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- Written answers Friday, 27 January 2012
- The parliamentary question is a great way for MPs and peers to discover
information from ministers which the government may not wish to reveal.
Random recent written question
- House of Lords: Civil Service: Retirement answered 27 January 2012
Lord Laird: To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the average age of retirement from the senior Civil Service in the Department of Energy and Climate Change; what that figure was for its predecessor departments; and what was the average pension paid to those retired senior civil servants in each year since 2001.
- Written ministerial statements Thursday, 26 January 2012
- Written ministerial statements were introduced to stop the practice of
having “planted” questions to elicit Government statements.
Random recent written ministerial statement
- Transport: National Policy Statement for Ports 26 January 2012
- Michael Penning: On 29 November and 19 January, the House of Commons debated the national policy statement for ports which I laid for parliamentary approval on 24 October 2011. In the light of the satisfactory...
- Public Bill committees Wednesday, 11 January 2012
- Previously called Standing Committees, these study proposed legislation (bills) in detail, debating each clause and sending amendments to the Commons.
Latest Public Bill Committee meetings
- 11 January 2012
- 14 December 2011
- 7 December 2011
- 19 October 2011
- 13 October 2011
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- Commons debates Thursday, 26 January 2012
- The main chamber of the House of Commons is where debates are held
on a variety of topics, oral questions are answered, and new legislation is
debated.
Random recent Commons debate
- Energy and Climate Change: Strait of Hormuz Thursday, 26 January 2012; 13 speeches
- What assessment he has made of the potential effects on UK oil and gas supplies of any disruption of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.
- Westminster Hall Thursday, 26 January 2012
- Westminster Hall is a secondary MP debating chamber, in a horseshoe
arrangement aimed at fostering a more constructive debate.
Random recent Westminster Hall debate
- Human Rights — [Andrew Rosindell in the Chair] Thursday, 26 January 2012; 13 speeches
- [Relevant documents: Eighth Report of the For eign Affairs Committee, The FCO’ s Human Rights Work 2010-11, HC 964, and the Government ’ s Response, Cm 8169 .]
- Lords debates Friday, 27 January 2012
- Peers from all parties (and crossbench and bishops) scrutinise government
legislation and debate a variety of issues in the House of Lords main chamber.
Random recent Lords debates
- Live Music Bill [HL]: Consideration of Commons Amendments Friday, 27 January 2012; 6 speeches
- Motion on Amendments 1 and 2 Moved by Lord Clement-Jones That the House do agree with the Commons in their Amendments 1 and 2. 1: Clause 1, page 1, line 18, leave out "music entertainment" and...