Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)
MPs on the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee question South East Water bosses as part of the Committee’s inquiry into reforming the water sector.
Witnesses:
David Hinton – Chief Executive at South East Water
Chris Train OBE – Chair at South East Water
Caroline Sheridan – Non-Executive Director at South East Water
https://committees.parliament.uk/event/26137/formal-meeting-oral-evidence-session/
Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)
The Defence Committee hears evidence from witnesses, including Minister for Veterans and People, Louise Sandher-Jones MP, as part of its follow-up inquiry into women in the armed forces.
Witnesses:
Louise Sandher-Jones MP – Minister for Veterans and People at Ministry of Defence
General Sir Gwyn Jenkins – First Sea Lord at Ministry of Defence
General Sir Roly Walker KCB DSO – Chief of the General Staff at Ministry of Defence
Air Chief Marshal Harv Smyth – Chief of the Air Staff at Ministry of Defence
Sam des Forges – Director of Conduct, Equity and Justice at Ministry of Defence
https://committees.parliament.uk/event/26861/formal-meeting-oral-evidence-session/
Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)
Disinformation campaigns on social media are playing a crucial role in Russia’s information warfare against Ukraine.
More must be done to combat it.
The Foreign Affairs Committee’s latest report sets out exactly what the Government needs to do next.
Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)
Did you know peace agreements are 64% less likely to fail when women meaningfully participate? Yet in 2023, women made up only 9.6% of negotiators.
The International Development Committee’s latest report shows the Government is losing hard‑won gains for women and girls as aid cuts and reduced resourcing undermine the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda.
The Government must commit more fund to WPS, protect gender and development expertise at the FCDO, and show more leadership on the international stage.
Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)
If you look closely when you visit the Palace of Westminster, you can still see traces of suffragette protests.
In 1909, Marjorie Hume and three other suffragettes locked themselves to the statues in St Stephen’s Hall in protest. In the process of removing them, the authorities damaged the spur on Viscount Falkland’s boot.
📸 Viscount Falkland 1610-43, Sculpture by John Bell. UK Parliament, WOA S35.
Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)
Learn more about the design of this piece and the artist Mary Branson on our website: https://heritagecollections.parliament.uk/exhibits/new-dawn/
Credit: New Dawn, Sculpture by Ms Mary Branson
Parliamentary Copyright.
Image: Parliamentary Copyright, WOA S753
Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)
The Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy has published a report after examining the Government’s National Security Strategy, published in June 2025, which set out to improve security at home, project strength abroad and develop ‘sovereign capabilities’.
The Committee has said the Government must provide more clarity on its plans to protect the UK’s national security.
Find out more by visiting our website at www.parliament.uk/jcnsss
Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)
The Foreign Affairs Committee’s latest report finds that threats are intensifying from hostile states such as Russia, China, and Iran, alongside non-state actors like the Wagner Group. We cannot afford to wait.
The Committee is calling on the Government to do more to combat this threat. Find out more at parliament.uk/facom
Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)
The Petitions Committee has scheduled a debate relating to a Maternity Commissioner.
Tony Vaughan MP has been asked by the Committee to open the debate. The Government will send a Minister to respond.
Read the petitions:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/751174
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/
Stay up-to-date
Follow the Committee on Twitter for real-time updates on its work: https://www.twitter.com/hocpetitions
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