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Monday 16th June

(5 days ago)
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Commons
Lords

Commons Chamber

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

14:30

Department for Education
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First 5 Oral Questions

Jack Rankin (Con)
1. What assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of StandWithUs UK’s Voice of Students 2024-2025 report on antisemitism on university campuses.

Bob Blackman (Con)
2. What estimate she has made of the potential impact of increases in employers’ National Insurance contributions on the number of redundancies in schools.

Sarah Bool (Con)
3. If she will take steps to stop the use of smart phones in schools.

Luke Evans (Con)
4. What steps she is taking to help improve the school estate.

Stuart Anderson (Con)
5. What assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the removal of the VAT exemption on school fees on small independent schools.

Topical Questioners

1. Harpreet Uppal (Lab)

2. Bernard Jenkin (Con)

3. John Whittingdale (Con)

4. John Lamont (Con)

5. Melanie Ward (Lab)

6. Andy MacNae (Lab)

7. Gurinder Singh Josan (Lab)

8. Sarah Bool (Con)

9. Lee Barron (Lab)

10. Peter Swallow (Lab)

None

Statements

Home Office
Yvette Cooper

Ministerial statement
The Casey Report

None

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
David Lammy

Ministerial statement
Iran and Israel Conflict

None

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Hamish Falconer

Ministerial statement
Government Response to Air India Crash

None

Main Business

Leader of the House
Lucy Powell

Business of the House (Today)

None

Leader of the House
Lucy Powell

Independent Complaints and Grievance Scheme (Policy Framework and Assurance Board)

None

Helen Hayes
Labour

Backbench Business
General Debate on Windrush Day 2025

None

Jessica Morden
Labour

Motion on behalf of the Committee of Selection
Scottish Affairs Committee

None

Adjournment Debate

22:00
Irene Campbell
Labour

Phasing out animal experiments in medical research

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 706302 relating to the use of cages and crates for farmed animals
Irene Campbell (Lab - North Ayrshire and Arran)

None

Select & Joint Committees

13:00
TBC

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Foreign Affairs Committee

None

13:00
The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Foreign Affairs Committee
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At 1:30pm: Oral evidence
Representative - Representative at Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) UK
Representative - Representative at Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)
Representative - Representative at Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP)

13:00
Room 8, Palace of Westminster

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Foreign Affairs Committee
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At 1:30pm: Oral evidence
Anna Halford - Field Coordinator at Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) UK
Shaina Low - Communications Advisor at Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)
Rohan Talbot - Director of Advocacy and Campaigns at Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP)

13:00
Room 8, Palace of Westminster

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Foreign Affairs Committee
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13:00
Room 8, Palace of Westminster

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Foreign Affairs Committee
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15:00
Physical

Public Accounts Committee - Private Meeting

None

15:00
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House

MoD’s oversight of Reserve Forces’ and Cadets’ Associations
Public Accounts Committee

None

General Committee

18:00
Room 9, Palace of Westminster

First Delegated Legislation Committee
The draft Casinos (Gaming Machines and Mandatory Conditions) Regulations 2025

None

18:00
Room 10, Palace of Westminster

Victims and Courts Bill: Programming sub-committee - Private Meeting

None

Lords Chamber

Department Questions

Baroness Royall of Blaisdon
Labour

Grassroots interfaith movements in Israel

None

Lord Wood of Anfield
Labour

Workforce gaps in adult social care

None

Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
Labour

Social energy tariffs

None

Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
Conservative

The defence industrial base

None

Main Business

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
Labour

Legislation
Employment Rights Bill – committee stage (day 9) - part one

None

Statements

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Lord Collins of Highbury

Statement
'Iran and Israel Conflict' and 'Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories' (dinner break business)

None

Main Business

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
Labour

Legislation
Employment Rights Bill – committee stage (day 9) - part two

None

Estimated rising time
The House may sit late.

None

Grand Committee

Main Business

15:45
Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent
Labour

Legislation
Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill - committee stage (day 4)

None

19:45

Estimated rising time

None

Select & Joint Committees

14:00
Room 3, Palace of Westminster

Home-based Working
Home-based Working Committee

None

15:00
Room 2A, Palace of Westminster

Autism Act 2009
Autism Act 2009 Committee

None

15:30
Room 2, Palace of Westminster

UK Engagement with Space
UK Engagement with Space Committee
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At 3:35pm: Oral evidence
Dr Joanna Hart - Director at Space Partnership
At 4:35pm: Oral evidence
Professor Lucy Berthoud - Professor of Space Engineering at University of Bristol
Dr. Heidi Thiemann - Director at Space Skills Alliance

15:30
Room 2, Palace of Westminster

UK Engagement with Space
UK Engagement with Space Committee
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At 3:35pm: Oral evidence
Dr Joanna Hart - Director at Space Partnership
Professor Martin Barstow - Professor of Astrophysics and Space Science at University of Leicester
At 4:35pm: Oral evidence
Professor Lucy Berthoud - Professor of Space Engineering at University of Bristol
Dr. Heidi Thiemann - Director at Space Skills Alliance

15:30
Room 2, Palace of Westminster

UK Engagement with Space
UK Engagement with Space Committee
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At 3:35pm: Oral evidence
Dr Joanna Hart - Director at Space Partnership
Professor Martin Barstow - Professor of Astrophysics and Space Science at University of Leicester
At 4:25pm: Oral evidence
Professor Lucy Berthoud - Professor of Space Engineering at University of Bristol
Dr. Heidi Thiemann - Director at Space Skills Alliance

Tuesday 17th June

(4 days ago)
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Commons
Lords

Commons Chamber

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

11:30

Department of Health and Social Care
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First 5 Oral Questions

Helen Maguire (LD)
1. What recent progress his Department has made on tackling the backlog of repairs in hospitals.

Caroline Voaden (LD)
2. What steps he is taking to support rural pharmacies.

Sadik Al-Hassan (Lab)
3. If he will undertake a review of the potential impact of medicine supply chain shortages on community pharmacies.

Naushabah Khan (Lab)
4. Whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of expanding the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme to include GPs.

Tim Farron (LD)
5. What steps his Department plans to take to ensure mental health services are fully staffed in rural areas.

Topical Questioners

1. Charlie Dewhirst (Con)

2. Chris Bloore (Lab)

3. Katie Lam (Con)

4. Katrina Murray (Lab)

5. Daniel Francis (Lab)

6. Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)

7. Peter Lamb (Lab)

8. Sarah Gibson (LD)

9. Martin Vickers (Con)

10. Richard Quigley (Lab)

None

Main Business

Jen Craft
Labour

Ten Minute Rule Motion
Registration of Births (Inclusion of Deceased Parents)

None

Home Office
Yvette Cooper

Programme Motion
Crime and Policing Bill: Programme (No. 2)

None

Legislation
Crime and Policing Bill (Day One): Remaining Stages

None

Adjournment Debate

19:00
Rupa Huq
Labour

Access to abiraterone for the treatment of prostate cancer

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