Contents
Chamber business
The House met at 11.30 am.
Prayers
1Questions to (1) the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
(2) the Prime Minister
2Short-term let accommodation (data sharing requirements): Motion for leave to bring in a Bill (Standing Order No. 23)
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to require certain persons or organisations to share specified data relating to the short-term letting of accommodation with regulatory authorities; to amend the Data Protection Act 2018 in connection with that requirement; and for connected purposes;
That Rachel Blake, Lizzi Collinge, Florence Eshalomi, Dame Meg Hillier, Alison Hume, Jayne Kirkham, Joe Powell, Anna Gelderd, Will Stone, Noah Law, Tony Vaughan and Dr Scott Arthur present the Bill.
Rachel Blake accordingly presented the Bill.
Bill read the first time; to be read a second time on Friday 27 February, and to be printed (Bill 382).
3Business of the House (Today)
Ordered, That at this day's sitting, notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Order No. 16 (Proceedings under an Act or on European Union documents), the Speaker shall put the Questions necessary to dispose of proceedings on:
(1) the Motion in the name of Secretary Shabana Mahmood relating to Police Grant Report not later than three hours after the start of proceedings on the Motion for this Order, and
(2) the Motions in the name of Secretary Steve Reed relating to Local Government Finance not later than three hours after the commencement of proceedings on the first such Motion or no later than six hours after the commencement of proceedings on the Motion for this Order, whichever is the later;
proceedings may continue, though opposed, until any hour, and may be entered upon after the moment of interruption; and Standing Order No. 41A (Deferred divisions) shall not apply.—(Christian Wakeford.)
Resolved, That the Police Grant Report (England and Wales) 2026–27 (HC 1638), which was laid before this House on 28 January, be approved.—(Sarah Jones.)
(1) Motion made and Question proposed, That the Local Government Finance Report (England) 2026–27 (HC 1604), which was laid before this House on 9 February, be approved.—(Secretary Steve Reed.)
The Deputy Speaker announced the results of the Division which had been deferred to this day (Standing Order No. 41A).
Climate Change
That the draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026, which was laid before this House on 13 January, be approved.
Division No. 426
Ayes: 362
Noes: 107
Question agreed to.
7Local Government Finance (resumed)
The House resumed the debate.
Question put.
The House divided.
Division No. 427
Ayes: 277 (Tellers: Jade Botterill, Gregor Poynton)
Noes: 143 (Tellers: Mr Andrew Snowden, Katie Lam)
Question agreed to.
Resolved, That the Local Government Finance Report (England) 2026–27 (HC 1604), which was laid before this House on 9 February, be approved.
(2) Motion made and Question put, That the Referendums Relating to Council Tax Increases (Principles) (England) Report 2026–27 (HC 1605), which was laid before this House on 9 February, be approved.—(Gen Kitchen.)
The House divided.
Division No. 428
Ayes: 279 (Tellers: Jade Botterill, Gregor Poynton)
Noes: 90 (Tellers: Mr Andrew Snowden, Katie Lam)
Question agreed to.
Resolved, That the Referendums Relating to Council Tax Increases (Principles) (England) Report 2026–27 (HC 1605), which was laid before this House on 9 February, be approved.
Subject: Government response to Storm Chandra flooding (Sarah Dyke)
Motion made and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—(Mark Ferguson.)
At 7 pm, the Motion lapsed (Standing Order No. 9(3)).
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Mark Ferguson.)
Adjourned at 7.09 pm until tomorrow.
Other Proceedings
General Committees: Reports
9Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee
Sir Alec Shelbrooke (Chair) reported the draft Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 and the draft Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations 2026.
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).
10First Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Bereaved Partner’s Paternity Leave Regulations 2026, draft Employment Rights Act 1996 (Application of Section 80B to Adoptions from Overseas) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 and draft Employment Rights Act 1996 (Application of Section 80B to Parental Order Cases) (Amendment) Regulations 2026)
Chair: Sir Desmond Swayne
11First Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Caribbean Development Bank (Eleventh Replenishment of the Special Development Fund (Unified)) Order 2026)
Chair: Christine Jardine
Members: Paula Barker, Julia Buckley, Feryal Clark, Cat Eccles, Chris Elmore, Sarah Hall, Monica Harding, Imran Hussain, Lincoln Jopp, Wendy Morton, Susan Murray, Sam Rushworth, Mr Andrew Snowden, Peter Swallow, Bradley Thomas, Jessica Toale and Imogen Walker
12Second Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Merchant Shipping (General Lighthouse Authorities) (Increase of Borrowing Limit) Order 2026)
Chair: Sir Desmond Swayne
Members: Steff Aquarone, Jess Asato, Danny Beales, Alberto Costa, Charlie Dewhirst, Anneliese Dodds, Vicky Foxcroft, Olly Glover, Jodie Gosling, Lilian Greenwood, Louise Haigh, Brian Leishman, Keir Mather, Jerome Mayhew, Ms Julie Minns, Greg Smith and Jon Trickett
13Second Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Scotland Act 1998 (Modification of Schedule 5) Order 2026)
Chair: Derek Twigg
14Third Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Armed Forces Commissioner (Family Definition, and Consequential and Transitional Provision etc.) Regulations 2026)
Chair: Martin Vickers
15Third Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2026)
Chair: Wera Hobhouse
Members: Sarah Bool, Chris Curtis, Damien Egan, Mr Will Forster, Sally Jameson, Alicia Kearns, Katie Lam, Esther McVey, Stephen Morgan, Katrina Murray, Dr Al Pinkerton, Andrew Ranger, Joani Reid, Oliver Ryan, Gareth Snell, Will Stone and Mike Tapp
16Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 and draft Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations 2026)
Chair: Sir Alec Shelbrooke
17Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Surrey (Structural Changes) Order 2026)
Chair: Sir Roger Gale
Members: Richard Burgon, Lewis Cocking, Jacob Collier, Lizzi Collinge, Deirdre Costigan, Anna Dixon, Mr Will Forster, Zöe Franklin, Mike Kane, Jayne Kirkham, Laura Kyrke-Smith, Alison McGovern, David Simmonds, Jeff Smith, Sarah Smith, Mr Andrew Snowden and Graham Stuart
18Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (Alternative Dispute Resolution) (Conferral of Functions) Regulations 2026 and draft Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (Alternative Dispute Resolution) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026)
Chair: Emma Lewell
Members: Mr Jonathan Brash, Nesil Caliskan, Mr Luke Charters, Daisy Cooper, Gareth Davies, Kate Dearden, Linsey Farnsworth, Alison Griffiths, Paulette Hamilton, Adam Jogee, Alan Mak, Sarah Olney, Rebecca Paul, Naz Shah, John Whitby, Yuan Yang and Mohammad Yasin
Select Committees: Reports
19Armed Forces Bill (Select Committee on)
Clive Efford reported, That he had been chosen as Chair of the Committee.
20Energy Security and Net Zero Committee
(1) Work of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 396);
(2) Department for Energy Security and Net Zero 2025–26 Supplementary Estimate Memorandum: Written evidence, to be published;
(3) International Climate Policy: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1434);
(4) Ofgem 2025–26 Supplementary Estimate Memorandum: Written evidence, to be published;
(5) Revisiting the nuclear roadmap: Written evidence, to be published (HC 735);
(6) UKAEA Pensions 2025–26 Supplementary Estimate Memorandum: Written evidence, to be published
(Bill Esterson).
21Business and Trade Committee
UK trade with the US, India and the EU: Written evidence, to be published (HC 996) (Liam Byrne).
22Environmental Audit Committee
(1) Correspondence from the Office for Environmental Protection relating to the interim Chair: Written evidence, to be published;
(2) Correspondence with the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero relating to data centres: Written evidence, to be published;
(3) The Seventh Carbon Budget: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1327)
(Barry Gardiner).
23Health and Social Care Committee
(1) Palliative Care: Government Response: Fourth Special Report, to be printed (HC 1722);
(2) Vaccinations: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 1695);
(3) Correspondence from the General Medical Council: Written evidence, to be published;
(4) Department of Health and Social Care 2025–26 Supplementary Estimate Memorandum: Written evidence, to be published;
(5) Food Standards Agency 2025–26 Supplementary Estimate Memorandum: Written evidence, to be published
(Layla Moran).
Home Office 2025–26 Supplementary Estimate Memorandum: Written evidence, to be published (Dame Karen Bradley).
25Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
(1) Correspondence from Minister of State for Local Government and Homelessness: Written evidence, to be published;
(2) HM Land Registry 2025–26 Supplementary Estimate Memorandum: Written evidence, to be published;
(3) Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government 2025–26 Supplementary Estimate Memorandum: Written evidence, to be published
(Florence Eshalomi).
Correspondence with the Minister of State, Sarah Sackman, relating to Courtsdesk: Written evidence, to be published (Andy Slaughter).
27Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
(1) The Government's new approach to addressing the legacy of the past in Northern Ireland: Government Response: Third Special Report, to be printed (HC 1716);
(2) Correspondence with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport relating to charity lotteries and Northern Ireland: Written evidence, to be published;
(3) Northern Ireland Office 2025–26 Supplementary Estimate Memorandum: Written evidence, to be published
(Tonia Antoniazzi).
(1) Draft Scotland Act 1998 (Modification of Schedule 5) Order 2026: Government Response: Seventh Special Report, to be printed (HC 1708);
(2) Connectivity in Scotland: Digital connectivity: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1461);
(3) Securing Scotland’s future: Defence skills and jobs: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1442);
(4) The future of Scotland’s high streets: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1489)
(Patricia Ferguson).
29Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee on)
Forty-eighth Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 291-xlviii) (Sir Bernard Jenkin).
(1) Business rates: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 1698);
(2) Work of HM Treasury: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 687);
(3) Correspondence from the Chief Executive of the Building Societies Association relating to Individual Savings Accounts: Written evidence, to be published;
(4) Correspondence from the Governor of the Bank of England relating to the payments system: Written evidence, to be published;
(5) Financial Inclusion Strategy: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1552);
(6) Work of HM Revenue and Customs: Written evidence, to be published (HC 416)
(Dame Meg Hillier).
(1) The work of the Secretary of State for Wales: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 597);
(2) Promoting Wales for inward investment: Written evidence, to be published (HC 444);
(3) Regular scrutiny session with S4C leadership: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1613);
(4) The environmental and economic legacy of Wales’ industrial past: Written evidence, to be published (HC 560);
(5) The future of rugby in Wales: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1440)
(Ruth Jones).
32Women and Equalities Committee
(1) Cosmetic procedures: Eleventh Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 869);
(2) Egg donation and freezing: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 1503);
(3) Misogyny in music: follow up: Written evidence, to be published (HC 573)
(Sarah Owen).
(1) Employment support for disabled people: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 1227);
(2) Child Maintenance Service: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1268);
(3) Correspondence relating to allocations for the Crisis and Resilience Fund: Written evidence, to be published;
(4) Correspondence relating to the Government’s response to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s report on Women’s State Pension Age Communication: Written evidence, to be published
(Debbie Abrahams).
Sir Lindsay Hoyle
Speaker
Westminster Hall
The sitting began at 9.30 am.
Business appointed by the Chairman of Ways and Means (Standing Order No. 10(6))
1Second anniversary of the Hughes Report
Motion made and Question proposed, That this House has considered the second anniversary of the Hughes Report.—(Sarah Green.)
The Chair announced a time limit on backbench speeches (under the authority of the Chairman of Ways and Means and Standing Order No. 47(1)).
Resolved, That this House has considered the second anniversary of the Hughes Report.
2Future of the New Medium Helicopter programme
Resolved, That this House has considered the future of the New Medium Helicopter programme.—(Adam Dance.)
The sitting was suspended between 11.29 am and 2.30 pm (Standing Order No. 10(1)(b)).
Resolved, That this House has considered the matter of woodland creation.—(Chris Curtis.)
Resolved, That this House has considered GP funding in rural areas.—(Esther McVey.)
The sitting was suspended between 4.26 pm and 4.30 pm.
5Supported exempt accommodation in Birmingham
Resolved, That this House has considered supported exempt accommodation in Birmingham.—(Ayoub Khan.)
Sitting adjourned without Question put (Standing Order No. 10(14)).
Adjourned at 5.18 pm until tomorrow.
Ms Nusrat Ghani
Chairman of Ways and Means
Papers Laid
Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution
Draft Sussex and Brighton Combined County Authority Regulations 2026, and an accompanying Report under section 20 of the Levelling-Up and Regeneration Act 2023 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Miatta Fahnbulleh)
Papers subject to Negative Resolution
Draft Statement of Strategic Priorities for Telecommunications, the Management of Radio Spectrum, and Postal Services, dated (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Kanishka Narayan)
Agreement, done at New Delhi on 10 February 2026, on Social Security relating to Social Security Contributions between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Republic of India (by Command) (CP 1513), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Act) (Secretary Yvette Cooper)
Firearms (Revocation, Consequential Amendment and Saving Provision) Regulations 2026 (SI, 2026, No. 118), dated 9 February 2026 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Shabana Mahmood)
Other papers
Report on the British Wool Marketing Board Agricultural Marketing Scheme for 2024–25 (by Act) (Secretary Emma Reynolds)
Education Estates Strategy: A decade of national renewal (by Command) (CP 1501) (Secretary Bridget Phillipson)
7Medicines and Medical Devices
Report under section 48 of the Medicines and Medical Devices Act 2021 (by Act) (Dr Zubir Ahmed)
Report and Accounts of the General Lighthouse Fund for 2024–25, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 1688) (Secretary Heidi Alexander)
9Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts
Report of the Police Covenant 2025 (by Act) (Secretary Shabana Mahmood)
Report and Accounts of the Medical Research Council for 2024–25, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 1621) (Kanishka Narayan)
Withdrawn papers
Draft Essex (Electoral Changes) (Amendment) Order 2026 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (laid 21 January)