Parliamentary News Archive
High interest rates leading people 'deeper into debt'
Baroness Scott of Needham Market writes for ePolitix.com ahead of her oral question on the regulation of loan companies charging high rates of interest.
Thursday 17th June 2010
Anti-bullying schemes must be protected
Annette Brooke MP writes for ePolitx.com ahead of her Westmisnter Hall debate on bullying.
Wednesday 16th June 2010
Backbenchers seize control of Commons agenda
MPs debated a series of motions relating to reform of the way the House of Commons goes about its work on Tuesday, including the establishment of a backbench business committee.
Wednesday 16th June 2010
Osborne and Darling clash over banking reform
The chancellor of the exchequer has accused the previous government of presiding over a "dog's breakfast" of bank regulation.
Wednesday 16th June 2010
MPs declare 'open war' against expenses regime
A frosty peace, a colder war, and now open warfare. The first shots were fired today as a new front in the battle over Parliamentary expenses was opened.
Wednesday 16th June 2010
Labour's 'record of failure' to blame for unemployment
David Cameron and Harriet Harman traded accusations over the state of the public finances during prime minister's questions this afternoon.
Wednesday 16th June 2010
ePolitix.com: PMQs briefing
The economy, defence and health were the dominant themes among the questions asked by backbench MPs at prime minister's questions today.
Wednesday 16th June 2010
Support for carers is a cross-party issue
Baroness Pitkeathley writes for ePolitix.com ahead of her oral question on the improvement of conditions for carers.
Wednesday 16th June 2010
Extension of rail franchises 'embraced by government'
Lord Bradshaw writes for ePolitix.com ahead of his oral question on the future of Network Rail.
Wednesday 16th June 2010
21st century election administration urged
Meg Munn MP writes for ePolitix.com ahead of her Westminster Hall debate on reform of electoral administration.
Wednesday 16th June 2010
New MPs embrace emerging economies
Several new MPs made their maiden speeches during a short debate yesterday about emerging economies.
Tuesday 15th June 2010
PM: Bloody Sunday conclusions 'shocking'
The prime minister has said the conclusions of a 12-year inquiry into the circumstances of Bloody Sunday are "shocking".
Tuesday 15th June 2010
Child worker vetting scheme halted
A planned vetting and barring scheme is to be halted in order to allow for a review on how to make the scheme more proportionate
Tuesday 15th June 2010
MPs may get free vote on rape anonymity
Ken Clarke has indicated that MPs may be given a free vote on any move to grant rape defendants anonymity.
Tuesday 15th June 2010
Splitting island would be 'barmy'
Any moves to split the Isle of Wight into two constituencies would be "barmy", according to the island's MP.
Tuesday 15th June 2010
Rogue clampers cause 'misery and distress'
Rosie Winterton MP writes for ePolitix.com ahead of her adjournment debate on the activities of private wheel clamping companies.
Tuesday 15th June 2010
Baroness Grey-Thompson delivers maiden speech
Baroness Grey-Thompson has delivered her maiden speech in the House of Lords during a debate on preparations for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Tuesday 15th June 2010
MPs underpaid in admin error
Parliament's new expenses watchdog faces a fresh row as more than 400 MPs complained they had been underpaid for the month of May.
Tuesday 15th June 2010
Petition plan outlined
The public will be able to trigger a parliamentary debate if a petition with 100,000 signatures is submitted to the House of Commons.
Tuesday 15th June 2010
UK must embrace emerging economies
To strengthen its economy, the UK must tap into the world's "vast new markets" to strengthen its own economy, the Commons heard on Monday.
Tuesday 15th June 2010
BP spill is 'environmental wake up call'
The shadow energy secretary has said that the disaster unfolding in the Gulf of Mexico is an "environmental wake up call".
Monday 14th June 2010
PM promises regular updates on Afghanistan
The prime minister has made his first major statement to the House of Commons on the UK's operations in Afghanistan.
Monday 14th June 2010
Osborne hails new public finance body
Office for Budget Responsibility paints better picture on public sector borrowing, but growth predictions are revised downwards.
Monday 14th June 2010
Labour to blame for financial 'hangover'
Iain Duncan Smith blames Labour "spending spree" for cutbacks to job creation programme.
Monday 14th June 2010
Role of House of Lords 'must be reviewed'
Baroness Hamwee on post-legislative scrutiny in the House of Lords.
Monday 14th June 2010
Coalition should 'reverse the last government's health policy'
Lord Smith of Clifton writes for ePolitix.com ahead of his oral question on the reciprocal NHS agreement between the Isle of Man and the UK.
Sunday 13th June 2010
Government must 'come clean on spending cuts'
Baroness Thornton writes for ePolitix.com ahead of her parliamentary question on which health agencies will be affected by cuts in government spending.
Saturday 12th June 2010
Lib Dems search for their voice
This was the week when the Liberal Democrats finally let go of the trappings of opposition.
Friday 11th June 2010
Commons chamber 'decline' must be reversed
It is "profoundly unwise" to ignore the public perception that MPs hardly ever bother to turn up to work, according to John Bercow.
Friday 11th June 2010
Expenses MPs and peer will face trial
The three former MPs and peer charged over their expenses claims will not be able to use parliamentary privilege to avoid prosecution, a judge has ruled.
Friday 11th June 2010
Water privatisation 'short-sighted and deeply unfair'
Alison Seabeck MP writes for ePolitix.com ahead of her adjournment debate on Water bills in the South West.
Friday 11th June 2010
Lib Dems to lose opposition funding
The Liberal Democrats will lose the state funding they received as an opposition party, the government confirmed today.
Thursday 10th June 2010
New hospital 'in doubt'
Louise Ellman MP writes for ePolitix.com about the future Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
Thursday 10th June 2010
May targets "intrusive and bullying" ID cards
The coalition government will dismantle the entire ID card system, the home secretary has said.
Thursday 10th June 2010
What would you like to see as a private members' bill?
Following the results of the private members' bill ballot, ePolitix.com members put forward their ideas for a bill.
Thursday 10th June 2010
Pickles: Labour left DCLG's cupboard bare
The communities secretary has defended cuts to his department's budget.
Thursday 10th June 2010
Select committee chairs announced
The first elected chairmen of influential House of Commons select committees have been confirmed.
Thursday 10th June 2010
'Half our carbon emissions come from existing buildings'
The government's chief construction adviser, Paul Morrell, was among the guests at the launch of a guide to energy-efficient household refurbishment yesterday evening.
Thursday 10th June 2010
John McDonnell tops private members ballot
The results of the private members ballot have been announced.
Thursday 10th June 2010
Prime minister visits Afghanistan
Prime minister David Cameron has arrived in Afghanistan in an unannounced visit, his first since being elected in May.
Thursday 10th June 2010
New MPs experience everyday life without sight
New MPs were invited to find out what it would be like living with sight loss, at a reception in Parliament on Tuesday.
Thursday 10th June 2010
'Repressive laws in Sudan need reforming'
Lord Chidgey writes for ePolitix.com ahead of his oral question on human rights abuses in the run-up to recent elections in Sudan
Thursday 10th June 2010
Simon Hughes elected Lib Dem deputy leader
The veteran Liberal Democrat MP Simon Hughes has been elected deputy leader of the party.
Wednesday 9th June 2010
Throw Ipsa 'on the bonfire', says MP
The new parliamentary expenses regulator should be included in any "bonfire of the quangos" according to one MP.
Wednesday 9th June 2010
Nominations close for Labour leadership
Diane Abbott has made it onto the ballot for the Labour leadership in the nick of time, joining David and Ed Miliband, Andy Burnham and Ed Balls.
Wednesday 9th June 2010
PM defends changes to constituencies
David Cameron has defended his government's plans to redraw constituency boundaries.
Wednesday 9th June 2010
ePolitix.com: PMQs briefing
The Cumbria shootings, healthcare and public finance were the dominant themes among the questions asked by backbench MPs at prime minister's questions today.
Wednesday 9th June 2010
MPs to elect select committee chairs
For the first time the majority of House of Commons' select committee chairs are to be elected by their fellow MPs.
Wednesday 9th June 2010
MPs' chance to introduce own law
Backbench MPs will learn the results of the private members ballot tomorrow morning.
Wednesday 9th June 2010
Peers complain at being left on the bench
The composition of a new committee set up to push through House of Lords reform is of such stature it would even make the England football team jealous, according to a minister.
Wednesday 9th June 2010
Coalition defeated for first time in Lords
The coalition government suffered its first defeat on Tuesday in the House of Lords.
Wednesday 9th June 2010
Scotland high-speed line urged
Mark Lazarowicz MP writes for ePolitix.com ahead of his Westminster Hall debate on high speed rail.
Wednesday 9th June 2010
Britain's shame - child poverty
Bob Russell MP writes for ePolitix.com ahead of his Westminster Hall debate on eliminating child poverty in the UK.
Wednesday 9th June 2010
Alexander vows to cut wasteful spending
Chief secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander has pledged that wasteful government spending "will not happen again".
Tuesday 8th June 2010
Hoyle, Evans and Primarolo elected deputy Speakers
The Speaker has announced the results of today's election of his three deputies.
Tuesday 8th June 2010
Lord Patten to co-ordinate papal visit
Former Conservative party chairman Lord Patten of Barnes has been appointed as personal representative of the prime minister for the papal visit.
Tuesday 8th June 2010
Labour 'suspicious' about Clegg's revolution
Jack Straw has criticised the government's plans for constitutional change as "partisan political fixes".
Tuesday 8th June 2010
Former MPs in line for £10m
MPs who stood down or lost their seats at the general election are in line to have their landings cushioned by a £10.4m payout, an average £47,706 each.
Tuesday 8th June 2010
MPs petition standards watchdog over staffing budget
More that 100 MPs have signed a letter expressing "strong concern" over changes to MPs staffing allowances.
Tuesday 8th June 2010
'Change by evolution... not revolution'
Lord Lucas writes for ePolitix.com ahead of his oral question on reform of the House of Lords.
Tuesday 8th June 2010
Government rules out replacing Barnett formula
It would be wrong to rush into replacing the mechanism that allocates public expenditure to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, the government has said.
Tuesday 8th June 2010
Timms returns to the Commons
A senior Labour MP who was stabbed during a constituency surgery in east London has returned to the House of Commons for the first time since his attack.
Tuesday 8th June 2010
Clegg's impressive debut at dispatch box
The deputy prime minister impressed at his first Commons outing this afternoon.
Monday 7th June 2010
Deputy Speaker candidates attend Dods hustings
Eight of the candidates for deputy Speaker took part in a hustings this afternoon.
Monday 7th June 2010
Commons motion on happiness
A cross-party group of MPs have tabled a Commons early day motion for the government to regularly release official statistics on the happiness of the nation.
Monday 7th June 2010
