Extracts from Lords debate on the Queen’s Speech (day 5) - Oct 21
Lord Paddick (LD):...On Brexit and crime, it was the conclusion of the National Crime Agency lead on Brexit that the UK will be less safe and less secure if we leave the European Union...
Tuesday, 22 October 2019 08:23
Extract from Lords debate on the Queen’s Speech (day 5) - Oct 21
Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth (Con):...There is also the definition of Islamophobia...
Tuesday, 22 October 2019 08:16
Early sight of oral questions to the Secretary of State for Transport - Oct 24
Deidre Brock (Edinburgh North and Leith): What steps he is taking to improve transport sustainability...
Tuesday, 22 October 2019 07:45
Z3R0 EM15510N future: government to introduce green number plates
Launch of consultation on introducing green number plates for zero emission cars...
Tuesday, 22 October 2019 07:21
Ofgem proposes new financial checks and tests for existing suppliers
Ofgem is proposing new reforms for existing suppliers to drive up customer service standards, reduce the risk of supplier failure and strengthen the safety net...
Tuesday, 22 October 2019 07:15
Government’s “risible” defence of “terrible injustice” to bereaved children cannot stand, says Committee
Over a year after the McLaughlin ruling that said the Government’s refusal to pay bereavement benefits to a widowed mother...
Tuesday, 22 October 2019 00:01
“Unacceptable inequalities in health outcomes” for LGBT people “glare out wherever you look” say MPs
LGBT people are being let down in health and social care, by structures and services that are not inclusive or designed with them in mind...
Tuesday, 22 October 2019 00:01
Children’s Commissioner for England calls for changes to gambling laws as report into online gaming reveals children’s gambling fears
Anne Longfield, the Children’s Commissioner for England, is today (Tuesday) publishing a report, “Gaming the system’’ which looks at the experiences of children who play games online...
Tuesday, 22 October 2019 00:01
LGA responds to Children's Commissioner report on gambling addiction
Responding to a report by the Children’s Commissioner calling for changes to gambling laws, Cllr Judith Blake, Chair of the Local Government Association’s Children and Young People Board, said...
Tuesday, 22 October 2019 00:01
London kids exposed to five times more harmful air pollution on school run
A new study has revealed that London children travelling to primary schools across the capital are five times more exposed to air pollution than at any other time of the day...
Tuesday, 22 October 2019 00:01