Order Paper for 25 April 2023

Part 1: Business Today

Summary Agenda: Chamber

11.30am

Prayers

Afterwards

Oral Questions: Health and Social Care

12.30pm

Urgent Questions, Ministerial Statements (if any)

No debate

Presentation of Bills

Up to 20 minutes

Ten Minute Rule Motion: Universal jurisdiction (extension) (Brendan O’Hara)

Until 7.00pm

Opposition Day (14th Allotted Day)

Water quality (sewage discharge)

Cost of living increases

No debate

Statutory Instruments (Motions for approval)

No debate after 7.00pm

Sittings in Westminster Hall (2 and 9 May)

Until 7.30pm or for half an hour

Adjournment Debate: City centre security measures and access for disabled people (Rachael Maskell)

Westminster Hall

9.30am

Hunger in the East and Horn of Africa

11.00am

Universal infant free school meals

(The sitting will be suspended from 11.30am to 2.30pm)

2.30pm

Affordable Homes Programme

4.00pm

Energy suppliers and consumer rights

4.30pm

Litter on motorways

Business Today: Chamber

11.30am Prayers

Followed by

Questions

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

1Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter)
If he will make an estimate of the average waiting time for treatment for gender dysphoria; and if he will make a statement. (904600)

2Rob Butler (Aylesbury)
What steps his Department is taking to reduce health inequalities in deprived areas. (904601)

3Bob Blackman (Harrow East)
What steps he is taking to tackle vaping by young people. (904602)

4Rebecca Long Bailey (Salford and Eccles)
What assessment his Department has made of the impact of funding allocations for adult social care on charitable and not-for-profit providers. (904603)

5Mark Eastwood (Dewsbury)
What steps his Department is taking to encourage people to stop smoking. (904604)

6Wera Hobhouse (Bath)
What steps his Department is taking to improve access to maternity care in the South West. (904605)

7Andrew Lewer (Northampton South)
What progress his Department has made on the delivery plan for recovering urgent and emergency care services. (904606)

8Dame Caroline Dinenage (Gosport)
What steps his Department is taking to tackle health inequalities experienced by people with learning disabilities and autistic people. (904607)

9James Sunderland (Bracknell)
What progress his Department has made on the delivery plan for recovering urgent and emergency care services. (904608)

10Rachael Maskell (York Central)
What recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability of NHS dental services. (904610)

11Jamie Stone (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross)
What progress his Department has made on improving access to NHS appointments. (904611)

12Greg Smith (Buckingham)
What steps he is taking to reduce the waiting time from receiving a cancer diagnosis to first treatment. (904612)

13Sir David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford)
What progress his Department has made on increasing the number of GP appointments. (904613)

14Mike Amesbury (Weaver Vale)
What steps he is taking to improve access to in-home health and social care services. (904614)

15Peter Aldous (Waveney)
What steps he is taking to facilitate overseas dentists practising in the UK. (904615)

16Dame Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North)
What his Department’s (a) budget and (b) timetable is for the delivery of 40 new hospitals under the hospital building programme. (904616)

17Anne Marie Morris (Newton Abbot)
What recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of changes to the Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing Access rebate on foreign direct investment into the British Pharmaceutical Industry. (904617)

18Dr Luke Evans (Bosworth)
What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on encouraging schools to appoint mental health leads. (904618)

19Dave Doogan (Angus)
What steps he is taking to help ensure the affordability of prescription medicines. (904619)

20Sara Britcliffe (Hyndburn)
What steps his Department is taking to improve the diagnosis and treatment of functional neurological disorders. (904620)

21Navendu Mishra (Stockport)
What recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of the availability of tracer dye used in PSMA Pet Scans on cancer treatment. (904621)

22Christine Jardine (Edinburgh West)
What progress his Department has made on improving access to NHS dentist appointments. (904622)

23Gavin Newlands (Paisley and Renfrewshire North)
Whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential relationship between poverty and life expectancy. (904623)

24Dame Angela Eagle (Wallasey)
What steps he is taking to improve access to in-home health and social care services. (904624)

At 12.15pm

Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

T1Dr Rupa Huq (Ealing Central and Acton)
If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. (904625)

T2Kim Leadbeater (Batley and Spen) (904626)

T3Jeff Smith (Manchester, Withington) (904627)

T4Mike Amesbury (Weaver Vale) (904628)

T5Dr Lisa Cameron (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow) (904629)

T6Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central) (904630)

T7Michael Fabricant (Lichfield) (904631)

T8Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale) (904632)

T9Henry Smith (Crawley) (904633)

T10Dame Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North) (904634)

Urgent Questions and Statements

12.30pm

Urgent Questions (if any)

Ministerial Statements (if any)

Presentation of Bills

No debate (Standing Order No. 57)

Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill

Secretary Kemi Badenoch

Bill to provide for the regulation of competition in digital markets; to amend the Competition Act 1998 and the Enterprise Act 2002 and to make other provision about competition law; to make provision relating to the protection of consumer rights and to confer further such rights; and for connected purposes.

Business of the Day

1. Universal Jurisdiction (Extension): Ten Minute Rule Motion

Up to 20 minutes (Standing Order No. 23)

Brendan O’Hara

That leave be given to bring in a Bill to provide that offences of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes may be tried in the United Kingdom regardless of the nationality or residence of the offender; and for connected purposes.

Notes:

The Member moving and a Member opposing this Motion may each speak for up to 10 minutes.

2. OPPOSITION DAY (14TH ALLOTTED DAY)

Until 7.00pm (Standing Order No. 9(3))

Water quality (sewage discharge)

Keir Starmer

Jim McMahon

Alex Sobel

Ruth Jones

Thangam Debbonaire

Sir Alan Campbell

That this House calls on the Government to set a target for the reduction of sewage discharges, to provide for financial penalties in relation to sewage discharges and breaches of monitoring requirements, and to carry out an impact assessment of sewage discharges; and makes provision as set out in this Order:

(1)On Tuesday 2 May 2023:

(a) Standing Order No. 14(1) (which provides that government business shall have precedence at every sitting save as provided in that Order) shall not apply;

(b) any proceedings governed by this Order may be proceeded with until any hour, though opposed, and shall not be interrupted;

(c) the Speaker may not propose the question on the previous question, and may not put any question under Standing Order No. 36 (Closure of debate) or Standing Order No. 163 (Motion to sit in private);

(d) at 6.00pm, the Speaker shall interrupt any business prior to the business governed by this Order and call the Member for Oldham West and Royton or another Member on his behalf to move the motion that the Water Quality (Sewage Discharge) Bill be now read a second time as if it were an order of the House;

(e) in respect of that Bill, notices of Amendments, new Clauses and new Schedules to be moved in Committee may be accepted by the Clerks at the Table before the Bill has been read a second time.

(f) any proceedings interrupted or superseded by this Order may be resumed or (as the case may be) entered upon and proceeded with after the moment of interruption.

(2)The provisions of paragraphs (3) to (18) of this Order shall apply to and in connection with the proceedings on the Water Quality (Sewage Discharge) Bill in the present Session of Parliament.

Timetable for the Bill on Tuesday 2 May 2023

(3)(a) Proceedings on Second Reading and in Committee of the whole House, any proceedings on Consideration and proceedings up to and including Third Reading shall be taken at the sitting on Tuesday 2 May 2023 in accordance with this Order.

(b) Proceedings on Second Reading shall be brought to a conclusion (so far as not previously concluded) at 8.00pm.

(c) Proceedings in Committee of the whole House, any proceedings on Consideration and proceedings up to and including Third Reading shall be brought to a conclusion (so far as not previously concluded) at 10.00pm.

Timing of proceedings and Questions to be put on Tuesday 2 May 2023

(4)When the Bill has been read a second time: (a) it shall, notwithstanding Standing Order No. 63 (Committal of bills not subject to a programme Order), stand committed to a Committee of the whole House without any Question being put; (b) the Speaker shall leave the Chair whether or not notice of an Instruction has been given.

(5)(a) On the conclusion of proceedings in Committee of the whole House, the Chairman shall report the Bill to the House without putting any Question.

(b) If the Bill is reported with amendments, the House shall proceed to consider the Bill as amended without any Question being put.

(6)For the purpose of bringing any proceedings to a conclusion in accordance with paragraph (3), the Chairman or Speaker shall forthwith put the following Questions in the same order as they would fall to be put if this Order did not apply—

(a) any Question already proposed from the Chair;

(b) any Question necessary to bring to a decision a Question so proposed;

(d) the Question on any amendment moved or Motion made by a designated Member;

(e) any other Question necessary for the disposal of the business to be concluded; and shall not put any other Questions, other than the Question on any motion described in paragraph (15) of this Order.

(7)On a Motion made for a new Clause or a new Schedule, the Chairman or Speaker shall put only the Question that the Clause or Schedule be added to the Bill.

Consideration of Lords Amendments and Messages on a subsequent day

(8)If on any future sitting day any message on the Bill (other than a message that the House of Lords agrees with the Bill without amendment or agrees with any message from this House) is expected from the House of Lords, this House shall not adjourn until that message has been received and any proceedings under paragraph (9) have been concluded.

(9)On any day on which such a message is received, if a designated Member indicates to the Speaker an intention to proceed to consider that message—

(a) notwithstanding Standing Order No. 14(1) any Lords Amendments to the Bill or any further Message from the Lords on the Bill may be considered forthwith without any Question being put; and any proceedings interrupted for that purpose shall be suspended accordingly;

(b) proceedings on consideration of Lords Amendments or on any further Message from the Lords shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion one hour after their commencement; and any proceedings suspended under subparagraph (a) shall thereupon be resumed;

(10)Paragraphs (2) to (7) of Standing Order No. 83F (Programme Orders: conclusion of proceedings on consideration of Lords amendments) apply for the purposes of bringing any proceedings on consideration of Lords Amendments to a conclusion as if:

(a) any reference to a Minister of the Crown were a reference to a designated Member;

(b) after paragraph (4)(a) there is inserted—

“(aa) the question on any amendment or motion selected by the Speaker for separate decision;”.

(11)Paragraphs (2) to (5) of Standing Order No. 83G (Programme Orders: conclusion of proceedings on further messages from the Lords) apply for the purposes of bringing any proceedings on consideration of a Lords Message to a conclusion as if any reference to a Minister of the Crown were a reference to a designated Member.

Reasons Committee

(12)Paragraphs (2) to (6) of Standing Order No. 83H (Programme Orders: reasons committee) apply in relation to any committee to be appointed to draw up reasons after proceedings have been brought to a conclusion in accordance with this Order as if any reference to a Minister of the Crown were a reference to a designated Member.

(13)Standing Order No. 82 (Business Committee) shall not apply in relation to any proceedings on the Bill to which this Order applies.

(14)(a) No Motion shall be made, except by a designated Member, to alter the order in which any proceedings on the Bill are taken, to recommit the Bill or to vary or supplement the provisions of this Order.

(b) No notice shall be required of such a Motion.

(c) Such a Motion may be considered forthwith without any Question being put; and any proceedings interrupted for that purpose shall be suspended accordingly.

(d) The Question on such a Motion shall be put forthwith; and any proceedings suspended under sub-paragraph (c) shall thereupon be resumed.

(e) Standing Order No. 15(1) (Exempted business) shall apply to proceedings on such a Motion.

(15)(a) No dilatory Motion shall be made in relation to proceedings on the Bill to which this Order applies except by a designated Member.

(b) The Question on any such Motion shall be put forthwith.

(16)Proceedings to which this Order applies shall not be interrupted under any Standing Order relating to the sittings of the House.

(17)No private business may be considered at any sitting to which the provisions of this Order apply.

(18)(a) The start of any debate under Standing Order No. 24 (Emergency debates) to be held on a day on which proceedings to which this Order applies are to take place shall be postponed until the conclusion of any proceedings to which this Order applies.

(b) Standing Order 15 In line 4 (1) (Exempted business) shall apply in respect of any such debate.

(19)In this Order, “a designated Member” means—

(a) the Member for Oldham West and Royton; and

(b) any other Member acting on behalf of the Member for Oldham West and Royton.

(20)This Order shall be a Standing Order of the House.

Amendment (a)

The Prime Minister

Secretary Thérèse Coffey

Rebecca Pow

Simon Hart

Line 3, leave out from “discharges” to end.

Cost of living increases

Keir Starmer

Tulip Siddiq

Abena Oppong-Asare

Rachel Reeves

Pat McFadden

Sir Alan Campbell

That this House condemns successive Conservative Governments for their mismanagement of the economy over 13 years; regrets that this has resulted in the UK being the only G7 economy that is still smaller than before the pandemic, with squeezed wages and higher mortgage rates that have increased costs by £500 a month for some households; further regrets that successive Chancellors have made working people pay for the Government’s economic failure with 24 tax rises since 2019, creating the highest tax burden in 70 years, while refusing to abolish the non-domicile tax loophole; is extremely concerned about the impact on household budgets of an inflation rate of more than 10 per cent with food prices rising at their fastest rate in 45 years; therefore calls on the Government to ease the cost of living crisis by freezing council tax this year, paid for by an extended windfall tax on oil and gas company profits; further calls on the Government to cut business rates for small businesses and support energy intensive industries including food manufacturers with their energy bills to help bring down the cost of everyday items; and finally calls on the Government to adopt Labour’s economic mission to secure the highest sustained growth in the G7 with good jobs in every part of the country.

Amendment (a)

The Prime Minister

The Chancellor of the Exchequer

John Glen

Victoria Atkins

Andrew Griffith

Simon Hart

Leave out from “House” to end and add:

“welcomes the Government’s action to halve inflation, grow the economy and reduce debt; supports the Government’s extensive efforts to support families up and down the country with the cost of living through significant support to help with rising prices, worth an average of £3,300 per household including direct cash payments of at least £900 to the eight million most vulnerable households; notes the use of a windfall tax on energy firm’s profits to pay around half of the typical family’s energy bill through the Energy Price Guarantee, also notes the fact that the Government has frozen fuel duty for 13 consecutive years to support motorists; welcomes the expansion of free childcare to all eligible parents of children aged nine months to four years old; and notes that Labour will fail to grip inflation or boost economic growth, with their plans for the economy simply leading to unfunded spending, higher debt and uncontrolled migration.”

Notes:

The selection of the matters to be debated has been made by the Leader of the Opposition (Standing Order No. 14(2)).

3. Companies

No debate (Standing Order No. 118(6))

Secretary Kemi Badenoch

That the draft Register of Overseas Entities (Definition of Foreign Limited Partner, Protection and Rectification) Regulations 2023, which were laid before this House on 15 March, be approved.

Notes:

If this item is opposed after 7.00pm, the division will be deferred.

4. Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts

No debate (Standing Order No. 118(6))

Secretary Suella Braverman

That the draft Code of Practice on the Recording and Retention of Personal Data in relation to Non-Crime Hate Incidents, which was laid before this House on 13 March, be approved.

Notes:

If this item is opposed after 7.00pm, the division will be deferred.

5. SITTINGS IN WESTMINSTER HALL (2 AND 9 MAY)

No debate after 7.00pm (Standing Order No. 9(6))

Penny Mordaunt

That, notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Order No. 10(2)(b)—

(a) the sitting in Westminster Hall on Tuesday 2 May shall begin at 3.30pm and may continue for up to three hours; and

(b) the sitting in Westminster Hall on Tuesday 9 May shall begin at 11.30am, shall be suspended from 1.30pm to 4.30pm, and may then continue for up to a further three hours.

Adjournment Debate

Until 7.30pm or for half an hour (whichever is later) (Standing Order No. 9(7))

City centre security measures and access for disabled people: Rachael Maskell

Business Today: Westminster Hall

Order of Business

The first part of the sitting will last for two hours. The second part of the sitting will last for three hours (Standing Order No. 10(1)).

9.30am

That this House has considered hunger in the East and Horn of Africa: Patrick Grady

Notes:

The subject for this debate was determined by the Backbench Business Committee.

Relevant Documents:

Second Report of the International Development Committee, Food insecurity, HC 504, and the Government response, HC 767

11.00am

That this House has considered universal infant free school meals: Steve Brine

Notes:

The sitting will be suspended from 11.30am to 2.30pm.

2.30pm

That this House has considered the Affordable Homes Programme: Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

4.00pm

That this House has considered energy suppliers and consumer rights: Wendy Chamberlain

4.30pm

That this House has considered litter on motorways: Sir Mike Penning

Notes:

The debate at 4.30pm will last for up to an hour. The sitting will be suspended and time added if divisions take place in the main Chamber (Standing Order No. 10(3)).

Written Statements

Statements to be Made Today

Secretary of State for Business and Trade

1.Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill

Minister for the Cabinet Office

2.Resilience Update

Secretary of State for Education

3.Further Education Capital Update

Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero

4.Energy Bills Discount Scheme

Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

5.Environment update

Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs

6.Women, Peace and Security National Action Plan - Annual Report to Parliament 2022

Secretary of State for the Home Department

7.The Government’s response to recommendation 8 of the Law Commission’s review of hate crime laws

Secretary of State for the Science, Innovation and Technology

8.Performance Targets for the Intellectual Property Office (an operating name of the Patent Office) for 2023/24

Notes:

Texts of Written Statements are available from the Vote Office and on the internet at https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/.

Committees Meeting Today

Broadcasts of proceedings can be found at https://www.parliamentlive.tv/Commons

Select Committees

Home Affairs Committee

Subject: Policing priorities

Witnesses: 9.45am: Rt Hon Chris Philp MP, Minister for Crime, Policing and Fire, Rachel Watson, Director of Policing, Sarah Swinford, Director of Crime Reduction, and Lynne Abrams, Deputy Director, Interpersonal Abuse Unit, Home Office

Room 15
9.15am (private), 9.45am (public)

Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee

The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
9.45am (private)

Committee on Standards

The Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House
9.45am (private)

Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee

The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
10.00am (private)

Treasury Committee

Subject: Cliff edges in the tax and benefits system

Witnesses: 10.15am: Fran Bennett, Associate Fellow, Department of Social Policy and Intervention, The University of Oxford; Tom Clougherty, Head of Tax, Centre for Policy Studies; Deven Ghelani, Director, Policy in Practice; Helen Miller, Deputy Director, Institute for Fiscal Studies; Morgan Wild, Head of Policy, Citizens Advice

The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
10.00am (private), 10.15am (public)

Finance Committee

The Macmillan Room, Portcullis House
12.30pm (private)

Health and Social Care Committee

Subject: NHS dentistry

Witnesses: 1.30pm: Sarah Fletcher, Chief Executive Officer, Healthwatch Lincolnshire; Chris McCann, Director of Communications, Insight and Campaigns, Healthwatch England; Jo York, Managing Director, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board

2.15pm: Neil O'Brien MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Primary Care and Public Health, Department of Health and Social Care; Sara Hurley, Chief Dental Officer, and Dr Amanda Doyle, National Director for Primary Care and Community Services, NHS England

Room 6
1.00pm (private), 1.30pm (public)

Petitions Committee

Room 13
1.00pm (private)

Defence Sub-Committee

Subject: Cultural Defence Diplomacy

Witnesses: 2.00pm: Rt Hon Ben Wallace MP, Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence

The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
1.30pm (private), 2.00pm (public)

International Development Committee

Subject: Investment for development: The UK’s strategy towards Development Finance Institutions

Witnesses: 2.30pm: Diana Layfield, Chair, and Nick O’Donohoe CMG, Chief Executive Officer, British International Investment

The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
2.00pm (private), 2.30pm (public)

Justice Committee

Subject: Work of the immigration and asylum tribunals

Witnesses: 2.30pm: Zoe Bantleman, Legal Director, Immigration Law Practitioners' Association; Rowena Moffatt, Public Law Practitioner, Doughty Street Chambers

3.30pm: The Rt Hon Sir Keith Lindblom, Senior President of Tribunals; Justice Ian Dove, Chamber President of the Upper Tribunal, and Judge Melanie Plimmer, Chamber President of the First-tier Tribunal, Immigration and Asylum Chamber

Room 5
2.00pm (private), 2.30pm (public)

Northern Ireland Affairs Committee

Subject: Work of the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

Witnesses: 2.30pm: Rt Hon Chris Heaton-Harris MP, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Madeleine Alessandri CMG, Permanent Secretary, and Colin Perry, Director, Economy & Protocol, Northern Ireland Office

The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
2.00pm (private), 2.30pm (public)

Transport Committee

The Macmillan Room, Portcullis House
3.00pm (private)

Foreign Affairs Committee

Subject: The situation in Sudan

Witnesses: 4.00pm: Martin Plaut, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London; Alan Boswell, Project Director, Horn of Africa, International Crisis Group

4.45pm: Dame Rosalind Marsden, Former EU Special Representative for Sudan; Former British Ambassador to Sudan, Associate Fellow, Africa Programme, Chatham House; Mohammed Hassan al-Ta’ishi, Former Member of the Sudan Transitional Sovereignty Council, Senior Peace Fellow, The Public International Law & Policy Group

5.30pm: The Rt Hon Andrew Mitchell MP, Minister of State (Development and Africa), Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Room 15
3.30pm (private), 4.00pm (public)

Backbench Business Committee

Subject: Proposals for backbench debates

Witnesses: 4.15pm: Members of Parliament, House of Commons

Room 16
4.00pm (private), 4.15pm (public)

Joint Committees

Ecclesiastical Committee

Subject: Diocesan Stipends Funds (Amendment) Measure

Room 4A
10.00am (public), 11.45am (private)

Other

High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill Select Committee

Subject: Petitioning against the High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill

Witnesses: 2.00pm: Mr John Wright; Neil Stott, Representative, and Adrian Richards, Representative, Winterbottom Lane Residents

Room 8
2.00pm (public), 4.45pm (private)

Committee Reports Published Today

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

6th Report: CPTPP: opportunities and challenges for the UK HC 13
Time of publication: 00.01am

EUROPEAN SCRUTINY

17th Report: Documents considered by the Committee 19 April 2023 HC 119-xv
Time of publication: 11.00am

Announcements

Forthcoming End of Day Adjournment Debates

Applications for 30-minute end of day adjournment debates should be made to the Table Office by 7.00pm or rise of the House, whichever is the earlier, on the Wednesdays listed below. Members can submit their application via MemberHub, from their own email account or in hard copy. Application forms are available on the Table Office page on the Parliamentary intranet.

The ballot takes place on the day following the deadline. Members who are successful will be contacted by the Speaker’s Office.

Tuesday 9 to Monday 15 May (deadline Wednesday 26 April 7.00pm or the rise of the House, whichever is earlier)

Tuesday 16 to Monday 22 May (deadline Wednesday 10 May 7.00pm or the rise of the House, whichever is earlier)

Forthcoming Westminster Hall Debates

Applications for 90, 60 and 30-minute debates should be made to the Table Office by 10.00pm or rise of the House, whichever is the earlier, on the deadline dates listed below. Members can submit their application via MemberHub, from their own email account or in hard copy. Application forms are available on the Table Office page on the Parliamentary intranet.

The ballot takes place on the day following the deadline. Members who are successful will be contacted by the Speaker’s Office.

Tuesday 2 and Wednesday 3 May (ballot closed)

The ballot for Tuesday 2 and Wednesday 3 May will take place today. The deadline for making an application to this ballot has now passed.

Tuesday 9 and Wednesday 10 May (deadline Tuesday 2 May 10.00pm or the rise of the House, whichever is earlier)

The following Departments will answer:

Business and Trade; Defence; Education; Energy Security and Net Zero; Foreign, Commonwealth and Development; Home Office; Justice; Levelling Up, Housing and Communities; Science, Innovation and Technology; Scotland; Transport

Tuesday 16 and Wednesday 17 May (deadline Tuesday 9 May 10.00pm or the rise of the House, whichever is earlier)

The following Departments will answer:

Attorney General; Cabinet Office; Culture, Media and Sport; Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Health and Social Care; Northern Ireland; Treasury; Wales; Women and Equalities; Work and Pensions

Coronation and May Bank Holiday Adjournments - Tabling of Parliamentary Questions

The following arrangements will apply for the tabling of Questions for written answer during the Coronation and May Bank Holiday Adjournments.

Questions for written answer on a named day

Time of tabling	Ordinary answer	Earliest date for Named Day answer
Tuesday 25 April	Thursday 28 April	Tuesday 2 May
Wednesday 26 April	Tuesday 2 May	Tuesday 2 May
Thursday 27 April	Tuesday 2 May	Wednesday 3 May
Friday 28 April	Wednesday 3 May	Tuesday 9 May
Tuesday 2 May	Tuesday 9 May	Tuesday 9 May
Wednesday 3 May	Tuesday 9 May	Wednesday 10 May
Friday 5 May	Wednesday 10 May	Thursday 11 May
Tuesday 9 May	Thursday 11 May	Monday 15 May
Wednesday 10 May	Monday 15 May	Monday 15 May
Thursday 11 May	Monday 15 May	Tuesday 16 May
Friday 12 May	Tuesday 16 May	Wednesday 17 May

Election of the Chair of the Energy Security and Net Zero Committee

Ballot

Nominations for the Chair of the Energy Security and Net Zero Committee have now closed. The ballot will take place between 11.00am and 2.30pm on Wednesday 26 April in the Aye division lobby. As soon as practicable after the votes have been counted the Speaker will announce to the House the results of the election.

Final list of Members nominated for election as Chair of the Energy Security and Net Zero Committee

Candidate: Kirsty Blackman

Nominated by (own party): Mhairi Black, Angela Crawley, Ms Anum Qaisar, Amy Callaghan, Hannah Bardell

Nominated by (other parties or no party): Alex Davies-Jones, Liz Saville Roberts, Caroline Lucas, Wendy Chamberlain, Claire Hanna

Interests declared: none

Candidate: Stewart Malcolm McDonald

Nominated by (own party): Alyn Smith, Chris Law, Deidre Brock, Dr Philippa Whitford, Dave Doogan

Nominated by (other parties or no party): Alicia Kearns, Simon Hoare, Royston Smith, Sir Chris Bryant, Christine Jardine

Interests declared: none

Candidate: Angus Brendan MacNeil

Nominated by (own party): Stewart Hosie, Joanna Cherry, Stuart C McDonald, Patricia Gibson, Carol Monaghan

Nominated by (other parties or no party): Emma Hardy, Anthony Mangnall, Dr Dan Poulter, Paul Girvan, Rushanara Ali

Interests declared: none

Further Information

Members’ Guide to Chamber proceedings

The Members’ Guide to Chamber proceedings is available on the Parliamentary website

Business of the Day

Documents and reports relating to the business being held in the Chamber are available on the Commons Business Briefings webpage: www.parliament.uk/business/publications/research/commons-business-briefings/

Chamber Engagement

Information about engaging the public with debates is available on the parliamentary website: https://www.parliament.uk/get-involved/have-your-say-on-laws/chamber-engagement/.

All business papers are available via the HousePapers app on mobile devices

Part 2: Future Business

A. CALENDAR OF BUSINESS

Business in either Chamber may be changed, and further business added, up to the rising of the House on the day before it is to be taken, and is therefore provisional.

Government items of business in this section have nominally been set down for
today, but are expected to be taken on the dates stated.

B. REMAINING ORDERS AND NOTICES

Business in this section has not yet been scheduled for a specific date. It has been nominally set down for today but is not expected to be taken today.

A. Calendar of Business

Business in either Chamber may be changed, and further business added, up to the rising of the House on the day before it is to be taken, and is therefore provisional.

Wednesday 26 April

CHAMBER

QUESTIONS

11.30am Questions to the Minister for Women and Equalities

11.53am Topical Questions to the Minister for Women and Equalities

12 noon Questions to the Prime Minister

Afterwards

Carers and Care Workers: Ten Minute Rule Motion

Helen Morgan

That leave be given to bring in a Bill to require the Secretary of State to publish and implement a Care Workers Employment Strategy, with the aim of improving the recruitment and retention of care workers; to establish an independent National Care Workers Council with responsibility for setting professional standards for care workers, for establishing a system of professional qualifications and accreditation for care workers, and for advising the Government on those matters; to require the Secretary of State to commission an independent assessment of the support available to unpaid carers, including financial support and employment rights; and for connected purposes

Notes:

The Member moving and a Member opposing this Motion may each speak for up to 10 minutes.

Illegal Migration Bill: Remaining Stages

As amended in Committee, to be considered.

Notes:

For amendments, see separate paper (also available on the documents webpage for the Bill).

Proceedings on Consideration will (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; and proceedings on Third Reading will (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on that day (Programme Order 13 March).

Relevant Documents:

Oral evidence taken before the Joint Committee on Human Rights on 15 March, on the Human Rights of Asylum Seekers in the UK, HC 821

Oral evidence taken before the Joint Committee on Human Rights on 22 and 29 March, on Legislative Scrutiny: Illegal Migration Bill, HC 1241

PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC PETITIONS

Syresham Truck Stop: Andrea Leadsom

ADJOURNMENT DEBATE

Accommodation of asylum seekers in South Dorset constituency: Richard Drax

WESTMINSTER HALL

9.30am That this House has considered the matter of antisocial behaviour in town centres: Robbie Moore

11.00am That this House has considered Abingdon Lodge Hill junction and local infrastructure: Layla Moran

Notes:

The sitting will be suspended from 11.30am to 2.30pm.

2.30pm That this House has considered the potential impact of artificial intelligence on the labour market: Mick Whitley

4.00pm That this House has considered rail services in Carshalton and Wallington constituency: Elliot Colburn

4.30pm That this House has considered the Office for Students: Emma Hardy

Notes:

The debate at 4.30pm will last for up to an hour. The sitting will be suspended and time added if divisions take place in the main Chamber (Standing Order No. 10(3)).

THURSDAY 27 APRIL

CHAMBER

QUESTIONS

9.30am Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

10.00am Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

10.10am Questions to Church Commissioners, House of Commons Commission, Public Accounts Commission, Restoration and Renewal Client Board, Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission

Afterwards

BACKBENCH BUSINES

Progress on reforms to NHS dentistry

Peter Aldous

Judith Cummins

That this House has considered progress on reforms to NHS dentistry.

Reducing plastic pollution in the oceans

Selaine Saxby

That this House has considered the matter of reducing plastic pollution in the oceans.

Notes:

The subjects for these debates were determined by the Backbench Business Committee.

ADJOURNMENT DEBATE

Political and security situation in Georgia: Adam Holloway

WESTMINSTER HALL

1.30pm That this House has considered the Third Report of the Justice Committee, IPP Sentences, HC 266, and the Government response,
HC 933: Sir Robert Neill

Notes:

The subject of this debate was determined by the Liaison Committee.

Tuesday 2 May

CHAMBER

QUESTIONS

2.30pm Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs

3.15pm Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs

Afterwards

National Minimum Wage Bill: Ten Minute Rule Motion

Paula Barker

That leave be given to bring in a Bill to make provision about the national minimum wage; and for connected purposes.

Notes:

The Member moving and a Member opposing this Motion may each speak for up to 10 minutes.

Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill: Consideration of Lords Message

Notes:

None of the Lords Amendments in the Message engages Commons financial privilege. Proceedings on the Message must be brought to a conclusion by no later than one hour after their commencement (Order, 7 February).

BACKBENCH BUSINESS

Support for Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh

Mohammad Yasin

That this House has considered the matter of support for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.

Notes:

The subject for this debate was determined by the Backbench Business Committee.

ADJOURNMENT DEBATE

Regeneration of Wythenshawe and Sale town centres: Mike Kane

WEDNESDAY 3 MAY

CHAMBER

QUESTIONS

11.30am Questions to the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology

11.53am Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology

12 noon Questions to the Prime Minister

Afterwards

Greater London Authority Act 1999 (Amendment): Ten Minute Rule Motion

Theresa Villiers

That leave be given to bring in a Bill to amend the Greater London Authority Act 1999 to give the Secretary of State power to review and overturn decisions made by the Mayor of London relating to transport and to air quality; and for connected purposes.

Notes:

The Member moving and a Member opposing this Motion may each speak for up to 10 minutes.

National Security Bill: Consideration of Lords Amendments

Notes:

King’s and Prince of Wales’s consent to be signified. Lords Amendments 33 and 34 engage Commons financial privilege.

Lifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill: Remaining stages

Not amended in Public Bill Committee, to be considered.

Notes:

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. Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on that day.

ADJOURNMENT DEBATE

Government measures to tackle litter: Theresa Villiers

TUESDAY 9 MAY

CHAMBER

QUESTIONS

2.30pm Questions to the Chancellor of the Exchequer

3.15pm Topical Questions to the Chancellor of the Exchequer

Afterwards

Cladding Remediation Works (Code of Practice): Ten Minute Rule Motion

Tom Hunt

That leave be given to bring in a Bill to make provision for a statutory Code of Practice to set standards for cladding remediation works in occupied buildings; and for connected purposes.

Notes:

The Member moving and a Member opposing this Motion may each speak for up to 10 minutes.

WEDNESDAY 10 MAY

CHAMBER

QUESTIONS

11.30am Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

12 noon Questions to the Prime Minister

Afterwards

Climate and Ecology Bill: Ten Minute Rule Motion

Olivia Blake

That leave be given to bring in a Bill to require the United Kingdom to achieve climate and nature targets; to give the Secretary of State a duty to implement a strategy to achieve those targets; to establish a Climate and Nature Assembly to advise the Secretary of State in creating that strategy; to give duties to the Committee on Climate Change and the Joint Nature Conservation Committee regarding the strategy and targets; and for connected purposes.

Notes:

The Member moving and a Member opposing this Motion may each speak for up to 10 minutes.

THURSDAY 11 MAY

CHAMBER

QUESTIONS

9.30am Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office

10.15am Topical Questions to the Minister for the Cabinet Office

monday 15 May

CHAMBER

QUESTIONS

2.30pm Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

3.15pm Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

WESTMINSTER HALL

4.30pm That this House has considered e-petitions 585304 and 589716, relating to food labelling and support for people with allergies: Nick Fletcher, on behalf of the Petitions Committee

Notes

The subject for this debate was determined by the Petitions Committee. The sitting will last for up to three hours. The sitting will be suspended and time added if divisions take place in the main Chamber (Standing Order No. 10(3)).

TUESDAY 16 MAY

CHAMBER

QUESTIONS

11.30am Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

12.15pm Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

Afterwards

Ten Minute Rule Motion

Mrs Flick Drummond

That leave be given to bring in a Bill under SO No. 23 [details to be provided].

Notes:

The Member moving and a Member opposing this Motion may each speak for up to 10 minutes.

WEDNESDAY 17 MAY

CHAMBER

QUESTIONS

11.30am Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland

12 noon Questions to the Prime Minister

Afterwards

Ten Minute Rule Motion

Mick Whitley

That leave be given to bring in a Bill under SO No. 23 [details to be provided].

Notes:

The Member moving and a Member opposing this Motion may each speak for up to 10 minutes.

THURSDAY 18 MAY

CHAMBER

QUESTIONS

9.30am Questions to the Secretary of State for Business and Trade

10.15am Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Business and Trade

monday 22 May

CHAMBER

QUESTIONS

2.30pm Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

3.15pm Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

WESTMINSTER HALL

4.30pm That this House has considered e-petitions 610300 and 617425, relating to the cost of living and financial support for disabled people: Marsha De Cordova, on behalf of the Petitions Committee

Notes:

TUESDAY 23 MAY

CHAMBER

QUESTIONS

11.30am Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero

12.15pm Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero

WEDNESDAY 24 MAY

CHAMBER

QUESTIONS

11.30am Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales

12 noon Questions to the Prime Minister

THURSDAY 25 MAY

CHAMBER

QUESTIONS

9.30am Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

10.00am Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

10.10am Questions to the Attorney General

B. Remaining Orders and Notices

Business in this section has not yet been scheduled for a specific date. It has therefore been set down formally to be taken in the Chamber today but is not expected to be taken today.

1. Exiting the European Union (Customs)

Secretary Thérèse Coffey

That the draft International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021, which were laid before this House on 17 December 2020 in a previous Session of Parliament, be approved.

2. Bill of Rights Bill: Second Reading

Caroline Lucas

This House declines to give a Second Reading to the Bill of Rights Bill, because the Bill attacks the freedoms and liberties protected by the Human Rights Act in an ideologically motivated way, is of supreme constitutional significance and will impact on the rights of individuals for many years to come but has not undergone pre-legislative scrutiny in line with the recommendations of the chairs of relevant cross-party committees, ignores the results of two consultations into the Act, vastly exceeds the manifesto commitment to update the Act, does not come with publication of relevant and robust impact assessments, ignores the fundamental principle that human rights are not earned or contingent on a person’s conduct or character but are attached to a person by virtue of their humanity, undermines migrants’ rights at a time of unprecedented international turmoil, threatens the Good Friday Agreement, risks severing the ties between domestic rights and Strasbourg jurisprudence leading to a divergence in rights protection leaving the UK out of step with other members of the Council of Europe at a time of war in Europe, fails to improve citizens’ rights to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, to access nature and to live in a safe climate, fails to improve the rights of children, disabled people and future generations, undermines efforts to tackle violence against women and girls, and distorts and undermines this country’s democracy by increasing the power of the executive over citizens by removing and weakening rights instead of enshrining and improving them.

Relevant Documents:

Ninth Report of the Joint Committee on Human Rights, Legislative Scrutiny: Bill of Rights Bill, HC 611, and the Government response, CP 819

Oral evidence taken before the Justice Committee on 5 July 2022, on Bill of Rights Bill, HC 562

Written evidence to the Justice Committee, on the Bill of Rights and victims of John Worboys, reported to the House on 28 July 2022, HC 304

e-petition 607712, Do not reform the Human Rights Act

e-petition 619334, Include abortion rights in the Bill of Rights

3. Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill: Remaining Stages

To be considered (Order of 25 October 2021).

Notes:

For amendments, see separate paper (also available on the documents webpage for the Bill).

King’s consent to be signified on Third Reading.

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.

Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on that day. (Order of 25 October 2021).

The Scottish Parliament has approved a Legislative Consent Resolution relating to this Bill. Copies of the Resolution are available in the Vote Office (also available on the documents webpage for the Bill)

4. Transport Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill: Second Reading

5. Transport Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill: Money

Victoria Atkins

That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the Transport Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill, it is expedient to authorise the payment out of money provided by Parliament of—

(1)any expenditure incurred under or by virtue of the Act by the Secretary of State;

(2)any increase attributable to the Act in the sums payable under any other Act out of money so provided.

6. Procurement Bill [Lords]: Remaining Stages

As amended in Public Bill Committee, to be considered.

Notes:

The Scottish Parliament has approved a Legislative Consent Resolution relating to this Bill.

Senedd Cymru has approved a Legislative Consent Resolution in respect of some of the provisions in the Bill, and did not approve a Legislative Consnet Resolution relating to other provisions of the Bill.

Copies of the Resolution are available in the Vote Office (also available on the documents webpage for the Bill).

7. Holocaust Memorial Bill: Second Reading

Notes:

To be reported upon by the Examiners.

8. HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL BILL: MONEY

Victoria Atkins

That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the Holocaust Memorial Bill, it is expedient to authorise the payment out of money provided by Parliament of any expenditure incurred under or by virtue of the Act by the Secretary of State.

Notes:

King’s Recommendation signified.

9. Electronic Trade Documents Bill [Lords]: Second reading

Notes:

To be reported from a Second Reading Committee.

10. Environmental Protection

Secretary Thérèse Coffey

That the draft Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2023, which were laid before this House on 23 March, be approved.

11. Financial Services and Markets

Andrew Griffith

That the draft Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) (Amendment) Order 2023, which was laid before this House on 23 March, be approved.

12. Victims and Prisoners Bill: Second Reading

13. VICTIMS AND PRISONERS BILL: MONEY

Victoria Atkins

That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the Victims and Prisoners Bill, it is expedient to authorise the payment out of money provided by Parliament of:

(a) any expenditure incurred under or by virtue of the Act by the Secretary of State, and

(b) any increase attributable to the Act in the sums payable under any other Act out of money so provided.

Notes:

King’s Recommendation signified.

14. Financial Services and Markets

Andrew Griffith

That the draft Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Commodity Derivatives and Emission Allowances) Order 2023, which was laid before this House on 29 March, be approved.

Notes: