Extracts from Parliamentary Proceedings - March 7
Lord Truscott (Ind Lab): ...By the very nature of fracking and unconventional gas, where production falls off after 18 months, the UK will need to develop thousands, not hundreds, of shale gas wells...
Wednesday, 8 March 2017 07:31
Early sight of oral questions to the Secretary of State for Defence - Mar 13
Liz McInnes (Heywood and Middleton): What steps his Department is taking to improve standards in service family accommodation...
Wednesday, 8 March 2017 07:16
This isn’t the first time the Tories have played fast and loose with the victims of knife crime - Burgon
Richard Burgon MP, Labour’s Shadow Justice Secretary, commenting on a Justice Select Committee report into sentencing for knife offences...
Wednesday, 8 March 2017 00:01
Chancellor to lay the building blocks of a post-Brexit Britain
The Chancellor is expected to give an upbeat assessment of the future of the British economy on Wednesday, offering a positive backdrop to his first Budget ahead of the start of new chapter for the country outside of the EU...
Tuesday, 7 March 2017 22:30
Oral Answers to Questions: Justice - March 7
Mr Steve Baker (Wycombe) (Con): What recent assessment she has made of the potential (a) financial and (b) social benefits of reducing reoffending rates...
Tuesday, 7 March 2017 15:26
Urgent question on Housing Benefits (18 to 21-year-olds) - March 7
John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne) (Lab): (Urgent Question): To ask the Minister if she will make a statement on the impact on homelessness of the Government’s plans to remove automatic entitlement to housing benefit for 18 to 21-year-olds...
Tuesday, 7 March 2017 15:26
Extracts from Justice questions - March 7
Mr Steve Baker (Wycombe) (Con): What recent assessment she has made of the potential (a) financial and (b) social benefits of reducing reoffending rates...
Tuesday, 7 March 2017 15:16
Extracts from Justice questions - March 7
Mr David Hanson (Delyn) (Lab): Has the Minister had a chance to see this morning’s damning report on G4S’s performance at Oakhill training centre...
Tuesday, 7 March 2017 15:14
Why I'm giving education a huge boost: article by Theresa May
The Spring Budget will provide funding to support free schools, the Prime Minister writes in The Telegraph...
Tuesday, 7 March 2017 15:12
This report is a damning indictment of how this Tory Government treats refugees - Abbott
Diane Abbott MP, Labour’s Shadow Home Secretary, speaking in response to the launch of a UK report from the Refugee Council, said...
Tuesday, 7 March 2017 13:22