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On Monday 15 June 2026 stars of physics came to the House of Commons to talk to MPs about the funding cuts planned for UK Astronomy, nuclear and particle physics. Prof Brian Cox, Catherine Heymans Astronomer Royal for Scotland, Jim Wild, President of the Royal Astronomical Society explained the potential cuts as there is a
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