UK Parliament
E-petition debate relating to support & accommodation for asylum seekers - Monday 20 October 2025.
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- E-petition debate relating to support & accommodation for asylum seekers - Monday 20 October 2025.
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- 7 months ago
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- The Petitions Committee has scheduled a debate relating to support & accommodation for asylum seekers.
Tony Vaughan 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/705383
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/718406
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 ...
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- Information and data security across Government - Science and Technology Committee
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- 7 months ago
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- The Science Innovation and Technology Committee hears from the Information Commissioner, John Edwards, about the UK data protection regulator’s response to the Afghan data breach announced in July.
MPs may also explore the proposed introduction of a new digital ID, the rollout of facial recognition technology by police forces and the protection of children and their data online.
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- The National Security Strategy - Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy
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- 7 months ago
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- The cross-party Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy will explore how the UK can help sustain nuclear stability amid increasing concern about adversary intentions, US deterrence and risks around unintended escalation.
The session will also cover the UK’s relationships with India and countries in the Middle East in the context of growing challenges around the trade-offs between security and economic relationships, and the transfer of sensitive technology.
The session forms part of the Committee’s ongoing inquiry into the UK’s new National Security Strategy, published earlier this year.
Witnesses will include security and geopolitics experts and former senior officials with experience working at NATO, the US State Department, India’s diplomatic service and think tanks.
Members of the Committee are likely to ask witnesses:
• How the UK should respond to the risks of nuclear proliferation and...
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- Matt takes a closer look at the Commons Chamber’s past...
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- 7 months ago
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- Discover how objects from the 1941 bombing and the post-war rebuild continue to shape its legacy today.
Watch the full video on our channel.
#RebuildingTheCommons
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- What's in the box...?
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- 7 months ago
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- On 10 May 1941, during the Blitz, the House of Commons Chamber was destroyed by an incendiary bomb.
Now, 75 years after the rebuilt Chamber reopened in 1950, Conservation Architect Matt reacts to objects from the bombing, rebuild, and its aftermath.
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- When the House sits late, the Commons library stays open 📚
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- On Monday nights, library services are available to MPs and their staff, long after the sun sets. Follow John for a quick tour of one of Parliament's key services.
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- Visit from the Chairman of the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada 🇬🇧 🇺🇦
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- His Excellency, Dr Ruslan Stefanchuck addressed parliamentarians, he updated on the situation in Ukraine and reaffirmed our continued support and parliamentary solidarity.
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- How does Parliament's Broadcasting Unit keep the cameras running? 🎥
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Let Emily show you what goes into transmitting business across the world.
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- The Cost of Energy – Energy Security and Net Zero Committee
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- The Energy Security and Net Zero Committee questions the “Big Six” energy companies: OVO Energy, Octopus, E.On, Centrica, EDF UK, and ScottishPower, asking them about the high cost of energy to consumers and their role in the wider energy system.
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- How does Parliament's Broadcasting Unit keep the cameras running? 🎥
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Let Emily show you what goes into transmitting business across the world.
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- 🔴 PMQs LIVE: Prime Minister's Questions - 15 October 2025
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Due to a technical issue, this livestream of PMQs is incomplete. Watch the full version on Parliament Live TV: https://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/384a4937-dba8-44c6-98c5-81e611071677?in=11:59:35
Watch PMQs with British Sign Language (BSL) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSnwvUmiiqY
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 usual...
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- 🔴 LIVE: Prime Minister's Questions with British Sign Language (BSL) - 15 October 2025
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Due to a technical issue, this livestream of PMQs is incomplete. Watch the full version on Parliament Live TV: https://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/384a4937-dba8-44c6-98c5-81e611071677?in=11:59:35
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 hap...
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- BTS filming a night in the Commons Library 📚
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- 7 months ago
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- Our photo and video team pull off feats of engineering ingenuity to capture the work of Parliament from every angle 🪢
Enjoy this BTS clip of them filming a night in the Library 📹
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- Women, peace and security – International Development Committee
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- 7 months ago
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- This evidence session may include content that some viewers may find distressing.
The International Development Committee are holding an evidence session on women, peace and security.
We will be hearing from a former Afghan female politician and a Sudanese activist as we investigate the role of women in building peace and security globally.
The Committee are exploring how well the UK has implemented the Women, Peace and Security agenda through successive National Action Plans, as well as how it has integrated women’s voices more broadly within its development programmes.
We are likely to ask witnesses whether they have seen women able to play a meaningful role in politics and peace building, what barriers might stand in the way of this, and what risks might result from women and girls being excluded from decisions.
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- Budget 2025 - Treasury Committee
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- 7 months ago
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- In this session, MPs examine the tax options available to the Chancellor, considering their potential effects on public behaviour and revenue generation. Four experts in taxation and public finance will provide insights to inform the discussion.
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- E-petition debate relating to Bovine Tuberculosis control & badger culling - Monday 13 October 2025.
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- The Petitions Committee has scheduled a debate relating to Bovine Tuberculosis control & badger culling.
Irene Campbell 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/700317
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 a...
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- When the House sits late, the Commons library stays open 📚
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- On Monday nights, library services are available to MPs and their staff, long after the sun sets. Follow John for a quick tour of one of Parliament's key services.
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- Architect Reacts: Objects from the WW2 Bombing of the Chamber | Rebuilding the Commons
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- On 10 May 1941, during the Blitz, the House of Commons Chamber was destroyed by an incendiary bomb.
Now, 75 years after the rebuilt Chamber reopened in 1950, Conservation Architect Matt reacts to objects from the bombing, rebuild, and its aftermath.
Learn more: https://heritagecollections.parliament.uk/exhibits/rebuilding/
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
1:09 Items 1 & 2, Chamber rebuild, The Debate Continues, BBC
02:33 Item 3, Plaster mould, reference for stonemason carving work
03:38 Item 4, Pugin designed oak carvings
04:27 Item 5, Set on stonemason’ tools used in the Chamber rebuild
05:18 Item 6, Medallion, souvenir from bomb damage
06:01 Item 7, Foundation stone, The Debate Continues, BBC
06:29 Item 8, Napkin ring, souvenir from bomb damage
07:20 End
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- What is the Procedure Committee's role in determining the rules governing House of Commons business?
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- Chair Cat Smith MP explains how the Procedure Committee works
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- E-petition debate relating to children with SEND - Monday 15 September 2025.
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- The Petitions Committee has scheduled a debate relating to assessments and support for children with SEND
Roz Savage 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/711021
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 abou...
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- Reducing NHS waiting times for elective care – Public Accounts Committee
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- 8 months ago
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- The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) hold an evidence session on reducing NHS waiting times for planned non-emergency, or elective, following a recent report from the National Audit Office (NAO) on the same topic.
After March’s announcement that NHSE England (NHSE) would be abolished within two years, Officials from the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) and NHSE are expected to be questioned on the progress of the reorganisation required for the DHSC to deliver NHSE responsibilities.
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- Access to British Sign Language – Women and Equalities Committee
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- 8 months ago
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- Senior representatives from the BSL Advisory Board and the British Deaf Association will appear before the cross-party committee of MPs and sign their evidence, which will be spoken by interpreters.
During the session, the Women and Equalities Committee will explore progress towards greater access to British Sign Language following the British Sign Language Act 2022. The Act recognises BSL as a language of Great Britain, places duties on government departments to promote and facilitate its use and requires the Work and Pensions Secretary to issue guidance to departments and report regularly.
The session is likely to cover broader issues of concern to the Deaf community, as well as access to BSL in Parliament, BSL education, the potential impacts of AI on BSL and funding for Deaf sports and Deaflympians.
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- 🔴 LIVE: Prime Minister's Questions with British Sign Language (BSL) - 10 September 2025
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- 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 - 10 September 2025
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- Due to a technical issue, this livestream of PMQs is incomplete. Watch the full version on Parliament Live TV: https://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/0198ab0d-782c-4f8d-84f8-00c3f59478bd?in=12:00:03
Watch PMQs with British Sign Language (BSL) - https://youtube.com/live/WDbWXewItn8
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 nomi...
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- Reforming the Water Sector – Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
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- 8 months ago
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- The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee question Minister for Water and Flooding Emma Hardy MP as part of their inquiry into reforming the water sector.
Following reports that the UK has suffered its worst ever year for wildfires, the Committee continues to push Defra for solutions on how land and food will be protected.
For more information please visit https://committees.parliament.uk/event/24963/formal-meeting-oral-evidence-session/
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- E-petition debate relating to the qualifying period for ILR - Monday 8 September 2025.
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- The Petitions Committee has scheduled a debate relating to the qualifying period for indefinite leave to remain.
Ben Goldsborough 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/727360
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/727356
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 parliame...
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- History Alice visits Big Ben 👋
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- Visit Big Ben too: https://www.parliament.uk/visiting/visiting-and-tours/big-ben-tour/?utm_campaign=0525-mar-ve-paidtours-bigbentours&utm_medium=social&utm_source=instagram&fbclid=PARlRTSAMmImJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABp3OzqKD6Vh6fHF2goZZFLbAwegH44LeelJYxvAeZ9lcTJUrpwrDb1CEGU884_aem_qlXWdZ4LJy0jdVv1jY2_TQ
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- 🔴 LIVE: Prime Minister's Questions with British Sign Language (BSL) - 3 September 2025
- Date posted
- 8 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.
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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- 🔴 PMQs LIVE: Prime Minister's Questions - 3 September 2025
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- Watch PMQs with British Sign Language (BSL) - https://www.youtube.com/live/5gSO89rtocg
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:
Twitter: https://www.twi...
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- BTS with Formula E in Elizabeth Tower ⏱️ ⚡
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- Formula E’s crew swapped the pit lane for the clock room when they filmed inside Elizabeth Tower for their London season finale broadcast.
Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at filming a very different kind of engineering: Victorian clockwork instead of modern motors.
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- The Speaker marks South Asian Heritage Month in Speaker's House
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- Last month, the Speaker hosted a reception at Speaker’s House to recognise and celebrate the many contributions of the South Asian community to the UK.
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- UK Parliament Week is just around the corner 🎉
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- Sign up for free, unbox your kit, and learn how Parliament works step-by-step.
Search 'UK Parliament Week' to explore this year's resources.
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- Marking the end of WW2: 80 years on
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- 9 months ago
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- For the 80th anniversary of VJ Day, the Elizabeth Tower was lit tonight with scenes of gatherings across the Commonwealth in 1945 marking the end of the Second World War. #VJ80
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- Marking the end WWII 80 years on
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- 9 months ago
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- For the 80th anniversary of VJ Day, the Elizabeth Tower was lit with scenes of gatherings across the Commonwealth in 1945 marking the end of the Second World War. #VJ80
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- Big Ben will mark 80 years since end of WWII
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- As Big Ben strikes at 12 midday today, a national two-minute silence will begin to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. #VJDay80
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- This place looks cute... I wonder what's inside?
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- You can explore the Palace of Westminster, a UNESCO World Heritage site, and its stories this summer.
Search ‘UK Parliament tour’ to book a tour.
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- All episodes available now, catchup on the latest series | Committee Corridor Podcast
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- The latest series of the Committee Corridor podcast has landed on YouTube. Listen to all of the episodes covering a wide range of topics with hosts Dame Meg Hillier MP, Chair of the Liaison Committee for the first two episodes and Toby Perkins MP, Chair of the Environmental Audit Committee who takes over for the rest of the series.
This series on Committee Corridor:
Episode 1 - Women in the armed forces: What difference did select committees make?
Episode 2 - The work of the Liaison Committee.
Episode 3 - Aviation, economic growth and the climate crisis.
Episode 4 - Tackling twin crises: Delivering new homes while meeting climate goals?
Episode 5 - Why is our water system broken?
Episode 6 - The UK’s role in protecting ocean life.
Episode 7 - Clean power by 2030.
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- How can you make your concerns heard in Parliament? 🙋
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- 10 years on from their launch, Stephen explains the e-petitions process. 📥
Learn more about e-petitions in our Parliament Explained playlist.
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- Clean power by 2030 | Committee Corridor Podcast
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- Clean Power by 2030 - that’s the ambition set out by the Prime Minister as one of his five central missions.
The Government says that means a secure and affordable energy supply, the creation of essential new energy industries and the need to limit our contribution to climate change. Chair of the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee and host of Committee Corridor, Toby Perkins MP, speaks to three guests who remain to be convinced.
As energy minister, Chris Skidmore signed the UK’s net zero pledge into law in 2019. He later resigned in protest at plans to guarantee annual oil and gas licensing, and now chairs the Climate Action Coalition launched by former US Secretary of State John Kerry.
Initially sceptical about the 2030 deadline for clean power, he’s encouraged by the pace of change and says the UK might even deliver faster. It should prioritise investment in new energy industries while keeping an eye on potential hurdle...
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- The UK’s role in protecting ocean life | Committee Corridor Podcast
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- “Intensely frustrating” – that’s how one guest describes the slow progress of the UK towards ratifying the UN High Seas Treaty.
On this episode of Committee Corridor, host Toby Perkins MP explores how the UK could help tackle the threats facing the world’s oceans, following the UN Ocean Conference in June 2025.
Much of the world’s ocean is unregulated, leaving vulnerable habitats unprotected from threats of pollution, unsustainable fishing and damaging practices such as deep-sea mining. The High Seas Treaty is critical to establishing marine protected areas in international waters but needs to be ratified by 60 states before it can come into force. The UK signed it in 2023 but has fallen behind other countries in ratifying it – the guests in this episode consider why.
Join Toby as he sits down with Fiona Thomas, Head of Public Affairs at the leading environmental charity, the Marine Conservation Society, to consider the U...
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- Why is our water system broken? | Committee Corridor Podcast
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- 10 months ago
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- Is our water system broken? The interim report [published after recording] from the Independent Water Commission says so. “Irresponsible owners, poor leadership, low investment and ineffective prioritisation,” reports the House of Commons’ Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee. The scale of the challenge facing regulators is huge, says the National Audit Office. And consumer trust in the water industry is at an all-time low.
What will it take to put it right?
Join Committee Corridor host, Toby Perkins MP as he sits down with the environmental campaigner Feargal Sharkey to work out what’s gone wrong. Informed and incensed, Feargal is clear about the options ahead for water companies and regulators.
After questioning 10 of England and Wales’ water and sewerage companies, the EFRA Committee Chair, Alistair Carmichael MP, explained how the sector has forgotten its core functions to provide water and sewerage services to...
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- Tackling twin crises: Delivering new homes while meeting climate goals? | Committee Corridor Podcast
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- 1.5 million new homes and net zero by 2050: can the Government do both?
A safe, secure and affordable place to live is the foundation of a healthy and prosperous life. But the UK is facing an acute shortage of homes. What is to be done, and how do we ensure environmental targets are still delivered? The latest episode of Committee Corridor, the podcast from Select Committees at the House of Commons, considers the housing crisis.
Ahead of the Spending Review on 11 June 2025, host Toby Perkins MP, Chair of the Environmental Audit Committee, asked how the UK can build enough homes, ensuring they are both of high enough quality and contribute to meeting environmental and nature goals.
Toby spoke to Kate Henderson, Chief Executive of the National Housing Federation (NHF) which represents housing associations. She sets out the scale of priorities facing the sector; how buildings need to adapt to climate changes by improving energy efficiency a...
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- Aviation, economic growth and the climate crisis | Committee Corridor Podcast
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- 10 months ago
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- What happens when the UK’s biggest issues meet environmental targets and commitments head-on? The Chair of the House of Commons’ Environmental Audit Committee, Toby Perkins MP, hosts the first of five episodes from the select committee podcast, Committee Corridor.
Up first – airport expansion. Simon Calder, travel correspondent at the Independent, joins Toby to consider the UK travelling public’s ‘insatiable desire’ to get away by air and what can be done to manage the impact on local communities and greenhouse gas emissions. From reducing the number of first class seats to increasing taxation, from building public transport to airports and wariness about sustainable aviation fuel, the pair chew over the options available to government.
They discuss the Government’s view that unlocking airport capacity will boost economic growth. According to the Transport Secretary, Heidi Alexander MP - there is no conflict between expanding aviation a...
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- Happy birthday to e-petitions 🎂
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- 10 months ago
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- Happy birthday to e-petitions from petition creator Dame Joanna Lumley! 😳
We’re marking the ten-year anniversary of the e-petitions site: petition.parliament.uk
How does it work?
✅ 10,000 signatures mean a response from the Government
✅ 100,000 signatures mean the petition is considered for debate in Parliament
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- MPs question Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, 21 July - Liaison Committee
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- 10 months ago
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- MPs on the Liaison Committee question the Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, about poverty in the UK and international affairs.
Chaired by Dame Meg Hillier MP, the Liaison Committee questions the Prime Minister of the day about the policy of Government at regular intervals.
#SelectCommittees #UKPolitics #InternationalAffairs #Poverty
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- Work of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero – Energy Security and Net Zero Committee
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- 10 months ago
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- The Energy Security and Net Zero Committee will hold an evidence session on the development work of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero at 12.30pm, on Monday 21 July.
We will be questioning The Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP, Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero on the pace of building infrastructure to get the UK on track to meet its overarching target of a clean energy system by 2030.
We’re also examining the Government’s progress towards making the price of electricity cheaper: central to so many of the other goals of the clean energy transition in this broad-ranging session.
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- Why are e-petitions important?
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- 10 months ago
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- The Petitions Committee have shared a video from petition creator Chris Packham, setting out why he thinks e-petitions are important ahead of the ten-year anniversary 🗣️
How does it work?
✅ 10,000 signatures mean a response from the Government
✅ 100,000 signatures mean the petition is considered for debate in Parliament
Read and sign petitions at petition.parliament.uk ✍️
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- Headphones on 🎧
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
- Description
- Enjoy the President @EmmanuelMacron state visit ASMR with the Household Cavalry 👢🎺
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- What is an e-petition?
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- Next week we'll be celebrating ten years of e-petitions in Parliament 🥳
How does it work?
✅ 10,000 signatures mean a response from the Government
✅ 100,000 signatures mean the petition is considered for debate in Parliament
Read and sign petitions at petition.parliament.uk ✍️
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- The work of the Liaison Committee | Committee Corridor Podcast
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
- Description
- At least three times per year, chairs of select committees question the Prime Minister in a sit-down session lasting 90 minutes. It’s one of the more unusual aspects of the work of the Liaison Committee which helps select committees deliver their roles effectively and keep tabs on government policy.
As Sir Keir Starmer MP prepared to face the Committee on 8 April 2025, the Chair of the Liaison Committee, Dame Meg Hillier MP, spoke to Dr Hannah White, the Director of the Institute for Government, an independent thinktank which works to make government more effective. They consider the role of the Liaison Committee – who’s involved, what it does and why its backbench MPs have more access to the PM than any other part of Parliament.
What question would you put to the Prime Minister? When the UK’s Youth Parliament took their seats in the House of Commons chamber in February 2025, Committee Corridor caught up with four members from Scotland, England, Wal...
