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Extract from Lords Committee stage (day 6) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill - Mar 12

Lord Berkeley: ...I hope that when the noble Lord comes to respond, he will be able to give us some warm words about how we can retain our involvement with the European railways agency...

Tuesday, 13 March 2018 07:47

Extract from Lords Committee stage (day 6) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill - Mar 12

Viscount Trenchard (Con):...My Lords, I listened with interest to the amendment proposed by my noble friend Lord Carrington of Fulham ...

Tuesday, 13 March 2018 07:43

Early sight of oral questions to the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union - Mar 15

Chris Davies (Brecon and Radnorshire): What recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on support for farmers after the UK leaves the EU...

Tuesday, 13 March 2018 07:22

Minimum unit price for alcohol to be “major part” of efforts to reduce alcohol-related harm – Vaughan Gething

Minimum unit pricing for alcohol will be a major part of a wider package of measures to reduce the harms caused by excessive alcohol consumption in Wales, Health Secretary Vaughan Gething has said...

Tuesday, 13 March 2018 00:01

Holding people for years on end without a release date amounts to indefinite detention - Abbott

Diane Abbott MP, Labour’s Shadow Home Secretary, responding to the HM Inspectorate of Prisons assessment that detainees at Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre have been held for up to four years, said...

Tuesday, 13 March 2018 00:01

Statutory scheme to control the cost of branded health service medicines: Written statement

Written statement by Steve Brine (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health)...

Monday, 12 March 2018 21:26

Commonwealth has key role to play in the bright future for Britain: article by Boris Johnson

Writing in The Sunday Express, the Foreign Secretary celebrates our shared values and looks ahead to opportunities at the London Commonwealth Summit in April...

Monday, 12 March 2018 21:18

Record-breaking turbines leave Wylfa

The last remaining Proteus Gas Turbines in use anywhere in the world were stood down on 20 January 2018 after 47 years of faithful service...

Monday, 12 March 2018 21:12

Amanda Spielman's speech at the ASCL annual conference

Ofsted's Chief Inspector addressed the 2018 Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) Annual Conference in Birmingham...

Monday, 12 March 2018 21:09

Unite urges GKN shareholders to reject latest debt-fuelled takeover bid

Britain’s largest union, Unite today (Monday 12 March) urged shareholders to reject Melrose’s latest bid for GKN and repeated calls for the business secretary Greg Clark to intervene in the debt-fuelled takeover bid on grounds of national security...

Monday, 12 March 2018 16:32