Wednesday, 13 July 2022
Order. Before we start today’s business, I must inform the House that I have received a letter from the right hon. Member for Tunbridge Wells (Greg Clark), indicating that he wishes to...
The Minister for Women and Equalities was asked—
What discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the gender pension gap.
What steps the Government are taking to tackle sexual harassment against women in the military.
What recent steps she has taken to encourage women and girls to pursue careers in STEM subjects.
What assessment she has made of the impact of recent rises in the cost of living on people with protected characteristics.
What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help support female entrepreneurs.
What steps the Government are taking to support women in the workplace.
What discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Defence on tackling gender inequalities in the armed forces.
Whether her Department has undertaken an equalities assessment of the exclusion of transgender conversion therapy in the Government’s forthcoming legislative proposals on conversion therapy.
If she will make an assessment of the potential effect of transferring asylum seekers to Rwanda under the migration and economic development partnership on (a) the Government’s equalities...
If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
The Prime Minister was asked—
If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 13 July.
If he will intervene to ensure that the West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals Trust will commission the construction of a new acute hospital on a greenfield site in West Hertfordshire.
We now know that every ambulance service in the whole country is in a critical state, but last week, well before the current national heatwave emergency, my constituent Mrs Meacham died after...
(Urgent Question): To ask the new Secretary of State for Health and Social Care if he will make a statement on ambulance services and the declaration of a national heatwave emergency.
(Urgent Question) To ask the Foreign Secretary if she will make a statement on the state of emergency declared in Sri Lanka.
On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. It relates to hon. Members visiting my constituency. Could you please advise me on how I should deal with a breach of protocol, in that I was informed...
Motion for leave to bring in a Bill ( Standing Order No. 23)
Considered in Committee [Relevant document: Oral evidence taken before the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee on 29 June 2022, on Brexit and the Northern Ireland Protocol, HC 285.] [Dame Rosie...
I beg to move amendment 1, page 1, line 3, at end insert— “(za) comes into effect only in accordance with section 26(2A) to (2D);”. This amendment is linked to Amendment 2 to...
‘(1) This section sets out the condition which must be satisfied before a provision of— (a) the Northern Ireland Protocol, or (b) any other part of the EU withdrawal agreement, is...
I beg to move amendment 24, page 3, line 3, leave out subsections (1) to (3). This amendment removes the designation of Article 5(1) to (4) and Annex 2 of the Northern Ireland Protocol relating...
Motion made, and Question put forthwith ( Standing Order No. 118(6)),
That the draft Financial Services Act 2021 (Prudential Regulation of Credit Institutions and Investment Firms) (Consequential Amendments and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2022, which were...
There are a number of petitions to be presented, and I hope that it will be of assistance to the House if I set out how we shall proceed. Once the first petition relating to the Schools Bill has...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—(Adam Holloway.)
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