Contents
Chamber business
The House met at 9.30 am.
Prayers
1Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
2Urgent Questions: (1) Process for the appointment of the UK Ambassador to the US (Stephen Doughty)
(2) Life sciences funding (Ian Murray)
3Business Question (Leader of the House)
4Select Committee Statement (Standing Order No. 22D): Publication of the Third Report from the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, Biosecurity at the border: Britain's illegal meat crisis, HC 1296 (Mr Alistair Carmichael)
(1) Regional transport inequality
Motion made and Question proposed, That this House has considered regional transport inequality.—(Catherine Atkinson.)
The Deputy Speaker announced a time limit on backbench speeches (Standing Order No. 47(1)).
Question put and agreed to.
(2) Suicide prevention
Motion made and Question proposed, That this House has considered suicide prevention.—(Lee Pitcher.)
The Deputy Speaker announced a time limit on backbench speeches (Standing Order No. 47(1)).
Question put and agreed to.
A public petition from residents of the constituency of Newton Abbot relating to the closure of No Limits community café and hub was presented and read by Martin Wrigley.
Subject: Male chick culling (Irene Campbell)
Motion made and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—(Claire Hughes.)
At 5 pm, the motion lapsed (Standing Order No. 9(3)).
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Claire Hughes.)
Adjourned at 5.16 pm until Monday 15 September.
Other Proceedings
Changes to Notices Given
Order for Second Reading on Friday 12 September, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 31 October.
9Arms Trade (Inquiry and Suspension) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 12 September, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 9 January 2026.
10Rivers, Streams and Lakes (Protected Status) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 12 September, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 31 October.
11Women, Peace and Security Bill [Lords]
Order for Second Reading on Friday 12 September, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 31 October.
12Public Procurement (British Goods and Services) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 12 September, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 31 October.
13Freedom of Expression (Religion or Belief System) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 12 September, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 31 October.
Order for Second Reading on Friday 12 September, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 31 October.
15E-scooters (Review and Awareness) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 12 September, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 31 October.
16Dentists (Indemnity Arrangements) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 12 September, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 29 May 2026.
17Chalk Streams (Protection) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 12 September, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 31 October.
18Women’s State Pension Age (Ombudsman Report and Compensation Scheme) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 12 September, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 31 October.
19Food Products (Market Regulation and Public Procurement) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 12 September, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 31 October.
20Animals in Medical Research (Prohibition) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 12 September, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 31 October.
Order for Second Reading on Friday 12 September, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 31 October.
22Public Body Ethnicity Data (Inclusion of Jewish and Sikh Categories) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 12 September, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 31 October.
23Registration of Death (Religion) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 12 September, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 31 October.
24Horticultural Peat (Prohibition of Sale) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 12 September, read and discharged.
Bill to be read a second time on Friday 31 October.
Order for Second Reading on Friday 12 September, read and discharged.
Order for Second Reading on Friday 12 September, read and discharged.
27Right to Manage and Leasehold Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 12 September, read and discharged.
28Criminal Cases Review (Public Petition) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 12 September, read and discharged.
29Schools (Allergy Safety) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 12 September, read and discharged.
Order for Second Reading on Friday 12 September, read and discharged.
31A34 slip road safety (East Ilsley and Beedon) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 12 September, read and discharged.
32Debt Relief (Developing Countries) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 12 September, read and discharged.
33Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 12 September, read and discharged.
34Terminal Illness (Relief of Pain) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 12 September, read and discharged.
35Children's Hospices (Funding) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 12 September, read and discharged.
36Public Authority (Accountability) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 12 September, read and discharged.
37Crown Immunity (Prisons) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 12 September, read and discharged.
38Babies and Infants (Allergy Guidance) Bill
Order for Second Reading on Friday 12 September, read and discharged.
General Committees: Reports
39Pension Schemes Bill Committee
Emma Lewell (Chair) reported:
(1) written evidence submitted to the Committee; and
(2) the Bill, as amended.
Written evidence to be published.
Bill, as amended, to be considered on Monday 15 September; and to be printed (Bill 304).
Select Committees: Reports
40Backbench Business Committee
Determination of business to be taken on Monday 13 October in the Chamber and Thursday 16 October and Thursday 23 October in Westminster Hall (Bob Blackman).
41Business and Trade Committee
UK economic security: Written evidence received by the Sub-Committee, to be published (HC 835) (Liam Byrne).
42Health and Social Care Committee
Black Maternal Health: Third Report, to be printed, with the formal minutes relating to the Report (HC 895) (Paulette Hamilton).
43Public Accounts (Committee of)
Reducing NHS waiting times for elective care: Oral and written evidence, to be published (HC 820) (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))
1Regulations for non-surgical aesthetic and cosmetic treatments
Resolved, That this House has considered regulations for non-surgical aesthetic and cosmetic treatments.—(Bradley Thomas.)
The sitting was suspended between 2.38 pm and 3 pm.
Resolved, That this House has considered consumer affairs.—(Matt Western.)
Sitting adjourned without Question put (Standing Order No. 10(14)).
Adjourned at 4.19 pm until Monday 15 September.
Ms Nusrat Ghani
Chairman of Ways and Means
Papers Laid
Papers subject to Affirmative Resolution
Draft International Development Association (Twenty-First Replenishment) Order 2025 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command) (Stephen Doughty)
Other papers
Report of the Chief Coroner to the Lord Chancellor for 2024 (by Act) (Secretary David Lammy)
Report and Accounts of the Victoria and Albert Museum for 2024–25, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 1146) (Secretary Lisa Nandy)
Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General on Cross-government: Improving government’s productivity through better cost information (by Act), to be printed (HC 1291) (Clerk of the House)
(1) Report and Accounts of Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust for 2024–25 (by Act) (Secretary Wes Streeting)
(2) Report and Accounts of Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust for 2024–25 (by Act) (Secretary Wes Streeting)
(3) Report and Accounts of Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust for 2024–25 (by Act) (Secretary Wes Streeting)
Report and Accounts of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew for 2024–25, with the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (by Act), to be printed (HC 1112) (Secretary Emma Reynolds)