Commons

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).

The Education Committee has launched a major new inquiry focused on finding solutions to the crisis in special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) provision.

The House of Commons adjourned on Thursday 19 December 2024 and will next sit on Monday 6 January 2024

Mae Cadeirydd y Pwyllgor Materion Cymreig wedi ysgrifennu at y Llywodraeth yn gofyn sut y bydd yn helpu i gefnogi'r rhai sydd wedi eu heffeithio gan gau Porthladd Caergybi.

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.

The membership of the Speaker’s Conference focusing on the threat levels against MPs and candidates, and the effectiveness of the response to such threats, has today been formally confirmed by the Speaker of the House of Commons.

The Committee is undertaking scrutiny of the bill to assess its compatibility with international and domestic human rights standards

The Government has said that it will be publishing a National Cancer Plan, as recommended by the predecessor Health and Social Care Committee.

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.

The Committee will examine how asylum accommodation is currently delivered, and what lessons can be learned and applied to the Government’s future strategy

The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Committee is today (Thursday 19 December) launching a new inquiry, Reforming the Water Sector, to scrutinise the breadth of issues confronting the water sector. 

Florence Eshalomi, Chair of the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee, has commented on the Government’s announcement today on the Provisional Local Government Finance Settlement for councils in England.

The Chair of the Welsh Affairs Committee has written to the Government asking how it will help support those affected by the closure of Holyhead Port.

The Health and Social Care Committee this morning held an evidence session with the Secretary of State, the Rt Hon Wes Streeting MP, on the work of the Department.

Dame Caroline Dinenage MP comments on the Government’s announcement of a consultation on artificial intelligence, copyright law and the creative industries