May 2016
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House of Commons Commission decisions – 23 May 2016
Decisions from meeting held on Monday 23 May 2016
25 May 2016
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Immigration Directorates report to be published
Report to be published on Friday 3 June
25 May 2016
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Piecemeal approach to devolution has placed the Union under threat
Constitution Committee publishes report on the Union and devolution
25 May 2016
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Decisions of the Petitions Committee Tuesday 24 May 2016
View the decisions of the Petitions Committee taken on 24 May 2016
24 May 2016
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Advisers to Retail Acquisitions Limited questioned on BHS purchase
Business, Innovation and Skills Committee and Work and Pensions Committee examine BHS sale and pensions
24 May 2016
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Advisers to Retail Acquisitions Limited questioned on BHS purchase
Business, Innovation and Skills Committee and Work and Pensions Committee examine BHS sale and pensions
24 May 2016
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Advisers to Retail Acquisitions Limited questioned on BHS purchase
Business, Innovation and Skills Committee and Work and Pensions Committee examine BHS sale and pensions
24 May 2016
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Committee programme 7-16 June
High Speed Rail Committee announces programme for the weeks ahead
24 May 2016
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Robotics and artificial intelligence examined with academic experts
Science and Technology Committee questions academics on developments in robotics and artificial intelligence
24 May 2016
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Pets4Homes and Gumtree questioned on pet sales
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Sub-Committee examines sale of animals online and through pet shops
24 May 2016
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Ian Mearns elected Chair of the Backbench Business Committee
Ian Mearns has been re-elected unopposed as Chair of the Backbench Business Committee for 2016-17 session
24 May 2016
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Michael Fallon discusses strategies being used to counter Daesh
Defence Committee discusses military and political strategies used to counter Daesh in Syria and Iraq
24 May 2016
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Chair nominations for Backbench Business Committee
Nominations close at 5pm on Tuesday 24 May
24 May 2016
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BHS pension trustees and sale advisors questioned by Committees
Work and Pensions and BIS Committees question BHS Trustees and Retail Acquisitions Ltd. advisors
24 May 2016
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EU referendum: business views on both sides examined
Business, Innovation and Skills Committee hears from business groups and think tanks ahead of the referendum
24 May 2016
In this section
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Parliamentary News 2016
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May 2016
- Lord Speaker chairs 2016 schools' debate final
- This week in the Commons: 23-27 May 2016
- Lords appoints new Commissioner for Standards
- Statement on the steel industry - update: 26 May 2016
- Urgent question on the deportation of the Brain family: 26 May 2016
- MPs debated Queen's Speech: Day 6 - Economy and work
- New Lords committees on NHS, charities, financial exclusion, and licensing
- Lords debates on 26 May
- MPs debated Queen's Speech: Day 5 - Education, skills and training
- Prime Minister’s Questions: 25 May 2016
- New Director of Security for Parliament appointed
- Statement on Counter-Daesh Quarterly Update: 24 May 2016
- Urgent Question on Yemen: 24 May 2016
- Lord Speaker meets Hungarian president
- Private Members' Bill Ballot: 26 May 2016
- Urgent Question on the UK economy and the EU referendum
- Urgent Question on the childhood obesity strategy: 23 May 2016
- MPs debated Queen's Speech: Day 3 - Defending public services
- MPs debated Queen's Speech: Day 4 - Europe, human rights and security
- Review of petitioning procedures on Hybrid Bills
- This week in the Commons: 16-20 May 2016
- House of Lords Private Members’ Bill ballot 2016-17
- Urgent Question on holidays during school term-time: 19 May 2016
- Statement on junior doctors' contracts: 19 May 2016
- Lord Speaker visits Cardiff
- MPs debate Queen's Speech: Day 2 - Transport and Infrastructure
- MPs debate the 2016 Queen's Speech
- Lords concludes Queen's Speech debate
- Lord Speaker chairs international public speaking contest
- This week in the Commons: 13 May 2016
- Statement on BBC Charter White Paper: 12 May 2016
- 2015-16 parliamentary session ends
- Urgent Question on National Insurance numbers issued to EU migrants: 12 May 2016
- Urgent Question on BBC Charter White Paper: 11 May 2016
- Prime Minister's Questions: 11 May 2016
- MPs considered Lords Amendments to Armed Forces Bill
- State Opening of Parliament 2016
- MPs considered further Lords Amendments to Housing and Planning Bill
- Lords questions for short debate
- Sadiq Khan resigns as MP for Tooting
- Urgent Question on refugee resettlement from Europe: 10 May 2016
- Statement on Key Stage 2 tests: 10 May 2016
- Parliament marks Queen’s 90th birthday
- Statement on Educational Excellence Everywhere: academies: 9 May 2016
- Urgent Question on violence in prisons: 9 May 2016
- MPs considered Lords Amendments to Immigration Bill
- MPs considered Lords Amendments to Energy Bill
- Lords debates Leader's Group on Governance
- New Member of Parliament for Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
- Christopher Elmore elected MP for Ogmore
- Urgent Question on reforms to the Dublin system on asylum
- Lords private members' bills
- House of Lords elects new Lord Speaker
- Urgent Question on Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Urgent Question on the situation in Aleppo: 3 May 2016
- MPs debate NHS bursaries
- This week in the Commons: 3-5 May 2016
- MPs consider Lords amendments to Housing and Planning Bill
- Prime Minister’s Questions: 4 May 2016
- Lords debates workplace issues for black and minority ethnic people
- Housing and Planning Bill returns to the Lords
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May 2016