Contents
Chamber business
The House met at 9.30 am.
Prayers
1Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
2Business Question (Leader of the House)
3Statement: G7 and NATO summits (Prime Minister)
4Supply and Appropriation (Main Estimates) Bill: Second and Third Reading (Standing Order No. 56)
Motion made and Question put forthwith, That the Bill be now read a second time.
Question agreed to and Bill read a second time.
Motion made and Question put forthwith, That the Bill be now read the third time.
Question agreed to and Bill read the third time, and passed.
Resolved, That this House has considered Armed Forces Day.—(Luke Pollard.)
Subject: Potential merits of floating solar panels (Lincoln Jopp)
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Gerald Jones.)
Adjourned at 4.23 pm until Monday 30 June.
Other Proceedings
General Committees: Reports
7Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [Lords] Committee
Sir Desmond Swayne (Chair) reported written evidence submitted to the Committee.
Written evidence to be published.
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).
8Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [Lords]
Additional Chairs: Carolyn Harris and Sir Desmond Swayne
9Courts (Remote Hearings) Bill
Chair: Christine Jardine
Chair: Graham Stuart
11Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill
Chair: David Mundell
12First Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Suitability for Fixed Term Recall) Order 2025)
Chair: Esther McVey
Members: Zoe Franklin dishcarged and Alex Brewer nominated in substitution.
13Second Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Contracts for Difference (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) Regulations 2025)
Chair: Martin Vickers
Members: Irene Campbell discharged and Lillian Jones nominated in substitution.
14Third Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Sheep Carcase (Classification and Price Reporting) (England) Regulations 2025)
Chair: Sir Jeremy Wright
15Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Subsidy Control (Subsidies and Schemes of Interest or Particular Interest) (Amendment) Regulations 2025)
Chair: Karl Turner
16Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (Amendment, etc.) Regulations 2025)
Chair: Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
Select Committees: Reports
17Backbench Business Committee
Determination of business to be taken on Thursday 3 July in the Chamber and Thursday 17 July in Westminster Hall (Bob Blackman).
18International Development Committee
Correspondence with the Secretary of State for Business and Trade relating to the exemption of F-35 components from suspended arms exports to Israel: Written evidence, to be published (Sarah Champion).
19Public Accounts (Committee of)
(1) Jobcentres: Thirty-sixth Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 823);
(2) Immigration: Skilled worker visas: Thirty-seventh Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 819);
(3) Governance and decision-making on major projects: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 642);
(4) Correspondence from the Chief Executive Officer of the Financial Reporting Council relating to the FRC investigation regarding the audits of Post Office Limited by Ernst and Young LLP: Written evidence, to be published;
(5) 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))
1Select Committee Statement (Standing Order No. 22D)
Publication of the Fourth Report of the Joint Committee on Human Rights, Legislative Scrutiny: Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill, HC 789 (Alex Sobel)
The sitting was suspended between 1.41 pm and 1.50 pm.
2IVF egg donation in young women
Resolved, That this House has considered IVF egg donation in young women.—(Jim Shannon.)
The sitting was suspended between 2.47 pm and 3.09 pm.
3Funding of the BBC World Service
Resolved, That this House has considered the funding of the BBC World Service.—(Peter Prinsley.)
Sitting adjourned without Question put (Standing Order No. 10(14)).
Adjourned at 4.20 pm until Monday 30 June.
Ms Nusrat Ghani
Chairman of Ways and Means
Papers Laid
Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution
(1) Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Stephanie Peacock)
(2) Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737), dated 26 June 2025 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Stephanie Peacock)
Draft Sentencing Act 2020 (Amendment of Schedule 21) Regulations 2025 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command) (Secretary Shabana Mahmood)
Draft Online Safety Act 2023 (Qualifying Worldwide Revenue) Regulations 2025 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Peter Kyle)
Papers subject to Negative Resolution
Online Safety Act 2023 (Fees Notification) Regulations 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 747), dated 23 June 2025 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Peter Kyle)
Criminal and Civil Legal Aid (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 750), dated 25 June 2025 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Shabana Mahmood)
Other papers
Report and Accounts of Bank of England Asset Purchase Facility Fund Limited for the year ended 28 February 2025, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General, (by Act) to be printed (HC 978) (Darren Jones)
Report on the Bank of England’s supervision of financial market infrastructures for the period 18 December 2024 to 25 June 2025 (by Act) (Emma Reynolds)
8Budget Responsibility and National Audit
Report and Accounts of the Office for Budget Responsibility for 2024–25, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 954) (James Murray)
The UK's Trade Strategy (by Command) (CP 1339) (Secretary Jonathan Reynolds)
Public Procurement: Growing British industry, jobs and skills: Consultation on further reforms to public procurement (by Command) (CP 1349) (Georgia Gould)
The future of the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023 (by Command) (CP 1340) (Secretary Bridget Phillipson)
12Financial Services and Markets
(1) Report of the Prudential Regulation Authority Cost Benefit Analysis Panel for 2024–2025 (by Act) (Emma Reynolds)
(2) Report of the Prudential Regulation Authority for the year ended 28 February 2025 (by Act) (Emma Reynolds)
(3) Report of the Prudential Regulation Authority on the Authority’s secondary objectives, for the period July 2024 to June 2025 (by Act) (Emma Reynolds)
13Government Resources and Accounts
(1) Report and Accounts of the Planning Inspectorate for 2024–25, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 1051) (Secretary Angela Rayner)
(2) Report and Accounts of Wilton Park for 2024–25, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 927) (Catherine West)
Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General on Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: UK Emissions Trading Scheme (by Act), to be printed (HC 950) (Clerk of the House)
Report and Accounts of the Public Works Loan Board for 2024–25, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 1059) (Darren Jones)
16Natural Environment and Rural Communities
Report and Accounts of Natural England for 2023–24, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 913) (Secretary Steve Reed)
Report and Accounts of the Port of London Authority 2024 (by Act) (Secretary Heidi Alexander)
Explanatory Memorandum to the Private Security Industry Act 2001 (Exemption) (Aviation Security) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 664) (by Command) (Secretary Yvette Cooper)
Reserve Land Forces Regulations 2016 Amendment No. 12 (by Act) (Luke Pollard)
Report and Accounts of the Bank of England for the year ended 28 February 2025 (by Command) (Darren Jones)
Free Trade Agreement, done at London on 22 August 2019, between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Republic of Korea (with Exchange of Notes) (by Command) (CP 1351) (Secretary David Lammy)
Withdrawn papers
Explanatory Memorandum to the Private Security Industry Act 2001 (Exemption) (Aviation Security) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (SI 2025, No. 664) (laid 10 June)
SPEAKER’S CERTIFICATES
MONEY BILL
Supply and Appropriation (Main Estimates) (No. 2) Bill
The Speaker has certified that the Supply and Appropriation (Main Estimates) (No. 2) Bill is a Money Bill within the meaning of the Parliament Act 1911.
VOTING BY PROXY (STANDING ORDER NO. 39A)
(Variations to existing arrangements appear in bold.)
|
Member |
From |
To |
Proxy |
|
Claire Coutinho |
8 January |
3 August |
Mr Gagan Mohindra (30 June to 4 July), Joy Morrissey (thereafter) |
|
Sir Mark Hendrick |
7 May |
22 July |
Chris Elmore |
|
Alicia Kearns |
10 December 2024 |
30 November |
Mr Gagan Mohindra (30 June to 4 July), Joy Morrissey (thereafter) |
|
Patrick Spencer |
15 May |
14 December |
Mr Gagan Mohindra (30 June to 4 July), Joy Morrissey (thereafter) |