November 2023
Read all the UK Parliament news for November 2023.
Alicia Kearns elected Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee
The Speaker has announced that Alicia Kearns has been elected Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee and will take up her role with immediate effect.
12 October 2022
Post Office Horizon scandal: Ministers extend financial help following Business Committee’s report
The Government has confirmed it will provide further financial help to victims of the Post Office Horizon IT scandal
12 October 2022
Government asked to reconsider on trade agreements
The Environment Food and Rural Affairs Committee has asked the new government to re-consider a “disappointing” response to its report
12 October 2022
Simon Clarke, Levelling-Up Secretary of State, evidence session cancelled
Simon Clarke, Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, will be questioned on the Government’s Levelling-Up plans
12 October 2022
Expert Panel to evaluate Government commitments made on the digitisation of the NHS
Health and Social Care Committee's Expert Panel to evaluate the progress Government has made against its own commitments on digitisation of the NHS
12 October 2022
Committee sends questions to Bank of England on expanded emergency bond buying
Treasury Committee writes to the Bank of England
12 October 2022
Delays to post-Brexit regulation posing risks to UK consumers and businesses
Committee publish report on Regulation after EU exit
12 October 2022
Government must support behaviour change to meet climate targets
The Environment and Climate Change Committee published its report - In our hands: behaviour change for climate and environmental goals
11 October 2022
Greg Clark MP elected Chair of Science and Technology Select Committee
The Conservative MP for Tunbridge Wells was confirmed as Chair following an uncontested election.
11 October 2022
MPs probe Yorkshire sealife deaths
MPs hold a hearing into the deaths of large numbers of crustaceans off the Yorkshire coast
11 October 2022
Examination bodies and exams regulator questioned on exam results
Education Committee examines result delays and errors in this year’s exams
11 October 2022
Select Committee podcast, Committee Corridor, returns for second series
The new host Darren Jones MP, chair of the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee, takes over from Tom Tugendhat MP.
11 October 2022
National Audit Office to investigate management of Unboxed Festival
Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee Chair comments
10 October 2022
Big Ben to be tested this week ahead of permanent reconnection
Visitors to Westminster will hear Big Ben and the four quarter bells of the Elizabeth Tower being struck later this week . Find out the dates and times you'll be able to hear the world-famous bells being struck.
10 October 2022
Economists questioned on impact of mini-budget
Treasury Committee scrutinises September’s ‘mini-budget’ with leading economists
10 October 2022