Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)
The Petitions Committee has scheduled a debate relating to digital ID.
Robbie Moore MP has been asked by the Committee to open the debate. The Government will send a Minister to respond.
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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/730194
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What are petition debates?
Petition debates are ‘general’ debates which allow MPs from all parties to discuss the important issues raised by one or more petitions, and put their concerns to Government Ministers.
Petition debates don’t end with a vote to implement the request of a petition. This means that MPs will not vote on the issues raised in the petition at the end of the debate.
The Petitions Committee can only schedule debates on petitions to parliament started on petition.parliament.uk
Find out more about how petition debates work: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/content/194347/how-petitions-debates-work/
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Between 2013 and 2024, house prices in the EU increased by over 60%, average rents rose by around 20%, and residential building permits fell by 22%, while about 20% of homes remain unused.
The EU’s plan to tackle the housing crisis addresses what has become both a housing and a social crisis.
Rules for affordable housing investment projects will be made simpler, more funds will be mobilised with the help of the European Investment Bank for affordable and social housing, and these projects will be protected through minimum project durations of at least 20 years and price limits below market levels for publicly funded projects.
Leaders from the EU and Western Balkans are meeting in Brussels on 17th December 2025.
Chaired by Council President António Costa, the meeting will highlight and reaffirm the robust strategic relationship between the EU and the Western Balkans as well as the advantages it provides to citizens.
The President of the European Council, along with the President of the Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, will represent the EU at the gathering, while High Representative Kaja Kallas will also attend.
Following the summit, a declaration from the EU-Western Balkans summit will be released, and the Western Balkan partners are anticipated to align with it. This livestream will cover the press conference following the summit.
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Source: World Trade Organization – WTO (video statements)
At the opening of a 16-17 December General Council meeting, WTO members elected H.E. Minister Luc Magloire Mbarga Atangana, Minister of Trade of Cameroon, as Chair of the 14th Ministerial Conference (MC14). MC14 will take place in Yaoundé, Cameroon on 26-29 March 2026.
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https://www.wto.org/english/res_e/webcas_e/webcas_e.htm
Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)
Secretary of State at Department of Health and Social Care, Rt Hon Wes Streeting MP, will be questioned on the work of the Department by members of the Health and Social Care Committee.
Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)
Prime Minister’s Question Time, also referred to as PMQs, takes place every Wednesday the House of Commons sits. It gives MPs the chance to put questions to the Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer MP, or a nominated minister.
In most cases, the session starts with a routine ‘open question’ from an MP about the Prime Minister’s engagements. MPs can then ask supplementary questions on any subject, often one of current political significance.
The Leader of the Opposition, Kemi Badenoch MP, asks six questions and the leader of the second largest opposition party asks two. If another minister takes the place of the Prime Minister, opposition parties will usually nominate a shadow minister to ask the questions.
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