February 2018

Three House of Commons Select Committees – the Culture, Media and Sport, Foreign Affairs and International Development Committees – have called on the Government to sufficiently resource the BBC World Service so that it is less reliant on the licence fee and short-term funding cycles.

Discover what's coming up in the House of Lords this week

Members discuss levels of rape prosecution, copyright and artificial intelligence, the Office for Students' 2025-2030 strategy, and glorification of terrorism in four short debates. Catch up

Members consider a youth mobility scheme between the UK and the EU. Catch up

The Health and Social Care Committee holds the second session of its Adult Social Care Reform: The Cost of Inaction inquiry. 

New Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee appointed.

Report warns service provided to customers is a mixed bag with levels of fraud remaining unacceptably high

Decisions of the Petitions Committee, 28 January 2025

The Scottish Affairs Committee will hold a one off-evidence session examining the ongoing work to achieve rocket launch capabilities in Scotland.  

The Joint Committee on Human Rights has written to the Home Secretary, The Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP, with questions on the treatment of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in the UK

The Committee is immediately publishing an exchange of correspondence with Ticketmaster regarding its requested appearance in Parliament next week. 

Members discuss draft law to introduce new multiplier standards and remove relief rates from charitable private schools. Catch up

From politics to comedy to campaigning against anti-social behaviour, broadcaster Ayesha Hazarika is the latest guest on Lord Speaker’s Corner.

Discover a rarely seen part of the Palace of Westminster this Easter

On Monday 3 February, MPs will debate a petition relating to career breaks for parents of seriously ill children.