Contents
Chamber business
The House met at 2.30 pm.
Prayers
1Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
2Speaker's Statement: Waiver of sub judice rule (housing of asylum seekers)
3Statements: (1) Borders and asylum (Secretary Yvette Cooper)
(2) Middle East (Secretary David Lammy)
(3) Ukraine (Secretary John Healey)
4Select Committee Statement (Standing Order No. 22D): Publication of the Seventh Report from the Joint Committee on Human Rights, Transnational Repression in the UK, HC 681 (Alex Sobel)
A public petition from users of the Bank of Scotland branch in Moffat relating to bank facilities in Moffat was presented and read by David Mundell.
Subject: Potential merits of Government support for a memorial to the Lisbon Maru in Scotland (Kirsteen Sullivan)
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Anna McMorrin.)
Adjourned at 9.45 pm until tomorrow.
Other Proceedings
Lords Messages
The Lords agree to the Universal Credit Bill without amendment.
8Armed Forces Commissioner Bill
The Lords agree without amendment to the Amendment proposed by the Commons in lieu of certain Lords Amendments to the Armed Forces Commissioner Bill.
Changes to Notices Given
Order for Second Reading on Friday 17 October, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 5 December.
General Committees: Reports
10Third Delegated Legislation Committee
Graham Stuart (Chair) reported the draft Local Audit (Amendment of Definition of Smaller Authority) Regulations 2025.
11Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee
Wera Hobhouse (Chair) reported the draft Hovercraft (Application of Enactments) (Amendment) Order 2025.
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).
12Pension Schemes Bill (Programming Sub-Committee)
Members: Callum Anderson, Torsten Bell, Damien Egan, Gerald Jones, John Milne, David Pinto-Duschinsky and Rebecca Smith.
13Third Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Local Audit (Amendment of Definition of Smaller Authority) Regulations 2025)
Members: Michael Payne and Nick Timothy discharged and Sir Ashley Fox and Jo White nominated in substitution.
14Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Hovercraft (Application of Enactments) (Amendment) Order 2025)
Members: Gareth Bacon discharged and Mr Richard Holden nominated in substitution.
15Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Free-Range Poultrymeat Marketing Standards (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2025)
Members: Catherine Atkinson and Sarah Dyke discharged and Dr Allison Gardner and Rachel Gilmour nominated in substitution.
16Seventh Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Online Safety Act 2023 (Qualifying Worldwide Revenue) Regulations 2025)
Members: Victoria Collins, Paul Holmes and Munira Wilson discharged and Harriet Cross, Tom Gordon and Martin Wrigley nominated in substitution.
Select Committees: Reports relating to orders for printing made during the adjournment under Standing Order No. 137
Wednesday 23 July
17Culture, Media and Sport Committee
Protecting built heritage: Written evidence, to be published (HC 594) (Clerk of the House).
(1) Correspondence from the Home Secretary relating to group-based child sexual exploitation and abuse: Written evidence, to be published;
(2) Correspondence with the Home Secretary relating to the work of the Home Office: Written evidence, to be published
(Clerk of the House).
Access to the House of Commons and its procedures: Written evidence, to be published (HC 755) (Clerk of the House).
Thursday 24 July
20Business and Trade Committee
Correspondence from Boston Consulting Group relating to activities concerning Gaza: Written evidence received by the Sub-Committee, to be published (Clerk of the House).
Monday 28 July
21Science, Innovation and Technology Committee
Correspondence with the Minister of State for Science, Research and Innovation relating to the Global Talent Fund: Written evidence, to be published (Clerk of the House).
Tuesday 29 July
Leadership of the Criminal Cases Review Commission: Written evidence, to be published (HC 749) (Clerk of the House).
23Science, Innovation and Technology Committee
(1) Correspondence with the Information Commissioner relating to the 2022 Ministry of Defence data breach: Written evidence, to be published;
(2) Correspondence with the Secretary of State and the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster relating to Government data handling: Written evidence, to be published
(Clerk of the House).
Thursday 31 July
Work of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Written evidence, to be published (HC 385) (Clerk of the House).
Tuesday 5 August
25Culture, Media and Sport Committee
State of play: live comedy: Written evidence, to be published (HC 844) (Clerk of the House).
Wednesday 6 August
(1) Correspondence from the Home Secretary relating to the UK-France treaty and Immigration Rules changes: Written evidence, to be published;
(2) Correspondence from the Minister for Border Security and Asylum relating to Immigration Rules changes: Written evidence, to be published
(Clerk of the House).
27Science, Innovation and Technology Committee
Correspondence with the Minister of State for Science, Research and Innovation relating to the Global Talent Fund: Written evidence, to be published (Clerk of the House).
Wednesday 13 August
28Business and Trade Committee
Correspondence relating to arms exports to Israel: Written evidence received by the Sub-Committee, to be published (Clerk of the House).
Thursday 14 August
Correspondence from the Secretary of State relating to Israel and Gaza: Written evidence, to be published (Clerk of the House).
Monday 18 August
30Business and Trade Committee
Correspondence with Eli Lilly relating to the price of Mounjaro: Written evidence, to be published (Clerk of the House).
Wednesday 20 August
31Business and Trade Committee
(1) Correspondence with Ofwat relating to the 'Ultimate Controller' of Thames Water Utilities Limited: Written evidence, to be published;
(2) Correspondence with the Secretaries of State for Business and Trade and for Defence relating to IDF suppliers' participation at DSEI 2025: Written evidence received by the Sub-Committee, to be published
(Clerk of the House).
Friday 22 August
32Business and Trade Committee
UK Trade with the US, India and EU: Written evidence, to be published (HC 996) (Clerk of the House).
The work of the Prime Minister: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1199) (Clerk of the House).
Wednesday 27 August
34Science, Innovation and Technology Committee
Correspondence from the Minister of State for Science, Research and Innovation relating to the Global Talent Fund: Written evidence, to be published (Clerk of the House).
Correspondence with the Pensions Protection Fund relating to indexation on compensation for pre-1997 benefits: Written evidence, to be published (Clerk of the House).
Thursday 28 August
36Science, Innovation and Technology Committee
Correspondence from the Cabinet Office and the Department relating to government data handling: Written evidence, to be published (Clerk of the House).
Select Committees: Reports made on Monday 1 September
37Public Accounts (Committee of)
MoD’s oversight of Reserve Forces’ and Cadets’ Associations: Forty-third Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 893) (Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown).
Sir Lindsay Hoyle
Speaker
Papers Laid
Papers presented and delivered to the Votes and Proceedings Office on the undermentioned dates during the adjournment under Standing Orders No. 158 and No. 159
Papers subject to Negative Resolution
Tuesday 5 August
Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules (CP 1373) (by Command), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Yvette Cooper)
Wednesday 6 August
Alcoholic Products (Repayment Interest Rate) (Alcohol Duty) Regulations 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 947), dated 4 August 2025 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (James Murray)
Friday 22 August
Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 969), dated 22 August 2025 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Torsten Bell)
Other papers
Thursday 24 July
Informational Copy of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Republic of India and associated documents, including the Impact Assessment and draft Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Jonathan Reynolds)
Thursday 31 July
Backing your Business: Our Plan for Small and Medium Sized Businesses (by Command) (CP 1358) (Secretary Jonathan Reynolds)
Joint Committee Decisions, adopted between 24 March 2023 and 29 April 2025, on the Agreement on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community (by Command) (CP 1374) (Secretary David Lammy)
Agreement, done at London on 28 January 2020, on arrangements between Iceland, the Principality of Liechtenstein, the Kingdom of Norway and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland following the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union, the EEA Agreement and other agreements applicable between the United Kingdom and the EEA EFTA States by virtue of the United Kingdom’s membership of the European Union (by Command) (CP 1376) (Secretary David Lammy)
Friday 1 August
Eleventh Report of the Police Remuneration Review Body for England and Wales (by Command) (CP 1354) (Secretary Yvette Cooper)
Monday 4 August
Secretary of State determination of fishing opportunities for British fishing boats (by Act) (Secretary Steve Reed)
Tuesday 5 August
Agreement, done at London on 29 July and Paris on 30 July 2025, between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the French Republic on the Prevention of Dangerous Journeys (by Command) (CP 1377), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Act) (Secretary David Lammy)
Wednesday 6 August
11Constitutional Reform and Governance
Statement to Parliament regarding the UK Ratification of the Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the French Republic on the Prevention of Dangerous Journeys, done at London on 29 July 2025 and at Paris on 30 July 2025 (by Act) (Secretary David Lammy)
Thursday 7 August
Amendments to the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (by Command) (CP 1379) (Secretary David Lammy)
Amendments to the International Code of Safety for High-Speed Craft, 1994 (by Command) (CP 1380) (Secretary David Lammy)
Additional Agreement, done at Bern on 11 February 2019, between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Swiss Confederation and the Principality of Liechtenstein extending to the Principality of Liechtenstein certain provisions of the Trade Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Swiss Confederation (by Command) (CP 1381) (Secretary David Lammy)
Agreement, done at London on 29 July and Paris on 30 July 2025, between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the French Republic on the Prevention of Dangerous Journeys (by Command) (CP 1383) (Secretary David Lammy)
Tuesday 12 August
Decision 1/2025, done at London and Bogotá on 28 May 2025, of the UK-Colombia-Peru-Ecuador Trade Committee of 28 May 2025 Modifying the Tariff Elimination Schedule of the United Kingdom for Goods Originating in Colombia in Annex I to the Trade Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland of the one part, and Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, of the other part (by Command) (CP 1384) (Secretary David Lammy)
Decision No 1/2025, done at London and Chisinau on 18 July 2025, of the Geographical Indications Sub-Committee under the Strategic Partnership, Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Republic of Moldova of 18 July 2025 on the amendments to Annexes XIII-C and XIII-D on geographical indications (by Command) (CP 1385) (Secretary David Lammy)
Thursday 14 August
Amendments to the International Code for the Safe Carriage of Packaged Irradiated Nuclear Fuel, Plutonium and High-Level Radioactive Wastes on Board Ships of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (by Command) (CP 1386) (Secretary David Lammy)
Amendments to the Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Liquefied Gases in Bulk of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (by Command) (CP 1387) (Secretary David Lammy)
Tuesday 19 August
Amendments, adopted on 8 December 2006, 19 May 2016 and 25 November 2016, to the International Code for Fire Safety Systems of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (by Command) (CP 1391) (Secretary David Lammy)
Amendments, adopted between 10 December 2004 and 14 June 2019, to the International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 (by Command) (CP 1392) (Secretary David Lammy)
Thursday 21 August
Treasury Minutes on Government Responses to the Twenty-seventh to the Thirty-fourth Reports of the Committee of Public Accounts, Session 2024–25 (by Command) (CP 1382) (James Murray)
Economic Partnership Agreement, done at London on 8 December 2020, between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of the one part, and the Republic of Kenya, a Member of the East African Community, of the other part (by Command) (CP 1394) (Secretary David Lammy)
Convention, done at London on 30 June 2023, on Social Security Coordination between Iceland, the Principality of Liechtenstein, the Kingdom of Norway and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (by Command) (CP 1395) (Secretary David Lammy)
Tuesday 26 August
Amendments, adopted on 10 December 2004 and 3 December 2010, to the International Code for Application of Fire Test Procedures of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (by Command) (CP 1397) (Secretary David Lammy)
Thursday 28 August
Amendments, adopted between 4 December 2008 and 28 April 2022, to the International Maritime Solid Bulk Cargoes (IMSBC Code) of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (by Command) (CP 1399) (Secretary David Lammy)
Amendments, adopted between 27 May 1999 and 25 November 2016, to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 (by Command) (CP 1400) (Secretary David Lammy)
Friday 29 August
Explanatory Memorandum to the draft Local Audit (Amendment of Definition of Smaller Authority) Regulations 2025 (by Act) (by Command) (Jim McMahon)
Withdrawn papers
Monday 4 August
Secretary of State determination of fishing opportunities for British fishing boats (laid 30 June)
Friday 29 August
Explanatory Memorandum to the draft Local Audit (Amendment of Definition of Smaller Authority) Regulations 2025 (laid 16 June)
Papers presented or laid upon the Table on Monday 1 September
Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution
Draft Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Peru) Order 2025 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (James Murray)
Papers subject to Negative Resolution
Nuclear-Powered Submarine Partnership and Collaboration Agreement, done at Geelong on 26 July 2025, between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of Australia (CP 1402) (by Command), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Act) (Secretary David Lammy)
Agreement, signed at Paris on 17 September 2021, on defence export controls (CP 1396) (by Command), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Act) (Secretary David Lammy)
(1) National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) (Prescription of Drugs etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 987), dated 1 September 2025 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Karin Smyth)
(2) Personal Injuries (NHS Charges) (Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 986), dated 1 September 2025 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Karin Smyth)
Exchange of Letters, done at London and Ankara on 7 May 2025, between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Republic of Türkiye amending the Free Trade Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Republic of Turkey (CP 1389) (by Command), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Act) (Secretary David Lammy)
Other papers
Department for Business and Trade Minute, dated 1 September 2025, concerning the notification of a contingent liability relating to Liberty Speciality Steels UK (by Command) (Sarah Jones)
Ministry of Defence Minute, dated 1 September 2025, concerning the notification of a contingent liability relating to the AUKUS Programme (by Command) (Secretary John Healey)
38Energy Security and Net Zero
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero Minute, dated 1 September 2025, concerning the notification of a contingent liability relating to the Sizewell C Funded Decommissioning Programme and Government Support Package (by Command) (Michael Shanks)
Memorandum of Understanding on Financial Crisis Management (by Act) (Emma Reynolds)
Department for Health and Social Care Minute, dated 1 September 2025, concerning the notification of a contingent liability relating to NRS Healthcare (by Command) (Stephen Kinnock)
(1) Report and Accounts of Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for 2024–25 (by Act) (Secretary Wes Streeting)
(2) Report and Accounts of Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust for 2024–25 (by Act) (Secretary Wes Streeting)
(3) Report and Accounts of Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust for 2024–25 (by Act) (Secretary Wes Streeting)
(4) Report and Accounts of Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust for 2024–25 (by Act) (Secretary Wes Streeting)
(5) Report and Accounts of Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust for 2024–25 (by Act) (Secretary Wes Streeting)
(6) Report and Accounts of Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for 2024–25 (by Act) (Secretary Wes Streeting)
(7) Report and Accounts of Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust for 2024–25 (by Act) (Secretary Wes Streeting)
(8) Report and Accounts of Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for 2024–25 (by Act) (Secretary Wes Streeting)
(9) Report and Accounts of Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust for 2024–25 (by Act) (Secretary Wes Streeting)
Exchange of Letters, done at London and New Delhi on 24 July 2025, regarding the Negotiation of a Double Contributions Convention and the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Republic of India (by Command) (CP 1390) (Secretary David Lammy)
Withdrawn papers
Draft Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Peru) Order 2025 and Explanatory Memorandum (laid 7 July)
SPEAKER’S CERTIFICATES
VOTING BY PROXY (STANDING ORDER NO. 39A)
(Variations to existing arrangements appear in bold.)
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Member |
From |
To |
Proxy |
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Apsana Begum |
10 February |
31 August |
Ian Byrne |
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Ben Lake |
1 September |
16 September |
Ann Davies (to 14 September), Liz Saville Roberts (thereafter) |
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Andrew Gwynne |
1 April |
1 December |
Chris Elmore |
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Sarah Gibson |
2 September |
12 October |
Anna Sabine |
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Anna Dixon |
2 September |
17 September |
Chris Elmore |
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Layla Moran |
7 May |
6 October |
Zöe Franklin (2 September); Wendy Chamberlain (3 September); Zöe Franklin (thereafter) |
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Diane Abbott |
2 September |
31 March 2026 |
Bell Ribeiro-Addy |