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House of Commons Highlights

Latest Events in the House of Commons

Wednesday 11th September

(7 days ago)
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Order Paper (11 Sep 2024)

Commons
Lords

Commons Chamber

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

11:30

Wales Office
Show Oral Questions

First 5 Oral Questions

Nick Smith (Lab)
1. What recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on support for clean energy projects in Wales.

Steve Witherden (Lab)
2. What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help support the steel industry in Wales.

Liz Twist (Lab)
3. What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help support the steel industry in Wales.

Shaun Davies (Lab)
4. Whether she has had recent discussions with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) the Welsh Government on steps to improve cross-border train services.

Matthew Patrick (Lab)
5. What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help improve transport infrastructure in Wales.

None

12:00

Cabinet Office
Show Oral Questions

First 5 Oral Questions

Torsten Bell (Lab)
1. If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 11 September.

Tessa Munt (LD)
2. If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 11 September.

Brendan O'Hara (SNP)
3. If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 11 September.

Amanda Martin (Lab)
4. If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 11 September.

Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
5. If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 11 September.

None

Statements

Department for Business and Trade
Jonathan Reynolds

Ministerial statement
UK Government Deal with Tata Steel UK on the Port Talbot Transition Project

None

Northern Ireland Office
Hilary Benn

Ministerial statement
The murder of Patrick Finucane

None

Main Business

General debate
Building safety and resilience

None

Adjournment Debate

19:00
Rupa Huq
Labour

Support for democracy in Bangladesh

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

09:30

Adequacy of planning policy for Traveller sites
Kevin Hollinrake (Con - Thirsk and Malton)

None

11:00

Bus services in rural areas
Sarah Dyke (LD - Glastonbury and Somerton)

None

14:30

Depopulation in rural areas
Torcuil Crichton (Lab - Na h-Eileanan an Iar)

None

16:00

Oswestry to Gobowen railway line
Helen Morgan (LD - North Shropshire)

None

16:30

Impact of financial fraud and economic crime
Luke Charters (Lab - York Outer)

None

Lords Chamber

Main Business

15:00

Introduction(s)
Lord Beamish and Lord Grayling

None

Department Questions

Lord Rooker
Labour

Updating the Bread and Flour Regulations 1998

None

Lord Black of Brentwood
Conservative

Number of people with diagnosed HIV in England who are not accessing HIV care

None

Lord Snape
Labour

Road Investment Strategy 2: 2020-2025 and plans for the road network

None

Lord Moynihan
Conservative

Dynamic pricing and other sales practices with regard to the selling of Oasis concert tickets

None

Main Business

Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede
Labour

Legislation
Arbitration Bill - committee stage

None

Lord Collins of Highbury
Labour

Legislation
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and International Committee of the Red Cross (Status) Bill - committee stage

None

Department for Work and Pensions
Baroness Altmann

Orders and regulations
Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2024 - motion to annul

None

Department for Work and Pensions
Baroness Stedman-Scott

Orders and regulations
Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2024 - motions to regret

None

20:00

Estimated rising time

None

Grand Committee

Main Business

16:15
Baroness Parminter
Liberal Democrat

Debate
Environment and Climate Change Committee report: "An extraordinary challenge: Restoring 30 per cent of our land and sea by 2030"

None

20:15

Estimated rising time

None

Select & Joint Committees

10:00
Room 2, Palace of Westminster

Constitution Committee - Private Meeting

None

10:00
Room 4, Palace of Westminster

FCA and PRA’s secondary competitiveness and growth objective
Financial Services Regulation Committee
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At 10:15am: Oral evidence
Carol Knight - Chief Executive Officer, Membership Services at The Investing and Saving Alliance (TISA)
Lisa Laybourn - Director of Technical Policy and Risk at The Investing and Saving Alliance (TISA)

10:00
Room 3, Palace of Westminster

Environment and Climate Change Committee - Private Meeting

None

10:00
Room 4A, Palace of Westminster

Lord Speaker's Advisory Panel on Works of Art - Private Meeting

None

10:30
Room 1, Palace of Westminster

Implications of the war in Ukraine for UK Defence
International Relations and Defence Committee - Private Meeting

None

11:00
Room 2A, Palace of Westminster

Public Services Committee - Private Meeting

None

15:45
Room 3A, Palace of Westminster

Finance Committee (Lords) - Private Meeting

None

16:00
2-03 Millbank House

Conduct Committee - Private Meeting

None

Thursday 12th September

(6 days ago)
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Order Paper (12 Sep 2024)

Commons
Lords

Commons Chamber

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

09:30

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Show Oral Questions / Show Topical Questions

First 5 Oral Questions

Julian Smith (Con)
1. What steps he is taking to promote innovation in the agricultural sector.

Claire Young (LD)
2. What steps his Department is taking to increase uptake of environmental land management schemes.

Sarah Bool (Con)
3. What steps he is taking to support British food producers.

Sarah Coombes (Lab)
4. What recent progress he has made on increasing the accountability of water companies for pollution discharges into waterways.

Harriet Cross (Con)
5. If he will maintain the level of funding for farming.

Topical Questioners

1. Graeme Downie (Lab)

2. Ayoub Khan (Ind)

3. Beccy Cooper (Lab)

4. Helena Dollimore (LAB)

5. Neil Hudson (Con)

6. Adrian Ramsay (Green)

7. Polly Billington (Lab)

8. Alison Griffiths (Con)

None

10:10

Solicitor General

None

Statements

Leader of the House
Lucy Powell

Business Statement
Business Questions to the Leader of the House

None

Department of Health and Social Care
Wes Streeting

Ministerial statement
Lord Darzi's independent investigation into the NHS

None

Main Business

General debate
Sir David Amess Adjournment Debate: General debate on matters to be raised before the forthcoming Adjournment

None

Adjournment Debate

17:00
Lauren Edwards
Labour

Future of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund

None

Westminster Hall

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

13:30

Regulation of short-term lets
Rachel Blake (LAB - Cities of London and Westminster)

None

15:00

Environmental standards for new housing
Ellie Chowns (Green - North Herefordshire)

None

Lords Chamber

Main Business

11:00

Introduction(s)
Lord Booth-Smith and Baroness May of Maidenhead

None

Department Questions

Lord Dubs
Labour

False information through electronic media

None

Lord Bishop of St Albans
Bishops

NFU Mutual’s Rural Crime Report 2024

None

Earl of Clancarty
Crossbench

Re-joining the Erasmus+ Programme

None

Lord Bishop of Leeds
Bishops

Accelerating and intensifying military support for Ukraine

None

Main Business

Lord Hogan-Howe
Crossbench

Debate
Safety and regulation issues involved in the use of pedal cycles on the road network

None

Baroness Burt of Solihull
Liberal Democrat

Short debate
Addressing challenges around prison capacities and ensuring the safety and wellbeing needs of vulnerable prisoners

None

Lord Krebs
Crossbench

Debate
The current challenges of higher education funding

None

19:15

Estimated rising time

None

Grand Committee

Main Business

13:00
Baroness Sanderson of Welton
Conservative

Short debate
Plans to publish a new strategy for public libraries

None

Lord Popat
Conservative

Short debate
Steps being taken to to raise awareness among UK businesses of commercial opportunities in African markets, and support UK exports to Africa

None

Lord Forsyth of Drumlean
Conservative

Short debate
Steps to protect wild Atlantic salmon populations

None

Baroness Anelay of St Johns
Conservative

Short debate
Assessment made of the impact of international conflict on children, and the recommendations proposed by Save the Children in its report published in December 2023

None

17:00

Estimated rising time

None

Select & Joint Committees

09:00
Room 1, Palace of Westminster

Food, Diet and Obesity
Food, Diet and Obesity Committee - Private Meeting

None

12:30
Room 3A, Palace of Westminster

Services Committee - Private Meeting

None

Friday 13th September

(5 days ago)
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Commons
Lords

The Commons is not sitting on this day

Lords Chamber

Main Business

10:00
Lord Collins of Highbury
Labour

Debate
Situation in Sudan

None

15:00

Estimated rising time

None

Monday 16th September

(2 days ago)
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Commons
Lords

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The Lords is not sitting on this day

Tuesday 17th September

(1 day ago)
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Lords

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Wednesday 18th September

(Today)

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Thursday 19th September

(1 day ahead)
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Friday 20th September

(2 days ahead)
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Monday 23rd September

(5 days ahead)
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Lords

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Tuesday 24th September

(6 days ahead)
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Wednesday 25th September

(7 days ahead)
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Lords

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Thursday 26th September

(8 days ahead)
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Lords

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Friday 27th September

(9 days ahead)
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Lords

The Commons is not sitting on this day

The Lords is not sitting on this day

Government Bill Commons Debates

Wednesday 9th October
Renters' Rights Bill 2024-26
2nd reading
Monday 14th October
Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill 2024-26
2nd reading
Tuesday 15th October
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill 2024-26
2nd reading

View 15 active Government Bills

Trending Petitions

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Latest Select Committee Inquiries

Mon 9th September

Homecare medicines services - follow-up
Public Services Committee

Thu 5th September

The Grey Belt
Built Environment Committee

Wed 4th September

Scaling up - AI and creative tech
Communications and Digital Committee

Latest Government Consultations

Mon 16th September

Draft policy proposals for exempting defence-related activities from the Space Industry Act 2018
Department for Transport

Thu 12th September

Introducing further advertising restrictions on TV and online for less healthy food and drink: internet protocol television (IPTV)
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mon 9th September

Proposed changes to bus franchising guidance
Department for Transport

View Latest Consultations

Most Recent Parliamentary Debates

Thursday 12th September in the Commons Chamber

House of Commons

Speaker’s Statement
(1 Speeches)

Oral Answers to Questions (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
(150 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Steve Reed - Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Sarah Sackman - Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office)
Mary Creagh - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
Emma Hardy - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Point of Order
(2 Speeches)

Business of the House (Leader of the House)
(93 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Lucy Powell - Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons

NHS: Independent Investigation (Department of Health and Social Care)
(110 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Wes Streeting - Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

Points of Order (Department of Health and Social Care)
(6 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Wes Streeting - Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

Sir David Amess Adjournment Debate
(92 Speeches)

Adjournment Debate

UK Shared Prosperity Fund (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government)
(17 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Alex Norris - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

Thursday 12th September in Westminster Hall

Westminster Hall

Short-term Lets: Regulation (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government)
(58 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Rushanara Ali - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

New Housing: Environmental Standards (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government)
(20 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Alex Norris - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

Thursday 12th September - Other Commons Events

Written Statements

Procurement Act 2023 (Cabinet Office)
(1 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Georgia Gould - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

Fiscal Risks and Sustainability Report (HM Treasury)
(1 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Rachel Reeves - Chancellor of the Exchequer

AUKUS Strategic Partnership (Ministry of Defence)
(1 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
John Healey - Secretary of State for Defence

Exercise of Powers over the Office for Nuclear Regulation (Department for Energy Security & Net Zero)
(1 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Ed Miliband - Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero

Grangemouth Oil Refinery: Jobs (Department for Energy Security & Net Zero)
(1 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Ed Miliband - Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero

Hong Kong: Six-monthly Report (Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)
(1 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
David Lammy - Foreign Secretary

Food and Drink: Advertising Restrictions (Department of Health and Social Care)
(1 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Andrew Gwynne - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill (Home Office)
(1 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Dan Jarvis - Minister of State (Home Office)

Data and Digital Infrastructure: Security and Resilience (Department for Science, Innovation & Technology)
(1 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Chris Bryant - Minister of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)

Bus Retrofit Performance Report (Department for Transport)
(1 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Louise Haigh - Secretary of State for Transport

London Luton Airport Development Consent Order: Decision Extension (Department for Transport)
(1 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Louise Haigh - Secretary of State for Transport

Friday 13th September in the Lords Chamber

House of Lords
(1 Speeches)

Palestine Statehood (Recognition) Bill [HL]
(1 Speeches)

Sudan (Leader of the House)
(59 Speeches)
Contributing Ministers
Lord Collins of Highbury - Lord in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)