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‘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