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More ambition needed on electrification: EAC Chair responds to Climate Change Committee report

More ambition needed on electrification: EAC Chair responds to Climate Change Committee report

Role: Specialist Adviser on Space and National Security

The Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy is seeking a specialist adviser to support the Committee’s scrutiny work.

Transport Committee launches inquiry into draft Heathrow Expansion National Policy Statement

The Transport Committee has launched an inquiry to scrutinise the Government’s blueprint for a third runway at Heathrow.

Committee pushes on government defence spending, China, tech sovereignty

The government must answer unaddressed questions on its strategy for national security, including on defence spending, the UK’s relationship with China, and sovereign technology, a parliamentary Committee says today.

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Museums left vulnerable to cyber-attack as government overly reactive in face of threats

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is warning that national museums and galleries are being left vulnerable to a range of issues from threats from cyber security to the physical security of collections, as the Government continues to rely on a reactive, rather than a strategic approach.

Leader of the House of Commons to give evidence on Written Parliamentary Questions

Procedure Committee to hear from the Leader of the House, Rt Hon Sir Alan Campbell MP, on Wednesday 24 June

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Independent Expert Panel requires Angus MacDonald MP to apologise for breach of Bullying and Harassment Policy

IEP report requires Angus MacDonald MP to make a written apology for a breach of Parliament’s bullying and harassment policy

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Committee backs Connect to Work but warns patchy rollout could undermine success

A cross-party Committee of MPs has welcomed the Government’s flagship Connect to Work programme as a “positive evolution”

Human cost of coastal erosion overlooked in Defra’s response to MPs’ report

The EFRA Committee has published the government’s response to its report into the human cost of coastal erosion and ways to support embattled communities.

Government stance on Israel’s violations of international law ‘no longer sustainable’

In a letter to Yvette Cooper, International Development Committee Chair Sarah Champion calls on Government to finally set out its assessment of the International Court of Justice’s Advisory Opinion on Israel’s actions in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

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