Thursday, 13 September 2018
The following Acts were given Royal Assent: Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act, Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act, Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the youngest age at which a child has been authorised to act as a covert human intelligence source under section 29 of the Regulation of...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of changes to arrangements for Certificates of Sponsorship, in particular those affecting artists visiting the...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the announcement of a Housing Delivery Test in the revised National Planning Policy Framework published 24 July, what measures they will take to...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the current major Russian military exercises, Vostok-2018.
Moved by Lord Harries of Pentregarth To move that this House takes note of Part II of the Transparency in Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014 and the effect it...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what actions they are taking to reassure the Jewish community over the impact of anti-Semitism in the United Kingdom.
Moved by Baroness Deech That this House takes note of the 40th anniversary of the first baby born using in vitro fertilisation.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to change the way formal international declarations of genocide or crimes against humanity are made and to further the expeditious...
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