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Chamber business
The House met at 2.30 pm.
Prayers
1Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
2Urgent Questions: (1) Business rates: Retail, hospitality and leisure (Dan Tomlinson)
(2) Iran: Protests (Mr Hamish Falconer)
(3) Local elections: Cancellation (Alison McGovern)
(4) Proposed Chinese Embassy (Seema Malhotra)
3Statements: (1) Arctic Security (Secretary Yvette Cooper)
(2) Public Office (Accountability) Bill (Alex Davies-Jones)
4Public Office (Accountability) Bill: Consideration of the Bill, as amended in the Public Bill Committee
Order read, That the Public Office (Accountability) Bill, as amended in the Public Bill Committee, be now considered.
Bill to be considered tomorrow.
5Changes to membership of select committees
Ordered, That James MacCleary be discharged from the Finance Committee and Martin Wrigley be added.—(Gen Kitchen, on behalf of the Committee of Selection.)
Subject: Disclosure and Barring Service (Vikki Slade)
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Nesil Caliskan.)
Adjourned at 9.34 pm until tomorrow.
Other Proceedings
Lords Messages
7Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches Bill
The Lords agree to the Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches Bill without amendment.
Changes to Notices Given
8State-related Deaths (National Oversight Mechanism) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 30 January, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 27 February.
9Aviation (Accessibility) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 23 January, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 13 March.
10Hospitals (Accident and Emergency) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 23 January, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 29 May.
Order for resuming on Friday 30 January the adjourned debate on the Question proposed on 28 March 2025, That the Bill be now read a second time, read and discharged.
Debate to be resumed on Friday 22 May.
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).
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and 13) CommitteeFinance (No. 2) Bill (except Clauses 1 to 10, 62 to 69 and 83 to 86 and Schedules 1, 2, 12
Chairs: Clive Efford, Sir Roger Gale, Carolyn Harris and Christine Jardine
13Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Committee
Chairs: Emma Lewell, Esther McVey, Dr Andrew Murrison and Graham Stringer
14First Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (Carer’s Assistance) (Consequential Modifications) Order 2026)
Chair: Sir Christopher Chope
Members: Dr Simon Opher, Gareth Snell and Alison Taylor discharged and Leigh Ingham, Peter Lamb and Frank McNally nominated in substitution.
15Second Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Cryptoassets) Regulations 2025)
Chair: Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Members: Alberto Costa and Lincoln Jopp discharged and Mark Garnier and Simon Hoare nominated in substitution.
16Third Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Non-Domestic Rating (Chargeable Amounts) (England) Regulations 2026)
Chair: Karl Turner
Members: Alison McGovern discharged and Samantha Dixon nominated in substitution.
17Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Medical Devices (Fees Amendment) Regulations 2026)
Chair: Christine Jardine
Select Committees: Reports
18Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
Correspondence with the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Building Safety, Fire and Democracy: Written evidence, to be published (Florence Eshalomi).
19Public Accounts (Committee of)
(1) Faulty energy efficiency installations: Sixty-second Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 1229);
(2) Analysis of the asylum system: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 1635);
(3) Correspondence from the CFO at the Department for Business and Trade relating to support for the Post Office Limited: Written evidence, to be published;
(4) Financial sustainability of adult hospices in England: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1236);
(5) NS&I’s transformation programme: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1237)
(Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown).
Sir Lindsay Hoyle
Speaker
Westminster Hall
The sitting began at 4.30 pm.
Debate on e-petitions (Standing Orders No. 10(1)(a) and No. 145A(7))
Resolved, That this House has considered e-petitions 738192 and 732559 relating to the sale of fireworks.—(Robbie Moore.)
Sitting adjourned without Question put (Standing Order No. 10(14)).
Adjourned at 7.29 pm until tomorrow.
Ms Nusrat Ghani
Chairman of Ways and Means
Papers Laid
Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution
Draft Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2026 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command) (Secretary Shabana Mahmood)
Draft Procurement Act 2023 (Specified International Agreements and Saving Provision) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Chris Ward)
Papers subject to Negative Resolution
3Universities of Oxford and Cambridge
Statute, dated 1 October 2025, made by the Governing Body of St John’s College in the University of Cambridge, revising the existing Statutes of the College (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Bridget Phillipson)
Stockport Town Centre Mayoral Development Corporation (Establishment) Order 2026 (SI, 2026, No. 30), dated 15 January 2026 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Miatta Fahnbulleh)
Papers laid under paragraph 6 of Schedule 5 to the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023
Proposal for an instrument titled Authorisation of Frequency Use for the Provision of Mobile Satellite Services (European Union) (Revocation etc.) Regulations 2026, with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Act) (Kanishka Narayan)
Other papers
Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General on Department for Business and Trade and HM Treasury: Regulating for growth (by Act), to be printed (HC 1595) (Clerk of the House)
Report on the operation of the Treasure Act 1996 for 2023 (by Act) (Ian Murray)