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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Source: Republic of South Africa (video statements)
The Inter-ministerial Committee on Migration leads a media briefing to provide an update on the South African government’s comprehensive approach to migration management.
Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)
MPs on the Education Committee and the Work and Pensions Committee continue their work scrutinising the Government’s Child Poverty Strategy.
Witnesses:
Sahar Khan – Parent at Changing Realities
Rachel Luke – Parent at Changing Realities
Ella-Mae Michalski – Parent at Changing Realities
Samantha Richards – Parent at Changing Realities
Jonathan Paul Roberts – Parent at Changing Realities
Tayyaba Siddiqui – Parent at Changing Realities
Caroline Rice – Parent at Changing Realities
Source: United Kingdom UK House of Lords (video statements)
Behind the scenes at the House of Lords, staff in every corner of the Palace of Westminster are working to keep the chamber running and bring the work of the Lords to the public.
Meet the teams that broadcast the House of Lords to the world, look after all the historical objects from the Sovereign’s Throne to the despatch boxes, and document everything said in the chamber to make the historical records of tomorrow.
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Source: Republic of South Africa (video statements)
His Excellency President Cyril Ramaphosa officiates the Google Cloud Summit and Investment Announcement at the Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg.
The ECB Forum on Central Banking – the Sintra Forum – is an annual event organised by the European Central Bank and is held in Sintra, Portugal.
It brings together central bank governors, academics, financial market representatives, journalists and others to exchange views on current policy issues and discuss the Forum’s key topic from a longer-term perspective.
Full programme can be found here: https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/conferences/html/20260629_ecb_forum_on_central_banking.en.html
– Welcome and introduction
– Session 3
"Migration: implications for productivity and growth in Europe"
Chair: Boris Vujčić, Vice-President, European Central Bank
Paper: "The immigration impact on population, labor productivity, investments and TFP in OECD countries"
Author: Giovanni Peri, Professor, University of California, Davis
(together with Gaetano Basso, Economist, Banca d’Italia, and Mitali R. Mathur, University of California, Davis)
Discussant: Hillel Rapoport, Professor, Paris School of Economics
– Session 4
"Tokenisation: challenges and opportunities when money, payments and financial transactions become digital"
Chair: Piero Cipollone, Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank
Paper: "A unified ledger in practice: lessons from Project Hangang"
Author: Hyun Song Shin, Governor, Bank of Korea
(together with Jaemin Ryu, Joonyi Sung, and Sung Guan Yun, all Bank of Korea)
Discussant: Catherine Casamatta, Toulouse School of Economics
– Panel 2
"Europe’s role in the new global trade landscape"
Chair: Philip R. Lane, Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank
Laura Alfaro Maykall, Chief Economist and Economic Counselor, Inter-American Development Bank
Marion Jansen, Director of the Trade and Agriculture Directorate, OECD
Ralph Ossa, Professor, University of Zurich
Denis Redonnet, Deputy Director-General for Trade and Economic Security, European Commission
– Policy panel
Andrew Bailey, Governor, Bank of England
Christine Lagarde, President, European Central Bank
Tiff Macklem, Governor, Bank of Canada
Kevin Warsh, Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Moderator: Sara Eisen, Anchor, CNBC
– Award ceremony for the Young Economist Prize
– Closing remarks
Christine Lagarde, President, European Central Bank
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Comments to the media by Ambassador Leonor Zalabata, Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the month of June, following informal dialogues between Council members and the candidates for Secretary-General, Ms. Michelle Bachelet and Ms. Rebeca Grynspan.
