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| Jul. 22 | Oral Questions | Oral Answers to Questions |
| Jul. 16 | Urgent Questions | British Overseas Troops: Civil Liability Claims |
| Mar. 11 | Westminster Hall | Mental Health of Veterans |
| Jun. 08 | Adjournment Debate | Electoral Reform |
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| Parliamentary Constituencies Bill 2019-21 | 2nd reading (Minutes of Proceedings): House of Lords 27 July, 2020 |
Committee stage: House of Lords 8 Sep 2020 |
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| A Bill to make provision about reports of the Boundary Commissions under the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986; to make provision about the number of parliamentary constituencies and other rules for the distribution of seats; and for connected purposes. | ||||
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Cabinet Office | Representation of the People (Electoral Registers Publication Date) Regulations 2020 Parliamentary Status - Text of Legislation | Draft affirmative procedure |
| These Regulations set a revised date for the end of the period during which revised versions of certain electoral registers for 2020 must be published in accordance with section 13(1)(a) of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2) (“the 1983 Act”). | |||
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Laid 2 Jun 2020 In Force 23 Jun 2020 |
Cabinet Office | Census (England) Regulations 2020 Parliamentary Status - Text of Legislation | Made negative procedure |
| These Regulations set out the detailed arrangements necessary for the conduct by the Statistics Board (“the Authority”) of the 2021 Census in England. The 2021 Census is directed to be taken on 21st March 2021 by the Census (England and Wales) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/532) (“the Census Order”). Regulation 2 revokes the Census (England) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/532). | |||
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6,103,056 Petition Closed |
Revoke Article 50 and remain in the EU. Gov Responded - 26 Mar 2019 Debated on - 1 Apr 2019 |
20 Aug 2019 closed 11 months, 2 weeks ago |
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The government repeatedly claims exiting the EU is 'the will of the people'. We need to put a stop to this claim by proving the strength of public support now, for remaining in the EU. A People's Vote may not happen - so vote now. |
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1,725,630 Petition Closed |
Do not prorogue Parliament Gov Responded - 9 Sep 2019 Debated on - 9 Sep 2019 |
15 Feb 2020 closed 5 months, 3 weeks ago |
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Parliament must not be prorogued or dissolved unless and until the Article 50 period has been sufficiently extended or the UK's intention to withdraw from the EU has been cancelled. |
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269,157 Petition Closed |
Put pressure on Libya to take action to stop enslavement of Black Africans. Gov Responded - 13 Dec 2017 Debated on - 18 Dec 2017 |
22 May 2018 closed 2 years, 2 months ago |
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CNN has released video footage of a black Africans being sold into slavery in Libya. I am asking the UK government to put pressure on the Libyan government to take immediate action to stop these criminals from selling more people, to set current prisoners free, arrest the criminals and end this. |
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| Aug. 04 | ‘Please give me space’ social distancing cards or badges | Guidance and Regulation |
| Aug. 03 | Results summary of COVID-19 Risk Assessment for Civil Service Departments | Policy paper |
| Aug. 03 | Uploading data to the National Fraud Initiative | Guidance and Regulation |
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Question To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord True on 28 May (HL4424), what estimate they have made of the total number of deaths from COVID-19 in the UK in each week since 1 May. Answer (Lord True) The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. I have therefore asked the Authority to respond.
Dear Lord Marlesford, As National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am responding to your Parliamentary Question asking, further to the Written Answer by Lord True on 28 May (HL4424), about the total number of deaths from COVID-19 in the UK in each week since 1 May (HL7234). The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is responsible for publishing numbers of deaths registered in England and Wales. The most recent annual figures published are for deaths registered in 2019[1]. However, we do publish provisional weekly deaths registrations, which are currently available for deaths registered up to 10 July 2020[2]. National Records Scotland (NRS) and the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) are responsible for publishing the number of deaths registered in Scotland and Northern Ireland respectively. Cause of death is defined using the International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th edition (ICD-10). Deaths involving COVID-19, as either a contributory or underlying cause of death, are identified by the ICD-10 codes U07.1 and U07.2. The accompanying dataset2 to our provisional weekly deaths bulletin includes UK data on deaths involving COVID-19, which refer to deaths where COVID-19 was mentioned anywhere on the death certificate. Table 1 shows the provisional number of deaths involving COVID-19 registered each week in the UK from the week ending 8 May up to the week ending 10 July 2020, broken down by country. Yours sincerely, Professor Sir Ian Diamond
Table 1: Number of deaths involving COVID-19 registered each week in the UK, week ending 8 May up to the week ending 10 July 2020[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
[3]Cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes U07.1, U07.2 [4]Figures are based on deaths registered up to 1 May 2020 [5]All figures for 2020 are provisional [6]Weekly deaths for Scotland are produced by NRS: https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/covid19stats [7]Weekly deaths for Northern Ireland are produced by NISRA: https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/covid19stats [8]England, Wales and Northern Ireland weekly deaths run from Saturday to Friday, Scotland deaths run from Monday to Sunday [9]Northern Ireland week allocation differs from other countries. For example, week 1 is week ending 10-Jan. This has been adjusted for the purpose of aggregating the data |
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