May 2021

Members of the House of Lords debate inheritance tax, family farms and food security. Catch up

Care for patients with allergies, the Imprisonment for Public Protection prison population, supply and quality of homes, and humanitarian assistance for the people of Ukraine on the Lords agenda. Catch up

Eliminating domestic abuse is on the agenda in Lords debates. Catch up

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

Heddiw, cynhaliodd y Pwyllgor Materion Cymreig sesiwn dystiolaeth ar garchar y Parc.

Today the Defence Committee launches an inquiry into the Armed Forces Covenant.

The Education Committee has stated its approval of the Government’s wish to appoint Sir Ian Bauckham as the new Chief Regulator of Ofqual. 

Florence Eshalomi, Chair of the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee, has commented on the Government’s announcement today on revisions to the National Planning Policy Framework.

Liam Byrne has written to DBT and Foreign Office ministers following evidence in Parliament.

The Home Affairs Committee will question Home Secretary, Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP, on Tuesday 17 December in a wide-ranging session examining the work of the Home Office

The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, the Rt Hon Wes Streeting, will make his first appearance before the Health and Social Care Committee in a public evidence session.

Reacting to the Government’s announcement today on updating the NPPF to meet the Government’s housebuilding target,Environmental Audit Committee Chair, Toby Perkins MP, said:

The Act was introduced to address the legacy of the Troubles and promote reconciliation, however its compatibility with the ECHR was challenged in legal proceedings

The report was the conclusion of work carried out by previous members of the Treasury Committee during the last parliament

Conduct Committee publishes reports on the conduct of two members