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Lords statement on Immigration: Hostile Environment - July 12

The Minister of State, Home Office (Baroness Williams of Trafford) (Con): My Lords, with the leave of the House, I shall repeat in the form of a Statement the Answer to an Urgent Question asked in the other place earlier today...

Thursday, 12 July 2018 17:42

Oral answer (Lords) on Operation Conifer: Funding - July 12

Lord Lexden asked the Government what assessment they have made of the contribution of Home Office funding to Operation Conifer conducted by the Wiltshire Police...

Thursday, 12 July 2018 17:37

Oral answer (Lords) on Sure Start - July 12

Baroness Massey of Darwen asked the Government how many Sure Start centres have closed in the last two years; and what plans they have to maintain the benefits of Sure Start in improving the life chances of young people...

Thursday, 12 July 2018 17:34

NEU comments on Capita and Primary School Tests

Commenting on the award of a £109 million contract to Capita for the administration of primary school tests, Dr Mary Bousted, Joint General Secretary of the National Education Union, said...

Thursday, 12 July 2018 17:32

MPs raise concerns about health and safety enforcement

A report by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Occupational Safety and Health has found that the number of health and safety inspectors employed by local authorities has almost halved since 2010...

Thursday, 12 July 2018 17:30

GMB says UK desperately needs plan to power 36 million electric cars by 2040

Ministers’ commitment to key role of gas in energy mix is “common sense” as National Grid publishes future energy scenarios, union says...

Thursday, 12 July 2018 17:26

Statement (Commons and Lords) on the EU: Future Relationship White Paper - July 12

he Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union (Dominic Raab): With permission, Mr Speaker, I will make a statement about the UK’s future relationship with the European Union...

Thursday, 12 July 2018 17:21

Urgent question (Commons) on Visit of President Trump: Policing - July 12

Louise Haigh (Sheffield, Heeley) (Lab)(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department—or another Minister, if they care to turn up—to make a statement on policing during the visit of President Trump...

Thursday, 12 July 2018 17:19

Urgent question (Commons) on Immigration: Pausing the Hostile Environment - July 12

Mr David Lammy (Tottenham) (Lab)(Urgent Question): May I ask the Minister of State if she will make a statement on the decision to pause the hostile environment and to slip that information out during the World cup last night?

Thursday, 12 July 2018 17:14

Oral answers to questions (Commons): Church Commissioners - July 12

Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North) (Lab): To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, what progress the Church of England has made on its target to increase ordinations by 2020...

Thursday, 12 July 2018 17:13