Car production figures down 43% - Lucy Powell responds
Lucy Powell MP, Labour’s Shadow Minister for Business and Consumers, commenting on SMMT figures showing car production is down 43 per cent in the first half of the year...
Thursday, 30 July 2020 11:32
Plastic carrier bag sales slashed by more than 95% since 5p charge introduced
Plastic carrier bag sales have dropped by more than 95% in Engand’s main supermarkets since the 5p charge was introduced in 2015, new government data reveals...
Thursday, 30 July 2020 11:32
NHS test and trace launches campaign to encourage everyone with symptoms to get a free test
NHS Test and Trace will today launch a new campaign to encourage everyone to get a free test as soon as they get symptoms, alongside a new business plan to expand testing capacity and prepare the nation for winter....
Thursday, 30 July 2020 11:24
International Trade Committee launches inquiries into UK Export Finance and trade remedies policy
The International Trade Committee today launches two inquiries, examining the work of UK Export Finance, and the Government’s trade remedies policy..
Thursday, 30 July 2020 11:21
Lib Dems call for review into school exclusions
Responding to new figures for permanent and fixed-period school exclusions in England for 2018/19, Liberal Democrat Education spokesperson Layla Moran said...
Thursday, 30 July 2020 11:16
Jonathan Ashworth responds to the latest ONS statistics on excess deaths
Jonathan Ashworth MP, Labour’s Shadow Health Secretary, responding to the latest ONS statistics on excess deaths, said...
Thursday, 30 July 2020 11:11
Actions to support Welsh food and drink industry recovery from impact of Covid19 published
A series of priority actions to support Wales’ world class food and drink industry recover from the impact of Covid19 have today [Wednesday 29 July] been jointly published by the Welsh Government and the Food and Drink Wales Industry Board...
Thursday, 30 July 2020 11:08
Lords motion to approve the Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 - July 29
The Minister of State, Home Office and Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (Lord Greenhalgh) (Con): My Lords, the regulations we are considering today were laid in draft before this House on 6 July...
Thursday, 30 July 2020 11:04
Private Notice Question (Lords) on EU: Future Trade Agreement - July 29
Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town asked the Government, following the last round of negotiations between the United Kingdom and the European Union, whether a future trade agreement will be secured by September....
Thursday, 30 July 2020 11:03
Oral answer (Lords) on Hong Kong British National (Overseas) Visa - July 30
Lord Balfe asked the Government, further to the Written Ministerial Statement by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 22 July (HLWS415), what is their (1) upper, and (2) lower, estimate for the numbers of people who could participate in the new Hong Kong British National (Overseas) Visa...
Thursday, 30 July 2020 11:01