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Monday 9th November

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Lords

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Department Questions

Lord Lamont of Lerwick
Conservative

Oral questions
Increasing the effectiveness of the World Trade Organization

None

Baroness Nargund
Labour

Oral questions
Research published in the Nature Medicine journal on women suffering more physical pain than men

None

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
Conservative

Oral questions
Latest figures regarding the state of reservoirs and the resilience of water supplies

None

Lord Garnier
Conservative

Oral questions
Abuse of Interpol red notices and diffusions by Russia

None

Private Notice Question

Baroness Levitt
Labour

Private Notice Question
Jury directions

None

Main Business

Department of Health and Social Care
Baroness Merron

Legislation
Health Bill - committee stage (day 3)
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None

22:00

Estimated rising time

None

Tuesday 10th November

(4 days ago)
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Order Paper (10 Nov 2026)

Commons
Lords

Commons Chamber

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Department Questions

14:30

Oral questions
Ministry of Justice
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First 5 Oral Questions

Helen Maguire (LD)
1. What steps he is taking to improve rehabilitative programmes in prisons.

Lauren Sullivan (Lab)
2. What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the handling of sexual offences committed by healthcare professionals in the criminal justice system.

Ben Maguire (LD)
3. Whether he is taking steps to reform the family court system.

Bradley Thomas (Con)
4. How many prisoners released under the early release scheme have since been recalled to prison.

Luke Myer (Lab)
5. What steps his Department is taking to reduce the court backlog.

Topical Questioners

1. Paul Foster (Lab)

2. Patrick Hurley (Lab)

3. Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Lab)

4. Sarah Pochin (RUK)

5. Luke Taylor (LD)

6. Catherine Fookes (Lab)

7. Tom Gordon (LD)

8. Tracy Gilbert (Lab)

9. Chris Vince (LAB)

10. Connor Naismith (Lab)

Paul Foster: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
Helen Maguire: What steps he is taking to improve rehabilitative programmes in prisons.
Patrick Hurley: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
Lauren Sullivan: What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the handling of sexual offences committed by healthcare professionals in the criminal justice system.
Ben Maguire: Whether he is taking steps to reform the family court system.
Bell Ribeiro-Addy: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
Sarah Pochin: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
Bradley Thomas: How many prisoners released under the early release scheme have since been recalled to prison.
Luke Myer: What steps his Department is taking to reduce the court backlog.
Luke Taylor: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
Catherine Fookes: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
Julian Lewis: How many prisoners released under the early release scheme have since been recalled to prison.
Tom Gordon: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
Tom Hayes: Whether his Department plans to review licence and probation supervision arrangements for convicted sex offenders following their release from custody.
Tracy Gilbert: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
Mike Tapp: What steps his Department is taking to increase the capacity of the prison estate.
Chris Vince: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
Shivani Raja: If he will publish data on the nationality of foreign national offenders convicted of an offence in the last year.
Yuan Yang: What steps he is taking to help tackle recidivism.
Connor Naismith: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
Ian Sollom: Whether he is taking steps to reform the family court system.
Steve Yemm: What progress his Department has made on utilising AI for innovation in legal services.
Rachel Blake: What steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help tackle violence against women and girls through the criminal justice system.
Jonathan Davies: What steps his Department is taking to help people who have experienced abuse to access support services.
Greg Smith: What assessment he has made of the potential impact of the early release scheme on the number of prisoners released in error.
Vikki Slade: Whether he plans to reform the coroner's court system.
Brian Mathew: What steps he is taking to modernise the court estate.
Henry Tufnell: What discussions he has had with the Welsh Government on the future of probation services in Wales.
Andrew Ranger: What steps his Department is taking to help reduce youth offending.
Luke Taylor: What steps he is taking to improve programmes that reduce reoffending.
David Reed: How many prisoners released under the early release scheme have since been recalled to prison.
Kirsteen Sullivan: What steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help tackle violence against women and girls through the criminal justice system.
Alex McIntyre: What steps his Department is taking to help tackle violence against women and girls through the justice system.
Janet Daby: What steps his Department is taking to support care leavers in the criminal justice system.
Edward Morello: Whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the potential merits of integrating independent legal advisors into the police.

Urgent Question

Iain Duncan Smith
Conservative

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will make a statement on reports that the phone records and financial information of Parliamentarians sanctioned by the Chinese Communist Party were obtained by individuals commissioned by representatives of the People’s Republic of China

None

Statements

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Chris Elmore

Ministerial statement
Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2026

None

Department for Education
Josh MacAlister

Ministerial statement
Mobile Phone Free Schools

None

Main Business

Josh Babarinde
Liberal Democrat

Ten Minute Rule Motion
English ethnic identity (census particulars)

None

Legislation
Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL]: Second Reading
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None

Adjournment Debate

19:00
Tom Morrison
Liberal Democrat

Future of Stepping Hill Hospital

None

Westminster Hall

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