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Chamber business
The House met at 11.30 am.
Prayers
Ordered, That Chris Elmore, Samantha Dixon and Jeff Smith be discharged from the Committee of Selection and Lilian Greenwood, Nesil Caliskan and Gen Kitchen be added.—(Sir Mark Tami.)
2Questions to the Chancellor of the Exchequer
3Urgent Question: Jaguar Land Rover cyber attack (Chris Bryant)
4Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: Second Reading
Motion made and Question proposed, That the Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill be now read a second time.
Amendment proposed, to leave out from ‘That’ to the end of the Question and add ‘this House declines to give a Second Reading to the Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill because it implacably opposes the United Kingdom ceding sovereignty over the British Indian Ocean Territory to Mauritius, and is therefore opposed to the terms of the Treaty to which the Bill gives effect, in particular Article 11 of the Treaty which will mean the United Kingdom paying £34.7 billion to Mauritius, leading to tax rises in the United Kingdom to provide tax cuts in Mauritius; because the Treaty does not secure the base on Diego Garcia, in particular because it does not embody the “right to extend” the 99–year lease to which the then Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs referred in this House on 7 October 2024; because the measures in the Treaty leave the base vulnerable, and therefore represent a threat to the strategic interests of the United Kingdom; and because the Treaty does not properly protect the rights of the Chagossian people, or the future of the Marine Protected Area.’.—(Priti Patel.)
Question put, That the Amendment be made.
The House divided.
Division No. 286
Ayes: 116 (Tellers: Jerome Mayhew, Paul Holmes)
Noes: 333 (Tellers: Nesil Caliskan, Imogen Walker)
Question negatived.
Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 62(2)), That the Bill be now read a second time.
The House divided.
Division No. 287
Ayes: 330 (Tellers: Nesil Caliskan, Imogen Walker)
Noes: 179 (Tellers: Jerome Mayhew, Paul Holmes)
Question agreed to and Bill read a second time.
5Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: Programme
Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 83A(7)), That the following provisions shall apply to the Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill:
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 four 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 five 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.—(Gen Kitchen.)
Question agreed to.
6Statutory Instruments: Motions for Approval
(1) Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), That the draft Markets in Financial Instruments (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2025, which were laid before this House on 3 July, be approved.—(Gen Kitchen.)
Question agreed to.
(2) Motion made and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)), 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.—(Gen Kitchen.)
Question agreed to.
Ordered, That
(a) Lucy Powell be discharged from the Modernisation Committee and Sir Alan Campbell be added; and
(b) Sir Alan Campbell shall be the Chair of the Committee.—(Gen Kitchen.)
A public petition from residents of the constituency of South Leicestershire relating to developments near Lutterworth and its surrounding villages was presented and read by Alberto Costa.
Subject: Accessibility of railway stations in Dulwich and West Norwood constituency (Helen Hayes)
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Gen Kitchen.)
Adjourned at 7.34 pm until tomorrow.
Other Proceedings
Changes to Notices Given
10Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (Training in Schools) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 28 November, read and discharged.
Bill withdrawn.
11Marine Protected Areas (Bottom Trawling) (England) Bill
Order for second reading on Friday 29 May 2026, read and discharged.
Bill withdrawn.
12Littering from Vehicles (Offences) Bill
Order for second reading on Friday 29 May 2026, read and discharged.
Bill withdrawn.
13Trade Agreements (Exclusion of National Health Services) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 12 September, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 28 November.
Order for resuming on Friday 12 September the adjourned debate on the Question proposed on 28 March, That the Bill be now read a second time, read and discharged.
Debate to be resumed on Friday 30 January 2026.
General Committees: Reports
15Pension Schemes Bill Committee
Karl Turner (Chair) reported written evidence submitted to the Committee.
Written evidence to be published.
16Second Delegated Legislation Committee
Sir Jeremy Wright (Chair) reported the draft Data Protection Act 2018 (Qualifying Competent Authorities) Regulations 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).
17Second Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Data Protection Act 2018 (Qualifying Competent Authorities) Regulations 2025)
Members: Jess Asato, Paula Barker and Keir Mather discharged and Olivia Blake, Helena Dollimore and Sally Jameson nominated in substitution.
18Third Delegated Legislation Committee (draft Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019 and the Terrorism Act 2000 (Port Examination Codes of Practice) Regulations 2025)
Members: Dan Carden discharged and Grahame Morris nominated in substitution.
Select Committees: Reports
Record of the Committee’s discussions at its meeting on Tuesday 9 September, to be published (Nick Smith).
20Backbench Business Committee
Transcript of representations made on Tuesday 9 September, to be published (Bob Blackman).
21Business and Trade Committee
(1) US Economic Prosperity Deal: Tenth Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 1306);
(2) Industrial Strategy: Government Response: Fourth Special Report, to be printed (HC 1305);
(3) Correspondence with Asda relating to Wagestream and workplace lending services: Written evidence, to be published;
(4) Export led growth: Written evidence, to be published (HC 649);
(5) UK economic security: Written evidence received by the Sub-Committee, to be published (HC 835);
(6) UK trade with the US, India and EU: Written evidence, to be published (HC 996)
(Liam Byrne).
22Culture, Media and Sport Committee
(1) The work of the BBC: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 331);
(2) Protecting built heritage: Written evidence, to be published (HC 594)
(Dame Caroline Dinenage).
AUKUS: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 841) (Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi).
24Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
(1) Climate and weather resilience: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 1317);
(2) Preventing waste and enabling a circular economy: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 929);
(3) Reforming the water sector: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 588);
(4) Animal and plant health: Written evidence, to be published (HC 611);
(5) The future of farming: Written evidence, to be published (HC 527);
(6) Work of the Department and its arm's-length bodies: Written evidence, to be published (HC 415)
(Mr Alistair Carmichael).
Record of the Committee’s decisions taken at its meeting on 9 September, to be published (Mr Steve Barclay).
Correspondence with the Minister of State for International Development, Latin America and the Caribbean relating to section 22 of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act: Written evidence, to be published (Sir John Whittingdale).
27Health and Social Care Committee
The work of NHS England: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 563) (Paulette Hamilton).
(1) Asylum accommodation: Written evidence, to be published (HC 580);
(2) Combatting new forms of extremism: Written evidence, to be published (HC 903);
(3) Correspondence from the Director General of the Independent Office for Police Conduct relating to the Fairfield Review: Written evidence, to be published;
(4) Correspondence from the Home Secretary: Written evidence, to be published;
(5) Correspondence from the Minister for Migration and Citizenship: Written evidence, to be published;
(6) Correspondence from the Minister for Policing and Crime Prevention: Written evidence, to be published;
(7) Correspondence from the Minister for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls: Written evidence, to be published;
(8) Correspondence from the Minister for Security relating to the Manchester Arena Inquiry Assurance Programme: Written evidence, to be published;
(9) Correspondence from the Minister for the Armed Forces relating to the Government’s response to the Afghan data incident: Written evidence, to be published
(Dame Karen Bradley).
29Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
(1) Housing conditions in England: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 1154);
(2) Delivering 1.5 million new homes: land value capture: Written evidence, to be published (HC 672);
(3) Housing for older people: Written evidence, to be published (HC 982);
(4) Property management companies: Written evidence, to be published (HC 980)
(Florence Eshalomi).
(1) Section 28: Pre-recorded cross examination: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 1280);
(2) Correspondence from the Minister of State (Sarah Sackman) relating to the recruitment of the Chair of the Legal Services Board: Written evidence, to be published;
(3) Correspondence from the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Alex Davies-Jones) relating to revised guidance on making new criminal offences: Written evidence, to be published;
(4) Correspondence from the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Sir Nicholas Dakin) relating to the Sentencing Bill: Written evidence, to be published;
(5) Correspondence with the Lord Chancellor: Written evidence, to be published
(Andy Slaughter).
Correspondence with the Leaders of the two Houses relating to pre-legislative scrutiny in this parliamentary session: Written evidence, to be published (Dame Meg Hillier).
32National Security Strategy (Joint Committee on)
Ransomware: Written evidence, to be published (HC 721) (Matt Western).
(1) Record of the Committee’s decisions relating to e-petitions, to be published;
(2) List of closed e-petitions presented to the House, to be published
(Jamie Stone).
34Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
(1) The work of the UK Statistics Authority: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 847);
(2) Propriety, ethics and the wider standards landscape in the UK: Written evidence, to be published (HC 899)
(Simon Hoare).
35Science, Innovation and Technology Committee
(1) Innovation showcase: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 523);
(2) Science diplomacy: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 838);
(3) Correspondence from the Department: Written evidence, to be published;
(4) Correspondence from the UK Health Security Agency on the appointment of a new Chief Executive Officer: Written evidence, to be published
(Dame Chi Onwurah).
Speaker’s Conference on the security of candidates, MPs and elections: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 570) (Sir Mark Tami).
(1) Managing the impact of street works: Government Response: Second Special Report, to be published (HC 1318);
(2) National Policy Statement for Ports: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1028)
(Ruth Cadbury).
(1) Lifetime Individual Savings Account: Government Response: Third Special Report, to be printed (HC 1311);
(2) Work of the Financial Conduct Authority: Oral evidence, to be published (HC 417);
(3) Bank of England Financial Stability Reports: Written evidence, to be published (HC 674);
(4) Insurance companies: Written evidence, to be published (HC 1189);
(5) Work of the Prudential Regulation Authority: Written evidence, to be published (HC 862)
(Dame Meg Hillier).
Sir Lindsay Hoyle
Speaker
Westminster Hall
The sitting began at 9.30 am.
Business appointed by the Chairman of Ways and Means (Standing Order No. 10(6))
Resolved, That this House has considered hydrogen supply chains.—(Tom Collins.)
The sitting was suspended between 10.50 am and 11 am.
Resolved, That this House has considered the condition of national trails.—(Freddie van Mierlo.)
The sitting was suspended between 11.30 am and 2.30 pm (Standing Order No. 10(1)(b)).
3Supporting neurodivergent people into employment
Motion made and Question proposed, That this House has considered the matter of supporting neurodivergent people into employment.—(Charlotte Cane.)
At 4 pm, the Motion lapsed (Standing Order No. 10(6)).
4Housing developments in north Staffordshire
Resolved, That this House has considered housing developments in north Staffordshire.—(Dr Allison Gardner.)
5Impact of free to air broadcasting on cricket participation
Resolved, That this House has considered the impact of free to air broadcasting on cricket participation.—(Max Wilkinson.)
Sitting adjourned without Question put (Standing Order No. 10(14)).
Adjourned at 5.23 pm until tomorrow.
Ms Nusrat Ghani
Chairman of Ways and Means
Papers Laid
Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution
Draft National Health Service (Procurement, Slavery and Human Trafficking) Regulations 2025 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command) (Karin Smyth)
Papers subject to Negative Resolution
Heather and Grass etc. Burning (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 1000), dated 8 September 2025 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Emma Reynolds)
Electricity (Individual Exemption from the Requirement for a Generation Licence) (Riverside Energy Park) (England) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 1001), dated 8 September 2025 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Ed Miliband)
Non-Contentious Probate (Amendment) Rules 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 1004), dated 5 September 2025 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary David Lammy)
Tonnage Tax (Training Requirement) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 1007), dated 8 September 2025 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Secretary Heidi Alexander)
Other papers
(1) Report and Accounts of North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust for 2024–25 (by Act) (Secretary Wes Streeting)
(2) Report and Accounts of Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust for 2024–25 (by Act) (Secretary Wes Streeting)
(3) Report and Accounts of The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust for 2024–25 (by Act) (Secretary Wes Streeting)
7Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman
(1) Return to an Order (4 September 2025) for the Report by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman: An investigation into the Charity Commission: Miss A’s complaint (by Order), to be printed (HC 1294) (Clerk of the House)
(2) Return to an Order (4 September 2025) for the Report by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman: An investigation into the Department for Education and the Charity Commission: Mr U’s complaint (by Order), to be printed (HC 1295) (Clerk of the House)
State of Policing: Annual Assessment of Policing in England and Wales by His Majesty's Chief Inspector of Constabulary for 2024–25 (by Act) (Clerk of the House)
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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Naz Shah |
8 September |
13 October |
Sir Nicholas Dakin |
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Anna Dixon |
2 September |
17 September |
Sir Nicholas Dakin |
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Becky Gittins |
3 September |
23 November |
Sir Nicholas Dakin |
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Satvir Kaur |
4 September |
28 February 2026 |
Sir Nicholas Dakin |
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Andrew Gwynne |
1 April |
1 December |
Sir Nicholas Dakin |
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Dan Norris |
16 May |
16 December |
Sir Nicholas Dakin |
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Matthew Patrick |
1 September |
10 October |
Sir Nicholas Dakin |