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Phone-hacking news from UK Parliament.
Health and Social Care Committee Chair Comment
The Health and Social Care Committee this morning held an evidence session with the Chair of the Care Quality Commission (CQC), Ian Dilks, and its Chief Executive, Sir Julian Hartley.
15 January 2025
MPs to hold a debate on Government support for the marine renewables industry
On Thursday 16 January in Westminster Hall, MPs will hold a debate on Government support for the marine renewables industry.
15 January 2025
MPs to hold a debate on the performance of the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency
On Thursday 16 January, MPs will hold a debate on the performance of the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency
15 January 2025
MPs to debate a petition relating to income requirements for family visas
On Monday 20 January, MPs will debate a petition relating to income requirements for family visas.
15 January 2025
JCNSS Chair: ransomware consultation “important step forward”
The Chair of the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy (JCNSS) has responded to news that the Government is consulting on proposals to reduce the risk of ransomware.
15 January 2025
What should MPs put under the microscope? Pitch an idea to the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee
Today, the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee launches a call for your ideas on what it should look at next.
15 January 2025
SEND emergency: Unviable system will end in lost generation of children without reform
With outcomes for children stalled, families’ confidence undermined and two-fifths of local authorities staring down bankruptcy, PAC report issues urgent warning
15 January 2025
What's on in the Lords 13-17 January
Discover what's coming up in the House of Lords this week.
15 January 2025
New inquiry: Disinformation diplomacy: How malign actors are seeking to undermine democracy
The Foreign Affairs Committee has today launched a new inquiry into the threat that disinformation campaigns pose to the UK and UK interests.
15 January 2025
‘Time to grieve’: case for statutory miscarriage bereavement leave is ‘overwhelming’
MPs on the cross-party committee raised concerns that progress towards recognising the grief of those who experience pre-24 week pregnancy losses “does not go far enough”
15 January 2025
Call for evidence published on the energy grid and grid connections
The Industry and Regulators Committee has today published a call for evidence into the energy grid and grid connections.
14 January 2025
Health and Social Care Committee asks its Expert Panel to undertake evaluation of the state of palliative care in England
The Chair of the Health and Social Care Committee, Layla Moran MP, and the Chair of the Committee’s Expert Panel, Professor Dame Jane Dacre, have written to the Health and Social Care Secretary, to inform him that the Expert Panel will be conducting an independent evaluation of the state of palliative care in England.
14 January 2025
Timeliness in responses to Written Parliamentary Questions improves in 2023–24
The House of Commons Procedure Committee has today published its report on timeliness of responses to Written Parliamentary Questions (WPQs) in the last Parliamentary Session (2023-24)
14 January 2025
Foreign Affairs Committee: What is the FCDO’s plan B in Gaza?
The Foreign Affairs Committee is today (Tuesday 14 January) publishing three letters received by the Committee – one from UNRWA and two from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) – as part of its inquiry into the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
14 January 2025
UK must turbocharge its innovation policy to harness engineering biology, say peers
Report from the Lords Science and Technology Committee published
14 January 2025