The purpose of the Bill was to modernise the governance of the Royal Albert Hall by updating how annual member contributions are set, giving the Hall more flexible powers to exclude members for events, and allowing the sale of additional seats in Grand Tier boxes with the consent of existing seat‑holders. It amends the 1966

On the 10th of June there was a drop in organised by the Booksellers Association celebrating independent bookshops, supporting reading, high streets and communities to highlight Independent Bookshop Week which runs from the 13th to the 20th of June. 

The week is a celebration of the bookshops that bring books, authors, events and reading communities to

The Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Act 2024 brought privately operated services back into public hands as contracts expired, this Bill will establish Great British Railways (GBR) – a railway owned by the public that offers a better deal for taxpayers. GBR will take decisions on what constitutes best use in a way that is

I chaired the Seventh Delegated Legislation Committee on 10 June 2026, the draft Scotland Act 1998 (Increase of Borrowing Limits) Order 2026. The Secretary of State for Scotland, Douglas Alexander MP, moved the debate.

This Order amends the Scotland Act 1998 to increase the resource borrowing limit set out in section 67(2) of that Act from

As Chair of the APPG on Portugal I was pleased to attend a celebration of the  National Day of Portugal at the Residence of the Ambassador together with other guests who included the Papal Nuncio, the Vatican Ambassador His Excellency Fr Miguel Maury Buendia. (pictured left).

The Ambassador from Portugal to the UK Nuno Brito (pictured

I was delighted to drop into the Parliamentary event held by the Reading Agency on 10 June 2026 to speak to Parliamentarians about the Summer Reading Challenge.

This year the Reading Agency's Summer Reading Challenge 2026 is about encouraging primary school children to get involved in this year's theme: Read to the Beat. 

Children will be

This Order refers to changes made in the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026 and covers elections for combined authority mayors and combined county authority mayors. These elections are currently conducted using the First Past the Post (FPTP) voting system. Under this system, the candidate who wins the most votes is elected. Combined authority

The Bill was considered in a Committee of the Whole House on 8 and 9 June 2026. Clauses 1 to 51 of the Bill , which consider transfer powers, establishing a Stakeholder Advisory Committee, preparing a jobs and industrial strategy, duty to report a 10-year strategy for nationalised steel undertakings, and a requirement for a