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Cadeirydd y Pwyllgor Materion Cymreig yn ymateb i'r Adolygiad o Wariant
Cadeirydd y Pwyllgor Materion Cymreig yn ymateb i'r Adolygiad o Wariant
13 June 2025

Culture of risk aversion among financial regulators undermines their competitiveness and growth objective, warns Committee report
Financial Services Regulation Committee publishes its report ‘Growing pains: clarity and culture change required’
13 June 2025

What's on in the Lords 9-13 June
Discover what's on in the House of Lords from 9-13 June
13 June 2025

Four short debates in the Lords
The prevention and treatment of cardiovascular illness, the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service, the UK crafts sector and mitigating the effects of wildfires on Lords agenda. Catch up
13 June 2025

Lord O’Neill of Gatley: Lord Speaker’s Corner
Lord O’Neill of Gatley, ex-Treasury Minister, former Chief Economist at Goldman Sachs and Crossbench member of the Lords discusses devolution, regulating AI and international trade
12 June 2025

Trade deals and aid cuts could undermine defence against antibiotic resistant pathogens
PAC highlights link between trade deals, aid cuts, and UK’s resilience to superbug global threat, warns water company mismanagement heightens threat of antimicrobial resistance
12 June 2025

Government pledges to review accessibility laws but its response to scale of failings ‘lacks urgency’
The Government has promised a review of the legislative framework relating to disabled people’s access to all transport services, following a report by the Transport Committee
12 June 2025

Seventh meeting of the Interparliamentary Forum
The Interparliamentary Forum (IPF) met for the seventh time on 12 June 2025 at the House of Commons.
12 June 2025

Lords asks government to think again on Holocaust Memorial Bill
Members vote on proposed changes to the bill
12 June 2025

Compliance with Ministerial Code for major government policy announcements to be scrutinised
The Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee (PACAC) is launching an inquiry into the rules and processes which dictate how, where and when the most important government announcements are made to Parliament.
12 June 2025

New inquiry: Harnessing the potential of new forms of digital ID
The Home Affairs Committee has launched a new inquiry to explore the potential benefits and risks of the use of government-issued digital ID.
12 June 2025

Government agrees to publish faster response to OEP assessment, after Committee pressure
The Government has agreed to accelerate publishing its response to the Office for Environmental Protection’s (OEP) annual assessment report, following pressure from the Environmental Audit Committee.
12 June 2025

Dame Caroline Dinenage, Chair of CMS Committee responds to DCMS funding cuts
“A real-terms cut for DCMS is the wrong choice by the Chancellor."
12 June 2025

The Government’s new approach to addressing the legacy of the past in Northern Ireland: MPs outline evidence to Secretary of State
The Northern Ireland Affairs Committee has written to the Secretary of State with a comprehensive summary of the evidence so far from its inquiry into the legacy of the past in Northern Ireland, to inform the Government’s policy making ahead of any potentialannouncement on a joint approach with the Republic of Ireland.
12 June 2025

Lords continue scrutiny of public authority fraud bill
Members discuss creation of the ministerial correspondence, and public sector fraud. Find out more
12 June 2025