Parallel Parliament

Monday 20th April

(5 days ago)
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Order Paper (20 Apr 2026)

Commons
Lords

Commons Chamber

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

14:30

Oral questions
Department for Education
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First 5 Oral Questions

Shaun Davies (Lab)
1. What steps she is taking to increase the level of educational capacity in areas of increasing population.

Perran Moon (Lab)
2. What steps she is taking to roll out Best Start Family Hubs.

Lewis Cocking (Con)
3. What steps she is taking to promote apprenticeships as an alternative to university education.

Abtisam Mohamed (Lab)
4. What steps her Department is taking to help reduce the cost of living for students.

Jodie Gosling (Lab)
5. What assessment she has made of the effectiveness of supported internships.

Topical Questioners

1. Danny Chambers (LD)

2. John Milne (LD)

3. Aphra Brandreth (Con)

4. Josh Babarinde (LD)

5. Lee Anderson (RUK)

6. Rebecca Smith (Con)

7. Clive Jones (LD)

8. Peter Swallow (Lab)

9. Charlie Dewhirst (Con)

10. Blake Stephenson (Con)

Shaun Davies: What steps she is taking to increase the level of educational capacity in areas of increasing population.
Danny Chambers: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
Perran Moon: What steps she is taking to roll out Best Start Family Hubs.
John Milne: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
Aphra Brandreth: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
Lewis Cocking: What steps she is taking to promote apprenticeships as an alternative to university education.
Josh Babarinde: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
Abtisam Mohamed: What steps her Department is taking to help reduce the cost of living for students.
Lee Anderson: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
Jodie Gosling: What assessment she has made of the effectiveness of supported internships.
Rebecca Smith: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
Lloyd Hatton: What steps her Department is taking to fund sports facilities in secondary schools in South Dorset constituency.
Clive Jones: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
Fleur Anderson: What plans she has to review school food standards requiring mandatory servings of meat, fish and dairy.
Peter Swallow: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
Meg Hillier: What steps she is taking to support schools with falling rolls.
Michelle Scrogham: What assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the progress of the School Rebuilding Programme.
Charlie Dewhirst: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
Blake Stephenson: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
Sally Jameson: What steps she is taking to help increase levels of fostering.
Laura Kyrke-Smith: What progress her Department has made on the roll-out of Best Start Family Hubs.
John Cooper: What steps she is taking to promote apprenticeships as an alternative to university education.
Caroline Johnson: What steps she is taking to promote apprenticeships as an alternative to university education.
Peter Bedford: What assessment she has made of the potential impact of 30 hours of free childcare on early years providers.
Alison Bennett: What assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the governance of multi-academy trusts.
Harriet Cross: What recent progress her Department has made on implementing the complaints scheme provided for in the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023.
Douglas McAllister: What steps she is taking to help reduce the cost of living for working parents.
Caroline Voaden: What estimate her Department has made of the level of funding required to improve school food standards.
Ashley Dalton: What steps she is taking to roll out Best Start free breakfast clubs.
Sarah Bool: What recent progress her Department has made on implementing the complaints scheme provided for in the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023.
Rachael Maskell: What discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the potential impact of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder on SEND provision.
Ben Obese-Jecty: What assessment she has made of the potential merits of increasing the level of the Service Pupil Premium to match the Pupil Premium.
Ellie Chowns: What steps she is taking to help parents whose children cannot attend mainstream school where there are no local alternative providers.
Roz Savage: What steps she is taking to ensure that proposed reforms to the SEND system help support local authorities to comply with their statutory duties.
Mark Pritchard: If she will extend the independent review into antisemitism in schools and colleges to include universities.

Statements

Cabinet Office
Keir Starmer

Ministerial statement
Security Vetting

None

Cabinet Office
Dan Jarvis

Ministerial statement
Recent Antisemitic Attacks

None

Main Business

Consideration of Lords message
Consideration of Lords Message to the Victims and Courts Bill

None

Consideration of Lords message
Consideration of Lords Message to the Crime and Policing Bill

None

Adjournment Debate

22:00
Anneliese Dodds
Labour (Co-op)

Government support for community owned assets

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 751174 relating to a Maternity Commissioner
Tony Vaughan (Lab - Folkestone and Hythe)

None

Select & Joint Committees

13:00
The Wilson Room, Portcullis House

UK/EU Treaty on Gibraltar
Foreign Affairs Committee
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At 1:30pm: Oral evidence
Hon Fabian R Picardo KC MP - Chief Minister at HM Government of Gibraltar
Michael Llamas CMG KC - Attorney-General at HM Government of Gibraltar
At 2:15pm: Oral evidence
Stephen Doughty MP - Minister for Europe, North America and Overseas Territories at Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Hazel Cameron - Director, EU and Gibraltar at Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

14:30
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House

Financial resilience of government-sponsored museums and galleries
Public Accounts Committee

None

16:30
The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

The impact of serious and organised crime on local neighbourhoods
Home Affairs Committee

None

General Committee

18:00
Department for Transport Room 11, Palace of Westminster

First Delegated Legislation Committee
The draft Train Driving Licences and Certificates (Amendment) Regulations 2026

None

Lords Chamber

Department Questions

Lord Cryer
Labour

Oral questions
Levels of swimming attainment among school children.

None

Baroness Pitkeathley
Labour

Oral questions
Charities Aid Foundation's UK Giving Report 2026, published in March, and plans to promote a renewed culture of giving in the UK

None

Lord Barber of Chittlehampton
Labour

Oral questions
Train operators plan to improve the punctuality of passenger services in every season of the year

None

Lord Pitkeathley of Camden Town
Labour

Oral questions
Piloting digital voting in Business Improvement District ballots to improve participation and test secure digital voting systems

None

Main Business

Department of Health and Social Care
Baroness Merron

Legislation
Tobacco and Vapes Bill - consideration of Commons amendment and / or reasons
View Amendments

None

Department for Work and Pensions
Baroness Smith of Malvern

Legislation
Chidlren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill - consideration of Commons amendments and / or reasons (day two)
View Amendments

None

Statements

Leader of the House
Baroness Smith of Basildon

Statement
Security Vetting

None

Main Business

Department for Work and Pensions
Baroness Sherlock

Legislation
Pension Schemes Bill – Lords Consideration of Commons amendments and / or reasons
View Amendments

None

22:00

Estimated rising time

None

Grand Committee

Main Business

15:45
Baroness Harris of Richmond
Liberal Democrat

Short debate
The UK’s civil preparedness for war

None

16:15

Estimated rising time

None

Select & Joint Committees

14:00
Room 3, Palace of Westminster

Childhood Vaccinations
Childhood Vaccinations Committee

None

Tuesday 21st April

(4 days ago)
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Order Paper (21 Apr 2026)

Commons
Lords

Commons Chamber

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

11:30

Oral questions
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
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First 5 Oral Questions

Steff Aquarone (LD)
1. What steps she is taking to help ensure the Illicit Finance Summit 2026 will tackle international economic crime.

Richard Quigley (Lab)
2. What discussions she has had with international counterparts on the adequacy of safeguards governing INTERPOL Red Notices issued in respect of British citizens.

Edward Leigh (Con)
3. What diplomatic steps she is taking to support the humanitarian aspects of the Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict.

Ruth Cadbury (Lab)
4. What diplomatic steps her Department is taking to help prevent the expansion of illegal settlements in the West Bank.

Alex Barros-Curtis (Lab)
5. What recent assessment her Department has made of the human rights situation in Iran.

Topical Questioners

1. Fabian Hamilton (Lab)

7. Rachel Blake (LAB)

8. Dave Robertson (Lab)

9. Bob Blackman (Con)

10. Wera Hobhouse (LD)

Fabian Hamilton: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
Steff Aquarone: What steps she is taking to help ensure the Illicit Finance Summit 2026 will tackle international economic crime.
Richard Quigley: What discussions she has had with international counterparts on the adequacy of safeguards governing INTERPOL Red Notices issued in respect of British citizens.
Naz Shah: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
Robin Swann: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
Edward Leigh: What diplomatic steps she is taking to support the humanitarian aspects of the Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict.
Ruth Cadbury: What diplomatic steps her Department is taking to help prevent the expansion of illegal settlements in the West Bank.
Will Forster: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
Oliver Ryan: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
Alex Barros-Curtis: What recent assessment her Department has made of the human rights situation in Iran.
Ben Maguire: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
Chris Coghlan: What steps her Department is taking to increase financial pressure on the Russian Federation.
Naz Shah: What steps her Department is taking with international counterparts to help achieve a lasting resolution to the conflict in the Gulf.
Rachel Blake: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
Dave Robertson: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
Sarah Edwards: What steps her Department is taking with international counterparts to restore freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz.
Bob Blackman: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
Jeff Smith: What diplomatic steps her Department is taking to oppose the expansion of illegal settlements in the West Bank.
David Simmonds: If she will suspend the process to ratify the UK-Mauritius Treaty.
Wera Hobhouse: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
Peter Fortune: If she will publish a timetable for the implementation of the UK-EU Treaty in respect of Gibraltar.
Gill Furniss: What recent assessment her Department has made of the human rights situation in Somalia.
Phil Brickell: What progress her Department has made with Cabinet colleagues on resetting the UK's relationship with the European Union.
Lisa Smart: What assessment she has made with Cabinet colleagues of the level of the threat posed by Russia to UK elections.
Nick Smith: What steps her Department is taking to help eradicate polio overseas.
Brendan O'Hara: What assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of recent Israeli legislation introducing the death penalty.
David Davis: What discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the level of threat posed by China to UK interests.
Steve Witherden: What steps her Department is taking with international counterparts to help achieve a lasting resolution to the conflict in the Gulf.
Mary Kelly Foy: What steps her Department is taking to help improve the humanitarian situation in Palestine.
Gareth Bacon: What diplomatic steps she is taking to help ensure that Hamas is disarmed in Gaza.
Lee Dillon: What assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the situation in the Strait of Hormuz.
Callum Anderson: What diplomatic steps her Department is taking to strengthen the NATO alliance.
Paul Foster: What diplomatic steps her Department is taking to oppose the expansion of illegal settlements in the West Bank.
Brian Mathew: What steps her Department is taking to help support victims of the humanitarian situation in Sudan.
Natalie Fleet: What steps her Department is taking with international counterparts to help tackle organised immigration crime.

Statements

HM Treasury
Rachel Reeves

Ministerial statement
Middle East - Economic Update

None

Main Business

Melanie Onn
Labour

Ten Minute Rule Motion
Road surfaces (maximum noise levels)

None

Emergency Debate

Kemi Badenoch
Conservative

Government accountability to the House in connection to the appointment of Peter Mandelson as Ambassador to the United States of America

None

Main Business

Consideration of Lords amendments
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill

None

Leader of the House
Alan Campbell

Electoral Commission

None

Adjournment Debate

19:00
Kevin McKenna
Labour

Preservation of the SS Richard Montgomery masts

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