May 2018

Fixing Our Broken Food System: a new podcast from the House of Lords exploring a public health emergency. Find out more

Commenting on the publication today of the Government’s Clean Power 2030 Action Plan Bill Esterson MP, Chair of the House of Commons Energy Security and Net Zero Committee, said:

On 10 December 2024 the Committee considered e-petitions that had received over 100,000 signatures. The Committee also considered e-petitions that had received over 10,000 signatures and received a Government response, and public petitions that had received a Government observation.

MPs on the cross-party Work and Pensions Committee will hear from experts from key think tanks and pensioners’ representatives including Age UK about the state of pensioner poverty in the UK and how it could be reduced.

On 3 December 2024 the Committee considered e-petitions that had received over 100,000 signatures. The Committee also considered e-petitions that had received over 10,000 signatures and received a Government response, and public petitions that had received a Government observation.

Find out what's coming up in the House of Commons 16-19 December

The Scottish Affairs Committee has visited Lewis and Harris this week to explore a range of issues experienced by Scotland’s Island communities.

Members of the House of Lords debate inheritance tax, family farms and food security. Catch up

Care for patients with allergies, the Imprisonment for Public Protection prison population, supply and quality of homes, and humanitarian assistance for the people of Ukraine on the Lords agenda. Catch up

Eliminating domestic abuse is on the agenda in Lords debates. Catch up

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

Heddiw, cynhaliodd y Pwyllgor Materion Cymreig sesiwn dystiolaeth ar garchar y Parc.

Today the Defence Committee launches an inquiry into the Armed Forces Covenant.

The Education Committee has stated its approval of the Government’s wish to appoint Sir Ian Bauckham as the new Chief Regulator of Ofqual. 

Florence Eshalomi, Chair of the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee, has commented on the Government’s announcement today on revisions to the National Planning Policy Framework.