July 2018

Victims and Courts Bill: call for evidence

Parliament’s Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee today launches a new inquiry on the circular economy and issues a call for evidence on issues around the Global Plastics Treaty.

Discover what's on in the House of Lords from 19-22 May

The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee has just published a letter which it has since received from the Chair of Thames Water, Sir Adrian Montague.

Members consider changes on workplace violence, powers of the Health and Safety Executive and AI risks. Find out more

Members return draft law to the Commons with changes on transparency of copyrighted works. Catch up

Members consider changes on protected characteristics, reducing reoffending and impact on existing case law. Catch up

Mental Health Bill: call for evidence

The Administration Committee has launched an inquiry into the health and wellbeing services available to those working in Parliament

Urgent legislative change is required to tackle the ‘increasing threat’ from non-consensual intimate image (NCII) abuse and better protect victims, the Women and Equalities Committee (WEC) has warned following the Government’s response to its report.

Harwell Space Cluster visited by House of Lords committee

The Chair of the cross-party Environmental Audit Committee has commented on the Government’s response to the Office for Environmental Protection’s review of the duty to have due regard to the Environmental Principles Policy Statement (EPPS).

In a report published today following legislative scrutiny, the Joint Committee on Human Rights proposed amendments to the Mental Health Bill.