Social services
Social services news from UK Parliament.
Lords debates local regeneration of former industrial areas
Members discussed challenges limiting local regeneration. Catch up
08 March 2024
Correspondence: Police and Crime Commissioners in Wales
Facial technology and tackling Police misconduct: Committee publishes correspondence from Wales’ four Police and Crime Commissioners
08 March 2024
Gohebiaeth: Comisiynwyr Heddlu a Throseddu Cymru
Technoleg wyneb a mynd i'r afael â chamymddwyn gan yr Heddlu: y Pwyllgor yn cyhoeddi gohebiaeth gan bedwar Comisiynydd Heddlu a Throseddu Cymru
08 March 2024
Contribution of higher education to national growth debated in the Lords
Members discussed the importance of further education to productivity and levelling-up. Catch up
08 March 2024
UK defence: No credible Government plan to deliver desired military capabilities
Public Accounts Committee report calls on the Government to get firmer control of defence procurement
08 March 2024
Government must put its foot on accelerator to address the UK’s critical minerals vulnerabilities
Government responds to Foreign Affairs Committee report: A rock and a hard place: building critical mineral resilience
08 March 2024
Efforts to tackle Sexism in the City moving at a “snail’s pace” as Treasury Committee calls for urgent action
Treasury Committee report calls for firms to take responsibility for improving their culture
08 March 2024
How to tackle the UK’s vet shortage - EFRA Committee to investigate in one-off evidence session
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee scrutinises the state of the UK’s veterinary sector workforce
07 March 2024
Are recent policy announcements to improve electricity grid connection sufficient? Energy Security Minister to appear alongside Ofgem
Environmental Audit Committee questions Energy Security Minister Graham Stuart
07 March 2024
PACAC evidence session on the Review into the UK Statistics Authority
Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee hears from Professor Denise Lievesley CBE, and Cabinet Office Minister Baroness Neville-Rolfe
07 March 2024
Budget reaction: Education Committee Chair on childcare and social care announcements
Chair of the Education Committee Robin Walker reacts to the Chancellor's announcements on childcare and social care
07 March 2024
Carcharorion yn dychwelyd i'r gwaith yn ystod ac ar ôl eu dedfrydau: ASau yn clywed gan elusennau a chyflogwyr, gan gynnwys TimpsonGroup
Carcharorion yn dychwelyd i'r gwaith yn ystod ac ar ôl eu dedfrydau: ASau yn clywed gan elusennau a chyflogwyr, gan gynnwys TimpsonGroup
07 March 2024
Prisoners returning to work during and following their sentences: MPs hear from charities and employers including Timpson Group
Prisoners returning to work during and following their sentences: MPs hear from charities and employers including Timpson Group
07 March 2024
Lords Committee voices concerns on care sector impact of health and social care visa restriction
In its 16th Report of Session 23-24, the cross-party House of Lords Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee has highlighted concerns in the care sector about the Government’s plans to restrict health and social care visas under changes to immigration rules. The Committee has called on the Government to provide more information about the effect of these changes which took effect in February 2024. The report comes after the Committee considered the Home Office’s latest Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules (HC 556) (the Statement).
07 March 2024
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill undergoes further scrutiny in the Lords
House of Lords votes on Rwanda Bill. Catch up
07 March 2024