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The Public Bill Committee will meet for the first time on Tuesday 2 September to scrutinise the Pension Schemes Bill line by ...
Questions Lords members press the government on annual unpaid tax, recruitment and retention in the armed forces, Fujitsu’s suitability to hold government contracts, the case for establishing a ...
President Macron will address members of both Houses assembled in the Royal Gallery of the House of Lords. The Speaker of the House of Commons, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, will give a welcome speech and the ...
Here is an overview of debates scheduled in the Commons Chamber over the coming week. This business was announced in the Commons Chamber by the Leader of the House of Commons, Lucy Powell on Thursday ...
Thursday From 11am Questions The Lords questions the government on: job losses following the Grangemouth oil refinery closure financial assistance for housing associations UK-EU defence and security ...
The Product Regulation and Metrology Bill will update existing measures relating to the marketing, quantities and measurements of products sold in the UK in order to better protect consumers, deliver ...
Debate The UK-Mauritius treaty on the Chagos Archipelago will transfer sovereignty of the islands back to Mauritius, while maintaining an initial 99-year lease on the joint UK/US military base on ...
Here is an overview of debates scheduled in the Commons Chamber over the coming week. This business was announced in the Commons Chamber by the Leader of the House of Commons, Lucy Powell on Thursday ...
Debate Lord Wilson of Sedgefield, Lord in Waiting (Government Whip), will put forward the debate and answer on behalf of the Government. This is a general debate. During debates, members put their ...
Members continue their further examination of the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill, in report stage on Wednesday 9 July. The House of Lords Act 1999 removed the right of all but 92 'excepted' ...
The House of Commons is also responsible for granting money to the government through approving Bills that raise taxes. Generally, the decisions made in one House have to be approved by the other. In ...
Select committees work in both Houses. They check and report on areas ranging from the work of government departments to economic affairs. Select committees run inquiries on specific topics. The ...