Baroness Harding, author of the Harding Review, and Sir David Behan, Chair of Health Education England, give evidence to Health and Social Care Committee
Link: Interim NHS People Plan: committee hears evidence from Harding Review author
Source: Parliamentary News
Third man gets suspended sentence and night curfew following waste crime convictions.
Link: Press release: Jail for pair of serial Home Counties fly-tippers
Source: Environment Agency
Paralympic swimmer Baron Chris Holmes chairs group to improve use of education technology, including accessibility and inclusion in the classroom
Link: Press release: Expert Group launched with £4.6 million investment in EdTech
Source: Gov Press Releases
JCHR questions Norman Lamb MP and Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP on the detention of children and adults with learning disabilities/autism
Link: Detention of children and adults with learning disabilities/autism examined
Source: Parliamentary News
Emma Howard Boyd, Chair of the Environment Agency, speech to Devon and Cornwall Soils Alliance, Lakeside, Roadford Reservoir, Devon
Link: Speech: The importance of soil in a changing climate
Source: Environment Agency
Updated plans to transform one of the busiest road links in the East of England have gone on show today.
Link: Press release: Commuters to save up to 90 minutes in massive A428 upgrade
Source: Gov Press Releases
Minister for Middle East has issued a statement on plans to construct hundreds of settlement units in East Jerusalem.
Link: Press release: Andrew Murrison’s statement on Israeli settlement construction
Source: Gov Press Releases
Environmental Audit Committee holds the final hearing of its inquiry into Toxic Chemicals in Everyday Life
Link: Ministers face questions over use of toxic chemicals in everyday life
Source: Parliamentary News
Section 57 of the Finance Act 2019 introduced a new category of tobacco product chargeable with excise duty into the Tobacco Products Duty Act 1979 (c. 7), called tobacco for heating.
Link: The Finance Act 2019, Section 57 (Tobacco for Heating) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2019
Source: Legislation .gov.uk
On 28 May, the UK joined 87 other states in co-sponsoring a United Nations resolution establishing 22 August as an international day commemorating victims of acts of violence based on religion or belief.
Link: Press release: UK co-sponsors a UN resolution to commemorate victims of acts of violence based on religion or belief
Source: Gov Press Releases
