December 2023
Read all the UK Parliament news for December 2023.
Threats to UK biodiversity at heart of Lords debate
Members discuss infectious disease threats to human, animal and plant health. Catch up
19 January 2024
Intergovernmental relations within the UK on Lords agenda
Members debate relationship between executives of the United Kingdom. Catch up
19 January 2024
Government must act now to protect tenants from ‘catastrophic’ impact of poor housing on health, warn MPs
Health and Social Care Committee: The government has dragged its feet on updating the Decent Homes Standard
19 January 2024
Significant risks for front-line armed forces caused by MoD inventory failures
Public Accounts Committee report: Government powerless to deal with fragmentation of inventory management
19 January 2024
MPs to quiz Government on outcome of UK’s annual fishing talks
The Minister for Food, Farming and Fisheries, Rt Hon Mark Spencer MP, will be questioned on the latest fisheries negotiations between the UK and its nearby coastal partners
18 January 2024
Ydy'r cynnydd mewn ail gartrefi mewn ardaloedd penodol yng Nghymru yn effeithio ar y Gymraeg?
Yn ei ail sesiwn dystiolaeth fel rhan o'r ymchwiliad 'Effaith newid poblogaeth yng Nghymru', bydd yr Aelodau'n canolbwyntio ar y sector tai a gwasanaethau lleol
18 January 2024
Is the Welsh language being affected by the increase in second homes in certain areas in Wales?
In its second evidence session as part of the ‘Impact of population change in Wales’ inquiry, Members will be focusing on the housing sector and local services
18 January 2024
MoJ and Sentencing Council respond to Justice Committee’s call for a new national debate on sentencing
Justice Committee welcomes MoJ’s acknowledgement that public opinion plays a ‘pivotal role’ in shaping sentencing policy
18 January 2024
Decisions of the Petitions Committee, Tuesday 16 January 2024
Committee considered e-petitions that had received over 10,000 signatures
18 January 2024
Levelling Up Committee launch survey for inquiry on housing for disabled people
The online survey is designed to gather disabled people’s views and experiences of finding or adapting suitable housing
18 January 2024
Government accepts calls to publish more information, more quickly, on the experience of civil servants
The Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee (PACAC) today publishes the Government’s response to its report on the Civil Service People Survey
18 January 2024
Sir Jeremy Quin elected as Defence Committee Chair
The results of the election were announced in the Chamber this afternoon following a ballot of the whole House
17 January 2024
The future of news inquiry launched
Communications and Digital Committee launch call for evidence for inquiry into the future of news
17 January 2024
Financial distress in local authorities – Levelling Up Committee Chair publishes response from Michael Gove, Secretary of State
Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee publishes correspondence
17 January 2024
The Groceries Supply Code of Practice to be debated by MPs
Petition relating to the Groceries Supply Code of Practice debated
17 January 2024