Contents
Chamber business
The House met at 9.30 am.
Prayers
1Questions to (1) the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
(2) the hon. Member representing the Church Commissioners, the hon. Member representing the House of Commons Commission and the hon. Member representing the Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission
2Urgent Questions: (1) Jackdaw and Rosebank oil and gas fields (Katie White)
(2) Bluetongue virus in livestock (Stephen Morgan)
3Business Question (Leader of the House)
4Statement: Building homes and renewing communities (Secretary Angela Rayner)
5Sporting Events Bill [Lords]: Second Reading
Bill read a second time.
6Sporting Events Bill [Lords]: Programme
Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 83A(7)), That the following provisions shall apply to the Sporting Events Bill [Lords]:
Committal
(1) The Bill shall be committed to a Public Bill Committee.
Proceedings in Public Bill Committee
(2) Proceedings in the Public Bill Committee shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion on Thursday 22 October 2026.
(3) The Public Bill Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on which it meets.
Consideration and Third Reading
(4) Proceedings on Consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion one hour before the moment of interruption on the day on which those proceedings are commenced.
(5) Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on that day.
(6) Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to proceedings on Consideration and Third Reading.
Other proceedings
(7) Any other proceedings on the Bill may be programmed.—(Gen Kitchen.)
Question agreed to.
7Sporting Events Bill [Lords]: Money
King’s Recommendation signified.
Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 52(1)(a)), That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the Sporting Events Bill [Lords], it is expedient to authorise the payment out of money provided by Parliament of any expenditure incurred under the Act by the Secretary of State.—(Gen Kitchen.)
Question agreed to.
A public petition from residents of the constituency of Redditch relating to Redditch Police and Fire Station was presented and read by Chris Bloore.
Subject: Masterplans for large scale developments (Dr Allison Gardner)
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Gen Kitchen.)
Adjourned at 4.08 pm until tomorrow.
Other Proceedings
Changes to Notices Given
10Early Release of Prisoners (Restriction) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 4 September, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 4 December.
Select Committees: Reports
11Backbench Business Committee
Determination of business to be taken on Tuesday 15 September in the Chamber and Tuesday 13 October and Thursday 15 October in Westminster Hall (Bob Blackman).
12International Development Committee
Correspondence with the Minister of State for Energy Security and Net Zero relating to the UK’s investment in the Tropical Forests Forever Facility (TFFF): Written evidence, to be published (Sarah Champion).
13Public Accounts (Committee of)
(1) Government compensation schemes: Twelfth Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 88);
(2) Civil service pensions: Written evidence, to be published (HC 84);
(3) Correspondence from the Chief Executive and First Permanent Secretary to HM Revenue and Customs relating to action to counter insider risk: Written evidence, to be published;
(4) Correspondence from the Chief Executive and First Permanent Secretary to HM Revenue and Customs relating to HMRC Annual Report and Accounts (ARA) 2025–26: Written evidence, to be published;
(5) Correspondence from the Chief Executive and First Permanent Secretary to HM Revenue and Customs relating to the Loan Charge: Written evidence, to be published;
(6) Correspondence from the Minister for Courts and Legal Services relating to the criminal legal aid advocate fees consultation launch: Written evidence, to be published;
(7) Correspondence from the Minister of State for Energy at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero relating to the Application of Managing Public Money requirements and contingent liability disclosure for Great British Energy investments: Written evidence, to be published;
(8) Correspondence from the Minister of State for Energy at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero relating to Project Nighthawk: Pre-notification of contingent liability disclosure for Great British Energy investments: Written evidence, to be published;
(9) Correspondence from the Permanent Secretary to the Department for Work and Pensions relating to the 2026 Universal Credit Advances Model Effectiveness Assessment: Written evidence, to be published;
(10) Correspondence relating to the Committee’s previous Reports: Written evidence, to be published;
(11) Delivering HS2 and Euston: Written evidence, to be published (HC 611);
(12) Devolving power in England: Written evidence, to be published (HC 612);
(13) Financial sustainability of the British Council: Written evidence, to be published (HC 100);
(14) Government’s intervention in British Steel: Written evidence, to be published (HC 101);
(15) Regulation of water, energy and broadband: Written evidence, to be published (HC 105);
(16) Sizewell C: Written evidence, to be published (HC 106);
(17) The Crown Estate and associated properties: Management and governance: Written evidence, to be published (HC 535);
(18) The work of the COVID Counter-Fraud Commissioner: Written evidence, to be published (HC 107)
(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 Statements (Standing Order No. 22D)
Publication of the Second Report from the Joint Committee on Human Rights, Human Rights of Children in the Social Care System in England, HC 161 (Peter Swallow)
Motion made and Question proposed, That this House has considered vaccination rates in England.—(Danny Beales.)
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 vaccination rates in England.
3Nature security assessment on global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national security, published in January 2026
Motion made and Question proposed, That this House has considered the nature security assessment on global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national security, published in January 2026.—(Adrian Ramsay.)
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 nature security assessment on global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national security, published in January 2026.
Sitting adjourned without Question put (Standing Order No. 10(14)).
Adjourned at 4.29 pm until Monday 7 September.
Ms Nusrat Ghani
Chairman of Ways and Means
Papers Laid
Papers subject to Negative Resolution
Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules (by Act) (HC 584) (Secretary Shabana Mahmood)
Draft Essex (Electoral Changes) (Amendment) Order 2026 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (The Speaker)
(1) National Health Service (Pharmaceutical and Local Pharmaceutical Services) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2026 (SI, 2026, No. 961), dated 2 September 2026 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Dame Diana Johnson)
(2) Personal Injuries (NHS Charges) (Information Provision and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (SI, 2026, No. 962), dated 1 September 2026 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Karin Smyth)
Other papers
(1) Report and Accounts of Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for 2025–26 (by Act) (Secretary Yvette Cooper)
(2) Report and Accounts of Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust for 2025–26 (by Act) (Secretary Yvette Cooper)
(3) Report and Accounts of Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust for 2025–26 (by Act) (Secretary Yvette Cooper)
(4) Report and Accounts of Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust for 2025–26 (by Act) (Secretary Yvette Cooper)
(5) Report and Accounts of Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust for 2025–26 (by Act) (Secretary Yvette Cooper)
(6) Report and Accounts of Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust for 2025–26 (by Act) (Secretary Yvette Cooper)
(7) Report and Accounts of Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust for 2025–26 (by Act) (Secretary Yvette Cooper)
(8) Report and Accounts of NHS England for 2025–26 (by Act) (Secretary Yvette Cooper)
(9) Report and Accounts of Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust for 2025–26 (by Act) (Secretary Yvette Cooper)
(10) Report and Accounts of Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust for 2025–26 (by Act) (Secretary Yvette Cooper)
(11) Report and Accounts of Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust for 2025–26 (by Act) (Secretary Yvette Cooper)
Report under section 56(7) of the Reserve Forces Act 1996 on the renewal of call-out orders for operations with the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) and operations in relation to NATO’s Assurance and Adaptation Measures (by Act) (Louise Sandher-Jones)