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Select Committee
Caroline Lucas MP
LAN0020 - House of Commons standards landscape

Written Evidence Jan. 16 2024

Inquiry: House of Commons standards landscape
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Committee on Standards

Found: to Fix Parliament – and How to Do It by Chris Bryant 6 https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocracyuk


Lords Chamber
Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (Substitution of Cut-off Date Relating to Rights of Way) (England) Regulations 2023 - Mon 27 Nov 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: None It is critical that we do not lose public rights of way and access because of these regulations. - Speech Link
2: Lord Thurlow (XB - Excepted Hereditary) Scotland and Northern Ireland do not want a cut-off date. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Scott of Needham Market (LD - Life peer) This is what saddens me about current proposals: they do not do that; they are partial and have come - Speech Link
4: Baroness Butler-Sloss (XB - Life peer) I am not a rambler and I do not walk on footpaths nowadays, but I fail to understand why the Government - Speech Link


Select Committee
House of Commons and House of Lords
MHL0022 - Membership of the House of Lords

Written Evidence Nov. 09 2023

Inquiry: Membership of the House of Lords
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

Found: (This can also be demonstrated by Johnson’s attempt to prorogue Parliament in August 2019, which was


Lords Chamber
Royal Commission - Thu 26 Oct 2023
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Lord True (Con - Life peer) My Lords, it not being convenient for His Majesty personally to be present here this day, he has been - Speech Link
2: None has also assigned to us and other Lords directed full power and authority in His Majesty’s name to prorogue - Speech Link
3: None and the Commons, the short Titles of which are set forth in the Schedule hereto but the said Acts are not - Speech Link
4: None Ye that for certain pressing causes and considerations Us especially moving We have thought fit to prorogue - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Prorogation: His Majesty’s Speech - Thu 26 Oct 2023
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: None to ensure investments in critical national infrastructure and other sensitive parts of the economy do - Speech Link
2: Lord True (Con - Life peer) Members of the House of Commons, by virtue of His Majesty’s Commission which has now been read, we do - Speech Link
3: None Parliament was prorogued at 1.46 pm. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill
Consideration of Lords messageConsideration of Lords Message - Wed 25 Oct 2023
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Kevin Hollinrake (Con - Thirsk and Malton) I do not think it is right to say that the Government have not compromised. - Speech Link
2: Alison Thewliss (SNP - Glasgow Central) There is no excuse for the Government not to do these things. - Speech Link
3: Kevin Hollinrake (Con - Thirsk and Malton) I could not disagree more. The key thing is that we do not have a level playing field now. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 19 Oct 2023
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Lucy Powell (LAB - Manchester Central) Parliament needs answers. - Speech Link
2: Conor Burns (Con - Bournemouth West) While the matter is now being investigated by Dorset police—and I do not invite my right hon. - Speech Link
3: Andy Slaughter (Lab - Hammersmith) Should we not continue to do that whether in Gaza, Ukraine or other conflicts? - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Lord Chancellor and Law Officers (Constitution Committee Report) - Thu 20 Jul 2023
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Lord Sandhurst (CON - Excepted Hereditary) We need to look elsewhere for a parliamentarian to protect the rule of law, and we must do so.We do not - Speech Link
2: Lord Cormack (CON - Life peer) We cannot give lectures unless we are in a position to say, “We do not do that”. - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Victims and Prisoners Bill (Fourteenth sitting)
Committee stage: 14th sitting - Tue 11 Jul 2023
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Jess Phillips (LAB - Birmingham, Yardley) Also, victims do not know what is in their counselling notes: they do not see them or have them. - Speech Link
2: Jess Phillips (LAB - Birmingham, Yardley) I do not speak to immigration; what I do not do is ring immigration enforcement to cart these people - Speech Link
3: Edward Argar (CON - Charnwood) I assure her that there are no plans to prorogue or dissolve Parliament in the immediate future that - Speech Link
4: Anna McMorrin (LAB - Cardiff North) We do not know whether those victims who do engage find their experience beneficial or not. - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Foreign Policy - Wed 03 May 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Bishop of Leeds (Bishops - Bishops) Just remember the internal market Bill, the overseas operations Bill, the attempt to prorogue Parliament - Speech Link
2: Lord Popat (CON - Life peer) We do not have enough exports to pay for our imports. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Tyler of Enfield (LDEM - Life peer) It is not an area I normally speak on, and I certainly do not have the expertise of other noble Lords - Speech Link
4: Baroness Meyer (CON - Life peer) I do not share some of the comments that are beating up the United Kingdom. - Speech Link