Contents
Chamber business
The House met at 9.30 am.
Prayers
1Questions to (1) the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
(2) the hon. Member representing the Church Commissioners and the hon. Member representing the House of Commons Commission
2Business Question (Leader of the House)
3Statement: 10 Year Health Plan for England (Secretary Wes Streeting)
4Select Committee Statement (Standing Order No. 22D): Publication of the Fourth Special Report of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee, British film and high-end television: Government Response, HC 1123 (Dame Caroline Dinenage)
(1) Financial redress for 1950s women impacted by Department for Work and Pensions maladministration of State Pension age changes
Motion made and Question proposed, That this House notes the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s (PHSO) report on Women’s State Pension Age, HC 638, published in March 2024, which found that maladministration in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) communication about the Pensions Act 1995 resulted in complainants losing opportunities to make informed decisions about some things and to do some things differently, and diminished their sense of personal autonomy and financial control; further notes that there will likely be a significant number of women born in the 1950s who have suffered injustice because of maladministration in DWP’s communication about the Pensions Act 1995; and also notes that, given the scale of the impact of DWP’s maladministration, and the urgent need for a remedy, the PHSO took the rare but necessary step of asking Parliament to intervene, laying their report before Parliament under section 10(3) of the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 and asked Parliament to identify a mechanism for providing appropriate remedy for those who have suffered injustice.—(Rebecca Long Bailey.)
The Deputy Speaker announced a time limit on backbench speeches (Standing Order No. 47(1)).
Question put and agreed to.
(2) Mobile phone theft
Resolved, That this House has considered the matter of mobile phone theft.—(Dawn Butler.)
Subject: Impact of river crossings on Gravesham constituency (Dr Lauren Sullivan)
Motion made and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—(Keir Mather.)
At 5 pm, the Motion lapsed (Standing Order No. 9(3)).
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Keir Mather.)
Adjourned at 5.25 pm until tomorrow.
Other Proceedings
Changes to Notices Given
7Water Bill: Adjourned Debate on Second Reading
Order for resuming on Friday 4 July the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed on 28 March, That the Bill be now read a second time, read and discharged.
Debate to be resumed on Friday 12 September.
8Nature-based Solutions (Water and Flooding) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 4 July, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 14 November.
9Controlled Drugs (Procedure for Specification) Bill
Bill, not amended, to be considered on Friday 11 July.
10Ceramics (Country of Origin Marking) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 11 July, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 12 September.
11Breast Cancer Screening (Review) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 11 July, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 29 May 2026.
12Office of the Whistleblower Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 11 July, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 29 May 2026.
13Building Regulations (Minimum Standards) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 11 July, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 12 September.
14Children's Hospices (Funding) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 4 July, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 11 July.
15Food Products (Market Regulation and Public Procurement) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 4 July, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 12 September.
Order for Second Reading on Friday 4 July, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 12 September.
17State-related Deaths (National Oversight Mechanism) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 11 July, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 5 December.
18Carbon Emissions from Buildings (Net Zero) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 11 July, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 12 December.
19Building Regulations (Swift Bricks) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 11 July, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 12 December.
20Water (Agricultural Pollution) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 11 July, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 12 December.
21Listed Investment Companies (Classification etc) Bill [Lords]
Order for Second Reading on Friday 11 July, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 12 September.
22Statutory Adoption Pay (Report on Extension to the Self-Employed) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 11 July, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 12 September.
23Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985 (Amendment) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 11 July, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 12 September.
24Equitable Life Policyholders (Compensation) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 4 July, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 11 July.
25New Homes (Solar Generation) Bill: Adjourned Debate on Second Reading
Order for resuming on Friday 11 July the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed on 17 January, That the Bill be now read a second time, read and discharged.
Debate to be resumed on Friday 29 May 2026.
26Social Media (Access to Accounts) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 11 July, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 29 May 2026.
Order for Second Reading on Friday 11 July, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 29 May 2026.
Order for Second Reading on Friday 4 July, read and discharged.
29Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (Review) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 4 July, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 11 July.
General Committees: Reports
30Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [Lords]
Dame Siobhain McDonagh (Chair) reported:
(1) written evidence submitted to the Committee; and
(2) the Bill, as amended.
Written evidence to be published.
Bill, as amended, to be considered tomorrow; and to be printed (Bill 273).
General Committees: Appointments
The Speaker appoints the Chair of General Committees and members of Programming Sub-Committees, and allocates Statutory Instruments to Delegated Legislation Committees.
The Committee of Selection nominates Members to serve on General Committees (and certain Members to serve on Grand Committees).
31First Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Online Safety Super-Complaints (Eligibility and Procedural Matters) Regulations 2025)
Chair: Sir John Hayes
Members: Jon Pearce discharged and Gregor Poynton nominated in substitution.
32Second Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) (Amendment) Order 2025)
Chair: Graham Stringer
33Third Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Electricity Capacity (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2025)
Chair: Martin Vickers
34Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Transport Act 2000 (Air Traffic Services) (Prescribed Terms) Regulations 2025)
Chair: Sir Jeremy Wright
35Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Buckinghamshire Council, Surrey County Council and Warwickshire County Council (Housing and Regeneration Functions) Regulations 2025)
Chair: Sir Edward Leigh
Select Committees: Reports
36Backbench Business Committee
Determination of business to be taken on Thursday 10 July in the Chamber and Tuesday 15 July and Tuesday 22 July in Westminster Hall (Bob Blackman).
37Public Accounts (Committee of)
(1) Government’s use of private finance for infrastructure: Thirty-ninth Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 821);
(2) HS2: Update following the Northern leg cancellation: Written evidence, to be published (HC 357)
(Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown).
Sir Lindsay Hoyle
Speaker
Westminster Hall
The sitting began at 1.30 pm.
Business determined by the Backbench Business Committee (Standing Orders No. 10(7) and No. 14(4))
Resolved, That this House has considered the future of music education.—(Bambos Charalambous.)
2Safeguarding children with allergies at school
Resolved, That this House has considered the matter of safeguarding children with allergies at school.—(Chris Bloore.)
Sitting adjourned without Question put (Standing Order No. 10(14)).
Adjourned at 4.07 pm until Monday 7 July.
Ms Nusrat Ghani
Chairman of Ways and Means
Papers Laid
Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution
1Financial Services and Markets
Draft Markets in Financial Instruments (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2025 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Emma Reynolds)
Papers subject to Negative Resolution
Road Traffic Act 1988 (Police Driving: Prescribed Training) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 792), dated 2 July 2025 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Yvette Cooper)
Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions Designation (No. 2) (Amendment) and the Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions Designation (County of Cambridgeshire) (Huntingdonshire District) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 788), dated 30 June 2025 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Heidi Alexander)
Other papers
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero Minute, dated 3 July 2025, concerning an update to the notification of contingent liabilities relating to Carbon Capture, Usage and Storage Track-1 clusters (by Command) (Sarah Jones)
5Government Resources and Accounts
(1) Report, Accounts and Product Accounts of National Savings and Investments for 2024–25, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 1017) (Emma Reynolds)
(2) Report and Accounts of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme for 2024–25, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 1035) (Emma Reynolds)
(3) Report and Accounts of the Veterinary Medicines Directorate for 2024–25, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 992) (Secretary Steve Reed)
(4) Report and Class Statements of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme for 2024–25, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 1037) (Emma Reynolds)
Report and Accounts of FCDO Services for 2024–25, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 1033) (Catherine West)
Fit for the Future: The 10 Year Health Plan for England (by Command) (CP 1350) (Secretary Wes Streeting)