con) Rowley, Alex (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab) Ruskell, Mark (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Green) [Proxy - Speech Link
5: Johnstone, Alison (NPA - Lothian) (Con) Rowley, Alex (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab) Ruskell, Mark (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Green) [Proxy - Speech Link

Scottish Parliament Debate - Main Chamber
Circular Economy (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3 - Tue 25 Jun 2024

Mentions:
1: Johnstone, Alison (NPA - Lothian) The period of voting for the first division will be 45 seconds. - Speech Link
2: Hepburn, Jamie (SNP - Cumbernauld and Kilsyth) I would have voted no for myself and no as a proxy vote on behalf of Richard Lochhead. - Speech Link
3: Johnstone, Alison (NPA - Lothian) Fiona (Linlithgow) (SNP) Kidd, Bill (Glasgow Anniesland) (SNP) Lochhead, Richard (Moray) (SNP) [Proxy - Speech Link
4: Ewing, Annabelle (SNP - Cowdenbeath) Fiona (Linlithgow) (SNP) Kidd, Bill (Glasgow Anniesland) (SNP) Lochhead, Richard (Moray) (SNP) [Proxy - Speech Link
5: McArthur, Liam (LD - Orkney Islands) Fiona (Linlithgow) (SNP) Kidd, Bill (Glasgow Anniesland) (SNP) Lochhead, Richard (Moray) (SNP) [Proxy - Speech Link
6: McArthur, Liam (LD - Orkney Islands) Fiona (Linlithgow) (SNP) Kidd, Bill (Glasgow Anniesland) (SNP) Lochhead, Richard (Moray) (SNP) [Proxy - Speech Link
7: McArthur, Liam (LD - Orkney Islands) Fiona (Linlithgow) (SNP) Kidd, Bill (Glasgow Anniesland) (SNP) Lochhead, Richard (Moray) (SNP) [Proxy - Speech Link
8: McArthur, Liam (LD - Orkney Islands) Fiona (Linlithgow) (SNP) Kidd, Bill (Glasgow Anniesland) (SNP) Lochhead, Richard (Moray) (SNP) [Proxy - Speech Link
9: McArthur, Liam (LD - Orkney Islands) Fiona (Linlithgow) (SNP) Kidd, Bill (Glasgow Anniesland) (SNP) Lochhead, Richard (Moray) (SNP) [Proxy - Speech Link
10: Johnstone, Alison (NPA - Lothian) Fiona (Linlithgow) (SNP) Kidd, Bill (Glasgow Anniesland) (SNP) Lochhead, Richard (Moray) (SNP) [Proxy - Speech Link
11: Ewing, Annabelle (SNP - Cowdenbeath) Fiona (Linlithgow) (SNP) Kidd, Bill (Glasgow Anniesland) (SNP) Lochhead, Richard (Moray) (SNP) [Proxy - Speech Link
12: McArthur, Liam (LD - Orkney Islands) Fiona (Linlithgow) (SNP) Kidd, Bill (Glasgow Anniesland) (SNP) Lochhead, Richard (Moray) (SNP) [Proxy - Speech Link
13: Kidd, Bill (SNP - Glasgow Anniesland) Am I voting no? I am voting no. It was so long ago, that I could not remember. [Laughter.] - Speech Link

Commons Chamber
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill - Fri 13 Jun 2025
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Lindsay Hoyle (Spk - Chorley) section 23.(6) No person is under any duty to—(a) act as a witness under this Act, or(b) act as a proxy - Speech Link
2: Lindsay Hoyle (Spk - Chorley) duration of relationship between patient and coordinating doctor at first request, and(i) use of a proxy - Speech Link
3: Sarah Olney (LD - Richmond Park) My principal reason for voting against the Bill on Second Reading was my concern that vulnerable people - Speech Link
4: Paul Kohler (LD - Wimbledon) I will again be voting against the Bill.However, let me be equally clear that amendments 103 and 104, - Speech Link

Scottish Parliament Debate - Main Chamber
Decision Time - Wed 15 May 2024

Mentions:
1: Johnstone, Alison (NPA - Lothian) There will be a short suspension to allow members to access the digital voting system. - Speech Link
2: Johnstone, Alison (NPA - Lothian) Scotland and Fife) (Con) Sweeney, Paul (Glasgow) (Lab) Villalba, Mercedes (North East Scotland) (Lab) [Proxy - Speech Link
3: Johnstone, Alison (NPA - Lothian) Scotland and Fife) (Con) Sweeney, Paul (Glasgow) (Lab) Villalba, Mercedes (North East Scotland) (Lab) [Proxy - Speech Link
4: Johnstone, Alison (NPA - Lothian) Scotland and Fife) (Con) Sweeney, Paul (Glasgow) (Lab) Villalba, Mercedes (North East Scotland) (Lab) [Proxy - Speech Link
5: Johnstone, Alison (NPA - Lothian) (Kirkcaldy) (SNP) Tweed, Evelyn (Stirling) (SNP) Villalba, Mercedes (North East Scotland) (Lab) [Proxy - Speech Link
6: Johnstone, Alison (NPA - Lothian) (Kirkcaldy) (SNP) Tweed, Evelyn (Stirling) (SNP) Villalba, Mercedes (North East Scotland) (Lab) [Proxy - Speech Link
7: Johnstone, Alison (NPA - Lothian) South Scotland) (Lab) Sweeney, Paul (Glasgow) (Lab) Villalba, Mercedes (North East Scotland) (Lab) [Proxy - Speech Link

Welsh Parliament Committee
Standing Order 17.2:

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Inquiry: Review into the operations, processes and investigations carried out by the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales
Inquiry Status: Closed

Found: Taking Part in Any Senedd Proceedings 2.8 Lobbying for Reward or Consideration 2.9 Prohibition of Voting

Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 16 Jan 2025
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Marie Goldman (LD - Chelmsford) Member for Cheltenham (Max Wilkinson), which is coming tomorrow; and the House endorsing a fairer voting - Speech Link
2: Navendu Mishra (Lab - Stockport) I thank all the emergency service workers and Stockport council staff for supporting the residents. - Speech Link
3: Lucy Powell (LAB - Manchester Central) It is one of the reasons why I ensured that Members of Parliament could get proxy votes for fertility - Speech Link

Commons Chamber
Syria - Mon 09 Dec 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: David Lammy (Lab - Tottenham) UK-funded mobile medical units already provide emergency services across northern Syria. - Speech Link
2: Calum Miller (LD - Bicester and Woodstock) He mentions £11 million in emergency funding, but the drop in humanitarian and other aid to Syria from - Speech Link
3: Brendan O'Hara (SNP - Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber) to secure the peaceful future that they want, rather than Syria becoming a battlefield in another’s proxy - Speech Link
4: Richard Foord (LD - Honiton and Sidmouth) Will the Foreign Secretary support Parliament debating and voting on any future UK military action, even - Speech Link

Scottish Parliament Debate - Main Chamber
Post Office (Horizon System) Offences (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3 - Thu 30 May 2024

Mentions:
1: Ewing, Annabelle (SNP - Cowdenbeath) The period of voting for the first division will be 45 seconds. - Speech Link
2: Ewing, Annabelle (SNP - Cowdenbeath) Scotland) (Lab) Sweeney, Paul (Glasgow) (Lab) Villalba, Mercedes (North East Scotland) (Lab) ) [Proxy - Speech Link
3: Ewing, Annabelle (SNP - Cowdenbeath) Scotland) (Lab) Sweeney, Paul (Glasgow) (Lab) Villalba, Mercedes (North East Scotland) (Lab) ) [Proxy - Speech Link
4: Choudhury, Foysol (Lab - Lothian) Scotland) (Lab) Sweeney, Paul (Glasgow) (Lab) Villalba, Mercedes (North East Scotland) (Lab) ) [Proxy - Speech Link