Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)
MPs on the Culture, Media and Sport Committee speak with BBC executives for their inquiry, BBC Royal Charter Review.
Witnesses:
Matt Brittin – Director General at BBC
Dr Samir Shah CBE – Chair at BBC
https://committees.parliament.uk/event/27269
Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)
The Petitions Committee has scheduled a debate relating to support for the ceramics industry.
Dave Robertson 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/764785
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/
Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)
The Petitions Committee has scheduled a debate relating to disqualification from election candidacy for terrorism convictions.
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/759385
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/
Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)
One of Parliament’s clock mechanics reacts to seeing the latest Mr. Men Little Miss book, which features someone he might recognise 👨📖
The characters explore the Elizabeth Tower, see Big Ben for the first time and meet Andrew along the way.
The latest book in the iconic series is available in the Houses of Parliament Shop ➡️ https://www.shop.parliament.uk/products/mr-men-and-little-miss-at-big-ben?utm_source=UKParliament&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=MMLM
Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)
As part of the committee’s follow-up to the Israel-Palestine conflict inquiry, MPs on the Foreign Affairs Committee question Hamish Falconer MP – Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan at Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and Dr Rob Dixon -Director for Middle East and North Africa Directorate at Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
https://committees.parliament.uk/event/27789/formal-meeting-oral-evidence-session/
Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)
The session will consider the police response to recent disorder in Northern Ireland and also scrutinise management of migration within the Common Travel Area.
Witnesses:
Eddy Montgomery – Senior Director of Enforcement, Compliance and Crime at Home Office
Duncan Capps CBE – Interim Border Security Commander at Home Office
Davy Beck – Assistant Chief Constable at Police Service of Northern Ireland
Miles Bonfield – Deputy Director for Economic Crime and Devolved Administrations at National Crime Agency
Alex Norris MP – Minister for Border Security and Asylum at Home Office
Eddy Montgomery – Senior Director of Enforcement, Compliance and Crime at Home Office
Matthew Patrick MP – Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at Northern Ireland Office
https://committees.parliament.uk/event/27051/formal-meeting-oral-evidence-session/
Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)
Two of the authors of the Strategic Defence Review (SDR), Lord Robertson and General Sir Richard Barrons, give evidence to the Defence Committee on the newly published Defence Investment Plan (DIP).
Witnesses:
The Rt Hon. the Lord Robertson of Port Ellen KT – Lead External Reviewer at Strategic Defence Review
Gen (Ret’d) Sir Richard Barrons – External Reviewer at Strategic Defence Review
https://committees.parliament.uk/event/27358/formal-meeting-oral-evidence-session/
Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)
Mr. Strong & Little Miss Sunshine have been exploring in Westminster today to celebrate the launch of the latest book in the iconic series – ‘Mr. Men Little Miss at Big Ben’, published by HarperCollins and out now.
You can follow their adventure and purchase the book in the Houses of Parliament Shop ➡️ https://www.shop.parliament.uk/products/mr-men-and-little-miss-at-big-ben?utm_source=UKParliament&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=MMLM
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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