Extracts from Commons proceedings - Jan 30
Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury) (Lab): I am sure that the whole House will join me in expressing sorrow at last night’s gun attack on a Canadian mosque...
Tuesday, 31 January 2017 07:53
Extract from committee state (Lords) (day 7) of the Higher Education and Research Bill - Jan 30
The Earl of Selborne (Con): My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Mair, referred to the short inquiry that the Science and Technology Committee undertook earlier this year...
Tuesday, 31 January 2017 07:50
Urgent question (Commons) on Jobcentre Plus Offices: Closure - Jan 30
Ronnie Cowan (Inverclyde) (SNP): (Urgent Question): To ask the Minister for Work and Pensions if she will make a statement on the proposed closure of Jobcentre Plus offices throughout the United Kingdom..
Tuesday, 31 January 2017 07:34
Early sight of oral questions to the Attorney General - Feb 2
Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): What steps the Crown Prosecution Service is taking to support victims and witnesses giving evidence in court...
Tuesday, 31 January 2017 07:15
Asylum accommodation "a disgrace", "shameful" says committee of MPs
Committee says current contract system for asylum accommodation isn’t working and major reforms are needed...
Tuesday, 31 January 2017 00:01
Universities UK review recommends changes to higher education sector agencies
Universities UK has published today [Tuesday] the recommendations of its review looking at the higher education sector agencies...
Tuesday, 31 January 2017 00:01
PCS: Urgent overhaul needed after harrowing report into asylum accommodation
An urgent overhaul of the system of housing asylum seekers is needed, the Public and Commercial Services union says as MPs report on harrowing conditions...
Tuesday, 31 January 2017 00:01
It's unacceptable that people fleeing war & persecution are being placed in disgraceful conditions - Diane Abbott
Diane Abbott MP, Labour’s Shadow Home Secretary, responding to a report from the Home Affairs Select Committee, said...
Tuesday, 31 January 2017 00:01
LGA responds to asylum accommodation report
Responding to the Home Affairs Committee report into asylum accommodation, Cllr David Simmonds, Chairman of the Local Government Association's Asylum, Migration and Refugee Task Group, said...
Tuesday, 31 January 2017 00:01
David Davis asks MPs: "Do we trust the people or not?"
David Davis speaks ahead of the second reading of the EU (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill...
Tuesday, 31 January 2017 00:01