February 2018

Members discuss creation of the ministerial correspondence, and public sector fraud. Find out more

Discover what's on in the House of Lords from 16-19 June

Committee Corridor podcast features parliamentary scrutiny at heart of debate on sector

Call for evidence published for inquiry into the Building Safety Regulator

On Monday 23 June, MPs will debate a petition relating to geo-engineering and the environment.

Crime and Policing Bill: MPs propose expanding UK’s ability to prosecute war criminals at home

Local authorities remain in financially precarious position as impact of increase in national insurance contributions (NICs) on local government remains unassessed

Bill reaches final stage in the Lords. Catch up

The Chair of the cross-party Environmental Audit Committee has responded to news that the Government will invest £7.9bn in flood defences over the next decade.

The Home Affairs Committee will question Baroness Louise Casey on Tuesday 17 June in an evidence session examining the findings of her rapid audit of the current scale and nature of gang-based exploitation.

Following the Defence Committee’s report on the Armed Forces Covenant, the Government has committed to extending the Covenant’s Legal Duty to all UK Government departments and the devolved administrations.

Small business is very big business in the UK.  Covering the range from sole entrepreneurs to enterprises with up to 250 employees, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) make up 99.8% of all UK businesses. 

The Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee has today published the Government’s response to the Committee’s report on England’s Homeless Children: The crisis in temporary accommodation.

A failing water sector in which “water companies increasingly look like financial institutions rather than businesses servicing monopolised critical infrastructure” is in need of “root and branch reform”, according to a new report by Parliament’s Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee.