Mayor calls for Government action to plug £24m funding shortfall to house homeless Londoners this winter as he launches fundraising campaign
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan has warned that hundreds of homeless Londoners face the potentially fatal choice of freezing on the streets or risking Covid infection in communal accommodation...
Wednesday, 16 December 2020 08:37
Extract from Westminster Hall debate on Covid-19: Effect on People with Learning Disabilities - Dec 15
Dr Kieran Mullan (Crewe and Nantwich) (Con):...To continue, I will focus today on the risks that the economic consequences of covid pose to the job opportunities of people with learning disabilities...
Wednesday, 16 December 2020 08:31
Extract from Westminster Hall debate on Covid-19: Effect on People with Learning Disabilities - Dec 15
The Minister for Care (Helen Whately):...In fact—I was coming to this exact point—I have asked the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies care working group to consider the findings in the Public Health England and LeDeR reports to help us develop further targeted actions...
Wednesday, 16 December 2020 08:28
Extracts from Commons statement on the Online Harms consultation - Dec 15
Christian Wakeford (Bury South) (Con) [V]: Earlier this year, we witnessed the Wiley scandal, which saw an antisemitic rant over numerous posts...
Wednesday, 16 December 2020 08:23
Extract from Westminster Hall debate on Planning for the Future - Dec 15
Mike Amesbury (Weaver Vale) (Lab):...The vast majority of councillors throughout the land believe that the proposals are undemocratic, including 61% of Conservative councillors...
Wednesday, 16 December 2020 08:19
Extracts from Parliamentary proceedings - Dec 15
Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town (Lab):...As we close this chapter of our adjustment to the post-Brexit situation...
Wednesday, 16 December 2020 08:16
Westminster Hall debate on Covid-19: Effect on People with Learning Disabilities - Dec 15
Christian Matheson (City of Chester) (Lab): I beg to move, that this House has considered the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on people with learning disabilities...
Wednesday, 16 December 2020 08:16
Extract from report stage (Lords) of the Trade Bill - Dec 15
Lord Foulkes of Cumnock (Lab Co-op):...Bankers, those working in insurance and people in many other businesses are moving from the United Kingdom to the continent of Europe...
Wednesday, 16 December 2020 08:06
Extract from report stage (Lords) of the Trade Bill - Dec 15
The Earl of Clancarty (CB):...There are allied concerns, some of which the noble Lord, Lord Fox, referred to...
Wednesday, 16 December 2020 08:02
Extract from Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill at stage 1 vote - Dec 15
The Presiding Officer:...I am afraid that we have had some technical difficulties. Members who are joining us on bluejeans did not hear me calling the vote...
Wednesday, 16 December 2020 07:59