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Part 1: Business Today

Summary Agenda: Chamber

Westminster Hall

Business Today: Chamber

11.30am Prayers

Followed by

Questions

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales

1Chris Evans (Islwyn)
What estimate he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the number of households in fuel poverty in Wales. (905019)

2Liz Twist (Blaydon)
What discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the impact of changes in the level of mortgage interest rates on homeowners in Wales. (905020)

3Chris Clarkson (Heywood and Middleton)
What recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on new nuclear power sites in Wales. (905021)

4Bob Blackman (Harrow East)
What recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on new nuclear power sites in Wales. (905022)

5Selaine Saxby (North Devon)
Whether his Department is taking steps to support potential ferry services between England and Wales. (905023)

6Stephen Kinnock (Aberavon)
What steps he is taking to support the steel industry in Wales. (905024)

7Dr Luke Evans (Bosworth)
What discussions he has had with the Welsh Government on the adequacy of healthcare services in Wales. (905026)

8Samantha Dixon (City of Chester)
What discussions he has had with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) the Welsh Government on cross-border transport connectivity with north Wales. (905027)

9Alexander Stafford (Rother Valley)
What discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on improving transport links between Wales and the rest of the UK. (905028)

10Stephen Morgan (Portsmouth South)
What steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help support the decarbonisation of energy-intensive industries in Wales. (905029)

11Bill Esterson (Sefton Central)
What steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help support the decarbonisation of energy-intensive industries in Wales. (905030)

12Robbie Moore (Keighley)
What recent assessment he has made of the strength of the Union following the Coronation. (905031)

13Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun)
What discussions he has had with the Welsh Government on support for renewable energy in Wales. (905032)

14Chris Elmore (Ogmore)
What estimate he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the number of households in fuel poverty in Wales. (905033)

At 12 noon

Oral Questions to the Prime Minister

Q1 Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West)
If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 24 May. (905142)

Q2 Richard Graham (Gloucester) (905143)

Q3 Gareth Johnson (Dartford) (905144)

Q4 Anna McMorrin (Cardiff North) (905145)

Q5 Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire) (905146)

Q6 Matt Warman (Boston and Skegness) (905147)

Q7 Sarah Olney (Richmond Park) (905148)

Q8 Kevin Foster (Torbay) (905149)

Q9 Vicky Foxcroft (Lewisham, Deptford) (905150)

Q10 Stella Creasy (Walthamstow) (905151)

Q11 Wendy Chamberlain (North East Fife) (905152)

Q12 Anthony Browne (South Cambridgeshire) (905153)

Q13 Brendan Clarke-Smith (Bassetlaw) (905155)

Q14 Robbie Moore (Keighley) (905156)

Urgent Questions and Statements

12.30pm

Urgent Question:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will make a statement on changes to the student visa route (Carol Monaghan)

Ministerial Statements, including on:

Government Response to the Rock Review on Agricultural Tenancies (Minister of State for Food, Farming and Fisheries)

Presentation of Bills

No debate (Standing Order No. 57)

British Nationality (Regularisation of Past Practice) Bill

Secretary Suella Braverman

Bill to make provision for immigration restrictions to be disregarded for the purposes of the British Nationality Act 1981 in historical cases in which such restrictions were in practice disregarded.

Ministerial Conduct (Training) Bill

Wendy Chamberlain

Bill to require Ministers of the Crown to undertake annual training in matters relating to propriety, ethics and standards; and for connected purposes.

Business of the Day

1. Aviation Banning Orders (Disruptive Passengers): Ten Minute Rule Motion

Up to 20 minutes (Standing Order No. 23)

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.

2. RETAINED EU LAW (REVOCATION AND REFORM) BILL: PROGRAMME (NO. 3)

No debate (Standing Order No. 83A(7))

Secretary Kemi Badenoch

That the following provisions shall apply to the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill for the purpose of supplementing the Orders of 25 October (Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill: Programme) and 7 November 2022 (Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill: Programme (No. 2)):

Consideration of Lords Amendments

(1)Proceedings on consideration of Lords Amendments shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion four hours after their commencement.

(2)The Lords Amendments shall be considered in the following order: 6, 1, 16, 15, 42, 2 to 5, 7 to 14, 17 to 41, 43.

Subsequent stages

(3)Any further Message from the Lords may be considered forthwith without any Question being put.

(4)The proceedings on any further Message from the Lords shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion one hour after their commencement.

3. RETAINED EU LAW (REVOCATION AND REFORM) BILL: CONSIDERATION OF LORDS AMENDMENTS

Up to four hours (if the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill: Programme (No. 3) Motion is agreed to)

Notes:

For Amendments and motions relating to the Lords Amendments, see separate paper (also available on the documents webpage for the Bill).

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).

4. Environmental Protection

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

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.

Notes:

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

5. Road Traffic

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

Secretary Mark Harper

That the draft Road Vehicles (Authorised Weight) (Amendment) 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.

6. Criminal Law

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

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.

Notes:

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

Presentation of Public Petitions

No debate or decision (Standing Order No. 153)

Pavement parking: Afzal Khan

Adjournment Debate

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

Dental care in Durham: Mary Kelly Foy

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 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)).

Written Statements

Statements to be Made Today

Attorney General

1.May 2023 update on progress in delivering the recommendations in Sir David Calvert-Smith’s Independent Review into the Serious Fraud Office’s handling of the Unaoil Case

Secretary of State for the Home Department

2.The British Nationality (Regularisation of Past Practice) Bill

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

Committee on Standards

The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
9.00am (private)

Northern Ireland Affairs Committee

Subject: The funding and delivery of public services in Northern Ireland

Witnesses: 9.30am: Dr Tom Black, Northern Ireland Council Chair, British Medical Association; Dolores McCormick, Associate Director, Employment Relations and Member Services, Royal College of Nursing; Professor Mark Taylor, Northern Ireland Director, Royal College of Surgeons

10.30am: Mark Baker, Chief Executive, Controlled Schools Support Council; Sara Long, Chief Executive, Education Authority; Liam McGuckin, President, National Association of Headteachers (Northern Ireland)

Room 16
9.00am (private), 9.30am (public), 11.30am (private)

Welsh Affairs Committee

Subject: University research funding

Witnesses: 9.30am: Paul Boyle, Vice-Chancellor, Swansea University; Colin Riordan, President and Vice-Chancellor, Cardiff University; Edmund Burke, Vice-Chancellor, Bangor University; Professor Colin McInnes, Pro Vice-Chancellor of Research, Knowledge Exchange and Innovation, Aberystwyth University

Room 5
9.00am (private), 9.30am (public)

Science, Innovation and Technology Committee

Subject: Governance of artificial intelligence (AI)

Witnesses: 9.30am: Lindsey Chiswick, Director of Intelligence, Metropolitan Police; Dr Tony Mansfield, Principal Research Scientist, National Physical Laboratory

10.30am: Michael Birtwistle, Associate Director, Data & AI Law and Policy, Ada Lovelace Institute; Dr Marion Oswald, Senior Research Associate for Safe and Ethical AI, The Alan Turing Institute

Room 6
9.20am (private), 9.30am (public)

Transport Committee

Subject: Minimum service levels for rail

Witnesses: 9.30am: Jake Kelly, Group Director for System Operator, Network Rail; John Larkinson, Chief Executive, Office of Rail and Road

10.30am: Huw Merriman MP, Minister of State, and Ben Smith, Director of Industrial Action, Department for Transport

The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
9.30am (public)

Work and Pensions Committee

Room 13
9.30am (private)

Culture, Media and Sport Committee

The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
10.00am (private)

Environmental Audit Committee

Room 15
1.40pm (private)

European Scrutiny Committee

Room 19
1.45pm (private)

Environmental Audit Sub-Committee on Polar Research

Subject: The UK and the Arctic Environment

Witnesses: 2.00pm: Dr Duncan Depledge, Lecturer in Geopolitics and Security, Loughborough University; Professor Basil Germond, Professor of International Security, Lancaster University

2.45pm: The Lord Mountevans, Honorary President, Maritime London; Jane Sandell, CEO, and Gary Taylor, Fisheries Consultant, UK Fisheries Ltd

Room 15
1.50pm (private), 2.00pm (public)

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee

Subject: Soil Health

Witnesses: 2.30pm: Professor Karen Johnson, Professor in Environmental Engineering, Durham University; Dr Martin Blackwell, Soil Biogeochemist, Rothamsted Research; Professor David Spurgeon, Ecotoxicological researcher, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

3.30pm: Helen Browning, Chief Executive, Soil Association; Jenny Grant, Head of Organics and Natural Capital, Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology; John Williams, Head of Soils and Nutrients, ADAS; Dr Jane Gilbert, Fellow of the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management

Room 6
2.00pm (private), 2.30pm (public)

Treasury Committee

Subject: The venture capital market

Witnesses: 2.15pm: Dr Mark Payton, CEO, Mercia Investments; Catherine Lewis La Torre, CEO, British Patient Capital; Douglas Hansen-Luke, Executive Chair, Future Planet Capital; Dr Amrit Chandan, Co-Founder and CEO, Aceleron Energy

The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
2.00pm (private), 2.15pm (public)

Women and Equalities Committee

Subject: Misogyny in music

Witnesses: 2.30pm: Marta Pallares Olivares, Head of International Press and Public Relations, Primavera Sound Festival; John Shortell, Head of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Musician's Union; Lauren Down, Managing Director, End of Road Festival

Room 8
2.00pm (private), 2.30pm (public)

Procedure Committee

Room 5
2.30pm (private)

Committee of Selection

Room 13
4.30pm (private)

Joint Committees

Human Rights

Subject: Human rights and assisted dying

Witnesses: 3.00pm: Paul Bowen KC, Barrister, Brick Court Chambers, Deputy High Court Judge, Administrative Court and Family Division; Dr Stevie Martin, College Lecturer in law, Fitzwilliam and King’s Colleges, University of Cambridge; Professor Richard Ekins, Professor of Law and Constitutional Government, The University of Oxford, Head of Judicial Power Project, Policy Exchange; James Strachan KC, Barrister, 39 Essex Chambers

Room 16
2.45pm (private), 3.00pm (public), 5.00pm (private)

Statutory Instruments

Virtual meeting
3.40pm (private)

Committee Reports Published Today

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS

54th Report: Alcohol treatment services HC 1001
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 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.

Questions for oral answer

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 4.30pm on Wednesday 31 May;

proceedings in the public bill committee on 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 4.30pm 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.

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

Afterwards

BACKBENCH BUSINESS

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.

Tackling Islamophobia

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.

ADJOURNMENT DEBATE

Accommodation of asylum seekers off the Wirral peninsula: Mick Whitley

WESTMINSTER HALL

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

CHAMBER

QUESTIONS

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

WESTMINSTER HALL

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)).

Relevant Documents:

Oral evidence taken before the Petitions Committee on 16 May 2023, on A statutory duty of care for higher education students, HC 1343.

TUESDAY 6 JUNE

CHAMBER

QUESTIONS

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.

WESTMINSTER HALL

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.

11.00am That this House has considered Isle of Wight island designation status and landscape protection: Bob Seely

Notes:

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

2.30pm That this House has considered the matter of improving children's access to books: Alexander Stafford

4.00pm That this House has considered the matter of immigration rules affecting offshore workers: Kenny MacAskill

4.30pm That this House has considered Government policy on reaching Net Zero by 2050: Kwasi Kwarteng

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)).

WEDNESDAY 7 JUNE

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

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.

WESTMINSTER HALL

9.30am That this House has considered Government policy on Iran: Brendan Clarke-Smith

11.00am That this House has considered the matter of professional wrestling event licensing and guidance: Charlotte Nichols

Notes:

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

2.30pm That this House has considered pupil roll numbers and school closures in London: Florence Eshalomi

4.00pm That this House has considered the situation of Hazaras in Afghanistan: Paul Bristow

4.30pm That this House has considered accommodation of asylum-seeking children in hotels: Deidre Brock

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 8 JUNE

CHAMBER

QUESTIONS

9.30am Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

10.15am Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

WESTMINSTER HALL

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

WESTMINSTER HALL

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

CHAMBER

Ten Minute Rule Motion

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

CHAMBER

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

WESTMINSTER HALL

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

WESTMINSTER HALL

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

CHAMBER

Ten Minute Rule Motion

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.

WEDNESDAY 21 JUNE

CHAMBER

Ten Minute Rule Motion

Brendan O'Hara

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

WESTMINSTER HALL

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

WESTMINSTER HALL

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

WESTMINSTER HALL

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

WESTMINSTER HALL

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.

10. Housing

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.

11. Animals

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.

12. Building and Buildings

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

13. Banks and Banking

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.

14. Animals

Secretary Thérèse Coffey

That the draft Animal Welfare (Electronic Collars) (England) Regulations 2023, which were laid before this House on 27 April, be approved.

15. Public Order

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.

16. Building and Buildings

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.

17. Tribunals and Inquiries

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.

18. Public Service Pensions

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.

19. Renters (Reform) Bill: Second Reading

20. 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.

21. 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.

22. 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).

23. International Development

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.

24. Defence

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.

25. Capital Gains Tax

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.

26. Capital Gains Tax

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.

27. Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill: Remaining Stages

As amended in public bill committee, to be considered (Order of 17 April).

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.

Proceedings on Third Reading will (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on that day. (Order of 17 April).

28. International Development

Mr Andrew Mitchell

That the draft African Development Bank (Sixteenth Replenishment of the African Development Fund) Order 2023, which was laid before this House on 23 May, be approved.

Notes:

The Instrument has not yet been considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments.

29. Environmental Protection

Secretary Thérèse Coffey

That the draft Environmental Protection (Plastic Plates etc. and Polystyrene Containers etc.) (England) Regulations 2023, which were laid before this House on 23 May be approved.

Notes:

The Instrument has not yet been considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments.