Contents
Chamber business
The House met at 9.30 am.
Prayers
1Questions to (1) the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
(2) the hon. Member representing the Church Commissioners, the hon. Member representing the House of Commons Commission and the the hon. Member representing Restoration and Renewal Client Board
2Business Question (Leader of the House)
3Statement: Gibraltar Treaty (Stephen Doughty)
4Select Committee Statement (Standing Order No. 22D): Publication of the Fifth Report from the Home Affairs Committee, Maccabi Tel Aviv fan ban, HC 1553 (Dame Karen Bradley)
5Members’ interests (Standing Order No. 150(4)) (Mr Louie French)
(1) St David's Day and Welsh affairs
Resolved, That this House has considered St David's Day and Welsh affairs.—(Ruth Jones.)
(2) Government support for bereaved children
Resolved, That this House has considered Government support for bereaved children.—(Christine Jardine.)
Subject: AEA Technology pension scheme (Olly Glover)
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Lilian Greenwood.)
Adjourned at 3.59 pm until Monday 2 March.
Other Proceedings
Lords Messages
8Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill
The Lords agree to the Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill without amendment.
Changes to Notices Given
9Fireworks (Noise Control etc) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 27 February, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 17 April.
Order for Second Reading on Friday 27 February, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 17 April.
11Neurodivergence (Screening and Teacher Training) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 27 February, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 17 April.
12Controlled Drugs (Procedure for Specification) Bill
Order for further Consideration of the Bill, not amended in the Public Bill Committee, on Friday 27 February, read and discharged.
Bill to be further considered on Friday 17 April.
13Domestic Abuse (Safe Leave) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 27 February, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 17 April.
14Student Finance (Review of Payment Schedules) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 27 February, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 29 May.
Order for Second Reading on Friday 27 February, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 17 April.
16Women, Peace and Security Bill [Lords]
Order for Second Reading on Friday 27 February, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 17 April.
17Public Procurement (British Goods and Services) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 27 February, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 17 April.
18E-scooters (Review and Awareness) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 27 February, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 17 April.
19Short-term Let Accommodation (Data Sharing Requirements)
Order for Second Reading on Friday 27 February, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 29 May.
20Sale of Tickets (Sporting and Cultural Events) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 27 February, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 17 April.
21Chalk Streams (UNESCO Natural World Heritage Site) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 27 February, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 17 April.
22Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 27 February, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 17 April.
Order for Second Reading on Friday 27 February, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 17 April.
24Leases (Integrated Retirement Communities) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 27 February, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 17 April.
25Equitable Life Policyholders (Compensation) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 27 February, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 17 April.
26National Cancer Strategy Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 27 February, read and discharged.
Bill withdrawn.
27British Indian Ocean Territory (Sovereignty and Constitutional Arrangements) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 27 February, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 17 April.
28British-made Bricks (Proposals) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 27 February, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 17 April.
29Caravan Site Licensing (Exemptions of Motor Homes) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 27 February, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 17 April.
30NHS England (Alternative Treatment) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 27 February, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 17 April.
31Health Insurance (Exemption from Insurance Premium Tax) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 27 February, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 17 April.
32Covid-19 Vaccine Damage Payments Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 27 February, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 17 April.
33Green Belt (Protection) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 27 February, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 17 April.
Order for Second Reading on Friday 27 February, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 17 April.
35Bank of England (Inflation Targets) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 27 February, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 17 April.
36Rule of Law (Enforcement by Public Authorities) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 27 February, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 17 April.
37Regulatory Impact Assessments Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 27 February, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 17 April.
38Exemption from Value Added Tax (Public Electric Vehicle Charging Points) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 27 February, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 17 April.
39Children’s Clothing (Value Added Tax) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 27 February, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 17 April.
40Public Sector Exit Payments (Limitation) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 27 February, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 17 April.
41Highways Act 1980 (Amendment) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 27 February, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 17 April.
42Meat (Information About Method of Killing) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 27 February, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 17 April.
43British Broadcasting Corporation (Privatisation) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 27 February, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 17 April.
44Illegal Immigration (Offences) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 27 February, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 17 April.
45Exemption from Value Added Tax (Listed Places of Worship) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 27 February, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 17 April.
46Exemption from Value Added Tax (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 27 February, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 17 April.
47Vaccine Damage Payments Act (Review) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 27 February, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 17 April.
Order for Second Reading on Friday 27 February, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 17 April.
Order for Second Reading on Friday 27 February, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 17 April.
Order for Second Reading on Friday 27 February, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 17 April.
51Ferry Services (Integration and Regulation) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 27 February, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 17 April.
52Rail Passengers’ Charter Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 27 February, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 17 April.
53Aviation (Accessibility) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 13 March, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 24 April.
54Images (Non-consensual Recording and Distribution) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 27 February, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 29 May.
55Rivers, Streams and Lakes (Protected Status) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 27 February, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 14 April.
56Royal Fleet Auxiliary (Report on Remit of Commissioner) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 27 February, read and discharged.
57Iconic Trees and Nature Education Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 27 February, read and discharged.
Order for Second Reading on Friday 27 February, read and discharged.
59Bereavement Support (Children and Young People) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 27 February, read and discharged.
60Tax Reliefs (Evaluation) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 27 February, read and discharged.
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).
61Second Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Human Medicines (Amendment) Regulations 2026)
Members: Dame Caroline Dinenage and Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst discharged and Joe Robertson and Sir Jeremy Wright nominated in substitution.
Select Committees: Reports
62Backbench Business Committee
Determination of business to be taken on Tuesday 10 March, Thursday 12 March and Tuesday 17 March in Westminster Hall (Bob Blackman).
63Culture, Media and Sport Committee
State of Play: Live comedy: Written evidence, to be published (HC 844) (Dame Caroline Dinenage).
64Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
Pre-legislative scrutiny of the Draft Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1681) (Florence Eshalomi).
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))
1Eating Disorders Awareness Week 2026
Resolved, That this House has considered Eating Disorders Awareness Week 2026.—(Wera Hobhouse.)
The sitting was suspended between 2.49 pm and 3 pm.
2Impact of VAT on independent faith schools
Resolved, That this House has considered the impact of VAT on independent faith schools.—(Jim Shannon.)
Sitting adjourned without Question put (Standing Order No. 10(14)).
Adjourned at 3.45 pm until Monday 2 March.
Ms Nusrat Ghani
Chairman of Ways and Means
Papers Laid
Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution
Draft Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) Act 1990 (Amendment) Order 2026 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Shabana Mahmood)
Draft Conservation of Habitats and Species (Offshore Wind) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2026 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command) (Secretary Emma Reynolds)
Draft National Employment Savings Trust (Amendment) Order 2026 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Torsten Bell)
Draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Dr Zubir Ahmed)
Draft Controlled Drugs (Drug Precursors) (Amendment and Revocation) Regulations 2026 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Shabana Mahmood)
Papers subject to Negative Resolution
Excise Duties (Surcharges or Rebates) (Hydrocarbon Oils etc.) (Temporary Continuation of 2022 Order and Adjustments) Order 2026 (SI, 2026, No. 164), dated 25 February 2026 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Dan Tomlinson)
Gender Recognition (Disclosure of Information) (England) Order 2026 (SI, 2026, No. 173), dated 25 February 2026 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Wes Streeting)
Central Rating List (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (SI, 2026, No. 172), dated 23 February 2026 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Alison McGovern)
Other papers
Government Response to the Report of the House of Lords Home-based Working Committee (by Command) (CP 1510) (Kate Dearden)
Report and Accounts of the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education for the period 1 April 2025 to 31 May 2025 (by Command) (CP 1526) (Josh MacAlister)
11Foreign, Commonwealth and Development
The Antarctic Treaty: Measures adopted at the Forty-seventh Consultative Meeting held at Milan on 23 June to 3 July 2025 (by Command) (CP 1524) (Secretary Yvette Cooper)
12High Speed Rail (London – West Midlands)
High Speed Rail Vocational Qualifications Report for 2023–24 (by Act) (Secretary Heidi Alexander)
Report of the Independent Expert Panel for 2025 (by Standing Order), to be printed (HC 1714) (Clerk of the House)
Report on notices to deal with terrorism content and/or CSEA content for the year ending 31 December 2025 (by Act) (Kanishka Narayan)
First Report in 2026 from the Speaker’s Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority: Statement on IPSA’s Supplementary estimate 2025–26, to be printed (HC 1715) (The Speaker)
SPEAKER’S CERTIFICATE
VOTING BY PROXY (STANDING ORDER NO. 39A)
(Variations to existing arrangements appear in bold.)
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Member |
From |
To |
Proxy |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Joy Morrissey |
9 December 2025 |
26 March |
Mr Gagan Mohindra |
CORRECTION
Wednesday 25 February 2026
Item 54 (Changes to Notices Given) should have read:
Courts (Remote Hearings) Bill
Order for resuming on Friday 27 February the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed on 11 July 2025, That the Bill be now read the third time, read and discharged.
Debate to be resumed on Friday 17 April.