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Early sight of oral questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Nov 20

Kevin Hollinrake (Thirsk and Malton): What his Department's policy is on rooftop solar...

Thursday, 15 November 2018 07:20

LGA: Special Needs support for children faces potential half a billion funding gap - new research

Vital support for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) is facing a potential funding gap this year of more than half a billion pounds...

Thursday, 15 November 2018 00:01

Reforms must prepare the UK countryside for climate change and ensure that our use of land supports reduced emissions, says Committee on Climate Change

The Paris Agreement demands tougher action to remove greenhouse gas emissions from the atmosphere. We must, at the same time, prepare for the inevitable climate change...

Thursday, 15 November 2018 00:01

Progress on the UK’s exit from, and future relationship with, the European Union

The United Kingdom and the European Union negotiating teams have reached agreement in principle on the Withdrawal Agreement...

Wednesday, 14 November 2018 22:54

Committee on Climate Change report and government response on the compatibility of UK onshore petroleum with meeting the UK’s carbon budgets

The Committee on Climate Change has published the government's response to its report on the compatibility of UK onshore petroleum with meeting the UK’s carbon budgets....

Wednesday, 14 November 2018 18:52

Government announces Capacity Market auction parameters

The Government has today set out how much electricity capacity it intends to buy in the forthcoming Capacity Market auctions...

Wednesday, 14 November 2018 18:51

The Animal Welfare (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018

The purpose of the Animal Welfare (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 is to ensure that three pieces of direct EU legislation will be fully operable when the UK leaves the EU...

Wednesday, 14 November 2018 16:27

Regulatory measures to tackle agricultural pollution in Wales to be introduced

Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Planning and Rural Affairs, Lesley Griffiths, has today confirmed regulations covering the whole of Wales to protect water quality from agricultural pollution will be introduced next spring...

Wednesday, 14 November 2018 16:26

Lib Dems: Number Ten bows to pressure on FOBT stakes

Responding to the news that the minimum stake for Fixed-Odds-Betting-Terminals will be reduced to £2 in April of next year, Liberal Democrat Culture spokesperson in the Commons, Christine Jardine said...

Wednesday, 14 November 2018 15:04

LGA responds to FOBT announcement

Responding to today’s government announcement that a reduction in maximum stakes on fixed odds betting terminals (FOBTs) will be brought forward to April 2019...

Wednesday, 14 November 2018 15:02