Retailers holding their breath as Christmas approaches
Responding to the latest ONS Retail Sales Index figures, Helen Dickinson, Chief Executive of the British Retail Consortium, said...
Friday, 16 December 2022 09:29
Joint Committee on Human Rights: Protecting Human Rights in Care Settings: Government Response to the Committee’s Fourth Report
This is the government’s formal response to the recommendations made by the Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) in its report ‘Protecting human rights in care settings’ published on 22 July 2022...
Friday, 16 December 2022 08:31
Lords debate on Arts Council England: Regional Distribution of Funding - Dec 15
Lord Storey (LD): My Lords, I express my gratitude to my noble friend Lord McNally for securing this debate...
Friday, 16 December 2022 08:27
Question for Short Debate (Lords) on NHS and Social Care Workers - Dec 15
Lord Allan of Hallam asked the Government what steps they are taking to support public sector workers in the NHS and the social care sectors, given reports of staff shortages and the effects of inflation on NHS and care budgets...
Friday, 16 December 2022 08:25
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