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Latest Events in the House of Commons

Government Bill Commons Debates

Monday 7th December
United Kingdom Internal Market Bill 2019-21
(Ping Pong)
Tuesday 8th December
National Security and Investment Bill 2019-21
(Committee stage: House of Commons)

Trending Petitions
Revoke rules for refusing or cancelling permission to stay for rough sleepers (26,798 signatures)
18,814 signatures added today
Prevent any restrictions on those who refuse a Covid-19 vaccination (281,400 signatures)
11,777 signatures added today
Lower the age you are offered a cervical screening (smear test) from 25 to 16 (27,733 signatures)
7,183 signatures added today
Latest Select Committee Inquiries
Fri 4th December
Railway Infrastructure in Wales
Welsh Affairs Committee
Fri 4th December
The role of hydrogen in achieving Net Zero
Science and Technology Committee (Commons)
Fri 4th December
Environmental Land Management and the agricultural transition
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
Latest Government Consultations
Fri 4th December
Sustainable use of pesticides: draft national action plan
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Fri 4th December
Appraisal periods consultation
Department for Transport
Thu 3rd December
Insolvency changes for payment and electronic money institutions: consultation
HM Treasury

Most Recent Parliamentary Debates

Thursday 3rd December in the Commons Chamber

House of Commons

Prayers

Oral Answers to Questions (Department for Transport)
(150 Speeches)
 Contributing Ministers
Grant Shapps - Secretary of State for Transport
 Chris Heaton-Harris - Minister of State (Department for Transport)
 Andrew Stephenson - Minister of State (Department for Transport)
 Robert Courts - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
 Rachel Maclean - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

Exams and Accountability 2021 (Department for Education)
(75 Speeches)
 Contributing Ministers
Gavin Williamson - Secretary of State for Education

Business of the House (Leader of the House)
(74 Speeches)
 Contributing Ministers
Jacob Rees-Mogg - Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons

Courts and Tribunals: Recovery (Ministry of Justice)
(69 Speeches)
 Contributing Ministers
Robert Buckland - Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice

Future of Coal in the UK (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)
(16 Speeches)
 Contributing Ministers
Kwasi Kwarteng - Minister of State (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)

Digital Infrastructure, Connectivity and Accessibility (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)
(33 Speeches)
 Contributing Ministers
Matt Warman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)

Petition
(1 Speeches)

Reversing Cuts to the Aid Budget
(1 Speeches)

Adjournment Debate

Orwell Bridge Closures during High Winds (Department for Transport)
(2 Speeches)
 Contributing Ministers
Andrew Stephenson - Minister of State (Department for Transport)

Thursday 3rd December - Other Commons Events
Written Statements

Election Spending Limits Uprating (Cabinet Office)
(1 Speeches)

Loan Charge: Sir Amyas Morse Report Recommendations (HM Treasury)
(1 Speeches)

Mali Deployment (Ministry of Defence)
(1 Speeches)

Cyber and Electromagnetic Activities: Call-out Order (Ministry of Defence)
(1 Speeches)

Covid-19: Higher Education in Spring Term (Department for Education)
(1 Speeches)

Housing Adaptations (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government)
(1 Speeches)

Westminster Hall

Covid-19: Access to and Acceptance of Cash (HM Treasury)
(21 Speeches)

Nurseries and Early Years Settings (Department for Education)
(23 Speeches)

Public Bill Committees

National Security and Investment Bill (Seventh sitting) (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)
(42 Speeches)

National Security and Investment Bill (Eighth sitting) (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)
(57 Speeches)

Financial Services Bill (Eleventh sitting) (HM Treasury)
(23 Speeches)

Ministerial Corrections

Health and Social Care (Department of Health and Social Care)
(5 Speeches)

Thursday 3rd December in the Lords Chamber

Arrangement of Business
(1 Speeches)

National Trust Acts (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)
(20 Speeches)
 Contributing Ministers
Baroness Barran - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)

National Planning Policy Statements: Climate Change (Home Office)
(23 Speeches)
 Contributing Ministers
Lord Greenhalgh - Minister of State (Home Office)

Child Trust Funds: Children with Learning Disabilities
(21 Speeches)

Covid-19: GCSE and A-level Exams (Department for Education)
(19 Speeches)
 Contributing Ministers
Baroness Berridge - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)

Business and Planning Act 2020 (London Spatial Development Strategy) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (Home Office)
(1 Speeches)
 Contributing Ministers
Lord Greenhalgh - Minister of State (Home Office)

Food and Feed Hygiene and Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
(1 Speeches)

Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland (Democratic Consent Process) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
(1 Speeches)

Arcadia and Debenhams: Business Support and Job Retention
(15 Speeches)

Coronavirus Vaccine (Department of Health and Social Care)
(30 Speeches)
 Contributing Ministers
Lord Bethell - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

Arrangement of Business
(1 Speeches)

Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill (Home Office)
(118 Speeches)
 Contributing Ministers
Baroness Williams of Trafford - Minister of State (Home Office)

Other Lords Events
Grand Committee

Arrangement of Business
(1 Speeches)

Spending Review 2020 (HM Treasury)
(65 Speeches)
 Contributing Ministers
Lord Agnew of Oulton - Minister of State (HM Treasury)