Committee

On Tuesday 19 November, at 2.00pm, the Foreign Affairs Committee will hold an evidence session on the future of the BBC World Service and the relationship between the Service and UK foreign policy.

Business and Trade Committee will question Heidi Alexander, Gareth Thomas and new Post Office Chair Nigel Railton.

The Children’s Commissioner for England, Dame Rachel de Souza, will be questioned by the Education Committee in its first evidence session of the new Parliament. 

The Defence Committee will question the Secretary of State for Defence, Rt. Hon. John Healey, in his first appearance in front of the Committee. The session will take place on Thursday 21 November, at 10.30am.

The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the Rt Hon Steve Reed MP, will make his first appearance before the EFRA Committee in a public evidence session on Tuesday 19 November at 2.30pm. 

On 12 November 2024 the Committee considered e-petitions that had received over 100,000 signatures. The Committee also considered e-petitions that had received over 10,000 signatures and received a Government response, and public petitions that had received a Government observation.

The CMS Committee has welcomed Government backing for a levy on arena and stadium concert tickets to support the struggling grassroots music sector but has called for Ministers to set a clear deadline for the industry to act.

The Preterm Birth Committee publishes its report Preterm birth: reducing risks and improving lives.

Members of the Foreign Affairs Committee will question Sir Philip Barton, the Permanent Under-Secretary at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).

On Monday 18 November, MPs will debate a petition relating to indefinite leave to remain for healthcare workers.

The Health and Social Care Committee is launching an inquiry to scrutinise how the Government is developing its 10 Year Health Plan, with a focus on ensuring that typically under-represented groups are included in the formation of the Plan.

The International Development Committee heard evidence on the current state of healthcare in Gaza.

Today’s announcement at COP29 that the UK plans to cut its emissions by 81% from 1990 levels by 2035 has upped the ante in efforts to tackle climate change.

An inquiry into how vulnerable claimants for benefits including Universal Credit can be better safeguarded by the Department for Work and Pensions, has been reopened by MPs on the cross-party Work and Pensions Committee.

On Thursday 14 November in Westminster Hall, MPs will hold a debate on respiratory health.