Category: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)

Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)

The Petitions Committee has scheduled a debate relating to brain cancer research and treatment.

Paul Davies MP has been asked by the Committee to open the debate. The Government will send a Minister to respond.

Read the petition:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/738881

Find petitions you agree with, and sign them: https://petition.parliament.uk/

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSYeMnixS1E

Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)

The Petitions Committee has scheduled a debate relating to the personal allowance for state pensioners.

John Lamont MP has been asked by the Committee to open the debate. The Government will send a Minister to respond.

Read the petition:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/740671

Find petitions you agree with, and sign them: https://petition.parliament.uk/

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tJ8ACWXpOo

Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)

House of Commons clerks like Nick often advise the Chair when MPs raise a point of order…

…but what exactly does that mean?

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/N6fZ3Drunso

Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)

MPs on the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy take evidence from experts on Russia for their inquiry, Deterrence in an age of Russian aggression.

Witnesses:

John Foreman CBE – Former Defence Attaché to the Russian Federation
Professor Samuel Greene – Professor of Russian Politics at King’s College London
Professor Bettina Renz – Professor of International Security, School of Politics & International Relations at University of Nottingham
Andrei Soldatov – Investigative journalist; and Co-Founder at Agentura.ru

https://committees.parliament.uk/event/27497

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYAcA27AOzo

Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qyyL03uWFm0

Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)

Earlier this week, the Business and Trade Committee visted the London Stock Exchange to launch our report on transforming investment in the UK economy.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kXpZDfHmxHM

Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)

In the second and final session of the Treasury Committee’s inquiry into student loans and taxation of graduates, MPs on the committee question ministers at the Treasury and Department for Education (DfE) on student loans.

Witnesses:

Lucy Rigby KC MP – Chief Secretary to the Treasury at HM Treasury
Rt Hon. Baroness Smith of Malvern – Minister of State (Minister for Skills) at Department for Education

https://committees.parliament.uk/event/27449/formal-meeting-oral-evidence-session/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Snw4r4daGsU

Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)

MPs on the Environmental Audit Committee investigate how growing AI use might accelerate the need for data centres and what impact this is likely to have on the UK’s environmental goals and energy infrastructure.

Witnesses:

Christina Christopoulou – Senior Manager, Infrastructure, Energy and Environmental Policy at Amazon Web Services
Steen Stewart – Senior Advisory Consultant at Crown Hosting Framework Authority
Michael Birtwistle – Associate Director of Law and Policy at Ada Lovelace Institute

Matt Evans – Chief Operating Officer and Director of Markets at techUK
Dame Dawn Childs – CEO at nLighten
Oliver Hayes – Head of Policy and Campaigns at Global Action Plan

https://committees.parliament.uk/event/27342/formal-meeting-oral-evidence-session/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGDRvNsgR08

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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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TfbS6xLaK0

Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)

Watch PMQs with British Sign Language (BSL) – https://youtube.com/live/8TfbS6xLaK0?feature=share

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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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ut6oa_Wieo