Employment and training

Further scrutiny of apprenticeships bill concludes at report stage. Catch up

The Work and Pensions Committee will question the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) leadership on the watchdog’s work.

Mae Cadeirydd y Pwyllgor Materion Cymreig wedi ymateb i'r newyddion bod Prifysgol Caerdydd yn bwriadu torri 400 o swyddi llawn amser.

The Chair of the Welsh Affairs Committee has responded to news that Cardiff University is to cut 400 full-time jobs.

On Tuesday 7 January in Westminster Hall, MPs will hold a debate on pay gaps in the workplace.

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.

The Women and Equalities Committee will examine the workplace impacts of miscarriage and early pregnancy losses

Members consider changes on public body engagement and employer approval on final day of committee stage. Catch up

On Wednesday 20 November the newly reappointed Energy Security and Net Zero Committee will hold its first evidence session in Parliament, looking at the role that Great British Energy (GBE) is expected to play in the energy market.

Members discuss recommendations outlined in 'Opportunity, growth and partnership: a blueprint for change', published on 30 September. Catch up

On 12 November 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.

An inquiry into how vulnerable claimants for benefits including Universal Credit can be better safeguarded by the Department for Work and Pensions, has been reopened by MPs on the cross-party Work and Pensions Committee.

Liz Kendall will be questioned by the cross-party Work and Pensions Committee on 13 November.

UK defence policy and budget, alternatives to Ozempic for weight loss and the impact of tax policy on employment considered by members. Find out more

The Business and Trade Committee is launching its first call for evidence in a major new inquiry into the Government’s flagship Employment Rights Bill.