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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