A shake-up of the asylum appeals system lands on Monday.

MPs debate the Immigration and Asylum Bill, and there's already some disagreement about it on the Labour benches.

It's the last week before recess.

MPs leave Westminster for the summer at the end of Thursday. They return on 1 September.

That means this is Keir Starmer's final PMQs.

Wednesday marks his last outing at the despatch box. Barring any major upsets, Andy Burnham will be named Labour leader on Friday, and becomes prime minister three days later.

MONDAY 13 JULY

Immigration and Asylum Bill – 2nd reading
Applies to: the whole of the UK
Creates a new body, the Independent Immigration Appeals Authority, to decide immigration appeals. Currently, judges make those decisions but the new adjudicators won't need legal qualifications. Makes it harder for migrants to use human rights laws to avoid deportation. Replaces refugee status and humanitarian protection with a single 'protection status', and lets the Home Secretary claw back some of the accommodation and support costs from refugees who can afford to repay them. Overhauls modern slavery law, giving police wider powers over people thought to pose a trafficking risk and extending supply chain transparency rules to public sector organisations.
Draft bill (PDF) / Commons Library briefing

TUESDAY 14 JULY

Representation of the People Bill – report stage and 3rd reading
Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Lowers the voting age to 16 for all UK elections. Introduces automatic electoral registration, so eligible voters are added to the register without having to apply. Expands the list of accepted voter ID to include bank cards. Also tightens rules on political donations.
Draft bill (PDF) / Commons Library briefing

Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill – consideration of Lords amendments
Applies to: the whole of the UK
Gives the government powers to nationalise steel companies. Follows the government’s emergency intervention in April 2025, when it used special measures to keep British Steel’s Scunthorpe blast furnaces running after owner Jingye announced plans to close them.
Draft bill (PDF) / Lords Library briefing

Freedom of Information Act 2000 (Amendment) Bill
Removes the blanket exemption that currently shields the King, the wider Royal Family, the Royal Household and the Royal Archives from Freedom of Information requests. Brings the monarchy and the Duchies of Cornwall and Lancaster within scope of the Act, meaning the public could request information about how they use public money and assets. Ten minute rule motion presented by Siân Berry.

WEDNESDAY 15 JULY

Registration of Stillbirths (England and Wales) Bill
Allows parents to register a stillbirth remotely, rather than having to attend a register office in person, easing the process for grieving families at an already difficult time. Ten minute rule motion presented by Jim McMahon.

THURSDAY 16 JULY

Health Bill – committee stage
Applies to: England (some measures apply UK-wide)
Abolishes NHS England and folds its functions back into the Department of Health and Social Care, in a bid to cut bureaucracy and speed up decision-making. Also reforms the structure of integrated care boards and foundation trusts, and introduces a single patient record shared across the health service.
Draft bill (PDF) / Commons Library briefing

FRIDAY 17 JULY

No votes scheduled

PREVIOUS WEEK'S VOTES

Passed

• National Security (State Threats) Bill – became law
• Outdoor Education Bill – goes to second reading
• Mental Capacity (Duty to Assess) Bill – goes to second reading

Click here to read details of the bills in last week's newsletter.

It's the penultimate week before summer recess.

MPs debate one government bill, which allows the banning of organisations controlled by foreign hostile states. It'll also become an offence to deal with those organisations, though the Lords added exceptions for aid workers and journalists.

A couple of interesting select committee meetings.

The Treasury Committee will question defence ministers on the Defence Investment Plan, and the BBC's new director general testifies before the Culture, Media, and Sport Committee.

And Tuesday is an Opposition Day.

The Tories will set the agenda, but haven't published their motion yet.

MONDAY 6 JULY

National Security (State Threats) Bill – consideration of Lords amendments
Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
Gives the government powers to ban organisations that are controlled or directed by hostile foreign states. Once an organisation is banned, it becomes a criminal offence to be a member, fund it, or attend meetings. The powers work like the existing rules for banning terrorist groups, but apply to state-sponsored bodies.
Draft bill (PDF) / Commons Library briefing

TUESDAY 7 JULY

Outdoor Education Bill
Requires primary and secondary schools to give children at least 30 minutes outdoors a day during school hours, provide at least one outdoor lesson a week, and offer every pupil at least one outdoor education experience. Ten minute rule motion presented by Caroline Voaden.

WEDNESDAY 8 JULY

Mental Capacity (Duty to Assess) Bill
Requires professionals (such as health and social care workers) to assess someone's mental capacity if there's good reason to doubt it, including when a family member raises the alarm. Known as Christopher's law, after an autistic 24-year-old who was murdered in 2016 after his mother's repeated warnings that he was being exploited and couldn't cope on his own were dismissed. Ten minute rule motion presented by Chris Coghlan.

THURSDAY 9 JULY

No votes scheduled

FRIDAY 10 JULY

No votes scheduled

PREVIOUS WEEK'S VOTES

Passed

• Supply and Appropriation (Main Estimates) Bill – goes to the Lords
• Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill – goes to the Lords
• Child Savings Accounts (Mental Capacity and Disability) Bill – goes to second reading
• Medical Services (Rural Areas) Bill – goes to second reading

Click here to read details of the bills in last week's newsletter.

MPs debate a bill to change three taxes.

It would increase the amount employers can pay employees tax-free for using their own car for work, and temporarily cut road tax for haulage vehicles, paid for by an increased windfall tax on power companies.

There are two Estimates Days this week.

On Monday and Tuesday, MPs will formally approve how much money each government department can spend. They'll focus on Cabinet Office security and resilience spending, the Northern Ireland Office, criminal justice, sport and youth services, pharmaceutical procurement, and the DWP.

And we'll hear from Andy Burnham on his fiscal plans later.

It should give us some sense of the kinds of bills he'd put forward in the likely event that he becomes prime minister.

MONDAY 29 JUNE

No votes scheduled

TUESDAY 30 JUNE

Child Savings Accounts (Mental Capacity and Disability) Bill
Makes it easier for families to access child savings accounts of a young person who lacks mental capacity. Right now it's almost impossible to do this. Also requires the government to review savings provision for young people with disabilities. Ten minute rule motion presented by John Milne.

WEDNESDAY 1 JULY

Medical Services (Rural Areas) Bill
Requires the government to produce a strategy for creating more Minor Injuries Units and Urgent Treatment Centres in rural areas. Ten minute rule motion presented by Ben Maguire.

Supply and Appropriation (Main Estimates) Bill – all stages
Wraps up the week's Estimates Day debates.

Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill – all stages
Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
Increases the Electricity Generator Levy (a windfall tax on the excess profits of power companies) from 45% to 55%. Raises the approved tax-free mileage rate (the amount an employer can pay you for using your own car for work without it being taxed) from 45p to 55p per mile. Temporarily cuts vehicle excise duty (road tax) to £1 for heavy goods vehicles until June 2027.
Draft bill (PDF)

THURSDAY 2 JULY

No votes scheduled

FRIDAY 3 JULY

No votes scheduled

PREVIOUS WEEK'S VOTES

Passed

• Health Bill – goes to committee stage
• Armed Forces Bill – goes to the Lords

Click here to read details of the bills in last week's newsletter.

The political energy is firmly elsewhere as we enter the week.

The prime minister is considering his future and may set out a timetable for his departure, as Andy Burnham takes his seat in Westminster.

Against that backdrop, MPs debate just one piece of legislation.

On Monday, they look at a bill to extend the legal framework underpinning the Armed Forces, which needs to happen every five years.

And Tuesday is the first Opposition Day of this parliamentary session.

The Tories will choose the topic of debate. It hasn't been announced yet, but it feels likely it may relate to Labour's leadership challenges.

MONDAY 22 JUNE

Armed Forces Bill – report stage and 3rd reading
Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Renews the Armed Forces Act 2006, which provides the legal basis for the existence of the Armed Forces and expires every five years. Creates the Defence Housing Service, a new government agency that will oversee a large-scale programme to build and refurbish military accommodation. Gives the military legal powers to detect and stop hostile drones, among other things.
Read the bill (PDF) / Commons Library briefing

TUESDAY 23 JUNE

No votes scheduled

WEDNESDAY 24 JUNE

No votes scheduled

THURSDAY 25 JUNE

No votes scheduled

FRIDAY 26 JUNE

No votes scheduled

PREVIOUS WEEK'S VOTES

Passed

• Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill – goes to the Lords
• National Security (State Threats) Bill – goes to the Lords

Click here to read details of the bills in last week's newsletter.

It's a big week for national security.

On Wednesday, MPs debate a bill to bolster cybersecurity regulation. Then on Thursday, they'll speed through all stages of a bill to allow the government to proscribe organisations controlled by hostile states, similar to existing powers for banning terror groups.

Assisted dying is back on the agenda.

On Tuesday, MPs who were successful in the private member's bill ballot will present their bills. Lauren Edwards, who came second, has said she'll use hers to bring an assisted dying bill. The previous one ran out of time in the previous session after it was blocked by the Lords.

MONDAY 15 JUNE

No votes scheduled

TUESDAY 16 JUNE

Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill – report stage and 3rd reading
Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Updates the UK’s main cybersecurity law to cover more organisations that keep the country running, including data centres and managed IT service providers. Gives regulators stronger powers to force companies to improve their cybersecurity and to report serious cyber attacks properly. Allows ministers to change the rules more easily in future and to step in directly when cyber threats pose a risk to national security. The aim is to reduce the risk that cyber attacks disrupt essential services or expose sensitive data.
Read the bill (PDF) / Commons Library briefing

WEDNESDAY 17 JUNE

National Security (State Threats) Bill – all stages
Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
Gives the government powers to ban organisations that are controlled or directed by hostile foreign states. Once an organisation is banned, it becomes a criminal offence to be a member, fund it, or attend meetings. The powers work like the existing rules for banning terrorist groups, but apply to state-sponsored bodies.
Read the bill (PDF) / Commons Library briefing

THURSDAY 18 JUNE

No votes scheduled

FRIDAY 19 JUNE

No votes scheduled

PREVIOUS WEEK'S VOTES

Passed

• Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill – goes to the Lords
• Railways Bill – goes to the Lords

Click here to read details of the bills in last week's newsletter.

Lots of nationalisation on the menu this week.

MPs debate bills to allow the government to bring British Steel into public ownership, and create a national railway operator.

And on Friday MPs mark the anniversaries of two tragedies.

It's nine years since the Grenfell Tower disaster on Sunday, and ten years since Jo Cox's murder next Tuesday.

MONDAY 8 JUNE

Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill – committee of the whole House
Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Gives the government powers to nationalise steel companies. Follows emergency intervention in April 2025, when the gvoernment used special measures powers to keep British Steel's Scunthorpe blast furnaces running after owner Jingye announced plans to close them.
Draft bill (PDF) / Commons Library briefing

TUESDAY 9 JUNE

Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill – report stage and 3rd reading
As above.

WEDNESDAY 10 JUNE

Railways Bill – report stage and 3rd reading
Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland (part)
Creates Great British Railways (GBR), a single organisation to manage most passenger train operators in England, and Network Rail, which operates and manages most railway infrastructure in Britain
Draft bill / Commons Library briefing

THURSDAY 11 JUNE

No votes scheduled

FRIDAY 12 JUNE

No votes scheduled

PREVIOUS WEEK'S VOTES

Passed

• Health Bill – goes to committee stage
• Armed Forces Bill – goes to report stage

Postponed

• Railways Bill – did not proceed (rescheduled to this week)

Click here to read details of the bills in last week's newsletter.

The new parliamentary session is underway.

That means a fresh raft of bills to be debated, although it plays out beneath the spectre of the Makerfield by-election and a possible leadership challenge.

The Health Bill gets its first debate on Monday.

It's a wide-ranging piece of legislation that would abolish NHS England and and pave the way for a single patient record, among other things.

And two carried-over bills return later in the week.

The Armed Forces Bill is at committee on Tuesday, while the Railways Bill completes its Commons stages on Wednesday.

MONDAY 1 JUNE

Health Bill – 2nd reading
Applies to: England and Wales
A wide-ranging overhaul of the NHS and social care system. Abolishes NHS England, bringing the health service back under direct government control, with the Department of Health and Social Care taking on its functions. Restructures NHS trusts and integrated care boards. Introduces a single patient record, allowing health and care professionals across the system to access a joined-up view of a patient's history. Creates new patient safety powers and gives ministers stronger levers to intervene when local NHS bodies underperform.
Draft bill (PDF)

TUESDAY 2 JUNE

Armed Forces Bill – Committee stage
Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Renews the Armed Forces Act 2006, which provides the legal basis for the existence of the Armed Forces and expires every five years. Creates the Defence Housing Service, a new government agency that will oversee a large-scale programme to build and refurbish military accommodation. Gives the military legal powers to detect and stop hostile drones, among other things.
Draft bill (PDF) / Commons Library briefing

WEDNESDAY 3 JUNE

Railways Bill – Report stage and 3rd reading
Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland (part)
Creates Great British Railways (GBR), a single organisation to manage most passenger train operators in England, and Network Rail, which operates and manages most railway infrastructure in Britain.
Draft bill (PDF) / Commons Library briefing

THURSDAY 4 JUNE

No votes scheduled

PREVIOUS WEEK'S VOTES

Passed

• English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill – became law
• Pension Schemes Bill – became law
• Local Area Energy Plans Bill – goes to second reading
• In-Person Banking Services Bill – goes to second reading

Click here to read details of the bills in last week's newsletter.

Mandelson testimonies are probably the parliamentary highlight this week.

Morgan McSweeney is among those giving evidence to the Foreign Affairs Select Committee. He's due on Tuesday at 11am.

In the Commons it's more late-stage bills.

MPs debate draft laws on devolution and pensions, with time set aside to push through other bills if needed.

And Parliament takes a very short recess after Thursday.

It's really just for Monday's bank holiday. They're back from Tuesday.

MONDAY 27 APRIL

English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill – consideration of Lords message
Applies to: England and Wales
A wide-ranging bill introducing more devolution in England. Introduces the concept of strategic authorities – a new, larger tier of local authorities areas – and gives them more decision-making powers. Returns mayoral elections to the supplementary vote system, reversing the move to first past the post under the previous government. Bans mayors from also being MPs. Introduces a Community Right to Buy, giving local residents the first chance to bid for community assets that come up for sale before developers can buy them, among other things.
Draft bill (PDF) / Commons Library briefing

Pension Schemes Bill – consideration of Lords message
Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland
A wide-ranging bill reforming the pensions system. Requires defined contribution schemes to prove they're value for money so savers don't get stuck in underperforming schemes. Merges small pension pots worth £1,000 or less into one pension scheme. Creates multi-employer 'megafunds' in an aim to drive down costs, among other things.
Draft bill (PDF) / Commons Library briefing

TUESDAY 28 APRIL

Local Area Energy Plans Bill
Requires local authorities in England to produce and maintain a local area energy plan – a document setting out how an area will meet its energy needs and transition to net zero. Ten minute rule motion presented by James Naish.

WEDNESDAY 29 APRIL

In-Person Banking Services Bill
Requires banks to maintain access to in-person banking services for customers, including through banking hubs, as branches close. Ten minute rule motion presented by Alan Mak.

THURSDAY 30 APRIL

No votes scheduled

FRIDAY 1 MAY

No votes scheduled

PREVIOUS WEEK'S VOTES

Passed

• Victims and Courts Bill – became law
• Crime and Policing Bill – goes back to the Lords
• English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill – went back to the Lords
• Pension Schemes Bill – went back to the Lords
• Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill – goes back to the Lords

Click here to read details of the bills in last week's newsletter.

The prime minister addresses MPs on Mandelson on Monday.

He's expected to lay out what was known about the former US ambassador's vetting. The former head of the Foreign Office, Olly Robbins, has also been invited to testify to the Foreign Affairs Select Committee on Tuesday.

It's another week of last-stage bills.

Plenty for MPs to pass before the King's Speech on 13 May, which kicks off the new parliamentary session.

And we have a couple of ten minute rule motions.

One is on quieter road surfaces, the other on juries in criminal proceedings.

MONDAY 20 APRIL

Victims and Courts Bill – consideration of Lords message
Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
A broad set of measures that aim to restore faith in the justice system. Allows judges to require offenders to attend sentencing, restricts parental rights for child abusers, and expands access to the Victim Contact Scheme so more victims can stay updated about offenders’ cases, among other things.
Draft bill (PDF) / Commons Library briefing

Crime and Policing Bill – consideration of Lords message
Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland (part), Northern Ireland (part)
A wide-ranging bill that aims to tackle antisocial behaviour, knife crime, assaults on shop workers, and violence against women and girls, among other things. Changes include giving the police powers to tackle antisocial behaviour by introducing respect orders, creating a power to seize blades found on private property, introducing a new offence of assaulting a retail worker, and banning AI models optimised to produce child sexual abuse material.
Draft bill (PDF) / Commons Library briefing

TUESDAY 21 APRIL

Road Surfaces (Maximum Noise Levels) Bill
Bans road surfacing materials that generate in-vehicle noise above a certain level. Requires roads that already exceed that threshold to be resurfaced. Ten minute rule motion presented by Melanie Onn.

English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill – consideration of Lords amendments
Applies to: England and Wales
A wide-ranging bill introducing more devolution in England. Introduces the concept of strategic authorities – a new, larger tier of local authorities areas – and gives them more decision-making powers. Returns mayoral elections to the supplementary vote system, reversing the move to first past the post under the previous government. Bans mayors from also being MPs. Introduces a Community Right to Buy, giving local residents the first chance to bid for community assets that come up for sale before developers can buy them, among other things.
Draft bill (PDF) / Commons Library briefing

WEDNESDAY 22 APRIL

Criminal Proceedings (Juror Absence) Bill
Allows criminal trials to continue where a juror is absent or discharged, as long as the jury doesn't fall below nine members. Under current rules, trials can be adjourned when juror numbers fall, which causes delays and increases costs. Ten minute rule motion presented by Sally Jameson.

Pension Schemes Bill – consideration of Lords message
Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland
A wide-ranging bill reforming the pensions system. Requires defined contribution schemes to prove they’re value for money so savers don’t get stuck in underperforming schemes. Merges small pension pots worth £1,000 or less into one pension scheme. Creates multi-employer ‘megafunds’ in an aim to drive down costs, among other things.
Draft bill (PDF) / Commons Library briefing

Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill – consideration of Lords message
Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland (part), Northern Ireland (part)
Aims to remove barriers to opportunity in schools and make the education system more consistent for children. Measures include free breakfast clubs for primary schools in England, a limit on branded school uniform items, and strengthening regulation around social care.
Draft bill (PDF) / Commons Library briefing

THURSDAY 23 APRIL

No votes scheduled

FRIDAY 24 APRIL

No votes scheduled

PREVIOUS WEEK'S VOTES

Passed

• Type 1 Diabetes Screening (Children) Bill – goes to second reading
• Crime and Policing Bill – goes back to the Lords
• Creative Arts and Culture (Broadcasting Requirements) Bill – goes to second reading
• Pension Schemes Bill – goes back to the Lords
• Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill – goes back to the Lords

Click here to read details of the bills in last week's newsletter.

It’s a last-minute dash as the end of the parliamentary session looms.

The King’s Speech is set for 13 May. Bills that aren’t passed by then will be automatically dropped unless they’re explicitly carried over. That leaves several major bills now bouncing between the Commons and Lords as MPs and peers quibble over the detail.

The Crime and Policing Bill is probably the most politically charged.

The Lords inserted amendments on revenge porn, AI chatbots producing illegal content, extreme protest groups, and pardons for women convicted under abortion law. The government is expected to push back on several of these.

And the government has shelved the Chagos Islands Bill.

It won’t pursue the bill in this session after the US withdrew its support. TBC whether it’ll come back later in the term.

MONDAY 13 APRIL

No votes scheduled

TUESDAY 14 APRIL

Type 1 Diabetes Screening (Children) Bill
Proposes a national screening programme to test children for type 1 diabetes. Right now there is no routine screening programme in the UK, which means the condition often goes undetected until a child becomes seriously ill. Inspired by the death of two-year-old Lyla, who died from undiagnosed type 1 diabetes in May 2025. Ten minute rule motion presented by Sarah Bool.

Crime and Policing Bill – consideration of Lords amendments
Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland (part), Northern Ireland (part)
A wide-ranging bill that aims to tackle antisocial behaviour, knife crime, assaults on shop workers, and violence against women and girls, among other things. Changes include giving the police powers to tackle antisocial behaviour by introducing respect orders, creating a power to seize blades found on private property, introducing a new offence of assaulting a retail worker, and banning AI models optimised to produce child sexual abuse material.
Draft bill (PDF) / Commons Library briefing

WEDNESDAY 15 APRIL

Creative Arts and Culture (Broadcasting Requirements) Bill
Requires the regular broadcast of creative arts and culture coverage on national news programmes. Ten minute rule motion presented by John Slinger.

Pension Schemes Bill – consideration of Lords amendments
Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland
A wide-ranging bill reforming the pensions system. Requires defined contribution schemes to prove they’re value for money so savers don’t get stuck in underperforming schemes. Merges small pension pots worth £1,000 or less into one pension scheme. Creates multi-employer ‘megafunds’ in an aim to drive down costs, among other things.
Draft bill (PDF) / Commons Library briefing

Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill – consideration of Lords amendments
Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland (part), Northern Ireland (part)
Aims to remove barriers to opportunity in schools and make the education system more consistent for children. Measures include free breakfast clubs for primary schools in England, a limit on branded school uniform items, and strengthening regulation around social care.
Draft bill (PDF) / Commons Library briefing

THURSDAY 16 APRIL

No votes scheduled

FRIDAY 17 APRIL

No votes scheduled

PREVIOUS WEEK'S VOTES

Passed

• Tobacco and Vapes Bill – goes back to the Lords
• National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill – goes back to the Lords
• Personal Protective Equipment (Inclusive Standards) Bill – goes to 2nd reading
• Victims and Courts Bill – goes back to the Lords

Click here to read details of the bills in last week's newsletter.

MPs debate lots of late-stage bills this week.

They'll consider draft laws on banning tobacco products, salary sacrifice pension contributions, and reforming the justice system have come back from the Lords.

Tuesday is an Opposition Day.

It's a chance for the Tories to set the agenda. Their topic for debate is still TBC.

And this is the last week before Easter recess.

MPs head back to their constituencies on Friday and return on 14 April.

MONDAY 23 MARCH

Tobacco and Vapes Bill – consideration of Lords amendments
Applies to: England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland
Aims to create a smoke-free generation while restricting how vapes are marketed and sold to children. Bans the sale of tobacco products to anyone born on or after 1 January 2009. Gives the government powers to restrict the packaging, contents, and flavouring of vaping and nicotine products, among other things.
Draft bill (PDF) / Commons Library briefing

National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill – consideration of Lords amendments
Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Introduces a £2,000 annual cap on employer pension contributions made through salary sacrifice that are exempt from National Insurance. Salary sacrifice is where an employee takes a lower salary in exchange for their employer paying the difference directly into their pension – currently the contributions attract no NI at all. The government suffered five defeats in the Lords, and MPs will decide this week whether to accept, reject, or replace those amendments.
Draft bill (PDF) / Commons Library briefing

TUESDAY 24 MARCH

Personal Protective Equipment (Inclusive Standards) Bill
Requires all PPE procured or provided by public bodies to meet the new British Standard 30417:2025, ensuring it fits all workers, regardless of gender, disability or cultural needs. Most PPE is still designed around the male body. Ten minute rule motion presented by Kirsteen Sullivan.

WEDNESDAY 25 MARCH

Victims and Courts Bill – consideration of Lords amendments
Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
A broad set of measures that aim to restore faith in the justice system. Allows judges to require offenders to attend sentencing, restricts parental rights for child abusers, and expands access to the Victim Contact Scheme so more victims can stay updated about offenders’ cases, among other things.
Draft bill (PDF) / Commons Library briefing

THURSDAY 26 MARCH

No votes scheduled

FRIDAY 27 MARCH

No votes scheduled

LAST WEEK'S VOTES

Passed

• Grenfell Tower Memorial (Expenditure) Bill – goes to the Lords
• Clinical Negligence Bill – goes to second reading
• Ministerial Salaries (Amendment) Bill – goes to the Lords
• Menstrual and Gynaecological Health Bill – goes to second reading

Click here to read details of the bills in last week's newsletter.

MPs fast-track the Grenfell memorial bill on Monday.

It authorises funding for a permanent memorial at the site of the tower. The bill has cross-party support, so all its Commons stages will be debated in a single day.

On Tuesday, MPs debate raising the number of paid ministers.

Currently, there are some ministers in the Lords who don’t receive a salary. This would allow them all to be paid for their work.

And Wednesday is an Opposition Day.

The Tories have a chance to set the parliamentary agenda. The topic of their debate is still TBC.

MONDAY 16 MARCH

Grenfell Tower Memorial (Expenditure) Bill – all stages
Applies to: England and Wales
Authorises public spending for a permanent Grenfell Tower memorial.
Draft bill (PDF) / Commons Library briefing

TUESDAY 17 MARCH

Clinical Negligence Bill
Caps legal costs for smaller clinical negligence claims (legal cases against medical professionals who make mistakes). Also requires the government to review caps over time and look at options to reform how compensation works in birth injury cases. Ten minute rule motion presented by Catherine McKinnell.

Ministerial Salaries (Amendment) Bill – all stages
Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
Raises the maximum number of ministers who can be paid a salary from 109 to 120. The number of MPs who can be ministers is capped separately, so these ministers will come from the Lords. Aims to fix a situation where peers are currently serving as ministers without being paid.
Draft bill (PDF) / Commons Library briefing

WEDNESDAY 18 MARCH

Menstrual and Gynaecological Health Bill
Requires schools to teach pupils about menstrual and gynaecological health. Teachers must be trained and given resources, including about racial discrimination in menstrual and gynaecological health. Requires the government to tackle misinformation about menstrual health online. Ten minute rule motion presented by Abena Oppong-Asare.

THURSDAY 19 MARCH

No votes scheduled

FRIDAY 20 MARCH

No votes scheduled

LAST WEEK'S VOTES

Passed

• Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill – goes to the Lords
• Domestic Abuse (Pets) Bill – goes to second reading
• Courts and Tribunals Bill – goes to committee stage
• Lord Advocate (Removal of Dual Role) Bill – goes to second reading
• Finance (No. 2) Bill – goes to the Lords

Click here to read details of the bills in last week's newsletter.