Urgent question
The Medical Defence Union (MDU) is delighted to announce it’s sponsorship of the upcoming NHS Parliamentary Awards ceremony which will be held in Westminster on Monday 14 October 2024. The NHS Parliamentary Awards were created in 2018 for health and care organisations as well as MPs to celebrate and recognise the outstanding achievements of staff, volunteers and others working… Read more »
Humanists UK today welcomes the introduction of a private member’s bill on assisted dying by Kim Leadbeater MP, calling it a historic once in a generation opportunity for choice and dignity. Andrew Copson, Chief Executive of Humanists UK, said: ‘Today marks the historic first step in a journey that should lead to one of the… Read more »
The immigration minister Robert Jenrick was today called to the commons to answer an Urgent Question from the shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper on the Home Office’s impact assessment on the illegal migration bill. Ms Cooper said: “They’ve crashed the economy, now they’ve crashed the asylum system, too. You’ve got an impact assessment that shows… Read more »
The victims minister Edward Argar was today called to the commons to answer an Urgent Question, from the Labour MP Dame Diana Johnson on Section 58 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861. The 1861 law was used to prosecute mother-of-three Carla Foster who was convicted of inducing an abortion outside the legal limit using… Read more »
