Category: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)

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.

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

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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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTgA6YRv8tk

Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)

Watch PMQs with British Sign Language (BSL) – https://youtube.com/live/xTgA6YRv8tk?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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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ht7o84oxLS0

Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)

MPs on the Education Committee question the Secretary of State at the Department for Education, Rt Hon Bridget Phillipson MP on the work of the Department for Education.

Witnesses:

Rt Hon Bridget Phillipson MP- Secretary of State at The Department for Education

https://committees.parliament.uk/event/27565

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4d2_cx5vGw

Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)

MPs on the Transport Committee question Secretary of State for Transport, Rt Hon Heidi Alexander MP on the work of the Secretary of State for Transport.

Witnesses:

Rt Hon Heidi Alexander MP – Secretary of State for Transport at Department for Transport
Jo Shanmugalingam – Permanent Secretary at Department for Transport

https://committees.parliament.uk/event/26095

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1ziwZMF0wo

Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)

MPs on the Work and Pensions Committee question Secretary of State at the Department for Work and Pensions, Rt Hon Pat McFadden MP on the work of the Department for Work and Pensions.

Witnesses:

Rt Hon Pat McFadden MP – Secretary of State at Department for Work and Pensions
Sir Peter Schofield – Permanent Secretary at Department for Work & Pensions

https://committees.parliament.uk/event/27509

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vfD3zqct-w