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How do Hansard reporters get notes from MPs who sit 5 metres below them? 🤔
To produce an accurate record of what is said in the House of Commons Chamber, they sometimes ask for an MP’s speaking notes via the Chute.
This lift allows reporters, who can’t enter the floor of the Chamber, to produce an accurate and timely Official Report.
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Description: How was Peter Mandelson’s appointment as British Ambassador to the United States of America allowed to go ahead? Unanswered questions remain.
The Foreign Affairs Committee is calling for a raft of changes to be made to ensure mistakes like this never happen again.
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The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee (PACAC) plan to come together to scrutinise problems with the Civil Service Pension Scheme.
Witnesses:
Adolfo Hernandez – Chief Executive Officer at Capita
Richard Holroyd – Chief Executive Officer at Capita Public Services
Chris Clements – Managing Director at Capita Public Services
Rt Hon Nick Thomas-Symonds MP – Minister at Cabinet Office
Cat Little CB – Chief Operating Officer at Civil Service, and Permanent Secretary at Cabinet Office
Andrew Forzani – Government Chief Commercial Officer at Cabinet Office
Angela MacDonald – Second Permanent Secretary and Deputy Chief Executive at HMRC
https://committees.parliament.uk/event/27514
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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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Watch PMQs with British Sign Language (BSL) – https://youtube.com/live/4XvZxoTSvts?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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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
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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/
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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/
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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
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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/
