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Lords motion to approve the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels: NHS Ambulance Services and the NHS Patient Transport Service) Regulations 2023 - Dec 6

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health and Social Care (Lord Markham) (Con): My Lords, I thank noble Lords for their attendance today at this important debate...

Thursday, 7 December 2023 08:52

Motion to approve (Lords) the Code of Practice on Reasonable Steps to be taken by a Trade Union (Minimum Service Levels) - Dec 6

The Minister of State, Department for Business and Trade (Lord Johnson of Lainston) (Con): My Lords, I beg to move that the draft Code of Practice on Reasonable Steps to be taken by a Trade Union (Minimum Service Levels), as laid before the House on 13 November 2023, be approved...

Thursday, 7 December 2023 08:50

Oral answer (Lords) on Climate Change: Phasing Out Fossil Fuels - Dec 6

Baroness Boycott asked the Government what assessment they have made of the comments by the COP28 President that there is “no science” to suggest that phasing out fossil fuels will limit global warming to 1.5 degrees...

Thursday, 7 December 2023 08:46

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