Parallel Parliament

Monday 7th July

(5 days ago)
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Order Paper (7 Jul 2025)

Commons
Lords

Commons Chamber

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

14:30

Home Office
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First 5 Oral Questions

Jess Brown-Fuller (LD)
1. What steps she is taking to deliver effective community policing.

John Slinger (Lab)
2. What steps her Department is taking to protect consumers against fraud.

Rachael Maskell (LAB)
3. What recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of integrating community policing and neighbourhood health teams.

Jayne Kirkham (LAB)
4. What discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential impact of the proposed increase to the standard qualifying period for settlement on NHS staffing levels.

Alison Hume (Lab)
5. What recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on protecting domestic abuse victims from the perpetrators of that abuse with whom they share a joint tenancy.

Topical Questioners

1. Liz Jarvis (LD)

2. Harpreet Uppal (Lab)

3. Blake Stephenson (Con)

4. Tony Vaughan (Lab)

5. Joe Morris (Lab)

6. Sarah Olney (LD)

7. Gagan Mohindra (Con)

8. Peter Swallow (Lab)

9. Martin Rhodes (Lab)

10. Steve Yemm (Lab)

None

Urgent Question

Mel Stride
Conservative

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if she will make a statement on the Government’s performance against the fiscal rules

None

Priti Patel
Conservative

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs if he will make a statement on the UK’s response to the actions of the Iranian regime

None

Statements

Department for International Development
Bridget Phillipson

Ministerial statement
Giving Every Child the Best Start in Life

None

Main Business

Legislation
The Pension Schemes Bill: Second Reading

None

Adjournment Debate

22:00
Margaret Mullane
Labour

SEND provision in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham

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 700024 relating to fossil fuel advertising and sponsorship
Jacob Collier (Lab - Burton and Uttoxeter)

None

Select & Joint Committees

13:00
The Wilson Room, Portcullis House

Foreign Affairs Committee - Private Meeting

None

14:00
The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

Northern Ireland Affairs Committee - Private Meeting

None

15:00
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House

Civil service pensions
Public Accounts Committee

None

General Committee

18:00
Room 9, Palace of Westminster

First Delegated Legislation Committee
The draft Online Safety Super-Complaints (Eligibility and Procedural Matters) Regulations 2025

None

Lords Chamber

Department Questions

Lord Lemos
Labour

Number of mothers with babies in prison and alternative sentence arrangements for child care

None

Baroness Alexander of Cleveden
Labour

Estimate of unpaid tax each year and steps to address the issue

None

Lord Black of Brentwood
Conservative

Impact of Artificial Intelligence on the sustainability and reliability of the news media

None

Lord Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham
Bishops

Effectiveness of government recruitment and retention policies for the armed forces

None

Main Business

Baroness Taylor of Stevenage
Labour

Legislation
Renters’ Rights Bill – report stage (day 2) - part one

None

Statements

Department for International Development
Baroness Smith of Malvern

Statement
Giving every child the best start in life (around 7.30pm)

None

Main Business

Legislation
Renters’ Rights Bill – report stage (day 2) - part two

None

Estimated rising time
The House is expected to rise at the conclusion of the group beginning with amendment g75 on the Renters’ Rights Bill

None

Grand Committee

Main Business

15:45
HM Treasury
Lord Livermore

Orders and regulations
Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities etc.) (Amendment) Order 2025

None

Home Office
Lord Hanson of Flint

Orders and regulations
Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) (Threshold Amount) (Amendment) Order 2025

None

Department for Education
Baroness Blake of Leeds

Orders and regulations
Combined Authorities (Adult Education Functions) (Amendment) Order 2025

None

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

Orders and regulations
Sheep Carcase (Classification and Price Reporting) (England) Regulations 2025

None

Lord Leong
Labour

Orders and regulations
Subsidy Control (Subsidies and Schemes of Interest or Particular Interest (Amendment) Regulations 2025

None

18:15

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
Autism Act 2009 Committee

None

14:30
Room G-32, Millbank House

Liaison Committee (Lords) - Private Meeting

None

15:30
Room 3, Palace of Westminster

UK Engagement with Space
UK Engagement with Space Committee
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At 3:35pm: Oral evidence
Colin Baldwin - Executive Director at UKspace
Professor Sir Martin Sweeting - Founder and Executive Chairman of Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) and Fellow at Royal Society
At 4:30pm: Oral evidence
Gabriel Elefteriu - Senior Fellow (Space Power) at The Council on Geostrategy
Alderman Professor Emma Edhem - Lord Mayor's Aldermanic Envoy for Space Technology and Innovation at City of London

Tuesday 8th July

(4 days ago)
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Order Paper (8 Jul 2025)

Commons
Lords

Commons Chamber

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

11:30

Ministry of Justice
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First 5 Oral Questions

Chris Vince (LAB)
1. What steps her Department is taking to reduce the crown court backlog.

Jim Dickson (Lab)
2. What steps her Department is taking to reduce the crown court backlog.

Joshua Reynolds (LD)
3. What steps she is taking to ensure that private contractors delivering justice services are held to account.

Edward Morello (LD)
4. What steps her Department is taking to improve digital court accessibility in West Dorset constituency.

Mary Kelly Foy (Lab)
5. If she will make an assessment of the potential impact of releasing prisoners on Fridays on access to support services for those prisoners in Durham.

Topical Questioners

1. John Lamont (Con)

2. Marie Tidball (Lab)

3. Brian Leishman (Lab)

4. Harpreet Uppal (Lab)

5. Zöe Franklin (LD)

6. Wera Hobhouse (LD)

7. Helen Morgan (LD)

8. Lisa Smart (LD)

9. Jack Abbott (LAB)

10. Baggy Shanker (LAB)

None

Statements

Cabinet Office
Pat McFadden

Ministerial statement
UK Government Resilience Action Plan

None

Department for Transport
Heidi Alexander

Ministerial statement
Road and Rail Projects

None

Department for Business and Trade
Gareth Thomas

Ministerial statement
Publication of Volume 1 of the report of the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry

None

Main Business

Nesil Caliskan
Labour

Ten Minute Rule Motion
Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (Training in Schools)

None

Legislation
The Football Governance Bill [Lords]: Remaining Stages

None

Leader of the House
Lucy Powell

Electoral Commission

None

Adjournment Debate

19:00
Dan Carden
Labour

Safeguarding combat sports for children

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