Contents
Chamber business
The House met at 2.30 pm.
Prayers
1Questions to the Home Secretary
2Urgent Questions: (1) Agricultural property relief and business property relief (Dan Tomlinson)
(2) HMP Leyhill: Offender abscondments (Alex Davies-Jones)
(3) Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Armed forces recruitment and retention (Al Carns)
3Statements: (1) Venezuela (Secretary Yvette Cooper)
(2) Middle East and North Africa (Mr Hamish Falconer)
4Changes to membership of select committees
Ordered, That Alison Hume be discharged from the Environmental Audit Committee and Sojan Joseph be added.—(Jessica Morden, on behalf of the Committee of Selection.)
Subject: Government support for the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan (Alice Macdonald)
Motion made and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—(Gen Kitchen.)
At 10 pm, the Motion lapsed (Standing Order No. 9(3)).
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Gen Kitchen.)
Adjourned at 10.15 pm until tomorrow.
Other Proceedings
Changes to Notices Given
Order for Second Reading on Friday 13 February, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 27 February.
General Committees: Appointments
The Speaker appoints the Chair of General Committees and members of Programming Sub-Committees, and allocates Statutory Instruments to Delegated Legislation Committees.
The Committee of Selection nominates Members to serve on General Committees (and certain Members to serve on Grand Committees).
7Third Delegated Legislation Committee (draft United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020 (Exclusions from Market Access Principles: Glue Traps) Regulations 2025)
Members: Dame Angela Eagle and Euan Stainbank discharged and Mary Creagh and Brian Leishman nominated in substitution.
Select Committees: Reports relating to orders for printing made during the adjournment under Standing Order No. 137
Tuesday 30 December 2025
Correspondence with the Foreign Secretary relating to the review of information failures: Written evidence, to be published (Clerk of the House).
Correspondence relating to the Aston Villa v Maccabi Tel Aviv Europa League fixture: Written evidence, to be published (Clerk of the House).
Select Committees: Reports made on Monday 5 January
Connectivity in Scotland: Digital connectivity: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1461) (Patricia Ferguson).
Sir Lindsay Hoyle
Speaker
Westminster Hall
The sitting began at 4.30 pm.
Debates on e-petitions (Standing Orders No. 10(1)(a) and No. 145A(7))
1Free bus travel for people over 60
Resolved, That this House has considered e-petition 702845 relating to free bus travel for people over 60.—(Tony Vaughan.)
The sitting was suspended between 5.37 pm and 6 pm.
Resolved, That this House has considered e-petition 727514 relating to the length of the school week.—(Dave Robertson.)
Sitting adjourned without Question put (Standing Order No. 10(14)).
Adjourned at 6.38 pm until tomorrow.
Ms Nusrat Ghani
Chairman of Ways and Means
Papers Laid
Papers presented and delivered to the Votes and Proceedings Office on the undermentioned dates during the adjournment under Standing Orders No. 158 and No. 159
Papers subject to Negative Resolution
Tuesday 23 December 2025
Ministry of Defence Police (Conduct, Performance and Appeals Tribunals) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 1360), dated 18 December 2025 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Al Carns)
Other papers
Monday 22 December 2025
2Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Animal welfare strategy for England (by Command) (CP 1474) (Secretary Emma Reynolds)
Tuesday 23 December 2025
3Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Secretary of State determination of fishing opportunities for British fishing boats (by Command) (CP 1461) (Secretary Emma Reynolds)
Papers presented or laid upon the Table on Monday 5 January
Papers subject to Negative Resolution
Draft Statutory Guidance on the Meaning of “Significant Influence or Control” over Companies in the Context of the Register of People with Significant Control (by Act) (Blair McDougall)
5Limited Liability Partnerships (Application of Companies Act 2006)
Draft Statutory Guidance on the Meaning of “Significant Influence or Control” over Limited Liability Partnerships in the Context of the Register of People with Significant Control (by Statutory Instrument) (Blair McDougall)
SPEAKER’S CERTIFICATES
VOTING BY PROXY (STANDING ORDER NO. 39A)
(Variations to existing arrangements appear in bold.)
|
Member |
From |
To |
Proxy |
|
Patrick Spencer |
16 December 2025 |
16 July |
Mike Wood (20 December 2025 – 15 January); Mr Gagan Mohindra (thereafter) |
|
Shivani Raja |
23 April 2025 |
24 January |
Mike Wood (20 December 2025 – 15 January); Mr Gagan Mohindra (thereafter) |
|
Joy Morrissey |
9 December 2025 |
26 March |
Mike Wood (20 December 2026 – 15 January); Mr Gagan Mohindra (thereafter) |
|
Mike Martin |
6 October 2025 |
2 January |
Bobby Dean |
|
Alice Macdonald |
23 February |
9 September |
Sir Nicholas Dakin |
CORRECTIONS
Wednesday 12 November 2025
(1) The following item should have appeared after item 17 (General Committees: Appointments):
[] Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Procurement Act 2023 (Specified International Agreements and Saving Provision) (Amendment) Regulations 2025)
Members: Richard Burgon, Irene Campbell, Deirdre Costigan, Janet Daby, Josh Dean, Charlie Dewhirst, Anna Dixon, Neil Duncan-Jordan, Simon Hoare, Kim Johnson, Naushabah Khan, Navendu Mishra, Tom Morrison, Rebecca Paul, Lisa Smart, Chris Ward and Mike Wood
(2) Item 26 (Select Committees: Reports) should have read as follows:
[] Scottish Affairs Committee
(1) Problem drug use in Scotland follow-up: Glasgow’s Safer Drug Consumption Facility: Government Response: Fourth Special Report, to be printed (HC 1485);
(2) Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1308);
(3) Proposed STV cuts: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1398)
(Patricia Ferguson).