Action needed on “dysfunctional” children’s social care market
UK has “sleepwalked” into a system in which children are failing to get suitable placements in foster care and children’s homes, finds new report published today...
Thursday, 10 March 2022 08:56
Lords consideration of the Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2022 - Mar 9
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and Department for Work and Pensions (Baroness Stedman-Scott) (Con): My Lords, I am required to confirm that the draft Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2022 and the draft Guaranteed Minimum Pensions Increase Order 2022 are compatible with the European Convention on Human Rights and I am happy so to do..
Thursday, 10 March 2022 08:53
Second reading (Lords) of the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Bill - Mar 9
The Minister of State, Home Office (Baroness Williams of Trafford) (Con): My Lords, in light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, it is vital that we take new action to crack down on Russian dirty money and corrupt elites in the UK...
Thursday, 10 March 2022 08:49
Report stage (Lords) of the Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill - Mar 9
The Minister of State, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and Department for International Trade (Lord Grimstone of Boscobel) (Con): My Lords, the amendments proposed to Clauses 2, 9, 23 and, to some extent, 27 are the result of extensive discussions with Welsh Ministers...
Thursday, 10 March 2022 08:47
Lords consideration of Commons amendments to the Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill - Mar 9
Viscount Younger of Leckie (Con): My Lords, with the leave of the House, I will also speak to the other amendments and the Motions in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Davies of Brixton...
Thursday, 10 March 2022 08:44
Oral answer (Lords) on Ukraine: Disasters Emergency Committee Appeal - Mar 9
Lord Balfe asked the Government what assessment they have made of the value of charitable donations made to the Disasters Emergency Committee appeal for Ukraine; and what plans they have to increase their commitment to match donations...
Thursday, 10 March 2022 08:40
Extracts from Commons debate on the Defence Supplementary Estimate 2021-22 - Mar 9
Dave Doogan (Angus) (SNP):...Any one of the MOD’s headline failures would represent a multi-billion pound betrayal of the taxpayer...
Thursday, 10 March 2022 08:37
Extract from Westminster Hall debate on Bus Service Improvement Plans: North-west England - Mar 9
Sam Tarry (Ilford South) (Lab): Let us be clear: prior to the pandemic, more journeys were made on buses than on any other form of public transport...
Thursday, 10 March 2022 08:33
Extract from Commons statement on Russian Oil Import Ban - Mar 9
Dr Andrew Murrison (South West Wiltshire) (Con): The Government are right to be cautious about windfall taxes...
Thursday, 10 March 2022 08:29
Lords motion to consider the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2022 - Mar 9
Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist (Con): My Lords, I beg to move that the draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2022, which was laid before the House on 9 March 2022, be approved...
Thursday, 10 March 2022 08:24