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Ten minute rule motion on Planning (Affordable Housing and Land Compensation) - Feb 27

Helen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood) (Lab): I beg to move, that leave be given to bring in a Bill to define affordable housing in relation to household incomes; to amend the law relating to land valuation and compensation...

Wednesday, 27 February 2019 16:55

Urgent question (Commons) on Jammu and Kashmir - Feb 27

Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth) (Lab)(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the security and humanitarian situation in Kashmir, in the light of the escalating tensions between India and Pakistan.

Wednesday, 27 February 2019 16:53

Extract from PMQs: Social Mobility - Feb 27

Justine Greening (Putney) (Con): With the Government’s review of higher education still under way...

Wednesday, 27 February 2019 15:01

Lords EU Energy and Environment sub-committee hears evidence on post-Brexit carbon pricing

The House of Lords EU Energy and Environment sub-committee today continued its inquiry into post-Brexit carbon pricing...

Wednesday, 27 February 2019 15:01

Extract from PMQs: Vagrancy Act - Feb 27

Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon) (LD): One homeless person dying on our streets is enough for national shame...

Wednesday, 27 February 2019 14:59

Extract from PMQs: Antisemitism - Feb 27

James Cleverly (Braintree) (Con): Yesterday, we heard of the horrific antisemitic attack on an elderly Jewish gentleman in north London..

Wednesday, 27 February 2019 14:58

John McDonnell responds to Jim Ratcliffe investment news

John McDonnell MP, Labour’s Shadow Chancellor, responding to the news that Sir Jim Ratcliffe plans to invest £1bn in the UK,said...

Wednesday, 27 February 2019 14:54

Moran: Govt must support campaign to scrap Vagrancy Act

Following a PMQ this afternoon, in which Liberal Democrat MP Layla Moran asked the Prime Minister to back her campaign to scrap the Vagrancy Act from 1824...

Wednesday, 27 February 2019 12:50

NEU comment re ‘Pointless’ baseline assessment pilot for 4 year olds announced by Government

Commenting on the announcement by Nick Gibb that the DfE will be looking for schools to take part in a pilot scheme for the proposed baseline assessment tests, Kevin Courtney, Joint General Secretary of the National Education Union, said...

Wednesday, 27 February 2019 12:44