Extracts from Lords motion on High Speed 2 (Economic Affairs Committee Report) - Jan 23
Lord Forsyth of Drumlean (Con):...The Government’s response to our report stresses that the Northern and Transpennine Express franchises will deliver over 500 brand new vehicles and retire all the existing Pacer trains...
Friday, 24 January 2020 08:18
Extract from Lords motion on the Fisheries: EU Landing Obligation (European Union Committee Report) - Jan 23
The Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and Department for International Development (Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park) (Con) (Maiden Speech):...The subject of this debate concerns the seas, broadly, so they will be my focus...
Friday, 24 January 2020 08:15
Extract from Oral answer (Lords) on Homelessness - Jan 23
Lord Young of Cookham (Con): My Lords, further to my noble friend Lord Lamont’s question, will the Government review the Vagrancy Act 1824...
Friday, 24 January 2020 08:11
Extract from Scottish Parliament statement on Farming and Crofting (Support) - Jan 23
The Cabinet Secretary for the Rural Economy (Fergus Ewing):...I previously advised Parliament that that would be done in two equal payments of £80 million...
Friday, 24 January 2020 07:57
Extracts from Scottish Parliament: Questions to the First Minister - Jan 23
Jackson Carlaw (Eastwood) (Con): I note that the Prince of Wales is today joining world leaders who are gathering in Israel to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp...
Friday, 24 January 2020 07:51
Early sight of oral questions to the Secretary of State for International Development - Jan 29
Edward Timpson (Eddisbury): What steps his Department is taking to tackle plastic use in developing countries...
Friday, 24 January 2020 07:50
Direct Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) Bill: Amendments tabled for committee stage (Commons) as at Jan 24
Direct Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) Bill: Amendments tabled for committee stage (Commons) as at Jan 24...
Friday, 24 January 2020 07:41
16 jails to receive X-ray scanners
Innovative new X-ray body scanners, developed specifically for the Prison Service, will produce instant images from inside the human body and can reveal internally concealed contraband, including drugs, mobile phones and weapons.
Friday, 24 January 2020 02:50
NAO HS2 report - Andy McDonald responds
Andy McDonald MP, Labour’s Shadow Transport Secretary, responding to the NAO’s report showing that HS2 is over budget and behind schedule, said...
Friday, 24 January 2020 00:01
Welsh Government doubles support for ‘whole school’ approach to mental health
The Welsh Government has doubled the funding available to local authorities and local health boards across Wales to protect, improve and support the mental health of children and young people...
Friday, 24 January 2020 00:01