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Tuesday 21st April

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Commons
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Commons Chamber

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

11:30

Oral questions
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
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First 5 Oral Questions

Steff Aquarone (LD)
1. What steps she is taking to help ensure the Illicit Finance Summit 2026 will tackle international economic crime.

Richard Quigley (Lab)
2. What discussions she has had with international counterparts on the adequacy of safeguards governing INTERPOL Red Notices issued in respect of British citizens.

Edward Leigh (Con)
3. What diplomatic steps she is taking to support the humanitarian aspects of the Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict.

Ruth Cadbury (Lab)
4. What diplomatic steps her Department is taking to help prevent the expansion of illegal settlements in the West Bank.

Alex Barros-Curtis (Lab)
5. What recent assessment her Department has made of the human rights situation in Iran.

Topical Questioners

1. Fabian Hamilton (Lab)

7. Rachel Blake (LAB)

8. Dave Robertson (Lab)

9. Bob Blackman (Con)

10. Wera Hobhouse (LD)

Fabian Hamilton: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
Steff Aquarone: What steps she is taking to help ensure the Illicit Finance Summit 2026 will tackle international economic crime.
Richard Quigley: What discussions she has had with international counterparts on the adequacy of safeguards governing INTERPOL Red Notices issued in respect of British citizens.
Naz Shah: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
Robin Swann: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
Edward Leigh: What diplomatic steps she is taking to support the humanitarian aspects of the Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict.
Ruth Cadbury: What diplomatic steps her Department is taking to help prevent the expansion of illegal settlements in the West Bank.
Will Forster: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
Oliver Ryan: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
Alex Barros-Curtis: What recent assessment her Department has made of the human rights situation in Iran.
Ben Maguire: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
Chris Coghlan: What steps her Department is taking to increase financial pressure on the Russian Federation.
Naz Shah: What steps her Department is taking with international counterparts to help achieve a lasting resolution to the conflict in the Gulf.
Rachel Blake: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
Dave Robertson: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
Sarah Edwards: What steps her Department is taking with international counterparts to restore freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz.
Bob Blackman: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
Jeff Smith: What diplomatic steps her Department is taking to oppose the expansion of illegal settlements in the West Bank.
David Simmonds: If she will suspend the process to ratify the UK-Mauritius Treaty.
Wera Hobhouse: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
Peter Fortune: If she will publish a timetable for the implementation of the UK-EU Treaty in respect of Gibraltar.
Gill Furniss: What recent assessment her Department has made of the human rights situation in Somalia.
Phil Brickell: What progress her Department has made with Cabinet colleagues on resetting the UK's relationship with the European Union.
Lisa Smart: What assessment she has made with Cabinet colleagues of the level of the threat posed by Russia to UK elections.
Nick Smith: What steps her Department is taking to help eradicate polio overseas.
Brendan O'Hara: What assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of recent Israeli legislation introducing the death penalty.
David Davis: What discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the level of threat posed by China to UK interests.
Steve Witherden: What steps her Department is taking with international counterparts to help achieve a lasting resolution to the conflict in the Gulf.
Mary Kelly Foy: What steps her Department is taking to help improve the humanitarian situation in Palestine.
Gareth Bacon: What diplomatic steps she is taking to help ensure that Hamas is disarmed in Gaza.
Lee Dillon: What assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the situation in the Strait of Hormuz.
Callum Anderson: What diplomatic steps her Department is taking to strengthen the NATO alliance.
Paul Foster: What diplomatic steps her Department is taking to oppose the expansion of illegal settlements in the West Bank.
Brian Mathew: What steps her Department is taking to help support victims of the humanitarian situation in Sudan.
Natalie Fleet: What steps her Department is taking with international counterparts to help tackle organised immigration crime.

Statements

HM Treasury
Rachel Reeves

Ministerial statement
Middle East - Economic Update

None

Main Business

Melanie Onn
Labour

Ten Minute Rule Motion
Road surfaces (maximum noise levels)

None

Emergency Debate

Kemi Badenoch
Conservative

Government accountability to the House in connection to the appointment of Peter Mandelson as Ambassador to the United States of America

None

Main Business

Consideration of Lords amendments
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill

None

Leader of the House
Alan Campbell

Electoral Commission

None

Adjournment Debate

19:00
Kevin McKenna
Labour

Preservation of the SS Richard Montgomery masts

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