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I chaired the Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee on 10 December 2025. This considered the Draft Building Safety Regulator (Establishment of New Body and Transfer of Functions etc.) Regulations 2026.  The Building Saftey Regulator (BSR) establishes a new body separate from the Health and Safety Executive. Since the new leadership took over at the BSR, progress

10 December is Human Right’s Day. Amnesty International held their  Annual Human Rights Day Parliamentary Reception, in celebration of International Human Rights Day.    Fabian Hamilton MP, Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Human Rights opened the event and introduced the  other speakers including Baroness Helena Kennedy, member of the Joint Committee on Human Rights

UK Visas & Immigration (UKVI) have shared the following Guidance published 4 December 2025:  The Government published the Immigration White Paper ‘Restoring Control over the Immigration System on 12 May, which announced the intention to end overseas recruitment for social care visas. We have taken this action following significant concerns over many thousands of displaced

The Pensions Bill returned to the Commons for the Third Reading on 3 December 2025. The Bill aims to strengthen pension investment by increasing the amount available to private-sector pension schemes. The Bill will also enable reforms to investment management in the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) in England and Wales. There were 4 clauses

I was delighted to attend the Mercian Regiment Reception on 2 December 2025 In the Churchill Room.  The Mercian Regiment is an infantry regiment of the British Army, recruited from the five countries that formed the ancient kingdom of Mercia. It was formed on 1st September 2007 by the amalgamation of three existing regiments. The