And now ladies and gentlemen, now you know why our system of parliamentary select committees is so vital, so unbelievably important to this little thing we call democracy. 👇👏👏👏

Latest #CommitteeCorridor podcast features an informed and incensed Feargal Sharkey on the state of the water industry. Select cttees will continue to ask questions, say Alistair Carmichael MP Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP. Listen where you get your podcasts ⬇️ EFRA Committee Public Accounts Committee

Missed the most recent episode of Committee Corridor? Catch up on Toby Perkins MP's conversation with Feargal Sharkey covering the issues affecting our rivers, and the companies responsible for managing them 💧 Listen now, wherever you get your podcasts 🎧

I have to say it's an astonishing good listen. 😀

So much to learn from the world beneath the waves. Great job here to explain the threats to all who depend on the high seas. Sarah Champion and Pippa Heylings 🔶️ MP for South Cambridgeshire on real challenges for ocean states, bottom trawling and forever chemicals. Listen where you get your podcasts 🎧

Just when you thought there wasn’t enough excitement in Westminster …

Last week, Fiona Thomas from Marine Conservation Society, International Development Committee Chair Sarah Champion, and EAC member Pippa Heylings 🔶️ MP for South Cambridgeshire joined our Chair and podcast host Toby Perkins MP to explore how the UK can help protect our oceans 🌊 Search for "Committee Corridor" wherever you get your podcasts 🎧

We’ve launched an inquiry into the licensing of taxi & private hire vehicles across England 🚖 With inconsistent rules from place to place, we’re asking: how can regulation be improved? Take part in the inquiry via our website 👇

We asked the PM when 16/17 year olds would get the vote and if it will come with political education 👇 The Government confirmed plans to lower the voting age across the UK with a new Elections Bill. A full Curriculum Review is expected in Autumn 2025.

The ambition: clean power to meet 100% of electricity demand by 2030, with at least 95% of electricity generation coming from low-carbon sources and no more than 5% from unabated gas. Achievable? 💨 @TobyPerkinsMP asks the questions for select cttee podcast #CommitteeCorridor ⬇️

This week, Minister for Water and Flooding, Emma Hardy MP, told us that Defra UK wants to make the water sector "boring" again👇

We've launched an inquiry into the UK's climate and weather resilience👇

Black women are 2.3 times more likely to die in pregnancy, childbirth or the postnatal period Our new report calls for change across England’s maternity services and demands that the voices of Black women are no longer ignored. Read our report ⬇️ committees.parliament.uk/committee/81/h…

Undersea cables vulnerable to Russian attack that could cripple communications, MPs say. They’re not confident the UK could protect cables vital for financial and comms systems. More here from ITV 👀 itv.com/news/2025-09-1…

The importance of independent media outlets - as told to the Foreign Affairs Committee in Westminster on 17 Nov. Watch the whole session back on Parliamentlive.tv

The Chairs of the Work & Pensions Committee, Debbie Abrahams and our Chair @HelenHayes_ have issued a joint statement following the announcement in today’s budget that the two-child limit will be scrapped from April. 🧵

We will question the Prime Minister Keir Starmer on his priorities for government when he appears before us on 15 December at 2.30pm. Further details to follow.

Well this was just lovely 💕

Love local producers - good food, good provenance, good for you. Great to see these MPs promoting their own!

The Government has announced changes to Agricultural and Business Property Relief reforms (APR and BPR), set to be introduced in 2026. We’ve consistently pressed the Government to rethink these reforms and welcome the changes. Chair Alistair Carmichael MP shares his view 👇