Oral answer (Lords) on Streptococcus A: Antibiotics - Dec 15
Baroness Taylor of Stevenage asked the Government what steps they are taking to address reported shortages of supplies of antibiotics, given the increase in cases of Streptococcus A...
Friday, 16 December 2022 08:20
Oral answer (Lords) on Housing: Cost of Living - Dec 15
The Lord Bishop of Chelmsford asked the Government, given the increased cost of living, what actions they will take to ensure that housing is affordable in relation to household incomes in (1) the private rented sector, (2) the social housing sector, and (3) for homeowners with mortgages...
Friday, 16 December 2022 08:19
Oral answer (Lords) on Tax-free Shopping - Dec 15
Lord Vaizey of Didcot asked the Government what is their assessment of the impact on the United Kingdom economy of the abolition of tax-free shopping
Friday, 16 December 2022 08:18
Oral answer (Lords) on Retailers: Cash - Dec 15
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts asked the Government what discussions they have had with retailers and other outlets concerning their acceptance of cash as legal tender...
Friday, 16 December 2022 08:12
Committee stage (Commons) of the Online Safety Bill (on re-commitment) - Dec 15
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (Paul Scully): These Government amendments confer a duty on Ofcom to create and publish a list of companies that are approaching the category 1 threshold to ensure that it proactively identifies emerging high-reach, high-influence companies and is ready to add them to the category 1 register without delay...
Friday, 16 December 2022 08:06
Extract from Business Questions - Dec 15
The Leader of the House of Commons (Penny Mordaunt): Thank you, Mr Speaker, for presiding over the minute’s silence we had earlier today...
Friday, 16 December 2022 08:01
Committee Chair Sir Robert Goodwill comments on food security
The Chair of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, Sir Robert Goodwill, has today welcomed a contribution from the former Director-General of MI5, Baroness Eliza Mannigham-Buller, to the debate about food security...
Friday, 16 December 2022 08:00
Oral answers to questions (Commons): International Trade - Dec 15
David Duguid (Banff and Buchan) (Con): What progress her Department has made on tackling trade barriers for British food and farming businesses...
Friday, 16 December 2022 07:58
Extract from committee stage (Commons) of the Online Safety Bill - Dec 15
Alex Davies-Jones (Pontypridd) (Lab):...I rise briefly to support everything the hon. Member for Aberdeen North just said...
Friday, 16 December 2022 07:54
Extracts from end of business adjournment debate (Commons) on Leisure Centres: Government Support - Dec 15
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (Stuart Andrew):...On top of that, we continue to invest heavily in sport and physical activity through our arm’s-length body, Sport England...
Friday, 16 December 2022 07:52