Contents
Chamber business
The House met at 2.30 pm.
Prayers
1Questions to the Secretary of State for Education
The Speaker suspended the sitting until 3.42 pm.
3Statement: Office for Budget Responsibility forecasts (James Murray)
4Iconic trees and nature education: Motion for leave to bring in a Bill (Standing Order No. 23)
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to make provision for a register of iconic trees; to make provision about the designation and protection of trees on that register; to require the Secretary of State to review the provision of nature education in England; and for connected purposes;
That Joe Morris, Michael Wheeler, James Naish, Laurence Turner, Leigh Ingham, David Smith, Dave Robertson, Markus Campbell-Savours, Feryal Clark and Sir Alec Shelbrooke present the Bill.
Joe Morris accordingly presented the Bill.
Bill read the first time; to be read a second time on Friday 16 January 2026, and to be printed (Bill 339).
5Ways and Means: Income tax (charge): Adjourned debate on the Question proposed on 26 November
Debate resumed (Order, 27 November).
Question again proposed, That income tax is charged for the tax year 2026–27.
And it is declared that it is expedient in the public interest that this Resolution should have statutory effect under the provisions of the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act 1968.
The Deputy Speaker announced a time limit on backbench speeches (Standing Order No. 47(1)).
Ordered, That the debate be now adjourned.—(Deirdre Costigan.)
Debate to be resumed tomorrow.
6Changes to membership of select committees
(1) Ordered, That Sir James Cleverly be discharged from the Education Committee and Rebecca Paul be added.—(Gen Kitchen, on behalf of the Committee of Selection.)
(2) Ordered, That Kate Osborne be discharged from the Finance Committee and Euan Stainbank be added.—(Gen Kitchen, on behalf of the Committee of Selection.)
(3) Ordered, That David Baines and Graeme Downie be discharged from the Procedure Committee and Katrina Murray and Kenneth Stevenson be added.—(Gen Kitchen, on behalf of the Committee of Selection.)
(4) Ordered, That Oliver Ryan be discharged from the Committee of Public Accounts and Matt Turmaine be added.—(Gen Kitchen, on behalf of the Committee of Selection.)
Subject: Temporary slip roads on junction 38 of the M6 (Tim Farron)
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Deirdre Costigan.)
Adjourned at 10.26 pm until tomorrow.
Other Proceedings
Changes to Notices Given
8Carbon Emissions from Buildings (Net Zero) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 12 December, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 27 March 2026.
9Building Regulations (Swift Bricks) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 12 December, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 27 March 2026.
10Water (Agricultural Pollution) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 12 December, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 27 March 2026.
11Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 5 December, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 16 January 2026.
12Palestine Statehood (Recognition) (No. 3) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 5 December, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 16 January 2026.
13Devolution (Immigration) (Scotland) Bill
Order for resuming on Friday 5 December the adjourned debate on the Question proposed on 25 April, That the Bill be now read a second time, read and discharged.
Debate to be resumed on Friday 29 May 2026.
14Public Services (Targets) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 5 December, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 29 May 2026.
General Committees: Reports
15First Delegated Legislation Committee
Sir Desmond Swayne (Chair) reported the draft Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Peru) Order 2025, the draft Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Romania) Order 2025, the draft Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Andorra) Order 2025 and the draft Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Portuguese Republic) Order 2025.
16Second Delegated Legislation Committee
Sir John Hayes (Chair) reported the draft Judicial Appointments Commission (Amendment) Regulations 2025.
17Third Delegated Legislation Committee
David Mundell (Chair) reported the Armed Forces Chaplains (Licensing) Measure (HC 1454) and the Abuse Redress Measure (HC 1455).
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).
18First Delegated Legislation Committee (draft double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Peru) Order 2025, draft Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Romania) Order 2025, draft Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Andorra) Order 2025 and draft Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Portuguese Republic) Order 2025)
Members: Noah Law discharged and Andy MacNae nominated in substitution.
19Second Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Judicial Appointments Commission (Amendment) Regulations 2025)
Members: Dr Scott Arthur and Jenny Riddell-Carpenter discharged and Henry Tufnell and Lauren Edwards nominated in substitution.
20Third Delegated Legislation Committee (Armed Forces Chaplains (Licensing) Measure (HC 1454) and Abuse Redress Measure (HC 1455))
Members: Antonia Bance and Josh Newbury discharged and Alex McIntyre and Gareth Snell nominated in substitution.
21Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Heat Networks (Market Framework) (Great Britain) (Amendment) Regulations 2025)
Members: Sarah Smith discharged and Noah Law nominated in substitution.
22Sixth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Infected Blood Compensation Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2025)
Members: Linsey Farnsworth discharged and Andrew Cooper nominated in substitution.
Select Committees: Reports relating to orders for printing made during the adjournment under Standing Order No. 137
Friday 28 November
Correspondence with the Chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility relating to Budget 2025: Written evidence, to be published (Clerk of the House).
Select Committees: Reports made on Monday 1 December
24Culture, Media and Sport Committee
The work of the BBC: Written evidence, to be published (HC 331) (Dame Caroline Dinenage).
(1) Football policing: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 1553);
(2) Correspondence from the Minister for Policing and Crime relating to the use of animals in science: Written evidence, to be published;
(3) Correspondence from the Minister for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls: Written evidence, to be published
(Dame Karen Bradley).
26National Security Strategy (Joint Committee on)
(1) Espionage cases and the Official Secrets Acts:
(i) Second Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 1414);
(ii) Written evidence, to be published (HC 1414);
(2) The National Security Strategy: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1045)
(Matt Western).
27Public Accounts (Committee of)
(1) Government fees, charges and levies:
(i) Fifty-seventh Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 890);
(ii) Written evidence, to be published (HC 890);
(2) Efficiency and resilience of the probation service: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 1235);
(3) Civil service pensions: Written evidence, to be published (HC 888);
(4) Correspondence from the Chief Secretary to the Treasury relating to reforms to the public spending controls and accountability framework: Written evidence, to be published;
(5) Correspondence from the Permanent Secretary to the Department of Health and Social Care relating to Accounting Officer assessments of departmental projects on the Government Major Projects Portfolio: Written evidence, to be published;
(6) Correspondence relating to the Committee’s previous Reports: Written evidence, to be published;
(7) Correspondence relating to the Royal Lodge and other matters: Written evidence, to be published;
(8) Faulty energy efficiency installations: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1229);
(9) Fixing NHS dentistry: Written evidence, to be published (HC 648);
(10) Immigration: Skilled worker visas: Written evidence, to be published (819);
(11) The future of the Equipment Plan: Written evidence, to be published (HC 716);
(12) Use of AI in Government: Written evidence, to be published (HC 356);
(13) Water sector regulation: Written evidence, to be published (HC 824)
(Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown).
Sir Lindsay Hoyle
Speaker
Westminster Hall
The sitting began at 4.30 pm.
Debates on e-petitions (Standing Orders No. 10(1)(a) and No. 145A(7))
1Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill
Resolved, That this House has considered e-petition 722377 relating to the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill.—(Jamie Stone.)
2Evacuation chairs in schools and colleges
Resolved, That this House has considered e-petition 706513 relating to evacuation chairs in schools and colleges.—(Jacob Collier.)
Sitting adjourned without Question put (Standing Order No. 10(14)).
Adjourned at 6.33 pm until tomorrow.
Ms Nusrat Ghani
Chairman of Ways and Means
Papers Laid
Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command) (Chris McDonald)
Corporation Tax Act 2010 (Part 8C) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 1253), dated 1 December 2025 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Dan Tomlinson)
3United Kingdom Internal Market
Draft United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020 (Exclusions from Market Access Principles: Glue Traps) Regulations 2025 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Emma Reynolds)
Papers subject to Negative Resolution
Competition Act 1998 (Public Transport Ticketing Schemes Block Exemption) (Amendment) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 1247), dated 25 November 2025 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Kate Dearden)
(1) Civil Legal Aid (Procedure and Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 1248), dated 27 November 2025 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command) (Secretary David Lammy)
(2) Criminal Legal Aid (General and Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 1251), dated 27 November 2025 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary David Lammy)
Agreement, done at London on 15 September 2025, between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Portuguese Republic on the Protection of Classified Information (by Command) (CP 1455), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Act) (Secretary Yvette Cooper)
Other papers
Environmental Improvement Plan 2025 (by Act) (Secretary Emma Reynolds)
Explanatory Memorandum to the Street and Road Works (Charges and Penalties) (Amendments) (England) Regulations 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 1074) (by Command) (Secretary Heidi Alexander)
Criminal Legal Aid: Proposals for Solicitor Fee Scheme Reform: Consultation Response (by Command) (CP 1445) (Secretary David Lammy)
10Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts
Draft Code of Practice on Victim Information Requests (by Act) (Secretary Shabana Mahmood)
Decisions No. 1 and No. 2, done at Gaborone on 28 January 2025, of the Southern African Customs Union and Mozambique and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Joint Council (by Command) (CP 1456) (Secretary Yvette Cooper)
Withdrawn papers
Explanatory Memorandum to the Street and Road Works (Charges and Penalties) (Amendments) (England) Regulations 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 1074) (laid 13 October)
SPEAKER’S CERTIFICATES
VOTING BY PROXY (STANDING ORDER NO. 39A)
(Variations to existing arrangements appear in bold.)
|
Member |
From |
To |
Proxy |
|
Claire Hughes |
31 October |
28 February 2026 |
Sir Nicholas Dakin |
|
Ms Diane Abbott |
2 September |
31 March 2026 |
Apsana Begum (1–3 December); Bell Ribeiro-Addy (thereafter) |
|
Sir Mark Hendrick |
13 October |
22 December |
Sir Nicholas Dakin |
|
Andrew Gwynne |
1 April |
18 December |
Sir Nicholas Dakin |