Extract from Scottish Parliament debate on the Baroness Cumberlege report - Sep 8
Alex Cole-Hamilton (Edinburgh Western) (LD):...Thousands of women who took the drug Primodos had children who were born with sometimes painful disabilities...
Wednesday, 9 September 2020 08:21
Medicines and Medical Devices Bill: Amendments tabled for committee stage in the Lords as at Sep 8
Medicines and Medical Devices Bill: Amendments tabled for committee stage in the Lords as at Sep 8...
Wednesday, 9 September 2020 08:14
Agriculture Bill: Amendments tabled for report stage in the Lords as at Sep 8
Agriculture Bill: Amendments tabled for report stage in the Lords as at Sep 8...
Wednesday, 9 September 2020 08:13
Early sight of oral questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions - Sep 14
Martyn Day (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): What steps she is taking with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to ensure that vulnerable people have access to welfare benefits through Post Office services...
Wednesday, 9 September 2020 07:41
Government publishes new strategy to kickstart data revolution across the UK
National Data Strategy will boost the use of data to drive growth, boost innovation, create new jobs and improve public services...
Wednesday, 9 September 2020 07:31
JRF: Keep the lifeline: millions set to be worse off unless the Government makes the increase to Universal Credit permanent
Ministers are being urged to keep a vital lifeline for low-income families by committing to make the temporary £20 per week uplift to Universal Credit and Working Tax Credit permanent...
Wednesday, 9 September 2020 00:01
National Audit Office report on Childhood obesity
Successive governments have struggled to tackle rising childhood obesity and it is not clear that the Department of Health & Social Care’s (DHSC) current programme will be able to make the step change needed in the timescale available, according to today’s report by the National Audit Office...
Wednesday, 9 September 2020 00:01
Government extends deadlines for chemicals industry to submit data for UK REACH following Committee intervention
Following pressure from the Environmental Audit Committee, stakeholders and the wider UK chemicals industry, the Government has extended the deadline for registration data to be submitted to the new UK REACH system...
Wednesday, 9 September 2020 00:01
Last chance looms to back British farming in future trade deals says NFU
The NFU is urging politicians to put their words into actions and give Parliament a say on how future trade deals impact British food and farming...
Wednesday, 9 September 2020 00:01
Supercharging the future of driving this #WorldEVDay
Parking spaces painted green, chargepoints at supermarkets and popular tourist sites, and batteries that could charge in six minutes could all form part of the government’s ambitious plans to accelerate electric vehicle uptake...
Wednesday, 9 September 2020 00:01