Debate Pack
A debate has been scheduled in Westminster Hall on Tuesday 1 February at 4.30pm on criminality within and regulation of the waste industry. The debate will be opened by Aaron Bell MP.
Insight
What was agreed at COP26 and how was the conference received by the international community and environmental groups?
Debate Pack
A debate on the "Cost of gas and electricity" will be held in Westminster Hall on Tuesday 18 January at 2.30pm. The debate is sponsored by Jamie Stone MP (Liberal Democrat).
Research Briefing
The price of energy has dramatically increased in recent months; both in the UK and globally. The prices are causing widespread concern and knock-on impacts for both domestic and commercial energy consumers. This paper sets out the causes of the price rise, impacts in the UK, and possible implications for UK energy policy.
Debate Pack
This landing page provides material for two Opposition day debates: the first on VAT on household energy bills, the second on reducing costs for business, to be held on 11 January 2022.
Debate Pack
MPs will debate the rollout of ultrafast broadband in Devon and Somerset in Westminster Hall on 11 January 2022 from 2:30pm until 4:00pm. This debate will be led by Selaine Saxby MP.
Research Briefing
The Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill aims to provide for a new model for financing new nuclear power stations in the UK. This briefing covers the Bill's progress through Parliament, through second reading and committee stage.
Debate Pack
A debate has been scheduled in Westminster Hall on Wednesday 5 January at 11.30am on deforestation in the Amazon. Rt Hon Chris Grayling MP will open the debate.
Debate Pack
A debate has been scheduled in Westminster Hall on Wednesday 15 December at 9.30am on the National Food Strategy and public health. The debate will be opened by Jo Gideon MP.
Research Briefing
India experienced over a year of mass protests by farmers over agricultural reforms, the largest such protests in decades. The Indian Government passed the three farm laws in September 2020, but repealed them in November 2021 when it became clear the farmers who opposed the reforms would not back down. This briefing paper looks at the problems the reforms were trying to solve, why so many farmers were unhappy with them, why the Indian Government response to the protests was criticised, why the Indian Government criticised the international response to the protests, including in the UK, what have the UK Government and Parliament said about the protests, and if the protests have truly ended.
Debate Pack
A Westminster Hall debate on securing a veterinary agreement in the Northern Ireland Protocol has been scheduled for Wednesday 15 December 2021, from 2.30-4:00pm. The debate has been initiated by Tony Lloyd MP.
Debate Pack
Conservative MP Felicity Buchan has secured a Westminster Hall debate on “Tackling greenwashing in finance”, scheduled for Tuesday 14 December 2021.
Research Briefing
There are no official statistics on online pet sales in the UK. However, vets are reporting an increasing number bought online. A debate on e-petition 587654 on the regulation of online animal sales is due to take place in Westminster Hall on 13 December 2021.
Debate Pack
There will be a debate in Westminster Hall on 7 December 2021, on Improving asthma outcomes in the UK. Jim Shannon MP will open this debate.
Research Briefing
New rules for pet travel came into force on 1 January 2021 after the UK left the EU. This briefing paper sets out the new requirements.
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