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The Medical Defence Union (MDU) has partnered with Members of Parliament to secure a debate in the House of Commons focusing on the health and wellbeing of doctors. Sponsored by Dr Peter Prinsley, MP for Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket, the Welfare of Doctors debate called for the government and NHS leaders to take more steps to improve… Read more »
Harriet Harman has today put forward an amendment to the Government’s Hereditary Peers Bill which aims to end the automatic right of Church of England bishops to sit in the House of Lords. The amendment has been tabled with the support of Humanists UK and it is expected that it will be cosponsored by crossbench… Read more »
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The Conservatives have today formally committed themselves to annual targets on cutting carbon emissions – and said ministers might resign if they are not kept. Leader David Cameron has pre-empted the publication of the government’s climate change bill in the Queen’s speech tomorrow by releasing details of his party’s alternative proposals. The Tory bill has… Read more »
Opposition parties have warned the government’s forthcoming climate change bill must be more than rhetoric if it is to make any impact. The environment secretary yesterday set out the “four pillars” of the new bill, expected to be published next month, which included setting up a new “carbon committee” to oversee the government’s progress in… Read more »