Companies

The EFRA Committee holds two evidence sessions next week as part of its ‘reforming the water sector’ inquiry, quizzing the executives of Northumbrian Water and Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water on Tuesday 11 March, and the bosses of Anglian Water and Wessex Water on Wednesday 12 March.

Members vote on period product safety and alcohol measurements as further scrutiny concludes. Catch up

In a report today the BTC calls for the Employment Rights Bill, currently heading to report stage in its passage through Parliament, to close once and for all the loopholes that have allowed some companies to exploit work insecurity and undercut Britain’s outstanding employers.  

An investigation by the BBC’s Moneybox consumer finance programme has uncovered credible evidence of potentially widespread problems with energy back-billing

Members debate tax implications of companies shifting to low and zero-tax jurisdictions. Catch up

Members discuss draft law to introduce new multiplier standards and remove relief rates from charitable private schools. Catch up

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. 

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.

Final day of committee stage for the Product Regulation and Metrology Bill. Find out more

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

Bill receives Royal Assent. Catch up

Report on High streets in towns and small cities published