Parallel Parliament

Thursday 4th December

(7 days ago)
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Order Paper (4 Dec 2025)

Commons
Lords

Commons Chamber

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

09:30

Oral questions
Cabinet Office
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First 5 Oral Questions

Alistair Carmichael (LD)
1. What his Department's priorities are in negotiations with the EU on a sanitary and phytosanitary agreement.

Lorraine Beavers (Lab)
2. What steps he has taken to ensure that trade union recognition is considered when determining the award of public contracts.

Ben Coleman (Lab)
3. What recent progress his Department has made on negotiations with the EU on a youth experience scheme.

Toby Perkins (Lab)
4. What recent progress his Department has made on implementing a digital ID scheme.

Kirith Entwistle (Lab)
5. What recent progress he has made with Cabinet colleagues on implementing the Plan for Change.

Topical Questioners

1. Kenneth Stevenson (Lab)

2. Sarah Bool (Con)

3. Joe Powell (Lab)

4. Alistair Carmichael (LD)

5. Rosie Duffield (Ind)

6. Bradley Thomas (Con)

7. Sean Woodcock (Lab)

8. Luke Charters (Lab)

9. Rachel Taylor (Lab)

10. Callum Anderson (Lab)

Kenneth Stevenson: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. Alistair Carmichael: What his Department's priorities are in negotiations with the EU on a sanitary and phytosanitary agreement. Lorraine Beavers: What steps he has taken to ensure that trade union recognition is considered when determining the award of public contracts. Sarah Bool: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. Ben Coleman: What recent progress his Department has made on negotiations with the EU on a youth experience scheme. Joe Powell: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. Alistair Carmichael: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. Toby Perkins: What recent progress his Department has made on implementing a digital ID scheme. Kirith Entwistle: What recent progress he has made with Cabinet colleagues on implementing the Plan for Change. Rosie Duffield: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. Bradley Thomas: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. Edward Leigh: Whether the Prime Minister has had discussions with the Chinese government on the proposed Chinese Embassy. Josh Dean: What steps he is taking to help support cross-Departmental coordination of the implementation of the National Youth Strategy. Sean Woodcock: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. Luke Charters: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. Olivia Blake: What steps he is taking to consult the public on his Department's policies on national resilience. Rachel Taylor: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. Elsie Blundell: What steps his Department is taking to expedite nationally significant infrastructure projects. Callum Anderson: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. Chris Murray: What steps he is taking to help improve relations with the EU. Gideon Amos: What steps he is taking to improve national resilience. Daniel Zeichner: What assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the effectiveness of cross-Government working on food security. Gerald Jones: What recent progress he has made on improving the relationship between the Government and the devolved Administrations. Alex Brewer: What steps he is taking to improve relations with the EU. Andrew Cooper: What steps he is taking to improve relations with the EU. Katrina Murray: What recent progress he has made on improving the relationship between the Government and the devolved Administrations. Gregory Stafford: Whether the Prime Minister has had discussions with the Chinese government on the proposed Chinese Embassy. Andrew Rosindell: What steps his Department is taking to help improve the cyber security of national infrastructure. Bradley Thomas: What assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of digital ID on levels of digital exclusion. Al Pinkerton: What progress his Department has made on implementing the agreement made with the EU in May 2025. Jessica Toale: What recent progress he has made on implementing the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme. Irene Campbell: What recent progress he has made on improving the relationship between the Government and the devolved Administrations. Luke Akehurst: What steps he is taking to consult the public on his Department's policies on national resilience. Charlie Maynard: What assessment the Child Poverty Unit has made of the potential merits of auto-enrolling eligible children for free school meals. Susan Murray: What steps he is taking to improve national resilience.

Urgent Question

David Simmonds
Conservative

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government if he will make a statement on the cancellation of scheduled local elections in May 2026.

None

Statements

Leader of the House
Alan Campbell

Business Statement
Business Questions to the Leader of the House

None

Department for International Development
Bridget Phillipson

Ministerial statement
Camden Nursery Sexual Abuse Case Response

None

Cabinet Office
Dan Jarvis

Ministerial statement
Dawn Sturgess Inquiry

None

Main Business

Bernard Jenkin
Conservative

Backbench Business
War in Ukraine

None

Adjournment Debate

17:00
Connor Rand
Labour

Support for victims' families in cases of domestic violence

None

Westminster Hall

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

13:30

Potential merits of a comprehensive acquired brain injury action plan
John Hayes (Con - South Holland and The Deepings)

None

15:00

Seafarers’ welfare
Jen Craft (Lab - Thurrock)

None

Select & Joint Committees

09:30
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House

Tackling fraud and error in benefit expenditure 2024-25
Public Accounts Committee

None

General Committee

11:30
Room 10, Palace of Westminster

Further to consider the Bill
Public Office (Accountability) Bill

None

14:00
Room 10, Palace of Westminster

Further to consider the Bill
Public Office (Accountability) Bill

None

Lords Chamber

Department Questions

Baroness Benjamin
Liberal Democrat

Oral questions
Age verification: access harmful material online

None

Lord Black of Brentwood
Conservative

Oral questions
Use of electronic shock collars on domestic animals

None

Lord Kirkhope of Harrogate
Conservative

Oral questions
European Commission’s decision of 24 June to extend the UK’s data adequacy status

None

Baroness Rawlings
Conservative

Oral questions
The safety of UK citizens currently in Venezuela

None

Main Business

HM Treasury
Lord Livermore

Debate
Debate on the Autumn Budget 2025

None

19:00

Estimated rising time

None

Grand Committee

Main Business

13:00
Department of Health and Social Care
Baroness Blake of Leeds

Orders and regulations
Health and Care Act 2022 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025

None

Baroness Lloyd of Effra
Labour

Orders and regulations
Online Safety Act 2023 (Priority Offences) (Amendment) Regulations 2025

None

Department for Energy Security & Net Zero
Lord Whitehead

Orders and regulations
Motor Fuel Price (Open Data) Regulations 2025

None

Home Office
Lord Hanson of Flint

Orders and regulations
Immigration Skills Charge (Amendment) Regulations 2025

None

Department for Transport
Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill

Orders and regulations
Unmanned Aircraft (Offences and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025

None

Ministry of Justice
Lord Lemos

Orders and regulations
Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 (Permitted Disclosures) Regulations 2025

None

16:00

Estimated rising time

None

Friday 5th December

(6 days ago)
Return to today

Commons
Lords

The Commons is not sitting on this day

Lords Chamber

Main Business

10:00
Baroness Coffey
Conservative

Legislation
Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) Bill - third reading
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None

Lord Falconer of Thoroton
Labour

Legislation
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill - committee stage (day 3)
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None

15:00

Estimated rising time

None

Monday 8th December

(3 days ago)
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Order Paper (8 Dec 2025)

Commons
Lords

Commons Chamber

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

14:30

Oral questions
Department for Work and Pensions
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First 5 Oral Questions

Sarah Bool (Con)
1. What discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential impact of future welfare spending on the economy.

Harriet Cross (Con)
2. What assessment he has made of trends in the level of unemployment.

Blake Stephenson (Con)
3. What steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of young people not in education, employment or training.

Shaun Davies (Lab)
4. What steps he is taking to improve the Motability scheme.

Steve Race (Lab)
5. What steps he is taking to reduce the number of children in poverty.

Topical Questioners

1. John Slinger (Lab)

2. Mohammad Yasin (Lab)

3. Mike Kane (Lab)

4. Yuan Yang (Lab)

5. Peter Fortune (Con)

6. Sally Jameson (LAB)

7. Matt Vickers (Con)

8. Emma Foody (LAB)

9. Sonia Kumar (Lab)

10. Danny Beales (Lab)

John Slinger: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. Sarah Bool: What discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential impact of future welfare spending on the economy. Harriet Cross: What assessment he has made of trends in the level of unemployment. Mohammad Yasin: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. Mike Kane: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. Blake Stephenson: What steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of young people not in education, employment or training. Shaun Davies: What steps he is taking to improve the Motability scheme. Yuan Yang: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. Steve Race: What steps he is taking to reduce the number of children in poverty. Peter Fortune: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. Sally Jameson: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. Gill Furniss: What steps he is taking to tackle pensioner poverty. Kirith Entwistle: What recent estimate he has made of the level of child poverty in Bolton North East constituency. Matt Vickers: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. Emma Foody: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. Anna Dixon: What steps he is taking to implement the recommendations of the Review of Carer’s Allowance Overpayments, published on 25 November 2025. Sonia Kumar: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. Rosie Duffield: What steps his Department is taking to help prevent job seekers and welfare claimants being subject to commercial sexual exploitation. Danny Beales: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. Joe Robertson: What estimate he has made of spending on health and disability benefits in 2030. Damian Hinds: What recent progress Skills England has made on its priorities. Michelle Scrogham: What steps his Department is taking to help ensure that post-16 education provides the necessary skills to support the economy. Monica Harding: What steps his Department is taking to support people with mental health illnesses into work. Paulette Hamilton: What steps he is taking to support people with health conditions into work. Afzal Khan: What steps he is taking to support young people into employment, education or training. Caroline Voaden: What steps he is taking to improve the responsiveness of his Department's helplines. Christine Jardine: What steps his Department is taking to support disabled people with the cost of living. Andrew Ranger: What steps he is taking to support young people into employment, education or training. Perran Moon: What steps his Department is taking to help ensure that post-16 education provides the necessary skills to support the economy. Emma Foody: What steps he is taking to reduce the number of children in poverty. Lincoln Jopp: What discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential impact of salary sacrifice pension scheme changes on the value of occupational pension funds. James Asser: What steps his Department is taking to help ensure that post-16 education provides the necessary skills to support the economy. Peter Bedford: What discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential impact of future welfare spending on the economy. Joani Reid: What steps he is taking to support young people into employment, education or training. Peter Fortune: What assessment he has made of trends in the level of unemployment.

Urgent Question

Robert Jenrick
Conservative

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will make a statement on the data on rape victim attrition rates and Magistrates' Court capacity in the context of the Government's policy on jury trials

None

Nick Timothy
Conservative

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will make a statement on evidence used by the West Midlands Police in the context of its decisions relating to the match between Aston Villa and Maccabi Tel Aviv

None

James Cartlidge
Conservative

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on AJAX and other army vehicles

None

Statements

Department for International Development
Bridget Phillipson

Ministerial statement
Child Poverty Strategy

None

Main Business

Consideration of Lords message
Consideration of Lords Message to the Employment Rights Bill

None

Consideration of Lords message
Consideration of Lords Message to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill.

None

Consideration of Lords message
Consideration of Lords Message to the Mental Health Bill [Lords]

None

Leader of the House
Alan Campbell

Modernisation Committee

None

Jessica Morden
Labour

Motion on behalf of the Committee of Selection
Northern Ireland Affairs Committee

None

Adjournment Debate

22:00
Rebecca Smith
Conservative

Statutory support for self-employed adoptive parents

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 730194 relating to digital ID
Robbie Moore (Con - Keighley and Ilkley)

None

Select & Joint Committees

13:30
The Wilson Room, Portcullis House

Budget 2025
Treasury Committee - Private Meeting

None

13:45
Room 7, Palace of Westminster

Statutory Instruments (Select Committee) - Private Meeting

None

14:45
The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

International Climate Negotiations: COP30
Environmental Audit Committee
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At 3:00pm: Oral evidence
Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP - Secretary of State at Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Ryan McLaughlin - Director, Net Zero at Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Kate Hughes - Director and UK Lead Climate Negotiator at Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

15:00
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House

Home-to-school transport
Public Accounts Committee
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At 3:30pm: Oral evidence
Anna Bird - Chief Executive Officer at Contact
Rose McArthur - Chair, Home to School Transport working group at ADEPT – Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning & Transport
Councillor Amanda Hopgood - Chair of the Children, Young People and Families Committee at Local Government Association
At 4:15pm: Oral evidence
Susan Acland-Hood - Permanent Secretary at Department for Education
Juliet Chua CB - Director General - Schools at Department for Education
Nico Heslop - Director of Local Government Finance at Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

General Committee

18:00
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Room 9, Palace of Westminster

First Delegated Legislation Committee
The draft International Development Association (Twenty-First Replenishment) Order 2025

None

18:00
Room 11, Palace of Westminster

The Customs Tariff (Establishment) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 1199)
Second Delegated Legislation Committee

None

Lords Chamber

Department Questions

Lord Wallace of Saltaire
Liberal Democrat

Oral questions
Proposals for a 'whole society' approach to threats to national security, as set out in the 2025 Strategic Defence Review

None

Lord Woodley
Labour

Oral questions
Potential impact on the economy of changes to Employee Car Ownership Schemes

None

Lord Hain
Labour

Oral questions
Reducing the level of young people not in work, education or training

None

Lord West of Spithead
Labour

Oral questions
Problems confronting the Royal Navy’s submarine force.

None

Main Business

HM Treasury
Lord Livermore

Urgent Question Repeat
Resignation of the Chair of the OBR

None

Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent
Labour

Urgent Question Repeat
Espionage cases and the Official Secrets Act

None

Baroness Taylor of Stevenage
Labour

Urgent Question Repeat
Cancellation of scheduled local elections in May 2026

None

Baroness Taylor of Stevenage
Labour

Legislation
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill – second reading
View Amendments

None

Statements

Home Office
Lord Hanson of Flint

Statement
Angiolini Inquiry – Part 2 Paragraph 3 Report

None

Main Business

22:00

Estimated rising time

None

Grand Committee

Main Business

15:45
HM Treasury
Lord Wilson of Sedgefield

Orders and regulations
Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 (Prudential Regulation of Credit Institutions) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025; Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (ESG Ratings) Order 2025

None

Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent
Labour

Orders and regulations
Procurement Act 2023 (Specified International Trade Agreements) (Amendment) Regulations 2025

None

Department for Work and Pensions
Baroness Sherlock

Orders and regulations
Occupational Pension Schemes (Collective Money Purchase Schemes) (Extension to Unconnected Multiple Employer Schemes and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2025

None

Lord Katz
Labour

Orders and regulations
Education (Scotland) Act 2025 (Consequential Provisions And Modifications) Order 2025

None

Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent
Labour

Orders and regulations
Infrastructure (Wales) Act 2024 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2025

None

Ministry of Justice
Baroness Levitt

Orders and regulations
Judicial Appointments Commission (Amendment) Regulations 2025

None

19:00

Estimated rising time

None

Select & Joint Committees

15:30
Room 3, Palace of Westminster

Draft Finance Bill 2025–26
Finance Bill Sub-Committee

None

Tuesday 9th December

(2 days ago)
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Order Paper (9 Dec 2025)

Commons
Lords

Commons Chamber

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

11:30

Oral questions
HM Treasury
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First 5 Oral Questions

David Williams (Lab)
1. What assessment she has made of the potential impact of her fiscal policies on low income households.

Pippa Heylings (LD)
2. What assessment she has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to business rates on SMEs.

Stephen Gethins (SNP)
3. What assessment she has made of the potential impact of leaving the EU on economic growth.

John Lamont (Con)
4. What assessment she has made of the potential impact of extending the freeze on Income Tax thresholds on working people.

Jack Rankin (Con)
5. What assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Autumn Budget 2025 on levels of incentives to work.

Topical Questioners

1. Lorraine Beavers (Lab)

2. Ashley Fox (Con)

3. Matt Vickers (Con)

4. Chris Coghlan (LD)

5. Josh Fenton-Glynn (Lab)

6. Edward Morello (LD)

7. Wendy Chamberlain (LD)

8. Sureena Brackenridge (Lab)

9. Alison Bennett (LD)

10. Olly Glover (LD)

David Williams: What assessment she has made of the potential impact of her fiscal policies on low income households. Lorraine Beavers: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Pippa Heylings: What assessment she has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to business rates on SMEs. Ashley Fox: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Matt Vickers: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Stephen Gethins: What assessment she has made of the potential impact of leaving the EU on economic growth. John Lamont: What assessment she has made of the potential impact of extending the freeze on Income Tax thresholds on working people. Chris Coghlan: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Jack Rankin: What assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Autumn Budget 2025 on levels of incentives to work. Josh Fenton-Glynn: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Edward Morello: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Katrina Murray: What progress she has made on the Financial Inclusion Strategy. Wendy Chamberlain: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Julian Smith: What assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to business rates on the hospitality sector. Sureena Brackenridge: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Kevin Bonavia: What fiscal steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to reduce costs for commuters. Jack Abbott: What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to support entrepreneurs. Alison Bennett: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Euan Stainbank: What fiscal steps she is taking to support industry in the Forth Valley. Olly Glover: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Liam Conlon: What fiscal steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to support patients in the NHS. John Milne: What fiscal steps she is taking to help increase growth in rural areas. Tom Hayes: What assessment she has made of the adequacy of the OBR's report entitled Economic and fiscal outlook, published in November 2025. John Slinger: What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to support entrepreneurs. Jon Pearce: What fiscal steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help lower energy bills. Gill German: How many people will receive the increased National Minimum Wage. Dave Robertson: What fiscal steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help lower energy bills. Alison Hume: What assessment she has made of the potential impact of reforms to public sector procurement processes on economic growth. Ashley Fox: What assessment she has made of the potential impact of extending freezes on Income Tax and National Insurance thresholds on working people. Simon Opher: What fiscal steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to support patients in the NHS. Wera Hobhouse: What steps she is taking through the tax system to help reduce costs for small and medium-sized businesses. Clive Efford: What steps she is taking to reduce Government borrowing. Sarah Owen: If she will make an assessment of the potential impact of reducing child poverty on the economy. Susan Murray: What assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to National Insurance contributions on economic growth. Monica Harding: What assessment she has made of the potential impact of extending the freeze on Income Tax thresholds on the cost of living.

Urgent Question

Gavin Robinson
Democratic Unionist Party

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on the latest publication from Operation Kenova and the Government’s response to its findings

None

Statements

Home Office
Shabana Mahmood

Ministerial statement
Safeguarding

None

Main Business

Al Pinkerton
Liberal Democrat

Ten Minute Rule Motion
UK-EU Customs Union (Duty to Negotiate)

None

Legislation
Second Reading of the Railways Bill

None

Adjournment Debate

19:00
Rupert Lowe
Independent

Levels of illegal migrants whose whereabouts are unknown

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