Parallel Parliament

Thursday 19th March

(7 days ago)
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Order Paper (19 Mar 2026)

Commons
Lords

Commons Chamber

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

09:30

Oral questions
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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First 5 Oral Questions

Josh Babarinde (LD)
1. If she will make an assessment of the potential merits of reviewing private sea defence charges.

Brian Mathew (LD)
2. What progress she has made on banning snare traps.

Siân Berry (Green)
3. What steps she is taking to help reduce air pollution.

Meg Hillier (LAB)
4. If she will make an assessment of the potential impact of public ownership of markets on food security.

Callum Anderson (Lab)
5. What steps she is taking to reform the Sustainable Farming Incentive.

Topical Questioners

1. Sally Jameson (LAB)

2. Bob Blackman (Con)

3. Munira Wilson (LD)

4. Tom Tugendhat (Con)

5. Noah Law (Lab)

6. Paul Davies (Lab)

7. Aphra Brandreth (Con)

8. Ben Goldsborough (Lab)

Sally Jameson: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
Josh Babarinde: If she will make an assessment of the potential merits of reviewing private sea defence charges.
Brian Mathew: What progress she has made on banning snare traps.
Bob Blackman: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
Siân Berry: What steps she is taking to help reduce air pollution.
Munira Wilson: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
Meg Hillier: If she will make an assessment of the potential impact of public ownership of markets on food security.
Tom Tugendhat: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
Callum Anderson: What steps she is taking to reform the Sustainable Farming Incentive.
Noah Law: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
Paul Davies: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
Charlie Dewhirst: What steps she is taking to support UK interests in sanitary and phytosanitary negotiations with the EU.
Torcuil Crichton: What discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on support for rural off-grid homes with increases in energy costs.
Aphra Brandreth: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
Ben Goldsborough: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
Iqbal Mohamed: What steps she is taking to ban male chick culling in the egg sector.
David Smith: What steps she is taking to help protect communities vulnerable to flooding.
Ian Byrne: What assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of introducing a statutory right to food.
Jo Platt: What steps she is taking to help councils tackle littering.
Christine Jardine: Whether she plans to increase the level of funding available to agricultural industries.
Will Stone: Whether the implementation of the Good Food Cycle strategy includes supporting the growth of the alternative protein sector.
Monica Harding: What steps she is taking to support flood preparedness projects in Esher and Walton constituency.
Chris Hinchliff: What steps she is taking to meet the nature targets set out in the Environment Act 2021.
Daniel Francis: What steps she is taking to help reduce water bills in Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency.
Douglas McAllister: What steps she is taking to help increase accountability in the water sector.
Joy Morrissey: What steps she is taking to support UK interests in sanitary and phytosanitary negotiations with the EU.

10:10

Oral questions
Attorney General
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First 5 Oral Questions

Sarah Coombes (Lab)
1. What assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Serious Fraud Office.

Desmond Swayne (Con)
2. Whether the Attorney General has advised the Lord Chancellor on the potential impact of the Courts and Tribunals Bill on the rule of law.

Lorraine Beavers (Lab)
3. What assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme.

Sarah Russell (Lab)
4. What steps she is taking to help increase prosecution rates for cases involving violence against women and girls.

Nigel Farage (RUK)
5. What advice she has provided to Cabinet colleagues on jury trials and the rule of law.

Sarah Coombes: What assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Serious Fraud Office.
Desmond Swayne: Whether the Attorney General has advised the Lord Chancellor on the potential impact of the Courts and Tribunals Bill on the rule of law.
Lorraine Beavers: What assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme.
Sarah Russell: What steps she is taking to help increase prosecution rates for cases involving violence against women and girls.
Nigel Farage: What advice she has provided to Cabinet colleagues on jury trials and the rule of law.
Dave Robertson: What assessment she has made of the adequacy of the Crown Prosecution Service's communications with victims of crime.
Joe Robertson: Whether the Attorney General has advised the Lord Chancellor on the potential impact of the Courts and Tribunals Bill on the rule of law.
Jon Pearce: What assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Victims’ Right to Review scheme pilot on victims of rape and serious sexual offences.
Neil Shastri-Hurst: Whether the Attorney General has advised the Lord Chancellor on the potential impact of the Courts and Tribunals Bill on the rule of law.
Martin Vickers: Whether the Attorney General has advised the Lord Chancellor on the potential impact of the Courts and Tribunals Bill on the rule of law.
Edward Leigh: Whether the Attorney General has advised the Lord Chancellor on the potential impact of the Courts and Tribunals Bill on the rule of law.
Ian Byrne: What recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the Public Office (Accountability) Bill.

Statements

Leader of the House
Alan Campbell

Business Statement
Business Questions to the Leader of the House

None

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Yvette Cooper

Ministerial statement
International Development

None

Department for Business and Trade
Peter Kyle

Ministerial statement
UK Steel Strategy

None

Main Business

Luke Murphy
Labour

Backbench Business
General Debate on progress in tackling climate change

None

Ian Sollom
Liberal Democrat

Backbench Business
Debate on a motion on tackling online harms

None

Adjournment Debate

17:00
Luke Akehurst
Labour

Government policy on discretionary increases for pre-1997 pensions

None

Westminster Hall

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

13:30

Second Report of the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee, The Government’s new approach to addressing the legacy of the past in Northern Ireland, HC 586, and the Government response, HC 1716
Tonia Antoniazzi (Lab - Gower)

None

15:00

Accessibility of banking services
Andrew George (LD - St Ives)

None

Select & Joint Committees

09:30
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House

NAO financial audit insights 2024-25
Public Accounts Committee

None

11:00
The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

Foreign Affairs Committee - Private Meeting

None

Lords Chamber

Department Questions

Baroness Pitkeathley
Labour

Oral questions
Discharging patients is from hospital:consulting unpaid carers

None

Lord Bishop of Sheffield
Bishops

Oral questions
Technological assistance for flood detection and prevention

None

Lord Berkeley
Labour

Oral questions
Resilience of rail infrastructure against future storms and floods

None

Lord Bishop of Chelmsford
Bishops

Oral questions
Refugee movements following Israeli military action against Hezbollah in Lebanon

None

Private Notice Question

Earl of Effingham
Conservative

Private Notice Question
Securing energy sources and reducing costs following military strikes in Iran and Qatar

None

Main Business

Department for Work and Pensions
Baroness Sherlock

Legislation
Pension Schemes Bill - report stage (day 2)
View Amendments

None

Statements

Lord Collins of Highbury
Labour

Statement
Middle East

None

Main Business

19:00

Estimated rising time

None

Select & Joint Committees

10:30
Room 1, Palace of Westminster

Domestic Abuse Act 2021
Domestic Abuse Act 2021 Committee

None

10:30
Room 3, Palace of Westminster

National Resilience
National Resilience Committee

None

10:45
Room 2, Palace of Westminster

Numeracy for Life
Numeracy for Life Committee

None

Friday 20th March

(6 days ago)
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Commons
Lords

The Commons is not sitting on this day

Lords Chamber

Main Business

10:00
Lord Falconer of Thoroton
Labour

Legislation
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill - committee stage (day 12)
View Amendments

None

18:00

Estimated rising time

None

Monday 23rd March

(3 days ago)
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Order Paper (23 Mar 2026)

Commons
Lords

Commons Chamber

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

14:30

Oral questions
Home Office
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First 5 Oral Questions

Edward Leigh (Con)
1. What assessment she has made of the potential impact of the number of asylum seekers on levels of recorded crime.

Michelle Welsh (Lab)
2. What steps her Department is taking to help tackle child exploitation.

Robin Swann (UUP)
3. What guidance her Department has provided to police forces on the application of public order legislation in relation to the expression of religious beliefs.

Will Stone (Lab)
4. What her timetable is for publishing the Independent Review of Public Order and Hate Crime Legislation.

Seamus Logan (SNP)
5. What discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the potential impact of changes to worker visas on businesses in rural economies.

Topical Questioners

1. Mary Kelly Foy (Lab)

2. Peter Swallow (Lab)

3. Peter Fortune (Con)

4. Ian Lavery (Lab)

5. Michelle Welsh (Lab)

6. Richard Foord (LD)

7. Gregory Stafford (Con)

8. Sarah Dyke (LD)

9. John Lamont (Con)

10. Sarah Pochin (RUK)

Edward Leigh: What assessment she has made of the potential impact of the number of asylum seekers on levels of recorded crime.
Mary Kelly Foy: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
Michelle Welsh: What steps her Department is taking to help tackle child exploitation.
Peter Swallow: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
Robin Swann: What guidance her Department has provided to police forces on the application of public order legislation in relation to the expression of religious beliefs.
Peter Fortune: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
Ian Lavery: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
Will Stone: What her timetable is for publishing the Independent Review of Public Order and Hate Crime Legislation.
Michelle Welsh: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
Seamus Logan: What discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the potential impact of changes to worker visas on businesses in rural economies.
Bernard Jenkin: What assessment she has made of the potential impact of the European Convention on Human Rights on levels of illegal immigration.
Richard Foord: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
Gregory Stafford: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
Allison Gardner: What steps her Department is taking to use technology to increase police efficiency.
Robbie Moore: What steps she is taking to help tackle shop theft.
Sarah Dyke: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
John Lamont: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
Josh Simons: What recent steps her Department has taken to help tackle illegal working.
Jim Dickson: What recent progress her Department has made on tackling antisocial behaviour.
Sarah Pochin: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
Wera Hobhouse: What assessment she has made of the adequacy of existing legal frameworks in relation to the non-consensual filming of women in public.
Fred Thomas: What steps she is taking to help tackle financial abuse.
Harpreet Uppal: What recent steps her Department has taken to help tackle knife crime.
Lorraine Beavers: What steps her Department is taking to help improve neighbourhood policing.
Mike Martin: If she will take steps to provide Ukrainian refugees with a route to permanent settlement.
David Simmonds: How many asylum seekers were in asylum accommodation on (a) 30 September 2025 and (b) 30 June 2024.
Siân Berry: What discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential impact of the introduction of the visa brake on Chevening scholars.
Catherine Fookes: What steps she is taking to help tackle violence against women and girls.
Sarah Bool: How many asylum seekers were accommodated in asylum accommodation on (a) 30 December 2025 and (b) 30 June 2024.
Andy McDonald: Whether the Independent Review of Public Order and Hate Crime Legislation will be published before Consideration of Lords Amendments to the Crime and Policing Bill.
John Cooper: What assessment she has made of the potential impact of the European Convention on Human Rights on levels of illegal immigration.
Tony Vaughan: What steps she is taking to help support refugee integration.
Mary Kelly Foy: What plans her Department has to help tackle antisocial behaviour.
Bayo Alaba: What recent steps her Department has taken to help tackle threats to national security in the context of the war in Iran.
Kirith Entwistle: What steps her Department is taking to help tackle coercive control by ex-partners.

Statements

Ministry of Defence
John Healey

Ministerial statement
Middle East Update

None

Cabinet Office
Dan Jarvis

Ministerial statement
Hatzola ambulance attack

None

Main Business

Consideration of Lords amendments
Tobacco and Vapes Bill

None

Consideration of Lords amendments
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill

None

Adjournment Debate

22:00
Julia Buckley
Labour

Rail connections between London and rural towns

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 751839 relating to the clinical trial into puberty blockers
Jamie Stone (LD - Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross)

None

18:00

That this House has considered e-petition 756036 relating to access to court and tribunal transcripts
Robbie Moore (Con - Keighley and Ilkley)

None

Select & Joint Committees

14:00
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House

The work of the Prime Minister
Liaison Committee (Commons)
View details

At 2:30pm: Oral evidence
Rt Hon Sir Keir Starmer MP - (Prime Minister)

15:00
The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

Ministry of Defence Annual Report and Accounts 2024-25
Public Accounts Committee

None

General Committee

18:00
Room 9, Palace of Westminster

Courts and Tribunals Bill: Programming Sub Committee - Private Meeting

None

18:00
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero Room 10, Palace of Westminster

First Delegated Legislation Committee
The draft Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) (Specified Period) Order 2026

None

18:00
Room 11, Palace of Westminster

Second Delegated Legislation Committee
The draft Sussex and Brighton Combined County Authority Regulations 2026

None

18:00
Room 12, Palace of Westminster

That this House authorises the Secretary of State to make payments, by way of financial assistance under section 8 of the Industrial Development Act 1982, in excess of £30 million to any successful applicant to the Life Sciences Large Investment Portfolio, launched on 15 November 2025, up to a cumulative total of £570 million.
Third Delegated Legislation Committee

None

Lords Chamber

Department Questions

Lord Teverson
Liberal Democrat

Oral questions
Repowering onshore wind farms

None

Baroness Goudie
Labour

Oral questions
Future UK financial assistance, loans, or aid packages to Ukraine to finance reparation

None

Lord Londesborough
Crossbench

Oral questions
Improving access to migraine care through the 10 Year Health Plan for England

None

Lord Lee of Trafford
Liberal Democrat

Oral questions
Effect of companies holding their annual general meetings solely online on individual shareholders’ ability to hold directors to account

None

Private Notice Question

Lord Harris of Haringey
Labour

Private Notice Question
UK defence: Iranian missile capability

None

Main Business

Department for Work and Pensions
Baroness Sherlock

Legislation
Pension Schemes Bill – report stage (day 3) part one
View Amendments

None

Statements

Baroness Lloyd of Effra
Labour

Statement
UK Steel Strategy (dinner break business)

None

Main Business

Department for Work and Pensions
Baroness Sherlock

Legislation
Pension Schemes Bill – report stage (day 3) part two
View Amendments

None

Estimated rising time
The House is expected to rise before 10pm.

None

Grand Committee

Main Business

15:45
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero
Lord Whitehead

Orders and regulations
Warm Home Discount (England and Wales) Regulations 2026

None

Department for Energy Security & Net Zero
Lord Whitehead

Orders and regulations
Contracts for Difference (Sustainable Industry and Contract Budget Notice Amendments) Regulations 2026

None

Department for Transport
Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill

Orders and regulations
Train Driving Licences and Certificates (Amendment) Regulations 2026

None

Baroness Taylor of Stevenage
Labour

Orders and regulations
Sussex and Brighton Combined County Authority Regulations 2026

None

Baroness Taylor of Stevenage
Labour

Orders and regulations
Non-Domestic Rating (Rates Retention and Levy and Safety Net: Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2026

None

18:00

Estimated rising time

None

Select & Joint Committees

14:00
Room 3, Palace of Westminster

Childhood Vaccinations
Childhood Vaccinations Committee

None

Tuesday 24th March

(2 days ago)
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Order Paper (24 Mar 2026)

Commons
Lords

Commons Chamber

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

11:30

Oral questions
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero
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First 5 Oral Questions

Iqbal Mohamed (Ind)
1. Whether he has had discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on global taxes on oil and gas companies in the context of the proposed UN Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation.

Danny Beales (Lab)
2. What steps he is taking to increase grid capacity in west London.

Sonia Kumar (Lab)
3. What steps he is taking to help prevent increases in energy bills for households.

Liz Jarvis (LD)
4. What steps he is taking to help reduce household energy bills.

Jo White (Lab)
5. What steps he is taking to attract private sector investment for a fusion reactor.

Topical Questioners

1. Roz Savage (LD)

2. Josh Fenton-Glynn (Lab)

3. Michael Wheeler (Lab)

4. Stuart Anderson (Con)

5. Stephen Gethins (SNP)

6. Helen Morgan (LD)

7. Callum Anderson (Lab)

8. John Cooper (Con)

9. Mark Sewards (Lab)

10. Kevin McKenna (Lab)

Roz Savage: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
Iqbal Mohamed: Whether he has had discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on global taxes on oil and gas companies in the context of the proposed UN Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation.
Josh Fenton-Glynn: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
Danny Beales: What steps he is taking to increase grid capacity in west London.
Michael Wheeler: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
Sonia Kumar: What steps he is taking to help prevent increases in energy bills for households.
Stuart Anderson: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
Liz Jarvis: What steps he is taking to help reduce household energy bills.
Jo White: What steps he is taking to attract private sector investment for a fusion reactor.
Stephen Gethins: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
Stephen Gethins: What steps his Department is taking to support communities in Scotland with the cost of energy bills.
Helen Morgan: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
Callum Anderson: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
Sarah Hall: What assessment he has made of the potential impact of trends in the level of methane harvested from landfill sites on energy security.
John Cooper: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
Helen Morgan: What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the process for implementing Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects in relation to electric lines.
Chris Murray: What assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Middle East conflict on energy security.
Mark Sewards: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
Kevin McKenna: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
Sarah Gibson: What recent progress he has made on improving connections to the electricity grid.
Mary Glindon: What discussions he has had with private sector representatives on securing investment in clean energy industries.
Angus MacDonald: What steps he is taking to support rural homes that use heating oil.
Blake Stephenson: What assessment he has made of the potential impact of the conflict in Iran on energy prices.
James Wild: What steps his Department is taking to help reduce household energy bills.
Peter Lamb: What assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Warm Homes Plan on levels of fuel poverty in Crawley constituency.
Martin Rhodes: What steps his Department is taking to help terminally ill people with increased energy costs.
Chris Coghlan: What assessment he has made of the potential impact of trends in the level of funding for energy security research and development on the economy.
Charlie Dewhirst: What steps his Department is taking to help reduce household energy bills.
Leigh Ingham: What steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to ensure that solar energy development protects rural land.
Mohammad Yasin: What steps he is taking to help reduce levels of dependence on international fossil fuel markets.
Wendy Morton: What steps his Department is taking to help reduce household energy bills.
Tristan Osborne: What steps he is taking to increase the production of domestic clean power in supporting energy security.
Daniel Zeichner: What steps he is taking to help reduce levels of dependence on international fossil fuel markets.
Peter Fortune: What steps his Department is taking to help reduce household energy bills.
Helen Maguire: What steps he is taking to help consumers with the cost of energy bills.

Statements

HM Treasury
Rachel Reeves

Ministerial statement
Middle East: economic update

None

Main Business

Kirsteen Sullivan
Labour (Co-op)

Ten Minute Rule Motion
Personal protective equipment (inclusive standards)

None

Kemi Badenoch
Conservative

Opposition Day Debate
Oil and gas

None

Kemi Badenoch
Conservative

Opposition Day Debate
Defence

None

Adjournment Debate

19:00
Caroline Voaden
Liberal Democrat

Government support for coastal communities in Start Bay

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