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Commons debate on Sale of New Petrol and Diesel Cars and Vans - Jul 4

Peter Kyle (Hove) (Lab): I beg to move, that this House calls on the Government to bring forward the date by which the sale of new petrol and diesel cars and vans will be ended...

Thursday, 4 July 2019 16:54

Lords debate on NHS: Future UK Trade Deals - Jul 4

Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe (Lab): My Lords, it is my privilege to move this Motion. I am grateful to my party for giving me this opportunity to speak on this issue, to the House’s Library for the comprehensive briefing it prepared, and to others who have sent in briefings, particularly the BMA...

Thursday, 4 July 2019 16:51

Rebecca Long Bailey responds to fall in the number of hybrid cars sold

Rebecca Long Bailey, Shadow Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Secretary, responding to a fall in the number of hybrid cars sold, said...

Thursday, 4 July 2019 16:49

Oral answer (Lords) on Councils: Funding - Jul 4

Lord Kennedy of Southwark asked the Government, further to the Local Government Association’s initial findings of its survey of council finances, published on 2 July, what steps they are taking to ensure that councils have sufficient funding to fulfil their legal duties...

Thursday, 4 July 2019 16:47

Oral answer (Lords) on Railways: South-eastern Franchise - Jul 4

Lord Berkeley asked the Government what estimate they have made of the cost to the new South Eastern franchise arising from any increase in track access charges proposed by HS1 to the Office of Rail and Road...

Thursday, 4 July 2019 16:46

Oral answer (Lords) on Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse - Jul 4

Lord Campbell-Savours asked the Government what discussions officials from the Home Office have had with the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse in the last month...

Thursday, 4 July 2019 16:44

Oral answer (Lords) on Sharia Law: Marriages - Jul 4

Baroness Cox asked the Government what progress they have made in implementing the recommendations of the independent review into the application of sharia law in England and Wales...

Thursday, 4 July 2019 16:43

International Development Secretary Rory Stewart visits Jordan in first foreign visit in role

In his first overseas visit as International Development Secretary Rory Stewart has seen how UK aid is helping Jordan to grow its economy and build regional stability...

Thursday, 4 July 2019 16:28

£85M contract to boost Type-23 capabilities

The Ministry of Defence has signed an £85 million contract with Rolls-Royce to maintain the engines of the Royal Navy’s Type-23 frigate fleet...

Thursday, 4 July 2019 16:26

Select committee statement on Transport committee report: Local Roads: Funding and Maintenance - Jul 4

Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South) (Lab): Thank you, Mr Speaker. I thank the Backbench Business Committee for the opportunity to make a statement to the House on the 10th report of the Transport Committee, “Local roads funding and maintenance: filling the gap”

Thursday, 4 July 2019 16:09