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Extracts from Commons Estimates Day debate on Department of Transport spending - Feb 27

Jeremy Quin (Horsham) (Con):...I listened carefully to the proposer of the motion, the hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull North (Diana Johnson)...

Wednesday, 28 February 2018 08:32

Extracts from Commons Estimates Day debate on Homelessness - Feb 27

Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East) (Lab):...Another problem is that many homeless people, including single people or people in temporary accommodation...

Wednesday, 28 February 2018 08:23

Extract from Urgent Question (Commons) on Mental Health Act: CQC Report - Feb 27

Tony Lloyd (Rochdale) (Lab): The Minister rightly said that police cells are inappropriate places to detain people with mental health breakdown...

Wednesday, 28 February 2018 08:19

Extract from Scottish Parliament Topical Question Time: Railways (Edinburgh to Glasgow Peak Services) - Feb 27

Mike Rumbles (North East Scotland) (LD) asked the Scottish Government for how long peak trains between Edinburgh and Glasgow will operate with reduced carriages...

Wednesday, 28 February 2018 08:04

Nuclear Safeguards Bill: Second marshalled list of amendments to be moved in committee in the Lords - Feb 27

Nuclear Safeguards Bill: Second marshalled list of amendments to be moved in committee in the Lords - Feb 27...

Wednesday, 28 February 2018 07:54

Early sight of oral questions to the Secretary of State for Defence - Mar 5

Jim Shannon (Strangford): What recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's policies on protecting the UK from cyber attack...

Wednesday, 28 February 2018 07:29

PAC: Costly mistakes have caused untold reputational damage to NDA

Central government must share the blame for failures over nuclear clean-up contract, finds Committee...

Wednesday, 28 February 2018 00:01

This year’s childcare survey shows that the cost of childcare continues to skyrocket under this Tory government – Angela Rayner

Angela Rayner, Shadow Education Secretary, responding to the Family and Childbirth Trust’s annual childcare survey, said...

Wednesday, 28 February 2018 00:01

Childcare price surge at double rate of inflation, undermining Government's new investments

A seven percent price hike is hitting parents’ pockets this year – bringing the average price for a part time nursery place for a child under two to a whopping £122 per week, or over £6,300 per year...

Wednesday, 28 February 2018 00:01

Taskforce sets out action to tackle modern slavery online

The Modern Slavery Taskforce, created by the Prime Minister Theresa May, will meet on Wednesday to discuss how the internet is increasingly enabling this barbaric crime – and the action needed to address it...

Tuesday, 27 February 2018 22:30