Parallel Parliament

Thursday 23rd October

(7 days ago)
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Order Paper (23 Oct 2025)

Commons Chamber

Today's sitting hours: 9.30am - 5.30pm
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Department Questions

09:30

Oral questions
Cabinet Office
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First 5 Oral Questions

Lewis Atkinson (Lab)
1. What steps he is taking to develop the Government's approach to public sector reform.

Elsie Blundell (Lab)
2. What steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to reform public services.

David Davis (Con)
3. What steps he is taking to increase civil service productivity.

Michelle Scrogham (Lab)
4. What recent assessment he has made of the efficiency of the security clearance processes of United Kingdom Security Vetting.

Danny Beales (Lab)
5. What recent steps his Department has taken to strengthen partnership working with the voluntary sector.

Topical Questioners

1. Shaun Davies (Lab)

2. Julie Minns (Lab)

3. Gurinder Singh Josan (Lab)

4. Patrick Hurley (Lab)

5. Ellie Chowns (Green)

6. Bradley Thomas (Con)

7. Laura Kyrke-Smith (Lab)

8. Ruth Cadbury (Lab)

9. Andrew Cooper (Lab)

10. Steve Darling (LD)

Lewis Atkinson: What steps he is taking to develop the Government's approach to public sector reform. Shaun Davies: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. Julie Minns: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. Elsie Blundell: What steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to reform public services. David Davis: What steps he is taking to increase civil service productivity. Gurinder Singh Josan: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. Michelle Scrogham: What recent assessment he has made of the efficiency of the security clearance processes of United Kingdom Security Vetting. Patrick Hurley: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. Danny Beales: What recent steps his Department has taken to strengthen partnership working with the voluntary sector. Ellie Chowns: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. Bradley Thomas: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. Joani Reid: What steps he is taking to increase employment opportunities in the civil service for people from all backgrounds. Markus Campbell-Savours: What steps he is taking to relocate civil service posts to locations outside London. Laura Kyrke-Smith: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. Katrina Murray: What progress he has made with Cabinet colleagues on improving cross-government coordination on preparedness for a future pandemic. Ruth Cadbury: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. Alison Hume: What recent progress his Department has made on strengthening national resilience. Andrew Cooper: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. Gregory Stafford: What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of civil service recruitment processes. Steve Darling: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. Joe Robertson: What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of civil service recruitment. Rosie Duffield: What steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to implement the For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers Supreme Court judgment. Andy McDonald: What steps he is taking to increase employment opportunities through public procurement. Kate Osamor: What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of public inquiries. Kenneth Stevenson: What steps he is taking to improve the delivery of Government priorities. Bayo Alaba: What steps he is taking to increase opportunities to work in the civil service for people who live outside London. Jessica Toale: What recent progress his Department has made on strengthening national security. Steve Race: What recent progress his Department has made on strengthening national security. Ben Obese-Jecty: What steps he has taken with the Chancellor of the Exchequer to help tackle the increase in whole-life costs associated with levels of delivery confidence in the Government's Major Projects Portfolio. Euan Stainbank: What steps he is taking to increase employment opportunities through public procurement. Liz Jarvis: What recent progress he has made on the infected blood compensation scheme. Martin Rhodes: What progress his Department has made on the relocation of civil service jobs to Scotland. Jerome Mayhew: How many working days have been impacted by strikes in the civil service since July 2024. Sadik Al-Hassan: What progress he has made with Cabinet colleagues to improve cross-Government coordination on preparedness for a future pandemic? Andrew George: If he will review election regulations.

Urgent Question

Robert Jenrick
Conservative

To ask the Solicitor General if she will make a statement on the role of the Attorney General’s Office in the alleged case of spying against Members of Parliament

None

Seamus Logan
Scottish National Party

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement on the Fishing and Coastal Growth Fund

None

Statements

Leader of the House
Alan Campbell

Business Statement
Business Questions to the Leader of the House

None

Main Business

General debate
General Debate on Black History Month

None

Adjournment Debate

17:00
John Whitby
Labour

Government support for the decarbonisation of cement

None

Westminster Hall

An alternative Chamber to debate topics without a vote being called.
Today's sitting hours: 1.30pm - 4.30pm

13:30

Select Committee Statement on the Second Special Report of the Justice Committee, Work of the County Court: Government Response, HC 1387
Andy Slaughter (Lab - Hammersmith and Chiswick)

None

13:50

The impact of NHS workforce levels on cancer patients
Clive Jones (LD - Wokingham)

None

15:10

The performance of the Building Safety Regulator
Chris Curtis (Lab - Milton Keynes North)

None

Select & Joint Committees

09:30
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House

Ministry of Justice follow-up: Autumn 2025
Public Accounts Committee

None

General Committee

11:30
Room 14, Palace of Westminster

Further to consider the Bill
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill

None

14:00
Room 14, Palace of Westminster

Further to consider the Bill
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill

None

Lords Chamber

Main Business

11:00

Introduction(s)
Bishop of Portsmouth

None

Department Questions

Baroness Berger
Labour

Oral questions
MBrace-UK 2025 report: 'Saving Lives, Improving Mothers' Care 2025 - Lessons learned to inform maternity care from the UK and Ireland Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths and Morbidity 2021-23.'

None

Lord Bishop of Leicester
Bishops

Oral questions
Staffing levels within Job Centres

None

Lord Touhig
Labour

Oral questions
Detention, suspension and exclusion of autistic children in state schools

None

Lord Robathan
Conservative

Oral questions
Recent collapse of the parliamentary spying case in planning decisions for the Chinese Embassy at the old Royal Mint

None

Main Business

Lord Kakkar
Crossbench

Report from the Select Committee 'The conduct of Baroness D’Souza'

None

Department for Work and Pensions
Baroness Sherlock

Legislation
Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill – third reading

None

Baroness Lloyd of Effra
Labour

Debate
Steel Industry (Special Measures) Act 2025

None

16:00

Estimated rising time

None

Select & Joint Committees

10:00
Room 4A, Palace of Westminster

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Committee

None

Friday 24th October

(6 days ago)
Return to today

The Commons is not sitting on this day

Lords Chamber

Main Business

10:00
Lord Murphy of Torfaen
Labour

Legislation
Absent Voting (Elections in Scotland and Wales) Bill – third reading

None

Lord Watson of Wyre Forest
Labour

Legislation
Licensing Hours Extensions Bill - second reading

None

Lord Brennan of Canton
Labour

Legislation
Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches Bill - second reading

None

Lord Bach
Labour

Legislation
Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill - second reading

None

13:00

Estimated rising time

None

Monday 27th October

(3 days ago)
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Order Paper (27 Oct 2025)

Commons Chamber

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

14:30

Oral questions
Department for Work and Pensions
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First 5 Oral Questions

Lee Dillon (LD)
1. What assessment he has made of the potential implications for his Department’s policies of the report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies entitled How do people already out of employment fare when the state pension age rises, published on 17 September 2025.

Bobby Dean (LD)
2. What steps his Department is taking to assess the effectiveness of the Access to Work scheme in helping to enable long-term career progression for disabled people.

Baggy Shanker (LAB)
3. What steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help ensure that post-16 education provides the necessary skills to support the economy.

Steve Race (Lab)
4. What steps he is taking to support people with health conditions into work.

Danny Chambers (LD)
5. How many people are in receipt of Carer’s Allowance.

Topical Questioners

1. Catherine Fookes (Lab)

2. Edward Leigh (Con)

10. Frank McNally (Lab)

Catherine Fookes: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. Lee Dillon: What assessment he has made of the potential implications for his Department’s policies of the report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies entitled How do people already out of employment fare when the state pension age rises, published on 17 September 2025. Bobby Dean: What steps his Department is taking to assess the effectiveness of the Access to Work scheme in helping to enable long-term career progression for disabled people. Edward Leigh: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. Peter Lamb: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. Baggy Shanker: What steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help ensure that post-16 education provides the necessary skills to support the economy. Steve Race: What steps he is taking to support people with health conditions into work. Emma Foody: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. Danny Chambers: How many people are in receipt of Carer’s Allowance. Sarah Dyke: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. Helen Morgan: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. Helen Hayes: What steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help ensure that post-16 education provides the necessary skills to support the economy. Kirsteen Sullivan: What steps he is taking to support young people into employment, education or training. Lee Pitcher: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. Joe Powell: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. Seamus Logan: What steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to reduce the number of children in poverty. Liz Jarvis: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. Marsha De Cordova: What steps he is taking to improve the Access to Work scheme. Frank McNally: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. Claire Young: What steps he is taking to ensure that skills provision meets the needs of employers. Martin Wrigley: What changes have been made to the Access to Work scheme in this parliamentary session. Nia Griffith: If he will take legislative steps to ensure that companies who previously provided indexation of pension rights accrued before April 1997 but have since lapsed, reintroduce indexation from April 2026. Ben Maguire: What assessment he has made of trends in the level of child poverty in Cornwall. Patricia Ferguson: What recent progress he has made on establishing the Youth Guarantee trailblazer scheme. Josh Babarinde: What steps his Department is taking to ensure that benefit sanctions are proportionate when considering neurodiverse claimants. Helen Morgan: What steps he is taking to help tackle the potential impact of the lack of indexation on pre-1997 pensionable service in defined benefit pension schemes on people affected. Andrew George: If he will make an assessment of the adequacy of support for low income workers. Jerome Mayhew: What assessment he has made of trends in the level of unemployment. Lee Pitcher: What steps he is taking to improve the Child Maintenance Service. Iqbal Mohamed: If he will meet with representatives of the Women Against State Pension Inequality campaign. Rachel Gilmour: How many pensioners have lost entitlement to Pension Credit as a result of their calculated entitlement being short by 50p or less. Torcuil Crichton: What steps he is taking to help reduce losses from fraud in the benefits system. Emma Lewell: What steps he is taking to support people with health conditions into work. Rachel Taylor: What steps he is taking to support young people into employment, education or training. Rachael Maskell: What steps he is taking with the Chancellor of the Exchequer to co-produce policy changes to mobility allowances.

Urgent Question

Andrew Bowie
Conservative

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero if he will make a statement on the future of the North Sea oil and gas industry

None

Statements

Cabinet Office
David Lammy

Ministerial statement
Strengthening Prisoner Release Checks

None

Main Business

Legislation
Victims and Courts Bill: remaining stages

None

Jessica Morden
Labour

Motion on behalf of the Committee of Selection
Business and Trade Committee; Culture, Media and Sport Committee; Foreign Affairs Committee; Home Affairs Committee; Science, Innovation and Technology Committee; Transport Committee; Treasury Committee; Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee; Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee; International Development Committee; Justice Committee; Committee of Public Accounts; Women and Equalities Committee; Work and Pensions Committee

None

Adjournment Debate

22:00
Simon Hoare
Conservative

Regulation and inspection of funeral services

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 700047 relating to holidays during school term time
Robbie Moore (Con - Keighley and Ilkley)

None

18:00

e-petition 715292 relating to statutory maternity and paternity pay
Jacob Collier (Lab - Burton and Uttoxeter)

None

General Committee

18:00
HM Treasury Room 9, Palace of Westminster

First Delegated Legislation Committee
The draft Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 (Mutual Recognition Agreement) (Switzerland) Regulations 2025

None

Select & Joint Committees

14:30
The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

Health and Social Care Committee - Private Meeting

None

Lords Chamber

Department Questions

Lord Godson
Conservative

Oral questions
Recent reports of increasing Iranian support for the Polisario Front and steps to address the risks posed by Iranian influence in the Western Sahara conflict

None

Viscount Stansgate
Labour

Oral questions
National security threat to undersea cables connected to the UK

None

Lord Strasburger
Liberal Democrat

Oral questions
Reviewing measures related to non-crime hate incidents

None

Baroness Lister of Burtersett
Labour

Oral questions
Impact on child poverty of the application of the no recourse to public funds policy to migrant families with children and the implications for the forthcoming child poverty strategy

None

Main Business

Attorney General
Lord Hermer

Urgent Question Repeat
Role of the Attorney General’s Office in the decision to drop the China spy prosecution

None

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Baroness Hayman of Ullock

Urgent Question Repeat
Fishing and Coastal Growth Fund

None

Baroness Taylor of Stevenage
Labour

Legislation
Planning and Infrastructure Bill – report stage (day 3)

None

Statements

Department for Transport
Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill

Statement
Heathrow Expansion: Launch of the Airports National Policy Statement Review

None

Main Business

Royal Assent
Bus Services (No. 2) Bill; Deprivation of Citizenship Orders (Effect during Appeal) Bill; Renters’ Rights Bill; Absent Voting (Elections in Scotland and Wales) Bill; General Cemetery Bill

None

Estimated rising time
The House is expected to rise at the conclusion of the group beginning with amendment 121C on the Planning and Infrastructure Bill

None

Grand Committee

Main Business

15:45
Department of Health and Social Care
Baroness Merron

Legislation
Tobacco and Vapes Bill - committee stage (day 1)

None

19:45

Estimated rising time

None

Select & Joint Committees

14:00
Room 2, Palace of Westminster

Home-based Working
Home-based Working Committee - Private Meeting

None

14:30
Room 2A, Palace of Westminster

Autism Act 2009 Committee - Private Meeting

None

15:30
Room 3, Palace of Westminster

Draft Finance Bill 2025–26
Finance Bill Sub-Committee

None

Tuesday 28th October

(2 days ago)
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Order Paper (28 Oct 2025)

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

Charlie Maynard (LD)
1. What recent discussions she has had with her counterpart in the United Arab Emirates on the situation in Sudan.

Jacob Collier (Lab)
2. What steps her Department is taking to support the Gaza peace plan.

Patrick Hurley (Lab)
3. What steps her Department is taking to support Ukraine.

Jerome Mayhew (Con)
4. What assessment she has made of the level of threat China poses to UK interests.

Al Pinkerton (LD)
5. What progress she has made on implementing the UK-EU agreement on Gibraltar.

Topical Questioners

1. James Naish (Lab)

2. Sally Jameson (LAB)

3. Zöe Franklin (LD)

4. John Slinger (Lab)

5. Jonathan Brash (Lab)

6. Pippa Heylings (LD)

7. Chris Vince (LAB)

8. Richard Tice (RUK)

9. Vikki Slade (LD)

10. Luke Charters (Lab)

James Naish: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Charlie Maynard: What recent discussions she has had with her counterpart in the United Arab Emirates on the situation in Sudan. Sally Jameson: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Jacob Collier: What steps her Department is taking to support the Gaza peace plan. Patrick Hurley: What steps her Department is taking to support Ukraine. Zöe Franklin: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Jerome Mayhew: What assessment she has made of the level of threat China poses to UK interests. John Slinger: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Jonathan Brash: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Al Pinkerton: What progress she has made on implementing the UK-EU agreement on Gibraltar. Pippa Heylings: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Richard Burgon: What steps her Department is taking to support the Gaza Peace Plan. Andrew George: What steps she is taking to promote a Palestinian State. Chris Vince: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Richard Tice: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Warinder Juss: What steps is the Secretary of State's Department taking to support the Gaza Peace Plan? Alison Bennett: What assessment she has made of recent trends in the level of human rights violations in Hong Kong. Vikki Slade: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Luke Charters: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Daniel Francis: What diplomatic steps her Department is taking with international partners to help tackle organised immigration crime. John Milne: What discussions she has had with her European counterparts on collective sanctions against Russia. Julian Smith: What steps her Department is taking to provide sustainable funding for the BBC World Service. Paul Davies: What steps her Department is taking to help improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza. Jack Rankin: How much and what proportion of the funding due to be allocated to Mauritius as part of the agreement concerning the Chagos Archipelago will come from her Department’s budget. Gregory Campbell: If she will hold discussions with the UN on its estimate of the number of rocket attacks into Israel in the 12 months before and since 7 October 2023. Lauren Edwards: What steps her Department is taking to provide support to families whose relatives have died abroad in suspicious circumstances. Nadia Whittome: What steps she is taking to help secure a just and lasting peace in Gaza. Caroline Voaden: What diplomatic steps she is taking to help ensure that humanitarian aid can reach people in Gaza. Seamus Logan: What discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on improving relations with the EU. Catherine Fookes: What steps she is taking to help improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza. Rachel Gilmour: What discussions she has had with her European counterparts on collective sanctions measures against Russia. Wendy Chamberlain: What recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of reductions to Official Development Assistance spending on women and girls in Afghanistan. Jess Brown-Fuller: What discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on improving the UK’s relationship with the EU. Layla Moran: What discussions she has had with international counterparts on post-ceasefire governance in Gaza. Marie Goldman: What steps she is taking to support the work of the British Council.

Main Business

Kemi Badenoch
Conservative

Opposition Day Debate
Stamp Duty Land Tax

None

Alex Burghart
Conservative

Opposition Day Debate
China spy case

None

Jessica Morden
Labour

Motion on behalf of the Committee of Selection
Education Committee

None

Adjournment Debate

19:00
Liz Jarvis
Liberal Democrat

Support for disabled veterans

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