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Westminster Hall debate on Social Mobility - July 11

Lucy Powell (Manchester Central) (Lab/Co-op): I beg to move, that this House has considered Government policies on social mobility...

Wednesday, 12 July 2017 07:23

Oral answer (Lords) on Rural Areas: Superfast Broadband - July 11

The Lord Bishop of St Albans asked the Government what proportion of the Digital Infrastructure Investment Fund is expected to be available to support the provision of superfast broadband in hard to reach rural areas...

Wednesday, 12 July 2017 07:17

Oral answer (Lords) on Older Persons: Care and Human Rights - July 11

Lord Foulkes of Cumnock asked the Government whether they intend to implement the recommendations of the report Human rights of older persons and their comprehensive care, adopted by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on 30 May 2017...

Wednesday, 12 July 2017 07:15

Oral answer (Lords) on Local Authorities: Recycling - July 11

Baroness Neville-Rolfe asked the Government what plans they have to issue guidance to local authorities clarifying what can and cannot be recycled...

Wednesday, 12 July 2017 07:06

Lords debate on Gulf Countries and Qatar - July 11

Lord Collins of Highbury asked the Government what steps they have taken alongside Gulf countries to de-escalate tensions in the region...

Wednesday, 12 July 2017 06:59

Lords statement on the Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices - July 11

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (Lord Prior of Brampton) (Con): My Lords, with the permission of the House, I would like to repeat a Statement made in the other place...

Wednesday, 12 July 2017 06:54

Financial Guidance and Claims Bill: Amendments to be moved in committee - July 11

Financial Guidance and Claims Bill: Amendments to be moved in committee - July 11...

Wednesday, 12 July 2017 06:39

Living conditions in Gaza 'more and more wretched' over past decade, UN finds

A decade after Hamas seized the Gaza Strip, the living conditions for two million people in the Palestinian enclave are deteriorating “further and faster” than the prediction made...

Wednesday, 12 July 2017 00:16

Sutton Trust: New polling finds growing public pessimism on Social Mobility

Just a small improvement to social mobility in the UK – bringing it up to the western Europe average - could lead to an annual increase in GDP of £590 per person...

Wednesday, 12 July 2017 00:01

Is emotional and mental health support for children and young people changing for the better?

The emotional and mental health support available for children and young people in Wales is the focus for a new National Assembly Committee inquiry launching today...

Wednesday, 12 July 2017 00:01