Questions and statements: At 14:30, Housing, Communities and Local Government Ministers will respond to MPs’ questions. Topics include high streets, leasehold reform, fire service response times, health inequalities in planning decision-making, local plans, Pride in Place, accountability of housing developers, local accountability, acoustic design requirements, the Building Safety Regulator, affordable homes for young people, road adoption, and pre-candidacy electoral donations.

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.

Business of the House motion: The Leader of the House, Sir Alan Campbell MP, will ask the House to approve a motion governing the day’s business. The motion would set aside the usual Standing Orders to allow a debate of up to three hours on a motion to revive a private bill about the Royal Albert Hall. Once that debate has concluded, MPs will move on to a Backbench Business debate on NHS dentistry, which may continue for up to two hours or until 22:00, whichever is later.

Opposed private business – Royal Albert Hall Bill (Revival): Private bills are promoted by external bodies and affect the private interests of a particular groups of individuals or organisations, rather than changing the general law for the public as a whole. Unlike public bills, a private bill that falls at the end of a parliamentary session may be revived in the next session if both Houses agree, allowing it to resume from the stage it had previously reached.

The Royal Albert Hall Bill, promoted by the Royal Albert Hall Corporation, did not complete its passage through Parliament during the last session. Introduced in the House of Lords in January 2023, the Bill has had a contested passage through Parliament. Peers made several amendments that were opposed by the promoter, who subsequently proposed several further amendments during the Bill’s Commons stages in January 2026. These changes were not agreed, and the Bill failed to complete its Commons stages before Parliament was prorogued in April. An attempt to carry the Bill over into the current session was blocked when the Commons motion was objected to, causing the Bill to fall. As a result, a revival motion is now required if the Bill is to proceed.

The House was first asked to approve a revival motion on Wednesday 10 June during the brief period before oral questions when private business can be put to the House without debate. However, any Member may object at that stage, An objection was made, preventing the question from being put and deferring consideration of the revival motion.

Once private business has been deferred in this way, Standing Orders permit the Chairman of Ways and Means – the senior deputy speaker responsible for private bills – to schedule a dedicated debate for up to three hours. The Chairman of Ways and Means, Nusrat Ghani MP, has appointed today for consideration of the Royal Albert Hall Bill revival motion. Unlike last week’s proceedings, a single MP’s objection will not be sufficient to delay the matter further, and the House will be able to reach a decision on whether to revive the Bill.

Backbench debate on NHS dentistry: The House will debate a motion highlighting concerns about the number of people unable to access NHS dental care and calling on the Government to set out a timetable for reforming the NHS dental contract and improving patient access. (House of Commons Library briefing)

The debate was scheduled by the Backbench Business Committee following an application from Liberal Democrat MP Adam Dance, Labour MP Lewis Atkinson, Green MP Adrian Ramsay, and Conservative MP Gregory Stafford. The application was submitted on 15 July 2025 – 11 months ago – highlighting the backlog in requests for Backbench Business Committee debating time.

Adjournment: Conservative MP Aphra Brandreth will give a speech on the impact of proposed carbon capture pipeline projects on communities in Cheshire. A Minister will then give a response.

Westminster Hall

16:30: MPs will debate e-petition 740671, which calls for the Income Tax personal allowance to be doubled for pensioners. The petition has around 119,000 signatures. (House of Commons Library briefing)

18:00: MPs will debate e-petition 738881, which calls for greater investment in research funding for brain cancer and for a right to try innovative treatments. The petition has around 109,000 signatures. (House of Commons Library briefing)

Delegated Legislation Committee

18:00: Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2026

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Oral questions: At 14:30, Peers will begin the day by questioning Ministers for 40 minutes, on Teachers’ Pension Schemes; incentives for innovation in rare cancer diagnosis and treatments; access to European immigration data; and World Ocean Day.

Appointments: The Senior Deputy Speaker, Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede, will move nine motions en bloc providing for the appointment of members to eight Select Committees and to the panel of members who act as Deputy Chairmen of Committees this session.

Motions to approve draft regulations: Ministers will ask the House to approve six draft Statutory Instruments that have previously been debated in Grand Committee.

• Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (Amendment) Regulations 2026;

• Airports Slot Allocation (Alleviation of Usage Requirements) Regulations 2026;

• Marine Licensing (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment etc.) Order 2026;

• Food Supplements Purity Criteria (Magnesium L-threonate monohydrate) (England) Regulations 2026;

• Energy Prices Act 2022 (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026; and

• Contracts for Difference (Allocation) (Amendment) Regulations 2026.

Social Housing Bill (Committee, day 1): Peers will debate the Government’s legislative plans to protect social housing stock in Committee of the Whole House. More detail on the Bill’s provisions can be found in an earlier edition of this Bulletin and in the House of Lords Library briefing on the Bill.

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. Amendments can be grouped and debated together to keep the discussion focussed and coherent and to avoid unnecessary repetition. Divisions are uncommon at Committee Stage, because amendments which are moved and defeated in Committee cannot be tabled again at Report Stage, where amendments are more likely to succeed.

The Government Whips have indicated that the Bill’s Committee Stage is expected to take place over two days, with a second sitting scheduled for Wednesday 17 June. Debate today will focus on groups of amendments relating to the Bill’s early provisions on the right to buy. The second day on Wednesday is likely to be devoted to amendments concerning the later parts of the Bill, including measures to protect victims of domestic abuse and reforms to the regulation of social housing.

Short debate – Mental health diagnoses: At approximately 19:30, the debate on the Social Housing Bill will be suspended for a one-hour Question for Short Debate (QSD) on trends in mental health diagnoses over the last five years. This interruption to the main debate is known in the House of Lords as taking ‘dinner break business’. The debate will begin with a speech from Baroness Maclean of Redditch, who tabled the question, followed by a response from the Minister. The remaining time will then be divided equally among other Members who wish to speak before the House returns to consideration of the Social Housing Bill. (House of Lords Library briefing)

Grand Committee

From 15:45, peers will debate five Statutory Instruments:

• the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2026;

• the draft Immigration (Leave to Enter and Remain) (Amendment) Order 2026;

• the draft Pollution Prevention and Control (Fees) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2026;

• the draft Contracts for Difference (Definition of Eligible Generator) (Amendment) Regulations 2026; and

• the draft Digital Waste Tracking (England) Regulations 2026.

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House of Commons

16:00: Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee – The new Cabinet Secretary, Dame Antonia Romeo, will make her first appearance before the Committee since taking up her role earlier this year. The Committee has said that potential areas of questioning are likely to include: her priorities in the role; updating of the Cabinet Manual; civil service reform; how Whitehall intends to harness the benefits of AI; devolution and the Union; and the Cabinet Office’s role in vetting following the controversy over the appointment of Lord Mandelson as Ambassador to the United States of America.

16:00: Environmental Audit Committee – Carbon Budget 7: Climate Minister Katie White MP will give evidence, following the publication of the Seventh Carbon Budget Order.

Joint

16:30: National Security Strategy Committee – Deterrence in an age of Russian aggression: Former diplomats and experts in Russian politics and security will give evidence at the first session of this new inquiry which will focus on imposing costs and constraints on Russia.

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, the Foreign Secretary and her ministerial team will respond to MPs’ questions. Topics include environmental change in the Tibetan plateau, the UK–US relationship, settler violence in the West Bank, the sale of Russian oil to third countries, Russian incursions on NATO airspace, foreign aid, disinformation on social media, international outbreaks of Ebola, the Strait of Hormuz, violence against women and girls, trade with Israeli settlements, and humanitarian need in Chad.

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

Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill (Report and Third Reading): The House will continue its scrutiny of the Government’s legislation to update the Network and Information Systems Regulations 2018 and strengthen the Government’s powers to respond to cyber threats. The Bill was carried over from the previous parliamentary session and is expected to complete its Commons stages today. (House of Commons Library briefing)

At Report Stage, the whole House debates decides whether to make amendments or add new clauses to the Bill. At Third Reading, the House decides whether to approve the final version of the Bill.

Under the programme order agreed on 6 January 2026, Report Stage must conclude by 18:00. The House will vote on any amendments tabled by the Government or selected by the Speaker for separate decision, most likely including some of the three amendments supported by the Conservative frontbench and the 13 amendments tabled by the Liberal Democrats (see the Amendment Paper here).

The House will then move immediately to Third Reading. The programme order specifies that Third Reading must conclude by 19:00 at the latest. As divisions at Report Stage are likely to take up much of the time after 18:00, the Third Reading debate will be brief. Once the Bill receives a Third Reading, it will proceed to the House of Lords for further consideration.

Presentation of Public Petitions: Labour MP Julie Minns will present a public petition, on road safety in Wetheral.

Adjournment: Labour MP Richard Quigley will give a speech on discharge of Isle of Wight dementia patients to mainland care homes. A Minister will then give a response.

Westminster Hall

09:30: Community hospitals (House of Commons Library briefing)

11:00: Funding for road maintenance in Nottinghamshire

14:30: Impact of the University of the Air White Paper on lifelong learning opportunities (House of Commons Library briefing)

16:00: Government support for West Midlands Police

16:30: Access to dental services in West Sussex

Public Bill Committee

09:25 and 14:00: Health Bill (Committee, day 1): The Public Bill Committee examining the Health Bill – the Government’s new legislation to reform the governance of the National Health Service (NHS) – will begin its work by taking oral evidence from witnesses. The list of witnesses has not yet been confirmed and will be formally agreed by a sub-committee on Monday, although in practice witnesses are chosen in advance by the Government and Opposition Whips. The Committee will formally commence its clause-by-clause scrutiny on Thursday 18 June. More information on the Bill can be found in an earlier edition of the Bulletin and in the House of Commons Library briefing.

Delegated Legislation Committees

14:30: The draft Digital Waste Tracking (England) Regulations 2026

16:30: The draft Immigration (Leave to Enter and Remain) (Amendment) Order 2026

16:30: The draft Pensions (Abolition of Lifetime Allowance Charge etc) Regulations 2026

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Oral questions: At 14:30, Peers will begin the day by questioning Ministers for 40 minutes, on the Environment Act 2021 and species abundance; the impact of online hate speech; bilateral allocations for Official Development Assistance spending; and the recent University College London report, Physical punishment and child outcomes in the UK.

Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill (Second Reading): Peers will debate the Bill to enable Ministers to bring steel undertakings into public ownership. The Bill completed its House of Commons stages without amendment last week. (House of Lords Library briefing)

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.

The Bill does not itself provide for the nationalisation of British Steel or any other steel undertaking. Instead, it gives the Secretary of State a general power to transfer securities, property, rights and liabilities of a steel undertaking into public ownership by regulations where doing so is considered necessary in the public interest. The Bill also establishes a compensation framework and provides for financial assistance in connection with public ownership.

One issue that may be highlighted in the House of Lords, including by its Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee, is the delegated powers relating to the transfer of shares and property from steel undertakings. As we highlighted in a previous Bulletin, those core transfer powers would be exercisable by regulations subject to the ‘made negative’ procedure. This would allow regulations transferring ownership to be made and come into force immediately, without any requirement for prior parliamentary approval or a retrospective approval vote.

The Government argues that this approach is needed to provide legal and commercial certainty at the point of transfer. However, given the significance of any regulations that would transfer ownership of shares or property into public hands, peers may question whether the negative procedure provides an adequate level of parliamentary scrutiny. Allowing instead the ‘made affirmative’ procedure to be used in certain circumstances could offer a compromise between urgency and scrutiny, since it would preserve the Government’s ability to act immediately while requiring both Houses to debate and approve the regulations within a specified period after they are made (signed into law). If the Bill were amended to include the made affirmative procedure, further amendments would also be needed to clarify what should occur if, in exceptional circumstances, Parliament refused to approve a transfer after it had already taken place.

As in the House of Commons, the Bill is being fast-tracked through the House of Lords. This Second Reading is taking place just six days after the Bill’s introduction, which is sooner than the House of Lords’ recommended interval of two weekends between a Bill’s First and Second Reading.

Once the Bill receives a Second Reading it will proceed to Committee Stage in Committee of the Whole House. The Government has indicated that it expects this to last two days, with the sittings provisionally scheduled for Monday 29 June and Wednesday 1 July.

Statutory Instrument – Mayoral elections: The House will debate a motion to approve the draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026. The Order makes changes to existing legislation to accompany changes made by the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026 that replace the First Past the Post voting system for mayoral elections with the Supplementary Vote (SV) system. The Order is subject to the draft affirmative procedure, which means the Minister cannot sign it into law until it has been debated and approved by both Houses.

The relevant provisions in the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026 have not yet been brought into force. If they are commenced in the near future, and if Andy Burnham wins the Makerfield by-election, the subsequent election for a new Mayor of Greater Manchester would be conducted using the Supplementary Vote system.

In a 2007 report on the administration of elections, the Electoral Commission recommended that electoral legislation should not be applied to any election held within six months of the new provision coming into force. This recommendation, known as the ‘Gould Principle’, is named after Ron Gould, the report’s author, a former Chief Electoral Officer of Elections Canada and a widely respected electoral administrator and observer. If the Combined Authorities Order is applied to a Greater Manchester mayoral by-election at the end of next month, the six-month interval recommended by the Gould Principle would not be observed.

Grand Committee

Civil Aviation (Consumer Protection and Regulatory Reform) Bill (Committee, day 1 of 2): From 15:45, Peers will debate the Government’s legislative plans to protect social housing stock in Committee of the Whole House. More detail on the Bill’s provisions can be found in an earlier edition and in the House of Lords Library briefing on the Bill.

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. Amendments can be grouped and debated together to keep the discussion focussed and coherent and to avoid unnecessary repetition. Where Committee takes place in Grand Committee, no divisions (formal votes) may take place, and amendments may only be agreed if there is no objection.

The Government Whips have indicated that they expect Committee Stage to last two days, with the second sitting scheduled for Thursday 18 June. Today’s groups of amendments are likely to relate primarily to the Bill’s earlier clauses, on consumer protection and air passenger rights. Thursday’s groups will likely relate to the later parts of the Bill, on regulatory reform.

In a recent report, the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee drew attention to two of the delegated powers contained in the Bill. These provisions would allow the Secretary of State to determine the scope of certain rule-making powers to be exercised by the Civil Aviation Authority. The Committee argues that the powers are inappropriate because they would give the Government “unconstrained power to decide which operational and safety aviation rules will be delegated to the CAA”. The Committee recommends amending the Bill to set out the principles governing the exercise of these powers, and to require any regulations made under them to be subject to the affirmative procedure, ensuring they must be debated and approved by Parliament before taking effect.

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House of Commons

09:45: Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee – The Committee will hold a pre-appointment hearing with the Government’s preferred candidate to be chair of the Local Audit Office, Bill Butler.

09:45: Treasury Committee – The OBR, 15 years on: Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury Torsten Bell MP will give evidence. The Committee has indicated that its members are likely to ask for an update on the delayed recruitment of a new OBR chair following Richard Hughes’ resignation over six months ago. By law, the Treasury Committee must give its consent to any appointment.

10:00: Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee – Inquiry into the recommendations of the Infected Blood Inquiry: Chair of the House of Lords Statutory Inquiries Committee, Lord Norton of Louth, will give evidence.

10:10: Administration Committee – General Election Planning: Six MPs will give evidence as part of the Committee’s inquiry into the experiences of new Members and the effectiveness of post-election support.

14:30: Justice Committee – Rehabilitation and resettlement: Prisons and Probation Minister Lord Timpson will give evidence.

House of Lords

11:00: International Relations and Defence Committee – Strategic Defence Review (SDR) implementation: The Chief of the Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Knighton, will give evidence. He is likely to face questions about the financing of the recommendations set out in the SDR following the resignation last week of Defence Secretary John Healey and Armed Forces Minister Al Carns.

11:00: European Affairs Committee – Dynamic alignment: Representatives of the energy sector will give evidence.

11:00: Industry and Regulators Committee – The relationship between the Government and the defence industry: Representatives of Tekever, the drone manufacturer, will give evidence.

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Details of Wednesday’s business can be found below.

Questions and statements: At 11:30, Wales Office Ministers will respond to MPs’ questions. Topics include the cost of living, job creation, defence spending, economic growth, the rail network, the Union, and foreign interference in Welsh democracy.

At 12:00, Sir Keir Starmer is set to face the Leader of the Opposition, Kemi Badenoch, at Prime Minister’s Questions.

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

Presentation of Bills: At the start of this session, 20 MPs were selected in a ballot to determine which MPs would have priority in introducing Private Members’ Bills (PMBs) this session. Success in the ballot gives these bills precedence over other PMBs in securing a Second Reading date, increasing their chances of making legislative progress. A list of the 20 MPs selected can be found here.

Today, the 20 MPs will formally present their bills, in the order of precedence determined by the ballot. When presenting their bill, each MP will choose a date for its Second Reading from the first seven of the 13 sitting Fridays allocated for PMBs: 4 September, 11 September, 16 October, 13 November, 27 November, 4 December 2026, and 15 January 2027. Because each of the first seven MPs can choose a different sitting Friday, their bills are guaranteed a full Second Reading debate.

Particular focus will be on Labour MP Lauren Edwards, who supported the assisted dying bill in the last session and who came second in the ballot this session (after Sir Desmond Swayne, who is opposed to assisted dying). Edwards has not yet confirmed whether she intends to use her ballot position to reintroduce the bill in this session.

National Security (State Threats) Bill (All Stages): This Bill was presented to the House on 9 June 2026 and will be fast-tracked through all its House of Commons stages today. (House of Commons Library briefing)

The Bill would give the Government new powers to designate organisations involved in threat activity linked to a foreign power. The proposed system is modelled on the proscription framework in the Terrorism Act 2000 and would create new criminal offences relating to designated bodies, including proxies used by foreign states to carry out hostile activities.

Before the Bill can be debated, the Government must secure agreement to an Allocation of Time motion setting out how long the House may spend on each stage of its consideration. The text of the motion has not yet been published. However, previous Allocation of Time motions for legislation of comparable significance have typically provided for all stages be completed in a single day within a six-hour time limit. Under that approach, Second Reading would conclude four hours after the Allocation of Time motion is agreed, leaving the remaining two hours for Committee of the Whole House, Report Stage and Third Reading. A recent example is the timetable agreed for the Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill earlier this year.

When Committee of the Whole House and Report Stage are scheduled on the same day, amendments are tabled for consideration in Committee rather than at Report Stage. Ordinarily, amendments for Committee Stage cannot be tabled until after Second Reading. However, because Second Reading is also taking place today, the House agreed a motion on 10 June permitting amendments to be tabled in advance. To date, only one amendment has been submitted.

Once Committee Stage has concluded, the House will decide whether each clause should ‘stand part’ of the Bill and will vote on any amendments selected by the Speaker for separate decision. If Committee Stage has not concluded when the allotted time expires, the outstanding questions will be put immediately and Third Reading will then be decided without debate. Once the Bill has passed the House of Commons, it will be sent to the House of Lords.

Adjournment: Labour MP Maya Ellis will give a speech on Government support for private sector investment in Lancashire. A Minister will then give a response.

Westminster Hall

09:30: Tackling illicit activity in high street shops (House of Commons Library briefing)

11:00: Impact of Operation Brock on Faversham and Mid Kent constituency

14:30: Fiscal support for rural pubs

16:00: Parity of esteem between physical and mental health

16:30: Tackling abuse against people in customer-facing roles

Delegated Legislation Committees

14:30: The draft Nuclear Safeguards (EU Exit and Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2026

14:30: The draft Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026

16:30: The Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026

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Oral questions: At 15:00, Peers will begin the day by questioning Ministers for 40 minutes, on community-based transformation in healthcare spending; dangerous substances advertised on social media as physique enhancing products; and the Government’s approach to the annual State of Extremism report. The topic of a fourth question will be decided by a ballot drawn at lunchtime on Monday 15 June.

Social Housing Bill (Committee, day 2): Peers will continue to debate the Government’s legislative plans to protect social housing stock in Committee of the Whole House. More detail on the Bill’s provisions can be found in an earlier edition of this Bulletin, and in the House of Lords Library briefing on the Bill.

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. Amendments can be grouped and debated together to keep the discussion focussed and coherent and to avoid unnecessary repetition. Divisions are uncommon at Committee Stage, because amendments which are moved and defeated in Committee cannot be tabled again at Report Stage, where amendments are more likely to succeed.

The Government Whips have indicated that today will be the second and final day of Committee Stage. Subject to progress at Monday’s sitting, today’s groups of amendments will likely relate to the later parts of the Bill, on protections for victims of domestic abuse and the regulation of social housing.

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Highlights include:

House of Commons

09:15: Transport Committee – Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander MP will give evidence on her Department’s work.

09:30: Northern Ireland Affairs Committee – Stormont reform: Leaders and senior figures from the SDLP, Alliance Party, UUP and DUP will give evidence about options for reform of the Northern Ireland Executive and Assembly.

09:30: Work and Pensions Committee – Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden MP will give evidence on his Department’s work.

09:45: Education Committee – Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson MP will give evidence on her Department’s work.

14:45: Procedure Committee – Written Parliamentary Questions (Departmental performance in Session 2024-26): Education Minister Josh MacAlister MP will give evidence. In a letter to the Department for Education in April, the chair of the Committee, Cat Smith MP, said the Committee was “struck by the deteriorating performance of [the] Department”. In particular, she noted that when comparing the period July–December 2024 with the period December 2024–November 2025, the proportion of ‘Named Day’ questions answered on time fell from 82% to 49%, and the proportion of ‘Ordinary’ questions answered on time fell from 90% to 64%.

House of Lords

10:30: International Relations and Defence Committee – Strategic Defence Review implementation: Two senior Ministry of Defence officials, including the National Armaments Director, will give evidence.

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Questions and statements: At 09:30, Culture, Media and Sport Ministers will face questions from MPs. Topics include discussions with Greece on exchanges of cultural artefacts, support for heritage and listed buildings, access to music and dance training, grassroots sport, Iran-linked charities, harmful media practices, support for creative industries, BBC funding, ticket tout ban legislation, and support for the tourism and leisure sectors.

At 10:10, MPs will question Public Accounts Commission chairman Clive Efford MP, Church Commissioners representative Marsha de Cordova MP, House of Commons Commission representative Nick Smith MP, and the Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission representative Sir Jeremy Wright MP. The questions include:

• one to the Public Accounts Commission, on value for money in local government reorganisation;

• six to the Church Commissioners, on Israel and Palestine, church accessibility for disabled people, the cost of living, and the Places of Worship Renewal Fund;

• four to the House of Commons Commission, on cruelty-free cleaning products, UK-sourced food in catering venues, financial support for school parties visiting Parliament, and the closure of the Education and Engagement Outreach Team; and

• one to the Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission, on polling station provision for blind and visually impaired voters.

Any Urgent Questions will follow.

The Leader of the House of Commons, Sir Alan Campbell MP, will present the weekly Business Statement, setting out the business in the House for the next couple of weeks and answering questions about anything that Members might want debated. Any Ministerial Statements will follow.

Select Committee statement – Science, Innovation and Technology Committee: Dame Chi Onwurah, chair of the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee, will make a statement on the Government’s response to the Committee’s report published in March, Flying Blind: Innovation, Growth and the Regions. At the time of writing, the Committee has not yet published the Government’s response, though it will be published before the statement.

Select Committees can ask the Backbench Business Committee for time to make statements on the launch of inquiries or the publication of a report. These statements are typically scheduled in the Chamber during backbench business time on Thursdays. A statement consists of a 10-minute speech from a member of the Select Committee, during which interventions are not permitted, followed by 10 minutes of questions from MPs, to which the Select Committee member responds.

Select Committee statement – Justice Committee: Andy Slaughter, Chair of the Justice Committee, will make a statement on the Committee’s recent report examining the Courts and Tribunals Bill. The report expressed scepticism about the capacity of the magistrates’ court to cope with an increase in its caseload as a result of changes to jury trials. Notably, although the Committee ultimately agreed the report unanimously, opposition members sought to strengthen its criticism of the proposals to remove the right to elect trial by jury. An amendment to that effect was rejected by the Committee before the final report was agreed.

General debate – Infected Blood Compensation Scheme: Time for this debate was scheduled by the Backbench Business Committee following an application from Labour MP Clive Efford and Conservative MP Sir Julian Lewis. It will take place on a neutral motion (‘that this House has considered the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme’) and there will be no division (formal vote) at the end. (House of Commons Library briefing)

The application for this debate was only submitted earlier this month on 2 June 2026. At Business Questions last Thursday, the chair of the Backbench Business Committee, Bob Blackman, explained that until Wednesday the Committee had understood there would be Government business at today’s sitting and had therefore not allocated a debate for it. The unusually short interval between the application and the debate contrasts sharply with the lengthy waits often experienced by applicants for Backbench Business time. At short notice, it may have been difficult for other applicants to take up the slot.

General debate – Potential merits of a full ban on fracking: The Leader of the House confirmed last Thursday that there would be a second debate today, subject to the Backbench Business Committee finding an applicant who could fill the slot at short notice. Liberal Democrat MP Claire Young has had the time allocated for her motion to consider banning fracking.

Adjournment: No adjournment debate has yet been allocated.

Westminster Hall

13:30: Safeguarding human rights in supply chains (House of Commons Library briefing)

15:00: Public toilet provision for people with stoma

Public Bill Committee

11:30 and 14:00: Health Bill (Committee, day 2): The Public Bill Committee appointed to scrutinise the Health Bill – the Government’s new legislation to reform the governance of the National Health Service (NHS) – will begin formal clause by clause scrutiny today, having taken oral evidence on Tuesday. 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.

Today’s debate will likely focus on the first clauses (and proposed amendments to those clauses), which contain the Bill’s provisions in relation to the abolition of NHS England.

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Introduction of a new Peer: At 11:00, former Olympic rower and current Chancellor of Glasgow University, Baroness (Katherine) Grainger will be introduced to the House where she will sit on the Crossbench.

Oral questions: Peers will question Ministers for 40 minutes, on face-to-face banking services; transnational marriage abandonment; and the use of AI in prostate cancer screening. The topic of a fourth question will be decided by a ballot drawn at lunchtime on Tuesday 16 June.

General debate – Jo Cox Civility Commission: 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 (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 debate, led by Labour peer Baroness Morgan of Drefelin, will be about the Government’s steps to strengthen communities and implement the recommendations of the Jo Cox Civility Commission, 10 years after her murder. The debate will take place on a neutral motion to ‘take note’ of the issue and will therefore conclude without a formal vote (a division). (House of Lords Library briefing)

Short debate – Severe myalgic encephalomyelitis: Every Thursday from the start of a session until the end of January, a topical question for short debate (sometimes referred to in Lords papers as a QSD) is scheduled between two general debates. The topic is selected by ballot, and only backbench and Crossbench members are eligible to enter. These QSD 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 then divided equally among other Members who wish to speak.

Today’s QSD, tabled by the Liberal Democrat peer Baroness Scott of Needham Market, asks what the Government’s policy is towards the treatment of, and research into, severe myalgic encephalomyelitis.

General debate – Child poverty: The second general debate, led by Labour peer Baroness Lister of Burtersett, is about the Government’s actions to tackle child poverty. As with the first general debate, the discussion will take place on a neutral motion with no division. (House of Lords Library briefing)

Grand Committee

Civil Aviation (Consumer Protection and Regulatory Reform) Bill (Committee, day 2 of 2): From 12:15, Peers in Grand Committee will debate the Government’s legislative plans to reform consumer rights and safety in the aviation sector. More detail on the Bill’s provisions can be found in an earlier edition of this Bulletin and in the House of Lords Library briefing on the Bill.

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. Amendments can be grouped and debated together to keep the discussion focussed and coherent and to avoid unnecessary repetition. Where Committee takes place in Grand Committee, no divisions (formal votes) may take place, and amendments may only be agreed if there is no objection.

The Government Whips have indicated that today will be the second and final day of Committee Stage. Subject to progress at Tuesday’s sitting, today’s groups of amendments will likely relate to the later parts of the Bill, on regulatory reform.

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Highlights include:

House of Lords

10:00: National Resilience Committee – National resilience: Experts in food and agriculture, finance and insurance will give evidence.

10:35: Domestic Abuse Act 2021 Committee – Domestic Abuse Act 2021: Experts in crime and justice and representatives of the domestic abuse support sector 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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Neither House is scheduled to sit on Friday 19 June 2026. Both Houses will resume at 14:30 on Monday 22 June. Our next Bulletin will therefore be published on Sunday 21 June.

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