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Tuesday 20th January

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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
Show Oral Questions / Show Topical Questions

First 5 Oral Questions

Abtisam Mohamed (Lab)
1. What recent assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the situation in Yemen.

Anna Dixon (Lab)
2. What steps her Department is taking to help improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza.

Graham Leadbitter (SNP)
3. What diplomatic steps she is taking to help Greenland strengthen its security.

Richard Quigley (Lab)
4. What steps she is taking with international partners to help tackle forced labour practices.

Uma Kumaran (Lab)
5. What steps her Department is taking with international partners to help improve the global response to cyber attacks and ransomware.

Topical Questioners

1. Dan Carden (Lab)

2. Joe Robertson (Con)

3. Gurinder Singh Josan (Lab)

4. Lorraine Beavers (Lab)

5. Mike Martin (LD)

6. Stephen Gethins (SNP)

7. Jeff Smith (Lab)

8. Mike Reader (Lab)

9. Seamus Logan (SNP)

10. Peter Lamb (Lab)

Abtisam Mohamed: What recent assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the situation in Yemen. Dan Carden: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Joe Robertson: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Anna Dixon: What steps her Department is taking to help improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza. Graham Leadbitter: What diplomatic steps she is taking to help Greenland strengthen its security. Gurinder Singh Josan: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Richard Quigley: What steps she is taking with international partners to help tackle forced labour practices. Lorraine Beavers: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Mike Martin: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Uma Kumaran: What steps her Department is taking with international partners to help improve the global response to cyber attacks and ransomware. Blake Stephenson: What assessment she has made of whether the Mauritian Government is able to effectively protect Chagos' marine environment. Stephen Gethins: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Callum Anderson: What diplomatic steps her Department is taking to support security in the Arctic region. Jeff Smith: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Douglas McAllister: What steps her Department is taking to support UK citizens arbitrarily detained abroad. Mike Reader: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Ian Lavery: What diplomatic steps she is taking to help ensure that international humanitarian law is upheld in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Seamus Logan: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Peter Lamb: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Olly Glover: What discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on planned levels of spending on Official Development Assistance. Kirith Entwistle: What steps her Department is taking to support Ukraine. Mark Sewards: What recent discussions she has had with representatives of the Falkland Islands on the potential impact of trade tariffs on its economy. Afzal Khan: What recent assessment she has made of the need for humanitarian aid in Syria. Peter Prinsley: What steps her Department is taking to help ensure the continued delivery of aid in Gaza and the West Bank. Shockat Adam: What discussions she has had with the government of Israel on its approval of the E1 settlement plan in occupied East Jerusalem. Jeremy Corbyn: What assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the steps Israel is taking to establish the E1 settlement in the occupied West Bank. Mark Pritchard: What recent assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the political situation in Georgia. James Wild: What diplomatic steps she is taking to hold Iran to account for the repression of protesters. Marsha De Cordova: What assessment she has made of the adequacy of the UK's level of participation in global disability rights and inclusion activities. David Williams: What diplomatic steps her Department is taking with international partners to help tackle organised immigration crime. Andy McDonald: What steps her Department is taking to help improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza. Danny Chambers: What diplomatic steps she is taking to support the sovereignty of NATO allies. Sonia Kumar: What diplomatic steps she is taking to help protect children in Iran from actions taken by the Iranian authorities. John Whitby: What diplomatic steps her Department is taking to help prevent the detention of children from Gaza and the West Bank by the Israeli military. Yasmin Qureshi: What steps her Department is taking to help ensure the continued delivery of aid in Gaza and the West Bank.

Statements

Department for Science, Innovation & Technology
Liz Kendall

Ministerial statement
Children’s relationship with mobile phones and social media

None

Cabinet Office
Dan Jarvis

Ministerial statement
China Update

None

Main Business

Shockat Adam
Independent

Ten Minute Rule Motion
Glaucoma Care (England)

None

Cabinet Office
David Lammy

Programme Motion
Sentencing Bill: Programme (No. 2)

None

Consideration of Lords amendments
Consideration of Lords Amendments to the Sentencing Bill

None

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Steve Reed

Holocaust Memorial Bill: Allocation of Time

None

Consideration of Lords amendments
Consideration of Lords Amendments to Holocaust Memorial Bill

None

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Yvette Cooper

Programme Motion
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: Programme (No. 2)

None

Consideration of Lords amendments
Consideration of Lords Amendments to the Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill

None

Adjournment Debate

19:00
Shaun Davies
Labour

5G connectivity in Telford and the West Midlands

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