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Chamber business
The House met at 9.30 am.
Prayers
1Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
2Urgent Question: VAT on compassionate use medicine schemes (Karin Smyth)
3Business Question (Leader of the House)
Resolved, That this House has considered the legacy of Jo Cox.—(Alison McGovern.)
Subject: Ninth anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire (Joe Powell)
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Gregor Poynton.)
Adjourned at 4.01 pm until Monday 15 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).
6First Delegated Legislation Committee (Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (SI, 2026, No. 543))
Chair: Sir Desmond Swayne
7Second Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Digital Waste Tracking (England) Regulations 2026)
Chair: Martin Vickers
8Third Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Immigration (Leave to Enter and Remain) (Amendment) Order 2026)
Chair: Mr Clive Betts
9Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Pensions (Abolition of Lifetime Allowance Charge etc) Regulations 2026)
Chair: Pete Wishart
10Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Nuclear Safeguards (EU Exit and Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2026)
Chair: Carolyn Harris
Members: Michael Shanks discharged and Katie White nominated in substitution.
11Sixth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026)
Chair: Christine Jardine
12Seventh Delegated Legislation Committee (Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 (SI, 2026, No. 572))
Chair: Paula Barker
Members: Darren Paffey discharged and Mr Alex Barros-Curtis nominated in substitution.
Select Committees: Reports
13Backbench Business Committee
Determination of business to be taken on Thursday 18 June in the Chamber and Thursday 18 June, Tuesday 23 June and Thursday 25 June in Westminster Hall (Bob Blackman).
14Public Accounts (Committee of)
(1) Financial resilience of government-sponsored museums and galleries: Seventh Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 96);
(2) Investment in research infrastructure: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 104);
(3) Civil service pensions: Written evidence, to be published (HC 84);
(4) Correspondence from the Second Permanent Secretary at the Home Office relating to the English language test programme: Written evidence, to be published
(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))
1Select Committee Statement (Standing Order No. 22D)
Publication of the First Report of the Scottish Affairs Committee, Clean Power by 2030: A fair deal for Scotland?, HC 164 (Mr Angus MacDonald)
The sitting was suspended between 1.44 pm and 1.50 pm.
2Freedom of religion or belief in Sudan
Resolved, That this House has considered freedom of religion or belief in Sudan.—(Jim Shannon.)
The sitting was suspended between 2.49 pm and 3.10 pm.
Motion made and Question proposed, That this House has considered secondary breast cancer.—(Clive Jones.)
At 4.30 pm, the Motion lapsed (Standing Order No. 10(14)).
Sitting adjourned without Question put (Standing Order No. 10(14)).
Adjourned at 4.30 pm until Monday 15 June.
Ms Nusrat Ghani
Chairman of Ways and Means
Papers Laid
Papers subject to Negative Resolution
Draft Wirral (Electoral Changes) Order 2026 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (The Speaker)
National Savings (Remediation Scheme) Regulations 2026 (SI, 2026, No. 623), dated 10 June 2026 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Torsten Bell)
Other papers
Report of the review of time off for public duties listed in section 50 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (by Command) (CP 1584) (Secretary Peter Kyle)
HM Treasury Minute, dated 11 June 2026, concerning a direction to increase the limit on the amount of the Bank of England's fiduciary note issue (by Act) (Torsten Bell)
5Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency
Third progress report on the implementation and operation of Parts 1 to 3 of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (by Act) (Blair McDougall)
Explanatory Memorandum to the Draft Justification Decision (Generation of Power by the RR SMR) Regulations 2026 (by Command) (Secretary Emma Reynolds)
7Merseyside Museums and Galleries
Report and Accounts of National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside for 2024–25, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Statutory Instrument), to be printed (HC 226) (Ian Murray)
Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General on Houses of Parliament: Restoration and Renewal of the Palace of Westminster: 2026 Update (by Act), to be printed (HC 32) (Clerk of the House)
Report and Accounts of the National Citizen Service Trust for the period 1 April 2025 to 11 July 2025, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 287) (Stephanie Peacock)
Explanatory Memorandum to the Police (Conduct) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (SI, 2026, No. 597) (by Command) (Secretary Shabana Mahmood)
National Savings (Remediation Scheme) (No. 2) Regulations 2026 (SI, 2026, No. 624), dated 10 June 2026 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Torsten Bell)
12Political Parties, Elections and Referendums
Third Report in 2026 from the Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission: Work of the Committee in 2025–26 (by Act), to be printed (HC 309) (The Speaker)
Accounts of the Crown's Nominee for 2025–26, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 155) (Torsten Bell)
Withdrawn papers
Explanatory Memorandum to the draft Justification Decision (Generation of Power by the RR SMR) Regulations 2026 (laid 3 June)
Explanatory Memorandum to the Police (Conduct) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (SI, 2026, No. 597) (laid 9 June)