December
Read all the UK Parliament news for December 2024.
Significant energy storage progress to keep the lights on following EAC report
The Government has laid out its plans for keeping the lights on and strengthening national energy infrastructure in response to a critical Commons report about UK energy resilience.
31 December 2024
Mandatory Seafarers’ Charter amendment should be ‘real tonic’ for UK maritime workforce
Transport Committee Chair, Ruth Cadbury MP, comments on Mandatory Seafarers’ Charter amendment
20 December 2024
What's on in the Lords 6-9 January
Discover what's coming up in the House of Lords this week.
20 December 2024
Finance Bill 2024-25: call for evidence
Finance Bill 2024-25: call for evidence
20 December 2024
Government policy towards China discussed in the Lords
Members debate Chinese actions in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Tibet, and the South China Sea, and against the Uyghurs in Xinjiang. Catch up
20 December 2024
Lords debates growth of the rural economy
Members debate the economic advancement of agricultural business. Catch up
20 December 2024
What's on in the Lords 16-19 December
Discover what's coming up in the House of Lords this week.
20 December 2024
EFRA Committee sets out to examine issues across UK food sector
The resilience and vulnerabilities of the UK’s food supply chain will be the focus of a new inquiry by the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (EFRA).
20 December 2024
Solving the SEND crisis – Education Committee launches major inquiry
The Education Committee has launched a major new inquiry focused on finding solutions to the crisis in special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) provision.
20 December 2024
The House of Commons rises for Christmas recess
The House of Commons adjourned on Thursday 19 December 2024 and will next sit on Monday 6 January 2024
19 December 2024
'Dim cefnogaeth' i'r gadwyn gyflenwi sydd wedi'i heffeithio gan gau porthladd Caergybi medd Cadeirydd y Pwyllgor
Mae Cadeirydd y Pwyllgor Materion Cymreig wedi ysgrifennu at y Llywodraeth yn gofyn sut y bydd yn helpu i gefnogi'r rhai sydd wedi eu heffeithio gan gau Porthladd Caergybi.
19 December 2024
Southern Water to face EFRA committee following price review and water outages
Southern Water will be the first water company to appear before MPs to discuss the reasons for, and its response to, the water outages currently seeing schools close, and hospitals struggle in southern England.
19 December 2024
Membership confirmed for Speaker's Conference on the Security of MPs, Candidates and Elections
The membership of the Speaker’s Conference focusing on the threat levels against MPs and candidates, and the effectiveness of the response to such threats, has today been formally confirmed by the Speaker of the House of Commons.
19 December 2024
Call for evidence in Mental Health Bill legislative scrutiny
The Committee is undertaking scrutiny of the bill to assess its compatibility with international and domestic human rights standards
19 December 2024
Government to publish a National Cancer Plan, as recommended by Health and Social Care Committee
The Government has said that it will be publishing a National Cancer Plan, as recommended by the predecessor Health and Social Care Committee.
19 December 2024