Contents
Chamber business
The House met at 9.30 am.
Prayers
1Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
2Speaker’s Statement: Waiver of sub judice rule (Fordingbridge rape cases)
3Questions to the Solicitor General
4Urgent Question: Russian attacks on civilian infrastructure (Seema Malhotra)
5Business Question (Leader of the House)
6Statement: Children’s social care: Enduring relationships strategy (Josh MacAlister)
7Members’ interests (Standing Order No. 150(4)) (Nick Timothy)
Resolved, That this House has considered Pride Month.—(Olivia Bailey.)
Subject: Performance of the General Medical Council (Steve Barclay)
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Jake Richards.)
Adjourned at 4.22 pm until Monday 8 June.
Other Proceedings
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).
Chairs: Sir Roger Gale, Dr Rupa Huq, Emma Lewell and Sir Jeremy Wright
11First Delegated Legislation Committee (draft REACH (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2026)
Chair: Sir Roger Gale
12Second Delegated Legislation Committee (draft combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026)
Chair: Sir Desmond Swayne
13Third Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Marine Licensing (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment etc.) Order 2026)
Chair: Sir John Hayes
14Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Airports Slot Allocation (Alleviation of Usage Requirements) Regulations 2026)
Chair: Emma Lewell
15Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Contracts for Difference (Allocation) (Amendment) Regulations 2026)
Chair: Graham Stringer
16Sixth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026)
Chair: Pete Wishart
17Seventh Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Scotland Act 1998 (Increase of Borrowing Limits) Order 2026)
Chair: Valerie Vaz
18Eighth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Food Supplements Purity Criteria (Magnesium L-threonate monohydrate) (England) Regulations 2026)
Chair: Sir Edward Leigh
Members: Dame Caroline Dinenage discharged and Edward Argar nominated in substitution.
Select Committees: Reports
19Backbench Business Committee
Determination of business to be taken on Thursday 11 June, Tuesday 16 June and Thursday 18 June in Westminster Hall and Monday 15 June in the Chamber (Bob Blackman).
20Public Accounts (Committee of)
(1) MoD Annual Report and Accounts 2024–25: Fifth Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 95);
(2) Government compensation schemes: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 88);
(3) Correspondence relating to the Committee’s previous Reports: Written evidence, to be published
(Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown).
Defence spending and finance: Written evidence, to be published (HC 16) (Dame Meg Hillier).
Sir Lindsay Hoyle
Speaker
Westminster Hall
The sitting began at 1.30 pm.
Business appointed by the Chairman of Ways and Means (Standing Order No. 10(6))
Resolved, That this House has considered home-to-school transport—(Tom Gordon.)
The sitting was suspended between 2.54 pm and 3 pm.
2Government support for high street businesses
Motion made and Question proposed, That this House has considered Government support for high street businesses.—(Olly Glover.)
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 Government support for high street businesses.
Sitting adjourned without Question put (Standing Order No. 10(14)).
Adjourned at 4.28 pm until Monday 8 June.
Ms Nusrat Ghani
Chairman of Ways and Means
Papers Laid
Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution
Draft Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2026 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Shabana Mahmood)
Draft Trade (Mobile Roaming) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Kanishka Narayan)
Draft Batteries (Placing on the Market) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Emma Reynolds)
Greater Cambridge Development Corporation (Establishment) Order 2026, dated 3 June 2026 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Matthew Pennycook)
Papers subject to Negative Resolution
Education (Student Support for Postgraduate Provision) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (SI, 2026, No. 581), dated 2 June 2026 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Josh MacAlister)
Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022 (Conferral of Tribunal Jurisdiction under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 etc.) Regulations 2026 (SI, 2026, No. 569), dated 1 June 2026 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Kanishka Narayan)
Successful Legacy Appeals Schemes (Income Tax Exemption) Regulations 2026 (SI, 2026, No. 584), dated 3 June 2026 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Dan Tomlinson)
Council of Europe Convention, adopted at Magglingen/Macolin on 18 September 2014, on the Manipulation of Sports Competitions (by Command) (CP 1595), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Act) (Secretary Yvette Cooper)
Other papers
9Exchequer and Audit Departments
Building Safety Trust Statement of the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government for 2024–25, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 247) (Secretary Steve Reed)
Report on the use of the closed material procedure for the period 25 June 2024 to 24 June 2025 (by Act) (Secretary David Lammy)
Treasury Minutes Progress Report on the Government Responses to the Committee of Public Accounts in Sessions 2017–19, 2019, 2019–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24 and 2024–26 (by Command) (CP 1593) (Dan Tomlinson)
SPEAKER’S CERTIFICATE
VOTING BY PROXY (STANDING ORDER NO. 39A)
(Variations to existing arrangements appear in bold.)
|
Member |
From |
To |
Proxy |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Olivia Blake |
22 April |
11 June |
Sir Mark Tami (8 and 9 June); Sir Nicholas Dakin (thereafter) |
CORRECTIONS
Wednesday 3 June 2026
(1) The following items should have appeared after item 17 (General Committees: Appointments):
[] Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) Regulations 2026)
Members: Harriet Cross discharged and Rebecca Smith nominated in substitution.
[] Sixth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (Amendment) Regulations 2026)
Members: Jodie Gosling discharged and Julie Buckley nominated in substitution.
[] Sixth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026)
Members: Steff Aquarone, Dan Carden, Liam Conlon, Emily Darlington, Anna Dixon, Tim Farron, Lilian Greenwood, Kit Malthouse, Keir Mather, Jerome Mayhew, Luke Myer, Joe Robertson, Greg Smith, Alex Sobel, Steve Witherden, Rosie Wrighting and Yuan Yang
[] Seventh Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Scotland Act 1998 (Increase in Borrowing Limits) Order 2026)
Members: Mr Douglas Alexander, Jess Asato, Bambos Charalambous, John Cooper, Harriet Cross, Jim Dickson, Peter Fortune, Adam Jogee, Mr Angus MacDonald, Frank McNally, Justin Madders, Susan Murray, Brendan O’Hara, Gregor Poynton, Steve Race, Sarah Smith and Jo White
[] Eighth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Food Supplements Purity Criteria (Magnesium L-threonate monohydrate) (England) Regulations 2026)
Members: Alison Bennett, David Burton-Sampson, Ben Coleman, Jacob Collier, Dame Caroline Dinenage, Josh Fenton-Glynn, Mr Paul Foster, Jodie Gosling, Sarah Hall, Mrs Sharon Hodgson, Dr Caroline Johnson, Rebecca Long Bailey, Helen Maguire, Stephen Morgan, Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst, Gregory Stafford and Mohammad Yasin
(2) Item 5 (Papers Laid) should not have appeared under Papers subject to Negative Resolution and instead it should appear after item 8 under Other Papers.