Parliament, government and politics

Members discuss progress of draft transport legislation before passing to the Commons. Catch up

Football Governance Bill: call for evidence

PAC report calls for realistic plans to simplify tax system and for HMRC to quickly address decline in trust taxpayers have in it

A lack of action from the Government to tackle declining cash acceptance could lead to a two-tier society with the most vulnerable bearing the cost, the Treasury Committee finds

Not in your back yard? Call for evidence on national energy infrastructure planning policy

How do we co-ordinate the skilling, upskilling and re-skilling needed for clean energy and warm homes - and who pays?

Today the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy has published written evidence to its inquiry into undersea cables.

His Majesty the King has approved the appointment of Ed Davis CB CBE as the next Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod. Find out more

On Tuesday 29 April in Westminster Hall, MPs will hold a debate on compensation for criminal injuries

Procedure Committee launches a new inquiry into Written Parliamentary Questions: Departmental performance in Session 2024-25

The Chair of the Environmental Audit Committee has written to Energy Secretary Ed Miliband after promised commitments on the Government’s plans for the Seventh Carbon Budget have failed to materialise.

Professor Sir Michael Marmot, the author of a 2010 review that warned of rising health inequalities if relative poverty was not addressed, will give evidence to the Work and Pensions Committee as part of its Pensioner Poverty inquiry.

The Speaker of the House of Commons recreated the symbolic switching on of the Ayrton Light at the top of the Elizabeth Tower on Thursday – 80 years after his predecessor did the same, to mark the nearing of peace from the Second World War.

Find out what's coming up in the House of Commons 28 April – 1 May

The Home Affairs Committee continues its inquiry into asylum accommodation with an evidence session on Tuesday 29 April. The Committee will hear from representatives of local authorities and refugee support groups about the current state of the asylum accommodation system.