Contents
Chamber business
The House met at 9.30 am.
Prayers
1Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office
2Business Question (Leader of the House)
3Statement: Local government reorganisation (Secretary Steve Reed)
4Select Committee Statement (Standing Order No. 22D): Publication of the Fourth Special Report of the Energy Security and Net Zero Committee, Tackling the energy cost crisis: Government Response, HC 1624 (Bill Esterson)
(1) Government support for the fishing industry
Resolved, That this House has considered Government support for the fishing industry.—(Mr Alistair Carmichael.)
(2) Impact of import standards on the agricultural sector
Resolved, That this House has considered the impact of import standards on the agricultural sector.—(Sam Carling.)
The Deputy Speaker reported that the King had signified Royal Assent to the following Acts under the Royal Assent Act 1967:
Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches Act 2026
Sentencing Act 2026
Holocaust Memorial Act 2026
A public petition from residents of the constituency of Newcastle-under-Lyme relating to the safety of the A525 near Meadows Primary School was presented and read by Adam Jogee.
Subject: Local government finances in Surrey (Dr Ben Spencer)
Motion made and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—(Taiwo Owatemi.)
At 5 pm, the Motion lapsed (Standing Order No. 9(3)).
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Taiwo Owatemi.)
Adjourned at 5.10 pm until Monday 26 January.
Other Proceedings
Lords Messages
The Lords do not insist on their Amendment to the Sentencing Bill to which the Commons have disagreed; and they agree with the Commons in their Amendments in lieu of that Amendment.
* This item has been corrected since publication. See the Votes and Proceedings relating to Thursday 29 January 2026.
The Lords do not insist on their Amendment to the Holocaust Memorial Bill to which the Commons have disagreed.
Changes to Notices Given
11National Cancer Strategy Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 30 January, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 27 February.
General Committees: Reports
Sir Alec Shelbrooke (Chair) reported written evidence submitted to the Committee.
Written evidence to be published.
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).
13Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Committee
Members: Dan Aldridge discharged and Sarah Russell nominated in substitution.
14Second Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Cheshire and Warrington Combined Authority Order 2026 and draft Cumbria Combined Authority Order 2026)
Members: Dr Simon Opher discharged and Jayne Kirkham nominated in substitution.
Select Committees: Reports
15Backbench Business Committee
Determination of business to be taken on Tuesday 3 February, Thursday 5 February, Tuesday 10 February and Thursday 12 February in Westminster Hall and Thursday 5 February in the Chamber (Bob Blackman).
16Public Accounts (Committee of)
(1) Increasing police productivity: Sixty-third Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 1239);
(2) Costs of clinical negligence: Sixty-fourth Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 1234);
(3) Work of Ofwat: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 1636)
(Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown).
Sir Lindsay Hoyle
Speaker
Westminster Hall
The sitting began at 1.30 pm.
Business determined by the Backbench Business Committee (Standing Orders No. 10(7) and No. 14(4))
1Transport connectivity in the Midlands and North Wales
Resolved, That this House has considered transport connectivity in the Midlands and North Wales.—(Wendy Morton.)
The sitting was suspended between 2.42 pm and 3 pm.
2International Day of Education
Resolved, That this House has considered the International Day of Education.—(Bambos Charalambous.)
Sitting adjourned without Question put (Standing Order No. 10(14)).
Adjourned at 4.14 pm until Monday 26 January.
Ms Nusrat Ghani
Chairman of Ways and Means
Papers Laid
Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution
Draft Further Education (Initial Teacher Training) Regulations 2026 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Josh MacAlister)
Papers subject to Negative Resolution
2Senior Courts of England and Wales
Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2026 (SI, 2026, No. 47), dated 19 January 2026 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary David Lammy)
Papers laid under the under paragraph 6 of Schedule 5 to the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023
Proposal for an instrument titled Merchant Shipping (Monitoring, Reporting and Verification of Carbon Dioxide Emissions) (Revocation) Regulations 2026, with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Act) (Secretary Heidi Alexander)
Other papers
Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General on Audit Insights: Lessons and findings from the National Audit Office’s financial audits in 2024–25 (by Act), to be printed (HC 1533) (Clerk of the House)
(1) Explanatory Memorandum to the Arts and Culture Streamlined Subsidy Scheme (by Command) (Kate Dearden)
(2) Explanatory Memorandum to the Community and Regeneration Streamlined Subsidy Scheme (by Command) (Kate Dearden)
CORRECTION
Wednesday 19 November 2025
Item 27 (Select Committees: Reports) should have read as follows:
Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee on)
(1) Fortieth Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 291-xl);
(2) Scrutinising Statutory Instruments: Departmental Returns, October 2024–September 2025: Government response: Second Special Report, to be printed (HC 1501)
(Sir Bernard Jenkin).