Questions and statements: At 14:30, Home Office Ministers will respond to MPs’ questions. Topics include domestic abuse, asylum accommodation, violence against women and girls, high street crime, Ukrainian refugees, animal testing, mental health support for police officers, seasonal worker visas, the British National (Overseas) Visa, the number of police officers, and deportation of illegal entrants.

At 15:30, any Urgent Questions or Ministerial Statements will follow. Each Urgent Question lasts around 40 minutes on average, and Ministerial Statements last an average of around 50 minutes. Possible topics may include a statement following the death of former Conservative MP and Government Minister Ann Widdecombe, and the subsequent police announcement that a murder investigation has been launched.

Presentation of Bill: Green Party MP Hannah Spencer will present her Maximum Workplace Temperature Bill, which would establish an independent body to make recommendations relating to maximum safe workplace temperature.

Under Standing Order No. 57, any MP may introduce a Presentation Bill – a type of Private Member’s Bill – by giving notice of their intention to do so. Presentation is a formality, no debate or decision takes place. The short title is read out, the bill is ordered to be printed, and the MP presenting the bill names a date for its Second Reading. In practice, given the limited time available for Private Members’ Bills, few Presentation Bills actually get time for a Second Reading debate. Our Hansard Society guide provides more information about the use of Presentation Bills and the procedures involved.

Immigration and Asylum Bill (Second Reading): MPs will debate the Government’s new legislation on immigration, asylum, and modern slavery. (House of Commons Library briefing)

The Bill would implement several measures set out in the Government’s November 2025 policy statement, Restoring Order and Control. In particular, it would:

• create a new Independent Immigration Appeals Authority, responsible for determining all types of immigration appeal;

• change how Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights – the right to respect for private and family life – is applied in immigration and deportation cases, by defining “family life” in statute and requiring courts and tribunals to place greater weight on the public interest in deportation;

• replace the current refugee and humanitarian protection routes with a single “core protection” model;

• enable the Secretary of State to require certain people who have received publicly funded asylum support to repay some of that support once they have the financial means to do so; and

• amend modern slavery and human trafficking legislation, to reduce misuse of the system and strengthen the disqualification process for individuals who pose a threat to public order or who make claims in bad faith.

Second Reading is an opportunity for MPs to debate the principles and purposes of the Bill. If the Bill receives a Second Reading, MPs will be asked to approve a programme motion setting the timetable for its remaining Commons stages. The Bill will then proceed to detailed scrutiny in Public Bill Committee, which will conclude no later than 3 November 2026.

Statutory Instrument approval motions: The House will be asked to approve nine Statutory Instruments (SIs). Because these SIs have already been debated in Delegated Legislation Committees, their approval motions may be put to the House without further debate.

Motion for a humble address for the appointment of the Chair of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA): Following a competitive recruitment process, MPs will be asked to approve the appointment of Richard Lloyd for a second three-year term as Chair of IPSA.

Motion for a humble address for the appointment of Electoral Commissioners: MPs will be asked to agree the recommendation of the Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission that Hywel Williams be appointed as a new Commissioner and that former MP Chris Ruane and former MEP Sheila Ritchie both be reappointed for a second four-year term.

A humble address is a form of motion employed by both Houses of Parliament to convey a matter or request to the Sovereign or to acknowledge a communication from the Crown. An address may concern foreign or domestic policy, the administration of justice, the expression of congratulation or condolence, or as in these cases public appointments. The two motions today can each be debated for up to 90 minutes.

Presentation of public petition: Labour MP Liam Conlon will present a petition on road safety in the London Borough of Bromley.

Adjournment: Green Party MP Dr Ellie Chowns will give a speech on embodied carbon in buildings. A Minister will then give a response. (Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology briefing)

Westminster Hall

16:30: MPs will debate e-petition 737105, which calls on the Government to establish offshore detention facilities for illegal migrants, to facilitate mass deportation. The petition has around 721,000 signatures. (House of Commons Library briefing)

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Oral questions: At 14:30, Peers will begin the day by questioning Ministers for 40 minutes, on sustainable farming incentive payments; the impact of AI on employment; the impact of climate change and nature loss on housing finance; and the Clean Water Bill and protections for chalk streams.

Statutory Instrument approval motions: The House will be asked to approve eight Statutory Instruments (SIs). Because these SIs have already been debated in Grand Committee, their approval motions may be put to the House without further debate.

Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill (Third Reading): Peers will decide whether to pass the Government’s legislation to enable Ministers to bring steel undertakings into public ownership. (House of Lords Library briefing)

Unlike in the House of Commons, Third Reading in the House of Lords provides an opportunity to consider any final drafting or technical amendments, and to enable Ministers to fulfil any undertakings given at earlier stages of the Bill’s passage.

At Report Stage, the House of Lords agreed a number of amendments to the Bill. These included amendments to limit any extension of the sunset for the principal transfer powers to no more than two years at a time; require the Secretary of State to consider the likely costs before bringing a steel undertaking into public ownership; strengthen parliamentary scrutiny of regulations dealing with ‘continuity obligations’; make it mandatory for compensation regulations to provide for an independent valuer; and require environmental and health and safety liabilities to be taken into account in the valuation process. Most of these amendments were tabled by opposition parties, though the Government did not oppose them.

Following Third Reading the Bill will return to the House of Commons for consideration of the Lords amendments. MPs will then decide whether to accept the changes made by Peers, flatly reject them, or propose alternatives. As none of the amendments were opposed by the Government in the Lords, they are not expected to encounter significant opposition in the Commons.

Civil Aviation (Consumer Protection and Regulatory Reform) Bill (Report, day 1 of 1): Peers will consider amendments to the Government’s legislation to reform consumer rights and regulation in the aviation sector. The Bill had two days in Committee in the Lords, concluding on 18 June. (House of Lords Library briefing)

At Report Stage, the whole House decides whether any amendments should be made, or new clauses added, to the Bill. Similar amendments and new clauses are grouped together for debate, to prevent repetition and create a more focused debate. The House will decide amendments in the order in which they would appear in the Bill. It is at Report Stage that the Government is most frequently defeated on amendments.

The Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee drew attention to two delegated powers in the Bill that would enable the Secretary of State to determine the scope of rule-making powers of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). The Committee considered these powers inappropriate because they would give Ministers an unconstrained power to decide which aviation rules should be made by the CAA. It recommended that the Bill should instead set out the principles governing the exercise of those powers and that the relevant regulations should be subject to the affirmative procedure.

In response, the Government has tabled an amendment requiring the Secretary of State to have regard to a specified list of matters before making the regulations. It is also supporting an amendment tabled by Lord Moylan to make the regulations subject to the affirmative scrutiny procedure.

After Report Stage, the Bill will proceed to Third Reading, which is currently scheduled for Monday 20 July. Following Third Reading, the Bill will return to the House of Commons, where MPs will consider any amendments made by the House of Lords. The Commons may agree the amendments, reject them, or propose alternatives.

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Highlights include:

House of Commons

15:30: Public Accounts Committee – Governance and management of the Crown Estate and associated properties: The Chief Executive of the Crown Estate and other officials from the Crown Estate and Royal Household will give evidence.

16:30: Culture, Media and Sport Committee – BBC Royal Charter Review: Culture, Media and Sport Secretary Lisa Nandy MP will give evidence.

Joint

16:20: National Security Strategy Committee – Deterrence in an age of Russian aggression: Senior military and diplomatic figures, and experts in international relations and security, will give evidence.

A full list of select committee hearings can be found on the What’s On section of the Parliament website.

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Questions and statements: At 11:30, Health and Social Care Ministers will respond to MPs’ questions. Topics include children’s health, maternity services, social prescribing, sickness absence in the NHS workforce, NHS digital infrastructure, the partnership model in general practice, NHS buildings and extreme heat, support for bereaved parents, access to GPs, accountability in the NHS, access to dental services, and health inequalities.

At 12:30, any Urgent Questions or Ministerial Statements will follow.

Presentation of Bills: MPs will present three bills:

• Data Publication and Quality (Immigration, Nationality and Country of Birth) Bill: Introduced by Conservative MP Katie Lam, this Bill would require the collection and annual publication of data on immigration status, nationality, and country of birth, in relation to users of certain public services, benefit claimants, the prison population, and arrests. It would also require the Secretary of State to review the quality and consistency of the data collected and published. (House of Commons Library migration statistics and asylum statistics)

• Members of Parliament (Prohibition of Second Jobs) (Motion) Bill: Introduced by Labour MP Richard Burgon, this Bill would require the Leader of the House of Commons to move a motion prohibiting MPs from having paid second jobs.

• Neurodivergence (Screening and Teacher Training) Bill: Introduced by Liberal Democrat MP Adam Dance, this Bill would make provision for screening children for neurodivergence, and for related teacher training.

See Monday’s Commons (above) for further information about Presentation Bills.

Ten Minute Rule Motion: Green Party MP Siân Berry will seek to introduce a Freedom of Information Act 2000 (Amendment) Bill under the Ten Minute Rule which allows MPs to give a ten-minute speech in favour of a Bill before seeking the House’s permission to introduce it. The Bill would bring the Sovereign, the Royal Family, the Royal Household, the Royal Archives, and the Duchies of Cornwall and Lancaster within scope of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 by treating them as public authorities for the purposes of the Act. See our Hansard Society guide for more information about the parliamentary procedure for Ten Minute Rule Bills.

Representation of the People Bill (Report and Third Reading): MPs will consider amendments to the Government’s legislation to reform the law on elections, political finance and campaigning. The Bill’s key provisions were summarised in a recent edition of the Bulletin. (House of Commons Library briefing)

A number of amendments were made in Committee Stage, including to

• require bank cards used as voter ID to be in date;

• prevent unincorporated associations from making donations to one another in order to circumvent the donation rules;

• create a new criminal offence of knowingly providing an unincorporated association with false information about a gift where the person believes it may be used to make a political donation; and

• repeal the power in the 2022 Elections Act for Ministers to publish a strategy and policy statement for the Electoral Commission.

At Report Stage, the whole House considers further proposals for amendments and new clauses. One notable proposal is Alex Sobel MP’s New Clause 31, which more than 170 MPs have signed. It would require the Secretary of State, within three months of Royal Assent, to publish a report on the feasibility of establishing a National Commission on Electoral Reform. The proposed Commission would review the voting system for parliamentary elections and make recommendations for reform. Alex Sobel discusses this amendment and other issues in the Bill with the Hansard Society in this week’s episode of our Parliament Matters podcast.

Proceedings on Report must conclude no later than five hours after they begin. At that point, the House will vote on any Government amendments and amendments selected by the Speaker for separate decision, most likely including amendments from the Conservative and Liberal Democrat frontbench. Given the number of signatories, including members from different parties, the Speaker may also select Alex Sobel’s New Clause 31 for separate decision.

The House will then proceed to Third Reading, which must conclude no later than six hours than the start of Report Stage (that is, one hour after the latest finishing time of the Report Stage debate). Since most of the time after the initial five-hour period will be taken up by Report Stage divisions, Third Reading is likely to be very short. At Third Reading, MPs decide whether to approve the Bill in its final form and send it to the House of Lords. Once the Bill receives a Third Reading, it will be sent to the Lords for further scrutiny. Any amendments made by the Lords will have to return to the Commons for consideration before the Bill can receive Royal Assent.

Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill (Consideration of Lords Amendments): MPs will consider Lords amendments to the Government’s legislation to enable Ministers to bring steel undertakings into public ownership. (House of Commons Library briefing)

During the Bill’s passage through the House of Lords, Peers agreed a number of amendments, which are outlined in detail in Monday’s House of Lords section (above). Most of these amendments came from opposition parties, though the Government did not oppose any of the successful amendments.

For each Lords amendment, MPs must decide whether to accept the amendment, reject it, or propose an alternative. Since none of the amendments were opposed by the Government in the Lords, they are unlikely to provoke much opposition in the Commons. If the Commons agrees to all the Lords amendments, the Bill will proceed to Royal Assent.

Adjournment: Liberal Democrat MP Charlie Maynard will give a speech on the future of Thames Water. A Minister will then give a response.

Westminster Hall

09:30: Isolation and hidden deprivation in coastal communities (House of Commons Library briefing)

11:00: Government support for rugby in schools (House of Commons Library briefing)

14:30: Preparedness for extreme heat (House of Commons Library briefing / Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology POSTnote)

16:00: Expenses rates for employees travelling outside the UK

16:30: Government support for pig farmers

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Oral questions: At 14:30, Peers will begin the day by questioning Ministers for 40 minutes, on business hiring intentions; support programmes for parents of children with autism; violence against retail workers; and Suspicious Activity Report enquiries conducted by the National Crime Agency concerning the funding of the Reform Party.

Cheltenham Borough Council (Markets) Bill (Third Reading): Peers will decide whether to pass this Private Bill, promoted by Cheltenham Borough Council. The Bill would repeal section 83 of the Cheltenham Improvement Act 1852, which prohibits street markets in Cheltenham, and make connected provision enabling the local council to regulate markets under the modern statutory framework.

Private Bills are promoted by organisations or individuals outside Parliament and affect the private interests of particular organisations or individuals. They follow a different procedure from Public Bills, including an opportunity for those affected to petition against them.

The Bill has already completed its Commons stages and, if passed by the Lords, will have completed all its parliamentary stages and be ready for Royal Assent.

Supply and Appropriation (Main Estimates) Bill (All Stages): Peers will vote on the Bill to give statutory effect to the departmental spending plans (known as the Main Estimates) approved by the House of Commons following Estimates Day debates last month.

The Bill provides the Treasury with the statutory authority to issue the sums approved by MPs from the Consolidated Fund and to use those funds for the purposes set out in the Estimates.

The Bill has been certified as a Money Bill by the Speaker and will therefore pass through the House of Lords unamended (in accordance with the Parliament Act 1911). The House’s normal practice for Supply and Appropriation Bills is to take all stages as a formality, without debate. The only proceeding will be the House’s agreement to pass the Bill at Third Reading.

Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill (All Stages): Peers will consider the Bill to give statutory effect to three tax measures approved by the Commons. (House of Lords Library briefing)

The Bill would:

• increase the rate of the Electricity Generator Levy from 45% to 55%;

• increase the approved mileage allowance rate and equivalent self-employed deduction from 45p to 55p per mile; and

• introduce a temporary Vehicle Excise Duty rate of £1 for specified heavy goods vehicles between 1 July 2026 and 30 June 2027.

The mileage and Vehicle Excise Duty changes were given provisional statutory effect when the Ways and Means resolutions were agreed by the Commons, allowing them to be implemented before Royal Assent is given to this Bill. These changes will now be placed on a permanent statutory footing through this Bill.

The Speaker of the House of Commons has also certified this Bill as a Money Bill so the Bill will not be amended by the Lords. As a result, following the Second Reading debate the amending stages at Committee and Report will be dispensed with. The only further proceeding will be the House’s agreement to pass the Bill at Third Reading. Once the Bill is passed, it will proceed straight to Royal Assent.

Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill (Second Reading): Peers will debate the Government’s legislation to update the Network and Information Systems Regulations 2018 and strengthen the cyber security and resilience of essential and digital services. The Bill was introduced in the previous parliamentary session and carried over into the current session. (House of Lords Library briefing)

The Bill would expand the scope of the existing regulatory regime to cover additional organisations, including managed service providers, data centres, and designated critical suppliers. It would also strengthen regulators’ powers, update incident-reporting requirements, and enable Ministers to amend the regulatory framework in response to changes in technology and threats.

At Second Reading, Peers debate the general principles of a bill rather than its detailed wording. They cannot amend the text at this stage. The House of Lords does not typically hold a division (a formal vote) on Government bills at Second Reading.

If the Bill receives a Second Reading, it will be committed to a Grand Committee for its Committee Stage. The Government Whips have indicated that they expect Committee Stage to last four days, beginning on Tuesday 1 September and ending on Thursday 10 September.

Grand Committee

11:00: Peers will debate the following three Statutory Instruments:

• the draft Environmental Permitting (Waste Controlling or Transporting) and Relevant Functions of Primary Authorities (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2026;

• the draft Industrial Training Levy (Engineering Construction Industry Training Board) Order 2026; and

• the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Temporary Class Drug) Order 2026.

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Highlights include:

House of Commons

09:45: Treasury Committee – Bank of England financial stability reports: The Governor of the Bank of England Andrew Bailey and members of the Bank’s Financial Policy Committee will give evidence.

10:00: Education Committee and Work and Pensions Committee – Delivering the Child Poverty Strategy: Minister for Early Education Olivia Bailey MP and Minister for Employment Dame Diana Johnson MP will appear before the Committees.

12:00: Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee – Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government Steve Reed MP will be questioned on his Department’s work.

14:00: Foreign Affairs Committee – Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper MP will answer questions on the work of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

14:30: Business and Trade Committee – The Committee will hold a pre-appointment hearing with the Government’s preferred candidate for the Chair of the Financial Reporting Council.

14:30: Home Affairs Committee – The Committee will hold a pre-appointment hearing with the Government’s preferred candidate for the role of His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Authorities, Sir Andy Marsh.

14:30: Scottish Affairs Committee – Secretary of State for Scotland Douglas Alexander MP will give evidence on his Department’s work.

House of Lords

10:15: Science and Technology Committee – The CEO of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) will give evidence on the work of UKRI.

11:00: Industry and Regulators Committee – The relationship between the Government and the defence industry: Two of the co-authors of the Strategic Defence Review, General Sir Richard Barrons and Lord Robertson of Port Ellen, will be questioned.

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Details of Wednesday’s business can be found below.

Questions and statements: At 11:30, Scotland Office Ministers will respond to MPs’ questions. Topics include the Pride in Place programme, the defence industry, support for young people, proposals for a second independence referendum, devolution, nuclear energy projects, livestock farming, low carbon sectors, UK energy security, and steel production.

At 12:00, Sir Keir Starmer will face his final Prime Minister’s Questions, with the new Labour leader expected to take office on Monday 20 July, after the House rises for the Summer recess tomorrow (16 July).

At 12:30, any Urgent Questions or Ministerial Statements will follow.

Presentation of Bill: Conservative MP John Lamont will present his Energy and Digital Infrastructure (Planning) Bill, which would make provision about the planning of new energy and digital infrastructure. (Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology POSTnote and Horizon scan)

See Monday’s Commons (above) for further information about Presentation Bills.

Ten Minute Rule Motion: Labour MP Jim McMahon will seek to introduce a Registration of Stillbirths (England and Wales) Bill under the Ten Minute Rule which allows MPs to give a ten-minute speech in favour of a Bill before seeking the House’s permission to introduce it. The Bill would permit stillbirths to be registered remotely.

Opposition Day (Conservatives): By default, Government business has precedence on each sitting day. However, Standing Orders set aside 20 days each session for opposition parties to determine the subject of debate. These are known as ‘Opposition Days’. Seventeen Opposition Days are allocated to the Official Opposition, and three to the third largest parliamentary party.

Today is the third Opposition Day of the session and is allocated to the Conservative Party. Details of the motion(s) to be debated may not be made known until Tuesday’s Order Paper is published.

Statutory Instrument relating to national security: It has not yet been announced which Statutory Instrument this motion relates to. Regulations relating to the proscription of terror organisations, and changes to other aspects of the anti-terrorism framework, are often made at short notice. It is possible that the Government may be exercising new powers in the National Security (State Threats) Act 2026, which received the Royal Assent last week and came into force immediately. That Act empowers the Home Secretary to designate bodies that are involved in threat activity linked to a foreign power, within a framework modelled on proscription under the Terrorism Act 2000. The House will debate the Statutory Instrument for a maximum of 90 minutes.

Presentation of Public Petitions: Labour MP Andrew Cooper will present a public petition, on infrastructure adoption.

Adjournment: Labour MP David Smith will give a speech on the A1 in his North Northumberland constituency. A Minister will then give a response.

Westminster Hall

09:30: Regional accents and social mobility (House of Commons Library briefing)

11:00: Impact of the Peak Cluster Pipeline and project

14:30: Impact of waste management sites on local communities

16:00: Potential merits of a VAT reduction pilot for hospitality businesses in Northern Ireland (House of Commons Library briefing)

16:30: Estate regeneration

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Oral questions: At 15:00, Peers will begin the day by questioning Ministers for 40 minutes, on child poverty; the National Shipbuilding Strategy; and restrictions on humanitarian action by parties to the conflict in Sudan. The topic of a fourth question will be decided by a ballot drawn at lunchtime on Monday 13 July.

Sporting Events Bill (Report, day 1 of 1): Peers will consider amendments to the Government’s bill to establish a common legislative framework for major sporting events. (House of Lords Library briefing)

At Report Stage, the whole House decides whether any amendments should be made, or new clauses added, to the Bill. Similar amendments and new clauses are grouped together for debate, to prevent repetition and create a more focused debate. The House will decide amendments in the order in which they would appear in the Bill. It is at Report Stage that the Government is most frequently defeated on amendments.

After Report Stage, the Bill will proceed to Third Reading, currently scheduled for Tuesday 21 July.

Grand Committee

16:15: Peers will debate the following four Statutory Instruments:

• the draft Lifelong Learning (Fee Limits) Regulations 2026;

• the draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) (No. 2) Regulations 2026;

• the draft Nature Restoration Levy Regulations 2026; and

• the draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026.

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Highlights include:

House of Commons

09:30: Northern Ireland Affairs Committee – Northern Ireland Executive finances: Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn MP will appear before the Committee.

09:30: Business and Trade Sub-Committee on Economic Security, Arms and Export Controls – Export controls: Trade Minister Chris Bryant MP, Minister for Europe, North America and Overseas Territories Stephen Doughty MP, and Defence Minister Lord Coaker will give evidence.

09:30: Health and Social Care Committee – Maternity Reviews: Baroness Amos, the Chair of the National Maternity and Neonatal Investigation, will answer questions, followed at 10:30 by Donna Ockenden, the Chair of the Independent Review into Maternity Services at Nottingham University Hospital NHS Trust.

09:45: Treasury Committee – The Chief Executive and the Chair at the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will give evidence on the work of the FCA.

10:00: Defence Committee – Defence in the High North: Armed Forces Minister Louise Sandher-Jones MP will be questioned on the Government’s approach.

14:15: Treasury Committee – The Committee will hold a pre-appointment hearing with the government’s preferred candidate for Chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), Professor Jonathan Haskel. Unlike most pre-appointment inquiries, which give select committees no formal veto, the Budget Responsibility and National Audit Act 2011 requires the Treasury Committee’s consent for the appointment of the OBR chair.

House of Lords

10:30: Constitution Committee – The role of the UK’s constitutional guardians: Former Cabinet Secretary Lord Sedwill will appear before the Committee.

11:30: Communications and Digital Committee – BBC Charter Renewal: The BBC Director General Matt Brittin and Chair Dr Samir Shah will give evidence.

A full list of select committee hearings can be found on the What’s On section of the Parliament website.

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Questions and statements: At 09:30, Transport Ministers will face questions from MPs. Topics include e-bikes, transport connectivity, bus services, the maritime sector, the Midlands Rail Hub, mass transit systems, the EU Entry-Exit System, bus affordability, bus manufacturing, the use of technology for potholes, and transport decarbonisation.

Any Urgent Questions will follow.

The Leader of the House of Commons, Sir Alan Campbell MP, will present the weekly Business Statement. As the House will adjourn for the Summer recess at the end of today’s business, and a new Prime Minister and Cabinet will take office next week, the business for the weeks following the House’s return in September may not be announced. Any business that is announced should be treated as provisional, as it may be revised by the incoming Government. Any Ministerial Statements will follow.

Sir David Amess Summer Adjournment debate: In recent years, the House of Commons has concluded its business before the Summer recess with a special adjournment debate. This annual debate was named the ‘Sir David Amess Summer Adjournment Debate’ in memory of the Conservative MP, who was murdered in his constituency in 2021 and who was a regular contributor to these debates.

The debate allows MPs to raise any matter they wish, often including constituency issues they want to highlight before the House adjourns. The motion is framed in broad and neutral terms – “That this House has considered matters to be raised before the forthcoming adjournment” – and does not require the House to reach a substantive decision.

The debate was scheduled by the Backbench Business Committee, so its chair, Bob Blackman MP, will therefore open the debate.

Adjournment: Conservative MP Sir David Davis will give a speech on the Thirlwall Inquiry terms of reference. A Minister will then give a response.

The House of Commons will then rise for the Summer recess (a week earlier than the House of Lords).

Westminster Hall

13:30: Impact of changes to the National Planning Policy Framework

15:00: Capital funding for Changing Places toilets (House of Commons Library briefing)

Public Bill Committee

11:30 and 14:00: Health Bill (Committee, day 9): The Public Bill Committee appointed to scrutinise the Government’s new legislation to reform the governance of the NHS will continue its formal clause-by-clause scrutiny. More information on the Bill can be found in an earlier edition of the Bulletin and in the House of Commons Library briefing.

At Committee Stage, the House must decide whether each clause and schedule should remain in the Bill, and whether any amendments should be made or new clauses and schedules added.

The programme motion agreed at Second Reading specifies that the Public Bill Committee will conclude today. Any clauses and amendments which have not been debated and decided by 17:00 today will therefore be put to the Committee without debate at that time.

The Committee has already concluded its scrutiny and amendment of the substantive provisions. All that remain to be considered are 49 proposed new clauses from opposition and backbench MPs, as well as the general and technical clauses at the end of the Bill.

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Oral questions: At 11:00, Peers will begin the day by questioning Ministers for 40 minutes, on proposals for legislation on artificial intelligence; funding for Gaelic broadcasting under the BBC Royal Charter; and Imprisonment for Public Protection sentences. The topic of a fourth question will be decided by a ballot drawn at lunchtime on Tuesday 14 July.

General debate – Education, employment and welfare: Typically, every Thursday from the beginning of each session until the end of January, time is set aside for general debates in the name of opposition frontbenchers, backbenchers or Crossbenchers. The allocation of these debates is decided via the Usual Channels, that is, the business managers from the Government and other parliamentary groups in the House. Two such debates are scheduled to take place today, either side of a Question for Short Debate.

The first general debate, led by Conservative Peer Baroness Evans of Bowes Park, is on the Government’s record on education, employment, and welfare since July 2024. The debate will take place on a neutral motion to “take note” of the issue and will therefore conclude without a division (a formal vote).

Short debate – Prison release and homelessness: Every Thursday from the start of a session until the end of January, a topical Question for Short Debate (QSD) is scheduled between two general debates. The topic is selected by ballot, and only backbench and Crossbench members are eligible to enter. These debates are strictly time-limited to one hour. Proceedings begin with a speech from the member who tabled the question, followed by a response from the Minister. The remaining time is divided equally among the other members who wish to speak.

Today’s QSD, tabled by Conservative Peer Lord Farmer, asks what assessment the Government have made of the effectiveness of partnership working between prisons and local housing authorities in preventing homelessness and rough sleeping among prisoners released early.

General debate – UK armed forces: The second general debate, led by Conservative Peer Lord Harlech, is on the future capability of the United Kingdom’s armed forces in light of the current international situation. As with the first general debate, the discussion will take place on a neutral motion with no division.

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Highlights include:

House of Commons

10:00: Public Accounts Committee – Affordability of the Defence Investment Plan: The Permanent Secretary and other senior officials at the Ministry of Defence will give evidence.

House of Lords

10:05: Numeracy for Life Committee – Skills Minister Baroness Smith of Malvern will appear before the Committee.

10:30: National Resilience Committee – Security Minister Dame Angela Eagle MP will answer Peers’ questions.

10:35: Domestic Abuse Act 2021 Committee – Former Safeguarding Minister Jess Phillips MP will give evidence.

A full list of select committee hearings can be found on the What’s On section of the Parliament website.

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The House will not be sitting, as MPs begin their Summer recess.

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Private Members’ Bills: Peers will consider four Private Members’ Bills at Second Reading. At the beginning of each session, a ballot determines the order in which the first 25 Lords Bills are introduced. The Government Whips’ Office then schedules Second Readings and subsequent proceedings, usually on sitting Fridays.

The four bills being debated today are:

• Conduct of Undercover Policing and Surveillance Operatives Bill: Presented by Liberal Democrat peer Baroness Hamwee, this Bill would prohibit covert human intelligence sources from entering into or maintaining intimate sexual relationships with persons who are the subject of surveillance or investigation.

• Genocide Determination Bill: Presented by Crossbench peer Lord Alton of Liverpool, this Bill would create a domestic mechanism for determining whether genocide is occurring or has occurred.

• Cohabitation Rights Bill: Presented by Liberal Democrat peer Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames, this Bill would give legal rights and protections to cohabiting partners, including in relation to financial provision when a relationship breaks down or one partner dies. (House of Lords Library briefing)

• Rights of Boat Dwellers Bill: Presented by Liberal Democrat peer Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville, this Bill would make provision about the rights of people who live on boats, likely including issues relating to mooring, security of occupation and access to services. (House of Lords Library briefing)

At Second Reading, Peers will debate the general principles of each bill and decide whether it should proceed to detailed scrutiny. Lords Private Members’ Bills are often given a Second Reading even where the Government does not support the proposed legislation, because doing so permits further examination without committing the House to passing the bill. However, very few Lords Private Members’ Bills ultimately become law, mainly due to the challenge of securing time in the House of Commons.

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The House of Commons rises for the Summer recess on Thursday 16 July 2026. But the House of Lords is scheduled to sit for a further week so will resume at 14:30 on Monday 20 July 2026. Our next Bulletin will therefore be published on Sunday 19 July.

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