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Education Committee announces session on higher education funding
Education Committee Chair Helen Hayes MP has today announced a deep dive evidence session examining funding issues in the higher education sector.
14 March 2025

Women in the Armed Forces: what progress has been made?
The Defence Committee is assessing progress on its predecessor Committee’s work on women in the Armed Forces, hearing from witnesses across the Ministry of Defence (MOD) including the chiefs of the Army, Navy and Air Force.
14 March 2025

Prisons crisis: As justice system faces total gridlock in 2026, PAC calls for rapid action
Failed efforts to increase prison capacity results in endemic overcrowding amid safety risks, increasing violence and hampered rehabilitation efforts
14 March 2025

Discover a rarely seen part of the Palace of Westminster this summer
Guided tours of Speaker’s House will be available on Saturdays and selected weekdays this August
13 March 2025

Are social media companies doing enough to moderate harmful content?
The Science, Innovation and Technology Committee will hear from experts in the third session of its inquiry into social media, misinformation and harmful algorithms.
13 March 2025

Decisions of the Petitions Committee, 11 March 2025
Decisions of the Petitions Committee, 11 March 2025.
13 March 2025

SITC Chair writes to Google and OpenAI on issue of AI and copyright
Chi Onwurah, chair of the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee, has written to Google and OpenAI requesting information on their response to the government’s consultation on AI and copyright.
13 March 2025

‘Don’t forget about disabled people in rail reforms’, Transport Committee warns Minister
The Transport Committee has published a letter to the Rail Minister Lord Hendy regarding the Department for Transport’s recent consultation, ‘A railway fit for Britain’s future’
12 March 2025

MPs to hold a debate on the future of farming
On Thursday 13th March, MPs will hold a debate on the future of farming
12 March 2025

Steel ‘trade war serves no-one’ – Business and Trade Committee Chair
The Chair of the influential Business and Trade Committee has urged the Government to push to secure tariff exceptions after the US began enforcing higher tariffs across the board on steel.
12 March 2025

New Prudential Regulation Committee members approved by MPs
The Treasury Committee has published its reports on the appointments of Andrea Enria and David Soanes to the Bank of England’s Prudential Regulation Committee (PRC)
12 March 2025

MPs to debate a petition relating to compensation for women affected by state pension changes
On Monday 17 March, MPs will debate a petition relating to compensation for women affected by state pension changes.
12 March 2025

EFRA Chair comments on Defra’s halting of new applications to SFI
Reacting to the news that the Government is stopping accepting new SFI applications, the Chair of the EFRA Committee, Alistair Carmichael MP, said:
12 March 2025

EFRA Chair writes to Defra Minister on the issue of protecting UK against a foot and mouth disease outbreak
Alistair Carmichael, Chair of the EFRA Committee has today written to the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Baroness Hayman of Ullock, to seek answers on the outbreak of foot and mouth disease (FMD) in Germany in January.
12 March 2025

Electric vehicles: Govt must overcome delays for charging network rollout to succeed
Department for Transport (DfT) slow to ensure available rapid charge points on motorways
12 March 2025