Parallel Parliament

Thursday 10th July

(7 days ago)
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Order Paper (10 Jul 2025)

Commons
Lords

Commons Chamber

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

09:30

Cabinet Office
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First 5 Oral Questions

Sarah Pochin (RUK)
1. What assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the new trading relationship with the EU.

Tom Hayes (Lab)
2. What discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on visa rules for UK citizens visiting the Schengen area for 90 in 180 days.

Warinder Juss (Lab)
3. What steps he is taking to relocate civil service roles to locations outside London.

Jack Rankin (Con)
4. What assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Civil Service Code.

Cameron Thomas (LD)
5. What discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on improving public engagement with politics.

Topical Questioners

1. David Chadwick (LD)

2. Wendy Chamberlain (LD)

3. Dan Aldridge (Lab)

4. Emma Foody (LAB)

5. Alison Griffiths (Con)

6. Gregory Stafford (Con)

7. Jacob Collier (Lab)

8. Joe Morris (Lab)

9. Bob Blackman (Con)

10. Chris Webb (Lab)

None

Urgent Question

James Cartlidge
Conservative

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the UK-France nuclear partnership

None

Statements

Leader of the House
Lucy Powell

Business Statement
Business Questions to the Leader of the House

None

Department of Health and Social Care
Wes Streeting

Ministerial statement
Industrial action by resident doctors

None

Department for Energy Security & Net Zero
Ed Miliband

Ministerial statement
Review of the electricity market arrangements

None

Bill Esterson
Labour

Select Committee Statement
Select Committee Statement on the Second Report of the Energy Security and Net Zero Committee, Gridlock or growth? Avoiding energy planning chaos, HC 868

None

Helen Hayes
Labour

Select Committee Statement
Select Committee Statement on the Fourth Report of the Education Committee, Children’s Social Care, HC 430

None

Main Business

Sam Rushworth
Labour

Backbench Business
General debate on the attainment and engagement of boys in education

None

Simon Opher
Labour

Backbench Business
General debate on children's health

None

Adjournment Debate

17:00
Tom Gordon
Liberal Democrat

Disabled bus passes

None

Westminster Hall

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

13:30

State support for victims of terrorism
Andy MacNae (Lab - Rossendale and Darwen)

None

15:00

London’s contribution to the national economy
Joe Powell (Lab - Kensington and Bayswater)

None

Select & Joint Committees

09:30
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House

Cost of maintaining the FCDO’s overseas estate
Public Accounts Committee

None

Lords Chamber

Department Questions

Baroness Thornhill
Liberal Democrat

The case for establishing a national tenant body, as recommended by the Housing Ombudsman

None

Baroness Neville-Rolfe
Conservative

The implications of the decision by a number of companies, such as Wise, to shift primary stock exchange listings from London to New York

None

Lord Hunt of Wirral
Conservative

Steps being taken as part of the UK–EU relationship reset, to secure the removal of tariffs on fisheries exports from the Falkland Islands

None

Lord Harper
Conservative

Decision not to proceed with changes to Personal Independence Payments, and plans to increase taxes as a consequence

None

Statements

Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent
Labour

Statement
UK Government Resilience Action Plan

None

Main Business

Lord Gardiner of Kimble
Non-affiliated

Legislation
General Cemetery Bill - third reading

None

HM Treasury
Lord Livermore

Legislation
Supply and Appropriation (Main Estimates) (No. 2) Bill - second reading and remaining stages

None

Home Office
Lord Hanson of Flint

Legislation
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill – committee stage (day 3) - part one

None

Lord Leong
Labour

Legislation
Product Regulation and Metrology Bill - consideration of Commons amendments (at a convenient time after 2pm)

None

Home Office
Lord Hanson of Flint

Legislation
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill – committee stage (day 3) - part two

None

19:00

Estimated rising time

None

Select & Joint Committees

10:00
Room 3, Palace of Westminster

Social Mobility Policy
Social Mobility Policy Committee - Private Meeting

None

Friday 11th July

(6 days ago)
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Order Paper (11 Jul 2025)

Commons
Lords

Commons Chamber

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

09:30
Linsey Farnsworth
Labour

Private Members' Bills
Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches Bill: Remaining Stages

None

Scott Arthur
Labour

Private Members' Bills
Rare Cancers Bill: Remaining Stages

None

Emma Foody
Labour (Co-op)

Private Members' Bills
Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill: Remaining Stages

None

Oliver Ryan
Independent

Private Members' Bills
Courts (Remote Hearings) Bill: Remaining Stages

None

Alex McIntyre
Labour

Private Members' Bills
Controlled Drugs (Procedure for Specification) Bill: Remaining Stages

None

Luke Taylor
Liberal Democrat

Private Members' Bills
Hospices and Health Care (Report on Funding) Bill: Second Reading

None

Christopher Chope
Conservative

Private Members' Bills
Bank of England (Inflation Targets) Bill: Second Reading

None

Christopher Chope
Conservative

Private Members' Bills
Rule of Law (Enforcement by Public Authorities) Bill: Second Reading

None

Jim Allister
Traditional Unionist Voice

Private Members' Bills
European Union (Withdrawal Arrangements) Bill: Adjourned debate on Second Reading [6 December]

None

Roz Savage
Liberal Democrat

Private Members' Bills
Climate and Nature Bill: Adjourned debate on Second Reading [24 January]

None

Sarah Olney
Liberal Democrat

Private Members' Bills
Elections (Proportional Representation) Bill: Second Reading

None

Bambos Charalambous
Labour

Private Members' Bills
Debt Relief (Developing Countries) Bill: Second Reading

None

Jake Richards
Labour

Private Members' Bills
Looked After Children (Distance Placements) Bill: Adjourned debate on Second Reading [28 March]

None

Fabian Hamilton
Labour

Private Members' Bills
Powers of Attorney Bill: Second Reading

None

Luke Evans
Conservative

Private Members' Bills
Animal Welfare (Responsibility for Dog on Dog Attacks) Bill: Second Reading

None

Nick Timothy
Conservative

Private Members' Bills
Freedom of Expression (Religion or Belief System) Bill: Second Reading

None

Anneliese Midgley
Labour

Private Members' Bills
Letter Boxes (Positioning) Bill: Second Reading

None

David Reed
Conservative

Private Members' Bills
Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill: Second Reading

None

Sarah Owen
Labour

Private Members' Bills
Fireworks Bill: Second Reading

None

Mike Wood
Conservative

Private Members' Bills
Heritage Public Houses Bill: Second Reading

None

Ben Obese-Jecty
Conservative

Private Members' Bills
Interpersonal Abuse and Violence Against Men and Boys (Strategy) Bill: Second Reading

None

Edward Leigh
Conservative

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

None

Blake Stephenson
Conservative

Private Members' Bills
Planning (Flooding) Bill: Second Reading

None

Ian Byrne
Labour

Private Members' Bills
Public Authority (Accountability) Bill: Second Reading

None

Ian Byrne
Labour

Private Members' Bills
Children's Hospices (Funding) Bill: Second Reading

None

Bob Blackman
Conservative

Private Members' Bills
Equitable Life Policyholders (Compensation) Bill: Second Reading

None

Christopher Chope
Conservative

Private Members' Bills
Regulatory Impact Assessments Bill: Second Reading

None

Rupa Huq
Labour

Private Members' Bills
Sale of Tickets (Sporting and Cultural Events) Bill: Second Reading

None

Victoria Collins
Liberal Democrat

Private Members' Bills
Rivers, Streams and Lakes (Protected Status) Bill: Second Reading

None

Ruth Jones
Labour

Private Members' Bills
Support for Infants and Parents etc (Information) Bill [Lords]: Second Reading

None

Mark Garnier
Conservative

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

None

Richard Holden
Conservative

Private Members' Bills
Animal Shelters (Licensing) Bill: Second Reading

None

Rebecca Harris
Conservative

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

None

Chris Philp
Conservative

Private Members' Bills
Immigration and Visas Bill: Second Reading

None

Priti Patel
Conservative

Private Members' Bills
British Indian Ocean Territory (Sovereignty and Constitutional Arrangements) Bill: Second Reading

None

Adjournment Debate

Joy Morrissey
Conservative

Protection of the Colne Valley Regional Park

None

Lords Chamber

Monday 14th July

(3 days ago)
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Order Paper (14 Jul 2025)

Commons
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
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First 5 Oral Questions

Andrew Pakes (LAB)
1. What steps she is taking to reform the leasehold system.

Tulip Siddiq (Lab)
2. What steps her Department is taking to help support housing associations in the timely remediation of unsafe properties.

Danny Beales (Lab)
3. What steps her Department is taking to increase housing delivery.

Wera Hobhouse (LD)
4. What assessment she has made of the potential impact of reductions in Council Tax revenue from student houses in multiple occupation on local authorities.

Patrick Hurley (Lab)
5. What steps her Department is taking to increase funding for homelessness prevention services.

Topical Questioners

1. Sarah Olney (LD)

2. John Lamont (Con)

3. Siân Berry (Green)

4. Dan Aldridge (Lab)

5. Luke Myer (Lab)

6. Charlie Dewhirst (Con)

7. Sarah Owen (Lab)

8. Neil Duncan-Jordan (Lab)

9. Ben Goldsborough (Lab)

10. Lewis Cocking (Con)

None

Statements

Department for Energy Security & Net Zero
Ed Miliband

Ministerial statement
State of Climate and Nature

None

Home Office
Yvette Cooper

Ministerial statement
UK-France Migration co-operation

None

Department for Business and Trade
Gareth Thomas

Ministerial statement
Future of the Post Office

None

Main Business

Tonia Antoniazzi
Labour

Privilege

None

Legislation
Deprivation of Citizenship Orders (Effect During Appeal) Bill: Committee of the Whole House and Remaining Stages

None

Opposed Private Business
Royal Albert Hall Bill [Lords]: Second Reading

None

Adjournment Debate

22:00
Aphra Brandreth
Conservative

Condition of roads in Cheshire

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 725716 relating to the prosecution of Northern Ireland veterans
John Lamont (Con - Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk)

None

General Committee

16:30
Room 10, Palace of Westminster

First Delegated Legislation Committee
The Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025

None

18:00
Ministry of Justice Room 9, Palace of Westminster

Second Delegated Legislation Committee
The draft Sentencing Act 2020 (Amendment of Schedule 21) Regulations 2025

None

18:00
Room 11, Palace of Westminster

Motion in the name of Minister Sarah Jones relating to Financial Assistance to Industry. That this House authorises the Secretary of State to undertake, during the period beginning with the date of approval of this motion and ending on 31 July 2030, to pay, by way of financial assistance under section 8 of the Industrial Development Act 1982, grants to businesses as part of His Majesty’s Government’s project to support zero-emission vehicle manufacturing in the UK and the UK’s automotive supply chain, including to support the creation of jobs, private investment into the UK, the development of the automotive industry and emission reductions, up to an overall limit of £1 billion, and to pay during or after that period the grants that are undertaken to be paid.
Third Delegated Legislation Committee

None

18:00
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero Room 12, Palace of Westminster

Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee
The draft Warm Home Discount (Amendment) Regulations 2025

None

18:00

Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill: Programming sub-committee - Private Meeting

None

Select & Joint Committees

13:45
The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

The 10 Year Health Plan
Health and Social Care Committee

None

15:00
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House

Smarter delivery of public services
Public Accounts Committee

None

16:00
Room 8, Palace of Westminster

Environmental Audit Committee - Private Meeting

None

Lords Chamber

Department Questions

Lord Leigh of Hurley
Conservative

Action to control imported goods worth below the £135 threshhold for value added tax

None

Lord Snape
Labour

Increasing rail freight by 75 per cent by 2050

None

Lord Bassam of Brighton
Labour

Potential benefits of a tourism levy to alleviate funding pressures facing seaside and coastal communities

None

Baroness Walmsley
Liberal Democrat

Number of TV advertisements shown for less healthy food as a result of delays to planned restrictions; and plans to publish impact statements on children's' health

None

Main Business

Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede
Labour

Urgent Question Repeat
Plans to restrict trial by jury through the creation of a Crown Court Bench Division and related sentencing changes

None

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
Labour

Legislation
Employment Rights Bill – report stage (day 1) - part one

None

Statements

Department for Transport
Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill

Statement
Road and rail projects (around 7.30pm)

None

Main Business

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
Labour

Legislation
Employment Rights Bill – report stage (day 1) - part two

None

Estimated rising time
The House is expected to rise at the conclusion of the group beginning with amendment 47 on the Employment Rights Bill.

None

Grand Committee

Main Business

15:45
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero
Lord Wilson of Sedgefield

Orders and regulations
Nuclear Installations (Compensation for Nuclear Damage) (Amendment) Regulations 2025

None

Lord Wilson of Sedgefield
Labour

Orders and regulations
Contract for Difference (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No 3) Regulations 2025

None

Department for Transport
Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill

Orders and regulations
Transport Act 2000 (Air Traffic Services) (Prescribed Terms) Regulations 2025

None

17:15

Estimated rising time

None

Select & Joint Committees

13:45
Room 3, Palace of Westminster

Home-based Working
Home-based Working Committee

None

14:30
Room G-32, Millbank House

Autism Act 2009 Committee - Private Meeting

None

15:30
Room 2, Palace of Westminster

UK Engagement with Space
UK Engagement with Space Committee - Private Meeting

None

Tuesday 15th July

(2 days ago)
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Order Paper (15 Jul 2025)

Commons
Lords

Commons Chamber

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

11:30

Department for Energy Security & Net Zero
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First 5 Oral Questions

Alex Ballinger (Lab)
1. What steps he is taking to support workers' rights in the renewable energy sector.

Mary Glindon (Lab)
2. What steps he has taken with Cabinet colleagues to help increase the number of jobs in supply chains in green industries.

Emma Foody (LAB)
3. What estimate he has made of the number of additional jobs that have been created in clean power industries in the North East since July 2024.

Noah Law (Lab)
4. What estimate he has made of the number of additional jobs that have been created in clean power industries since July 2024.

Calum Miller (LD)
5. What steps he is taking to increase electricity grid capacity.

Topical Questioners

1. Graham Stuart (Con)

2. Carla Denyer (Green)

3. Ben Goldsborough (Lab)

4. Anneliese Midgley (Lab)

5. Cat Eccles (Lab)

6. Melanie Onn (Lab)

7. Blake Stephenson (Con)

8. Anna Sabine (LD)

9. Juliet Campbell (Lab)

10. Steve Witherden (Lab)

None

Statements

Ministry of Defence
John Healey

Ministerial statement
Afghanistan update

None

Main Business

Caroline Dinenage
Conservative

Ten Minute Rule Motion
Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Regulation)

None

Leader of the House
Lucy Powell

Business of the House (Today)

None

Kemi Badenoch
Conservative

Opposition Day Debate
Welfare

None

Kemi Badenoch
Conservative

Opposition Day Debate
Taxes

None

Adjournment Debate

19:00
Liz Saville Roberts
Plaid Cymru

Local justice area reform

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