Parallel Parliament

Thursday 4th September

(7 days ago)
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Order Paper (4 Sep 2025)

Commons
Lords

Commons Chamber

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

09:30

Oral questions
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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First 5 Oral Questions

Matt Western (Lab)
1. What assessment he has made of the potential impact of climate change on food security.

Uma Kumaran (Lab)
2. What steps he is taking to help prevent financial rewards for water company executives responsible for poor environmental performance.

Baggy Shanker (LAB)
3. What steps he is taking to protect households from significant water bill increases.

Alison Hume (Lab)
4. What steps his Department is taking to help protect moorland.

Tom Hayes (Lab)
5. What steps he is taking to help tackle water pollution on the Dorset coast.

Topical Questioners

1. Andy MacNae (Lab)

2. Paul Davies (Lab)

3. Wera Hobhouse (LD)

4. Adam Thompson (Lab)

5. James MacCleary (LD)

6. Liz Jarvis (LD)

7. Chris Ward (Lab)

8. Lee Dillon (LD)

Matt Western: What assessment he has made of the potential impact of climate change on food security. Andy MacNae: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. Paul Davies: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. Uma Kumaran: What steps he is taking to help prevent financial rewards for water company executives responsible for poor environmental performance. Wera Hobhouse: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. Baggy Shanker: What steps he is taking to protect households from significant water bill increases. Alison Hume: What steps his Department is taking to help protect moorland. Adam Thompson: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. Tom Hayes: What steps he is taking to help tackle water pollution on the Dorset coast. James MacCleary: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. Patrick Hurley: What progress he has made on reducing pollution in bathing waters. Liz Jarvis: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. Alistair Strathern: What steps he is taking to increase access to the Sustainable Farming Incentive for small and medium sized farms. Chris Ward: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. Joe Powell: What steps he has taken to protect communities vulnerable to flooding. Lee Dillon: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. Calum Miller: What steps he is taking to allocate adequate resources to support households at risk of flooding in Bicester and Woodstock constituency. Sally Jameson: What steps he is taking to increase the accountability of water company executives. Will Forster: What steps he is taking to support water security. Mike Martin: If he will require water companies to re-evaluate wastewater management plans in the context of increased housing targets. Graham Stuart: What steps he is taking to support farmers. Claire Hughes: What steps he has taken to improve biodiversity. Steve Darling: What steps he is taking to help improve water quality. Julian Smith: What assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of representations received by his Department on its proposed reforms to inheritance tax on farms. Amanda Martin: What steps he is taking to improve biodiversity in coastal areas impacted by algae overgrowth. Phil Brickell: What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the potential impact of increasing public access to the outdoors on public health.

10:10

Oral questions
Attorney General
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First 5 Oral Questions

Warinder Juss (Lab)
1. What steps she is taking to help ensure the effective prosecution of people smugglers.

Andrew Snowden (Con)
2. What steps the Crown Prosecution Service is taking to prosecute people for grooming gang offences.

Sarah Russell (Lab)
3. What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help improve efficiency in the criminal justice system through the use of technology.

Bayo Alaba (Lab)
4. What steps she has taken with the Crown Prosecution Service to support victims of crime.

James Frith (Lab)
5. What steps her Department is taking with the Serious Fraud Office to tackle economic crime.

Warinder Juss: What steps she is taking to help ensure the effective prosecution of people smugglers. Andrew Snowden: What steps the Crown Prosecution Service is taking to prosecute people for grooming gang offences. Sarah Russell: What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help improve efficiency in the criminal justice system through the use of technology. Bayo Alaba: What steps she has taken with the Crown Prosecution Service to support victims of crime. James Frith: What steps her Department is taking with the Serious Fraud Office to tackle economic crime. Will Forster: What steps she is taking with the Crown Prosecution Service to help reduce the backlog of court cases. Pam Cox: What steps she has taken with the Crown Prosecution Service to support victims of crime. Anneliese Midgley: What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to introduce a duty of candour. Alan Strickland: What steps she is taking to help ensure the effective prosecution of people smugglers. Alex Ballinger: What steps she is taking to help ensure the effective prosecution of people smugglers. Bob Blackman: What steps the Crown Prosecution Service is taking to prosecute people for grooming gang offences. Edward Morello: What steps she is taking to help ensure that the UK upholds international law.

Statements

Leader of the House
Lucy Powell

Business Statement
Business Questions to the Leader of the House

None

Department for Education
Stephen Morgan

Ministerial statement
Delivering expanded early education and childcare

None

Main Business

Legislation
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill: Consideration of Lords Amendments

None

Adjournment Debate

17:00
Julian Lewis
Conservative

Future of the BBC Monitoring Service

None

Westminster Hall

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

13:30

The Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund The subjects for these debates were determined by the Backbench Business Committee. The sitting will be suspended and time added if divisions take place in the main Chamber (Standing Order No. 10(3)).
Alison Bennett (LD - Mid Sussex)

None

15:00

The future of terrestrial television The subjects for these debates were determined by the Backbench Business Committee. The sitting will be suspended and time added if divisions take place in the main Chamber (Standing Order No. 10(3)).
David Mundell (Con - Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale)

None

Select & Joint Committees

09:30
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House

Resilience to threats from animal disease
Public Accounts Committee

None

General Committee

11:30
Room 10, Palace of Westminster

Further to consider the Bill
Pension Schemes Bill

None

14:00
Room 10, Palace of Westminster

Further to consider the Bill
Pension Schemes Bill

None

Lords Chamber

Main Business

11:00

Introduction(s)
Bishop of Coventry

None

Department Questions

Viscount Trenchard
Conservative

Oral questions
Chapter 7 of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership on SPS measures

None

Lord Austin of Dudley
Non-affiliated

Oral questions
Protest movements targeting UK defence and aerospace facilities

None

Viscount Stansgate
Labour

Oral questions
Draft European Framework Programme 10

None

Statements

Home Office
Lord Hanson of Flint

Statement
Group-based child sexual exploitation and abuse

None

Department Questions

Lord Bishop of Sheffield
Bishops

Oral questions
28 day "move-on" period for new refugees to find accommodation, and the impact on social cohesion, local councils and homelessness services

None

Main Business

Baroness Taylor of Stevenage
Labour

Legislation
Planning and Infrastructure Bill – committee day (4)

None

Estimated rising time
The House is expected to rise at the conclusion of the group beginning with amendment 135 on the Planning and Infrastructure Bill

None

Friday 5th September

(6 days ago)
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Commons
Lords

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 – second reading

None

Lord Trees
Crossbench

Legislation
Animal Welfare (Import of Dogs, Cats and Ferrets) Bill – second reading

None

Baroness Coffey
Conservative

Legislation
Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) Bill – second reading

None

Baroness Anelay of St Johns
Conservative

Legislation
Space Industry (Indemnities) Bill – second reading

None

15:00

Estimated rising time

None

Monday 8th September

(3 days ago)
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Order Paper (8 Sep 2025)

Commons
Lords

Commons Chamber

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

14:30

Oral questions
Ministry of Defence
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First 5 Oral Questions

Allison Gardner (Lab)
1. What steps he is taking to increase innovation in the defence sector.

David Chadwick (LD)
2. What steps he is taking to ensure that veterans receive adequate support after leaving the armed forces.

Gagan Mohindra (Con)
3. What discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on meeting the NATO target of spending 5% of GDP on defence.

Sarah Dyke (LD)
4. Whether he plans to implement the outstanding recommendations of the Second Report of the Defence Committee of Session 2021-22, Protecting those who protect us: Women in the Armed Forces from Recruitment to Civilian Life, HC 154.

Peter Bedford (Con)
5. Whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the use of military assets to help prevent crossings by illegal migrants of the English Channel.

Topical Questioners

1. Graham Stuart (Con)

2. Gideon Amos (LD)

3. Gordon McKee (Lab)

4. Chris Vince (LAB)

5. Adam Thompson (Lab)

6. Peter Fortune (Con)

7. Katrina Murray (Lab)

8. Chris McDonald (Lab)

9. Mark Pritchard (Con)

10. Emma Lewell (Lab)

Allison Gardner: What steps he is taking to increase innovation in the defence sector. Graham Stuart: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. Gideon Amos: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. David Chadwick: What steps he is taking to ensure that veterans receive adequate support after leaving the armed forces. Gordon McKee: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. Gagan Mohindra: What discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on meeting the NATO target of spending 5% of GDP on defence. Chris Vince: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. Sarah Dyke: Whether he plans to implement the outstanding recommendations of the Second Report of the Defence Committee of Session 2021-22, Protecting those who protect us: Women in the Armed Forces from Recruitment to Civilian Life, HC 154. Adam Thompson: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. Peter Bedford: Whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the use of military assets to help prevent crossings by illegal migrants of the English Channel. Matt Vickers: What steps he is taking to help support veterans. Peter Fortune: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. Katrina Murray: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. Sam Carling: What steps he is taking to improve skills in the defence sector. Chris McDonald: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. Edward Leigh: What steps he is taking to increase the UK’s amphibious capabilities. Mark Pritchard: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. Tom Gordon: What steps he is taking to improve recruitment and retention in the armed forces. Lillian Jones: What steps he is taking to increase the number of cadets. Emma Lewell: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. Alex Brewer: What discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the planned timetable for implementing the recommendations of the Strategic Defence Review. Jenny Riddell-Carpenter: What recent discussions he has had with allies on military support for Ukraine. Mark Ferguson: What steps he is taking to increase the number of cadets. Chris Ward: What recent progress he has made on making payments to LGBTQ+ veterans under the LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme. Danny Kruger: What assessment he has made of the adequacy of Continuity of Education Allowance rates for the children of service personnel. Blake Stephenson: What discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on meeting the NATO target of spending 5% of GDP on defence. Saqib Bhatti: What recent steps he has taken to help increase the number of cadets. Steve Yemm: What steps he is taking to help strengthen the defence industrial base. Katrina Murray: What steps he is taking to increase innovation in the defence sector. Tristan Osborne: What steps he is taking to help strengthen the defence industrial base. Chris Vince: What steps he is taking to increase the number of cadets. Ben Obese-Jecty: When he plans to publish the Defence Investment Plan. Nick Timothy: What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of security measures at Royal Air Force bases. Liz Twist: ?What steps he is taking to improve the welfare of armed forces personnel. Sarah Bool: What steps he is taking to help support veterans into employment.

Urgent Question

Stella Creasy
Labour (Co-op)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will make a statement on the proscription of Palestine Action and public protest

None

David Davis
Conservative

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will make a statement on the 2001 arrest and non-extradition of Saudi national Omar al-Bayoumi for his alleged involvement in the 11 September terror attacks

None

Statements

Ministry of Defence
Luke Pollard

Ministerial statement
Defence Industrial Strategy

None

Main Business

Legislation
Renters' Rights Bill: Consideration of Lords Amendments

None

Adjournment Debate

22:00
Perran Moon
Labour

Government support for remote coastal communities

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-petitions 727360 and 727356 relating to the qualifying period for indefinite leave to remain
Ben Goldsborough (Lab - South Norfolk)

None

Select & Joint Committees

13:30
The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

The UK-EU reset: rebuilding a strategic partnership in uncertain times
Foreign Affairs Committee
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At 1:55pm: Oral evidence
Rt Hon Nick Thomas-Symonds MP - Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office (Minister for the Constitution and European Union Relations) at Cabinet Office
Stephen Doughty MP - Minister of State for Europe, North America and Overseas Territories at Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)
Hermione Gough - Director, EU Relations at Cabinet Office
Nick Heath - Deputy Director, EU Department at Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

14:00
Room 8, Palace of Westminster

The UK’s F-35 stealth fighter capability
Public Accounts Committee

None

General Committee

18:00
HM Treasury Room 9, Palace of Westminster

First Delegated Legislation Committee
The draft Markets in Financial Instruments (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2025

None

Lords Chamber

Main Business

14:30

Introduction(s)
Baroness White of Tufnell Park

None

Department Questions

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
Labour

Oral questions
Suicide rate reduction

None

Lord Dubs
Labour

Oral questions
Displacement of the Palestinian population from Gaza City

None

Baroness Maclean of Redditch
Conservative

Oral questions
Planning delivery as set out in the government's Plan for Change

None

Lord Londesborough
Crossbench

Oral questions
The state of the labour market

None

Main Business

Home Office
Lord Hanson of Flint

Legislation
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill – committee (day 5)

None

Estimated rising time
The House is expected to rise at the conclusion of the group beginning with amendment 165 on the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill.

None

Grand Committee

Main Business

15:45
Ministry of Justice
Lord Timpson

Orders and regulations
Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Removal of Prisoners for Deportation) Order 2025

None

Ministry of Justice
Lord Timpson

Orders and regulations
Sentencing Act 2020 (Amendment of Schedule 21) Regulations 2025

None

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
Labour

Orders and regulations
Online Safety Act 2023 (Qualifying Worldwide Revenue) Regulations 2025

None

17:15

Estimated rising time

None

Select & Joint Committees

15:30
Room 3, Palace of Westminster

UK Engagement with Space
UK Engagement with Space Committee

None

16:00
Room 2, Palace of Westminster

Finance Bill Sub-Committee - Private Meeting

None

Tuesday 9th September

(2 days ago)
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Order Paper (9 Sep 2025)

Commons
Lords

Commons Chamber

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

11:30

Oral questions
HM Treasury
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First 5 Oral Questions

Claire Young (LD)
1. How much capital funding she plans to allocate for the maintenance and repair of critical infrastructure in the next five years.

Connor Rand (Lab)
2. What steps she has taken to increase economic growth through the 10 Year Infrastructure Strategy.

Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
3. What assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to employers' National Insurance contributions on economic growth.

David Chadwick (LD)
4. If she will meet farming representatives to discuss the potential impact of changes to Agricultural Property Relief and Business Property Relief on farmers.

Rebecca Paul (Con)
5. What recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of levels of government debt interest payments on public finances.

Topical Questioners

1. Kirith Entwistle (Lab)

2. Steve Witherden (Lab)

3. Helen Morgan (LD)

4. Cameron Thomas (LD)

5. Sally Jameson (LAB)

6. Lauren Edwards (Lab)

7. Will Forster (LD)

8. Helena Dollimore (LAB)

9. Patricia Ferguson (Lab)

10. Tim Roca (Lab)

Kirith Entwistle: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Claire Young: How much capital funding she plans to allocate for the maintenance and repair of critical infrastructure in the next five years. Steve Witherden: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Connor Rand: What steps she has taken to increase economic growth through the 10 Year Infrastructure Strategy. Wendy Chamberlain: What assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to employers' National Insurance contributions on economic growth. Helen Morgan: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Cameron Thomas: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. David Chadwick: If she will meet farming representatives to discuss the potential impact of changes to Agricultural Property Relief and Business Property Relief on farmers. Rebecca Paul: What recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of levels of government debt interest payments on public finances. Sally Jameson: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. John Cooper: If she will meet with representatives of the farming industry to discuss the potential impact of changes to Agricultural Property Relief and Business Property Relief on that sector. Lauren Edwards: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Will Forster: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Jas Athwal: What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help increase economic growth through reforms to the planning system. Helena Dollimore: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Sally Jameson: What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help increase opportunities for innovation in the economy. Patrick Hurley: What progress she has made on establishing the Better Futures Fund. Patricia Ferguson: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Tim Roca: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Bobby Dean: If she will make an assessment of the potential merits of undertaking a zero-based review of all tax reliefs before the Autumn Budget 2025. Oliver Ryan: What steps she is taking to reform the financial services sector. Ben Spencer: What assessment she has made of the potential impact of increases in employers' National Insurance contributions on businesses. Kim Johnson: If she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the level of taxation paid by the gambling industry. Douglas McAllister: What steps she has taken to increase economic growth through the 10 Year Infrastructure Strategy. Clive Jones: What assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to employers' National Insurance contributions on economic growth. Liz Twist: What progress she has made on establishing the Better Futures Fund. Luke Akehurst: What steps she has taken to increase economic growth through the 10 Year Infrastructure Strategy. Lillian Jones: What assessment she has made of the potential impact of increased funding for transport on economic growth in Scotland. Tim Roca: What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help increase economic growth through new technologies. Scott Arthur: What steps she is taking to help increase the return on investment from pension savings. Mary Kelly Foy: What fiscal steps she is taking to support small retail, hospitality and leisure businesses in City of Durham constituency. Graham Leadbitter: What assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Autumn Budget 2024 on the Scotch Whisky industry. Damian Hinds: If she will meet with representatives of the farming industry to discuss the potential impact of changes to Agricultural Property Relief and Business Property Relief on that sector. Desmond Swayne: What recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of levels of government debt interest payments on public finances. Tonia Antoniazzi: What assessment she has made of the potential impact of levels of taxation on the hospitality sector.

Urgent Question

Derek Twigg
Labour

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make a statement on the Jaguar Land Rover cyber attack and assistance to businesses to help protect them from cyber attacks

None

Main Business

Legislation
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: Second Reading

None

Leader of the House
Alan Campbell

Modernisation Committee

None

Adjournment Debate

19:00
Helen Hayes
Labour

Accessibility of railway stations in Dulwich and West Norwood constituency

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