July 2018

Multipliers and Private Schools legislation further examined by members. Catch up

The House of Lords Built Environment Committee has today launched a modular inquiry into new towns and expanded settlements.

Committee warns Government accounts are not focused sufficiently on long-term financial risks posed by climate change, rising health spending, and geopolitical tensions

Today the Government announced reforms to health and disability social security support when they published ‘Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working’. This has particularly focused on changes to incapacity and disability benefits as well as health assessments. The Government has said that the reforms will enable more people with chronic long term health conditions, or who are disabled, to return to and stay in work.

The UK delegation to the Parliamentary Partnership Assembly (PPA) has this week attended the fifth meeting with their EU counterparts, at the European Parliament in Brussels.

The EFRA Committee has today written to the Minister for Food Security and Rural Affairs, Daniel Zeichner MP, detailing its findings so far from its inquiry into ‘Fairness in the food supply chain’.

On Thursday 20th March in the Chamber, MPs will hold a debate on coastal communities

On Thursday 20th March in the Chamber, MPs will hold a debate on knife crime amongst children and young people

The Foreign Affairs Committee has issued a statement in response to the Israeli air strikes in Gaza.

MPs on the Business and Trade Sub-Committee on Economic Security, Arms and Export Controls will hear evidence on efforts to clamp down on the criminal abuse of the UK’s register of companies

Follow the progress of private members' bills in the House of Lords during the 2024-25 session of Parliament.

The Health and Social Care Committee will hold the final evidence session of its inquiry into the cost of inaction on adult social care reform, at 9.30am on Wednesday 19 March. 

Today, Minister for Democracy, Rushanara Ali MP, will be questioned as part of the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee (PACAC) review of the 2024 general election.

Members consider the role of the IFR, diversity provisions and parachute payments on final day of report stage. Catch up

A cross-party committee of MPs has pushed the UK Government to “lead by example” in pushing forward attempts to eliminate global hunger