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Wednesday 26th March

(7 days ago)
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Order Paper (26 Mar 2025)

Commons
Lords

Commons Chamber

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

11:30

Department for Science, Innovation & Technology
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First 5 Oral Questions

Sarah Owen (Lab)
1. What steps he is taking to help tackle technology-enabled violence against women and girls.

Frank McNally (Lab)
2. If he will have discussions with Cabinet colleagues on providing additional support for research into motor neurone disease.

Douglas McAllister (Lab)
3. What plans his Department has to support a UK space launch.

Claire Hughes (Lab)
4. What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Ofcom’s reporting of mobile coverage.

Susan Murray (LD)
5. What steps his Department is taking to ensure that smaller platforms are adequately regulated to protect children from online harms.

Topical Questioners

1. Meg Hillier (LAB)

2. Laura Kyrke-Smith (Lab)

3. Liam Conlon (Lab)

4. Satvir Kaur (Lab)

5. Christine Jardine (LD)

6. Peter Lamb (Lab)

7. Sarah Owen (Lab)

8. Alistair Strathern (Lab)

None

12:00

Cabinet Office
Show Oral Questions

First 5 Oral Questions

John Slinger (Lab)
1. If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 26 March.

Chris Vince (LAB)
2. If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 26 March.

Julian Lewis (Con)
3. For what reason the Government has ordered that the UK’s two shale gas wells be permanently sealed.

Sojan Joseph (Lab)
4. If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 26 March.

Steve Race (Lab)
5. If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 26 March.

None

Statements

HM Treasury
Rachel Reeves

Financial Statement
Spring Statement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer

None

Main Business

Anna Gelderd
Labour

Ten Minute Rule Motion
Cornish Language and Heritage (Education and Recognition)

None

Legislation
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: remaining stages

None

Adjournment Debate

19:00
Frank McNally
Labour

Resettlement of Ukrainians in Coatbridge

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

09:30

Impact of quota negotiations on UK fishing fleet in 2025
Andrew George (LD - St Ives)

None

11:00

Government support for grassroots rugby league
Jade Botterill (Lab - Ossett and Denby Dale)

None

14:30

Local government finances in London
Calvin Bailey (Lab - Leyton and Wanstead)

None

16:00

Fly-tipping in Tatton
Esther McVey (Con - Tatton)

None

16:30

UK-China relations
Gregory Stafford (Con - Farnham and Bordon)

None

Select & Joint Committees

08:30
TBC

Work and Pensions Committee - Private Meeting

None

08:30
Room 15, Palace of Westminster

Pensioner Poverty: challenges and mitigations
Work and Pensions Committee
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At 9:30am: Oral evidence
Dr Juliet Stone - Research Fellow at Centre for Research in Social Policy, Loughborough University
Dr Kingsley Purdam - Lecturer, Social Statistics at Manchester University
Professor Matt Padley - Co-Director of the Centre for Research in Social Policy at Loughborough University
At 10:30am: Oral evidence
Gary Vaux - Head of Money Advice at Hertfordshire County Council
Gareth Morgan - CEO at Ferret Information Systems
Daphne Hall - Co Chair at National Association of Welfare Rights Advisers (NAWRA)

08:30
Room 15, Palace of Westminster

Pensioner Poverty: challenges and mitigations
Work and Pensions Committee
View details

At 9:30am: Oral evidence
Dr Juliet Stone - Research Fellow at Centre for Research in Social Policy, Loughborough University
Dr Kingsley Purdam - Lecturer, Social Statistic at University of Manchester
Professor Matt Padley
At 10:30am: Oral evidence
Gary Vaux - Head of Money Advice at Hertfordshire County Council
Gareth Morgan
Daphne Hall - Co Chair at National Association of Welfare Rights Advisers (NAWRA)

09:00
The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

Buses connecting communities
Transport Committee
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At 9:15am: Oral evidence
Graham Vidler - Chief Executive at Confederation of Passenger Transport
Judith Barker - Executive Director for Places and Connectivity at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority
Martin Dean - Managing Director for UK Regional Bus at Go-Ahead at The Go-Ahead Group
Stephen Rhodes - Director of Bus at Transport for Greater Manchester
At 10:15am: Oral evidence
Mrs Naomi Green - Managing Director at England's Economic Heartland
Alistair Hands - Managing Director of Regions at Arriva Group
Miriam Binsztok - Transport Co-ordination Services Manager at Cornwall Council
Mr Damien Jones - Representative at Local Government Association, and Deputy Director for Transport Operations at Devon County Council

09:15
The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

Buses connecting communities
Transport Committee
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At 9:15am: Oral evidence
Graham Vidler - Chief Executive at Confederation of Passenger Transport
Judith Barker - Executive Director for Places and Connectivity at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority
Martin Dean - Managing Director for UK Regional Bus at Go-Ahead at The Go-Ahead Group
Steve Warrener - Managing Director at Transport for Greater Manchester
At 10:15am: Oral evidence
Mrs Naomi Green - Managing Director at England's Economic Heartland
Alistair Hands - Managing Director of Regions at Arriva Group
Miriam Binsztok - Transport Co-ordination Services Manager at Cornwall Council
Mr Damien Jones - Representative at Local Government Association, and Deputy Director for Transport Operations at Devon County Council

09:15
The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

Buses connecting communities
Transport Committee
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At 9:15am: Oral evidence
Graham Vidler - Chief Executive at Confederation of Passenger Transport
Judith Barker - Executive Director for Places and Connectivity at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority
Martin Dean - Managing Director for UK Regional Bus at Go-Ahead at The Go-Ahead Group
Stephen Rhodes - Director of Bus at Transport for Greater Manchester
At 10:15am: Oral evidence
Mrs Naomi Green - Managing Director at England's Economic Heartland
Alistair Hands - Managing Director of Regions at Arriva Group
Miriam Binsztok - Transport Co-ordination Services Manager at Cornwall Council
Mr Damien Jones - Representative at Local Government Association, and Deputy Director for Transport Operations at Devon County Council

09:15
The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

Buses connecting communities
Transport Committee
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At 9:15am: Oral evidence
Graham Vidler - Chief Executive at Confederation of Passenger Transport
Judith Barker - Executive Director for Places and Connectivity at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority
Martin Dean - Managing Director for UK Regional Bus at Go-Ahead at The Go-Ahead Group
At 10:15am: Oral evidence
Mrs Naomi Green - Managing Director at England's Economic Heartland
Alistair Hands - Managing Director of Regions at Arriva Group
Miriam Binsztok - Transport Co-ordination Services Manager at Cornwall Council
Mr Damien Jones - Representative at Local Government Association, and Deputy Director for Transport Operations at Devon County Council

09:15
Room 16, Palace of Westminster

The work of NHS England
Health and Social Care Committee

None

09:15
TBC

Transport Committee - Private Meeting

None

10:00
Room 6, Palace of Westminster

National Audit Office Strategy 2025-30 and Main Estimate 2025/26
Public Accounts Commission
View details

At 10:15am: Oral evidence
Gareth Davies - Comptroller and Auditor General at National Audit Office
Dame Fiona Reynolds DBE - Chair at National Audit Office
Rebecca Sheeran - Chief Operating Officer at National Audit Office

10:00
Room 6, Palace of Westminster

Public Accounts Commission - Private Meeting

None

14:00
Room 6, Palace of Westminster

Promoting Wales for inward investment
Welsh Affairs Committee

None

14:00
Room 6, Palace of Westminster

Promoting Wales for inward investment
Welsh Affairs Committee
View details

At 2:30pm: Oral evidence
James Gardiner - Senior Economist at Ernst & Young
Ken Poole MBE - Head of Economic Development at Cardiff Council and Invest in Cardiff
Professor Riccardo Crescenzi - Professor of Economic Geography; Deputy Head of Department of Geography and Environment (Research) at London School of Economics and Political Science
Nan Williams - Chair, GlobalWelsh, and CEO at Four Communications

14:00
Room 5, Palace of Westminster

Transnational repression in the UK
Human Rights (Joint Committee)
View details

At 2:15pm: Oral evidence
Mr Martin Plaut - Journalist and Visiting Senior Research Fellow at Kings College London
Mr James Lynch - Co-Director at Fair Square
Susan Coughtrie - Director at Foreign Policy Centre

14:30
The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

Workforce planning to deliver clean, secure energy
Energy Security and Net Zero Committee
View details

At 3:00pm: Oral evidence
Brian Berry - Chief Executive at Federation of Master Builders
Simon Ayers MBE - Chief Executive Officer at TrustMark
James Fotherby - Senior Policy Officer at Aldersgate Group
Anna Markova - Senior Policy Officer at Trades Union Congress
At 4:00pm: Oral evidence
David Hughes CBE - Chief Executive Officer at Association of Colleges
Andrew Hockey - Chief Executive Officer at Engineering Construction Industry Training Board
Tim Balcon - Chief Executive Officer at Construction Industry Training Board
Katy Heidenreich - Supply Chain and People Director at Offshore Energies UK

14:30
tbc

Workforce planning to deliver clean, secure energy
Energy Security and Net Zero Committee

None

14:30
Room 15, Palace of Westminster

Procedure Committee - Private Meeting

None

15:40
Virtual meeting

Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) - Private Meeting

None

15:45
Room 8, Palace of Westminster

Industrial Strategy
Business and Trade Committee
View details

At 4:00pm: Oral evidence
Sarah Jones MP - Minister for State for Industry at Department for Business and Trade, and Minister for State for Industry at Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Rt Hon Maria Eagle MP - Minister of State for Defence Procurement and Industry at Ministry of Defence

15:45
Room 8, Palace of Westminster

Industrial Strategy
Business and Trade Committee
View details

At 4:00pm: Oral evidence
Sarah Jones MP - Minister for State for Industry at Department for Business and Trade, and Minister for State for Industry at Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Rt Hon Maria Eagle MP - Minister of State for Defence Procurement and Industry at Ministry of Defence
Barnaby Kistruck OBE - Director of Industrial Strategy, Prosperity and Exports at Ministry of Defence
Neil Johnson - Director, Materials in the Business Group at Department for Business and Trade

15:45
Room 8, Palace of Westminster

Industrial Strategy
Business and Trade Committee
View details

At 4:00pm: Oral evidence
Sarah Jones MP - Minister of State at Department for Business and Trade, and Minister of State at Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Neil Johnson - Director, Materials in the Business Group at Department for Business and Trade
Rt Hon Maria Eagle MP - Minister of State for Defence Procurement and Industry at Ministry of Defence
Barnaby Kistruck OBE - Director of Industrial Strategy, Prosperity and Exports at Ministry of Defence

General Committee

16:30
Room 9, Palace of Westminster

Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee
The Local Authorities (Changes to Years of Ordinary Elections) (England) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025, No.137)

None

16:30
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Room 11, Palace of Westminster

Sixth Delegated Legislation Committee
The draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2025

None

18:00
Room 12, Palace of Westminster

Crime and Policing Bill: Programming sub committee - Private Meeting

None

Lords Chamber

Department Questions

Lord Campbell-Savours
Labour

United States of America and recent developments in Ukraine

None

Lord Cryer
Labour

The United Kingdom’s future defence capability

None

Lord Sikka
Labour

Energy price control

None

Lord Harris of Haringey
Labour

The closure of Heathrow airport following an electricity substation fire

None

Main Business

Baroness Twycross
Labour

Legislation
Football Governance Bill – third reading

None

Home Office
Lord Hanson of Flint

Urgent Question Repeat
Asylum hotels and illegal channel crossings

None

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Lord Khan of Burnley

Legislation
Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill) - consideration of Commons amendments

None

Department for Transport
Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill

Legislation
Bus Services (No.2) Bill - report stage

None

Department for Energy Security & Net Zero
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

Orders and regulations
Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information(Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2025 and associated regret motion

None

Estimated rising time
The House may sit late

None

Select & Joint Committees

10:00
Room 2A, Palace of Westminster

Financial Services Regulation Committee - Private Meeting

None

10:00
tbc

Nitrogen
Environment and Climate Change Committee

None

10:00
Room 4, Palace of Westminster

Nitrogen
Environment and Climate Change Committee
View details

At 10:00am: Oral evidence
Dame Glenys Stacey - Chair at Office for Environmental Protection
Natalie Prosser - CEO at Office for Environmental Protection

10:15
Room 3, Palace of Westminster

Rule of Law
Constitution Committee
View details

At 10:30am: Oral evidence
Dr Jan van Zyl Smit - Director at Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law
Professor Jeff King - Professor of Law at University College London
Professor Adam Tomkins - John Millar Professor of Public Law at University of Glasgow

10:30
Room 4A, Palace of Westminster

Ukraine
International Relations and Defence Committee
View details

At 10:30am: Oral evidence
Daria Zarivna - Advisor to the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine and Operations Director at 'Bring Kids Back UA' at Government of Ukraine

10:30
To be confirmed

Strengthening Northern Ireland’s Voice in the context of the Windsor Framework
Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee
View details

At 10:45am: Oral evidence
Ian Jeffers - CEO at Co-operation Ireland
Celine McStravick - CEO at Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action (NICVA)
At 11:50am: Oral evidence
Neil Johnston - Director at Northern Ireland Retail Consortium
Roger Pollen - Head of FSB NI at The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB)

10:30
To be confirmed

Strengthening Northern Ireland’s Voice in the context of the Windsor Framework
Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee
View details

At 10:45am: Oral evidence
Ian Jeffers - CEO at Co-operation Ireland
At 11:50am: Oral evidence
Neil Johnston - Director at Northern Ireland Retail Consortium
Roger Pollen - Head of FSB NI at The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB)

10:30
Room 4A, Palace of Westminster

Ukraine
International Relations and Defence Committee
View details

At 10:30am: Oral evidence
Mariana Betsa - Deputy Foreign Minister at Government of Ukraine
Mykola Kuleba - Founder at Save Ukraine
Daria Zarivna - Advisor to the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine and Operations Director at Bring Kids Back UA

11:00
Room 1, Palace of Westminster

Child Maintenance
Public Services Committee

None

11:00
Room 2, Palace of Westminster

Strengthening Northern Ireland’s Voice in the context of the Windsor Framework
Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee
View details

At 11:30am: Oral evidence
Neil Johnston - Director at Northern Ireland Retail Consortium
Roger Pollen - Head of FSB NI at The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB)

11:00
Room 2, Palace of Westminster

Strengthening Northern Ireland’s Voice in the context of the Windsor Framework
Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee
View details

At 11:30am: Oral evidence
Roger Pollen - Head of FSB NI at The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB)

11:00
Room 2, Palace of Westminster

Strengthening Northern Ireland’s Voice in the context of the Windsor Framework
Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee
View details

At 11:30am: Oral evidence
Roger Pollen - Head of FSB NI at The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB)
Mr Alexander Kinnear - Parliamentary Officer at Ulster Farmers' Union (UFU)

14:00
Room 5, Palace of Westminster

Transnational repression in the UK
Human Rights (Joint Committee)
View details

At 2:15pm: Oral evidence
Mr Martin Plaut - Journalist and Visiting Senior Research Fellow at Kings College London
Mr James Lynch - Co-Director at Fair Square
Susan Coughtrie - Director at Foreign Policy Centre

15:40
Virtual meeting

Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) - Private Meeting

None

Thursday 27th March

(6 days ago)
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Order Paper (27 Mar 2025)

Commons
Lords

Commons Chamber

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

09:30

Department for Transport
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First 5 Oral Questions

Mark Ferguson (Lab)
1. What steps she is taking to help ensure that the transport system supports economic growth.

Adam Jogee (Lab)
2. What assessment she has made of the adequacy of the provision of public transport in Newcastle-under-Lyme.

Gurinder Singh Josan (Lab)
3. What steps she is taking to support the aviation sector.

Anna Dixon (Lab)
4. What steps she is taking to promote active travel.

Bambos Charalambous (Lab)
5. What steps she is taking to help improve road safety for gig economy couriers using two wheeled vehicles.

Topical Questioners

1. Julia Buckley (Lab)

2. Lee Dillon (LD)

3. Emma Foody (LAB)

4. Rachel Taylor (Lab)

5. Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Lab)

6. Jon Pearce (Lab)

7. Claire Hughes (Lab)

8. Meg Hillier (LAB)

9. Oliver Ryan (Ind)

10. Catherine Atkinson (Lab)

None

Urgent Question

Steve Darling
Liberal Democrat

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if she will make a statement on the impact of changes to Personal Independence Payment on recipients of Carers Allowance

None

Martin Vickers
Conservative

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade if he will make a statement on the future of Scunthorpe Steelworks

None

Statements

Leader of the House
Lucy Powell

Business Statement
Business Questions to the Leader of the House

None

Main Business

Adam Jogee
Labour

Backbench Business
General Debate on St Patrick's Day and Northern Irish affairs

None

Karen Bradley
Conservative

Backbench Business
General Debate on the tenth anniversary of the Modern Slavery Act 2015

None

Adjournment Debate

17:00
Alex Mayer
Labour

Potential merits of double British Summer Time

None

Westminster Hall

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

13:30

Prevention of drugs deaths
Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford)

None

15:00

First anniversary of the Hughes report on valproate and pelvic mesh
Sharon Hodgson (Lab - Washington and Gateshead South)

None

Select & Joint Committees

09:30
The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

Antimicrobial resistance: addressing the risks
Public Accounts Committee

None

General Committee

11:30
The Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House

To consider the bill
Crime and Policing Bill

None

11:30
The Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House

To consider the bill
Crime and Policing Bill
View details

At 11:30am: Oral evidence
Chief Constable Tim De Meyer - Lead for Disclosure at National Police Chiefs’ Council
Dan Murphy - Assistant National Secretary at Police Superintendents Association of England and Wales
Tiff Lynch - Deputy National Chair at Police Federation of England and Wales
At 12:15pm: Oral evidence
Oliver Sells KC
The Rt Hon. Robert Buckland KBE KC
At 12:45pm: Oral evidence
Colin Mackie - Chair/Founder at Spike Aware UK

14:00
The Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House

Further to consider the Bill
Crime and Policing Bill

None

14:00
The Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House

Further to consider the Bill
Crime and Policing Bill
View details

At 2:00pm: Oral evidence
Christopher Morris - Deputy Head of Research and Policy at Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW)
Paul Gerrard - Campaigns and Public Affairs Director at Cooperative Group
Graham Wynn - Assistant Director for Consumer, Competition and Regulatory Affairs at British Retail Consortium (BRC)
At 2:40pm: Oral evidence
The Baroness Newlove - Victims’ Commissioner at Office of the Victims' Commissioner
Suky Bhaker - CEO at Suzy Lamplugh Trust
At 3:10pm: Oral evidence
Sharon Maciver - Director of Child Criminal Exploitation at Action for Children
Dan Sexton - Chief Technology Officer at Internet Watch Foundation (IWF)
At 3:40pm: Oral evidence
Councillor Sara Conway - Member of the Safer and Stronger Communities Board at the LGA, and Cabinet Member for Community Safety and Resident Participation at Barnet London Borough Council at Local Government Association (LGA)
Councillor Neil Garratt AM - Leader of the Conservative group at London Assembly
At 4:10pm: Oral evidence
Emily Spurrell - Chair at Association of Police and Crime Commissioners (APCC)
Matthew Barber, Police and Crime Commissioner for Thames Valley
Jonathan Evison, Humberside Police and Crime Commissioner
Roger Hirst, Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Essex
At 4:45pm: Oral evidence
Dr Lawrence Newport
At 5:00pm: Oral evidence
Sam Durham - Chief Adviser (Land Management) at National Farmers Union (NFU)
At 5:15pm: Oral evidence
Venita Yeung - Project Officer at Fight for Freedom. Stand with Hong Kong.
At 5:30pm: Oral evidence
Rt Hon Dame Diana Johnson MP - Minister for Policing, Fire and Crime Prevention at Home Office
Alex Davies-Jones MP - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at Ministry of Justice

14:00
The Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House

Further to consider the Bill
Crime and Policing Bill
View details

At 2:00pm: Oral evidence
Christopher Morris - Deputy Head of Research and Policy at Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW)
Paul Gerrard - Campaigns and Public Affairs Director at Cooperative Group
Graham Wynn - Assistant Director for Consumer, Competition and Regulatory Affairs at British Retail Consortium (BRC)
At 2:40pm: Oral evidence
The Baroness Newlove - Victims’ Commissioner at Office of the Victims' Commissioner
Suky Bhaker - CEO at Suzy Lamplugh Trust
At 3:10pm: Oral evidence
Sharon Maciver - Director of Child Criminal Exploitation at Action for Children
Dan Sexton - Chief Technology Officer at Internet Watch Foundation (IWF)
At 3:40pm: Oral evidence
Councillor Sara Conway - Member of the Safer and Stronger Communities Board at the LGA, and Cabinet Member for Community Safety and Resident Participation at Barnet London Borough Council at Local Government Association (LGA)
Councillor Neil Garratt AM - Leader of the Conservative group at London Assembly
At 4:10pm: Oral evidence
Emily Spurrell - Chair at Association of Police and Crime Commissioners (APCC)
Matthew Barber, Police and Crime Commissioner for Thames Valley
Jonathan Evison, Humberside Police and Crime Commissioner
Roger Hirst, Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Essex
At 4:50pm: Oral evidence
Dr Lawrence Newport
At 5:05pm: Oral evidence
Sam Durham - Chief Adviser (Land Management) at National Farmers Union (NFU)
At 5:20pm: Oral evidence
Venita Yeung - Project Officer at Fight for Freedom. Stand with Hong Kong.
At 5:35pm: Oral evidence
Rt Hon Dame Diana Johnson MP - Minister for Policing, Fire and Crime Prevention at Home Office
Alex Davies-Jones MP - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at Ministry of Justice

14:00
The Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House

Further to consider the Bill
Crime and Policing Bill
View details

At 2:00pm: Oral evidence
Christopher Morris - Deputy Head of Research and Policy at Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW)
Paul Gerrard - Campaigns and Public Affairs Director at Cooperative Group
Graham Wynn - Assistant Director for Consumer, Competition and Regulatory Affairs at British Retail Consortium (BRC)
At 2:40pm: Oral evidence
The Baroness Newlove - Victims’ Commissioner at Office of the Victims' Commissioner
Suky Bhaker - CEO at Suzy Lamplugh Trust
At 3:10pm: Oral evidence
Sharon Maciver - Director of Child Criminal Exploitation at Action for Children
Dan Sexton - Chief Technology Officer at Internet Watch Foundation (IWF)
At 3:40pm: Oral evidence
Councillor Sara Conway - Member of the Safer and Stronger Communities Board at the LGA, and Cabinet Member for Community Safety and Resident Participation at Barnet London Borough Council at Local Government Association (LGA)
Councillor Neil Garratt AM - Leader of the Conservative group at London Assembly
At 4:10pm: Oral evidence
Emily Spurrell - Chair at Association of Police and Crime Commissioners (APCC)
Matthew Barber, Police and Crime Commissioner for Thames Valley
Roger Hirst, Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Essex
At 4:50pm: Oral evidence
Dr Lawrence Newport
At 5:05pm: Oral evidence
Sam Durham - Chief Adviser (Land Management) at National Farmers Union (NFU)
At 5:20pm: Oral evidence
Venita Yeung - Project Officer at Fight for Freedom. Stand with Hong Kong.
At 5:35pm: Oral evidence
Rt Hon Dame Diana Johnson MP - Minister for Policing, Fire and Crime Prevention at Home Office
Alex Davies-Jones MP - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at Ministry of Justice

Lords Chamber

Department Questions

Baroness Stowell of Beeston
Conservative

Providing exemptions for certain funds associated with foreign powers to invest in UK newspapers and news magazines

None

Lord German
Liberal Democrat

Setting a quota for refugee resettlement through the UK Resettlement Scheme for 2025

None

Lord Carey of Clifton
Crossbench

Moral implications of the policy of reducing Official Development Assistance to 0.3 per cent of gross national income

None

Baroness Bryan of Partick
Labour

Assessment of Project Willow in securing the Grangemouth oil refinery and the jobs of the skilled workers currently employed there

None

Statements

HM Treasury
Lord Livermore

Statement
Spring Statement

None

Main Business

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
Labour

Legislation
Employment Rights Bill - second reading

None

19:00

Estimated rising time

None

Grand Committee

Main Business

13:00
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Lord Khan of Burnley

Legislation
Holocaust Memorial Bill – committee stage (day 4)

None

18:00

Estimated rising time

None

Select & Joint Committees

10:00
Room 3, Palace of Westminster

Social Mobility Policy
Social Mobility Policy Committee

None

Friday 28th March

(5 days ago)
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Order Paper (28 Mar 2025)

Commons
Lords

Commons Chamber

Today's sitting hours: 9.30am - 3pm
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Main Business

09:30
Clive Lewis
Labour

Private Members' Bills
Water Bill: Second Reading

None

Jake Richards
Labour

Private Members' Bills
Looked After Children (Distance Placements) Bill: Second Reading

None

Bob Blackman
Conservative

Private Members' Bills
Homelessness Prevention Bill: Second Reading

None

Mark Garnier
Conservative

Private Members' Bills
Domestic Building Works (Consumer Protection) Bill: Second Reading

None

Christopher Chope
Conservative

Private Members' Bills
Exemption from Value Added Tax (Listed Places of Worship) Bill: Second Reading

None

Christopher Chope
Conservative

Private Members' Bills
Exemption from Value Added Tax (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill: Second Reading

None

Christopher Chope
Conservative

Private Members' Bills
Caravan Site Licensing (Exemptions of Motor Homes) Bill: Second Reading

None

Richard Holden
Conservative

Private Members' Bills
Vehicle Registration Documents (Sale of Vehicle) Bill: Second Reading

None

Dawn Butler
Labour

Private Members' Bills
Nurse (Use of Title) Bill: Second Reading

None

Stephen Flynn
Scottish National Party

Private Members' Bills
Women’s State Pension Age (Ombudsman Report and Compensation Scheme) Bill: Second Reading

None

Christopher Chope
Conservative

Private Members' Bills
Arm’s-Length Bodies (Accountability to Parliament) Bill: Second Reading

None

Christopher Chope
Conservative

Private Members' Bills
Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 (Amendment) Bill: Second Reading

None

Christopher Chope
Conservative

Private Members' Bills
Statutory Instruments Act 1946 (Amendment) Bill: Second Reading

None

Christopher Chope
Conservative

Private Members' Bills
Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 (Amendment) Bill: Second Reading

None

Christopher Chope
Conservative

Private Members' Bills
Domestic Energy (Value Added Tax) Bill: Second Reading

None

Christopher Chope
Conservative

Private Members' Bills
BBC Licence Fee Non-Payment (Decriminalisation for Over-75s) Bill: Second Reading

None

Rupert Lowe
Independent

Private Members' Bills
Quantitative Easing (Prohibition) Bill: Second Reading

None

Rebecca Harris
Conservative

Private Members' Bills
Pets (Microchips) Bill: Second Reading

None

Christopher Chope
Conservative

Private Members' Bills
Covid-19 Vaccine Damage Payments Bill: Second Reading

None

Christopher Chope
Conservative

Private Members' Bills
Anonymity of Suspects Bill: Second Reading

None

Christopher Chope
Conservative

Private Members' Bills
Children’s Clothing (Value Added Tax) Bill: Second Reading

None

Christopher Chope
Conservative

Private Members' Bills
Highways Act 1980 (Amendment) Bill: Second Reading

None

Christopher Chope
Conservative

Private Members' Bills
British Broadcasting Corporation (Privatisation) Bill: Second Reading

None

Christopher Chope
Conservative

Private Members' Bills
Illegal Immigration (Offences) Bill: Second Reading

None

Christopher Chope
Conservative

Private Members' Bills
Vaccine Damage Payments Act (Review) Bill: Second Reading

None

Christopher Chope
Conservative

Private Members' Bills
NHS England (Alternative Treatment) Bill: Second Reading

None

Edward Leigh
Conservative

Private Members' Bills
Terminal Illness (Relief of Pain) Bill: Second Reading

None

Christopher Chope
Conservative

Private Members' Bills
Covid-19 Vaccine Damage Bill: Second Reading

None

Richard Holden
Conservative

Private Members' Bills
Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Bill: Second Reading

None

Christopher Chope
Conservative

Private Members' Bills
Mobile Homes Act 1983 (Amendment) Bill: Second Reading

None

Robert Jenrick
Conservative

Private Members' Bills
Sentencing Council (Powers of Secretary of State) Bill: Second Reading

None

Christopher Chope
Conservative

Private Members' Bills
Arm's-Length Bodies (Accountability to Parliament) Bill: Second Reading

None

Adjournment Debate

Jack Rankin
Conservative

Potential merits of issuing guidance on the Down Syndrome Act 2022 to local authorities

None

Lords Chamber

Main Business

10:00
Baroness Walmsley
Liberal Democrat

Debate
Report from the Food, Diet and Obesity Committee: 'Recipe for health: a plan to fix our broken food system'

None

Baroness O'Grady of Upper Holloway
Labour

Debate
Report from the Modern Slavery Act 2015 Committee: 'The Modern Slavery Act 2015: becoming world-leading again'

None

15:00

Estimated rising time

None

Monday 31st March

(2 days ago)
Return to today
Order Paper (31 Mar 2025)

Commons
Lords

Commons Chamber

Today's sitting hours: 2.30pm - 10.30pm
View our explainer for more information on a typical Commons day.

Department Questions

14:30

Home Office
Show Oral Questions / Show Topical Questions

First 5 Oral Questions

Patricia Ferguson (Lab)
1. If she will review the pause in decisions on Syrian asylum claims.

Jess Brown-Fuller (LD)
2. What steps her Department is taking with police forces to tackle violence against women and girls.

Steve Race (Lab)
3. What recent progress the Defending Democracy Taskforce has made.

Jessica Toale (Lab)
4. What steps her Department is taking to tackle shoplifting.

John Slinger (Lab)
5. What recent progress the Defending Democracy Taskforce has made.

Topical Questioners

1. Natasha Irons (Lab)

2. Steve Race (Lab)

3. Charlotte Cane (LD)

4. Tessa Munt (LD)

5. Ben Obese-Jecty (Con)

6. Bob Blackman (Con)

7. Tom Rutland (Lab)

8. Mary Glindon (Lab)

9. Mark Ferguson (Lab)

10. Paul Davies (Lab)

None

Urgent Question

Priti Patel
Conservative

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make a statement on HM Government’s response to the political situation in Bosnia-Herzegovina

None

Statements

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Catherine West

Ministerial statement
UK response following the earthquake in Myanmar

None

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Jim McMahon

Ministerial statement
Birmingham City Council Update

None

Main Business

Consideration of Lords message
Consideration of Lords Message to the Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill

None

Legislation
Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [Lords]: Remaining stages

None

Jessica Morden
Labour

Motion on behalf of the Committee of Selection
Administration Committee; Finance Committee

None

Adjournment Debate

22:00
Natasha Irons
Labour

Funding for the Croydon Area Remodelling Scheme and increasing capacity on the Brighton Mainline

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 707189 relating to the rules for political donations
Irene Campbell (Lab - North Ayrshire and Arran)

None

Select & Joint Committees

13:00
The Wilson Room, Portcullis House

Foreign Affairs Committee - Private Meeting

None

15:00
The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

Condition of Government properties
Public Accounts Committee

None

General Committee

18:00
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero Room 11, Palace of Westminster

First Delegated Legislation Committee
The draft Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2025

None

18:00
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Room 12, Palace of Westminster

Second Delegated Legislation Committee
The draft Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Regulations 2025

None

Lords Chamber

Department Questions

Lord Strasburger
Liberal Democrat

Impact on the privacy of Apple customers of the company’s decision to withdraw their advanced data protection service in the UK

None

Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted
Liberal Democrat

Legislation establishing the Auditing Reporting and Governance Authority and whether it will account for the principle of separation of powers

None

Lord Roborough
Conservative

Improving outcomes for UK fisherman after the current agreement with the European Union expires

None

Lord Hunt of Wirral
Conservative

How the Employment Rights Bill will “support the Government’s mission to increase productivity”, as stated in their factsheet for the bill, and what evidence they have to suggest that it will increase productivity

None

Main Business

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
Labour

Urgent Question Repeat
Future of Scunthorpe Steelworks

None

Department for Work and Pensions
Baroness Sherlock

Urgent Question Repeat
Impact of changes to Personal Independence Payment on recipients of carers cllowance

None

HM Treasury
Lord Livermore

Legislation
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill - consideration of Commons reasons and/or amendments

None

Lord Bishop of Chichester
Bishops

Orders and regulations
Chancel Repair (Church Commissioners’ Liability) Measure Church Funds Investment Measure; Church Funds Investment Measure (Dinner break business)

None

Department of Health and Social Care
Baroness Merron

Legislation
Mental Health Bill – report stage (day 1)

None

Estimated rising time
The House is expected to rise at the conclusion of the group of amendments beginning with g46 of the Mental Health Bill

None

Select & Joint Committees

14:00
Room 3, Palace of Westminster

Home-based Working
Home-based Working Committee

None

14:30
Room 2A, Palace of Westminster

Autism Act 2009
Autism Act 2009 Committee

None

15:30
Room 4, Palace of Westminster

UK Engagement with Space
UK Engagement with Space Committee

None

Tuesday 1st April

(1 day ago)
Return to today
Order Paper (1 Apr 2025)

Commons
Lords

Commons Chamber

Today's sitting hours: 11.30am - 7.30pm
View our explainer for more information on a typical Commons day.

Department Questions

11:30

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Show Oral Questions / Show Topical Questions

First 5 Oral Questions

Chi Onwurah (Lab)
1. What diplomatic steps he is taking to increase exports from the North East.

Fabian Hamilton (Lab)
2. What assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the Syrian constitutional declaration, signed on 13 March 2025.

John Cooper (Con)
3. Which development programmes he plans to maintain funding for after the planned reduction of the Official Development Assistance budget is implemented.

Joe Robertson (Con)
4. Whether any costs arising from the proposed treaty with Mauritius on the sovereignty of the Chagos Islands will be met by his Department.

Edward Morello (LD)
5. What steps he is taking with the Chancellor of the Exchequer to provide funding for urgent repairs to his Department’s overseas estates.

Topical Questioners

1. Munira Wilson (LD)

2. Edward Leigh (Con)

3. Patrick Hurley (Lab)

4. Neil Shastri-Hurst (Con)

5. Neil Duncan-Jordan (Lab)

6. Chris Kane (Lab)

7. Luke Myer (Lab)

8. Katie Lam (Con)

9. Katrina Murray (Lab)

10. Danny Chambers (LD)

None

Urgent Question

Luke Evans
Conservative

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make a statement on NHS pensions in light of the statutory deadline for both Remediable Service Statements and Remedial Pension Savings Statements being missed

None

Munira Wilson
Liberal Democrat

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will confirm whether the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF) will continue

None

Statements

Ministry of Justice
Shabana Mahmood

Ministerial statement
Sentencing Council Guidelines

None

Home Office
Dan Jarvis

Ministerial statement
Implementation of the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme

None

Main Business

Ben Spencer
Conservative

Ten Minute Rule Motion
Transport (Duty to Cooperate)

None

Consideration of Lords message
If necessary, Consideration of Lords Messages

None

Legislation
Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]: Second reading

None

Adjournment Debate

19:00
Perran Moon
Labour

Trail hunting

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

09:30

Eating disorder awareness
Wera Hobhouse (LD - Bath)

None

11:00

Access to dentistry in Somerset
Anna Sabine (LD - Frome and East Somerset)

None

14:30

Contribution of the Royal British Legion
Luke Evans (Con - Hinckley and Bosworth)

None

16:00

Rail services on the east Durham coastline
Grahame Morris (Lab - Easington)

None

16:30

Relationship education in schools
Helen Maguire (LD - Epsom and Ewell)

None

Select & Joint Committees

09:00
Room 8, Palace of Westminster

Innovation showcase
Science, Innovation and Technology Committee
View details

At 9:30am: Oral evidence
Dan Cathie - CEO at Silveray
At 9:45am: Oral evidence
Dan Norris MP - Mayor of the West of England at Mayoral Combined Authority
Councillor Mary Ann Brocklesby - Cardiff Capital Region Chair and Leader at Monmouthshire County Council
Mayor Kim McGuiness - Mayor of the North East of England at North East Combined Authority
At 10:35am: Oral evidence
Rt Hon Greg Clark - Chair at Warrick Innovation District
Dr Natasha Boulding - CEO at Low Carbon Materials
Dan Cathie - CEO at Silveray

09:00
Room 8, Palace of Westminster

Innovation showcase
Science, Innovation and Technology Committee

None

09:00
Manchester Town Hall

Get Britain Working: Reforming Jobcentres
Work and Pensions Committee
View details

At 9:00am: Oral evidence
Rt Hon Andy Burnham - Mayor of Greater Manchester at Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA)
At 10:00am: Oral evidence
Lauren McKechnie - Chief Executive at Age UK Bolton
Paul McGarry - Head at Greater Manchester Combined Authority’s Ageing Hub
Jo Rowlands - Head of Financial Inclusion at Leeds City Council
Trish Martin - Advice Services Manager at Southway Housing
Jo Volpe - Chief Executive at Leeds Older People’s Forum
At 11:00am: Oral evidence
Sue Forster - Welfare Benefits Coordinator at Citizens Advice Liverpool
Idowu Khadijat Morafa - Founder and Director at Across Ummah CIC

09:00
Manchester Town Hall

Get Britain Working: Reforming Jobcentres
Work and Pensions Committee
View details

At 9:00am: Oral evidence
Rt Hon Andy Burnham - Mayor at Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA)
At 10:00am: Oral evidence
Lauren McKechnie - Chief Executive at Age UK Bolton
Paul McGarry - Head at Greater Manchester Combined Authority’s Ageing Hub
Jo Volpe at Leeds Older People’s Forum
Jo Rowlands - Head of Financial Inclusion at Leeds City Council
Trish Martin - Advice Services Manager at Southway Housing
At 11:00am: Oral evidence
Sue Forster - Welfare Benefits Coordinator at Citizens Advice Liverpool
Idowu Khadijat Morafa - Founder and Director at Across Ummah CIC

09:00
Manchester Town Hall

Get Britain Working: Reforming Jobcentres
Work and Pensions Committee
View details

At 9:00am: Oral evidence
Rt Hon Andy Burnham - Mayor of Manchester at Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA)
At 10:00am: Oral evidence
Paul McGarry - Head at Greater Manchester Ageing Hub
Mrs Jo Volpe - Chief Executive at Leeds Older People’s Forum
Jo Rowlands - Financial Inclusion Manager at Leeds City Council

09:00
Manchester Town Hall

Get Britain Working: Reforming Jobcentres
Work and Pensions Committee

None

09:00
Manchester Town Hall

Get Britain Working: Reforming Jobcentres
Work and Pensions Committee
View details

At 9:00am: Oral evidence
Rt Hon Andy Burnham - Mayor of Greater Manchester at Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA)
At 10:00am: Oral evidence
Lauren McKechnie - Chief Executive at Age UK Bolton
Paul McGarry - Head at Greater Manchester Combined Authority’s Ageing Hub
Jo Volpe at Leeds Older People’s Forum
Jo Rowlands - Head of Financial Inclusion at Leeds City Council
Trish Martin - Advice Services Manager at Southway Housing
At 11:00am: Oral evidence
Sue Forster - Welfare Benefits Coordinator at Citizens Advice Liverpool
Idowu Khadijat Morafa - Founder and Director at Across Ummah CIC

09:30
TBC

The future of farming
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
View details

At 10:00am: Oral evidence
Daniel Zeichner MP - Minister for Food Security and Rural Affairs at Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
At 10:45am: Oral evidence
Daniel Zeichner MP - Minister for Food Security and Rural Affairs at Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs
At 11:20am: Oral evidence
Daniel Zeichner MP - Minister for Food Security and Rural Affairs at Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

09:30
TBC

Work of the Department and its arm’s-length bodies
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
View details

At 10:00am: Oral evidence
Daniel Zeichner MP - Minister for Food Security and Rural Affairs at Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

09:30
Room 6, Palace of Westminster

The future of farming
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
View details

At 10:00am: Oral evidence
Daniel Zeichner MP - Minister for Food Security and Rural Affairs at Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs
At 10:45am: Oral evidence
Daniel Zeichner MP - Minister for Food Security and Rural Affairs at Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs
At 11:20am: Oral evidence
Daniel Zeichner MP - Minister for Food Security and Rural Affairs at Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

09:30

Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
Grenfell and Building Safety

At 10:00am: Oral evidence
Alex Norris MP - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Local Growth and Building Safety at Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

09:30
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House

Spring Statement 2025
Treasury Committee
View details

At 10:00am: Oral evidence
Richard Hughes - Chair at Office for Budget Responsibility
Professor David Miles - Member at Budget Responsibility Committee
Tom Josephs - Member at Budget Responsibility Committee

09:30
Room 7, Palace of Westminster

Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee - Private Meeting

None

09:30
Room 15, Palace of Westminster

The work of Channel 4
Culture, Media and Sport Committee
View details

At 10:00am: Oral evidence
Dr Alex Mahon - Chief Executive at Channel 4
Sir Ian Cheshire - Chair at Channel 4

09:30

Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
Grenfell and Building Safety

At 10:00am: Oral evidence
Alex Norris MP - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Local Growth and Building Safety at Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Ben Lleywellyn - Interim Director General for Buildings, Resilience and Fire at Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Catherine Adams - Director of Building Systems and Insight in the Buildings, Resilience and Fire Group at Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

09:30
The Wilson Room, Portcullis House

Northern Ireland Affairs Committee - Private Meeting

None

09:30
TBC

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee - Private Meeting

None

09:30
Room 6, Palace of Westminster

The future of farming
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
View details

At 10:00am: Oral evidence
Daniel Zeichner MP - Minister for Food Security and Rural Affairs at Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs
Janet Hughes - Director of the Farming and Countryside Programme at Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs
Emily Miles - Director General for Food, Biosecurity and Trade at Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs
At 10:45am: Oral evidence
Daniel Zeichner MP - Minister for Food Security and Rural Affairs at Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs
Janet Hughes - Director of the Farming and Countryside Programme at Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs
Emily Miles - Director General for Food, Biosecurity and Trade at Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs
At 11:20am: Oral evidence
Daniel Zeichner MP - Minister for Food Security and Rural Affairs at Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs
Emily Miles - Director General for Food, Biosecurity and Trade at Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs
Janet Hughes - Director of the Farming and Countryside Programme at Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

09:30
Room 6, Palace of Westminster

The future of farming
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
View details

At 10:00am: Oral evidence
Daniel Zeichner MP - Minister for Food Security and Rural Affairs at Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs
Janet Hughes - Director of the Farming and Countryside Programme at Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs
Emily Miles - Director General for Food, Biosecurity and Trade at Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs
At 10:45am: Oral evidence
Daniel Zeichner MP - Minister for Food Security and Rural Affairs at Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs
Janet Hughes - Director of the Farming and Countryside Programme at Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs
Emily Miles - Director General for Food, Biosecurity and Trade at Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs
At 11:20am: Oral evidence
Daniel Zeichner MP - Minister for Food Security and Rural Affairs at Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs
Colin Faulkner - Head of External Fisheries and Trade at Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs
Mike Dowell - Head of EU Fisheries Policy and Negotiations at Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

09:30

Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
Grenfell and Building Safety

At 10:00am: Oral evidence
Alex Norris MP - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Local Growth and Building Safety at Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Catherine Adams - Director of Building Systems and Insight in the Buildings, Resilience and Fire Group at Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Ben Llewellyn - Interim Director General for Buildings, Resilience and Fire at Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

10:00
Room 20, Palace of Westminster

Administration Committee - Private Meeting

None

10:00
Room 16, Palace of Westminster

The UK contribution to European Security
Defence Committee
View details

At 10:30am: Oral evidence
Professor Sir Lawrence Freedman KCMG CBE PC FBA - Emeritus Professor of War Studies at Kings College London
Dr Alexandra de Hoop Scheffer - Acting President at German Marshall Fund of the US

12:45
Room 20, Palace of Westminster

Health and Social Care Committee - Private Meeting

None

13:00
Room 13, Palace of Westminster

Justice Committee - Private Meeting

None

13:30
The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

The FCDO's approach to displaced people
International Development Committee
View details

At 2:00pm: Oral evidence
Daphne Jayasinghe - Director of Policy – Global Protracted Displacement Team at International Rescue Committee
Bethan Lewis - Head of humanitarian unit at Plan International UK
Gideon Rabinowitz - Director of policy and advocacy at Bond
At 2:45pm: Oral evidence
Dr Jessica Hagen-Zanker - Head of the migration and displacement hub at ODI Global
Louis Hoffmann - Senior Coordinator for Peace, Recovery and Solutions at International Organization for Migration

13:30
The Wilson Room, Portcullis House

Disinformation diplomacy: How malign actors are seeking to undermine democracy
Foreign Affairs Committee
View details

At 2:00pm: Oral evidence
Salome Zourabichvili - Fifth President of Georgia

13:30
The Wilson Room, Portcullis House

Disinformation diplomacy: How malign actors are seeking to undermine democracy
Foreign Affairs Committee
View details

At 2:00pm: Oral evidence
Salome Zourabichvili - 5th President of Georgia

13:30
The Wilson Room, Portcullis House

Disinformation diplomacy: How malign actors are seeking to undermine democracy
Foreign Affairs Committee

None

13:30
The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

The FCDO's approach to displaced people
International Development Committee

None

13:30
Room 5, Palace of Westminster

The FCDO's approach to displaced people
International Development Committee
View details

At 2:00pm: Oral evidence
Daphne Jayasinghe - Director of Policy – Global Protracted Displacement Team at International Rescue Committee
Bethan Lewis - Head of humanitarian unit at Plan International UK
Gideon Rabinowitz - Director of policy and advocacy at Bond
At 2:45pm: Oral evidence
Dr Jessica Hagen-Zanker - Head of the migration and displacement hub at ODI Global
Louis Hoffmann - Senior Coordinator for Peace, Recovery and Solutions at International Organization for Migration
Hélène Kuperman-Le-Bihan - Head of MAG Europe at Mines Advisory Group

14:00
Room 13, Palace of Westminster

Justice Committee - Private Meeting

None

14:00
Room 8, Palace of Westminster

Implementation of Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse
Home Affairs Committee
View details

At 2:30pm: Oral evidence
Tom Crowther KC

14:00
The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

Spring Statement 2025
Treasury Committee
View details

At 2:05pm: Oral evidence
Paul Johnson - Director at Institute for Fiscal Studies
Dr Jumana Saleheen - Chief Economist and Head of Investment Strategy Group, Europe at Vanguard Asset Management
Ruth Curtice - Chief Executive at Resolution Foundation

14:00
Room 6, Palace of Westminster

Equality at work: paternity and shared parental leave
Women and Equalities Committee
View details

At 2:10pm: Oral evidence
Claire McCartney - Policy and Practice Manager (Resourcing and Inclusion) at Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)
Jonny Briggs - Inclusion and Resource Director at Aviva
Nikki Pound - Policy Officer (Women's Equality) at Trade Union Congress (TUC)

14:30
Room 15, Palace of Westminster

Access to the House of Commons and its Procedures
Modernisation Committee
View details

At 2:45pm: Oral evidence
Robert Halfon, former Member of Parliament
Dr Marie Tidball MP
Sarah Bool MP
Steve Darling MP
Marsha De Cordova MP

14:30
TBC

Access to the House of Commons and its Procedures
Modernisation Committee

None

15:00
The Macmillan Room, Portcullis House

Finance Committee (Commons) - Private Meeting

None

16:00
Room 16, Palace of Westminster

Proposals for backbench debates
Backbench Business Committee
View details

At 4:15pm: Oral evidence
Members of Parliament - Members of Parliament at House of Commons

16:00
Room 7, Palace of Westminster

Transport Committee - Private Meeting

None

General Committee

09:25
Room 14, Palace of Westminster

Further to consider the Bill
Crime and Policing Bill

None

14:00
Room 14, Palace of Westminster

Further to consider the Bill
Crime and Policing Bill

None

14:30
Department for Education Room 12, Palace of Westminster

Third Delegated Legislation Committee
The draft Cornwall Council (Adult Education Functions) Regulations 2025

None

Lords Chamber

Department Questions

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
Conservative

Releasing the results of the trials of e-scooters in England

None

Baroness Benjamin
Liberal Democrat

Disruption to the operation of the Royal Horticultural Society Garden Wisley and its environmental and research centre because of the roadworks around Junction 10 of the M25

None

Lord Dubs
Labour

Effectiveness of stop and search in tackling knife crime

None

Baroness Ludford
Liberal Democrat

Office for Students: Sussex University fine for breach of free speech obligations

None

Main Business

Leader of the House
Baroness Smith of Basildon

Legislation
Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill - Consideration of Commons reasons and/or amendments

None

Leader of the House
Baroness Smith of Basildon

Legislation
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill – committee stage (day 5)

None

Statements

Baroness Taylor of Stevenage
Labour

Statement
Birmingham City Council (around 7.30pm)

None

Main Business

Leader of the House
Baroness Smith of Basildon

Legislation
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill – committee stage (day 5) continued

None

Estimated rising time
The House will rise at the conclusion of committee stage of the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill

None

Select & Joint Committees

10:00
To be confirmed

Science and Technology Committee - Private Meeting

None

10:00
Room 3, Palace of Westminster

Financing and Scaling UK Science and Technology: Innovation, Investment, Industry
Science and Technology Committee
View details

At 10:15am: Oral evidence
Stan Westlake - Chair at Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
Angus Hanton

10:00
Room 3, Palace of Westminster

Financing and Scaling UK Science and Technology: Innovation, Investment, Industry
Science and Technology Committee
View details

At 10:15am: Oral evidence
Stan Westlake
Angus Hanton

10:00
Room 3, Palace of Westminster

Financing and Scaling UK Science and Technology: Innovation, Investment, Industry
Science and Technology Committee
View details

At 10:15am: Oral evidence
Angus Hanton
Stian Westlake

10:30
Room 1, Palace of Westminster

Industry and Regulators Committee - Private Meeting

None

10:30
Room 4, Palace of Westminster

Prison culture: governance, leadership and staffing
Justice and Home Affairs Committee
View details

At 10:30am: Oral evidence
The Lord Timpson OBE DL - Minister of State for Prisons, Probation and Reducing Reoffending at Ministry of Justice
Phil Copple - Director General of Operations at HMPPS

10:30
To be confirmed

New Towns: Practical Delivery
Built Environment Committee - Private Meeting

None

10:30
To be confirmed

Built Environment Committee - Private Meeting

None

14:00
To be confirmed

Review of treaty scrutiny
International Agreements Committee

None

14:00
To be confirmed

Media literacy
Communications and Digital Committee

None

14:00
Room 2, Palace of Westminster

Review of treaty scrutiny
International Agreements Committee
View details

At 3:00pm: Oral evidence
Alexander Horne - Barrister at Hackett & Dabbs LLP, Visiting Professor at Durham University, and Former Legal Adviser at UK Parliament
Jill Barrett - Associate Member at 6 Pump Court Chambers, Independent International Law Consultant at (self-employed), and Former Legal Counsellor at Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

14:00
Room 1, Palace of Westminster

Media literacy
Communications and Digital Committee
View details

At 2:30pm: Oral evidence
Leo Pekkala - Deputy Director at National Audiovisual Institute (KAVI)
Andy Demeulenaere - General Co-ordinator at Mediawijs
At 3:15pm: Oral evidence
Matthew Johnson - Director of Education at MediaSmarts
Martina Chapman - National Co-ordinator at Media Literacy Ireland

14:30
Room 4A, Palace of Westminster

New Towns: Practical Delivery
Built Environment Committee - Private Meeting

None

15:00
To Be Confirmed

Economic Affairs Committee - Private Meeting

None

15:00
Room 4, Palace of Westminster

Preparing for an Ageing Society
Economic Affairs Committee
View details

At 3:00pm: Oral evidence
Dr Ben Brindle - Researcher at The Migration Observatory
Mary Gregory - Director of Population Statistics at Office for National Statistics

15:30
Room 3, Palace of Westminster

The UK-EU reset
European Affairs Committee
View details

At 3:30pm: Oral evidence
Marco Cillario - International Policy Manager at The Law Society
Deborah Annetts - CEO at Independent Society of Musicians
Muyiwa Oki - President at Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)

15:45
Room 2A, Palace of Westminster

Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee - Private Meeting

None

16:00
To be confirmed

The UK-EU reset
European Affairs Committee

None

Wednesday 2nd April

(Today)
Order Paper (2 Apr 2025)

Commons
Lords

Commons Chamber

Today's sitting hours: 11.30am - 7.30pm
View our explainer for more information on a typical Commons day.

Department Questions

11:30

Northern Ireland Office
Show Oral Questions

First 5 Oral Questions

Adam Jogee (Lab)
1. What discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on the development of a new UK industrial strategy.

Luke Myer (Lab)
2. What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Defence on the potential impact of defence expenditure in Northern Ireland on defence supply chain companies in the rest of the UK.

Mary Glindon (Lab)
3. What assessment he has made of the potential impact of Great British Energy funding on Northern Ireland.

Adam Thompson (Lab)
4. What discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on the development of a new UK industrial strategy.

Sarah Bool (Con)
5. What assessment he has made of the impact of the Autumn Budget 2024 on Northern Ireland.

None

12:00

Cabinet Office
Show Oral Questions

First 5 Oral Questions

John Grady (Lab)
1. If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 2 April.

Paul Holmes (Con)
2. If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 2 April.

Claire Hanna (SDLP)
3. If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 2 April.

Tim Farron (LD)
4. If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 2 April.

Damien Egan (Lab)
5. If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 2 April.

None

Main Business

Andrew Pakes
Labour (Co-op)

Ten Minute Rule Motion
Co-operative Housing Tenure

None

Consideration of Lords message
If necessary, Consideration of Lords Messages

None

Department for Energy Security & Net Zero
Ed Miliband

Motion
Motion to approve the Draft Infrastructure Planning (Onshore Wind and Solar Generation) Order 2025

None

Department for Transport
Heidi Alexander

Motion
Motion to approve the Draft Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2025

None

Ministry of Justice
Shabana Mahmood

Motion
Motion to approve the Draft Whiplash Injury (Amendment) Regulations 2025

None

Adjournment Debate

19:00
David Davis
Conservative

Impact of Clonoe Inquest findings on Government policy

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

09:30

Government policy on the use of non-disclosure agreements in civil harassment, discrimination and abuse cases
Louise Haigh (Lab - Sheffield Heeley)

None

11:00

Impact of the switch to digital landlines on rural communities
Damian Hinds (Con - East Hampshire)

None

14:30

Impact of university finances on jobs in higher education
Mohammad Yasin (Lab - Bedford)

None

16:00

125th anniversary of the Irish Guards
Gavin Robinson (DUP - Belfast East)

None

16:30

Green Book review
Sarah Russell (Lab - Congleton)

None

Select & Joint Committees

09:00
Room 15, Palace of Westminster

GB Energy and the net zero transition
Scottish Affairs Committee

None

09:15
Room 6, Palace of Westminster

Heathrow Airport power outage
Transport Committee
View details

At 9:15am: Oral evidence
Thomas Woldbye - Chief Executive at Heathrow Airport Ltd
Alice Delahunty - President, UK Electricity Transmission at National Grid
Nigel Wicking - Chief Executive at Heathrow Airline Operators' Committee Limited
Eliane Algaard - Operations Director at Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks

09:15
The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

Gambling- related harms
Health and Social Care Committee

None

09:15
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House

Heathrow Airport power outage
Transport Committee
View details

At 9:15am: Oral evidence
Thomas Woldbye - Chief Executive at Heathrow Airport Ltd
Alice Delahunty - President, UK Electricity Transmission at National Grid
Nigel Wicking - Chief Executive at Heathrow Airline Operators' Committee Limited

09:15
TBC

Transport Committee - Private Meeting

None

14:00
TBC

Female entrepreneurship
Women and Equalities Committee
View details

At 2:20pm: Oral evidence
Debbie Wosskow OBE - Co-Chair at Invest in Women Taskforce
Jill Pay - Chair at The Gender Index
Stephen Welton CBE - Chair of Board at British Business Bank
At 3:20pm: Oral evidence
Professor Ute Stephan - Professor of Entrepreneurship at King's College London
Dr Lorna Treanor - Associate Professor in Entrepreneurship and Innovation at University of Nottingham
Dr Sarah Marks - Lecturer in HRM and Organisational Behaviour at Swansea University, School of Managment

14:00
The Wilson Room, Portcullis House

Spring Statement 2025
Treasury Committee
View details

At 2:30pm: Oral evidence
Rt Hon Rachel Reeves MP - Chancellor of the Exchequer at HM Treasury
Louise Tinsley - Director of Labour Markets and Welfare at HM Treasury
William MacFarlane - Director of Strategy, Planning and Budget at HM Treasury

14:00
Room 6, Palace of Westminster

Female entrepreneurship
Women and Equalities Committee
View details

At 2:20pm: Oral evidence
Debbie Wosskow OBE - Co-Chair at Invest in Women Taskforce
Jill Pay - Chair at The Gender Index
Stephen Welton CBE - Chair of Board at British Business Bank
At 3:20pm: Oral evidence
Professor Ute Stephan - Professor of Entrepreneurship at King's College London
Dr Lorna Treanor - Associate Professor in Entrepreneurship and Innovation at University of Nottingham
Dr Sarah Marks - Lecturer in HRM and Organisational Behaviour at Swansea University School of Management

14:00
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House

Spring Statement 2025
Treasury Committee
View details

At 2:30pm: Oral evidence
Rt Hon Rachel Reeves MP - Chancellor of the Exchequer at HM Treasury

14:00
Room 16, Palace of Westminster

The environmental and economic legacy of Wales' industrial past
Welsh Affairs Committee
View details

At 2:30pm: Oral evidence
Haf Elgar - Director at Friends of the Earth Cymru
Ms Kirsty Luff - Communications Officer at Friends of the Earth Cymru
Daniel Therkelsen - Campaign Manager at Coal Action Network
Mr Anthony Collins - Policy Campaigner at Coal Action Network
At 3:15pm: Oral evidence
Carl Banton - Operations Director at Mining Remediation Authority
Nadia De Longhi - Head of Regulation & Permitting at Natural Resources Wales
Mary Lewis - Head of Natural Resources Management & Policy at Natural Resources Wales
Nick Cox - Head of Programme Delivery - Metal Mines at Mining Remediation Authority

14:15
Room 5, Palace of Westminster

Attorney General
Human Rights (Joint Committee)
View details

At 2:15pm: Oral evidence
The Rt Hon. the Lord Hermer KC - Attorney General at Attorney General's Office

14:15
Room 8, Palace of Westminster

Human Rights (Joint Committee) - Private Meeting

None

14:30
The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

Unlocking community energy at scale
Energy Security and Net Zero Committee
View details

At 3:00pm: Oral evidence
Alistair Macpherson - Chief Executive Officer at Plymouth Energy Community
Pete Capener MBE - Interim Chair at Community Energy England
Afsheen Kabir Rashid MBE - Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder at Repowering London
At 4:00pm: Oral evidence
Steve Shaw - Director at Power for People
Dr Mary Gillie - Founder and Director at Energy Local
Benedict Ferguson - Co-Executive Director at Community Energy Wales/Ynni Cymunedol Cymru
Stephen Harris - VP of Energy Markets and Optimisation at OVO Energy

14:30
TBC

Unlocking community energy at scale
Energy Security and Net Zero Committee
View details

At 3:00pm: Oral evidence
Alistair Macpherson - Chief Executive Officer at Plymouth Energy Community
Afsheen Kabir Rashid - Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder at Repowering London
Pete Capener MBE - Interim Chair at Community Energy England
At 4:00pm: Oral evidence
Steve Shaw - Director at Power for People
Dr Mary Gillie - Founder and Director at Energy Local
Benedict Ferguson - Co-Executive Director at Community Energy Wales/Ynni Cymunedol Cymru
Stephen Harris - VP of Energy Markets and Optimisation at OVO Energy

14:30
Room 8, Palace of Westminster

Governing the marine environment
Environmental Audit Committee
View details

At 3:00pm: Oral evidence
Michelle Willis - CEO at Marine Management Organisation
Olivia Thomas - Head of Planning and Technical at The Crown Estate
Ronan O’Hara - Chief Executive at Crown Estate Scotland
At 4:00pm: Oral evidence
Emma Hardy MP - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Water and Flooding) at Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
The Baroness Chapman of Darlington - Minister of State (International Development, Latin America and Caribbean) at Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

14:30
TBC

Unlocking community energy at scale
Energy Security and Net Zero Committee
View details

At 3:00pm: Oral evidence
Peter Capener MBE - Deputy Chair (Community member) - Impact Committee at Community Energy England
Alistair Macpherson - Chief Executive Officer at Plymouth Energy Community
Afsheen Kabir Rashid - Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder at Repowering London
At 4:00pm: Oral evidence
Steve Shaw - Director at Power for People
Dr Mary Gillie - Founder and Director at Energy Local
Benedict Ferguson - Co-Executive Director at Community Energy Wales/Ynni Cymunedol Cymru
Stephen Harris - VP of Energy Markets and Optimisation at OVO Energy

14:30
TBC

Energy Security and Net Zero Committee - Private Meeting

None

14:30
Room 8, Palace of Westminster

Governing the marine environment
Environmental Audit Committee
View details

At 3:00pm: Oral evidence
Michelle Willis - CEO at Marine Management Organisation
Olivia Thomas - Head of Planning and Technical at The Crown Estate
Ronan O’Hara - Chief Executive at Crown Estate Scotland
At 4:00pm: Oral evidence
Emma Hardy MP - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Water and Flooding) at Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
The Baroness Chapman of Darlington - Minister of State (International Development, Latin America and Caribbean) at Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Mike Rowe - Director for Marine and Fisheries at Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Helen Mulvein - Deputy Director for Ocean Policy, and Legal Counsellor at Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

14:30
Room 8, Palace of Westminster

Governing the marine environment
Environmental Audit Committee
View details

At 3:00pm: Oral evidence
Michelle Willis - CEO at Marine Management Organisation
Olivia Thomas - Head of Planning and Technical at The Crown Estate
Ronan O’Hara - Chief Executive at Crown Estate Scotland
At 4:00pm: Oral evidence
Emma Hardy MP - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Water and Flooding) at Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
The Baroness Chapman of Darlington - Minister of State (International Development, Latin America and Caribbean) at Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Mike Rowe - Director for Marine and Fisheries at Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Helen Mulvein OBE - Deputy Director for Ocean Policy, and Legal Counsellor at Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

15:40
Virtual meeting

Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) - Private Meeting

None

17:00
Room 15, Palace of Westminster

Speaker’s Conference on the security of candidates, MPs and elections
Speaker's Conference (2024)
View details

At 5:05pm: Oral evidence
Dan Jarvis MP - Minister for Security at Home Office
Rushanara Ali MP - Minister for Homelessness and Democracy at Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Shaun Hipgrave - Director Protect and Prepare at Home Office
Becca Crosier - Deputy Director for Elections Strategy at Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

17:00
Room 15, Palace of Westminster

Speaker’s Conference on the security of candidates, MPs and elections
Speaker's Conference (2024)
View details

At 5:05pm: Oral evidence
Dan Jarvis MP - Minister for Security at Home Office
Shaun Hipgrave - Director Protect and Prepare at Home Office
Rushanara Ali MP - Minister for Homelessness and Democracy at Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Becca Crosier - Deputy Director for Elections Strategy at Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Lords Chamber

Department Questions

Lord Waldegrave of North Hill
Conservative

Support for mathematical sciences

None

Lord Watson of Invergowrie
Labour

Streamlining eligibility for free school meals

None

Lord Callanan
Conservative

Assessment of the government of Mauritius reopening negotiations on the Chagos Islands

None

Lord Carlile of Berriew
Crossbench

Response to the guidelines recently issued by the Sentencing Council

None

Main Business

Department for Transport
Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill

Legislation
Bus Services (No.2) Bill - report stage (day 2)

None

Department of Health and Social Care
Baroness Merron

Legislation
Mental Health Bill - report stage (day 2)

None

Select & Joint Committees

10:00
Room 4, Palace of Westminster

Climate Change Committee
Environment and Climate Change Committee

None

10:00
Room 2A, Palace of Westminster

Financial Services Regulation Committee - Private Meeting

None

10:00
Room 4, Palace of Westminster

Climate Change Committee
Environment and Climate Change Committee
View details

At 10:00am: Oral evidence
Emma Pinchbeck - CEO at Climate Change Committee
James Richardson - Chief Economist at Climate Change Committee

10:15
Room 2, Palace of Westminster

Rule of Law
Constitution Committee
View details

At 10:30am: Oral evidence
Lord Sumption
The Rt Hon. the Baroness Hale of Richmond DBE

10:30
Room 1, Palace of Westminster

Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee - Private Meeting

None

10:30
Room 4A, Palace of Westminster

International Relations and Defence Committee - Private Meeting

None

10:30
Committee Room G

Lord Speaker's Advisory Panel on Works of Art - Private Meeting

None

11:00
Room 3, Palace of Westminster

Child Maintenance
Public Services Committee

None

14:15
Room 8, Palace of Westminster

Human Rights (Joint Committee) - Private Meeting

None

14:15
Room 5, Palace of Westminster

Attorney General
Human Rights (Joint Committee)
View details

At 2:15pm: Oral evidence
The Rt Hon. the Lord Hermer KC - Attorney General at Attorney General's Office

15:40
Virtual meeting

Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) - Private Meeting

None

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Department Questions

09:30

Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Show Oral Questions / Show Topical Questions

First 5 Oral Questions

Paul Waugh (LAB)
1. What steps her Department is taking to help promote rugby league.

Alex Barros-Curtis (Lab)
2. What steps she is taking to allocate funding to grassroots sports facilities in Cardiff West constituency.

John Whittingdale (Con)
3. What discussions she has had with representatives of the creative industries on the use of AI.

Joe Powell (Lab)
4. What steps her Department is taking to reduce gambling harms.

Seamus Logan (SNP)
5. If she will have discussions with Ofcom on extending the list of events designated as free to air.

Topical Questioners

1. Sarah Smith (Lab)

2. Ayoub Khan (Ind)

3. Perran Moon (Lab)

4. Gordon McKee (Lab)

5. Callum Anderson (Lab)

6. Josh Newbury (Lab)

7. Helen Morgan (LD)

8. Jim Dickson (Lab)

None

10:10

Church Commissioners and House of Commons Commission and Public Accounts Commission and Restoration and Renewal Client Board and Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission

None

Statements

Leader of the House
Lucy Powell

Business Statement
Business Questions to the Leader of the House

None

Florence Eshalomi
Labour (Co-op)

Select Committee Statement
Select Committee Statement on the First Report of the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee, England’s Homeless Children: The crisis in temporary accommodation, HC 338

None

Main Business

Sorcha Eastwood
Alliance

Backbench Business
General debate on the impact of digital platforms on UK democracy

None

Leigh Ingham
Labour

Backbench Business
General debate on access to sport and P.E. in schools

None

Adjournment Debate

17:00
Tom Gordon
Liberal Democrat

Adoption breakdown

None

Westminster Hall

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

13:30

Waste incinerators
Baggy Shanker (LAB - Derby South)

None

15:00

Government support for Thames Water
Luke Taylor (LD - Sutton and Cheam)

None

Select & Joint Committees

09:30
The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

Local Government Financial Sustainability
Public Accounts Committee

None

General Committee

11:30
Room 14, Palace of Westminster

Further to consider the Bill
Crime and Policing Bill

None

14:00
Room 14, Palace of Westminster

Further to consider the Bill
Crime and Policing Bill

None

Lords Chamber

Department Questions

Lord Harries of Pentregarth
Crossbench

January poll published by FGS Global which found that one in five people aged 18 to 45 in the UK prefer unelected strong leaders to democracy

None

Viscount Stansgate
Labour

Reducing the reported delays in holding funerals because of changes in the provision of death certificates

None

Baroness Kramer
Liberal Democrat

Implementation of Basel 3.1 on measures by the Prudential Regulation Authority and the Treasury to address base erosion and profit shifting

None

Lord Crisp
Crossbench

Ensuring that aid reaches those affected by the earthquake in Myanmar

None

Main Business

Lord Roborough
Conservative

Debate
The impact of the Government’s economic and planning measures on farming and rural communities

None

Lord Verdirame
Non-affiliated

Short debate
Assessment of the announcement by NATO allies that they intend to withdraw from the Ottawa Treaty on anti-personnel landmines and the Convention on Cluster Munitions

None

Lord Offord of Garvel
Conservative

Debate
The affordability of achieving the net zero emissions target by 2050

None

Select & Joint Committees

10:05
Room 2, Palace of Westminster

Social Mobility Policy
Social Mobility Policy Committee

None

Friday 4th April

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Monday 7th April

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Lords

Commons Chamber

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

14:30

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Show Oral Questions / Show Topical Questions

First 5 Oral Questions

Peter Swallow (Lab)
1. What steps she is taking to build new towns.

Irene Campbell (Lab)
2. What steps her Department is taking to provide safe accommodation for victims of domestic abuse.

Cameron Thomas (LD)
3. What steps she is taking to ensure that new homes are sustainable.

Katie Lam (Con)
4. What steps she plans to take to support housebuilding in London.

Uma Kumaran (Lab)
5. What steps her Department is taking to work with local councils to prevent homelessness.

Topical Questioners

1. David Davis (Con)

2. Darren Paffey (Lab)

3. Rachel Taylor (Lab)

4. Joe Morris (Lab)

5. Peter Swallow (Lab)

6. Lee Anderson (RUK)

7. Wendy Morton (Con)

8. Rachel Hopkins (Lab)

9. Yasmin Qureshi (Lab)

10. Helen Maguire (LD)

None

Main Business

General debate
Subjects to be confirmed

None

Adjournment Debate

22:00
Michael Payne
Labour

Local authorities and economic growth in the East Midlands

None

Select & Joint Committees

15:00
TBC

Work of the Department of Business and Trade
Public Accounts Committee

None

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Tuesday 8th April

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Lords

Commons Chamber

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

11:30

HM Treasury

None

Main Business

Polly Billington
Labour

Ten Minute Rule Motion
Energy (Social Tariff)

None

Jim Shannon
Democratic Unionist Party

Backbench Business
General debate on potential merits of awarding a posthumous Victoria Cross to Blair Mayne

None

Bob Blackman
Conservative

Backbench Business
General debate on matters to be raised before the forthcoming Adjournment

None

Adjournment Debate

19:00
Joy Morrissey
Conservative

Hospice funding

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

09:30

Persecution of Christians
Ruth Jones (Lab - Newport West and Islwyn)

None

11:00

Impact of congenital hyperinsulinism on patients and their families
Sarah Hall (LAB - Warrington South)

None

14:30

Firearm and shotgun licences
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con - North Cotswolds)

None

16:00

Government preparations for the radio teleswitch service switch-off in Scotland
Alistair Carmichael (LD - Orkney and Shetland)

None

16:30

Court waiting times in Kent
Tristan Osborne (Lab - Chatham and Aylesford)

None

Select & Joint Committees

09:00
TBC

Innovation showcase
Science, Innovation and Technology Committee
View details

At 9:30am: Oral evidence
Itxaso Ariza - Chief Technology Officer at Tokamak Energy
At 9:45am: Oral evidence
Tom Adeyoola - Tech entrepreneur and founder at Metail

09:30
TBC

Higher Education and Funding
Education Committee

None

09:30
TBC

Higher Education and Funding
Education Committee
View details

At 10:00am: Oral evidence
Sir Malcolm Press - Vice-President (England and Northern Ireland) at Universities UK
Professor Dame Jessica Corner - Executive Chair, Research England at UK Research and Innovation
Sir Philip Augar - Chair of the 2019 Independent Panel at Post-18 Education and Funding Review
At 10:45am: Oral evidence
Mr Raj Jethwa - Chief Executive at Universities and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA)
Dr Hollie Chandler - Director of Policy at The Russell Group
Rachel Hewitt - Chief Executive at MillionPlus, The Association for Modern Universities
At 11:30am: Oral evidence
Alex Stanley - Vice-President of Higher Education at National Union of Students
Jo Grady - General Secretary at University College Union (UCU)
Andrew Bird - Chair at British Universities' International Liaison Association

10:00
TBC

Administration Committee - Private Meeting

None

14:00
The Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House

The work of the Prime Minister
Liaison Committee (Commons)
View details

At 2:30pm: Oral evidence
Rt Hon Sir Keir Starmer MP, Prime Minister

16:00
TBC

Transport Committee - Private Meeting

None

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Fri 28th March

Airport expansion and climate and nature targets
Environmental Audit Committee

Thu 27th March

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Human Rights (Joint Committee)

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Foreign Affairs Committee

Latest Government Consultations

Mon 31st March

Reform of Local Justice Areas
Ministry of Justice

Wed 26th March

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Recent Parliamentary Debates

Debates are held regularly in the House of Commons and the House of Lords. The most recent debates are shown below.

Monday 31st March in the Commons Chamber

House of Commons
(1 Speeches)

Oral Answers to Questions (Home Office)
(161 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Yvette Cooper - Home Secretary
Angela Eagle - Minister of State (Home Office)
Dan Jarvis - Minister of State (Home Office)
Diana Johnson - Minister of State (Home Office)
Seema Malhotra - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Education) (Equalities)

Points of Order
(5 Speeches)

Urgent Question

Bosnia and Herzegovina (Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)
(47 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Stephen Doughty - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

Myanmar Earthquake (Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)
(29 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Andrew Mitchell - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) (Minister for Development)
Catherine West - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

Birmingham City Council (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government)
(29 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Jim McMahon - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
Andrew Mitchell - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) (Minister for Development)

Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government)
(22 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Jim McMahon - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [Lords] (Department for Education)
(74 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Janet Daby - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)

Business without Debate
(2 Speeches)

Adjournment Debate

Croydon Area Remodelling Funding: Brighton Mainline (Department for Transport)
(16 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Simon Lightwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

Monday 31st March in Westminster Hall

Westminster Hall

Political Donations (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government)
(56 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Anneliese Dodds - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
Rushanara Ali - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

Monday 31st March - Other Commons Events

Written Statements

Infected Blood Compensation Scheme: User-friendly Explainer (Cabinet Office)
(1 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Nick Thomas-Symonds - Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office

NHS England Revised Financial Directions 2024-25 and 2025-26 (Department of Health and Social Care)
(1 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

Drug and Alcohol Treatment and Recovery Grant (Department of Health and Social Care)
(1 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Ashley Dalton - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

NHS Pension Scheme: Remediable Service Statements (Department of Health and Social Care)
(1 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

Community Pharmacy Funding 2024-25 and 2025-26 (Department of Health and Social Care)
(1 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Stephen Kinnock - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Act 2024: Implementation (Home Office)
(1 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Dan Jarvis - Minister of State (Home Office)

General Committees

Draft Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2025 (Department for Energy Security & Net Zero)
(18 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Miatta Fahnbulleh - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

Draft Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Regulations 2025 (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
(23 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Emma Hardy - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Monday 31st March in the Lords Chamber

House of Lords
(1 Speeches)

Retirement of a Member: Lord Carter of Barnes
(2 Speeches)

Apple: Advanced Data Protection Service (Home Office)
(20 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Lord Hanson of Flint - Minister of State (Home Office)

Audit, Reporting and Governance Authority (Home Office)
(19 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Lord Sharpe of Epsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

UK Fishers: EU Agreement (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
(29 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Baroness Hayman of Ullock - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Employment Rights Bill: Productivity (Department for Business and Trade)
(26 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Lord Sharpe of Epsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)
Baroness Jones of Whitchurch - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

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

Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2025 (Scotland Office)
(2 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Baroness Smith of Cluny - Advocate General for Scotland

Electronic Communications (Networks and Services) (Designated Vendor Directions) (Penalties) Order 2025 (Department for Business and Trade)
(2 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Baroness Jones of Whitchurch - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

Town and Country Planning (Fees and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025 (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government)
(2 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Baroness Taylor of Stevenage - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

Scunthorpe Steelworks (Department for Business and Trade)
(17 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Baroness Jones of Whitchurch - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

PIP Changes: Impact on Carer’s Allowance (Department for Work and Pensions)
(15 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Baroness Sherlock - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)

National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill (HM Treasury)
(10 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Lord Livermore - Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)

Mental Health Bill [HL] (Department of Health and Social Care)
(100 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Baroness Merron - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

Chancel Repair (Church Commissioners’ Liability) Measure
(10 Speeches)

Church Funds Investment Measure
(7 Speeches)

Mental Health Bill [HL] (Department of Health and Social Care)
(29 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Lord Timpson - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
Baroness Merron - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)