March 2018

Committee to question representatives of Project Bloom

The Joint Committee on National Security Strategy (JCNSS) has launched an inquiry into how well the national security machinery operates.

The Speaker of the House of Commons granted a request from the Government to recall the House at 11.30am on 6 January 2021 for the Prime Minister to make a statement providing a Covid-19 update, and for MPs to consider related public health regulations. 

Committee to hear from Boomtown and Parklife in their first hearing into the future of UK music festivals

The House of Lords returns to business on 5 January, meeting in hybrid proceedings to check and change draft laws and scrutinise government decisions and actions.

The House considered legislation relating to the UK’s future relationship with the EU and new Coronavirus regulations.

In a unanimously agreed report, the cross-party Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union has published its initial assessment

The Constitution Committee publishes its report on the European Union (Future Relationship) Bill

The House of Commons is now in recess until 11 January 2021. Throughout 2020 the House Service worked hard to ensure that Parliamentary scrutiny could continue, despite the challenges of the pandemic.

European Statutory Instruments Committee publishes sixteenth report

Call for evidence published for risk assessment and risk planning inquiry

Chair writes to NS&I Chief Executive Ian Ackerley

The House of Commons has collected data to show how MPs and the House Service worked to ensure parliamentary scrutiny continued, despite the challenges of a global pandemic. 

Committee to hold a session on the impact of border delays on UK businesses and security of supply

Science and Technology Committee to hold an emergency evidence session to explore scientific evidence regarding the new variant of covid-19.