‘Reform goes far beyond Northern Ireland hospital system’
Reforming health and social care is about much more than reconfiguring hospital services, Health Minister Mike Nesbitt has underlined....
Wednesday, 9 October 2024 08:56
Most young people happy with zero-hours contracts – new CSJ study finds
Three-quarters of young people working in so-called “Precarious Employment”, which includes zero-hours contracts, are happy with their working conditions and nearly half (46 percent) are opposed to banning them according to a major new study...
Wednesday, 9 October 2024 08:52
Lords repeat of Commons statement on Anniversary of 7 October Attacks: Middle East - Oct 8
The Lord Privy Seal (Baroness Smith of Basildon) (Lab): My Lords, I will repeat a Statement made by the Prime Minister yesterday on the anniversary of the attacks on 7 October and on the Middle East...
Wednesday, 9 October 2024 07:29
Oral answer (Lords) on Horizon Europe - Oct 8
Viscount Stansgate asked the Government what assessment they have made of the United Kingdom’s membership of Horizon Europe since rejoining the programme in September 2023...
Wednesday, 9 October 2024 07:27
Opposition day debate (Commons) on Farming and Food Security - Oct 8
Steve Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire) (Con): I beg to move, that this House recognises the real and immediate challenges faced by British farmers as a result of wet weather and rising costs...
Wednesday, 9 October 2024 07:24
Commons debate on 1) VAT: Independent Schools and 2) Westminster Hall debate on Independent Schools: VAT and Business Rates Exemptions - Oct 8
Damian Hinds (East Hampshire) (Con): I beg to move, that this House regrets that the Government has decided to impose VAT on independent school fees...
Wednesday, 9 October 2024 07:21
Oral answers to questions (Commons): Energy Security and Net Zero - Oct 8
Dr Simon Opher (Stroud) (Lab): What recent progress he has made on meeting his target to have a zero carbon electricity system by 2030...
Wednesday, 9 October 2024 07:16
Extract from Westminster Hall debate on SEND Provision: East of England - Oct 8
James Wild (North West Norfolk) (Con):...When I spoke on a panel at the Conservative party conference in Birmingham last week, a representative of the Association of School and College Leaders said that there is enough money in the system...
Wednesday, 9 October 2024 07:09
Great British Energy Bill: Public Bill committee transcripts - Oct 8
Juergen Maier: Good morning, everybody. It is a pleasure to be here. I am the start-up chair of Great British Energy...
Wednesday, 9 October 2024 07:06
Extracts from Parliamentary proceedings: Rolls-Royce - Oct 8
Lord Browne of Ladyton (Lab): My Lords, thanks to a whistleblower, we learned on 4 August from the Daily Telegraph that, up to 2021 when it was discontinued, a chain of outsourcing resulted in software for our nuclear submarine engineers being developed by private companies in Minsk and Siberia...
Wednesday, 9 October 2024 07:03