Category: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)

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: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)

The Independent Commission on Adult Social Care, led by Baroness Louise Casey, was launched on 29 April 2025. The Commission is expected make clear recommendations to define and build the adult social care system that will meet the current and future needs of the population. Split over two phases, the Commission will set out a vision for adult social care, with recommended measures and a roadmap for delivery. The Committee will question Baroness Casey on her findings and progress of the Commission. It will also be an opportunity to question Minister Kinnock on social care reform and other topical questions in social care.

Witnesses:

Baroness Louise Casey – Chair at Independent Commission on Adult Social Care

Emily Roche – Director of Adult Social Care Workforce & Policy at Department of Health and Social Care
Ben Dyson – Director for Adult Social Care Strategy & Reform at Department of Health and Social Care
Stephen Kinnock MP – Minister of State for Care at Department of Health and Social Care

https://committees.parliament.uk/event/27614/formal-meeting-oral-evidence-session/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wZFuvD0hKQ

Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)

MPs on the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee take evidence for their inquiry into neuroscience and digital childhoods.

Witnesses:

Ravi Iyer – Managing Director of the Psychology of Technology Institute at University of Southern California

Damon de Ionno – Managing Director at Revealing Reality
Bernadka Dubicka – Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at University of York, and Consultant Psychiatrist at Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

https://committees.parliament.uk/event/27600

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0oTksD21Os

Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)

MPs on the Welsh Affairs Committee take evidence from healthcare experts for their inquiry, Cross-border healthcare arrangements between England and Wales.

Witnesses:

Dr Clara Day – Executive Medical Director at Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
Nicola Prygodzicz – Chief Executive at Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
Pete Hopgood – Deputy Chief Executive and Executive Director of Finance, Capital and Support Services at Powys Teaching Health Board

Suzanne Rankin – Chief Executive at Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Paul Mears – Chief Executive at Cwm Taf Morgannwg Health Board
Abigail Harris – Chief Executive at Swansea Bay University Health Board
Professor Philip Kloer – Chief Executive at Hywel dda University Health Board

https://committees.parliament.uk/event/27231

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNNgr7AztMc

Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)

MPs on the Business and Trade committee take evidence from consumer groups, regulatory bodies and major online retailers for their work on Consumer protection.

Witnesses:

Wayne Mackay – Director of Policy and Public Affairs at Electrical Safety First
Sue Davies – Head of Consumer Rights Policy at Which?
David MacKenzie – Chair at Chartered Trading Standards Institute

Dr Thomas Bell – UK Lead for Product Safety External Relations at Amazon
Leonard Klenner – Executive Assistant to Corporate Affairs to the President at Temu
Wolfgang Weber – Associate General Counsel, Regulatory & Criminal Investigations at eBay

https://committees.parliament.uk/event/27585

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zknod_ufPA

Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)

The Petitions Committee has scheduled a debate relating to spinal muscular atrophy and the newborn screening test.

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/755980

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=bb5DdGoe2KE

Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)

The Petitions Committee has scheduled a debate relating to the pro-Israel influence on UK politics and democracy.

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/752646

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=wN-qenChUO8

Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)

MPs on the Public Accounts Committee take evidence from witnesses for their inquiry, Government’s intervention in British Steel.

Witnesses:

Charlotte Brumpton-Childs – Acting National Secretary for the Private Section at GMB
Linda McCulloch – National Officer at Unite the Union
Cllr Rob Waltham MBE – Leader at North Lincolnshire Council

Amanda Brooks CBE – Interim Permanent Secretary at Department for Business and Trade
David Bickerton – Chief Strategic Business Adviser at Department for Business and Trade
Neil Johnson – Director of Materials at Department for Business and Trade
Lorna Gratton – Director for Site Management at UK Government Investments

https://committees.parliament.uk/event/27579

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOJYJ9iGxPI

Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)

By law, all MPs must take an oath of allegiance to the Crown before they can take their seat in Parliament 📖

Watch Robi explain how the swearing-in process works.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/SkrGV20PIHc

Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)

Communities in the UK powering the clean energy transition need to see profits as well as pylons.

A new report from the Energy Security and Net Zero Committee warns that, without urgent action, community energy could be left behind, risking public support and slowing progress towards 2030 targets.

Find out more on the our website.

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