February 2018

Rt Hon Lucy Powell MP, Chair of the Modernisation Committee and Leader of the House of Commons, comments on the launch of the Standards Committee’s new inquiry into MPs outside interests.

The Committee on Standards is inquiring into whether there should be changes to the rules relating to outside interests and employment in the Code of Conduct for Members of Parliament.

Members consider Commons changes on consumer charges, pollution prevention and remuneration rules in 'ping pong'. Find out more

Follow the progress of private members' bills in the House of Lords during the 2024-25 session of Parliament.

For the last two years, the MOD has failed to publish the annual Equipment Plan, where it sets out its spending plans on equipment procurement and support projects over the next decade

Members debate tax implications of companies shifting to low and zero-tax jurisdictions. Catch up

Three House of Commons Select Committees – the Culture, Media and Sport, Foreign Affairs and International Development Committees – have called on the Government to sufficiently resource the BBC World Service so that it is less reliant on the licence fee and short-term funding cycles.

Discover what's coming up in the House of Lords this week

Members discuss levels of rape prosecution, copyright and artificial intelligence, the Office for Students' 2025-2030 strategy, and glorification of terrorism in four short debates. Catch up

Members consider a youth mobility scheme between the UK and the EU. Catch up

Members begin line by line examination. Find out more protective security legislation. Find out more

The Data (Use and Access) Bill begins its final checks in the Lords. Find out more

The Health and Social Care Committee holds the second session of its Adult Social Care Reform: The Cost of Inaction inquiry. 

New Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee appointed.

Report warns service provided to customers is a mixed bag with levels of fraud remaining unacceptably high