October 2023
Read all the UK Parliament news for October 2023.
Petitions Committee hears from anti-discrimination campaigners
On Tuesday 2 November the Petitions Committee resumes its inquiry into Tackling Online Abuse
26 October 2021
UK climate change action falls short
International Development Committee publishes report ahead of the COP26 summit
25 October 2021
Joint Committee on the draft Online Safety Bill to meet with EU online safety experts to discuss EU Digital Services Act
Committee meet with EU representatives and online safety experts in Brussels on November 8 to discuss their latest plans for digital regulation
25 October 2021
Foreign Affairs Committee publishes the Government response to report “Sovereignty for Sale”
The response addresses the Committee’s recommendations
25 October 2021
Covid-19 transmission, vaccines, and UK’s winter preparedness: MPs to hear from scientific experts
MPs to hear from scientific experts as it explores routes of coronavirus transmission, developments with vaccines, and the UK’s position approaching winter 2021/22.
25 October 2021
Lords debates Coronavirus Act 2020
Members debate the Act's provisions and regulations on self-isolation. Catch up
25 October 2021
Committee urges NI Secretary to put human rights at heart of Protocol debate
The House of Lords Sub-Committee on the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland has today published a letter to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland setting out concerns about the implementation of Article 2 of the Protocol, which guarantees that human rights and equality provisions will not be lowered in Northern Ireland as a result of the UK’s withdrawal from the EU.
25 October 2021
FoI Clearing House Inquiry first public hearings
Committee to begin taking oral evidence for its Freedom of Information (FoI) Clearing House Inquiry
25 October 2021
MPs to debate recommended reforms to the Coroner Service
Committee’s report on the Coroner Service to be debated by MPs in a Westminster Hall debate
25 October 2021
Zero emission vehicles: Government Response to the Committee’s First Report
The Government’s response to the Committee’s report: Zero emission vehicles was published on Monday October 25, 2021.
25 October 2021
Facebook, Twitter, Google and TikTok to give evidence on the draft Online Safety Bill
Draft Online Safety Bill committee take evidence at 3pm on Thursday 27 October 2021
25 October 2021
Lords debates Assisted Dying Bill at second reading
Members debate the key areas of a private member's bill to make assisted dying legal. Find out more
25 October 2021
Government not sufficiently grappling skills gap needed for net zero
Committee publishes their report on Green Jobs
25 October 2021
MPs and Peers to hear from Nobel Peace Prize winner
Draft Online Safety Committee take evidence at 9:00am on Wednesday 27 October
24 October 2021
EU Horizon approval delays hurting British research and business
European Scrutiny Committee publishes report Brexit divorce bill and UK participation in EU programmes: how much and who pays?
24 October 2021