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Commons Chamber
Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill
Consideration of Lords amendments - Tue 30 Apr 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Sharon Hodgson (Lab - Washington and Sunderland West) That is why the Labour party is seeking to follow the examples of countries such as Ireland, France and - Speech Link
2: Sharon Hodgson (Lab - Washington and Sunderland West) Australian dollars for misleading consumers, €20 million for breaking the law in Italy and €400,000 in France - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures - Tue 30 Apr 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Benyon (Con - Life peer) Of those early adopters, 46 were UK- headquartered organisations, which is more than in France, Germany - Speech Link


Bill Documents
30 Apr 2024 - Human rights memorandum
ECHR Memorandum
Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Bill 2023-24

Found: a precedent for future relations between Parliament, the judiciary and the 1 Meftah and Others v France


Written Question
Undocumented Migrants
Tuesday 30th April 2024

Asked by: Helen Grant (Conservative - Maidstone and The Weald)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what diplomatic steps he is taking to strengthen international co-operation to tackle illegal migration.

Answered by Andrew Mitchell - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) (Minister for Development)

We engage with partners worldwide, including through international fora such as the G7 and the UK-hosted European Political Community summit in July 2024, to improve returns processes, tackle organised immigration crime and address the root causes of irregular migration.

In 2023/2024, we signed new deals with Bulgaria, Belgium, and Frontex (European border and coastguard agency), and through our close partnership with France stopped over 26,000 crossing attempts in 2023.

On 17 April 2024, the UK signed an agreement with Vietnam to increase cooperation on tackling illegal migration.


Written Question
France: Nuclear Weapons
Tuesday 30th April 2024

Asked by: Maria Eagle (Labour - Garston and Halewood)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made on the TEUTATES facility.

Answered by James Cartlidge - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)

Information on performance of defence programmes in the Government Major Projects Portfolio (GMPP) is published each year alongside the Infrastructure and Projects Authority annual report. Programme performance information as at 31 March 2024 is expected to be released in July 2024.


Parliamentary Research
Bosnia and Herzegovina: secessionism in the Republika Srpska - CBP-10013
Apr. 29 2024

Found: A joint statement by the USA, UK, Germany, France and Italy in September 2023 expressed concern over


Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Apr. 29 2024

Source Page: Joint Statement on the 30th Anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development
Document: Joint Statement on the 30th Anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development (webpage)

Found: Colombia, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, France


Parliamentary Research
Kosovo: developments since 1999 and relations with Serbia - CBP-10012
Apr. 29 2024

Found: - Kosovo Online , 27 March 2023; France 24, Arrested development: the unfinished church dividing Kosovo


Departmental Publication (Open consultation)
Department for Work and Pensions

Apr. 29 2024

Source Page: Modernising support for independent living: the health and disability green paper
Document: Modernising support for independent living: the health and disability green paper (PDF)

Found: France The French system (‘Prestation de compensation du handicap’ (FR -PCH)) provides financial aid


Select Committee
Cadent
DHH0048 - Decarbonising home heating

Written Evidence Apr. 29 2024

Committee: Public Accounts Committee

Found: Other European countries such as the Netherlands and France are increasingly investigating the role