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Part 1: Business Today

Summary Agenda: Chamber

Westminster Hall

Business Today: Chamber

2.30pm Prayers

Followed by

Questions

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Education

1Antony Higginbotham (Burnley)
What steps her Department is taking to support children with additional educational needs. (900554)

2Mark Pawsey (Rugby)
What steps she is taking to help reduce the impact of industrial action by teachers on children and parents. (900555)

3Grahame Morris (Easington)
What steps her Department is taking to ensure the adequacy of school funding in County Durham. (900556)

4James Sunderland (Bracknell)
What steps she is taking to increase childcare support for working parents. (900557)

5Janet Daby (Lewisham East)
What recent assessment she has made of trends in the number of students completing T-Level courses. (900558)

6Jo Gideon (Stoke-on-Trent Central)
What steps her Department is taking to help ensure that tertiary and technical education providers work with businesses to meet local skills needs. (900559)

7Elliot Colburn (Carshalton and Wallington)
If her Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of after-school childcare on long-term educational outcomes. (900560)

8Sarah Green (Chesham and Amersham)
What steps her Department is taking to support pupils with special educational needs and disabilities. (900561)

9Mrs Paulette Hamilton (Birmingham, Erdington)
What steps she is taking to reduce waiting times for children with special educational needs and disabilities to receive support. (900562)

10Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh and Wickford)
What steps her Department is taking to improve access to special needs education. (900563)

11Jack Brereton (Stoke-on-Trent South)
What steps her Department is taking to help ensure that tertiary and technical education providers work with businesses to meet local skills needs. (900564)

12Cat Smith (Lancaster and Fleetwood)
What recent assessment she has made of trends in the number of support staff vacancies in schools. (900567)

13Mrs Flick Drummond (Meon Valley)
What steps she is taking to help reduce the workload of teachers. (900568)

14Siobhan Baillie (Stroud)
What steps she is taking to increase childcare support for working parents. (900569)

15Mrs Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall)
What recent assessment her Department has made of the impact of free school meals on children and their parents. (900571)

16Greg Smith (Buckingham)
What steps her Department is taking to help ensure that tertiary and technical education providers work with businesses to meet local skills needs. (900572)

17Dame Nia Griffith (Llanelli)
What recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of trends in the level of university applications from international students on the long-term sustainability of higher education institutions. (900573)

18Luke Pollard (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport)
How much funding her Department plans to provide for apprenticeships and skills training in the 2024-25 financial year. (900574)

19Michael Shanks (Rutherglen and Hamilton West)
What recent assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of trends in the level of violence in classrooms. (900575)

20Paul Holmes (Eastleigh)
What steps she is taking to increase childcare support for working parents. (900576)

21Ian Levy (Blyth Valley)
What steps her Department is taking to help ensure that tertiary and technical education providers work with businesses to meet local skills needs. (900577)

22Bill Esterson (Sefton Central)
What recent assessment she has made of trends in the number of students completing T-Level courses. (900578)

At 3.15pm

Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Education

T1Simon Jupp (East Devon)
If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. (900579)

T2Greg Smith (Buckingham) (900580)

T3Mr Ranil Jayawardena (North East Hampshire) (900581)

T4Priti Patel (Witham) (900582)

T5Sally-Ann Hart (Hastings and Rye) (900583)

T6Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire) (900584)

T7Mr William Wragg (Hazel Grove) (900585)

T8Alistair Strathern (Mid Bedfordshire) (900586)

T9Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet) (900588)

Urgent Questions and Statements

3.30pm

Urgent Questions:

To ask the Minister for Development and Africa if he will make a statement on international diplomacy surrounding the Israel-Hamas war (David Lammy)

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on former Afghan special forces facing deportation from Pakistan to Afghanistan (Luke Pollard)

Presentation of Bills

No debate (Standing Order No. 57)

International Freedom of Religion or Belief

Fiona Bruce

Bill to require the Prime Minister to appoint a Special Envoy for International Freedom of Religion or Belief; to establish an Office of the Special Envoy; and for connected purposes.

Children in Hospital for Extended Periods (Report to Parliament)

Sir Oliver Heald

Bill to require the Secretary of State to report to Parliament on the merits of providing financial support for parents of children receiving care in hospital for extended periods.

Child Criminal Exploitation

Sir Paul Beresford

Bill to create an offence of child criminal exploitation; and for connected purposes.

Arms Trade (Inquiry and Suspension)

Zarah Sultana

Bill to make provision for an inquiry into the end use of arms sold to foreign states to determine whether they have been used in violation of international law; to immediately suspend the sale of arms to foreign states where it cannot be demonstrated that arms sold will not be used in violation of international law; and for connected purposes.

Online Services (Cancellation)

Mrs Natalie Elphicke

Bill to provide that, if a service can be subscribed to online, it must be possible to cancel that subscription online; and for connected purposes.

Access to Telecommunications Networks

Helen Morgan

Bill to require providers of electronic communications networks to grant other such providers access to their apparatus where that is necessary to ensure consistent network coverage; to prevent those providers from charging more than the standard market rate for such access; to require the regulator to impose penalties on providers who unreasonably fail to grant such access; to make provision for the purpose of incentivising providers to allow customers of other providers to use their networks where access cannot be granted to their apparatus; and for connected purposes.

Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment)

Dr Thérèse Coffey

Bill to make provision changing the law about the offence of livestock worrying, including changes to what constitutes an offence and increased powers for investigation of suspected offences; and for connected purposes.

Multi-Storey Car Parks (Safety)

Maria Eagle

To increase the minimum required height of guarding in multi-storey car parks; to make provision about the height of guarding in existing multi-storey car parks; to require 24 hour staffing of multi-storey car parks; and for connected purposes.

Health and Social Care (Recruitment and Retention of Staff in Rural Areas)

Jamie Stone

Bill to require the Secretary of State to publish a strategy for the recruitment and retention of health and social care staff in rural areas; and for connected purposes.

Consular Assistance

Christine Jardine

Bill to make provision for a right to consular assistance for British citizens abroad in cases where there has been, or where there is a risk of, a breach of human rights, denial of access to legal representation, or torture or other human rights abuses; and for connected purposes.

Electronic Cigarettes (Prohibition of Sale to Children)

Allan Dorans

Bill to prohibit the sale of electronic cigarettes to children under the age of 18; and for connected purposes.

Children Not in School (Registers, Support and Orders)

Mrs Flick Drummond

Bill to make provision about the maintenance of registers by local authorities of children in their area who are not full-time pupils at any school; to make provision about support by local authorities to promote the education of such children; to make provision about school attendance orders; and for connected purposes.

Public Transport (Rural Areas)

Sarah Dyke

Bill to set minimum service levels for the provision of public transport in rural areas, including for access to sites of employment and education; and for connected purposes.

Bullying and Respect at Work

Rachael Maskell

Bill to provide for a statutory definition of bullying at work; to make provision relating to bullying at work, including to enable claims relating to workplace bullying to be considered by an employment tribunal; to provide for a Respect at Work Code to set minimum standards for positive and respectful work environments; to give powers to the Equalities and Human Rights Commission to investigate workplaces and organisations where there is evidence of a culture of, or multiple incidents of, bullying and to take enforcement action; and for connected purposes.

Groceries Code Adjudicator (Powers and Duties)

Mr Alistair Carmichael

Bill to make provision about the powers and duties of the Groceries Code Adjudicator; and for connected purposes.

Outdoor Education

Tim Farron

Bill to require that every child be offered at least one outdoor education experience during primary school years and at least one such experience during secondary school years; and for connected purposes.

Prison Media

Katherine Fletcher

A Bill to prohibit the creation and uploading of unauthorised media content relating to prisons.

Pets (Microchips)

James Daly

Bill to make provision regarding pets with microchips; and for connected purposes.

Puppy Import (Prohibition)

John Spellar

Bill to prohibit the import of young puppies; and for connected purposes.

Workers (Rights and Definition)

Chris Stephens

Bill to make provision about workers’ rights; to amend the definition of worker; and for connected purposes.

Courts (Remote Hearings)

Andy Carter

Bill to allow for certain civil and family court hearings to be conducted remotely.

Titles Deprivation Act 1917 Amendment

Bob Seely

Bill to amend the Titles Deprivation Act 1917 to deprive in certain circumstances Princes of their British Dignities and Titles.

Support for Infants

Sally-Ann Hart

Bill to require the provision of information relating to support available for parents and carers of infants for the purpose of supporting those infants; to require the Government to publish an annual report on the support available for infants and the impact that that support has had on outcomes for infants and children; and for connected purposes.

Animal Welfare (Responsibility for Dog Attacks)

Anna Firth

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.

Vaccine Damage Payments Act (Review)

Sir Christopher Chope

Bill to place a duty on the Secretary of State to review, and publish a report on, the merits of increasing the relevant statutory sum under the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979 for all claims since 1 January 2020 by an amount representing the amount of inflation since 2007.

School Attendance (Duties of Local Authorities and Proprietors of Schools)

Vicky Ford

Bill to make provision requiring local authorities to exercise their functions with a view to improving and promoting regular attendance by registered pupils at schools in their area; and to make provision requiring school proprietors to have an attendance policy to promote regular attendance.

Local Government (Pay Accountability)

Paul Bristow

Bill to make provision about the approval of remuneration paid to local government employees.

Chalk Streams (Protection)

Sarah Green

Bill to provide for a category of protection for chalk streams for the purpose of providing additional protections from pollution, abstraction and other forms of environmental damage; and for connected purposes.

Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity (Ratification of Treaty)

Kevin Foster

Bill to make provision in connection with the ratification by the United Kingdom of the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction.

Members of Parliament (Oil and Gas Companies)

Richard Burgon

Bill to require the Leader of the House of Commons to move a Motion prohibiting Members of Parliament from receiving any financial or other benefit from oil and gas companies; to require the Leader of the House to publish proposals for divestment of the Parliamentary Contributory Pension Fund from oil and gas companies; and for connected purposes.

Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 (Amendment)

Fleur Anderson

Bill to require landlords in the private rented sector to remedy hazards in leased dwellings; and for connected purposes.

Zoological Society of London (Leases)

Bob Blackman

Bill to amend the Crown Estate Act 1961 to increase the maximum term of the lease that may be granted to the Zoological Society of London in respect of land in Regent’s Park.

Fertility Treatment (Employment Rights)

Nickie Aiken

Bill to require employers to allow employees to take time off from work for appointments for fertility treatment; and for connected purposes.

Water Quality Monitoring

Richard Foord

Bill to confer powers on and place duties on the Environment Agency in respect of the monitoring of water quality; to make provision about environmental permits for water discharge activities; and for connected purposes.

Cancer Research Funding (Report to Parliament)

Daisy Cooper

Bill to require the Secretary of State to lay before Parliament an annual report on the allocation of research funding into cancers with the lowest survival rates in the UK, including lung, liver, brain, pancreatic cancer, and certain childhood cancers, including an assessment of the options for increasing funding for research with the aim of increasing survival rates for those cancers; and for connected purposes.

Palestine Statehood (Recognition)

Layla Moran

Bill to make provision in connection with the recognition of the State of Palestine.

Airports (Prohibition of Night Flights)

Sarah Olney

Bill to require the Secretary of State to report to Parliament on the merits of prohibiting scheduled flights from landing or taking off between the hours of 11pm and 6am.

Former Ministers (Grants)

Wendy Chamberlain

Bill to amend the Ministerial and other Pensions and Salaries Act 1991 in respect of grants paid to persons who leave ministerial office; to provide that a person who ceases to hold a ministerial office is entitled to a grant only after holding the relevant office for a specified minimum time period; to provide that no such grant may be paid to a person who ceases to hold a ministerial office following a finding that they have breached the Ministerial Code; and for connected purposes.

Social Energy Tariff

Marion Fellows

Bill to require the Secretary of State to publish proposals for a social tariff for energy.

Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration

Jon Trickett

Bill to make provision for establishing and maintaining a register of persons carrying on the business of lobbying, including those employed directly by the person on whose behalf the lobbying is carried out, and to require those persons to be entered in the register; to define “think tank” and to require persons so defined to be included in the register of persons carrying on the business of lobbying; to repeal the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014; and for connected purposes.

Telecommunications Infrastructure (Consultation)

Dame Diana Johnson

Bill to make provision about mandatory local consultation in relation to the installation of telecommunications infrastructure in residential areas; and for connected purposes.

Carers and Care Workers

Helen Morgan

Bill to require the Secretary of State to publish and implement a Care Workers Employment Strategy, with the aim of improving the recruitment and retention of care workers; to establish an independent National Care Workers Council with responsibility for setting professional standards for care workers, for establishing a system of professional qualifications and accreditation for care workers, and for advising the Government on those matters; to require the Secretary of State to commission an independent assessment of the support available to unpaid carers, including financial support and employment rights; and for connected purposes.

Bus Services

Helen Morgan

Bill to place a duty on the Government to ensure that every town with a population of more than 10,000 people has a regular bus service operating seven days a week, and that local health services, including hospitals and GP surgeries, are served by those buses; and for connected purposes.

Veterans (Non-custodial Sentences)

Owen Thompson

Bill to require the Secretary of State to publish annual data relating to veterans who are given non-custodial sentences; and for connected purposes.

Nuclear Veterans (Compensation)

Owen Thompson

Bill to require the Secretary of State to publish proposals for a compensation scheme for veterans who have experienced ill health as a result of exposure to radiation while on active service.

Employment Equality (Insurance etc) Bill

Mrs Natalie Elphicke

A Bill to amend Schedule 9 to the Equality Act 2010 to prohibit age discrimination by employers in relation to the provision of insurance or a related financial service; and for connected purposes.

Public Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Bill

Mrs Natalie Elphicke

A Bill to require companies and certain other persons to insure against their liability for injury to third parties and premises; and for connected purposes.

British Goods (Public Sector Purchasing Duty)

John Spellar

Bill to place a duty on public bodies to have a presumption in favour of purchasing goods of British origin in purchasing decisions; and for connected purposes.

Consumer Pricing

John Spellar

Bill to prohibit the practice of offering preferential pricing to new customers compared to existing customers; and for connected purposes.

Broadcasting (Listed Sporting Events)

John Spellar

Bill to expand the list of sporting events that must be made available for broadcast by free-to-air television channels; and for connected purposes.

Employment (Application Requirements)

John Spellar

Bill to regulate the use of minimum qualification or experience requirements in job applications; and for connected purposes.

Public Sector Website Impersonation

John Spellar

Bill to create the offence of impersonating a public sector website for the purpose of collecting payment or personal data; and for connected purposes.

Armenian Genocide (Recognition)

John Spellar

Bill to require Her Majesty’s Government to formally recognise the Armenian genocide of 1915-16.

House of Lords (Hereditary Peers (Abolition of By-Elections) (No. 2))

John Spellar

Bill to amend the House of Lords Act 1999 so as to abolish the system of by-elections for hereditary peers.

Food Poverty Strategy

Chris Stephens

Bill to require the Secretary of State to publish a strategy for ending the need for food banks by 2030; and for connected purposes.

Deductions from Universal Credit (Report)

Chris Stephens

Bill to require the Secretary of State to report to Parliament on the impact of deductions from Universal Credit on levels of destitution among claimants.

Corporate Homicide

Chris Stephens

Bill to amend the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 to make provision about the offence of corporate homicide; and for connected purposes.

Asylum Seekers (Accommodation Eviction Procedures)

Chris Stephens

Bill to make provision for asylum seekers to challenge the proportionality of a proposed eviction from accommodation before an independent court or tribunal; to establish asylum seeker accommodation eviction procedures for public authorities; and for connected purposes.

Health and Safety at Work

Chris Stephens

Bill to amend the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 to make provision about civil liability for breaches of health and safety duties; and for connected purposes.

Benefit Sanctions (Warnings)

Chris Stephens

Bill to make provision for warnings to be given to benefit claimants before they are given sanctions; and for connected purposes.

Housing Standards (Refugees and Asylum Seekers)

Chris Stephens

Bill to make provision for national minimum standards in accommodation offered to refugees and asylum seekers; and for connected purposes.

Disability Benefit Assessments (Recording)

Chris Stephens

Bill to place a duty on the Secretary of State to ensure that applicants for Disability Benefit are given the option of their eligibility assessment being audio recorded; and for connected purposes.

Full Employment

Chris Stephens

Bill to place a duty on the Chancellor of the Exchequer to pursue a policy of full employment; to make associated provision for an employment guarantee scheme for benefit claimants who have been unemployed and looking for work for longer than six months; and for connected purposes.

Universal Credit Sanctions (Zero Hours Contracts)

Chris Stephens

Bill to amend the Welfare Reform Act 2012 to provide that a Universal Credit claimant may not be sanctioned for refusing work on a zero hours contract; and for connected purposes.

Social Security Benefits (Healthy Eating)

Chris Stephens

Bill to require the Secretary of State to publish annual calculations of benefit and tax credit rates that would be required for a representative household to afford to buy meals in accordance with the Eatwell Guide to eating healthily; and for connected purposes.

Devolution (Employment) (Scotland)

Chris Stephens

Bill to amend the Scotland Act 1998 to grant legislative competence for employment matters to the Scottish Parliament.

Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (Powers)

Chris Stephens

Bill to grant powers to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman to identify and investigate systemic problems in the benefits system and make associated recommendations to the Secretary of State; and for connected purposes.

Under-Occupancy Penalty (Report)

Chris Stephens

Bill to require the Secretary of State to report to Parliament on the merits of repealing those provisions of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 which provide for persons to be paid reduced rates of housing benefit or universal credit because their accommodation is deemed to be under-occupied.

Evictions (Universal Credit)

Chris Stephens

Bill to place a duty on the Secretary of State to prevent the evictions of Universal Credit claimants in rent arrears; and for connected purposes.

Asylum Seekers (Permission to Work)

Chris Stephens

Bill to make provision for granting permission to work to asylum seekers who have waited six months for a decision on their asylum application; and for connected purposes.

Highways Act 1980 (Amendment)

Sir Christopher Chope

Bill to amend section 58 of the Highways Act 1980 to restrict the defences available to highway authorities; and for connected purposes.

Covid-19 Vaccine Damage Payments

Sir Christopher Chope

Bill to place a duty on the Secretary of State to make provision about financial assistance to persons who have suffered disablement following vaccination against Covid-19 and to the next of kin of persons who have died shortly after vaccination against Covid-19; to require the Secretary of State to report to Parliament on the merits of a no-fault compensation scheme to provide such financial assistance, on whether there should be any upper limit on the financial assistance available, on the criteria for eligibility and on whether payment should be made in all cases where there is no other reasonable cause for the death or disablement suffered; to provide for a special time limit under the Limitation Act 1980 for actions in respect of personal injury or death following a Covid-19 vaccination; and for connected purposes.

Statutory Instruments Act 1946 (Amendment)

Sir Christopher Chope

Bill to provide that a draft statutory instrument which is subject to the affirmative resolution procedure may be amended by either House of Parliament before it is approved; and for connected purposes.

Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 (Amendment)

Sir Christopher Chope

Bill to provide that, before making any order to designate a type of dog for the purposes of section 1 or 2 of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991, the Secretary of State must carry out a public consultation and publish a comparative review of data showing the incidences of fatalities resulting from bites of dogs of that type in the last three years.

Dangerous Dogs (Licensing)

Sir Christopher Chope

Bill to provide for an exemption from the provisions of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 relating to dogs bred for fighting and other specially dangerous dogs for persons who hold a licence; to make provision relating to such licences; and for connected purposes.

Arm’s-length Bodies (Accountability to Parliament)

Sir Christopher Chope

Bill to make provision for Arm’s-Length Bodies to be directly accountable to Parliament.

Exemption from Value Added Tax (Miscellaneous Provisions)

Sir Christopher Chope

Bill to exempt from Value Added Tax goods or services which are beneficial to the environment, to health and safety, to education or for charitable purposes.

Mobile Homes Act 1983 (Amendment)

Sir Christopher Chope

Bill to amend the Mobile Homes Act 1983; and for connected purposes.

Anonymity of Suspects

Sir Christopher Chope

Bill to create an offence of disclosing the identity of a person who is the subject of an investigation in respect of the alleged commission of an offence; and for connected purposes.

Covid-19 Vaccine Damage

Sir Christopher Chope

Bill to require the Secretary of State to establish an independent review of disablement caused by Covid-19 vaccinations and the adequacy of the compensation offered to persons so disabled; and for connected purposes.

Covid-19 Vaccine Diagnosis and Treatment

Sir Christopher Chope

Bill to place a duty on the Secretary of State to improve the diagnosis and treatment of persons who have suffered or continue to suffer ill effects from Covid-19 vaccines; and for connected purposes.

Domestic Energy (Value Added Tax)

Sir Christopher Chope

Bill to exempt from VAT supplies of electricity, oil and gas for domestic purposes; and for connected purposes.

Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 (Amendment)

Sir Christopher Chope

Bill to amend the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 to make provision about parliamentary scrutiny of regulations made under that Act; and for connected purposes.

Caravan Site Licensing (Exemption of Motor Homes)

Sir Christopher Chope

Bill to exempt motor homes from caravan site licensing requirements; and for connected purposes.

NHS England (Alternative Treatment)

Sir Christopher Chope

Bill to make provision about arranging alternative non-NHS England treatment for patients who have waited for more than one year for hospital treatment; and for connected purposes.

British Broadcasting Corporation (Privatisation)

Sir Christopher Chope

Bill to make provision for the privatisation of the British Broadcasting Corporation; and for connected purposes.

Children’s Clothing (Value Added Tax)

Sir Christopher Chope

Bill to extend the definition of children’s clothing for the purposes of exemption from VAT; to extend the VAT exemption to further categories of school uniform; and for connected purposes.

BBC Licence Fee Non-Payment (Decriminalisation for Over-75s)

Sir Christopher Chope

Bill to de-criminalise the non-payment of the BBC licence fee by persons aged over seventy-five; and for connected purposes.

Regulatory Impact Assessments

Sir Christopher Chope

Bill to require a Regulatory Impact Assessment to be published for all primary and secondary legislation introduced by the Government; to make provision for associated sanctions; and for connected purposes.

Barnett Formula (Replacement)

Sir Christopher Chope

Bill to require the Chancellor of the Exchequer to report to Parliament on proposals to replace the Barnett Formula used to calculate adjustments to public expenditure allocated to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland with a statutory scheme for the allocation of resources based on an assessment of relative needs; and for connected purposes.

Rule of Law (Enforcement by Public Authorities)

Sir Christopher Chope

Bill to require public authorities to exercise their statutory powers to investigate and take enforcement action for breaches of the law; to make provision for sanctions for failing to take such action; and for connected purposes.

Illegal Immigration (Offences)

Sir Christopher Chope

Bill to create offences in respect of persons who have entered the UK illegally or who have remained in the UK without legal authority; and for connected purposes.

National Health Service Co-Funding and Co-Payment

Sir Christopher Chope

Bill to make provision for co-funding and for the extension of co-payment for NHS services in England; and for connected purposes.

Caravan Sites

Sir Christopher Chope

Bill to amend the requirements for caravan site licence applications made under the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960; and for connected purposes.

Public Sector Exit Payments (Limitation)

Sir Christopher Chope

Bill to limit exit payments made by some public sector organisations to employees; and for connected purposes.

Green Belt (Protection)

Sir Christopher Chope

Bill to establish a national register of Green Belt land in England; to restrict the ability of local authorities to de-designate Green Belt land; to make provision about future development of de-designated Green Belt land and; for connected purposes.

Secure 16 to 19 Academies

Dr Caroline Johnson

Bill to make provision about the notice period for termination of funding agreements for secure 16 to 19 Academies; to make provision about the Secretary of State’s duty to consider the impact on existing educational institutions when it is proposed to establish or expand a secure 16 to 19 Academy; and to alter the consultation question required when it is proposed to establish or expand a secure 16 to 19 Academy.

Affordable Housing (Conversion of Commercial Property)

Vicky Ford

Bill to make provision to enable local authorities to establish planning obligations relating to affordable housing in respect of the conversion of commercial property to residential use; and for connected purposes.

Government of Wales (Referendum on Devolution)

Mr Rob Roberts

Bill to make provision for a referendum on devolution in Wales; to provide that no further such referendum may take place within twenty five years; and for connected purposes.

Immigration and Nationality Fees (Exemption for NHS Clinical Staff)

Mr Rob Roberts

Bill to exempt NHS clinical staff from the requirement to pay fees under section 68 of the Immigration Act 2014; and for connected purposes.

Business of the Day

1. Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill: Second Reading

Until 10.00pm (Standing Order No. 9(3))

Notes:

King’s and Prince of Wales’s consent to be signified on Third Reading.

2. LEASEHOLD AND FREEHOLD REFORM BILL: PROGRAMME

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

Secretary Michael Gove

That the following provisions shall apply to the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill:

Committal

(1)The Bill shall be committed to a Public Bill Committee.

Proceedings in Public Bill Committee

(2)Proceedings in the Public Bill Committee shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion on Thursday 1 February 2024.

(3)The Public Bill Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on which it meets.

Consideration and Third Reading

(4)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.

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

(6)Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to proceedings on Consideration and Third Reading.

Other proceedings

(7)Any other proceedings on the Bill may be programmed.

3. Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill: Money

No debate (Standing Order No. 52(1)(a))

Nigel Huddleston

That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the Leasehold and Freehold Reform 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, and

(2)any increase attributable to the Act in the sums payable under any other Act out of money so provided.

Notes:

King’s Recommendation signified.

4. Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill: Ways and Means

No debate (Standing Order No. 52(1)(a))

Nigel Huddleston

That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill, it is expedient to authorise the charging of fees under or by virtue of the Act.

5. Agriculture

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

Secretary Steve Barclay

That the draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments and Consequential Provisions) (England) Regulations 2023, which were laid before this House on 7 November, be approved.

Notes:

If this item is opposed after 10.00pm, the division will be deferred.

6. Representation of People (Northern Ireland)

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

Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris

That the draft Representation of the People (Northern Ireland: Overseas Electors etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023, which were laid before this House on 23 October, in the last Session of Parliament, be approved.

Notes:

If this item is opposed after 10.00pm, the division will be deferred.

7. Police

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

Jacob Young

That the draft Representation of the People (Overseas Electors etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 which were laid before this House on 23 October, in the last Session of Parliament, be approved.

Notes:

If this item is opposed after 10.00pm, the division will be deferred.

8. Business and Trade

No debate after 10.00pm (Standing Order No. 9(6))

Sir Bill Wiggin, on behalf of the Committee of Selection

That Bim Afolami be discharged from the Business and Trade Committee and Julie Marson be added.

9. Defence

No debate after 10.00pm (Standing Order No. 9(6))

Sir Bill Wiggin, on behalf of the Committee of Selection

That Jessie Norman be added to the Defence Committee.

10. Energy Security and Net Zero

No debate after 10.00pm (Standing Order No. 9(6))

Sir Bill Wiggin, on behalf of the Committee of Selection

That Mark Jenkinson be discharged from the Energy Security and Net Zero Committee and Derek Thomas be added.

11. Foreign Affairs

No debate after 10.00pm (Standing Order No. 9(6))

Sir Bill Wiggin, on behalf of the Committee of Selection

That Saqib Bhatti be discharged from the Foreign Affairs Committee and Ranil Jayawardena be added.

12. Holocaust Memorial Bill (Select Committee)

No debate after 10.00pm (Standing Order No. 9(6))

Sir Bill Wiggin, on behalf of the Committee of Selection

That Sir Mike Penning be discharged from the Holocaust Memorial Bill (Select Committee) and John Stevenson be added.

13. Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

No debate after 10.00pm (Standing Order No. 9(6))

Sir Bill Wiggin, on behalf of the Committee of Selection

That Paul Holmes be discharged from the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee and Tom Hunt be added.

14. Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy

No debate after 10.00pm (Standing Order No. 9(6))

Sir Bill Wiggin, on behalf of the Committee of Selection

That Tom Tugendhat be discharged from the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy and Sarah Atherton be added.

15. Procedure

No debate after 10.00pm (Standing Order No. 9(6))

Sir Bill Wiggin, on behalf of the Committee of Selection

That Aaron Bell be discharged from the Procedure Committee and Nickie Aiken be added.

16. Public Accounts

No debate after 10.00pm (Standing Order No. 9(6))

Sir Bill Wiggin, on behalf of the Committee of Selection

That Ashley Dalton, Jill Mortimer and Nick Smith be discharged from the Committee of Public Accounts and Paula Barker, Sarah Owen and Jeremy Quin be added.

17. Science, Innovation and Technology

No debate after 10.00pm (Standing Order No. 9(6))

Sir Bill Wiggin, on behalf of the Committee of Selection

That Aaron Bell be discharged from the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee and Dr James Davies be added.

18. Treasury

No debate after 10.00pm (Standing Order No. 9(6))

Sir Bill Wiggin, on behalf of the Committee of Selection

That Sir James Duddridge and Andrea Leadsom be discharged from the Treasury Committee and Dr Thérèse Coffey and Stephen Hammond be added.

Presentation of Public Petitions

No debate or decision (Standing Order No. 153)

Dover Fastrack: Mrs Natalie Elphicke

Adjournment Debate

Until 10.30pm or for half an hour (whichever is later) (Standing Order No. 9(7))

Availability of housing in Ilfracombe: Selaine Saxby

Business Today: Westminster Hall

Order of Business

The sitting will last for up to three hours (Standing Order No. 10(1)).

4.30pm

That this House has considered e-petitions 648225, 648383 and 648292 relating to Israel and Palestine: Cat Smith, 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)).

Written Statements

Statements to be Made Today

Secretary of State for Business and Trade

1.Trade Sanctions Implementation Update

Secretary of State for Defence

2.Maritime Capability Coalition Launch

3.Response to the Independent Review of UK Government Welfare Services for Veterans

Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

4.The regulation of anaesthesia associates (AAs) and physician associates (PAs)

Secretary of State for the Home Department

5.Commencement of Safe Access Zones in England and Wales

Secretary of State for Scotland

6.Outcome of the Judicial Review challenging the use of Section 35 of the Scotland Act 1998 with regard to the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) 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

Scottish Affairs Committee

Subject: Secretary of State for Scotland 11 December 2023

Witnesses: 3.00pm: Rt Hon Alister Jack MP, Secretary of State, John Lamont MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, and Laurence Rockey, Director, Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland; The Lord Offord of Garvel, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Business and Trade

Room 15
2.30pm (private), 3.00pm (public)

Public Accounts Committee

Subject: UK-Rwanda Migration and Economic Development Partnership

Witnesses: 3.00pm: Sir Matthew Rycroft KCMG CBE, Permanent Secretary, and Daniel Hobbs, Director General, Migration and Borders, Home Office

Subject: Cross-government working

Witnesses: 3.30pm: Catherine Hutchinson, Head of the Evaluation Task Force, HM Treasury and Cabinet Office; Will Garton, Director-General for Levelling-up, Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities; Chris Thompson, Director for Net Zero Strategy, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero; Nathan Moores, Director for Shared Services Strategy for Government, Cabinet Office

4.30pm: Sir Alex Chisholm, Permanent Secretary, Cabinet Office; Cat Little, Second Permanent Secretary, HM Treasury

The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
2.30pm (private), 3.00pm (public)

Administration Committee

Room 6
4.30pm (private)

Environmental Audit Committee

Room 8
4.30pm (private)

Joint Committees

National Security Strategy

Subject: The UK's national security machinery: follow up

Witnesses: 4.30pm: The Rt Hon. the Lord Maude of Horsham, Member of the House of Lords

5.15pm: The Lord Harris of Haringey, Member of the House of Lords; Dr Kathy Oldham, Chief Resilience Officer, Greater Manchester

Room 8
4.15pm (private), 4.30pm (public)

Public Bill Committees

Criminal Justice Bill: Programming sub-committee

Room 10
6.00pm (private)

Delegated Legislation Committees

First Delegated Legislation Committee

To consider the draft Judicial Pensions (Remediable Service etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023

Room 9
4.30pm (public)

Second Delegated Legislation Committee

To consider the draft Major Sporting Events (Income Tax Exemption) (World Athletics Indoor Championships Glasgow 24) Regulations 2023

Room 11
6.00pm (public)

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 ParliNet. The ballot takes place on the day following the deadline. Members who are successful will be contacted by the Speaker’s Office.

Monday 8 January to Monday 15 January (deadline Wednesday 13 December 7.00pm or the rise of the House, whichever is earlier)

Tuesday 16 January to Monday 22 January (deadline Wednesday 10 January 7.00pm or the rise of the House, whichever is earlier)

Forthcoming Westminster Hall Debates

The rota for answering Departments is listed below. Applications for 90, 60 and 30-minute debates should be made to the Table Office by 10.00pm or the 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 ParliNet. The ballot takes place on the day following the deadline. Members who are successful will be contacted by the Speaker’s Office.

Tuesday 19 December (deadline Monday 11 December 10.00pm or the rise of the House, whichever is earlier)

The following Departments will answer:

Attorney General; Cabinet Office; Culture, Media and Sport; Defence; Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Health and Social Care; Justice; Levelling Up, Housing and Communities; Northern Ireland; Science, Innovation and Technology; Wales

Tuesday 9 and Wednesday 10 January (deadline Monday 18 December 10.00pm or the rise of the House, whichever is earlier)

The following Departments will answer:

Business and Trade; Energy Security and Net Zero; Education; Foreign, Commonwealth and Development; Home Office; Scotland; Transport; Treasury; Women and Equalities; Work and Pensions

Determination of business by the Backbench Business Committee

Thursday 14 December in the Chamber

the First Report of the Home Affairs Committee, Human trafficking, HC 124: Dame Diana Johnson

General Debate: Knife Crime: Wendy Morton

General Debate: Potential merger of Three and Vodafone: Liam Byrne

Thursday 14 December in Westminster Hall

General Debate: Spiking: Judith Cummins, Caroline Nokes

General Debate: Persecution of Buddhists in Tibet: Jim Shannon

Tuesday 19 December in Westminster Hall

General Debate: Christmas, Christianity and communities: Nick Fletcher

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/cm5803/cmstords/so-1932-23102023/so-2023i.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

Broadcasts of proceedings can be found at https://www.parliamentlive.tv/Commons

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.

TUESDAY 12 DECEMBER

CHAMBER

QUESTIONS

11.30am Questions to the Minister of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs

12.15pm Topical Questions to the Minister of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs

Afterwards

SAFETY OF RWANDA (ASYLUM AND IMMIGRATION) BILL: SECOND READING

PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC PETITIONS

Frozen British pensions: Martyn Day

Public Service Obligation routes: Scott Benton

ADJOURNMENT DEBATE

Crohn's and Colitis Awareness Week: Hannah Bardell

WESTMINSTER HALL

9.30am That this House has considered the provision of auditory verbal therapy: Sally-Ann Hart

Notes:

The subject for this debate was determined by the Backbench Business Committee.

11.00am That this House has considered the future of Middlewick Ranges: Will Quince

Notes:

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

2.30pm That this House has considered arms export licences for sales to Israel: Zarah Sultana

4.00pm That this House has considered Welsh devolution: Mr Rob Roberts

4.30pm That this House has considered public sector food procurement and healthy eating: Anthony Mangnall

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 13 DECEMBER

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

Finance Bill: Second Reading

ADJOURNMENT DEBATE

Flooding on the River Severn catchment area: Daniel Kawczynski

WESTMINSTER HALL

9.30am That this House has considered the withdrawal of copper wire telecommunications networks: Mr Alistair Carmichael

11.00am That this House has considered the matter of sexual harassment of surgeons and other medical professionals: Rosie Duffield

Notes:

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

2.30pm That this House has considered the provision of broadband for rural communities: Chris Loder

4.00pm That this House has considered the Community Ownership Fund and the former bingo hall in Kettering: Mr Philip Hollobone

4.30pm That this House has considered the matter of UK military action in Iraq and declassified documents from 1998: Neale Hanvey

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 14 DECEMBER

CHAMBER

QUESTIONS

9.30am Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

10.15am Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

Afterwards

URGENT QUESTIONS AND STATEMENTS

Select Committee Statement on the First Report of the Home Affairs Committee, Human trafficking, HC 124 (Dame Diana Johnson)

BACKBENCH BUSINESS

Knife crime

Wendy Morton

That this House has considered the matter of knife crime.

Potential merger of Three and Vodafone

Liam Byrne

That this House has considered the potential merger of Three and Vodafone.

Notes:

The subjects for these debates were determined by the Backbench Business Committee.

ADJOURNMENT DEBATE

Serious violence in Battersea constituency: Marsha De Cordova

WESTMINSTER HALL

1.30pm That this House has considered the matter of spiking: Judith Cummins, Caroline Nokes

3.00pm That this House has considered the matter of the persecution of Buddhists in Tibet: Jim Shannon

Notes:

The subjects for these debates were 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 18 DECEMBER

CHAMBER

QUESTIONS

2.30pm Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

3.15pm Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

Afterwards

ANIMAL WELFARE (LIVESTOCK EXPORTS) BILL: SECOND READING

ADJOURNMENT DEBATE

Child sexual abuse and safeguarding in Stoke-on-Trent: Jonathan Gullis

WESTMINSTER HALL

4.30pm That this House has considered e-petition 635904, relating to the International Health Regulations 2005: Scott Benton, 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 19 DECEMBER

CHAMBER

QUESTIONS

11.30am Questions to the Chancellor of the Exchequer

12.15pm Topical Questions to the Chancellor of the Exchequer

Afterwards

Miners’ Strike (Pardons): Ten Minute Rule Motion

Owen Thompson

That leave be given to bring in a Bill to pardon miners convicted of certain offences committed during the 1984-85 miners' strike.

Notes:

The Member moving and a Member opposing this Motion may each speak for up to 10 minutes.

POST OFFICE (HORIZON SYSTEM) COMPENSATION BILL: ALLOCATION OF TIME

POST OFFICE (HORIZON SYSTEM) COMPENSATION BILL: SECOND READING

Notes:

This Bill was presented under Standing Order No. 50. It is expected to be certified as a Money Bill.

POST OFFICE (HORIZON SYSTEM) COMPENSATION BILL: MONEY

Nigel Huddleston

That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the Post Office (Horizon System) Compensation Bill, it is expedient to authorise the payment out of money provided by Parliament of any expenditure incurred by the Secretary of State under, or in connection with, schemes or other arrangements-

(1) to compensate persons affected by previous versions of the computer system known as Horizon (and sometimes referred to as Legacy Horizon, Horizon Online or HNG-X) used by Post Office Limited;

(2) to compensate persons in respect of other matters identified in High Court judgments given in proceedings relating to the Horizon system.

Notes:

King’s Recommendation signified.

POST OFFICE (HORIZON SYSTEM) COMPENSATION BILL: COMMITTEE AND REMAINING STAGES

ADJOURNMENT DEBATE

Transport infrastructure in Cullompton: Richard Foord

WESTMINSTER HALL

9.30am That this House has considered Christmas, Christianity and communities: Nick Fletcher

Notes:

The subject for this debate was determined by the Backbench Business Committee.

TUESDAY 9 JANUARY

CHAMBER

Schools (Mental Health Professionals): Ten Minute Rule Motion

Munira Wilson

That leave be given to bring in a Bill to make provision to require every school to have access to a qualified mental health professional; and for connected purposes.

Notes:

The Member moving and a Member opposing this Motion may each speak for up to 10 minutes.

WEDNESDAY 10 JANUARY

CHAMBER

Scottish Law Officers (Devolution): Ten Minute Rule Bill

Joanna Cherry

That leave be given to bring in a Bill to amend the Scotland Act 1998 to grant to the Scottish Parliament legislative competence in respect of the role and functions of the Scottish Law Officers; and for connected purposes.

Notes:

The Member moving and a Member opposing this Motion may each speak for up to 10 minutes.

MONDAY 15 JANUARY

WESTMINSTER HALL

4.30pm That this House has considered e-petition 625515, relating to allowances and tax arrangements for foster carers: Martyn Day, 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 16 JANUARY

CHAMBER

Scotland (Self-Determination): Ten Minute Rule Motion

Neale Hanvey

That leave be given to bring in a Bill to amend the Scotland Act 1998 to transfer the power to legislate for a Scottish independence referendum to the Scottish Parliament; to provide that that power may only be exercised where the Scottish public have demonstrated its support for the holding of such a referendum; to provide that no such referendum may be held sooner than seven years after the previous such referendum; and for connected purposes.

Notes:

The Member moving and a Member opposing this Motion may each speak for up to 10 minutes.

Friday 19 January

CHAMBER

Building Societies Act 1986 (Amendment) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Julie Elliott

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Pet Abduction Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Anna Firth

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Licensing Hours Extensions Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

MONDAY 22 JANUARY

WESTMINSTER HALL

4.30pm That this House has considered e-petition 643216, relating to the Groceries Supply Code of Practice: Christina Rees, 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)).

Friday 26 January

CHAMBER

Shared Parental Leave and Pay (Bereavement) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Chris Elmore

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

High Streets (Designation, Review and Improvement Plan) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Jack Brereton

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

British Citizenship (Northern Ireland) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Gavin Robinson

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Friday 2 February

CHAMBER

Pensions (Special Rules for End of Life) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Mr Laurence Robertson

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Joint Enterprise (Significant Contribution) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Kim Johnson

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Friday 23 February

CHAMBER

Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Wayne David

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Space Industry (Indemnities) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Mr Jonathan Lord

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Kevin Brennan

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Community and Suspended Sentences (Notification of Details) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Ruth Jones

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Hereditary Titles (Female Succession) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Harriett Baldwin

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Friday 1 March

CHAMBER

Conversion Practices (Prohibition) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Lloyd Russell-Moyle

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Friday 15 March

CHAMBER

Animal Welfare (Import of Dogs, Cats and Ferrets) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Selaine Saxby

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Public Procurement (British Goods and Services) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Sarah Champion

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Health and Equality Acts (Amendment) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Elizabeth Truss

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Friday 22 March

CHAMBER

Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: John Spellar

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Greater London Low Emission Zone Charging (Amendment) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Gareth Johnson

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

Friday 19 April

CHAMBER

Off-Road Vehicles (Registration) Bill: Second Reading

Member in Charge: Anne McLaughlin

Notes:

Bill not yet printed.

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. 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, in the last Session of Parliament, be approved.

2. Animals

Secretary Steve Barclay

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

3. Terms and Conditions of Employment

Secretary Kemi Badenoch

That the draft National Minimum Wage (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2023, which were laid before this House on 13 September, in the last Session of Parliament, be approved.

4. Disclosure of Information

Alex Burghart

That the draft Digital Government (Disclosure of Information) (Identity Verification Services) Regulations 2023, which were laid before this House on 19 September, in the last Session of Parliament, be approved.

5. Police

Secretary James Cleverly

That the draft Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Codes of Practice) (Revision of Codes A, B, C, D and H and New Code I) Order 2023, which was laid before this House on 16 October, in the last Session of Parliament, be approved.

6. Investigatory Powers

Secretary James Cleverly

That the draft Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (Remedial) Order 2023, which was laid before this House on 18 October, in the last Session of Parliament, be approved.

7. Immigration

Secretary James Cleverly

That the draft Immigration (Health Charge) (Amendment) Order 2023, which was laid before this House on 19 October, in the last Session of Parliament, be approved.

8. Legal Services

Secretary Alex Chalk

That the draft Legal Services Act 2007 (Approved Regulator) Order 2023, which was laid before this House on 23 October, in the last Session of Parliament, be approved.

9. Income Tax

Nigel Huddleston

That the draft Major Sporting Events (Income Tax Exemption) (World Athletics Indoor Championships Glasgow 24) Regulations 2023, which were laid before this House on 23 October, in the last Session of Parliament, be approved.

Notes:

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

10. Criminal Law

Secretary Alex Chalk

That the draft Sentencing Act 2020 (Amendment of Schedule 21) Regulations 2023, which were laid before this House on 23 October, in the last Session of Parliament, be approved.

11. Retained EU Law Reform

Secretary Kemi Badenoch

That the draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023, which were laid before this House on 7 November, be approved.

12. Local Government

Jacob Young

That the draft York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority Order 2023, which was laid before this House on 7 November, be approved.

13. ECONOMIC ACTIVITY OF PUBLIC BODIES (OVERSEAS MATTERS) BILL: THIRD READING

Notes:

Debate may continue for up to one hour (Programme (No. 2) Order, 25 October 2023, in the last Session of Parliament).

King’s consent to be signified on Third Reading.

14. Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill: Second Reading

15. Energy

Secretary Claire Coutinho

That the draft Hydrogen Production Revenue Support (Directions, Eligibility and Counterparty) Regulations 2023, which were laid before this House on 8 November, be approved.

16. Immigration and Asylum

Secretary James Cleverly

That the draft Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (Amendment of List of Safe States) Regulations 2023, which were laid before this House on 8 November, be approved.

17. Buildings and Buildings

Lee Rowley

That the draft Higher-Risk Buildings (Keeping and Provision of Information etc.) (England) Regulations 2023, which were laid before this House on 9 November, be approved.

18. Employment

Jeremy Quin

That the draft Trade Union (Deduction of Union Subscriptions from Wages in the Public Sector) Regulations 2023, which were laid before this House on 9 November, be approved.

19. Family Law

Mims Davies

That the draft Child Support (Management of Payments and Arrears and Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2023, which were laid before this House on 13 November, be approved.

20. Public Service Pensions

Secretary Alex Chalk

That the draft Judicial Pensions (Remediable Service etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023, which were laid before this House on 13 November, be approved.

21. Medical Devices

Helen Whately

That the draft Medical Devices (In Vitro Diagnostic Devices etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2023, which were laid before this House on 14 November, be approved.

22. Employment Tribunals

Secretary Alex Chalk

That the draft Employment Tribunals and Employment Appeal Tribunal (Composition of Tribunal) Regulations 2023, which were laid before this House on 14 November, be approved.

23. Immigration

Secretary James Cleverly

That the draft Immigration (Employment of Adults Subject to Immigration Control) (Maximum Penalty) (Amendment) Order 2023, which was laid before this House on 15 November, be approved.

24. Immigration

Secretary James Cleverly

That the draft Immigration Act 2014 (Residential Accommodation) (Maximum Penalty) Order 2023, which was laid before this House on 15 November, be approved.

25. Financial Services and Markets

Bim Afolami

That the draft Data Reporting Services Regulations 2023, which were laid before this House on 27 November, be approved.

26. Dangerous Drugs

Secretary James Cleverly

That the draft Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023, which was laid before this House on 27 November, be approved.

27. Financial Services and Markets

Bim Afolami

That the draft Public Offers and Admissions to Trading Regulations 2023, which were laid before this House on 27 November, be approved.

28. Financial Services and Markets

Bim Afolami

That the draft Securitisation Regulations 2023, which were laid before this House on 27 November, be approved.

29. Immigration

Secretary James Cleverly

That the draft General Aviation (Persons on Board, Flight Information and Civil Penalties) Regulations 2024, which were laid before this House on 28 November, be approved.

Notes:

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

30. Immigration

Saqib Bhatti

That the draft Online Safety (List of Overseas Regulators) Regulations 2024, which were laid before this House on 28 November, be approved.

Notes:

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

31. Renters (Reform) Bill: Remaining Stages

As amended in the 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 (Order of 23 October 2023).

King’s consent to be signified on Third Reading.

32. Enviromental Protection

Lee Rowley

That the draft Biodiversity Gain (Town and Country Planning) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2024, which were laid before this House on 30 November, be approved.

Notes:

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

33. Financial Services

Bim Afolami

That the draft Financial Services Act 2021 (Overseas Funds Regime and Red Recognition of Parts of Schemes) (Amendment and Modification) Regulations 2024, which were laid before this House on 4 December, be approved.

Notes:

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

34. Enviromental Protection

Secretary Steve Barclay

That the draft Biodiversity Gain Site Register (Financial Penalties and Fees) Regulations 2024, which were laid before this House on 30 November, be approved.

Notes:

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

35. Criminal Law

Secretary Alex Chalk

That the draft Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (Automatic Online Conviction and Standard Statutory Penalty) (Specification of Offences and Penalties) Regulations 2024, which were laid before this House on 4 December, be approved.

Notes:

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

36. Agriculture

Secretary Steve Barclay

That the draft Wine (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2024, which were laid before this House on 4 December, be approved.

Notes:

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

37. Financial Services

Bim Afolami

That the Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (High-Risk Countries) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2024, (S.I, 2024, No. 1306), dated 4 December 2023, a copy which was laid before this House on 4 December, be approved.

Notes:

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

38. Enviromental Protection

Robbie Moore

That the draft Waste Enforcement (Fixed Penalty Reciepts) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2023, which were laid before this House on 6 December, be approved.

Notes:

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

39. Gender Recognition

Secretary Kemi Badenoch

That the draft Gender Recognition (Approved Countries and Territories and Saving Provision) Order 2023, which were laid before this House on 6 December, be approved

Notes:

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

40. National Crime Agency

Secretary James Cleverly

That the draft National Crime Agency (Directed Tasking) Order 2023, which were laid before this House on 7 December, be approved.

Notes:

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