December 2021
Read all the UK Parliament news for December 2021
Immigration Minister quizzed on Government response to labour shortages
The Environment Food and Rural Affairs Committee hears from Kevin Foster MP, Minister for Future Borders and Immigration
09 December 2021
JCNSS publishes Government Response
Government responds to Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy report on the national security machinery
09 December 2021
MPs to assess Coronavirus powers renewal procedures in new probe
The inquiry examines the renewal and extension processes of the Coronavirus Act.
09 December 2021
Home Affairs Committee launches inquiry into spiking
The Committee will look into the prevalence of spiking and the effectiveness of the police response to it.
09 December 2021
Trade and the Environment inquiry launched
International Trade Committee launches a new inquiry examining how the Government’s approach to trade interacts with its environmental goals
09 December 2021
Lords concludes examination of Rating (Coronavirus) and Directors Disqualification (Dissolved Companies) Bill
Bill granted Royal Assent. Catch up
09 December 2021
Is UK aid good at lifting people above $1.90 a day?
International Development Committee launches new inquiry on Extreme poverty and the Sustainable Development Goals
09 December 2021
Mental health services for children and young people risk backward slide
Health and Social Care Committee publishes report on children and young people’s mental health
09 December 2021
Expert Panel finds Government progress to improve mental health services ‘requires improvement’
09 December 2021
‘Committee on COP’ to continue scrutinising UK Presidency in 2022
The informal ‘Committee on COP’ is to continue scrutinising the UK’s presidency of UN climate talks during 2022
08 December 2021
Energy pricing and the future of the Energy Market inquiry launched
The Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee launches inquiry on Energy pricing and the future of the Energy Market
08 December 2021
Speaker sends best wishes to Indonesians affected by volcano eruption
The Speaker of the House of Commons expressed his concern for Indonesians caught up in the eruption of a volcano on Java Island, when he was visited by the island country’s ambassador.
08 December 2021
Chair Comment: Health and Care Bill, Second Reading, House of Lords
Chair welcomes support for a Health and Social Care Committee recommendation to address workforce shortages during the Health and Care Bill’s Second Reading in the House of Lords
08 December 2021
Regulation of online animal sales to be debated by MPs
MPs to debate a petition relating to the regulation of online animal sales
08 December 2021
Sarah Champion MP: “Government has broken food promises to world’s poorest”
International Development Committee Chair comments on broken food promises to world's poorest
08 December 2021