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Extract from Lords debate on Museums and Galleries - Jan 23

Lord Monks (Lab):...The museum is run as an independent charity and, like others, it is experiencing the cold winds of austerity...

Wednesday, 24 January 2018 09:34

Extracts from Westminster Hall debate on Shipbuilding Strategy - Jan 23

Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East) (Con):...The context in which one wishes to set this is the relentless decline in the size of the frigate and destroyer fleet...

Wednesday, 24 January 2018 08:49

Extracts from Parliamentary proceedings - Jan 23

Lord Rees of Ludlow (CB):...As has been remarked, a generic feature of our great collections is that they are London-centric...

Wednesday, 24 January 2018 08:35

Extract from Lords debate on Museums and Galleries - Jan 23

Baroness Grender (LD):...As the noble Baroness, Lady Andrews, also referred to, there is an urgent need for central government to look at the funding issue...

Wednesday, 24 January 2018 08:32

Commons urgent question and Lords statement on Personal Independence Payments - Jan 23

Peter Grant (Glenrothes) (SNP): (Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to make a statement on the recent ruling by the High Court over the judicial review on the application of Personal Independence Payments to persons with mental health problems...

Wednesday, 24 January 2018 08:31

Extract from third reading debate (Commons) of the Nuclear Safeguards Bill - Jan 23

Maggie Throup (Erewash) (Con):...The launch of the small modular reactor competition in 2016 is another example of the importance the Government attach to the UK’s civil nuclear industry to provide a secure, clean and affordable source of domestic electricity that can also be exported overseas...

Wednesday, 24 January 2018 08:20

Extract from Scottish Parliament "Time for Reflection" - Jan 23

The Presiding Officer (Ken Macintosh): Good afternoon. The first item of business is time for reflection...

Wednesday, 24 January 2018 08:16

Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Bill: Marshalled list of amendments for third reading in the Lords - Jan 24

Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Bill: Marshalled list of amendments for third reading in the Lords - Jan 24...

Wednesday, 24 January 2018 08:13

Early sight of oral questions to the Secretary of State for Education - Jan 29

John McNally (Falkirk): What assessment he has made of the effect of the UK leaving the EU on future participation in EU research programmes and staffing levels in higher education...

Wednesday, 24 January 2018 07:25

Education Policy Institute publishes assessment of Universal Infant Free School Meals

In 2014, the Universal Infant Free School Meals (UIFSM) policy was introduced, stipulating that all children in England’s state funded schools in reception, year 1 and year 2 should be entitled to a free school lunch...

Wednesday, 24 January 2018 00:01