Iau, 9 Mai 2024
A birthday wish to Phil, our Head Doorkeeper, who is 54 today.
The Secretary of State was asked—
What the locations are of successful applicants to the natural flood management programme.
What steps he is taking to support farmers.
What steps his Department is taking to help increase tree planting.
What steps his Department is taking to strengthen coastal defences.
How much funding his Department plans to provide for catchment partnerships in the 2024-25 financial year.
What recent progress his Department has made on improving air quality.
If he will take steps to implement a dog groomers charter mark that includes a register of serious injuries for dogs.
What assessment he has made of the adequacy of (a) operational and (b) consented waste incineration plant capacity.
What steps his Department is taking to help improve animal welfare.
What steps his Department is taking to support local authorities to tackle fly-tipping.
If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
The Attorney General was asked—
What steps she is taking to help increase prosecution rates for violence against women and girls.
What recent steps she has taken to increase joint working between the Crown Prosecution Service and police services.
If she will refer the governance of the Royal Albert Hall to the first-tier tribunal (charity).
What recent steps the Crown Prosecution Service has taken to help keep women and children safe online.
What assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Crown Prosecution Service in prosecuting people that have committed crimes while protesting.
What recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on compliance with international humanitarian law in relation to the Israel-Palestine conflict.
What steps she is taking to prosecute perpetrators of fraud and economic crime.
Will the Leader of the House give us the forthcoming business?
Select Committee statement
I beg to move, That this House has considered miners and mining communities. I thank my good hon. Friend the Member for Gateshead (Ian Mearns), who chairs the Backbench Business Committee, and...
I beg to move, That this House has considered the BBC mid-term charter review. I am grateful to the Backbench Business Committee for providing time for this debate on the BBC charter and its...
More than nine years ago, I shared with the House the story of Mrs Lesley Hughes, who finally discovered in 2014 that she had been infected with hepatitis C back in 1970 by an NHS blood...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—(Mark Fletcher.)
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