UK Parliament
Why is the UK’s trade deal with India important? - Business and Trade Committee
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- Why is the UK’s trade deal with India important? - Business and Trade Committee
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- 4 months ago
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- The UK–India trade deal could be transformational, adding billions to the UK economy, boosting trade, and opening new markets for UK businesses.
A new report from the Business and Trade Committee warns these benefits could be at risk if exporters don’t get the support they need to make the most of the deal.
Read the report 🔗 https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5901/cmselect/cmbeis/996/report.html
#UKIndiaTrade #Exports #Business
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- Ofwat Interim Chief Executive questioned by the Public Accounts Committee
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- 4 months ago
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- The Public Accounts Committee hears evidence on the work of the Water Services Regulation Authority (Ofwat).
Witnesses:
Chris Walters - Interim Chief Executive at Ofwat
Helen Campbell - Interim Executive Director, Delivery at Ofwat
David Hill - Director General for Strategy and Water at Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
https://committees.parliament.uk/event/25711/formal-meeting-oral-evidence-session/
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- 🔴 PMQs LIVE: Prime Minister's Questions - 21 January 2026
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
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- Watch PMQs with British Sign Language (BSL) -
Prime Minister's Question Time, also referred to as PMQs, takes place every Wednesday the House of Commons sits. It gives MPs the chance to put questions to the Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer MP, or a nominated minister.
In most cases, the session starts with a routine 'open question' from an MP about the Prime Minister's engagements. MPs can then ask supplementary questions on any subject, often one of current political significance.
The Leader of the Opposition, Kemi Badenoch MP, asks six questions and the leader of the second largest opposition party asks two. If another minister takes the place of the Prime Minister, opposition parties will usually nominate a shadow minister to ask the questions.
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- 🔴 LIVE: Prime Minister's Questions with British Sign Language (BSL) - 21 January 2026
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Prime Minister's Question Time, also referred to as PMQs, takes place every Wednesday the House of Commons sits. It gives MPs the chance to put questions to the Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer MP, or a nominated minister.
In most cases, the session starts with a routine 'open question' from an MP about the Prime Minister's engagements. MPs can then ask supplementary questions on any subject, often one of current political significance.
The Leader of the Opposition, Kemi Badenoch MP, asks six questions and the leader of the second largest opposition party asks two. If another minister takes the place of the Prime Minister, opposition parties will usually nominate a shadow minister to ask the questions.
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- The future of rugby in Wales - Welsh Affairs Committee
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
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- Video edited due to divisions
Representatives of Welsh Rugby Union and fan representatives give evidence in front of the Welsh Affairs Committee, focusing on the future of Welsh rugby.
Witnesses:
Abi Tierney - Chief Executive Officer at Welsh Rugby Union
Richard Collier-Keywood - Chair at Welsh Rugby Union
Grant Berni - fan representative at Ospreys Supporters Club
Daniel Hallett - fan representative at Dragons Supporters Club
Lynn Glaister - fan representative at Cardiff Rugby Supporters Group
Iwan Griffiths - Member of the Crys 16 Supporter’s Trust Committee. at Scarlets Supporters Trust
https://committees.parliament.uk/event/26181/formal-meeting-oral-evidence-session/
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- The future of Scotland's high streets - Scottish Affairs Committee
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- 4 months ago
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- The Scottish Affairs Committee hears evidence as part of its inquiry into the future of Scotland's high streets.
Witnesses:
Leigh Sparks - Professor at University of Stirling
Professor James White - Professor at University of Glasgow
Professor Cathy Parker - Professor at Manchester Metropolitan University
Colin Borland - Scotland Director at Federation of Small Businesses
https://committees.parliament.uk/event/25845/formal-meeting-oral-evidence-session/
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- Dan Jarvis MBE MP questioned by Home Affairs Committee over combatting new forms of extremism
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
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- As part of its inquiry into combatting new forms of extremism, the Home Affairs Committee questions the following witnesses:
Dame Sara Khan DBE - Former Counter Extremism Commissioner 2018-2021; former Independent Adviser for Social Cohesion and Resilience for the UK Government 2021-2024
Dan Jarvis MBE MP - Minister for Security at Home Office
Jonathan Emmett - Director for CONTEST & Homeland Security Strategy at Home Office
https://committees.parliament.uk/event/25797/formal-meeting-oral-evidence-session/
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- Ben Wallace and Grant Shapps questioned on Afghan Data Breach - Defence Committee
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
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- The Defence Committee questions two former Defence Sectretaries and the former Minister of State for the Armed Forces on the 2022 data breach relating to the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP).
Witnesses:
Rt Hon Sir Ben Wallace, former Secretary of State for Defence
Rt Hon James Heappey, former Minister of State for the Armed Forces
Rt Hon Sir Grant Shapps, former Secretary of State for Defence
https://committees.parliament.uk/event/26228/formal-meeting-oral-evidence-session/
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- E-petition debate relating to the sale of fireworks - Monday 19 January 2026.
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
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- The Petitions Committee has scheduled a debate relating to the sale of fireworks.
Robbie Moore MP has been asked by the Committee to open the debate. The Government will send a Minister to respond.
Read the petitions:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/738192
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/732559
Find petitions you agree with, and sign them: https://petition.parliament.uk/
What are petition debates?
Petition debates are ‘general’ debates which allow MPs from all parties to discuss the important issues raised by one or more petitions, and put their concerns to Government Ministers.
Petition debates don’t end with a vote to implement the request of a petition. This means that MPs will not vote on the issues raised in the petition at the end of the debate.
The Petitions Committee can only schedule debates on petitions to parliament started on petition.parliament.u...
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- Step inside history and explore Big Ben up close on one of our tours 🔔
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
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- Tickets are available now: https://www.parliament.uk/visiting/visiting-and-tours/big-ben-tour/?utm_campaign=0126-mar-ve-paidtours-bigbentours&utm_medium=social&utm_source=youtube
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- 🔴 PMQs LIVE: Prime Minister's Questions - 14 January 2026
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Watch PMQs with British Sign Language (BSL) - https://youtube.com/live/kXeqV6DmPng?feature=share
Prime Minister's Question Time, also referred to as PMQs, takes place every Wednesday the House of Commons sits. It gives MPs the chance to put questions to the Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer MP, or a nominated minister.
In most cases, the session starts with a routine 'open question' from an MP about the Prime Minister's engagements. MPs can then ask supplementary questions on any subject, often one of current political significance.
The Leader of the Opposition, Kemi Badenoch MP, asks six questions and the leader of the second largest opposition party asks two. If another minister takes the place of the Prime Minister, opposition parties will usually nominate a shadow minister to ask the questions.
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- 🔴 LIVE: Prime Minister's Questions with British Sign Language (BSL) - 14 January 2026
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Prime Minister's Question Time, also referred to as PMQs, takes place every Wednesday the House of Commons sits. It gives MPs the chance to put questions to the Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer MP, or a nominated minister.
In most cases, the session starts with a routine 'open question' from an MP about the Prime Minister's engagements. MPs can then ask supplementary questions on any subject, often one of current political significance.
The Leader of the Opposition, Kemi Badenoch MP, asks six questions and the leader of the second largest opposition party asks two. If another minister takes the place of the Prime Minister, opposition parties will usually nominate a shadow minister to ask the questions.
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- Northern Ireland Affairs Committee question Sir Iain Livingstone & Jon Boutcher on Operation Kenova
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
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- The Northern Ireland Affairs Committee holds a session examining the final report of Operation Kenova - the investigation into the alleged activities within the Provisional IRA of the British agent codenamed ‘Stakeknife’.
Witnesses:
Sir Iain Livingstone - Lead Officer at Operation Kenova
Jon Boutcher - Chief Constable at PSNI and former lead officer at Operation Kenova
https://committees.parliament.uk/event/26019/formal-meeting-oral-evidence-session/
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- Regulation of hair and beauty products and treatments - Science, Innovation and Technology Committee
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
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- Warning: This evidence session includes content that some viewers may find distressing.
The Science, Innovation and Technology Committee hears evidence on the science and regulation of hair and beauty products and treatments.
Witnesses:
Victoria Lee (Lived experience)
Ashton Collins - Director at Save Face
Seyi Faldonun - Co-founder and Lead of Level Up’s No More Lyes Campaign at Level Up
Victoria Brownlee - Chief Policy and Sustainability Officer at The British Beauty Council
Dr Emma Meredith - Director General at The Cosmetic Toiletry and Perfumery Association
Diane Hey - Founder and Chief Executive Officer at The Hair and Beauty Industry Authority
https://committees.parliament.uk/event/26142/formal-meeting-oral-evidence-session/
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- The UK's trading relationship with the EU - Business and Trade Committee
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
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- The Business and Trade Committee hears evidence from manufacturing, transport and logistics professionals on UK trade with the EU.
Witnesses:
Alastair Gunn -Trade Policy Lead at Road Haulage Association
Toby Ovens -Managing Director at Broughton Transport
Julian Walker -Chief Commercial Officer and Regional Director at Associated British Ports
Tom Bradshaw - President at National Farmers' Union
Peter Brennan - Director of Trade and Economic Policy at UK Steel
Matt Hinde - Head of International Policy and Engagement at National Grid
Oriel Petry - Senior Vice President at Airbus UK
https://committees.parliament.uk/event/26169/formal-meeting-oral-evidence-session/
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- TV and video content for children today - Culture, Media and Sport Committee
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
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- The Culture, Media and Sport Committee hears evidence on the types of video content that the children of today are watching.
Witnesses:
Professor Amy Orben -MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge
Dr Gemma Taylor - Associate Professor in Psychology, University of Salford
Professor Sam Wass - Director, Institute for the Science of Early Years, University of East London
https://committees.parliament.uk/event/25790/formal-meeting-oral-evidence-session/
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- E-petition debate relating to a general election - Monday 12 January 2026.
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
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- The Petitions Committee has scheduled a debate relating to a general election.
John Lamont MP has been asked by the Committee to open the debate. The Government will send a Minister to respond.
Read the petition:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/727309
Find petitions you agree with, and sign them: https://petition.parliament.uk/
What are petition debates?
Petition debates are ‘general’ debates which allow MPs from all parties to discuss the important issues raised by one or more petitions, and put their concerns to Government Ministers.
Petition debates don’t end with a vote to implement the request of a petition. This means that MPs will not vote on the issues raised in the petition at the end of the debate.
The Petitions Committee can only schedule debates on petitions to parliament started on petition.parliament.uk
Find out more about how petition debates wor...
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- The financial sustainability of adult hospices in England - Public Accounts Committee
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
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- The Public Accounts Committee hears evidence from a range of witnesses, including representatives from the Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England, on the financial sustainability of adult hospices in England.
Witnesses:
The Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
Professor Fliss Murtagh - Professor of Palliative Care at Hull York Medical School
Toby Porter - Chief Executive at Hospice UK
Samantha Jones - Permanent Secretary at Department of Health and Social Care
Sir James Mackey - Chief Executive at NHS England
Dr Edward Scully - Primary and Community healthcare Director at Department of Health and Social Care
Duncan Burton - Chief Nursing Officer at NHS England
Dr Amanda Doyle OBE - National Director for Primary Care and Community Services at NHS England
https://committees.parliament.uk/event/25283/formal-meeting-oral-evidence-session/
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- Meet Our Makers: The Story Behind Countryside Art 🎨 | Made in Lincolnshire
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
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- Textiles in the Houses of Parliament Shop tell a story of British craftsmanship ✨
Meet our Makers who are keeping British textile heritage alive, one stitch at a time. Kathy, Lawrence and the team at Countryside Art blend heritage, sustainability and timeless design in every piece they make.
Made in Lincolnshire. Stocked by Parliament📍
🛍️ Discover the range: https://www.shop.parliament.uk/
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- BBC World Service 24-25 - Public Accounts Committee
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
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- In this session the Public Accounts Committee hears oral evidence on the BBC World Service from Tim Davie CBE - Director General at BBC, Jonathan Munro - Interim CEO of News and Current Affairs at BBC, and Fiona Crack - Interim Global News Director, Director of the World Service at BBC.
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- 🔴 LIVE: Prime Minister's Questions with British Sign Language (BSL) - 7 January 2026
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Prime Minister's Question Time, also referred to as PMQs, takes place every Wednesday the House of Commons sits. It gives MPs the chance to put questions to the Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer MP, or a nominated minister.
In most cases, the session starts with a routine 'open question' from an MP about the Prime Minister's engagements. MPs can then ask supplementary questions on any subject, often one of current political significance.
The Leader of the Opposition, Kemi Badenoch MP, asks six questions and the leader of the second largest opposition party asks two. If another minister takes the place of the Prime Minister, opposition parties will usually nominate a shadow minister to ask the questions.
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- 🔴 PMQs LIVE: Prime Minister's Questions - 7 January 2026
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Watch PMQs with British Sign Language (BSL) - https://youtube.com/live/JqZPg1kK3oM?feature=share
Prime Minister's Question Time, also referred to as PMQs, takes place every Wednesday the House of Commons sits. It gives MPs the chance to put questions to the Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer MP, or a nominated minister.
In most cases, the session starts with a routine 'open question' from an MP about the Prime Minister's engagements. MPs can then ask supplementary questions on any subject, often one of current political significance.
The Leader of the Opposition, Kemi Badenoch MP, asks six questions and the leader of the second largest opposition party asks two. If another minister takes the place of the Prime Minister, opposition parties will usually nominate a shadow minister to ask the questions.
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- Minister and NHS England face Health and Social Care Committee on ways to improve palliative care
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
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- Following the publication of the Independent Expert Panel’s report into the state of palliative and end of life care, the Health and Social Care Committee will question Minister Stephen Kinnock and senior NHS England officials on ways to improve services.
Witnesses:
Stephen Kinnock MP - Minster of State at Department of Health and Social Care
Dr Edward Scully - Director for Primary and Community Health Care at Department of Health and Social Care
Dr Amanda Doyle OBE - National Director for Primary Care and Community Services at NHS England
Dr Sarah Mitchell - National Clinical Director for Palliative and End-of Life Care at NHS England
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- Football Policing: Aston Villa and Maccabi Tel Aviv - Home Affairs Committee
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
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- The Home Affairs Committee will hear further evidence relating to decision making around the policing of the football match between Aston Villa and Maccabi Tel Aviv.
Senior officers from West Midlands Police and representatives of Birmingham City Council and the UK Football Policing Unit will face further questions on the intelligence gathering, cross-body liaison and community engagement relating to the fixture.
Witnesses:
Craig Guildford - Chief Constable at West Midlands Police
Mike O’Hara - Assistant Chief Constable at West Midlands Police
Mick Wilkinson - Chief Inspector at West Midlands Police
Chief Constable Mark Roberts - National Lead for Football Policing at UK Football Policing Unit
Councillor John Cotton - Leader at Birmingham City Council
Richard Brooks - Executive Director of City Operations at Birmingham City Council
Anthony Cox - Director of Law and Governance at Birmingham City Council
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- Post Office Horizon scandal: Justice for the sub-postmasters - Business and Trade Committee
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
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- The Business and Trade Committee hears from a range of witnesses on the Post Office Horizon scandal.
Witnesses:
Mr David Eaton - Former Sub-postmaster
Mrs Glenys Eaton - Former Sub-postmaster
Dr Neil Hudgell - Director at Hudgell Solicitors
David Enright - Partner at Howe & Co Solicitors
Kieran O'Rourke - Partner at Howe & Co Solicitors
Paul Patterson - Director at Fujitsu Services Ltd
Nigel Railton - Chair at Post Office Ltd
Joanne Hanley - Remediation Unit Director at Post Office Ltd
Amanda Pearce - Casework Operations Director and Interim Chief Executive at Criminal Cases Review Commission
Blair McDougall MP - Minister for Small Business and Economic Transformation at Department for Business and Trade
Carl Creswell - Director of Post Office Policy at Department for Business and Trade
Alex Davies-Jones MP - Minister for Victims and Tackling Violence Against W...
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- Why is the official report of Parliamentary debates known as Hansard? ✍️
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
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- South East Water Chief faces Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Committee on Tunbridge Wells failure
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
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- After tens of thousands of residents in Kent were left without drinking water for 14 days due to failures at a treatment centre, David Hinton, the Chief Executive of the water company that oversaw the problems, will face questions from MPs on the EFRA Committee.
Also appearing will be Marcus Rink, Chief Inspector of the Drinking Water Inspectorate, which launched an ongoing investigation on 4 December. The organisation warned South East Water in 2024 of a significant risk of failure at the Pembury treatment centre.
In this session, the witnesses are likely to be asked questions about the planning, resilience and capacity of the supplier’s infrastructure, as well as communications with the public and leadership.
The Committee is undertaking a long-term inquiry and last year published a report, Priorities for water sector reform. The Committee recently wrote to water companies about their approaches to recovering debts from vulnerable custome...
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- E-petition debate relating to the length of the school week - Monday 5 January 2025.
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
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- The Petitions Committee has scheduled a debate relating to the length of the school week.
Dave Robertson MP has been asked by the Committee to open the debate. The Government will send a Minister to respond.
Read the petition:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/727514
Find petitions you agree with, and sign them: https://petition.parliament.uk/
What are petition debates?
Petition debates are ‘general’ debates which allow MPs from all parties to discuss the important issues raised by one or more petitions, and put their concerns to Government Ministers.
Petition debates don’t end with a vote to implement the request of a petition. This means that MPs will not vote on the issues raised in the petition at the end of the debate.
The Petitions Committee can only schedule debates on petitions to parliament started on petition.parliament.uk
Find out more about how petiti...
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- E-petition debate relating to free bus travel for people over 60 - Monday 5 January 2025.
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- The Petitions Committee has scheduled a debate relating to free bus travel for people over 60.
Tony Vaughan MP has been asked by the Committee to open the debate. The Government will send a Minister to respond.
Read the petition:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/702845
Find petitions you agree with, and sign them: https://petition.parliament.uk/
What are petition debates?
Petition debates are ‘general’ debates which allow MPs from all parties to discuss the important issues raised by one or more petitions, and put their concerns to Government Ministers.
Petition debates don’t end with a vote to implement the request of a petition. This means that MPs will not vote on the issues raised in the petition at the end of the debate.
The Petitions Committee can only schedule debates on petitions to parliament started on petition.parliament.uk
Find out more about how pet...
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- Investigating housing conditions in England
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- The Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee recently held a roundtable event as part of its inquiry into housing conditions in England. Bringing together tenants and housing providers across the private rented sector, social housing and temporary accommodation, the session gathered a range of perspectives which will contribute to the evidence gathered for the Committee's findings and report.
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- Both Houses return from Christmas recess today
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
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- Today the House of Commons and the @HouseofLords will return from Christmas recess and resume business at 2.30pm.
Business in the House of Commons will start with questions to the Home Secretary.
Members of the House of Lords will discuss topics, including support for parents to toilet train their children, sudden cardiac death in young people, and Government use of social media platform X.
Watch today's business as it happens on Parliament Live TV: https://parliamentlive.tv
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- Parliament in 2025 wrapped 🎬
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
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- A look back at the year and the people who make Parliament happen.
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- Parliament's colours aren't just for Christmas 🎄
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- Parliament is full of red and green, and not just because it’s Christmas. The colours hold special significance for the House of Commons and @HouseofLords
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- From Print to Parliament: Meet the Maker 🪡
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- Meet our Makers at Countryside Art who are helping to keep British textile manufacturing alive, one stitch at a time.
Made in Lincolnshire, stocked in Parliament 📍
Shop now: https://www.shop.parliament.uk/
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- E-petition debate relating to digital ID - Monday 8 December 2025.
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- The Petitions Committee has scheduled a debate relating to digital ID.
Robbie Moore MP has been asked by the Committee to open the debate. The Government will send a Minister to respond.
Read the petition:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/730194
Find petitions you agree with, and sign them: https://petition.parliament.uk/
What are petition debates?
Petition debates are ‘general’ debates which allow MPs from all parties to discuss the important issues raised by one or more petitions, and put their concerns to Government Ministers.
Petition debates don’t end with a vote to implement the request of a petition. This means that MPs will not vote on the issues raised in the petition at the end of the debate.
The Petitions Committee can only schedule debates on petitions to parliament started on petition.parliament.uk
Find out more about how petition debates work: http...
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- 🔴 PMQs LIVE: Prime Minister's Questions - 17 December 2025
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- Watch PMQs with British Sign Language (BSL) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yU0oKVJzdXs
Prime Minister's Question Time, also referred to as PMQs, takes place every Wednesday the House of Commons sits. It gives MPs the chance to put questions to the Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer MP, or a nominated minister.
In most cases, the session starts with a routine 'open question' from an MP about the Prime Minister's engagements. MPs can then ask supplementary questions on any subject, often one of current political significance.
The Leader of the Opposition, Kemi Badenoch MP, asks six questions and the leader of the second largest opposition party asks two. If another minister takes the place of the Prime Minister, opposition parties will usually nominate a shadow minister to ask the questions.
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- 🔴 LIVE: Prime Minister's Questions with British Sign Language (BSL) - 17 December 2025
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- Prime Minister's Question Time, also referred to as PMQs, takes place every Wednesday the House of Commons sits. It gives MPs the chance to put questions to the Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer MP, or a nominated minister.
In most cases, the session starts with a routine 'open question' from an MP about the Prime Minister's engagements. MPs can then ask supplementary questions on any subject, often one of current political significance.
The Leader of the Opposition, Kemi Badenoch MP, asks six questions and the leader of the second largest opposition party asks two. If another minister takes the place of the Prime Minister, opposition parties will usually nominate a shadow minister to ask the questions.
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- Health Secretary Wes Streeting questioned by MPs - Health and Social Care Committee
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- Secretary of State at Department of Health and Social Care, Rt Hon Wes Streeting MP, will be questioned on the work of the Department by members of the Health and Social Care Committee.
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- Darren Jones questioned by the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- This will be the Minister’s first appearance in front of PACAC since he joined the Cabinet Office, and he will appear alongside the department’s Permanent Secretary, Cat Little CB.
The Committee is likely to question witnesses about the newly-created role of Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister.
Other topics which may be covered include the Minister’s plans for reforming the Civil Service, the current status of the Government’s five core ‘missions’, and the Government’s plans for digital ID.
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- MPs to question David Lammy amid critical pressures facing justice system
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- Description: MPs on the cross-party committee will explore multiple issues across courts, prisons and probation.
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- Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper on the work of the FCDO - Foreign Affairs Committee
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- The Foreign Affairs Committee investigates the work of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).
Evidence will be given by Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP and Permanent Under-Secretary Sir Oliver Robbins KCMG CB.
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- E-petition debate relating to the Online Safety Act - Monday 15 December 2025.
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- The Petitions Committee has scheduled a debate relating to the Online Safety Act.
Lewis Atkinson MP has been asked by the Committee to open the debate. The Government will send a Minister to respond.
Read the petition:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/722903
Find petitions you agree with, and sign them: https://petition.parliament.uk/
What are petition debates?
Petition debates are ‘general’ debates which allow MPs from all parties to discuss the important issues raised by one or more petitions, and put their concerns to Government Ministers.
Petition debates don’t end with a vote to implement the request of a petition. This means that MPs will not vote on the issues raised in the petition at the end of the debate.
The Petitions Committee can only schedule debates on petitions to parliament started on petition.parliament.uk
Find out more about how petition debat...
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- MPs question Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, 15 December - Liaison Committee
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- Sir Keir Starmer MP attends the Liaison Committee on Monday 15 December at 2pm, chaired by Dame Meg Hillier MP. The session runs for 90 minutes, until 3.30pm.
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- What is an adjournment debate? 💭
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- Adjournment debates take place at the end of every sitting day and are a chance for backbench MPs to raise an issue on any subject the Government is responsible for without calling for legislation.
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- 🔴 PMQs LIVE: Prime Minister's Questions - 10 December 2025
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- Watch PMQs with British Sign Language (BSL) - https://youtube.com/live/v-pOzECn55w?feature=share
Prime Minister's Question Time, also referred to as PMQs, takes place every Wednesday the House of Commons sits. It gives MPs the chance to put questions to the Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer MP, or a nominated minister.
In most cases, the session starts with a routine 'open question' from an MP about the Prime Minister's engagements. MPs can then ask supplementary questions on any subject, often one of current political significance.
The Leader of the Opposition, Kemi Badenoch MP, asks six questions and the leader of the second largest opposition party asks two. If another minister takes the place of the Prime Minister, opposition parties will usually nominate a shadow minister to ask the questions.
Want to find out more about what's happening in the House of Commons this week? Follow the House of Commons on:
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- 🔴 LIVE: Prime Minister's Questions with British Sign Language (BSL) - 10 December 2025
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- Prime Minister's Question Time, also referred to as PMQs, takes place every Wednesday the House of Commons sits. It gives MPs the chance to put questions to the Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer MP, or a nominated minister.
In most cases, the session starts with a routine 'open question' from an MP about the Prime Minister's engagements. MPs can then ask supplementary questions on any subject, often one of current political significance.
The Leader of the Opposition, Kemi Badenoch MP, asks six questions and the leader of the second largest opposition party asks two. If another minister takes the place of the Prime Minister, opposition parties will usually nominate a shadow minister to ask the questions.
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- Treasury Committee to grill Chancellor on Budget - Treasury Committee
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- Members are likely to examine the significant changes to the Treasury’s tax and spending plans, and potential implications for the economy, public services and government debt. The Chancellor is also expected to answer questions on topical issues, such as how her department handled the months leading up to the Budget and the recently announced leak inquiry.
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- Railways Bill: oral evidence - Transport Committee
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- The Transport Committee examine how landmark reforms to the railways could lead to improvements for passengers, accessibility and a simpler ticketing system.
Across three panels, the cross-party Committee explore plans to create a new passenger watchdog out of Transport Focus, an existing consultative body, that would be given powers to monitor performance of rail services on behalf of passengers.
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- The Rising State Pension Age's Impact on Pre-Pensioners – Work and Pensions Committee
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- The Work and Pensions Committee will hear from experts on the impacts of previous State Pension age increases, and the anticipated consequences of the next rise from 66 to 67, due to be phased in between 2026 and 2028. This will include how State Pension age increases disproportionately impact disadvantaged groups.
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- Meet our maker, Jake 🍓
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- Jake Winter is the founder of Wild and Fruitful, a Cumbrian producer of British chutneys and preserves which you can find in the Houses of Parliament Shop.
📍Made in Cumbria. Stocked in Parliament.
Explore the range: https://www.shop.parliament.uk/
