BEIS Committee to consider access to EU’s Internal Energy Market post-Brexit
Access to the European Union’s Internal Energy Market (IEM) and the future energy relationship between the UK and EU post-Brexit will be considered at a public session of the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Committee on Tuesday 21 March 2017 at 9.30am...
Thursday, 16 March 2017 12:11
Defence: MEPs urge member states to show political will and join forces
Increasing defence cooperation in the EU now depends more upon the political will to make it happen than upon legal considerations...
Thursday, 16 March 2017 11:50
European Parliament: Conflict minerals: MEPs secure due diligence obligations for importers
A draft EU regulation to prevent the minerals trade from funding conflict and human rights violations was approved by MEPs on Thursday...
Thursday, 16 March 2017 11:49
UK to help businesses step up investment in world’s poorest countries
Today (16 March), International Development Secretary Priti Patel set out how the UK is making it easier for companies to invest in the world’s poorest countries and urges businesses to invest at a time of unprecedented humanitarian crises...
Thursday, 16 March 2017 11:34
International Development committee announces new inquiry into the future of UK-EU development cooperation
The International Development Committee has launched a new inquiry into the future of UK-EU development cooperation...
Thursday, 16 March 2017 11:24
S&Ds push through new law that will cut use of conflict minerals fuelling war
After a strong campaign by the Socialists and Democrats, the European Parliament today adopted a new law to exclude conflict minerals from the European market...
Thursday, 16 March 2017 11:21
ECR: New measures will tackle trade in conflict minerals
European Conservative and Reformist Group (ECR) MEPs have helped shape a new regulation to stop the financing of armed groups through trade in minerals...
Thursday, 16 March 2017 11:20
Reform of the Police Funding Formula: Government Response to the Committee's Fourth Report of Session 2015–16
The Home Affairs Committee published its Fourth Report of Session 2015–16, Reform of the Police Funding Formula (HC 476), on 11 December 2015...
Thursday, 16 March 2017 11:06
Multi-million pound major road improvements unlock thousands of homes and jobs
Multi-million pound road improvement schemes announced today by Highways England are set to help create almost 11,000 jobs unlock the development of more than 4,000 homes...
Thursday, 16 March 2017 11:05
BEIS Committee launches inquiry into electric vehicles market
The role of electric vehicles in the transition to a low carbon economy and as part of the Government’s Industrial Strategy...
Thursday, 16 March 2017 10:57