Commons
Commons news from UK Parliament.
Honour-based abuse will remain hidden unless victim support improves, Women and Equalities Committee warns
So-called honour-based abuse risks remaining a hidden crime without improved victim support and law enforcement focus, the Women and Equalities Committee has warned.
18 July 2023
Government tree planting meets less than half its annual targets, despite the growing demands on UK woodland for net zero
The Environmental Audit Committee concludes it is extremely unlikely that the Government's tree planting targets will be met with only two autumn through spring planting seasons to go before the Government’s March 2025 deadline
18 July 2023
Guide to the Rules on All-Party Parliamentary Groups
In preparation for the debate in the House on 19 July on All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs), the Committee on Standards has published a revised Guide to the rules for APPGs
18 July 2023
Defence Committee reacts to Defence Command Paper
Chair of the Defence Committee, Tobias Ellwood MP, reacts to the Defence Command Paper
18 July 2023
Committee on Standards launches new inquiry into the Standards Landscape
The Committee on Standards has launched an inquiry into the landscape of bodies and processes that have some role in regulating the conduct of MPs
18 July 2023
Comment: National Adaptation Programme
Philip Dunne MP reacts to the Government’s announcement of its third National Adaptation Programme
18 July 2023
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
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
MPs to hold a debate on accessibility of radiotherapy
MPs to hold a debate on accessibility of radiotherapy
17 July 2023
MPs to hold the Sir David Amess summer adjournment debate
MPs to hold the Sir David Amess summer adjournment debate
17 July 2023
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
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
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
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
Fundamental reform of NHS dentistry needed to end a ‘crisis of access’
Health and Social Care Committee publishes NHS dentistry report
13 July 2023