[wanabidii] United Kingdom Parliament Daily Digest Bulletin

Friday, 12 February 2016

[wanabidii] United Kingdom Parliament Daily Digest Bulletin

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1st Report - BBC Charter Review

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Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee Update

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English votes for English laws Report published

11-02-2016 12:01 AM GMT

The Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee publishes its report

5th Report - The Future of the Union, part one: English Votes for English laws

11-02-2016 12:00 AM GMT

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United Kingdom Parliament Public Accounts Committee (Commons) Update

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22nd Report - Excess votes 2014–15

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Foreign Affairs Committee: latest update

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First Special Report - The FCO and the 2015 Spending Review: Government response to the Committee's First Report of Session 2015-16

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Trade Unions and the Government give evidence to Committee

10-02-2016 04:01 PM GMT

Trade Union and Party Funding Committee takes evidence on Thursday 11 February

European Scrutiny Committee: latest update

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Committee releases Council Legal Services Opinion on the legal nature and legal effects of the Tusk proposals

10-02-2016 05:41 PM GMT

Committee releases Council Legal Services Opinion on the legal nature and legal effects of the Tusk proposals

Meeting summary: 10 February 2016

10-02-2016 05:07 PM GMT

European Scrutiny Committee meeting summary for 10 February 2016 including consumer protection for online purchases

Defence Committee: latest update

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4th Special Report - Flexible Response? An SDSR checklist of potential threats and vulnerabilities: Government Response to the Committee's First Report of Session 2015-16

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Votes and Proceedings

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Votes and Proceedings

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United Kingdom Parliament Scottish Affairs Committee Homepage Update

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Fiscal framework must be true to principles of Smith Commission

11-02-2016 12:01 AM GMT

Scottish Accounts Committee publishes report on the fiscal framework

3rd Report - Revising Scotland's fiscal framework

11-02-2016 12:00 AM GMT

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Backbench Business Committee Update

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MPs debate the future of the routes of the Great Western railway

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Backbench Business debate on the future of the routes of the Great Western railway on 8 February in the Commons Chamber

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Today's Written Statements Update

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Student Loan Repayment Strategy

Joseph Johnson - Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Today we are publishing a new strategy for the collection of student loan repayments. This joint repayment strategy sets out how the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, the Student Loans Company, Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs and the Devolved Administrations of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland will work together to ensure the operation of a fair, robust and efficient student loan repayment system.

The Government is committed to maintaining the UK's world class education system while living within its means. By lifting the cap on student numbers, we are enabling more people to benefit from higher education than ever before. As more loans are issued to new students each year, it is vital that the repayment process is robust, convenient for borrowers and working efficiently to ensure the sustainability of the student finance system and value for money for the taxpayer. Reviews of the student loan repayments system by the National Audit Office, the Public Accounts Committee and the Business, Innovation and Skills Committee during 2013 and 2014 recommended that the Government take further action to improve the repayment process. This new strategy sets out what the government has done to date to improve the collections process and our approach to improving the student loan repayment system yet further.

The three objectives underpinning the strategy are:

- Strengthened capability to trace borrowers and pursue and recover outstanding student loan debt;

- Enhanced performance management through forecasting of future repayment rates, monitoring and target setting;

- Improved efficiency to drive operational costs down and repayment collection up, while providing a high quality customer service to borrowers.

The vast majority of borrowers meet their repayment obligations. We will do more to support borrowers who seek to meet their loan repayment obligations, and, in the interests of fairness to both the taxpayer and to borrowers that meet their obligations, we will be tougher on those who do not. We will take stronger action to trace borrowers including those overseas, act to recover loan repayments where it is clear that borrowers are seeking to avoid repayment, consider the use of sanctions against borrowers who breach loan repayment terms and, if necessary, prosecute.

This approach is fair for borrowers and good for the effective management of public money, providing value for the taxpayer and helping to ensure that the student finance system remains on a sustainable footing.

We will keep the strategy under review to ensure that the repayment system continues to meet these objectives, and we will report annually on progress.

A copy of the strategy document will be placed in the Libraries of the House.

Thursday 11 February 2016

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Read yesterday's House of Commons debates

11-02-2016

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Westminster Hall

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Written Statements

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Questions for Oral or Written Answer - House of Commons

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Written Questions for Answer

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Latest Early Day Motions

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USE OF DOGS IN PRODUCT TESTS

10-02-2016 12:00 AM GMT

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DISABILITY AWARENESS TRAINING FOR SECURITY STAFF

10-02-2016 12:00 AM GMT

EDM number: 1103

REMEMBRANCE OF THE 21 EGYPTIAN COPTIC CHRISTIANS BEHEADED BY ISIS/DAESH

10-02-2016 12:00 AM GMT

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DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS' 25 YEAR PLAN

10-02-2016 12:00 AM GMT

EDM number: 1101

WALK-IN CENTRES

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EDM number: 1100

WOMEN'S AID AND HOUSING BENEFIT

10-02-2016 12:00 AM GMT

EDM number: 1099

COSTS OF PENSION SHARING

10-02-2016 12:00 AM GMT

EDM number: 1098

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Today's Written Statements Update

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Investing in the School Estate: School Condition Funding Allocations

Mr Sam Gyimah - Department for Education

The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Schools (The Lord Nash) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.

Today, I am announcing £1.4 billion of funding allocations to maintain and improve the condition of the education estate. Investing in our school buildings is a key part of the Government's long term economic plan to secure Britain's future. It will help to ensure children across the country can learn in schools that are safe and in good condition.

For the financial year 2016-17, the Department for Education is allocating £200 million of Devolved Formula Capital to schools and £1.2 billion to local authorities, voluntary aided partnerships, multi-academy trusts and academy sponsors, to invest in their own condition priorities. This includes funding for the repair and refurbishment of academies and sixth form colleges through the Condition Improvement Fund, the outcome of which we will announce later this year.

Good investment decisions require some certainty and stability of funding, which is why in February 2015 we announced three year indicative allocations covering 2015-16 to 2017-18. The allocations we are announcing today, for 2016-17, update those allocations to reflect how the school system has changed, with schools opening and closing and more schools becoming academies. We have implemented these changes with minimal variation to the approach we set out last year. These updated allocations are also indicative of funding for 2017-18.

Details of today's announcement will be published on the gov.uk website. Copies will be placed in the House Library.

UK's contribution to EU action on steel

Anna Soubry - Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Ahead of Monday's High-Level Stakeholder Conference on Energy Intensive Industries, which follows on from November's EU Extraordinary Competitiveness Council on Steel, I wanted to update Parliament on the UK's contribution to EU level action on steel.

The main area in which the EU can make meaningful change is with regard to unfair trade practices. Given the global scale of the challenge facing the steel industry, the Government, working with UK Steel and other stakeholders, has made every effort to ensure a speedy and effective EU-level response.

The Government has pressed hard for EU action to tackle unfair trade practices, wherever it has seen them. For example, the Government in July and November last year voted in favour of anti-dumping measures on wire rod and separately on steel pipes. It was also the UK last year that lobbied successfully in support of calls from industry, for an EU investigation into cheap imports of Reinforcing Steel Bar ("rebar").

It was the UK that called for and secured an emergency meeting of the EU Competitiveness Council in November which agreed on the need for swifter action on steel dumping. And, in recognition of the immediate risks posed to EU and UK industry by a surge in imports, the Commission this year has acted swiftly to announce registration of imports on both rebar and cold-rolled steel. To assist industry in bringing forward complaints, we have also intensified our discussions with the steel industry, including at the International Comparisons Working Group chaired by me, to provide help with on-going and forthcoming individual unfair trade cases.

On 5 February, the UK also sent a joint letter with France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Belgium, and Luxembourg to the European Commission to call for further support for the UK and EU steel industry. This letter has subsequently been endorsed by Spain and Slovakia. It called for:

making full and timely use of all trade defence instruments to tackle unfair trade;
ensuring that the upcoming negotiations on the European Emissions Trading System focus on preventing carbon leakage and the relocation of production and jobs outside the EU; and
exploring other ways to avoid the downturn of the European steel industry and guarantee its long term and sustainable development.

The Government is strongly in favour of effective trade defences to tackle unfair trade practices. We have asked the Commission to improve the speed by which anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigations are conducted, and we have written to DG Trade suggesting areas where investigation timeframes might be shortened. This would enable quicker action where the evidence points to unfair trade practices by international competitors.

The UK has long been a proponent of modernising the EU's trade defence instruments – the rules covering protection for the EU against dumping and subsidised imports and other unfair trade practices - to make them more efficient, effective and transparent. But modernisation must also balance user and producer interests. Certain proposals brought forward by the Commission in 2012, including the proposal to abolish the lesser duty rule, did not strike this balance.

The lesser duty rule sets the import tariff in anti-dumping cases to the lower of either the level of dumping or the level of actual injury caused. This rule means that the EU imposes duties that are sufficient to protect EU industry from injury or, where the dumping level is lower, to eliminate the dumping. This ensures duties are proportionate to the harm caused, and effectively redress the injury to the producing industry, without inflicting disproportionate costs on importers and consumers.

That said, the Government strongly believes that the tariffs set in individual trade investigations must reflect an accurate estimate of the harm caused. In January the Commission announced provisional anti-dumping duties (ranging from 9.2% to 13%) on reinforcing steel bar ("rebar"). Though welcoming the duties, we shared the concerns of UK industry that these duties were lower than needed to protect them fully from the harm caused by unfair trade, and the Secretary of State raised his concerns with EU Trade Commissioner Malmstrom. We will continue to work with industry to press its case over the next six months whilst the Commission carries out its investigation, before confirming the final level of duties by July.

Many of the problems facing the UK and EU steel industries are global ones which, to be addressed, require engagement with the world's steel producing nations, in particular China. On 29 January, the EU Trade Commissioner wrote to the Chinese Minister of Commerce to urge China to curb overcapacity in its steel industry. Whilst welcoming current plans to cut steel production, EU Commissioner Malmstrom said that these would need to be translated in to concrete action. The UK welcomes this dialogue between the Commissioner and the Chinese and is keen to see it continue. We will also continue to raise these issues bilaterally with the Chinese.

In order to ensure a level playing field across the EU, the Government has asked the Commission to be extremely vigilant and respond quickly wherever there are suspicions of wrong-doing. On 20 January the European Commission opened a formal investigation into Italian Government support for steel producer Ilva, Europe's largest steel plant. That same day, the European Commission also ordered Belgium to recover €211 million from several steel companies within the Duferco groups, after finding that this distorted competition in breach of state aid rules.

Finally, the Government looks forward to Monday's EU High Level Stakeholders' Conference on Energy Intensive Industries. This builds on the outcomes of the November 2015 Extraordinary Competitiveness Council meeting on steel. The conference will bring together stakeholders from the steel industry, other energy intensive industries, trade unions, representatives from Member State Governments and the EU Commission. The UK has worked closely with stakeholders and the Commission to ensure that discussions will focus on addressing the serious issues facing the steel industry. The UK Government, represented by me, will be speaking alongside European Ministers. We will use this opportunity to maintain the pressure on the Commission to make progress in the areas covered in our joint letter of 5 February.

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Foreign Affairs Council and General Affairs Council: 15–16 February

Mr David Lidington - Foreign and Commonwealth Office

My Right Honourable Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs will attend the Foreign Affairs Council on 15 February and I will attend the General Affairs Council on 16 February. The Foreign Affairs Council will be chaired by the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, and the General Affairs Council will be chaired by the Dutch Presidency. The meetings will be held in Brussels.

Foreign Affairs Council

The expected agenda for the Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) will include Bosnia, South Africa, Moldova, Belarus, Libya and climate diplomacy. The Lebanon Foreign Minister will attend lunch where there will be an opportunity to follow up on commitments made at the London Conference on Supporting Syria and the Region 2016 and look at wider regional issues.

Bosnia

HRVP Mogherini will include Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) in her introductory remarks, signalling BiH's intention to submit its EU membership application in the margins of the meeting. Whilst the UK Government will wish to welcome BiH's progress on its EU path, we will want to make clear what more needs to be done for the application to proceed - namely more meaningful implementation of the Reform Agenda, Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) adaptation to take into account Croatia's accession to the EU; and agreement on a coordination mechanism to allow BiH to speak with one voice to the EU.

South Africa

Ministers are expected to exchange views on HRVP Federica Mogherini's forthcoming visit to South Africa and the future direction of the EU's strategic partnership with the country. The UK will seek to encourage increased engagement and note the importance of the EU's broad and significant partnership with South Africa.

Moldova

Ministers are expected to exchange views on recent developments in the Republic of Moldova.

Belarus

The FAC will have a discussion on relations between the EU and Belarus. Improving the human rights situation in the country remains a key priority for the EU.

Lebanon

Ministers will be joined for lunch by Lebanese Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil. As host to over 1.1 million refugees from Syria, Lebanon is on the front line of the humanitarian response to the crisis. At the Supporting Syria and the Region 2016 Conference held in London on 4 February the UK and co-hosts signed an agreement with Lebanon that will see the international community providing long term support to strengthen the Lebanese economy and create job opportunities for host communities and refugees. Ministers will discuss the implementation of this agreement, the urgent need for Lebanon to elect a President, and security in the region.

Libya

The FAC will focus on the latest developments in the UN-led political process. The UK, along with the UN and international partners continues to urge all parties to resolve the remaining issues quickly. The EU will play an important role in providing immediate support to a Government of National Accord, and we will encourage the EU to develop its options for support in co-ordination with the UN.

Climate Diplomacy

Ministers are expected to discuss the outcomes of the Paris climate change agreement and how best to support its implementation. They will exchange views on how the EU and Member States should co-ordinate their efforts, including a draft climate diplomacy plan drawn up by the European External Action Service. As my Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change said in her statement to the House on 14 December, this historic new global climate change agreement takes a significant step towards reducing, on a global scale, the emissions that cause climate change. The UK Government welcomes the way the EU Institutions and Member States worked together to deliver the Paris agreement. The Government will continue to engage actively with EU partners and the Institutions to support implementation of the agreement.

General Affairs Council

The General Affairs Council (GAC) on 16 February is expected to focus on European Council follow up, preparation of the February and March European Councils and the Inter-Institutional Agreement on Better Regulation.

European Council Follow up

The GAC will discuss the implementation of conclusions adopted at the December European Council, with a particular focus on the migration issue.

Preparation of the February European Council

The GAC will prepare the draft conclusions for the 18-19 February European Council, which the Prime Minister will attend. The February European Council agenda covers: the UK's EU renegotiation; migration, and economic issues.

Preparation of the March European Council

The GAC will prepare the agenda for the 17-18 March European Council, which the Prime Minister will attend. The March European Council agenda has not yet been released but we expect it to include migration.

Inter-Institutional Agreement on Better Regulation (IIA)

The GAC will receive a further update on the IIA negotiations from the Presidency. The Council may also discuss implementation, depending on the progress made ahead of the Council.

Informal meeting of EU Foreign Ministers (Gymnich): 5-6 February 2016

Mr David Lidington - Foreign and Commonwealth Office

My Right Honourable Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs attended the informal Foreign Ministers meeting on 5-6 February in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

The informal format of the Gymnich allows EU Foreign Ministers to engage in a free-ranging discussion on a number of issues. In contrast to the formal Foreign Affairs Council (FAC), Ministers do not agree written Conclusions. The next FAC will be held on 15 February. The Gymnich was chaired by the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini. Discussion centred on the European Global Strategy, Iran, and migration. The Gymnich also featured a scenario-based exercise.

Elmar Brok MEP, Chairman of the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs and Foreign Ministers from EU Candidate Countries joined EU Ministers for the session on migration. The Parliamentary under Secretary of State and Minister for Reserves (Julian Brazier) represented the UK in the session on the European Global Strategy.

Gymnich discussion

European Global Strategy

EU defence and foreign ministers met at a joint working lunch to discuss progress in the drafting of the strategy. Ms Mogherini stated her intention to produce a strategy that was broader than just security issues and covered the range of priorities for the EU. The Parliamentary under Secretary of State and Minister for Reserves highlighted the UK's Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) and commitment to spend 2% on defence and 0.7% on development. He said it was important that Europe should look first to NATO for its defence.

Iran

The next issue on the agenda was the EU's relationship with Iran. Ms Mogherini said the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPoA) should be implemented and respected. The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs added that the EU needed to take a cautious approach due to Iran's ballistic missile programme and poor human rights.

Scenario-based exercise

At the joint initiative of Ms Mogherini and the Dutch Foreign Minister, Mr Bert Koenders, ministers took part in a crisis simulation exercise, which involved a fictitious scenario followed by discussion of possible responses to an external threat.

Migration issues

The second day of the informal Gymnich meeting addressed migration with an extended session. EU Foreign Ministers were joined by Ministers from candidate countries and discussed the routes taken by migrants through the Western Balkans and Turkey, the challenges ahead and possible solutions. Ms Mogherini intended to focus on implementing measures already in place, such as the Turkey Action Plan (AP) and work on contingency planning for the Western Balkans routes. The Foreign Secretary highlighted how the stream of legitimate refugees from Syria could worsen and stressed the need for a long term strategy beyond the current crisis. This included addressing upstream push factors and supporting UN efforts and Syria's neighbours.

Agenda for February Agriculture and Fisheries Council

Elizabeth Truss - Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture and Fisheries Council will take place on 15 February in Brussels. My Hon friend, the Minister of State for Farming, Food and Marine Environment (George Eustice), will represent the UK.

As the provisional agenda stands, the following items will be discussed:

The primary focus will be a first reading proposal on the sustainable management of external fishing fleets.

There will be a presentation by the Presidency on the Work Programme for the Dutch Presidency, as well as a presentation by the Commission on International agricultural trade issues.

An exchange of views on animal welfare, as well as a long-term strategy for agricultural research will also take place.

There are currently four confirmed Any Other Business items:

- Conference on antimicrobial resistance (tabled by the Presidency)

- African Swine Fever (tabled by the Polish delegation)

- Difficult situation in milk and pig sectors (tabled by the Polish delegation)

- Market situation (tabled by the Spanish delegation).

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ECOFIN: 12 February 2016

Mr George Osborne - HM Treasury

A meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council will be held in Brussels on 12 February 2016. Ministers are due to discuss the following items:

Anti-Tax Avoidance Package

The Commission will present proposals for tackling corporate tax avoidance, including implementing the UK Government's country by country reporting template for multinationals. This will be followed by an exchange of views. The UK has led the way in the OECD and EU in negotiating and implementing tougher international tax rules and transparency measures.

Current legislative proposals

The Presidency will update the Council on the state of play of financial services dossiers.

Implementation of the Banking Union

The Commission will provide a brief update on several dossiers linked to the Banking Union: the Single Resolution Fund, the Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive and the Deposit Guarantee Scheme Directive.

Fight against the financing of terrorism

The Commission will present its action plan to reinforce the European framework in the fight against the financing of terrorism. Following an exchange of views, the Council will adopt conclusions on the new measures.

Preparation of the G20 meeting in Shanghai on 25-27 February 2016

The Council will adopt the EU's terms of reference ahead of the G20 meeting of Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors in Shanghai.

Discharge to be given to the Commission in respect of the implementation of the budget for 2014

On the basis of a report from the Court of Auditors, the Council will vote on the discharge to be given to the Commission in respect of the implementation of the EU's general budget for the financial year 2014.

Budget guidelines for 2017

Council conclusions will be adopted on the EU budget guidelines for 2017. These will inform the Commission of high level priorities in preparation of the draft budget.

High Level Group on Own Resources

Mario Monti, the chair of the High Level Group on Own Resources, will provide a state of play update on the EU's financing system.

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Advance from the Contingencies Fund

Michael Gove - Ministry of Justice

The Ministry of Justice requires an advance to discharge its commitments, some of which are set out in its Supplementary Estimate 2015-16, to be published in February 2016. This is a temporary cash advance due to the timing of Royal Assent for the Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Bill 2015-16, which will not receive Royal Assent until late in March 2016.

Parliamentary approval for additional resources of £192,000,000 and additional cash of £268,000,000 will be sought in a Supplementary Estimate for the Ministry of Justice. Pending that approval, urgent expenditure estimated at £460,000,000 will be met by repayable cash advances from the Contingencies Fund.

The advance will be repaid upon Royal Assent of the Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Bill.

Policing

Mrs Theresa May - Home Office

I am pleased to inform Parliament that Her Majesty the Queen has approved a one year extension to the appointment of Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe QPM, Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis.

I recommended this extension to Her Majesty having had regard to a recommendation from the Mayor of London as occupant of the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime. My recommendation recognises the vital work the Commissioner has done in fighting crime and in reforming the Metropolitan Police Service. He has been at the forefront of the vital and important challenge of policing London at a time of heightened security.

This extension to 25 September 2017 provides continuity for the Metropolitan Police Service during a change of political leadership in London, and will give the new Mayor of London the opportunity to take an informed view about any recommendation they may wish to make about the longer term leadership of the organisation, after they take office in May 2016.

The extension enables Sir Bernard to continue his programme of reform of the Metropolitan Police Service and the vital task of cutting crime and keeping London safe.

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MPs debate Equitable life

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Unaccompanied minors in the EU

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Unaccompanied minors in the EU inquiry launched

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24th Report - Draft European Union Referendum (Conduct) Regulations 2016; Draft Patents (European Patent with Unitary Effect and Unified Patent Court) Order 2016; Draft Renewables Obligation Closure Etc. (Amendment); NHS Mandate Requirements Order 2016

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Unaccompanied minors in the EU

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Police and Crime Commissioners inquiry

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Home Affairs Committee inquiry into Police and Crime Commissioners