Parliament, government and politics
Parliament, government and politics news from UK Parliament.
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Illegal Migration Bill completes passage through Parliament
Members vote on unaccompanied children and victims of exploitation as draft bill set to become law . Catch up
18 July 2023
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Comment: National Adaptation Programme
Philip Dunne MP reacts to the Government’s announcement of its third National Adaptation Programme
18 July 2023
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MPs launch inquiry into UK-Scotland government relations
Twenty-five years on from the Scotland Act 1998, the Scottish Affairs Committee launches an inquiry on how intergovernmental relations between the UK and Scottish governments have evolved since the establishment of the Scottish Executive
18 July 2023
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Post Office Horizon inquiry reaction: Business Committee Chair Darren Jones
Chair reacts to warnings from the Post Office Horizon IT inquiry Chair, that deadlines to pay compensation to the victims of the scandal will be missed.
17 July 2023
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MPs to hold a debate on accessibility of radiotherapy
MPs to hold a debate on accessibility of radiotherapy
17 July 2023
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MPs to hold the Sir David Amess summer adjournment debate
MPs to hold the Sir David Amess summer adjournment debate
17 July 2023
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Defence Committee publishes highly critical report on UK defence procurement
The six-month inquiry into Defence Equipment and Support found that the UK’s defence procurement system is “broken” and that “multiple, successive reviews have not yet fixed it"
17 July 2023
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Lord Speaker's committee on size of the house publish fifth report
17 July 2023
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Lord Speaker's Corner: Lord Heseltine
Hear from former Deputy Prime Minister, Lord Heseltine, as he speaks to the Lord Speaker about an extensive political career spanning almost 60 years in Westminster.
17 July 2023
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Coming up in the Commons: 17-20 July
Find out what's coming up in the House of Commons 17-20 July
14 July 2023
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What's on in the Lords 17-20 July
Questions, legislation and debates: discover what's on in the House of Lords this week.
14 July 2023
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Committee Corridor: Voter ID
Host Catherine McKinnell MP, Chair of the Petitions Committee, speaks to Dr John Ault, Director of Democracy Volunteers, followed by Clive Betts MP and William Wragg MP, the Chairs of two select committees which have been tracking the progress of changes to electoral law.
14 July 2023
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Sexism in the City: MPs launch inquiry into barriers faced by women in finance
The Treasury Committee calls for evidence on the barriers faced by women in financial services as it launches a new inquiry into sexism in the City
13 July 2023
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Advisory local housing targets unlikely to deliver on Government’s 300,000 new homes objective, say MPs
It is difficult to see how the Government will achieve its target of 300,000 new homes per year by the mid-2020s in England if mandatory local housing targets are dropped, says the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee in a report published today
13 July 2023
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Fundamental reform of NHS dentistry needed to end a ‘crisis of access’
Health and Social Care Committee publishes NHS dentistry report
13 July 2023