Committee

On 7 January 2025 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.

On Monday 13 January, MPs will debate a petition relating to children and social media.

Today the Foreign Affairs Committee announces a new inquiry into the extent and effectiveness of the UK’s soft power.

The Treasury Committee is asking for evidence on whether the Lifetime Individual Savings Account (LISA) is still an appropriate financial product nine years after it was created

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. 

On Monday 6 January, MPs will debate a petition relating to a general election.

The Scottish Affairs Committee will question the new Director of BBC Scotland, Hayley Valentine, and other senior executives in a one-off session on BBC Scotland’s work. 

The Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee (PACAC) will hold the first public evidence session of their inquiry into the 2024 general election. 

In response to the announcement of a new independent commission on social care, the Chair of the Health and Social Care Committee, Layla Moran MP, said:

Members of the Committee will seek an update of the situation facing claimants, and on DWP policies and processes under the new Government before it reports its findings

On Thursday 9 January in Westminster Hall, MPs will hold a debate on the impact of conflict on women and girls:

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

On Monday 6 January, MPs will hold a debate on backlogs in the NHS.

On Monday 6 January, MPs will hold a debate on seizing frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine.

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.