Commons Library on Twitter

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Would you like to like to have quick and easy access to all the latest briefing and research papers of a topical interest for MPs and their staff?  Of course you would.

In case you haven’t already spotted it, the Commons Library have a Twitter account which can be viewed at: https://twitter.com/commonslibrary.

W4MP have always said that the Library is your best friend in Parliament. Although the Library can trace its root back nearly 200 years, it doesn’t mean the Library isn’t focused on the needs of Parliamentarians today. Try them and see!

Parliament’s on-site daycare nursery.

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Work at Westminster and looking for nursery care for your children?

Here’s what is on offer:

  • Children aged 3 months to 5 years welcome
  • Qualified and friendly staff
  • Outstanding Ofsted rating for partnership with parents
  • Modern and secure facility with a wide range of resources
  • Balanced and healthy meals available
  • Pre-school education meeting Early Years Foundation requirements
  • All childcare vouchers accepted

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If you fit one of these categories:

  • House of Commons Members and Staff,
  • House of Commons and PICT employees,
  • House of Lords Peers and Staff,
  • Press Gallery Media Pass Holders,
  • Whitehall Parliamentary Pass Holders and
  • Contractors situated on the Parliamentary Estate.

…..then here are the people to contact:

 

 

Pensions Advisory Service toolkit for MPs and Staff

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The Pensions Advisory Service (TPAS) is a non-departmental body that provides free advice and guidance to the public on issues relating to pensions.

They have produced a toolkit for MPs and their staff and you can see it here. Here’s what it covers:

1) Who they are and what they do

2) How their advisers can help your constituents

3) How they can support your parliamentary work

4) Online planning tools

5) Other helpful organisations in the pensions sector

6) How to contact them.

W4MP will be adding this to our guides in the near future (and we shall let you know when this happens) but, meanwhile, we thought you’d like to have immediate access.

Important Information about Safety and Security

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The latest information about  Members’ Personal Safety is now available on ParliNet. This is not just for Members; it’s vital that their staff read it as well.  W4MP can’t emphasise strongly enough the importance of your reading this and taking appropriate action.

The ParliNet guide provides detailed information for Members on personal safety and that of family and staff. It covers:

  • Running a safe surgery
  • Obtaining additional physical security advice
  • Financial support for security measures
  • Getting Support from the Fixated Threat Assessment Centre (FTAC) – see below *
  • Members’ Home Security
  • Suspicious Post and Packages
  • IT Security Matters

Whether you work at Westminster or in the constituency you should read this.

*  The FTAC, a joint Police-NHS unit, will consider cases where intrusive behaviour is causing particular concern or distress or is perceived as harassing or threatening. Potential cases for FTAC should be discussed first with the Members’ Security Support Service.

Members’ Security Support Service

The Members’ Security Support Service (MSSS) provides guidance, advice and support to members of both Houses and their staff, about security away from the Parliamentary Estate.

MSSS provides support in three keys area:

  • physical security measures
  • personal security
  • social media support

There’s more about the MSSS on ParliNet.

Staff enewsletter Commons View Issue 8 available now

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Please note that links to the old Parliamentary intranet have been removed as of October 2023. Please use search on ParliNet to find relevant current details, if available.

https://parlinet.parliament.uk/house-of-commons-members-staff/

Issue 8 of Commons View is now online on the intranet.  Commons View is the enewsletter for Members’ staff provided by the House of Commons Service.  Inside this issue:

  • New toner supplier contract – QC Supplies;
  • Changes to the e-tabling system;
  • Latest jobs available;
  • Speaker’s Parliamentary Placement Scheme update;
  • parliOUT event;
  • Find out about the courses available to you;
  • and much more…

 

Don’t forget: if you would like to offer feedback, submit an article for inclusion in future editions of Commons View or have ideas on how to improve House services available to Members’ staff, contact communicationsoce@parliament.uk.