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The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero states its mission as being “responsible for UK energy security, protecting bill payers and reaching net zero”. Rt Hon Ed Miliband will face Committee questions on the UK’s clean energy transition and progress towards its legally binding target of a net zero economy by 2050.

On Tuesday the BTC will hold the final evidence session in its current inquiry Making Work Pay: The Employment Rights Bill, with a look at the reality of employment status, the gig economy and zero-hours contracts.  

The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee is today inviting written evidence submissions to examine biosecurity measures for animal and plant imports to the UK.

The BTC will hold the second evidence session in its inquiry Making Work Pay: The Employment Rights Bill, questioning McDonalds, Tesco and the British Retail Consortium as well as Chinese global online retailers Shein and Temu on labour rights in their national operations and international supply chains. 

In a report today the Commons Business and Trade Committee calls again for legally binding timeframes on Government at each stage of processing claims under the Horizon Convictions Redress Scheme – backed by financial penalties awarded to the claimant if the deadlines are missed.

Members debate the economic advancement of agricultural business. Catch up

The resilience and vulnerabilities of the UK’s food supply chain will be the focus of a new inquiry by the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (EFRA).

Southern Water will be the first water company to appear before MPs to discuss the reasons for, and its response to, the water outages currently seeing schools close, and hospitals struggle in southern England.

On 17 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.

Members discuss changes on children and AI rules and regulatory reporting across the UK as committee stage concludes. Find out more

Final day of committee stage for the Product Regulation and Metrology Bill. 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:

International Agreements Committee publishes report on data and digital trade

Today, the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee launches an inquiry to assess the role of the UK’s innovation ecosystem in achieving the government's mission to kickstart economic growth across the country.

Members discuss consequences of shop theft on workers, the community and local economies. Catch up