Parliament is full of red and green, and not just because it’s Christmas. The colours hold special significance for the @houseofcommons.parliament.uk and @houseoflords.parliament.uk

🕚 #HouseOfLords from 11am includes: 🟥 numbers of girls studying STEM 🟥 use of digital technology by pre-school children 🟥 job market 🟥 British forces in the Baltic states 🟥 #PensionsSchemesBill ➡️ See full schedule www.parliament.uk/business/new...

🕒 #HouseOfLords from 3pm includes: 🟥 employment gap for sight-impaired people 🟥 special educational needs investment 🟥 #UnauthorisedEntrytoFootballMatchesBill 🟥 #CrimeandPolicingBill ➡️ See full schedule and watch online www.parliament.uk/business/new...

🕝 #HouseOfLords from 2.30pm includes: 🟥 school budgets and free school meals 🟥 asylum accommodation 🟥 women's healthcare 🟥 ending homelessness 🟥 #EmploymentRightsBill 🟥 #VictimAndCourtsBill ➡️ See full schedule and watch online www.parliament.uk/business/new...

🕝 #HouseOfLords from 2.30pm includes: 🟥 UK Research and Innovation funding grants 🟥 recommendations of the Technology Adoption Review 🟥 community access to emergency adrenaline 🟥 regular mammograms for women over 70 🟥 Crime and Policing Bill ➡️ www.parliament.uk/business/new...

Find out what’s coming up this week in the House of Lords: ❓ The House of Lords is set to quiz the government on mammograms for women over 70, free school meals, large-scale sites for asylum accommodation, and use of digital technology by pre-school children.

🕙 Assisted dying on the agenda in #HouseOfLords from 10am today as members continue line by line check of the #TerminallyIllAdultsBill. ➡️ Find out more and watch online www.parliament.uk/business/new...

Planning and infrastructure, and employment rights in the spotlight as members consider House of Commons changes to bills. ⬇️ Learn more about 'ping pong'

🕚 #HouseOfLords from 11am includes: 🟥 town-centre renewal 🟥 scam adverts on social media 🟥 strategy for wheelchair provision by NHS and social care services 🟥 implications of population growth for the UK ➡️ See full schedule and watch online www.parliament.uk/business/new...

🕒 #HouseOfLords from 3pm includes: 🟥 two-child benefit cap 🟥 social media bans for children under 16 🟥 #PlanningBill 🟥 #EmploymentRightsBill 🟥 #AviationFuelBill ➡️ See full schedule and watch online www.parliament.uk/business/new...

🕝 #HouseOfLords from 2.30pm includes: 🟥 mobile phone and broadband price increases 🟥 Tropical Forest Forever Facility 🟥 sexual violence in the armed services 🟥 police facial recognition technology 🟥 Crime and Policing Bill ➡️ See full schedule and watch online www.parliament.uk/business/new...

🔴 My latest podcast guest Lord Gove had an extensive Cabinet career under four Prime Ministers. He tells me why he thinks the Treasury should be broken up, why UK politics works best with 2 big centre-ground parties - and his views on #CelebrityTraitors 1/2 👇

🕝 #HouseOfLords from 2.30pm includes:     🟥 national security 🟥 changes to Employee Car Ownership Schemes 🟥 reducing the level of young people not in work 🟥 the Royal Navy’s submarine force 🟥 #EnglishDevolutionBill ➡️ See full schedule www.parliament.uk/business/new...

Find out what’s coming up this week in the House of Lords: ❓ Lords members press the government on reducing the level of young people not in work, education or training, sexual violence in the armed services, impact of lifting the two-child limit, and scams on social media.

🕙 Assisted dying is on the agenda in #HouseOfLords from 10am today as members continue line by line check of the #TerminallyIllAdultsBill. ➡️ Find out more and watch online www.parliament.uk/business/new...

Today, President of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, addressed Members of both Houses during an official state visit to UK Parliament. President Steinmeier and First Lady Elke Büdenbende were welcomed by the Speakers of @ukhouseofcommons and @ukhouseoflords.

An honour to welcome, with @commonsspeaker.parliament.uk, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier to @ukparliament.parliament.uk. Decades of friendship & close co-operation were underscored, and our mutual respect for democracy, liberty & rule of law & steadfast support for Ukraine @uk.diplo.de 1/2

The President of the Federal Republic of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier addressed members of both Houses of Parliament in the Royal Gallery earlier today.

President of the Federal Republic of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier will visit Parliament today to address members of both Houses in the Royal Gallery of the House of Lords.

🕚 #HouseOfLords from 11am includes: 🟥 preventing children from using VPNs 🟥 electronic shock collars on domestic animals 🟥 UK’s data adequacy status 🟥 safety of UK citizens in Venezuela 🟥 debate on the Autumn Budget ➡️ See full schedule www.parliament.uk/business/new...

🕒 #HouseOfLords from 3pm includes: 🟥 careers in the arts 🟥 new build applications 🟥 supply of blood 🟥 SEND funding 🟥 #SentencingBill ➡️ See full schedule and watch online www.parliament.uk/business/new...

🕝 #HouseOfLords from 2.30pm: 🟥 subscriptions for cultural and heritage organisations 🟥 online services for adults with learning difficulties 🟥 British Embassy in Damascus 🟥 Carer's Allowance 🟥 Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill ➡️ www.parliament.uk/business/new...

🕝 #HouseOfLords from 2.30pm includes: 🟥 South Sudan 🟥 eliminating AIDS 🟥 increasing the number of walking, wheeling and cycling paths 🟥 long-term viability of small farming enterprises 🟥 Sentencing Bill ➡️ See full schedule www.parliament.uk/business/new... #WorldAIDSDay2025

Find out what’s coming up this week in the House of Lords: ❓ Lords members quiz the government on eliminating AIDS as a public health threat, online communications for adults with learning difficulties, and preventing children from using VPNs to access harmful material online.

That’s a wrap on UK Parliament Week 2025, and almost 2.5 million people have taken part 🎉 Here's a message from @lordspeaker.parliament.uk to thank everyone who joined in. Let us know what activities your school or community group took part in 👇

🕚 #HouseOfLords from 11am includes: 🟥 effect of Budget on small and medium-sized businesses 🟥 reducing violence against women and girls 🟥 #CrimeandPolicingBill 🟥 humanitarian situation in Sudan ➡️ See full schedule and watch online www.parliament.uk/business/new...

🕒 #HouseOfLords from 3pm includes: 🟥 emergency accommodation for domestic abuse victims 🟥 visas for highly skilled people 🟥 #SentencingBill 🟥 #TobaccoandVapesBill ➡️ See full schedule and watch online www.parliament.uk/business/new...

🕝 #HouseOfLords from 2.30pm includes: 🟥 democratic resilience in Bosnia and Herzegovina 🟥 further devolution in Wales 🟥 housing and employment growth 🟥 fiscal changes 🟥 #DiegoGarciaBill ➡️ See full schedule and watch online www.parliament.uk/business/new...

UK Parliament Week 2025 is here. 🎉 This year’s theme, UK Parliament: step-by-step, explores how Parliament works and why it matters. Sign up for your free digital kit: www.ukparliamentweek.org/en/ #UKPW

🚨 ♾ Our report out yesterday calls on HM Government to deliver an effective new autism strategy. Open this link committees.parliament.uk/committee/77... to view the following: - Full report - Easy Read report - Report summary with conclusions and recommendations - Shorthand

🕝 #HouseOfLords from 2.30pm includes: 🟥 wheelchair services by the NHS and social care authorities 🟥 improving the scale of research into brain tumours 🟥 #MentalHealthBill 🟥 #BorderSecurityBill 🟥 #PlanningBill ➡️ See full schedule www.parliament.uk/business/new...

Find out what’s coming up this week in the House of Lords: ❓ Lords members press the government on research into brain tumours, devolution in Wales, and reducing violence against women and girls.

🕙 Assisted dying is on the agenda in #HouseOfLords from 10am today as members continue line by line check of the #TerminallyIllAdultsBill. ➡️ Find out more and watch online www.parliament.uk/business/new...

🕚 #HouseOfLords from 11am includes: 🟥 compensation to victims of child grooming scandals 🟥 President Trump’s statement on testing of nuclear weapons 🟥 #AviationFuelBill 🟥 private equity 🟥 plastic recycling targets ➡️ See full schedule www.parliament.uk/business/new...

🕒 #HouseOfLords from 3pm includes: 🟥 conflict in Ukraine 🟥 number of deaths on the road 🟥 UK fuel cell industry 🟥 ownership of Telegraph Media Group 🟥 #CrimeandPolicingBill ➡️ See full schedule and watch online www.parliament.uk/business/new...

📢 The Social Mobility Policy Committee has published its new report: Social Mobility: Local Roots, Lasting Change. Our inquiry makes clear that improving social mobility requires stronger local leadership. Central government alone cannot deliver the targeted, long-term change communities need.

🕝 #HouseOfLords from 2.30pm includes: 🟥 carer's allowance 🟥 UK-manufactured products 🟥 election law 🟥 space debris 🟥 #DiegoGarciaBill ➡️ See full schedule and watch online www.parliament.uk/business/new...

Lord West recalls his experience in the nuclear chain of command on 9/11 🧵2/2. 🎧💻 the full episode: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYwV...

🎙️Defence, security, Russia and China are on the agenda in my latest podcast, with guests Lord Robertson, former NATO Secretary General and Lord West, former First Sea Lord and ex-Security Minister @houseoflords.parliament.uk 💬Lord Robertson: We're under-prepared and under attack 🧵1/2

🕝 #HouseOfLords from 2.30pm includes:     🟥 supporting children with dyscalculia 🟥 increasing the number of music, drama, art and design, and dance teachers 🟥 #EmploymentRightsBill 🟥 #CrimeAndPolicingBill 🟥#TobaccoAndVapesBill ➡️ See full schedule www.parliament.uk/business/new...

Find out what’s coming up this week in the House of Lords: ❓ Lords members question the government on artificial intelligence legislation, de-escalating the conflict in Ukraine, and compensating victims of child grooming scandals.

🕙 Assisted dying is on the agenda in #HouseOfLords from 10am today as members debate the #TerminallyIllAdultsBill. ➡️ Find out more and watch online www.parliament.uk/business/new...

🤵🖥️ Remote and hybrid working are now a new normal for many. How has this affected the UK working landscape? 📢 Read the key points in a summary of our report, ‘Is Working from Home Working?’ on #wfh ukparliament.shorthandstories.com/home-based-w...

6/6 You can read more of our findings in our newly-published report, ‘Is Working from Home Working?’ publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld5901/ld... Watch our video below:

🕚 #HouseOfLords from 11am includes: 🟥 learning disabilities and improving life outcomes 🟥 status of Palestinian refugees 🟥 economic and taxation policies 🟥 biodiversity and the countryside 🟥 #TobaccoandVapesBill ➡️ See full schedule and watch online www.parliament.uk/business/new...

🕒 #HouseOfLords from 3pm includes: 🟥 telemedical abortion access 🟥 Welsh needs-based funding 🟥 cryptocurrencies 🟥 US Caribbean military action 🟥 #SentencingBill ➡️ See full schedule and watch online www.parliament.uk/business/new...

Today I attended a deeply moving ceremony in Westminster Hall with Mr Speaker, Members and staff @ukparliament.parliament.uk to mark #ArmisticeDay. Wreaths were laid in remembrance of all who have served, and those who gave their lives in conflict. We will never forget. @houseoflords.parliament.uk

🕝 #HouseOfLords from 2.30pm includes: 🟥 police force records in England and Wales 🟥 implications of airport expansions for net zero target 🟥 #BorderSecurityBill 🟥 #PublicAuthoritiesBill 🟥 #TobaccoandVapesBill ➡️ See full schedule and watch online www.parliament.uk/business/new...

Today I attended the #RemembranceSunday service to honour all those who have served and sacrificed in defence of our country. We remember their courage and legacy on this, the 80th anniversary year of the end of the Second World War @houseoflords.parliament.uk @ukparliament.parliament.uk 🧵1/2

Chloe Mawson has been appointed the 66th Clerk of the Parliaments and is the first woman to take up the post. The Clerk of the Parliaments is head of the House of Lords Administration and Chief Procedural Adviser to the House.