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Oral answer (Lords) on Children’s Minister - Dec 6

Baroness D'Souza asked the Government what further consideration they have given to the appointment of a Children’s Minister at Cabinet level to coordinate cross-departmental Government programmes concerning the welfare of children...

Thursday, 7 December 2023 08:44

End of business adjournment debate on Bank Profits: Windfall Tax - Dec 6

Richard Burgon (Leeds East) (Lab): Today I am calling on the Government to introduce a windfall tax on the banks...

Thursday, 7 December 2023 08:42

Commons statement on UK-Rwanda Partnership - Dec 6

The Secretary of State for the Home Department (James Cleverly): With permission, Madam Deputy Speaker, I will make a statement about the Government’s plan to stop the boats and tackle the vile trade in people smuggled across the channel...

Thursday, 7 December 2023 08:40

Second reading (Commons) of the Sentencing Bill - Dec 6

The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (Alex Chalk): It is a privilege to move Second Reading of the Government’s recently introduced Sentencing Bill...

Thursday, 7 December 2023 08:36

Extract from PMQs: Cornwall Insight - Dec 6

Rebecca Long Bailey (Salford and Eccles) (Lab): One in five of my residents lives in fuel poverty...

Thursday, 7 December 2023 08:32

Extract from Westminster Hall debate on Elderly and Vulnerable People: Loneliness and Isolation - Dec 6

Another point that tends not to get much airtime is the dramatic shift in how some letter and small parcel delivery companies have evolved their business...

Thursday, 7 December 2023 08:31

Extract from Westminster Hall debate on Elderly and Vulnerable People: Loneliness and Isolation - Dec 6

Patricia Gibson (North Ayrshire and Arran) (SNP):...Digitisation and the technical revolution have often left old people feeling more isolated and more left behind...

Thursday, 7 December 2023 08:28

Extracts from Westminster Hall debates: Sport England - Dec 6

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (Stuart Andrew):...My hon. Friend the Member for Tewkesbury (Mr Robertson) said we should transfer responsibility to DEFRA...

Thursday, 7 December 2023 08:24

Extracts from Parliamentary proceedings - Dec 6

Mrs Flick Drummond (Meon Valley) (Con): The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Karim Khan KC, has concluded his first visit to Israel and Palestine, and has said...

Thursday, 7 December 2023 08:17

Extract from Scottish Parliament debate on Fiscal Framework Review - Dec 6

Alex Cole-Hamilton (Edinburgh Western) (LD):...Michael Marra’s excellent speech brought us back to the topic of growth...

Thursday, 7 December 2023 08:01