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Order Paper: Business Today & Future Business

Summary Agenda: Chamber

Westminster Hall

Business Today: Chamber

11.30am Prayers

Followed by

Notices of Motions for Unopposed Returns

Notice of Motion for an Unopposed Return

No debate

Secretary Wes Streeting

That an humble Address be presented to His Majesty, That he will be graciously pleased to give directions that there be laid before this House a Return of a Report, dated 15 July 2025, entitled Independent Inquiry into the issues raised by the David Fuller case – Phase 2 Report.

Questions

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero

1Alex Ballinger (Halesowen)
What steps he is taking to support workers' rights in the renewable energy sector. (905199)

2Mary Glindon (Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend)
What steps he has taken with Cabinet colleagues to help increase the number of jobs in supply chains in green industries. (905200)

3Emma Foody (Cramlington and Killingworth)
What estimate he has made of the number of additional jobs that have been created in clean power industries in the North East since July 2024. (905201)

4Noah Law (St Austell and Newquay)
What estimate he has made of the number of additional jobs that have been created in clean power industries since July 2024. (905202)

5Calum Miller (Bicester and Woodstock)
What steps he is taking to increase electricity grid capacity. (905203)

6Shaun Davies (Telford)
What steps he is taking to help support businesses to reduce their energy costs. (905204)

7David Taylor (Hemel Hempstead)
What assessment he has made of the role of new nuclear in supporting a clean energy transition. (905205)

8Wendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills)
What steps his Department is taking to help reduce industrial electricity prices. (905206)

9Chris Vince (Harlow)
What estimate he has made of the number of additional jobs that have been created in clean power industries since July 2024. (905207)

10Katrina Murray (Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch)
What estimate he has made of the number of additional jobs that have been created in clean power industries since July 2024. (905208)

11Marsha De Cordova (Battersea)
What steps he is taking to help increase the supply of clean energy. (905209)

12Luke Akehurst (North Durham)
What assessment he has made of the potential impact of extending the Warm Homes Discount to all households in receipt of means-tested benefits on people receiving those benefits. (905210)

13Jess Brown-Fuller (Chichester)
What assessment he has made of the adequacy of mechanisms to encourage private sector investment in renewable energy sources. (905211)

14Matt Turmaine (Watford)
What steps he is taking to ensure scientific evidence is used to support his net zero policies. (905212)

15Christine Jardine (Edinburgh West)
What steps he is taking to manage the Radio Teleswitch Service switch-off. (905213)

16Peter Swallow (Bracknell)
What assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the Climate Change Committee's report entitled Progress in reducing emissions, published on 25 June 2025. (905214)

17Helen Maguire (Epsom and Ewell)
What steps he is taking to increase the use of renewable energy. (905215)

18Alex Brewer (North East Hampshire)
What steps he is taking to help reduce household energy bills. (905216)

19Paul Davies (Colne Valley)
What steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to increase the number of trees planted for the purpose of improving carbon capture. (905217)

20Danny Beales (Uxbridge and South Ruislip)
What steps Great British Energy is taking to help public services use more renewable energy. (905218)

21Llinos Medi (Ynys Môn)
What assessment he has made of the potential impact of large solar developers on local communities. (905219)

22Mrs Elsie Blundell (Heywood and Middleton North)
What steps he is taking to help support low income families in the context of trends in the level of energy prices. (905220)

23Max Wilkinson (Cheltenham)
What steps he is taking to help reduce household energy bills. (905221)

24Adam Thompson (Erewash)
What assessment he has made of the role of new nuclear in supporting a clean energy transition. (905222)

25Sir John Whittingdale (Maldon)
What steps his Department is taking to help reduce industrial electricity prices. (905223)

At 12.15pm

Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero

T1Graham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness)
If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. (905224)

T2Carla Denyer (Bristol Central) (905225)

T3Ben Goldsborough (South Norfolk) (905226)

T4Anneliese Midgley (Knowsley) (905227)

T5Cat Eccles (Stourbridge) (905228)

T6Melanie Onn (Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes) (905229)

T7Blake Stephenson (Mid Bedfordshire) (905230)

T8Juliet Campbell (Broxtowe) (905232)

T9Steve Witherden (Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr) (905233)

Urgent Questions and Statements

12.30pm

Ministerial Statements, including on:

Afghanistan Update (Secretary of State for Defence)

Presentation of Bills

No debate (Standing Order No. 57)

Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory

Secretary David Lammy

Bill to give effect to, and make provision in connection with, an agreement between the governments of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Mauritius concerning the Chagos Archipelago.

Business of the Day

1. Ten Minute Rule Motion: Human fertilisation and embryology (regulation)

Up to 20 minutes (Standing Order No. 23)

Dame Caroline Dinenage

That leave be given to bring in a Bill to make provision about the regulation of online providers of fertility and certain ancillary services by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority; and for connected purposes.

Notes:

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

2. Business of the House (Today)

Until any hour (if the 7.00pm Business of the House motion is agreed to)

Lucy Powell

That, at today’s sitting, business in the name of the Leader of the Opposition shall be treated as being taken on an allotted day provided under paragraph (2) of Standing Order No. 14 (Arrangement of public business); such business may be entered upon at any hour and may be proceeded with, though opposed, for up to six hours after the start of proceedings on the Motion for this Order; proceedings shall then lapse if not previously disposed of; and Standing Order No. 41A (Deferred divisions) shall not apply.

Business to be taken at 7.00pm

Business of the House

No debate (Standing Orders Nos. 15 and 41A(3))

The Prime Minister

That, at this day’s sitting, proceedings on the Motion in the name of Lucy Powell relating to Business of the House (Today) may be proceeded with, though opposed, until any hour and Standing Order No. 41A (Deferred divisions) shall not apply.

Business of the Day

3. Opposition Day (9th Allotted Day)

Up to six hours from the start of proceedings on the Business of the House (Today) motion (if that motion is agreed to)

Welfare

Mrs Kemi Badenoch

Helen Whately

Rebecca Harris

Danny Kruger

Rebecca Smith

That this House believes the two-child benefit cap should remain in place and that households with a third or subsequent child born from 6 April 2017 claiming Universal Credit or Child Tax Credit should not receive additional funding, because those who receive benefits should make the same decisions about having children as those who do not; further believes that lifting the cap would exacerbate a benefits culture which is unfair on the taxpayers who pay for it and unfair on those who become trapped on benefits, because those who can work, should work; and generally supports further changes to reduce welfare spending and ensure that benefits are there only for those who need them.

Amendment (a)

Siân Berry

Ellie Chowns

Carla Denyer

Adrian Ramsay

Leave out from “should” to end and insert “be lifted immediately.”

Amendment (b)

Daisy Cooper

Steve Darling

Leave out from “House” to end and insert “condemns the impact of the two-child limit and the benefit cap, which have driven up child poverty and left 4.5 million children in poverty in the year to April 2024, which means that, across the UK, 31% of children are living in poverty; rejects the Official Opposition’s claim that these policies are about fairness, noting that children do not choose the circumstances into which they are born and that such punitive limits punish children for decisions made by adults; notes that the two-child limit is a leading cause of rising deep poverty among children; further condemns the benefit cap for penalising families with additional needs, especially lone parents and disabled households, and notes that it is applied regardless of assessed need; recognises that removing these unfair and arbitrary limits would lift hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty; calls on the Government to adopt evidence-led welfare reform, including the removal of the two-child limit and the benefit cap which would be the most cost-effective way of lifting children out of poverty and is supported by groups including Save the Children UK, Child Poverty Action Group, Barnardo’s and The Children’s Society; and calls on the Government to recognise that a fair society does not balance the books on the backs of children.”

Taxes

Mrs Kemi Badenoch

Sir Mel Stride

Richard Fuller

Rebecca Harris

Gareth Davies

Paul Holmes

James WildGregory Stafford

That this House notes that the Government was elected on the basis of a manifesto commitment not to increase taxes on working people and not to increase National Insurance or the basic, higher, or additional rates of Income Tax, or VAT; accordingly regrets the decision to raise employers’ National Insurance contributions in the Autumn Budget 2024; further regrets the proposed changes to Agricultural Property Relief and the burden on taxpayers from increases in Council Tax, which is forecast to increase at its highest rate in 20 years; calls on the Government to reaffirm the statement made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Autumn Budget 2024 that, from 2028–29, personal tax thresholds will be uprated in line with inflation once again; regrets that the Government plans to bring those whose only income is the State Pension into paying Income Tax this Parliament; and urges the Government not to introduce new taxes on the value of assets owned such as savings, homes and pensions, which would drive wealth creators away from the UK.

Amendment (a)

Adrian Ramsay

Carla Denyer

Ellie Chowns

Siân Berry

Leave out from “VAT” to end and insert “and calls on the Government to tax wealth fairly, including equalising Capital Gains Tax with Income Tax, and introducing an annual wealth tax of at least 1% on assets over £10 million.”

Amendment (b)

Daisy Cooper

Sarah Olney

At end insert “regrets that the Government has needed to raise taxes to deal with the impact of the previous Conservative administration, which left the NHS in crisis, social care underfunded, and essential infrastructure such as schools and hospitals in disrepair; urges the Government to look at fairer ways of raising revenue for public services and defence, including increasing the Digital Services Tax and Remote Gaming Duty and reversing the previous Government’s tax cuts on the profits of the big banks; and calls on the Government to avoid future tax increases by adopting policies which would foster growth and benefit everyone in the UK, such as negotiating a new UK-EU customs deal, fundamentally reforming business rates, and properly investing in education and skills, including reform of apprenticeships.”

Notes:

The selection of the matters to be debated has been made by the Leader of the Opposition (Standing Order No. 14(2)).

4. Electricity

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

Secretary Ed Miliband

That the draft Electricity Capacity (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2025, which were laid before this House on 3 June, be approved.

Notes:

If this item is opposed after 7.00pm, the division will be deferred.


5. Civil Aviation

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

Secretary Heidi Alexander

That the draft Transport Act 2000 (Air Traffic Services) (Prescribed Terms) Regulations 2025, which were laid before this House on 3 June, be approved.

Notes:

If this item is opposed after 7.00pm, the division will be deferred.


6. Local Government

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

Jim McMahon

That the draft Buckinghamshire Council, Surrey County Council and Warwickshire County Council (Housing and Regeneration Functions) Regulations 2025, which were laid before this House on 9 June, be approved.

Notes:

If this item is opposed after 7.00pm, the division will be deferred.


7. Electricity

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

Secretary Ed Miliband

That the draft Warm Home Discount (Amendment) Regulations 2025, which were laid before this House on 19 June, be approved.

Notes:

If this item is opposed after 7.00pm, the division will be deferred.


8. Competition

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

Stephanie Peacock

That the draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025, which was laid before this House on 26 June, be approved.

Notes:

If this item is opposed after 7.00pm, the division will be deferred.


9. Competition

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

Stephanie Peacock

That the Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737), dated 26 June 2025, a copy of which was laid before this House on 26 June, be approved.

Notes:

If this item is opposed after 7.00pm, the division will be deferred.


10. Criminal Law

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

Secretary Shabana Mahmood

That the draft Sentencing Act 2020 (Amendment of Schedule 21) Regulations 2025, which were laid before this House on 26 June, be approved.

Notes:

If this item is opposed after 7.00pm, the division will be deferred.


11. Financial Assistance to Industry

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

Sarah Jones

That this House authorises the Secretary of State to undertake, during the period beginning with the date of approval of this motion and ending on 31 July 2030, to pay, by way of financial assistance under section 8 of the Industrial Development Act 1982, grants to businesses as part of His Majesty’s Government’s project to support zero-emission vehicle manufacturing in the UK and the UK’s automotive supply chain, including to support the creation of jobs, private investment into the UK, the development of the automotive industry and emission reductions, up to an overall limit of £1 billion, and to pay during or after that period the grants that are undertaken to be paid.

Notes:

If this item is opposed after 7.00pm, the division will be deferred.

An Explanatory Note relating to the motion is available from the Vote Office.

Presentation of Public Petitions

No debate or decision (Standing Order No. 153)

Accessibility at High Brooms Station: Mike Martin

Rural Post Offices: Sarah Dyke

Adjournment Debate

Until 7.30pm or for half an hour (whichever is later) (Standing Order No. 9(7))

Local justice area reform: Liz Saville Roberts

Business Today: Westminster Hall

Order of Business

Up to two hours for the first part of the sitting and up to three hours for the second part (Standing Order No. 10(1))

9.30am

That this House has considered SEND provision in the South East: Mike Martin

Notes:

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

11.00am

That this House has considered mental health support for women and girls with autism: Jessica Toale

Notes:

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

2.30pm

That this House has considered the future of the West Coast Mainline: Connor Naismith

4.00pm

That this House has considered the implementation of the British Nationality (Irish Citizens) Act 2024: Mr Gregory Campbell

4.30pm

That this House has considered beer duty: Mr Will Forster

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)).

Written Statements

Statements to be Made Today

Secretary of State for Business and Trade

1.Publication of Government Response to the Review of the UK Internal Market Act 2020

Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

2.The 80th anniversary of Victory over Japan

Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs

3.Loan Guarantee for World Bank Lending to Egypt

Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

4.Fuller Inquiry Phase 2 Report

Secretary of State for the Home Department

5.Report of the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation on the operation of the Terrorism Acts in 2023

Secretary of State for Transport

6.Zero Emission Vehicles

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

Science, Innovation and Technology Committee

Subject: (i) Innovation showcase; (ii) Science diplomacy; (iii) Science diplomacy

Room 8
9.00am (private), 9.30am (public)

Witnesses:

(i) 9.30am:

Stuart Cotterell (CEO at Locks 4 Vans)

Jordan Brocklehurst (Head of Innovation and Chief Designer at Locks 4 Vans)

(ii) 9.45am:

Professor Charlotte Watts (Executive Director, Solutions at Wellcome Trust)

Dr Jean-Christophe Mauduit (Associate Professor of Science Diplomacy at University College London)

(iii) 10.30am:

Dr Pia Hüsch (Research Fellow in Cyber, Technology and National Security at Royal United Services Institute)

James Black (Deputy Director, Defence and Security, European Lead, Space at RAND)

Education Committee

The Macmillan Room, Portcullis House
9.15am (private)

Culture, Media and Sport Committee

Subject: Protecting built heritage

Room 16
9.30am (private), 10.00am (public)

Witnesses:

10.00am

Emily Gee (Director for Cathedral and Church Buildings at Church of England)

The Reverend Paula Griffiths (retired Priest, Church of England)

Becky Payne (Development Director at Historic Religious Buildings Alliance)

11.00am

Michael Kill (Chief Executive at Night Time Industry Association)

Andrew Lovett (Director and Chief Executive at Black Country Living Museum)

Joshua McTaggart (Chief Executive at Theatres Trust)

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee

Subject: Reforming the water sector

Room 6
9.30am (private), 10.00am (public)

Witnesses:

10.00am

Sir Adrian Montague CBE (Chair at Thames Water)

Chris Weston (CEO at Thames Water)

Ian Pearson (Chair, Remuneration Committee at Thames Water)

Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee

Subject: Delivering 1.5 million new homes: Land Value Capture

The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
9.30am (private), 10.00am (public)

Witnesses:

10.00am

Matthew Pennycook MP (Minister of State for Housing and Planning at Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government)

Joanna Key (Director General, Regeneration, Housing and Planning at Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government)

William Burgon (Director, Planning Reform and Housing Quality at Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government)

Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

Room 7
9.30am (private)

Treasury Committee

Subject: (i) Office for Budget Responsibility Fiscal Risks and Sustainability Report; (ii) Reappointment of Richard Hughes as Chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility

The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
9.45am (private), 10.15am (public)

Witnesses:

(i) 10.15am:

Richard Hughes (Chair at Office for Budget Responsibility)

Professor David Miles CBE (Member at Budget Responsibility Committee)

Tom Josephs (Member at Budget Responsibility Committee)

(ii) 11.30am:

Richard Hughes (Chair at Office for Budget Responsibility)

Administration Committee

Room 19
10.00am (private)

Defence Committee

Room 13
10.00am (private)

Foreign Affairs Committee

Subject: The UK at the United Nations Security Council

Room 15
10.00am (private), 11.00am (public)

Witnesses:

11.00am

The Lord Collins of Highbury (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

Freya Jackson (Director for Multilateral and Human Rights at Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

Committee on Standards

Subject: Outside employment and interests

Room 5
11.15am (private), 11.30am (public)

Witnesses:

11.30am

Mark Neale (Director General at Bar Standards Board)

Paul Phillip (Chief Executive at Solicitors Regulation Authority)

Dr John Sorabji (Associate Professor at UCL Laws)

Modernisation Committee

Room 20
12.30pm (private)

Petitions Committee

Room 13
1.00pm (private)

International Development Committee

Subject: Global Health Challenges and the UK

The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
1.30pm (private), 2.00pm (public)

Witnesses:

2.00pm

Priya Basu (Executive Head at Pandemic Fund)

Dr Ayoade Alakija (Ministerial Global Envoy on Antimicrobial Resistance, Government of Nigeria, Board Chair, FIND, Special Envoy for the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator, World Health Organisation)

Dr Kalipso Chalkidou (Director of Health Financing and Economics at World Health Organisation)

3.00pm

The Rt Hon. the Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Minister of State at Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

David Whineray (Director of Global Health at Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

Ashley Dalton MP (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at Department of Health and Social Care)

Anna Wechsberg (International Director at Department of Health and Social Care)

Home Affairs Committee

Subject: Combatting New Forms of Extremism

Room 15
1.45pm (private), 2.30pm (public)

Witnesses:

2.30pm

Dr Joe Whittaker (Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Sociology, and Social Policy, Swansea University, Director, Vox Pol Institute)

Dr Daniel Allington (Reader in Social Analytics, King's College London, Senior Associate Fellow, Counter Extremism Group Fellow, London Centre for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism, Deputy Editor, Journal of Contemporary Antisemitism)

Professor Laura G. E. Smith (Professor of Psychology, University of Bath, Director, Bath Institute for Digital Security and Behaviour)

3.30pm

Robin Simcox (Commissioner at Commission for Countering Extremism)

The Lord Anderson of Ipswich KBE KC (Interim Independent Prevent Commissioner)

Business and Trade Committee

Subject: The role of regulators

The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
2.00pm (private), 2.30pm (public)

Witnesses:

2.30pm

Sarah Pritchard (Executive Director, Consumers, Competition and International and Deputy CEO at Financial Conduct Authority)

Sarah Cardell (Chief Executive at Competition and Markets Authority)

David Bailey (Executive Director, Prudential Policy at Prudential Regulation Authority (Bank of England))

3.15pm

Jonathan Brearley (Chief Executive at Ofgem)

David Black (Chief Executive at Ofwat)

Jo Nettleton (Chief Regulator at Environment Agency)

4.00pm

The Rt Hon. the Lord Willetts (Chair at Regulatory Innovation Office)

Justin Madders MP (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at Department for Business and Trade)

Chris Carr (Director, Company Law and Governance at Department of Business and Trade)

Justice Committee

Room 6
2.00pm (private)

Backbench Business Committee

Subject: Proposals for backbench debates

Room 16
4.00pm (private), 4.15pm (public)

Witnesses:

4.15pm

Members of Parliament (Members of Parliament at House of Commons)

Transport Committee

The Macmillan Room, Portcullis House
4.00pm (private)

Joint Committees

Restoration and Renewal Programme Board

Room 4
1.00pm (private)

Public Bill Committees

Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill

(i) To consider the Bill; (ii) Further to consider the Bill; (iii) Further to consider the Bill

The Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House
9.25am (public)

Witnesses:

(i) 9.25am:

Paul Greenwood (Council Member at Fuels Industry UK and CEO at Esso UK)

Rob Griggs (Policy and Public Affairs Director at Airlines UK)

Gaynor Hartnell (Special Advisor at Renewable Transport Fuels Association)

(ii) 10.10am:

Jonathon Counsell (Group Sustainability Director at International Airlines Group)

Luke Ervine (Head of Sustainability at Virgin Atlantic)

Lahiru Ranasinghe (Director of Sustainability at easyJet)

(iii) 10.55am:

Sophia Haywood (Director EU and UK Government Affairs, Policy and Sustainability at LanzaJet)

Noaman Al Adhami (Country Head UK at Alfanar)

Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill

Further to consider the Bill

The Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House
2.00pm (public)

Witnesses:

2.00pm

Doug McKiernan (Co-Founder and CTO at Zero Petroleum)

2.20pm

Ruben van Grinsven (Head/General Manager of Low Carbon Advanced Fuels and Products at Shell International)

2.40pm

Matt Gorman (Director of Carbon Strategy at Heathrow)

3.00pm

Josh Garton (Technical Director at Green Finance Institute)

3.20pm

Philip New

3.40pm

Geoff Maynard (Member of the Aviation Policy Group at Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport)

4.00pm

Professor Mark Maslin (Director at UCL Centre for Sustainable Aviation)

4.20pm

Mike Kane MP (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at Department for Transport)

Other

Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art

The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
11.45am (private)

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

Monday 1 to Monday 8 September (deadline Wednesday 16 July 7.00pm or the rise of the House, whichever is earlier)

Tuesday 9 to Tuesday 16 September (deadline Wednesday 3 September 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. The ballot takes place the day after the deadline. Members who are successful will be contacted by the Speaker’s Office.

Tuesday 22 July (ballot closed)

The ballot for Tuesday 22 July is closed and will take place today.

Tuesday 2 and Wednesday 3 September (deadline Monday 21 July 10.00pm or the rise of the House, whichever is earlier)

The following Departments will answer:

Cabinet Office; Defence; Education; Health and Social Care; Home Office; Justice; Science, Innovation and Technology; Scotland; Transport; Treasury

Tuesday 9 and Wednesday 10 September (deadline Monday 1 September 10.00pm or the rise of the House, whichever is earlier)

The following Departments will answer:

Attorney General; Business and Trade; Culture, Media and Sport; Energy Security and Net Zero; Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Foreign, Commonwealth and Development; Housing, Communities and Local Government; Northern Ireland; Wales; Women and Equalities; Work and Pensions

Further Information

MPS’ GUIDE TO PROCEDURE

The MPs’ Guide to Procedure is available on the Parliamentary website and also in hard copy from the Vote Office

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/cm5901/cmstords/so_829_05072024/so-2024i.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

Order Paper: 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

WEDNESDAY 16 JULY

Chamber

Questions

11.30am Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales

12 noon Questions to the Prime Minister

Ten Minute Rule Motion: Managing agents (regulation)

Danny Beales

That leave be given to bring in a Bill to establish an independent regulator of managing agents; to make provision about the powers and duties of the independent regulator; to require managing agents to comply with a code of practice and to make provision about that code of practice; to make provision for a licensing scheme for managing agents; to make further provision about the regulation of managing agents; and for connected purposes.

Notes:

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

Property (Digital Assets etc) Bill [Lords]: Second Reading

Notes:

The Northern Ireland Assembly has approved a Legislative Consent Resolution relating to this Bill. Copies of the Resolutions are available in the Vote Office (also available on the publications webpage for the Bill).

Property (Digital Assets etc) Bill [Lords]: Programme

Secretary Shabana Mahmood

That the following provisions shall apply to the Property (Digital Assets etc) Bill [Lords]:

Committal

(1) The Bill shall be committed to a Committee of the whole House.

Proceedings in Committee, on Consideration and on Third Reading

(2) Proceedings in Committee shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion two hours after their commencement.

(3) Any proceedings on Consideration and proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion three hours after the commencement of proceedings in Committee of the whole House.

(4) Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to proceedings in Committee of the whole House, to any proceedings on Consideration or to proceedings on Third Reading.

Other proceedings

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

Standards

Lucy Powell

That, this House approves the Third Report of the Committee on Standards, Session 2024–25, HC 943, on Register of Interests of Members’ Staff, subject to any transitional arrangements agreed by the Committee on Standards, and amends the provisions endorsed by the Resolution of the House of 28 June 1993 as follows:

Members’ staff who hold a permanent photo-identity pass or have been granted a Parliamentary network account are required to register in the Register of Interests of Members’ Staff, subject to the thresholds set out in that Register:

‘Any occupation or employment for which they receive over £470 from the same source in the course of a calendar year, if that occupation or employment is in any way advantaged by the privileged access to Parliament afforded by either a photo-identity pass or a Parliamentary Network Account;

Any gift (eg jewellery) or benefit (eg hospitality, services) they receive, if the gift or benefit in any way relates to or arises from their work in Parliament and its value exceeds £470 in the course of a calendar year; and/or

Any visit undertaken that has been paid for by a third party, if it in any way relates to or arises from their work in Parliament.'

General Debate on giving every child the best start in life

Presentation of Public Petitions

Horspath Outreach Post Office: Freddie van Mierlo

Operation Brock: Sojan Joseph

Adjournment Debate

Commemorating the women of the Matchgirls' strike in 1888: Uma Kumaran

Westminster Hall

9.30am That this House has considered the role and future of credit unions: Katrina Murray [R]

11.00am That this House has considered the impact of the relocation of the Information Commissioner's Office on Tatton constituency: Esther McVey

Notes:

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

2.30pm That this House has considered the RAF E-7 Wedgetail programme: John Cooper

4.00pm That this House has considered Government support for further education institutions: Anna Dixon

4.30pm That this House has considered blue badge eligibility for cancer patients and people with life altering illnesses: Helen Grant

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 17 JULY

Chamber

Questions

9.30am Questions to the Secretary of State for Business and Trade

10.15am Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Business and Trade

Select Committee Statement on the Second Report of the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee, Social Media, Misinformation and Harmful Algorithms, HC 441 (Dame Chi Onwurah)

Backbench Business

Global Plastics Treaty

Mr Alistair Carmichael

That this House has considered the Global Plastics Treaty.

Ageing community and end of life care

Jim Shannon [R]

That this House has considered the ageing community and end of life care.

Notes:

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

Adjournment Debate

Future of the Church of England: Danny Kruger

Westminster Hall

1.30pm That this House has considered the role of freedom of religion or belief in UK foreign policy: David Smith [R]

3.00pm That this House has considered the role of the RAF Photographic Reconnaissance Unit during the Second World War: Ms Julie Minns

Notes:

The subject 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 21 July

Chamber

Questions

2.30pm Questions to the Secretary of State for Education

3.15pm Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Education

General Debate on the 80th anniversary of Victory over Japan

Presentation of Public Petitions

Disabled bus passes during peak hours: Tom Gordon

Adjournment Debate

Homes for Ukraine and the Ukrainian Permission Extension Scheme: Martin Wrigley

TUESDAY 22 JULY

Chamber

Questions

11.30am Questions to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

12.15pm Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

Ten Minute Rule Motion: Crown immunity (prisons)

Blair McDougall

That leave be given to bring in a Bill to make provision to remove Crown immunity as it applies to prisons for the purposes of health and safety legislation.

Notes:

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

Backbench Business

Sir David Amess summer adjournment debate

Bob Blackman

That this House has considered matters to be raised before the forthcoming adjournment.

Notes:

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

Adjournment Debate

Changing Places toilets: Daniel Francis

Westminster Hall

9.30am That this House has considered Black Country Day: Antonia Bance

Notes:

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

TUESDAY 2 SEPTEMBER

Chamber

Ten Minute Rule Motion

Becky Gittins

That leave be given to bring in a Bill under SO No. 23 [details to be provided].

Notes:

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

Westminster Hall

9.30am That this House has considered defibrillator access: Sam Rushworth

Notes:

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

WEDNESDAY 3 SEPTEMBER

Chamber

Ten Minute Rule Motion

Laura Trott

That leave be given to bring in a Bill under SO No. 23 [details to be provided].

Notes:

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

THURSDAY 4 SEPTEMBER

Westminster Hall

1.30pm That this House has considered the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund: Alison Bennett

3.00pm That this House has considered the future of terrestrial television: David Mundell

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)).

TUESDAY 9 SEPTEMBER

Chamber

Ten Minute Rule Motion

Jon Pearce

That leave be given to bring in a Bill under SO No. 23 [details to be provided].

Notes:

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

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. Regulatory Reform

Georgia Gould

That the draft Legislative Reform (Disclosure of Adult Social Care Data) Order 2025, which was laid before this House on 21 May, be approved.

2. Contracts

Secretary Shabana Mahmood

That the draft Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 (Permitted Disclosures) Regulations 2025, which were laid before this House on 2 June, be approved.

3. Financial Services and Markets

Emma Reynolds

That the draft Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 (Capital Buffers and Macro-prudential Measures) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025, which were laid before this House on 9 June, be approved.

4. Local Government

Jim McMahon

That the draft Local Audit (Amendment of Definition of Smaller Authority) Regulations 2025, which were laid before this House on 16 June, be approved.

5. Holocaust Memorial Bill: Consideration of Lords Amendments

6. Victims and Courts Bill: Remaining Stages

As amended in Public Bill Committee, to be considered.

7. Mental Health Bill [Lords]: Remaining Stages

As amended in Public Bill Committee, to be considered.

8. Housing

Matthew Pennycook

That the draft Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) (Amendment) (Extension to the Social Rented Sector) Regulations 2025, which were laid before this House on 25 June, be approved.

9. Housing

Matthew Pennycook

That the draft Hazards in Social Housing (Prescribed Requirements) (England) Regulations 2025, which were laid before this House on 25 June, be approved.

10. Prisons

Secretary Shabana Mahmood

That the draft Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Removal of Prisoners for Deportation) Order 2025, which was laid before this House on 25 June, be approved.

Notes:

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

11. Fees and Charges

Secretary Peter Kyle

That the draft Online Safety Act 2023 (Qualifying Worldwide Revenue) Regulations 2025, which were laid before this House on 26 June, be approved.

12. Limited Liability Partnerships

Secretary Jonathan Reynolds

That the draft Limited Liability Partnerships (Application and Modification of Company Law) Regulations 2025, which were laid before this House on 30 June, be approved.

13. Companies

Secretary Jonathan Reynolds

That the draft Register of People with Significant Control (Amendment) Regulations 2025, which were laid before this House on 30 June, be approved.

14. Companies

Secretary Jonathan Reynolds

That the draft Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (Consequential, Incidental and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2025, which were laid before this House on 30 June, be approved.

15. Agriculture

Secretary Steve Reed

That the draft Free-Range Poultrymeat Marketing Standards (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2025, which were laid before this House on 1 July, be approved.

Notes:

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

16. Hovercraft

Secretary Steve Reed

That the draft Hovercraft (Application of Enactments) (Amendment) Order 2025, which was laid before this House on 1 July, be approved.

Notes:

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

17. Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [Lords]: Remaining Stages

As amended in Public Bill Committee, to be considered.

18. Financial Services and Markets

Emma Reynolds

That the draft Markets in Financial Instruments (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2025, which were laid before this House on 3 July, be approved.

Notes:

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

19. Capital Gains Tax

James Murray

That the draft Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Peru) Order 2025, which was laid before this House on 7 July, be approved.

Notes:

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

20. Capital Gains Tax

James Murray

That the draft Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Romania) Order 2025, which was laid before this House on 7 July, be approved.

Notes:

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

21. Data Protection

Secretary Yvette Cooper

That the draft Data Protection Act 2018 (Qualifying Competent Authorities) Regulations 2025, which were laid before this House on 7 July, be approved.

Notes:

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

22. National Security

Secretary Yvette Cooper

That the draft Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019 and the Terrorism Act 2000 (Port Examination Codes of Practice) Regulations 2025, which were laid before this House on 9 July, be approved.

Notes:

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

23. English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Second Reading

Notes:

King’s consent to be certified on Third Reading.

24. Building and Buildings

Alex Norris

That the draft Building Safety Levy (England) Regulations 2025, which were laid before this House on 10 July, be approved.

Notes:

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