Parallel Parliament

Monday 22nd April

(5 days ago)
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Commons
Lords

Commons Chamber

Today's sitting hours: 2.30pm - 10.30pm
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Department Questions

14:30

Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

None

Urgent Question

Lyn Brown
Labour

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary if he will make a statement on the Government's response to the crisis in Sudan

None

Main Business

Legislation
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill: Consideration of Lords Message

None

Leader of the House
Penny Mordaunt

Business of the House (today)

None

Department for Business and Trade
Kemi Badenoch

Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion)

None

Michael Gove
Conservative

Renters (Reform) Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion)

None

Michael Gove
Conservative

Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill: Carryover extension (Motion)

None

HM Treasury
Nigel Huddleston

Money Resolution
Pensions (Special Rules for End of Life) Bill: Money

None

HM Treasury
Nigel Huddleston

Money Resolution
International Freedom of Religion or Belief Bill: Money

None

Sally-Ann Hart
Conservative

Debate
Debate on a Motion on Hospice Funding

None

Leader of the House
Penny Mordaunt

Business of the House (Today) (No. 2) (Motion)

None

Legislation
If necessary, Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill: Consideration of Lords Message

None

Adjournment Debate

22:00
Chris Stephens
Scottish National Party

Potential merits of a food poverty strategy

None

Westminster Hall

An alternative Chamber to debate topics without a vote being called.
Today's sitting hours: 4.30pm - 7.30pm

16:30

e-petition 640062 relating to Carer’s Allowance
Christina Rees (LAB - Neath)

None

Select & Joint Committees

14:30
Room 15, Palace of Westminster

Intergovernmental relations: 25 years since the Scotland Act 1998
Scottish Affairs Committee
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At 3:00pm: Oral evidence
Rt Hon Alistair Carmichael MP - Former Secretary of State for Scotland 2013-15
Rt Hon David Mundell MP - Former Secretary of State for Scotland 2015-19

15:00
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House

Supporting mobile connectivity
Public Accounts Committee
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At 3:30pm: Oral evidence
Sarah Munby - Permanent Secretary at Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Emran Mian CB OBE - Director General for Digital, Technology and Telecoms at Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Dean Creamer CBE - Chief Executive at Building Digital UK

15:45
Room 16, Palace of Westminster

The Office for Local Government
Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee
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At 4:00pm: Oral evidence
Simon Hoare MP - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Catherine Frances - Director General, Local Government, Resilience and Communities at Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Lords Chamber

Department Questions

Baroness Merron
Labour

Plans to increase the number of medical student places in England

None

Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
Green Party

Steps to ban the import and sale of fur

None

Baroness Anelay of St Johns
Conservative

Marking International Mother Earth Day

None

Lord Browne of Ladyton
Labour

Assessment of the UN Special Rapporteur report, 'Paying polluters: the catastrophic consequences of investor-State dispute settlement for climate and environment action and human rights'

None

Main Business

Lord Woodley
Labour

Legislation
Employment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) Bill - committee stage

None

Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities
Baroness Scott of Bybrook

Legislation
Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill – committee stage (day 1)

None

Home Office
Lord Sharpe of Epsom

Legislation
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - consideration of Commons reasons for disagreeing to Lords amendments

None

Lord Farmer
Conservative

Short debate
Support for parents considering separation

None

Estimated rising time
The House may sit late

None

Grand Committee

Main Business

15:45
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology
Viscount Camrose

Legislation
Data Protection and Digital Information Bill - committee stage (day 6)

None

19:45

Estimated rising time

None

Select & Joint Committees

10:00
Room 2, Palace of Westminster

Royal Albert Hall Bill [HL]
Royal Albert Hall Bill [HL] Committee

None

15:00
Room 3, Palace of Westminster

Preterm Birth
Preterm Birth Committee

None

15:30
Room 4, Palace of Westminster

Modern Slavery Act 2015
Modern Slavery Act 2015 Committee

None

16:00
Room 1, Palace of Westminster

Statutory Inquiries
Statutory Inquiries Committee
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At 4:05pm: Oral evidence
Simon Madden - Director of Propriety and Ethics at Cabinet Office
Luke Hughes - Deputy Director, Propriety & Ethics at Cabinet Office

Tuesday 23rd April

(4 days ago)
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Commons
Lords

Commons Chamber

Today's sitting hours: 11.30am - 7.30pm
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Department Questions

11:30

Department of Health and Social Care
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First 5 Oral Questions

Rosie Duffield (Lab)
1. What steps she is taking to improve healthcare for women.

Richard Burgon (Lab)
2. What steps her Department is taking to reduce waiting times for NHS treatment.

Anthony Mangnall (Con)
3. What assessment she has made of the adequacy of oversight mechanisms for the General Medical Council.

Vicky Ford (Con)
4. What recent progress she has made on retaining GPs.

Anna Firth (Con)
5. What steps she is taking to ensure adequate funding for hospital repairs.

Topical Questioners

1. Mark Eastwood (Con)

2. John Whittingdale (Con)

3. Lisa Cameron (Con)

4. Helen Hayes (Lab)

5. Richard Burgon (Lab)

6. Vicky Foxcroft (Lab)

7. Lee Anderson (RUK)

8. Ruth Cadbury (Lab)

9. Alison Thewliss (SNP)

10. Jonathan Gullis (Con)

None

Urgent Question

Diana Johnson
Labour

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if he will make statement on the evidence uncovered of experiments on children in the contaminated blood scandal and update the House on the action the Government are taking on the Second Interim Report from Sir Brian Langstaff

None

Statements

Department for Education
David Johnston

Ministerial statement
Delivery of the Government's expansion of childcare entitlements

None

Main Business

Matt Hancock
Independent

Ten Minute Rule Motion
Neurodivergent Conditions (Screening and Teacher Training)

None

Legislation
Football Governance Bill: Second Reading

None

Adjournment Debate

19:00
Toby Perkins
Labour

Funding and governance of Derbyshire County Council

None

Westminster Hall

An alternative Chamber to debate topics without a vote being called.
Today's sitting hours: 9.30am - 11.30am & 2.30pm - 5.30pm