Contents
Chamber business
The House met at 2.30 pm.
Prayers
1Questions to the Home Secretary
2Urgent Questions: (1) Budget: Press briefings (James Murray)
(2) Small modular nuclear reactor power station: Wylfa (Michael Shanks)
(3) Illegal waste: Organised crime (Emma Hardy)
3Statement: Asylum policy (Secretary Shabana Mahmood)
4Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill: Committee of the whole House
The House resolved itself into a Committee (Programme Order, 16 October).
(In the Committee)
Clause 1 agreed to.
Clauses 2 to 6 agreed to.
Clause 7 (Supplementary provision)
Amendment 4 proposed.—(Andrew Rosindell.)
Question put, That the Amendment be made.
The Committee divided.
Division No. 356
Ayes: 143 (Tellers: Nick Timothy, David Simmonds)
Noes: 318 (Tellers: Gregor Poynton, Deirdre Costigan)
Question negatived.
Clause 7 agreed to.
Clauses 8 to 11 agreed to.
Clause 12 (Procedure for regulations under section 11)
Amendment 5 proposed.—(Andrew Rosindell.)
Question put, That the Amendment be made.
The Committee divided.
Division No. 357
Ayes: 147 (Tellers: Nick Timothy, David Simmonds)
Noes: 318 (Tellers: Gregor Poynton, Deirdre Costigan)
Question negatived.
Clause 12 agreed to.
Clause 13 agreed to.
Clause 14 (Licensable marine activities)
Amendment 1 made.
Clause 14, as amended, agreed to.
Clause 15 (Screening and procedure)
Amendment 2 made.
Clause 15, as amended, agreed to.
Clauses 16 to 23 agreed to.
Clause 24 (Extent)
Amendment 3 made.
Clause 24, as amended, agreed to.
Clauses 25 and 26 agreed to.
Schedule agreed to.
Bill to be reported, with Amendments.
The Deputy Speaker resumed the Chair.
Christian Wakeford reported, That the Committee had gone through the Bill and made Amendments.
Bill, as amended, to be considered today (Programme Order, 16 October).
5Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill: Consideration of the Bill, as amended in Committee of the whole House
No amendments on consideration.
6Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill: Third Reading
Bill read the third time and passed.
7Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
(1) Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His Majesty, praying that His Majesty will appoint Sir Charles Walker KBE to the office of ordinary member of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority for a period of five years with effect from 1 January 2026.—(Sir Alan Campbell.)
(2) Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His Majesty, praying that His Majesty will appoint Mr Manbhinder Rana to the office of ordinary member of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority for a period of five years with effect from 11 January 2026.—(Sir Alan Campbell.)
8Local Government Boundary Commission for England
Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His Majesty, praying that His Majesty will appoint Ms Beverley Smith as Chair of the Local Government Boundary Commission for England with effect from 1 January 2026 for the period ending on 31 December 2030.—(Sir Alan Campbell.)
9Delegated Legislation (Church of England (General Synod) (Measures))
(1) Ordered, That the Measure passed by the General Synod of the Church of England, entitled Armed Forces Chaplains (Licensing) Measure (HC 1454), which was laid before this House on 11 November, be referred to a Delegated Legislation Committee.—(Sir Alan Campbell.)
(2) Ordered, That the Measure passed by the General Synod of the Church of England, entitled Abuse Redress Measure (HC 1455), which was laid before this House on 11 November, be referred to a Delegated Legislation Committee.—(Sir Alan Campbell.)
10Changes to membership of select committees
(1) Ordered, That Helena Dollimore be discharged from the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee and Juliet Campbell be added.—(Gen Kitchen, on behalf of the Committee of Selection.)
(2) Ordered, That Anna Gelderd and Alison Taylor be discharged from the Environmental Audit Committee and Alison Hume and Jonathan Davies be added.—(Gen Kitchen, on behalf of the Committee of Selection.)
(3) Ordered, That Leigh Ingham be discharged from the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee and Mike Kane be added.—(Gen Kitchen, on behalf of the Committee of Selection.)
(4) Ordered, That Claire Hughes be discharged from the Welsh Affairs Committee and Gerald Jones be added.—(Gen Kitchen, on behalf of the Committee of Selection.)
Subject: Government support for the Clive Treacey Safety Checklist (Dave Robertson)
Motion made and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—(Christian Wakeford.)
At 10 pm, the Motion lapsed (Standing Order No. 9(3)).
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Christian Wakeford.)
Adjourned at 10.04 pm until tomorrow.
Other Proceedings
Lords Messages
12Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill
The Lords agree to the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill with Amendments to which they desire the agreement of the Commons.
Printing of Lords Amendments
13Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill
Lords Amendments to the Bill to be considered tomorrow, and to be printed (Bill 332) with Explanatory Notes (Bill 332–EN).
Changes to Notices Given
14Clean Air (Human Rights) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 21 November, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 27 March 2026.
Public petitions
15Petitions presented informally
A public petition from John Hemming relating to rules for making health claims about food supplements was presented.
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).
16First Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Unmanned Aircraft (Offences and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025)
Members: Tim Farron and Blake Stephenson discharged and David Reed and Luke Taylor nominated in substitution.
17Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Procurement Act 2023 (Specified International Agreements and Saving Provision) (Amendment) Regulations 2025)
Members: Josh Dean discharged and Sarah Hall nominated in substitution.
Select Committees: Reports
18Public Accounts (Committee of)
(1) Financial sustainability of children’s care homes: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 1233);
(2) Civil Service pensions: Written evidence, to be published (HC 888);
(3) Correspondence from the Minister of State for Policing and Crime relating to police governance reform: Written evidence, to be published;
(4) Correspondence from the Permanent Secretary to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport relating to Accounting Officer Assessment: UEFA European Championships 2028 (Euro 2028): Written evidence, to be published;
(5) Correspondence relating to the Committee’s previous Reports: Written evidence, to be published;
(6) DHSC Annual Report and Accounts 2023–24: Written evidence, to be published (HC 639);
(7) Ministry of Justice follow-up: Autumn 2025: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1240);
(8) Tackling violence against women and girls: Written evidence, to be published (HC 644)
(Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown).
19National Security Strategy (Joint Committee on)
(1) The National Security Strategy: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 1045);
(2) Correspondence from the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State and Minister for AI and Online Safety relating to the introduction on the Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill: Written evidence, to be published
(Matt Western).
Correspondence from the Chief Executive and First Permanent Secretary to HM Revenue and Customs relating to child benefit payments: Written evidence, to be published (Dame Meg Hillier).
Sir Lindsay Hoyle
Speaker
Westminster Hall
The sitting began at 4.30 pm.
Debate on an e-petition (Standing Orders No. 10(1)(a) and No. 145A(7))
1Penalties for offences arising from social media posts
Resolved, That this House has considered e-petition 728715 relating to penalties for offences arising from social media posts.—(Jamie Stone.)
The sitting was suspended between 5.32 pm and 6 pm.
2Funding and care for people with Parkinson's
Motion made and Question proposed, That this House has considered e-petition 713714 relating to funding and care for people with Parkinson's.—(Paul Davies.)
The Chair announced a time limit on backbench speeches (under the authority of the Chairman of Ways and Means and Standing Order No. 47(1)).
Resolved, That this House has considered e-petition 713714 relating to funding and care for people with Parkinson's.
Sitting adjourned without Question put (Standing Order No. 10(14)).
Adjourned at 7.30 pm until tomorrow.
Ms Nusrat Ghani
Chairman of Ways and Means
Papers Laid
Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution
Customs Tariff (Establishment) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 1199), dated 17 November 2025 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Dan Tomlinson)
Papers subject to Negative Resolution
Export Control (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 1197), dated 13 November 2025 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Chris Bryant)
Other papers
3Government Resources and Accounts (Audit of Public Bodies)
Report and Accounts of the National Museum of the Royal Navy for 2024–25, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Statutory Instrument), to be printed (HC 1463) (Secretary John Healey)
Restoring Order and Control: A statement on the Government’s asylum and returns policy (by Command) (CP 1418) (Secretary Shabana Mahmood)
Report of the Law Commission on Contempt of Court: Part 1: Liability (by Act), to be printed (HC 1433) (Secretary David Lammy)
Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General on BBC: The BBC World Service’s savings programmes (by Act), to be printed (HC 1382) (Clerk of the House)
SPEAKER’S CERTIFICATE
VOTING BY PROXY (STANDING ORDER NO. 39A)
(Variations to existing arrangements appear in bold.)
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Member |
From |
To |
Proxy |
|
Becky Gittins |
3 September |
12 May 2026 |
Sir Nicholas Dakin |
CORRECTION
Wednesday 3 September 2025
The following entry should have appeared after item 35 (Select Committee: Reports):
Work and Pensions Committee
(1) Get Britain Working: Reforming Jobcentres:
(i) Fourth Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 653);
(ii) Written evidence, to be published (HC 653);
(2) Get Britain Working: Creating a new jobs and careers service: Fifth Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 1286);
(3) Correspondence from Professor Ruth Patrick, on behalf of Changing Realities participants, relating to scrutiny of the forthcoming Child Poverty Strategy: Written evidence, to be published;
(4) Correspondence from the Minister for Social Security and Disability relating to the publication of information from internal process reviews: Written evidence, to be published;
(5) Correspondence with the Minister for Social Security and Disability relating to reassessments for the Personal Independence Payment and the appointee system for Universal Credit: Written evidence, to be published;
(6) Correspondence with the outgoing Chair of the Pensions Regulator: Written evidence, to be published
(Debbie Abrahams).