Part 1: Business Today
Summary Agenda: Chamber
11.30am |
Prayers |
Afterwards |
Oral Questions: Energy Security and Net Zero |
12.30pm |
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Criteria for launching an investigation into a potential breach of the Ministerial Code (Minister for the Cabinet Office) |
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Up to 20 minutes |
Ten Minute Rule Motion: Animal welfare (responsibility for dog attacks) (Anna Firth) |
Until 7.00pm |
Opposition Day (16th Allotted Day) |
No debate |
Statutory Instruments (Motions for approval) |
Until 7.30pm or for half an hour |
Adjournment Debate: Libor fixing and conduct of investigations (Mr David Davis) |
Westminster Hall
9.30am |
Short-term holiday lets and the planning system |
11.00am |
Healthcare services in Carshalton and Wallington constituency |
(The sitting will be suspended from 11.30am to 2.30pm) |
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2.30pm |
Healthy Start scheme and increases in the cost of living |
4.00pm |
Remuneration for Post Office subpostmasters and subpostmistresses |
4.30pm |
Societal impacts of autonomous last-mile delivery |
Business Today: Chamber
11.30am Prayers
Followed by
Questions
Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero
1Bob Blackman (Harrow East)
What assessment he has made of the potential merits of developing nuclear fusion technology to provide energy. (905069)
2Richard Thomson (Gordon)
What steps he is taking to support energy transition projects in Scotland. (905070)
3Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central)
What steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help create jobs in green industries. (905071)
4David Linden (Glasgow East)
What steps his Department is taking to ensure that its policies align with the polluter pays principle agreed at COP27. (905072)
5Ruth Cadbury (Brentford and Isleworth)
What discussions he has had with Ofgem on the potential impact of fixed-term energy contracts on the hospitality industry. (905073)
6James Grundy (Leigh)
What assessment he has made of the potential merits of developing nuclear fusion technology to provide energy. (905074)
7Helen Morgan (North Shropshire)
Whether he is taking steps to increase grid capacity. (905075)
8Jeff Smith (Manchester, Withington)
What his Department’s policy is on subsidies for new oil and gas exploration. (905076)
9Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland)
What recent assessment he has made of the potential role of North Sea oil and gas infrastructure in developing carbon capture and underground storage capacity. (905077)
10Mark Fletcher (Bolsover)
What assessment he has made of the potential merits of developing nuclear fusion technology to provide energy. (905078)
11Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston)
What assessment he has made of the potential impact of the US Inflation Reduction Act on levels of investment in low-carbon industries. (905079)
12Ellie Reeves (Lewisham West and Penge)
What steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help create jobs in green industries. (905080)
13Alison Thewliss (Glasgow Central)
What steps his Department is taking to support small and medium-sized enterprises with fixed-term energy contracts. (905081)
14Michael Fabricant (Lichfield)
What assessment he has made of the potential merits of developing nuclear fusion technology to provide energy. (905082)
15Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon)
What assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential barriers for local authorities in achieving net zero goals. (905085)
16Sarah Owen (Luton North)
What recent estimate his Department has made of the number of families in fuel poverty. (905086)
17Virginia Crosbie (Ynys Môn)
What assessment he has made of the potential impact of the supply of nuclear power on energy bills. (905087)
18Martyn Day (Linlithgow and East Falkirk)
What steps his Department is taking to support small and medium-sized enterprises on fixed-term energy contracts. (905088)
19Mohammad Yasin (Bedford)
What steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help create jobs in green industries. (905089)
20Kate Hollern (Blackburn)
What recent estimate his Department has made of the number of families in fuel poverty. (905090)
21Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge)
What assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of lead times for connecting renewable energy projects to the grid. (905092)
22Chris Elmore (Ogmore)
What steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help create jobs in green industries. (905093)
At 12.15pm
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero
T1Jill Mortimer (Hartlepool)
If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. (905094)
T2Matt Western (Warwick and Leamington) (905095)
T3Tonia Antoniazzi (Gower) (905096)
T4Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland) (905097)
T5Mark Pawsey (Rugby) (905098)
T6Carol Monaghan (Glasgow North West) (905099)
T7John Penrose (Weston-super-Mare) (905101)
T8Mike Amesbury (Weaver Vale) (905102)
T9Anne McLaughlin (Glasgow North East) (905103)
Urgent Questions and Statements
12.30pm
Urgent Question:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if he will make a statement on the criteria for launching an investigation into a potential breach of the Ministerial Code (Angela Rayner)
Business of the Day
1. Animal Welfare (Responsibility for Dog Attacks): Ten Minute Rule Motion
Up to 20 minutes (Standing Order No. 23)
Anna Firth
That leave be given to bring in a Bill to amend the Animal Welfare Act 2006 to require a person in charge of a dog to take all reasonable steps to ensure that that dog does not fatally injure another dog; 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 (16th ALLOTTED DAY)
Until 7.00pm (Standing Order No. 9(3))
Keir Starmer
Angela Rayner
Bridget Phillipson
Stephen Morgan
Thangam Debbonaire
Sir Alan Campbell
That this House notes the commitment by the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities in January 2023 to abolish the feudal leasehold system which he has acknowledged is an unfair form of property ownership; calls on him to keep his promise to the millions of people living in leasehold properties by ending the sale of new private leasehold houses, introducing a workable system to replace private leasehold flats with commonhold and enacting the Law Commission’s recommendations on enfranchisement, commonhold and the right to manage in full; and further calls on the Secretary of State to make an oral statement to this House by 23 June 2023 on his plans to reform leasehold.
Keir Starmer
Angela Rayner
Lisa Nandy
Matthew Pennycook
Thangam Debbonaire
Sir Alan Campbell
That an humble address be presented to His Majesty, that he will be graciously pleased to give directions that there will be laid before this House by 5 June 2023 a document or dataset containing the detailed school level data, including condition grades for individual building elements for all schools, from the latest Condition of School Buildings Survey.
Notes:
The selection of the matters to be debated has been made by the Leader of the Opposition (Standing Order No.14(2)).
No debate (Standing Order No. 118(6))
Secretary Kemi Badenoch
That the draft Register of Overseas Entities (Penalties and Northern Ireland Dispositions) Regulations 2023, which were laid before this House on 26 April, be approved.
Notes:
If this item is opposed after 7.00pm, the division will be deferred.
No debate (Standing Order No. 118(6))
Secretary Grant Shapps
That the Energy Bills Discount Scheme Pass-through Requirement (Heat Suppliers) Regulations 2023 (S.I., 2023, No. 455), dated 24 April 2023, a copy of which was laid before this House on 25 April, be approved.
Notes:
If this item is opposed after 7.00pm, the division will be deferred.
No debate (Standing Order No. 118(6))
Secretary Grant Shapps
That the Energy Bills Discount Scheme Pass-Through Requirement Regulations 2023 (S.I., 2023, No. 463), dated 24 April 2023, a copy of which was laid before this House on 25 April, be approved.
Notes:
If this item is opposed after 7.00pm, the division will be deferred.
No debate (Standing Order No. 118(6))
Secretary Grant Shapps
That the Energy Bills Discount Scheme (Non-Standard Cases) Regulations 2023 (S.I., 2023, No. 464), dated 24 April 2023, a copy of which was laid before this House on 25 April, be approved.
Notes:
If this item is opposed after 7.00pm, the division will be deferred.
No debate (Standing Order No. 118(6))
Secretary Grant Shapps
That the Energy Bills Discount Scheme Regulations 2023 (S.I., 2023, No. 453), dated 24 April 2023, a copy of which was laid before this House on 25 April, be approved.
Notes:
If this item is opposed after 7.00pm, the division will be deferred.
No debate (Standing Order No. 118(6))
Secretary Grant Shapps
That the Energy Bills Discount Scheme (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2023 (S.I., 2023, No. 454), dated 24 April 2023, a copy of which was laid before this House on 25 April, be approved.
Notes:
If this item is opposed after 7.00pm, the division will be deferred.
No debate (Standing Order No. 118(6))
Will Quince
That the draft Medical Devices (Amendment) (Great Britain) Regulations 2023, which were laid before this House on 27 April, be approved.
Notes:
If this item is opposed after 7.00pm, the division will be deferred.
Adjournment Debate
Until 7.30pm or for half an hour (whichever is later) (Standing Order No. 9(7))
Libor fixing and conduct of investigations: Mr David Davis
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 short-term holiday lets and the planning system: Kevin Foster
Notes:
The subject for this debate was determined by the Backbench Business Committee.
11.00am
That this House has considered healthcare services in Carshalton and Wallington constituency: Elliot Colburn
Notes:
The sitting will be suspended from 11.30am to 2.30pm.
2.30pm
That this House has considered the Healthy Start scheme and increases in the cost of living: Andrew Western
4.00pm
That this House has considered remuneration for Post Office subpostmasters and subpostmistresses: Mr Alistair Carmichael
4.30pm
That this House has considered the societal impacts of autonomous last-mile delivery: Ben Everitt
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
Minister for the Cabinet Office
1.Data Sharing under the Digital Economy Act 2017
The Chancellor of the Exchequer
2.Financial services update
Secretary of State for Education
3.Children’s Social Care Update
4.Condition Improvement Fund Update
5.Tutoring Update
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
6.Extension of the Ivory Act 2018
Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
7.Membership of the UK-EU Parliamentary Partnership Assembly (PPA)
8.Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
9.Statutory Guidance for NHS England on the Protection of Confidential Patient Information
Secretary of State for the Home Department
10.Immigration update
11.Publication of Forensic Information Databases Strategy Board annual report
Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
12.Elections Act: Postal and proxy voting safeguards
13.Planning for accommodation for looked after children
Prime Minister
14.Machinery of Government
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
Subject: Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)
Witnesses: 10.00am: Claire Coutinho MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Children, Families and Wellbeing), and Alison Ismail, Director for Special Educational Needs & Disability and Alternative Provision, Department for Education
Room 15
9.30am (private), 10.00am (public)
Health and Social Care Committee
Subject: Prevention in health and social care
Witnesses: 10.00am: Maria Caulfield MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health and Social Care; Dr Nikki Kanani, Director of Clinical Integration and Deputy SRO of NHS Covid-19 Vaccination Programme, NHS England
Room 6
9.30am (private), 10.00am (public)
Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
Subject: The Work of the UK Statistics Authority
Witnesses: 10.00am: Sir Robert Chote, Chair, UK Statistics Authority; Professor Sir Ian Diamond, National Statistician, Office for National Statistics; Ed Humpherson, Director General for Regulation, Office for Statistics Regulation
Room 16
9.30am (private), 10.00am (public)
Subject: Batteries for electric vehicle manufacturing
Witnesses: 10.30am: David Wong, Senior Technology and Innovation Manager, and Konstanze Scharring, Director of Policy, Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT); Jeff Pratt, Managing Director, UK Battery Industrialisation Centre; Andy Palmer, Former Chief Executive Officer at Aston Martin, Former Chief Operations Officer at Nissan and Chairman of InoBat
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
9.45am (private), 10.30am (public)
Subject: Bank of England Monetary Policy Reports
Witnesses: 10.15am: Andrew Bailey, Governor, and Huw Pill, Chief Economist, Bank of England; Professor Silvana Tenreyro, External Member, and Dr Catherine L. Mann, External Member, Monetary Policy Committee
The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
10.00am (private), 10.15am (public)
Subject: Defence and Climate Change
Witnesses: 2.00pm: John Kerry, United States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, Executive Office of the President of the United States
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
1.45pm (private), 2.00pm (public)
Subject: Recovery in Ukraine
Witnesses: 2.30pm: Simon Smith, Former UK Ambassador to Ukraine, and Chairman, Steering Committee, Ukraine Forum, Russia and Eurasia Programme, Chatham House; Natalie Jaresko, Former Minister of Finance of Ukraine, and finance and restructuring expert; Dr Vlad Mykhnenko, Associate Professor of Sustainable Urban Development, St Peter’s College, University of Oxford
3.15pm: Olena Bilan, Chief Economist, Dragon Capital, and Co-chair of the Board of the Directors, Kyiv School of Economics; Olena Halushka, Board Member, Anticorruption Action Center, and Co-Founder, International Center for Ukrainian Victory; Anna Myroniuk, Head of Investigations, The Kyiv Independent
4.00pm: Andriy Kostin, Prosecutor General, Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine; Professor Antonios Tzanakopoulos, Professor of Public International Law, St Anne's College, University of Oxford
Room 8
2.00pm (private), 2.30pm (public)
International Development Committee
Subject: FCDO’s approach to sexual and reproductive health
Witnesses: 2.30pm: Caroline Guinard, FCDO Programmes Director, MSI Reproductive Choices; Matt Jackson, Chief of the London Representation Office, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA); Dr Milly Kaggwa, Senior Technical Advisor, Global Medical Team, Population Services International; Dr Sebastian Taylor, Representative, Coalition of Health Professional Bodies, Royal Colleges for SRHR
3.30pm: Asenath Mwithigah, Chief Executive Officer, Orchid Project; Tinebeb Berhane, Country Director, ActionAid Ethiopia
Room 6
2.00pm (private), 2.30pm (public)
Subject: Constitutional relationship with the Crown Dependencies
Witnesses: 2.30pm: Hon Alfred Cannan MHK, Chief Minister, Government of the Isle of Man; Deputy Jonathan Le Tocq, Minister for External Relations, Government of Guernsey; Deputy Philip Ozouf, Minister for External Relations, Government of Jersey
Room 15
2.00pm (private), 2.30pm (public)
The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
3.00pm (private)
Subject: Proposals for backbench debates
Witnesses: 4.15pm: Members of Parliament, House of Commons
Room 16
4.00pm (private), 4.15pm (public)
Public Bill Committees
Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill
Further to consider the Bill
Room 10
9.25am (public)
To consider the Bill
Room 14
9.25am (public)
Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill
Further to consider the Bill
Room 10
2.00pm (public)
Further to consider the Bill
Room 14
2.00pm (public)
Delegated Legislation Committees
Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee
To consider the draft Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Act 2007 (Extension of Duration of Non-jury Trial provisions) Order 2023
Room 11
9.25am (public)
Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee
To consider the draft Packaging Waste (Data Reporting) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2023
Room 12
9.25am (public)
Sixth Delegated Legislation Committee
To consider the draft Road Vehicles (Authorised Weight) (Amendment) Regulations 2023
Room 11
2.30pm (public)
Committee Reports Published Today
DEFENCE
7th Report: Defence Diplomacy: A softer side of UK Defence HC 792
Time of publication: 00.01am
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.
Monday 5 to Monday 12 June (deadline Wednesday 24 May 7.00pm or the rise of the House, whichever is earlier)
Tuesday 13 to Monday 19 June (deadline Wednesday 7 June 7.00pm or the rise of the House, whichever is earlier)
Tuesday 20 to Monday 26 June (deadline Wednesday 14 June 7.00pm or the rise of the House, whichever is earlier)
Tuesday 27 June to Monday 3 July (deadline Wednesday 21 June 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 Mondays 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 6 and Wednesday 7 June (ballot closed)
The ballot for Tuesday 6 and Wednesday 7 June will take place today. The deadline for making an application to this ballot has now passed.
Tuesday 13 and Wednesday 14 June (deadline Monday 5 June 10.00pm or the rise of the House, whichever is earlier)
The following Departments will answer:
Business and Trade; Health and Social Care; Justice; Levelling Up, Housing and Communities; Northern Ireland; Scotland; Transport; Treasury; Women and Equalities
Tuesday 20 and Wednesday 21 June (deadline Monday 12 June 10.00pm or the rise of the House, whichever is earlier)
The following Departments will answer:
Business and Trade; Culture, Media and Sport; Defence; Education; Health and Social Care; Justice; Levelling Up, Housing and Communities; Science, Innovation and Technology; Scotland; Transport; Women and Equalities
Tuesday 27 and Wednesday 28 June (deadline Monday 19 June 10.00pm or the rise of the House, whichever is earlier)
The following Departments will answer:
Attorney General; Cabinet Office; Energy Security and Net Zero; Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Foreign, Commonwealth and Development; Home Office; Northern Ireland; Treasury; Wales; Work and Pensions
Tuesday 4 and Wednesday 5 July (deadline Monday 26 June 10.00pm or the rise of the House, whichever is earlier)
The following Departments will answer:
Business and Trade; Culture, Media and Sport; Defence; Education; Health and Social Care; Justice; Levelling Up, Housing and Communities; Science, Innovation and Technology; Scotland; Transport; Women and Equalities
Tuesday 11 and Wednesday 12 July (deadline Monday 3 July 10.00pm or the rise of the House, whichever is earlier)
The following Departments will answer:
Attorney General; Cabinet Office; Energy Security and Net Zero; Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Foreign, Commonwealth and Development; Home Office; Northern Ireland; Treasury; Wales; Work and Pensions
Whitsun Adjournment - Tabling of Parliamentary Questions
The following arrangements will apply for the tabling of Questions for oral and written answer during the Whitsun Adjournment.
Under Standing Order No. 22(6), the Speaker has made the following arrangements for tabling Questions for oral answer when the House returns:
Last date of tabling* |
Date for answer |
Departments etc. |
Thursday 25 May |
Monday 5 June |
Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (T)** |
Thursday 25 May |
Tuesday 6 June |
Health and Social Care (T) |
Thursday 25 May |
Wednesday 7 June |
Women and Equalities (T) |
Thursday 25 May |
Wednesday 7 June |
Prime Minister |
Thursday 25 May |
Thursday 8 June |
Transport (T) |
Tuesday 6 June |
Monday 12 June |
Education (T) |
The results of the shuffles on 25 May will be published on 26 May. They will be available on the internet at http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmfutoral/futoral.pdf
For further details of last tabling days for other departments and answering bodies, see the Order of Questions rota available on the Commons Business Paper website at https://commonsbusiness.parliament.uk
Notes:
* The latest time for tabling is 12.30pm on each of these days.
** (T) denotes that there are Topical questions for this Department.
Questions for written answer on a named day
Time of tabling |
Earliest date for named day answer |
Tuesday 23 May until rise of the House on Thursday 25 May |
Monday 5 June |
From rise of House on Thursday 25 May until 2.30pm on Friday 2 June |
Wednesday 7 June (each Member may table up to five named day questions during this period) |
Monday 5 June |
Thursday 8 June |
Whitsun Adjournment - Tabling of Amendments to Public Bills
Amendments should be submitted by email to pbohoc@parliament.uk. Amendments can be accepted from a Member’s Parliamentary network account, or from the network account of a member of staff who has been introduced by their Member to clerks in the Public Bill Office and has been specifically authorised to act on the Member’s behalf.
If amendments are to be eligible for selection in proceedings in:
any legislative proceedings in the Chamber on Monday 5 June, they should be tabled by 4.30 pm on Wednesday 31 May;
proceedings in the public bill committee on the Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill or the Energy Bill [Lords], or any legislative proceedings in the Chamber, on Tuesday 6 June, they should be tabled by 4.30pm on Thursday 1 June;
any legislative proceedings in the Chamber on Wednesday 7 June, they should be tabled by 4.30 pm on Friday 2 June.
Amendments tabled by these deadlines will be available on the relevant bill pages of the Parliamentary website from the morning after the deadline.
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/
Written Statements
Text of today’s Written Statements: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/
Select Committees
Select Committees Webpage: https://committees.parliament.uk/
Standing Orders Relating to Public Business
Text of Standing Orders relating to public business: https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5802/cmstords/so_804_2021/so-804_02122021v2.pdf
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 24 MAY
11.30am Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales
12 noon Questions to the Prime Minister
Afterwards
Aviation Banning Orders (Disruptive Passengers): Ten Minute Rule Motion
Gareth Johnson
That leave be given to bring in a Bill to make provision for court orders to prohibit disruptive passengers from flying, and for connected purposes.
Notes:
The Member moving and a Member opposing this Motion may each speak for up to 10 minutes.
RETAINED EU LAW (REVOCATION AND REFORM) BILL: CONSIDERATION OF LORDS AMENDMENTS
Notes:
None of the Lords Amendments engages Commons financial privilege.
Senedd Cymru has decided not to approve a Legislative Consent Motion relating to this Bill, and the Scottish Parliament has passed a resolution withholding consent to the Bill. Copies of the Motions are available in the Vote Office (also available on the documents webpage for the Bill).
PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC PETITIONS
Pavement parking: Afzal Khan
Dental care in Durham: Mary Kelly Foy
9.30am That this House has considered regulation of the private rented sector: Dan Carden
11.00am That this House has considered Doubledykes crossing and Network Rail: Peter Grant
Notes:
The sitting will be suspended from 11.30am to 2.30pm.
2.30pm That this House has considered the provision of NHS dentists in the South West: Chris Loder
4.00pm That this House has considered the matter of furniture affordability and social housing: Paul Maynard
4.30pm That this House has considered the future of Heathrow Airport expansion: Fleur Anderson
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 25 MAY
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
Afterwards
Recognition of the Ukrainian Holodomor
Mrs Pauline Latham
Stewart Malcolm McDonald
That this House believes that the Holodomor was a genocide against the Ukrainian people.
Naz Shah
Sara Britcliffe
That this House has considered the matter of tackling Islamophobia.
Notes:
The subjects for these debates were determined by the Backbench Business Committee.
Accommodation of asylum seekers off the Wirral peninsula: Mick Whitley
1.30pm That this House has considered visa arrangements for inshore industry fishing crews: Jim Shannon
Notes:
The subject for this debate was determined by the Backbench Business Committee. The sitting will be suspended and time added if divisions take place in the main Chamber (Standing Order No. 10(3)).
Monday 5 June
2.30pm Questions to the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
3.15pm Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
4.30pm That this House has considered e-petition 622847, relating to a statutory duty of care for higher education students: 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 6 JUNE
11.30am Questions to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
12.15pm Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Afterwards
Care Supporters: Ten Minute Rule Motion
Dan Carden
That leave be given to bring in a Bill to provide for a right for a user of health and care services to be accompanied by a care supporter; and for connected purposes.
Notes:
The Member moving and a Member opposing this Motion may each speak for up to 10 minutes.
9.30am That this House has considered support for Afghan women and girls: Wendy Chamberlain
Notes:
The subject for this debate was determined by the Backbench Business Committee.
WEDNESDAY 7 JUNE
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
Road safety (cycle helmets): Ten Minute Rule Motion
Mark Pawsey
That leave be given to bring in a Bill to require a person riding a bicycle on the public highway to wear a safety helmet; and for connected purposes.
Notes:
The Member moving and a Member opposing this Motion may each speak for up to 10 minutes.
THURSDAY 8 JUNE
9.30am Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
10.15am Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
1.30pm That this House has considered the matter of preventing obesity and fatty liver disease: Wayne David
Notes:
The subject for this debate was determined by the Backbench Business Committee. The sitting will be suspended and time added if divisions take place in the main Chamber (Standing Order No. 10(3)).
Monday 12 June
4.30pm That this House has considered e-petitions 623243 and 627984, relating to the definition of "sex" in the Equality Act 2010: Tonia Antoniazzi, 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 13 June
Richard Graham
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 14 JUNE
Healthy Start Scheme (Take-Up) (No. 2): Ten Minute Rule Motion
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
That leave be given to bring in a Bill to require the Secretary of State to ensure that families eligible for the Healthy Start Scheme are registered to receive it; to confer certain powers on government departments and agencies and public bodies for that purpose; to provide for an opt-out where the family wishes; and for connected purposes.
Notes:
The Member moving and a Member opposing this Motion may each speak for up to 10 minutes.
THURSDAY 15 JUNE
1.30pm That this House has considered Fifth Report of the Scottish Affairs Committee, Public broadcasting in Scotland, HC 1048, and the Government response, HC 1305: Pete Wishart
Notes:
The subject of this debate was determined by the Liaison Committee.
3.00pm That this House has considered the matter of VAT on audiobooks: Sir Mike Penning
Notes:
The subjects for this debate was determined by the Backbench Business Committee. The sitting will be suspended and time added if divisions take place in the main Chamber (Standing Order No. 10(3))
MONDAY 19 JUNE
4.30pm That this House has considered e-petition 617155, relating to the cost of living and parental leave and pay: Catherine McKinnell, 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 20 JUNE
Sir Oliver Heald
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.
MONDAY 26 JUNE
4.30pm That this House has considered e-petitions 599985 and 633550, relating to local road user charging schemes: 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)).
MONDAY 3 JULY
4.30pm That this House has considered e-petition 600966, relating to the Approved Mileage Allowance Payment rate: Elliot Colburn, 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)).
MONDAY 10 JULY
4.30pm That this House has considered e-petition 626737, relating to the use of swift bricks in new housing: Matt Vickers, 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)).
MONDAY 17 JULY
4.30pm That this House has considered e-petition 620264, relating to pay for teaching assistants: Tonia Antoniazzi, 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)).
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:
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.
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 Consent 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:
The Bill has been referred to the Standing Orders Committee.
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.
Felicity Buchan
That the draft Houses in Multiple Occupation (Asylum-Seeker Accommodation) (England) Regulations 2023, which were laid before this House on 30 March, be approved.
Secretary Thérèse Coffey
That the draft Animal By-Products, Pet Passport and Animal Health (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2023, which were laid before this House on 18 April, be approved.
Secretary Thérèse Coffey
That the draft Packaging Waste (Data Reporting) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2023, which were laid before this House on 20 April, be approved.
Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris
That the draft Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Act 2007 (Extension of Duration of Non-jury Trial Provisions) Order 2023, which was laid before this House on 24 April, be approved.
Lee Rowley
That the draft Building Safety (Responsible Actors Scheme and Prohibitions) Regulations 2023, which were laid before this House on 25 April, be approved.
Notes:
The Instrument has not yet been considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments
Secretary Mark Harper
That the draft Road Vehicles (Authorised Weight) (Amendment) Regulations 2023, which were laid before this House on 26 April, be approved.
Andrew Griffith
That the draft Amendments of the Law (Resolution of Silicon Valley Bank UK Limited) (No. 2) Order 2023, which was laid before this House on 27 April, be approved.
Secretary Thérèse Coffey
That the draft Animal Welfare (Electronic Collars) (England) Regulations 2023, which were laid before this House on 27 April, be approved.
Secretary Suella Braverman
That the draft Public Order Act 1986 (Serious Disruption to the Life of the Community) Regulations 2023, which were laid before this House on 27 April, be approved.
Notes:
The Instrument has not yet been considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments.
Lee Rowley
That the draft Building Safety Act 2022 (Consequential Amendments etc.) Regulations 2023, which were laid before this House on 10 May, be approved.
Notes:
The Instrument has not yet been considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments.
Secretary Alex Chalk
That the draft Judicial Appointments (Amendment) Order 2023, which was laid before this House on 11 May, be approved.
Notes:
The Instrument has not yet been considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments.
Secretary Alex Chalk
That the draft Judicial Pensions (Remediable Service etc.) Regulations 2023, which were laid before this House on 15 May, be approved.
Notes:
The Instrument has not yet been considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments.
22. Renters (Reform) Bill: Second Reading
23. RENTERS (REFORM) BILL: MONEY
Victoria Atkins
That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the Renters (Reform) 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.
24. RENTERS (REFORM) BILL: WAYS AND MEANS
Victoria Atkins
That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the Renters (Reform) Bill, it is expedient to authorise:
(1) the charging of fees under or by virtue of the Act; and
(2) the payment of sums into the Consolidated Fund.
25. Finance (No. 2) Bill: Remaining Stages
As amended in Committee and in Public Bill Committee, to be considered.
Notes:
For amendments, see separate paper (also available on the documents webpage for the Bill). 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; and 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, 29 March).
Mr Andrew Mitchell
That the draft African Development Fund (Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative) (Amendment) Order 2023, which was laid before this House on 22 May, be approved.
Notes:
The Instrument has not yet been considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments.
Dr Andrew Murrison
That the draft Armed Forces Act 2006 (Continuation) Order 2023, which was laid before this House on 22 May, be approved.
Notes:
The Instrument has not yet been considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments.
Victoria Atkins
That the draft Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Brazil) Order 2023, which was laid before this House on 22 May, be approved.
Notes:
The Instrument has not yet been considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments.
Victoria Atkins
That the draft Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (San Marino) Order 2023, which was laid before this House on 22 May, be approved.
Notes:
The Instrument has not yet been considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments.