Social services
Social services news from UK Parliament.
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
Time is running out’ for UK Government to translate space launch ambitions into reality
Science, Innovation and Technology Committee publishes UK space strategy and UK satellite infrastructure: reviewing the licencing regime for launch report
14 July 2023
Accessible Transport: Committee re-opens evidence submissions after proposals to close train ticket offices
Transport Committee calls for evidence as part of its inquiry into Accessible Transport
14 July 2023
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
Committee hears from Climate Change Committee and Energy Security and Net Zero Minister on Government progress adapting to climate change and reducing emissions
Environmental Audit Committee examines mapping the path to net zero
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
Significant costs to emergency services caused by Home Office failures on communications network
Public Accounts Committee publishes report on the Emergency Services Network
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
Prif Weithredwr Trafnidiaeth Cymru i wynebu ASau ynghylch costau Metro De Cymru yn gor-redeg a dibynadwyedd gwasanaethau rheilffyrdd
Pwyllgor Materion Cymreig yn archwilio Trafnidiaeth Cymru
13 July 2023
Transport for Wales Chief Executive to face MPs on cost overruns of the South Wales Metro and reliability of rail services
Welsh Affairs Committee examines transport for Wales
13 July 2023
Committee sets out approach to free trade agreement scrutiny
Business and Trade Committee intends to take targeted and thematic approach to scrutiny of FTAs
13 July 2023
Defence Committee launch Sub-Committee on Service Accommodation
Defence Committee launch Sub-Committee on Service Accommodation
13 July 2023
HS2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail: DfT signals it will look again at options in response to Transport Committee
The Transport Committee has welcomed the Government’s announcement that it will follow its recommendations by revisiting its decision to snub Bradford from plans to develop rail networks in the North and Midlands
12 July 2023
Comment: Unlimited fines for pollution events
Philip Dunne MP reacts to the Government’s announcement today that new laws will end the cap on civil penalties for environmental offences
12 July 2023