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With the Football Governance Bill expected to be introduced shortly, MPs, the EFL clubs and other guests to hear from a Panel including the Rick Parry, Chair of the EFL , and the Secretary of State for Culture Media and Sport Lucy Frazer and later Nigel Clough and Dion Dublin. (see above) Clive Betts MP
I signed the Holocaust Educational Trust’s Book of Commitment, on 17 January 2024 and in doing so pledged my commitment to Holocaust Memorial Day and honouring those who were murdered during the Holocaust as well as paying tribute to the extraordinary Holocaust survivors who work tirelessly to educate young people today.
Holocaust Memorial Day falls on
On Wednesday the 17 January 2024, there was a further debate on Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill and the Third Reading of the Bill:
Safety of Rwanda: Clause 3 stand part: I voted No and the result was: Ayes: 339 and Noes: 264
Disapplication of the Human Rights Act 1998
Safety of Rwanda: Amendment 23: I
On Tuesday 16 January 2024, the House debated and voted on the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill :
Safety of Rwanda: Amendment 10, Division 47: I voted No and the result was: Ayes: 68 and Noes: 529
That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Safety of Rwanda: Clause 2 stand part, Division 48: I voted
S.E.N.D Reform England is a campaign group formed by 12 mothers of children with additional needs and disabilities across England. They have talked to parents about provision over the last 8 months and have seen the stress and pressure on children and families. At a drop in organised by Clive Lewis MP, the group came
On Monday 15 January 2024 the Prime Minister came to the House to make a statement and to be questioned for the first time following his agreement with the US to attack the Houthis in Yemen who had targeted ships in the Red Sea. The Prime Minister made the intervention without a motion to the
The House debated and voted on the Opposition's reasoned amendment and the Third Reading of the Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill on Wednesday 10 January 2024. The Bill seeks to prevent public bodies from making procurement and investment decisions - such as direct or indirect boycotts, disinvestment, or sanctions (BDS) campaigns -
On Wednesday 10 January 2024, the House debated and voted on New Clauses 5 and 7 to the Finance Bill at its Committee Stage.
New Clause 5 would require the government to produce an assessment of the impact of the Bill’s tax evasion and avoidance measures. The assessment would need to examine whether the capacity