Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)
The State Rooms will open once again, offering visitors the chance to explore the history of the Speakership 🏛️
Tickets are now on sale 🎟️
The Speaker’s Art Fund supports arts and educational projects with a focus on increasing understanding of Parliamentary democracy across the UK.
Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)
The Justice Committee hears oral evidence from witnesses as part of its legislative scrutiny of the Courts and Tribunals Bill.
Witnesses:
Claire Waxman OBE – Victims’ Commissioner at The Victims’ Commissioner for England and Wales
Tom Guest – Director of Legal Policy at Crown Prosecution Service
Richard Atkinson – Former President at The Law Society of England and Wales
Keir Monteith KC – Barrister at Garden Court Chambers
https://committees.parliament.uk/event/26813/formal-meeting-oral-evidence-session/
Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)
The International Development Committee hears from witnesses as part of its inquiry into the challenges and opportunities in post-Assad Syria.
Witnesses:
Mr Hamish Falconer MP – Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Middle East at Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Peter McDermott – Syria Development Director at Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Dr Ahmed Ekzayez – Deputy Minister at Ministry of Emergency and Disaster Management
Ms Najat el-Hamri – Regional Director at MAG (Mines Advisory Group)
Mr Andrew Moore – Director of Middle East at The HALO Trust
https://committees.parliament.uk/event/26840/formal-meeting-oral-evidence-session/
Source: United States Department of Justice (video statements)
Religious Liberty Commission to Hold Hearing On Religious Liberty in Healthcare and Social Services
Source: United Kingdom UK House of Lords (video statements)
The Lord Speaker has accepted an urgent question from Lord Cryer on the government’s assessment of the prevalence of anti-Semitism on university campuses. Watch live from 3.15pm on Monday 16 March.
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Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)
The Housing, Communities and Local Government (HCLG) Committee hears evidence from a range of witnesses as part of its pre-legislative scrutiny of the Government’s draft Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill.
Witnesses:
David O’Leary – Executive Director at Home Builders Federation
Kevin Dunleavy – Head of Leasehold Services at The Guinness Partnership
Hannah Gurga – Director General at Association of British Insurers
Charles Roe – Director of Mortgages at UK Finance
John Godfrey – Managing Director of Public Affairs, Policy and Research at TheCityUK
Robert Stevens – Head of Property Risk at Nationwide
James Raynor – CEO at Grosvenor Property
Kate Butler – Assistant Director of Policy at British Property Federation
Martin Boyd – Chair at Leasehold Advisory Service
Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)
One year on from the Business and Trade Committee’s last report on the Post Office Horizon scandal, progress has been made delivering redress for victims of the Fujitsu-supplied Horizon IT scandal. More than 11,300 claimants have received payments with £1.44 billion distributed. But thousands of sub‑postmasters are still waiting for the redress they are owed, and in its latest report the Committee says “serious structural failings persist” in the redress system.
Source: Republic of South Africa (video statements)
Celebrating the life of Jonisayi Maromo a tribute from Government Communications
Source: European Central Bank (video statements)
Insights on general approach of Appia and how to be involved | Focus Session – Appia Roadmap for shaping the European tokenised financial ecosystem.
The Eurosystem is committed to continue its collaboration with the market as Appia advances. Learn more about the general approach of Appia and the building blocks that will be developed, how public and market stakeholders will support and advance analytical and practical work and how work on relevant standardisation activities in this field will be supported. Find out how you can provide feedback and express your interest in contributing to the forthcoming work on Appia.
Paul Gardin, Market Infrastructure Expert, ECB
Gergely Koczan, Team Lead, ECB
#ECBFocusSession #MarketInfrastructure
Source: European Central Bank (video statements)
Welcome address | Focus Session – Appia Roadmap for shaping the European tokenised financial ecosystem.
Explore the Eurosystem’s programme on tokenised wholesale central bank money that is paving the way for a future-ready, integrated financial ecosystem leveraging tokenisation and distributed ledger technology (DLT) and how it shapes the development of a European tokenised financial ecosystem. Learn more about how this strategic initiative brings together the Eurosystem as well as public and private sector stakeholders, with the aim of building integrated, innovative and resilient tokenised wholesale financial markets in Europe.
Thomas Vlassopoulos, Director General, ECB
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