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Extracts from Westminster Hall debate on Exams: Covid-19 (e-petitions) - Oct 12

The Minister for School Standards (Nick Gibb): That is why the decision was taken on 17 August to revert to whichever was highest of calculated grades or centre assessment grades...

Tuesday, 13 October 2020 08:21

Extracts from Parliamentary Proceedings - Oct 12

Mr Toby Perkins (Chesterfield) (Lab): The Minister is right to say that apprenticeships are more important than ever...

Tuesday, 13 October 2020 08:13

Extract from Westminster Hall debate on China’s Policy on its Uyghur Population - Oct 12

Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon) (LD):...I will name and shame a few: they are public services, people will love me for it, and I will not be able to do more because I am going to run out of time..

Tuesday, 13 October 2020 08:03

Extract from Lords motion to app[rove the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (North East of England) Regulations 2020 - Oct 12

Baroness Altmann (Con):...How many people will die or suffer life-limiting impacts...

Tuesday, 13 October 2020 08:00

Extract from Westminster Hall debate on China’s Policy on its Uyghur Population - Oct 12

Sir Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green) (Con):...If one adds those factors to the way that China is behaving in Hong Kong...

Tuesday, 13 October 2020 07:57

Oral answer (Lords) on Amazon - Oct 12

Lord Leigh of Hurley asked the Government what steps they are planning to take (1) to protect third party sellers from the dominance of Amazon, and (2) to ensure that Amazon does not benefit from passing on the costs of the Digital Services Tax to sellers...

Tuesday, 13 October 2020 07:53

IoD responds to latest employment figures

Responding to latest official employment figures, showing the unemployment rate rose to 4.5%, Tej Parikh, Chief Economist at the Institute of Directors, said...

Tuesday, 13 October 2020 07:52

Employment in the UK: October 2020

The UK unemployment rate was estimated at 4.5%, 0.6 percentage points higher than a year earlier and 0.4 percentage points higher than the previous quarter...

Tuesday, 13 October 2020 07:49

Environment Bill: Amendments tabled for committee stage in the Commons as at Oct 13

Environment Bill: Amendments tabled for committee stage in the Commons as at Oct 13...

Tuesday, 13 October 2020 07:48

Medicines and Medical Devices Bill: Amendments tabled for committee stage in the Lords as at Oct 12

Medicines and Medical Devices Bill: Amendments tabled for committee stage in the Lords as at Oct 12...

Tuesday, 13 October 2020 07:46