Extracts from Parliamentary proceedings - Oct 8
Lord Polak asked the Government what plans they have to support an extension of the United Nations arms embargo on the government of Iran...
Friday, 9 October 2020 08:47
Trade Bill: Fifth marshalled list of amendments tabled for committee stage in the Lords as at Oct 8 and Transcript from Grand Committee
Trade Bill: Fifth marshalled list of amendments tabled for committee stage in the Lords as at Oct 8 and Transcript from Grand Committee...
Friday, 9 October 2020 08:23
Medicines and Medical Devices Bill: Amendments tabled for committee stage in the Lords as at Oct 8
Medicines and Medical Devices Bill: Amendments tabled for committee stage in the Lords as at Oct 8...
Friday, 9 October 2020 08:22
Early sight of oral questions to the the hon. Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners - Oct 15
Dr Neil Hudson (Penrith and The Border): To ask the hon. Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what plans the Church of England has to increase the number of regular church attendees during the covid-19 outbreak...
Friday, 9 October 2020 07:16
Early sight of oral questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - Oct 15
Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire): What steps he is taking to increase tree planting in England...
Friday, 9 October 2020 07:13
Primary school testing and inspections will do more harm than good, says UCL research
77% of teachers think that if testing and inspection go ahead in primary schools as normal, the most disadvantaged pupils will be unfairly penalised...
Friday, 9 October 2020 00:01
Poor policy decisions by UK nations during schools crisis affected disadvantaged pupils the most, new report from EPI finds
A new report published today (Friday 9th October) by the Education Policy Institute (EPI), funded by the Nuffield Foundation..
Friday, 9 October 2020 00:01
"Fragmented" short-term Government grants poor value for money, councils warn
English councils received at least 448 individual government grants between 2015/16 to 2018/19 in an increasingly “fragmented and reactive” use of public funding, a new study by the Local Government Association reveals...
Friday, 9 October 2020 00:01
New IPPR report reveals schools' post-Covid gap in mental health counselling for pupils and support for parents
Only half of teachers say their school can offer pupils on-site mental-health counselling in wake of pandemic, finds IPPR...
Friday, 9 October 2020 00:01
"Tough choices ahead as spending on working-age benefits set to hit record levels" says IFS
In the wake of the pandemic, the government brought in a number of temporary increases to universal credit (UC) and other parts of the benefit system at a cost of £9 billion...
Friday, 9 October 2020 00:01