Contents
Chamber business
The House met at 2.30 pm.
Prayers
Ordered, That the Speaker do issue his Warrant to the Clerk of the Crown to make out a new Writ for the electing of a Member to serve in this present Parliament for the Burgh Constituency of Aberdeen South in the room of Stephen Flynn, who since his election for the said Burgh Constituency has been appointed to the Office of Steward and Bailiff of His Majesty’s Manor of Northstead in the county of York.—(Kirsty Blackman.)
2Arbroath and Broughty Ferry Writ
Ordered, That the Speaker do issue his Warrant to the Clerk of the Crown to make out a new Writ for the electing of a Member to serve in this present Parliament for the County Constituency of Arbroath and Broughty Ferry, in the room of Stephen Patrick Gethins, who, since his election for the said County Constituency, has been appointed to the Office of Steward and Bailiff of His Majesty’s Three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough and Burnham in the county of Buckingham.—(Kirsty Blackman.)
Ordered, That Nesil Caliskan be discharged from the Committee of Selection and Deirdre Costigan be added.—(Gen Kitchen.)
4Statement: Youth justice (Secretary David Lammy)
5King's Speech (Motion for an Address) (third day)
Debate resumed (Order, 14 May).
Question again proposed, That an humble Address be presented to His Majesty, as follows:
Most Gracious Sovereign,
We, Your Majesty’s most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Parliament assembled, beg leave to offer our humble thanks to Your Majesty for the Gracious Speech which Your Majesty has addressed to both Houses of Parliament.
Subject: Backing business to create economic growth
The Deputy Speaker announced a time limit on backbench speeches (Standing Order No. 47(1)).
Ordered, That the debate be now adjourned.—(Jake Richards.)
Debate to be resumed tomorrow.
6Changes to membership of select committees
Ordered, That Juliet Campbell be discharged from the Joint Committee on Human Rights and Euan Stainbank be added.—(Gen Kitchen, on behalf of the Committee of Selection.)
A public petition from residents of East Hagbourne relating to East Hagbourne Post Office was presented and read by Olly Glover.
Subject: Audiology services in Doncaster (Sally Jameson)
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Jake Richards.)
Adjourned at 10.22 pm until tomorrow.
Other Proceedings
Disqualification of Members
Notification, laid upon the Table by the Speaker, That the Chancellor of the Exchequer had today appointed Joshua Cameron Simons, Member for Makerfield, to be Steward and Bailiff of the Three Hundreds of Chiltern.
General Committees: Appointments
10Second Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Merchant Shipping (Port State Control) Regulations 2026)
Members: Mr Andrew Snowden and Michelle Welsh discharged and Paul Holmes and Baggy Shanker nominated in substitution.
11Third Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Hampshire and the Solent Combined County Authority Regulations 2026)
Members: Will Stone discharged and Sadik Al-Hassan nominated in substitution.
Select Committees: Reports
12National Security Strategy (Joint Committee on)
(1) Undersea cables: follow-up: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 148);
(2) Societal resilience: a national conversation: Written evidence, to be published (HC 149)
(Matt Western).
13Public Accounts (Committee of)
(1) NAO financial audit insights 2024–25: Second Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 94);
(2) The MoD’s tackling of economic crime and misconduct: Third Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 91);
(3) Large business tax compliance: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 86);
(4) Correspondence from the Secretary of State for Business and Trade relating to the Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Written evidence, to be published;
(5) Correspondence from the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Victims and Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls relating to Changes in Legal Aid: Written evidence, to be published;
(6) Correspondence relating to the Committee’s previous Reports: Written evidence, to be published;
(7) Unlocking land for housing: Written evidence, to be published (HC 87)
(Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown).
14Environmental Audit Committee
National security assessment and COP-17: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 24) (Mr Toby Perkins).
Sir Lindsay Hoyle
Speaker
Papers Laid
Papers presented and delivered to the Votes and Proceedings Office on Friday 15 May under Standing Orders No. 158 and No. 159
Papers subject to Negative Resolution
Infrastructure Planning (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (SI, 2026, No. 513), dated 13 May 2026 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Matthew Pennycook)
Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Act 2026 (Meaning of “Digital Sequence Information”) Regulations 2026 (SI, 2026, No. 521), dated 14 May 2026 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Seema Malhotra)
Papers presented or laid upon the Table on Monday 18 May
Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution
Draft Lifelong Learning (Fee Limits) Regulations 2026 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Josh MacAlister)
Draft Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006 (Directions to OFCOM) (Revocation) Order 2026 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Kanishka Narayan)
Draft Human Rights Act 1998 (Remedial) Order 2026 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary David Lammy)
Papers subject to Negative Resolution
Parochial Fees Order 2026 (SI, 2026, No. 515), dated 13 May 2026 (by Measure) (Clerk of the House)
School Organisation (Establishment and Discontinuance of Schools) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (SI, 2026, No. 528), dated 14 May 2026 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Georgia Gould)
Licensing Act 2003 (FIFA World Cup Licensing Hours) Order 2026 (SI, 2026, No. 520), dated 12 May 2026 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Shabana Mahmood)
(1) National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (SI, 2026, No. 536), dated 18 May 2026 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Mrs Sharon Hodgson)
(2) National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts and Personal Medical Services Agreements) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (SI, 2026, No. 532), dated 14 May 2026 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Stephen Kinnock)
Health Protection (Notification) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (SI, 2026, No. 535), dated 18 May 2026 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Mrs Sharon Hodgson)
Other papers
11Constitutional Reform and Governance
Statement to Parliament under section 21 of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 regarding the Convention establishing an International Claims Commission for Ukraine, adopted at The Hague on 16 December 2025 (by Act) (Stephen Doughty)
Department of Health and Social Care Minute, dated 18 May 2026, concerning the notification of a contingent liability relating to Favipiravir (by Command) (Mrs Sharon Hodgson)
Government Response to the Eighth Report from the Joint Committee on Human Rights, Session 2024–26: Proposal for a Remedial Order to amend the Human Rights Act 1998: Judicial Immunity (by Act) (Secretary David Lammy)
Cutting Youth Crime, Changing Young Lives: Youth justice system reform and delivery plan (by Command) (CP 1585) (Secretary David Lammy)
Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and Sizewell C Ltd: Sizewell C (by Act), to be printed (HC 33) (Clerk of the House)
HM Treasury Minute, dated 18 May 2026, concerning the notification of a contingent liability relating to the Asset Purchase Facility (by Command) (The Chancellor of the Exchequer)
SPEAKER’S CERTIFICATE
VOTING BY PROXY (STANDING ORDER NO. 39A)
(Variations to existing arrangements appear in bold.)
|
Member |
From |
To |
Proxy |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Saqib Bhatti |
23 February |
19 August (suspended 19 May) |
Mike Wood |
|
Claire Hughes |
31 October 2025 |
18 May |
Sir Nicholas Dakin |
|
Llinos Medi |
18 May |
1 June |
Ben Lake |
|
Shivani Raja |
19 May |
19 July |
Mike Wood |