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Tuesday 8th July in the Commons Chamber

House of Commons
(1 Speeches)

Oral Answers to Questions (Ministry of Justice)
(168 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Shabana Mahmood - Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
Sarah Sackman - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
Alex Davies-Jones - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
Nicholas Dakin - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury

Government Resilience Action Plan (Cabinet Office)
(55 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Pat McFadden - Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

Road and Rail Projects (Department for Transport)
(113 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Heidi Alexander - Secretary of State for Transport

Post Office Horizon Inquiry: Volume 1 (Department for Business and Trade)
(36 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Gareth Thomas - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)

Points of Order
(7 Speeches)

Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (Training in Schools)
(2 Speeches)

Football Governance Bill [Lords] (Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport)
(117 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Lisa Nandy - Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
Stephanie Peacock - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)

Business without Debate

Adjournment Debate

Combat Sports for Children: Safeguarding (Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport)
(11 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Stephanie Peacock - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)

Tuesday 8th July in Westminster Hall

Westminster Hall

Alcohol and Cancer (Department of Health and Social Care)
(31 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Ashley Dalton - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

Local Government Reform: Cambridgeshire (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government)
(12 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Jim McMahon - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

Generative Artificial Intelligence: Schools (Department for Education)
(34 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Stephen Morgan - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)

Military Helicopters: Blood Cancers (Ministry of Defence)
(23 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Al Carns - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for Veterans)

Down’s Syndrome Regression Disorder (Department of Health and Social Care)
(30 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Stephen Kinnock - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

Tuesday 8th July - Other Commons Events
Written Statements

Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership: Costa Rica (Cabinet Office)
(1 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Douglas Alexander - Minister of State (Cabinet Office)

Post Office Horizon Inquiry Report: Volume 1 (Department for Business and Trade)
(1 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Gareth Thomas - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)

UK Government Resilience Action Plan (Cabinet Office)
(1 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Pat McFadden - Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

Fiscal Risks and Sustainability Report (HM Treasury)
(1 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Rachel Reeves - Chancellor of the Exchequer

Water Resources Infrastructure: National Policy Statement (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
(1 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Emma Hardy - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Clinical Indemnities Reform (Department of Health and Social Care)
(1 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Ashley Dalton - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

NHS Dental Contract Reforms: Consultation (Department of Health and Social Care)
(1 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Stephen Kinnock - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

Fire and Rescue Best Value (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government)
(1 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Alex Norris - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

Independent Reviewer for National Security Arrangements: Report (Northern Ireland Office)
(1 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Hilary Benn - Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

General Committees

Draft Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2025 (Department for Energy Security & Net Zero)
(13 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Miatta Fahnbulleh - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

Tuesday 8th July in the Lords Chamber

House of Lords
(1 Speeches)

Death of a Former Member: Lord Tebbit
(2 Speeches)

ARIA: Scoping Our Planet Programme (Department for Science, Innovation & Technology)
(20 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Lord Vallance of Balham - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)

Data Centres: Energy and Water Consumption (Department for Science, Innovation & Technology)
(22 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Lord Vallance of Balham - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

Forest Risk Commodities (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
(21 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Baroness Hayman of Ullock - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Companies House: Filing of Annual Accounts by Small Companies (Home Office)
(17 Speeches)

Business of the House (Leader of the House)
(2 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Baroness Smith of Basildon - Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal

Subsidy Control (Subsidies and Schemes of Interest or Particular Interest) (Amendment) Regulations 2025
(2 Speeches)

Sheep Carcase (Classification and Price Reporting) (England) Regulations 2025 (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
(2 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Baroness Hayman of Ullock - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Government Performance against Fiscal Rules (HM Treasury)
(23 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Lord Livermore - Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)

Actions of Iranian Regime: UK Response (Leader of the House)
(13 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Lord Collins of Highbury - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

Arrangement of Business (Northern Ireland Office)
(5 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Home Office)
(97 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Lord Hanson of Flint - Minister of State (Home Office)

Heathrow Substation Outage: NESO Review
(7 Speeches)

Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Home Office)
(47 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Lord Hanson of Flint - Minister of State (Home Office)