April 2018

Today’s announcement at COP29 that the UK plans to cut its emissions by 81% from 1990 levels by 2035 has upped the ante in efforts to tackle climate change.

An inquiry into how vulnerable claimants for benefits including Universal Credit can be better safeguarded by the Department for Work and Pensions, has been reopened by MPs on the cross-party Work and Pensions Committee.

On Thursday 14 November in Westminster Hall, MPs will hold a debate on respiratory health.

Autumn Budget in the spotlight. Catch up

The Home Affairs Committee has launched a new inquiry into the policing of incidents of violent disorder in the UK during the summer of 2024

Sir Lindsay Hoyle has spoken of his ‘delight’ in welcoming one of the main organisers of the State Funeral and Coronation to the role of Speaker’s Chaplain.

Community energy, a term for renewable energy projects that are community-owned and controlled, is at the heart of the government’s ambitions for clean power by 2030 and will be central to the future role of Great British Energy through the Local Power Plan.

New inquiry on the UK workforce needed to deliver, clean secure energy

Find out what's coming up in the House of Commons 15-11 November

The Science, Innovation and Technology Committee will examine the Autumn budget in its first evidence session of the new Parliament.

The Speaker represented the House of Commons at the parliamentary forum hosted by the Congress of Brazil and supported by the Inter Parliamentary Union.  

The session will give the Women and Equalities Committee the opportunity to be updated on developments in the treatment and diagnosis of women’s reproductive health conditions

The Defence Committee has decided to complete the following inquiries, which were left unfinished at the 2024 general election:

Liz Kendall will be questioned by the cross-party Work and Pensions Committee on 13 November.

The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee has today launched an online survey that asks stakeholders to contribute their views on the issues they think the Committee should prioritise in 2025.