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UK Children and young people’s mental health – Education Committee & Health and Social Care Committee

Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)

MPs on the Education Committee hear evidence from witnesses with expertise in the mental health of children and young people.

Witnesses:

Dr Alex George – Mental health advocate and former Youth Mental Health Ambassador at UK Government

Abigail Ampofo – Interim Chief Executive at YoungMinds
Connie Muttock – Head of Policy at Centre for Young Lives
Jo Hutchinson – Director for SEND and Additional Needs at Education Policy Institute

Dame Rachel de Souza – Children’s Commissioner at England

https://committees.parliament.uk/event/27476/formal-meeting-oral-evidence-session/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmMLH0pHTgQ

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UK E-petition debate relating to the timely progress of bills through Parliament – Monday 8 June 2026.

Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)

The Petitions Committee has scheduled a debate relating to the timely progress of bills through Parliament.

Lewis Atkinson 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/752673

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=8c94trngkB8

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UK Minister for Courts and Legal Services questioned on access to justice – Justice Committee

Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)

As part of its inquiry into access to justice in England and Wales, the Justice Committee hears from witnesses including Sarah Sackman MP, Minister for Courts and Legal Services at the Ministry of Justice.

Witnesses:

Sarah Sackman MP – Minister for Courts and Legal Services at Ministry of Justice
Jane Harbottle CBE – Chief Executive at Legal Aid Agency
Farah Ziaulla – Joint Director for Legal Aid and Legal Support at Ministry of Justice

https://committees.parliament.uk/event/27183/formal-meeting-oral-evidence-session/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gn3acV7PCD8

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UK Experts questioned on the BBC Royal Charter Review – Culture, Media and Sport Committee

Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)

As part of its inquiry into the government’s review of the BBC Royal Charter, the Culture, Media and Sport Committee hears evidence from a range of witnesses with media expertise.

Witnesses:

Iain Dale – broadcaster, author, journalist and podcaster
Jordan Schwarzenberger – CEO and Founder of Arcade, the company behind British YouTube collective ‘The Sidemen’

James Harding – Editor-in-Chief at The Observer, Founder at Tortoise Media, and Former Head at BBC News
Dame Elan Closs Stephens – Former interim Chair at BBC

https://committees.parliament.uk/event/27139/formal-meeting-oral-evidence-session/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9LpNZjxEM0

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UK Cat Little faces Public Accounts Committee over government compensation schemes

Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)

As part of its inquiry into government compensation schemes, the Public Accounts Committee will explore the challenges in planning and designing schemes across government, and how to address them to ensure such schemes are effective, timely, proportionate for those making a claim, and fair.

Witnesses:

Cat Little CB – Permanent Secretary at Cabinet Office, and Chief Operating Officer at Civil Service
Gareth Davies CB – Permanent Secretary at Home Office
Carl Cresswell – Director, Post Office Policy at Department for Business and Trade
Jeremy Pocklington CB – Permanent Secretary at Ministry of Defence
David Foley – Chief Executive at Infected Blood Compensation Authority

https://committees.parliament.uk/event/27314/formal-meeting-oral-evidence-session/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_GJHByopZo

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UK 🔴 LIVE: Prime Minister’s Questions with British Sign Language (BSL) – 3 June 2026

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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