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30 April

Application of the Chapter I Prohibition in the Competition Act 1998 to Technology Transfer Agreements
Application of the Chapter I Prohibition in the Competition Act 1998 to Technology Transfer Agreements
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Syria (Hamish Falconer)

I wanted to update the House on the situation in North-East Syria and the visit of the Syrian President to the UK on 31 March, given the interest expressed by members of both Houses.

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Energy Markets Update (Michael Shanks)

The Government is working tirelessly with international partners to find a permanent solution to the current Middle East Conflict, and is playing a leading role in the international effort to support the free...

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State Threat Prevention and Investigation Measures: 20 December 2025 to 19 March 2026 (Dan Jarvis)

Section 55(1) of the National Security Act 2023 (the 2023 Act) requires the Secretary of State to report to Parliament as soon as reasonably practicable after the end of every relevant three-month period on the...

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Report of the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation on the operation of the Terrorism Acts in 2024 (Shabana Mahmood)

Jonathan Hall KC, the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation, has prepared a report on the operation of the Terrorism Acts in 2024.

In accordance with section 36(5) of the Terrorism Act 2006...

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Post-legislative scrutiny of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 (Jess Phillips, Member, Crime and Policing Bill Committee)

The Government has today submitted a Memorandum to the Home Affairs Committee and the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 Committee regarding post-legislative scrutiny of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021.

The Home...

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Housing Minister speech on Leasehold and Commonhold Reform
Housing Minister speech on Leasehold and Commonhold Reform
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Change of His Majesty’s Ambassador to Italy: Stephen Hickey
Change of His Majesty’s Ambassador to Italy: Stephen Hickey
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Grenfell Tower: community update May 2026
Grenfell Tower: community update May 2026
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The Timms Review: Co-chair Update, April 2026
The Timms Review: Co-chair Update, April 2026
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Have your say: PIP review launches engagement programme for disabled people to get involved
Have your say: PIP review launches engagement programme for disabled people to get involved
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The impact of Russia’s intensifying attacks on civilians in Ukraine: UK statement to the OSCE
The impact of Russia’s intensifying attacks on civilians in Ukraine: UK statement to the OSCE
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Weston Bay report and safety flyer published
Weston Bay report and safety flyer published
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AAIB Report: Cessna FRA150L, G-PPFS
AAIB Report: Cessna FRA150L, G-PPFS
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Key target hit with 8,500 extra mental health workers in the NHS
Key target hit with 8,500 extra mental health workers in the NHS
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Britain embraces solar revolution following war in Iran
Britain embraces solar revolution following war in Iran
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Vacancies: Recorders x 128
Overview of the role

The Judicial Appointments Commission has been asked to identify 128 candidates to recommend for the post of Recorder. Recorders deal with cases within a mid-range of complexity and legal...

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The UK: a world-class home for intellectual property 
The UK: a world-class home for intellectual property 
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Accredited official statistics: Safety in custody: quarterly update to December 2025
Accredited official statistics: Safety in custody: quarterly update to December 2025
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Accredited official statistics: Proven reoffending statistics: April to June 2024
Accredited official statistics: Proven reoffending statistics: April to June 2024
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Double man overboard from the fishing vessel Weston Bay (GY123) with the loss of 1 life
Double man overboard from the fishing vessel Weston Bay (GY123) with the loss of 1 life
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Turing Scheme funding outcomes 2024 to 2025
Turing Scheme funding outcomes 2024 to 2025
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FCDO workforce management information: March 2026
FCDO workforce management information: March 2026
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AAIB investigation to Cessna FRA150L, G-PPFS
AAIB investigation to Cessna FRA150L, G-PPFS
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Accredited official statistics: Criminal Justice Statistics Quarterly: December 2025
Accredited official statistics: Criminal Justice Statistics Quarterly: December 2025
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Accredited official statistics: Offender management statistics quarterly: October to December 2025
Accredited official statistics: Offender management statistics quarterly: October to December 2025
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Official Statistics: Safety in the Children and Young People Secure Estate: Update to December 2025
Official Statistics: Safety in the Children and Young People Secure Estate: Update to December 2025
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Official Statistics: Justice data lab statistics: April 2026
Official Statistics: Justice data lab statistics: April 2026
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Victims come first in new justice law
Victims come first in new justice law
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DfT: spending over £25,000, December 2025
DfT: spending over £25,000, December 2025
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HMRC: spending over £500, March 2026
HMRC: spending over £500, March 2026
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Ofsted pen portraits of HM Inspectors (HMI)
Ofsted pen portraits of HM Inspectors (HMI)
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HMRC: spending over £25,000, March 2026
HMRC: spending over £25,000, March 2026
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Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) funding amounts
Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) funding amounts
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Family Hubs and Start for Life: management information 2022 to 2025
Family Hubs and Start for Life: management information 2022 to 2025
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Family Hubs Transformation Fund: management information 2022 to 2024
Family Hubs Transformation Fund: management information 2022 to 2024
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Standard Determinate Sentence (SDS40) release data: October 2024 to December 2025
Standard Determinate Sentence (SDS40) release data: October 2024 to December 2025
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Family Hubs and Start for Life: maturity self assessment 2022 to 2025
Family Hubs and Start for Life: maturity self assessment 2022 to 2025
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Safeguarding against sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment in the international aid sector: FCDO progress report 2024 to 2025
Safeguarding against sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment in the international aid sector: FCDO progress report 2024 to 2025
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UK and Irish Governments to reaffirm security cooperation and commitment to Legacy at BIIGC 
UK and Irish Governments to reaffirm security cooperation and commitment to Legacy at BIIGC 
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29 April

Anonymity: National Public Order Intelligence Unit (Minded-to Note 7, Ruling 4) - Undercover Policing Inquiry
Publication date: 29 Apr 2026. Category: Anonymity. Originator: Inquiry.
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Gisted Opinion on EN60 - Undercover Policing Inquiry
Publication date: 29 Apr 2026. Category: Anonymity. Originator: Inquiry.
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Gisted Psychiatric Report on EN60 - Undercover Policing Inquiry
Publication date: 29 Apr 2026. Category: Anonymity. Originator: Inquiry.
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A better deal on agency supply staff: what the new Supply Teachers and Education Recruitment framework means for schools and trusts

Department for Education commercial strategy and innovation commercial lead Beth Lord explains the new Government Commercial Agency supply staff framework and how it aims to rebalance the market, saving ...

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English Devolution Bill receives Royal Assent
English Devolution Bill receives Royal Assent
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Housing Minister speech on Leasehold and Commonhold Reform Bill
Housing Minister speech on Leasehold and Commonhold Reform Bill
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Graves of two unknown World War 1 officers 'named' 111 years after their deaths
Graves of two unknown World War 1 officers 'named' 111 years after their deaths
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Northumberland illegal waste site shut down
Northumberland illegal waste site shut down
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DSIT: workforce management information, March 2026
DSIT: workforce management information, March 2026
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DESNZ: workforce management information, March 2026
DESNZ: workforce management information, March 2026
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Major investigation into 'sickening' illegal waste dumping
Major investigation into 'sickening' illegal waste dumping
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Seven sentenced after MHRA investigation uncovers £1.8m illegal medicines and steroids network
Seven sentenced after MHRA investigation uncovers £1.8m illegal medicines and steroids network
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First Sea Lord Speech at RUSI
First Sea Lord Speech at RUSI
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Statement: Foreign Office summons Russian Ambassador - 29th April 2026
Statement: Foreign Office summons Russian Ambassador - 29th April 2026
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Tobacco and Vapes Bill becomes law
Tobacco and Vapes Bill becomes law
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DfE Update 29 April 2026
DfE Update 29 April 2026
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MHRA hires top global tech talent to transform systems behind regulation of medicines and medical devices
MHRA hires top global tech talent to transform systems behind regulation of medicines and medical devices
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The year ahead: public service pension administration - 2026-2027

As we move into the 2026 to 2027 financial year, pension scheme administration continues to face unprecedented challenges.

Across defined benefit schemes, administrators, scheme managers, regulators...

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How to stay compliant with aftermarket light products: vulnerable road user signs, decorative lights, and warning beacons 

Many drivers fit aftermarket devices to their vehicles, often with the best intentions – particularly when it comes to protecting vulnerable road users like cyclists and pedestrians.

But your vehicle...

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Draft affirmative coming for Private Landlord Redress Schemes (Approval and Designation) Regulations 2026
Draft affirmative coming for Private Landlord Redress Schemes (Approval and Designation) Regulations 2026. See other results for details.
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Draft affirmative coming for Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026
Draft affirmative coming for Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026. See other results for details.
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Retirement boost of £29,000 awaits millions as landmark Pension Schemes Act becomes law
Retirement boost of £29,000 awaits millions as landmark Pension Schemes Act becomes law
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Mergers charter: one year on

A year on from the launch of the CMA’s mergers charter, we’re sharing what’s working well and what would help it to work even better.

Last March, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published...

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Domestic Abuse Act 2021: post-legislative scrutiny
Domestic Abuse Act 2021: post-legislative scrutiny
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Draft affirmative coming for Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026
Draft affirmative coming for Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026. See other results for details.
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UK tests defence supply chains under war conditions in major exercise
UK tests defence supply chains under war conditions in major exercise
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Call for evidence into antisemitism in schools and colleges
Call for evidence into antisemitism in schools and colleges
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Ministry of Defence Police appoints new Deputy Chief Constable
Ministry of Defence Police appoints new Deputy Chief Constable
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Official Statistics: Safety in the Children and Young People Secure Estate: Update to December 2025
Official Statistics: Safety in the Children and Young People Secure Estate: Update to December 2025
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More time to apply for farming equipment and technology 
A direct drill funded with support from the Farming Equipment and Technology Fund. Credit: RPA

The Farming Equipment and Technology Fund (FETF) application window is now open until midday ...

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Main Supply Estimates 2026 to 2027
Main Supply Estimates 2026 to 2027
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16 to 19 subcontracting data: academic year 2024 to 2025
16 to 19 subcontracting data: academic year 2024 to 2025
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FCDO Main Estimates Memorandum 2026 to 2027
FCDO Main Estimates Memorandum 2026 to 2027
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Update on the Afghan Resettlement Programme (Luke Pollard)

Today I am able to provide the House with a further update on the Afghan Resettlement Programme (ARP) as we continue to make good progress towards our intent of concluding the programme in this Parliament. This...

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The Armoured Cavalry Programme (Luke Pollard)

I am releasing this statement to the House today to provide Parliament with a further update on the Armoured Cavalry Programme, commonly known as Ajax, following issues raised on Exercise Titan Storm in November...

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The State of the Estate in 2024-25 Report (Anna Turley)

I have today laid before Parliament, pursuant to Section 86 of the Climate Change Act 2008, the “State of the Estate in 2024-25”.

This report describes the progress made in improving the efficiency...

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United Kingdom Trade Envoy Programme (Chris Bryant)

The Secretary of State has today made the following appointment to the United Kingdom’s Trade Envoy programme.

The United Kingdom’s Trade Envoys are important to this Government’...

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Contingencies Fund Advance (Sarah Sackman, Member, Courts and Tribunals Bill)

I hereby give notice of the Ministry of Justice’s intention to seek an advance from the Contingencies Fund totalling £1.7m.

This follows the introduction of the Public Office (Accountability) ...

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Two local authorities get consumer upgrades
Two local authorities get consumer upgrades
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Graves of two missing Lance Corporals from World War One identified in Belgium
Graves of two missing Lance Corporals from World War One identified in Belgium
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South East Water given £76,000 penalty for water supply breach
South East Water given £76,000 penalty for water supply breach
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Unlocking the value of your woodland: high-value markets for timber

Chris Watson, Woodland Resilience Advisor at the Forestry Commission, invites Dougal Driver, CEO of Grown in Britain, to discuss how you can grow high-quality wood, and new opportunities for UK timber...

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Creatures great, small… and unexpected

From Bourkes to bettongs, Block 25 (as it is known locally) is Sand Hutton’s very own Noah’s Ark … if Noah also had to think about biosecurity protocols and specialist diets. Tucked away in the Yorkshire...

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PATH-SAFE: One year on

Cymraeg

March 2026 marks one year since the completion of the Pathogen Surveillance in Agriculture, Food and Environment (PATH-SAFE) Programme - a landmark four-year, UK-wide programme...

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Forestry Commission gender pay gap report 2024 to 2025
Forestry Commission gender pay gap report 2024 to 2025
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Explanatory Memorandum to The Pensions Regulator Code of Practice (29 April 2026)
Explanatory Memorandum to The Pensions Regulator Code of Practice (29 April 2026)
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Independent review into antisemitism
Independent review into antisemitism
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DWP puts disabled people first: Thousands of health staff complete landmark autism and learning disabilities training
DWP puts disabled people first: Thousands of health staff complete landmark autism and learning disabilities training
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What we’re hearing about maternity care
People who have used maternal health services told us what matters most to them: feeling listened to, receiving clear and accurate information, and having continuity of care.
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28 April

We are appalled by the deteriorating trajectory in the West Bank and East Jerusalem: UK statement at the UN Security Council
We are appalled by the deteriorating trajectory in the West Bank and East Jerusalem: UK statement at the UN Security Council
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Summoning of the Iranian Ambassador to the United Kingdom
Summoning of the Iranian Ambassador to the United Kingdom
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Public legal education: new principles and committee
Public legal education: new principles and committee
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Our Chief Executive's speech to the International Heads of Food Agencies Forum (23 April 2026)

The following is a speech given by Katie Pettifer, Chief Executive of the Food Standards Agency, at the International Heads of Food Agencies Forum on 23 April 2026.

Good afternoon colleagues, it...

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Form: SIA sworn oath and character reference forms
Form: SIA sworn oath and character reference forms
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North Sea Transition Authority (Oil and Gas Authority) Review 2025
North Sea Transition Authority (Oil and Gas Authority) Review 2025
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16 to 19 performance measures
16 to 19 performance measures
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Digital waste tracking: What is it and why it matters 
A telehandler collecting recycling to put into a lorry for transportation

Waste crime is not new, but in recent years it has escalated into a more sophisticated, costly and damaging criminal...

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Britain must secure greater control and leverage over AI to protect our national security in fractured world
Britain must secure greater control and leverage over AI to protect our national security in fractured world
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Precautionary recall of antidepressant medication due to manufacturing error
Precautionary recall of antidepressant medication due to manufacturing error
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Rebuilding Britain for the new world: Liz Kendall’s speech at the Royal United Services Institute
Rebuilding Britain for the new world: Liz Kendall’s speech at the Royal United Services Institute
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