WednesdayPast
3 June 2026 — 25 items
Energy Security and Net Zero Committee: Energy resilience
The Energy Security and Net Zero Committee will hear oral evidence on energy resilience — the UK's ability to maintain secure, reliable energy supplies while meeting climate commitments. Energy resilience covers how the power system handles disruption (extreme weather, equipment failure, cyber threats), whether generation capacity keeps pace with demand, and how supply chains for critical energy infrastructure remain stable. The inquiry will examine whether current policy and investment adequately protect Britain's energy independence and affordability.
Work and Pensions Committee: Realising potential: Delivering the Child Poverty Strategy
The Work and Pensions Committee is holding oral evidence sessions to examine how well the government is delivering on its Child Poverty Strategy. The inquiry will scrutinise whether current policies and spending commitments are actually reducing child poverty and whether the strategy's goals are being met in practice.
Science, Innovation and Technology Committee: The science and regulation of hair and beauty products and treatments
The Science, Innovation and Technology Committee will hear oral evidence on how hair and beauty products and treatments are regulated, and the science underlying them. The inquiry examines whether current regulatory frameworks—which span multiple agencies and rules—adequately protect consumers while allowing innovation in a sector worth billions to the UK economy.
Northern Ireland Affairs Committee: Economic growth in Northern Ireland: new and emerging sectors
The Northern Ireland Affairs Committee will take oral evidence on economic growth opportunities in Northern Ireland, focusing on new and emerging sectors. The inquiry examines which industries offer the best prospects for job creation and regional development, and what conditions would help these sectors flourish.
Health and Social Care Committee: Food and Weight Management
The Health and Social Care Committee is taking oral evidence on food and weight management. This inquiry examines how food policy, nutrition, and weight-related health interventions affect public health outcomes, with particular attention to the cost pressures facing households trying to access healthy food and the NHS burden of obesity-related illness.
Transport Committee: Road Safety Strategy
The Transport Committee will take oral evidence on the government's road safety strategy. This hearing examines current policy approaches to reducing road deaths and serious injuries, exploring what measures are working, where gaps exist, and what changes ministers are planning. Road safety remains a persistent public health challenge, with thousands killed or permanently disabled on UK roads annually.
Transport links for small towns
Andy MacNae (Labour, Rossendale and Darwen) is raising in Westminster Hall the state of transport connections to and within small towns. The debate will explore whether small towns have adequate public transport links and connectivity to enable economic activity, service provision, and quality of life—or whether isolation from transport networks is holding them back.
Youth mental health support
Anna Dixon (Labour, Shipley) is sponsoring a Westminster Hall debate on youth mental health support. Westminster Hall debates allow backbench MPs to raise specific issues for discussion with relevant ministers, but do not lead to votes or legislative change. This debate will examine current provision of mental health services for young people and explore gaps in support.
Northern Ireland
Oral questions to the Northern Ireland Office on departmental policy. This is a routine Commons session allowing MPs to quiz the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on matters affecting the region—spanning devolved issues like healthcare and social services, economic development, and local governance. The session tests government responsiveness to Northern Ireland-specific concerns and holds the department accountable on cross-party priorities.
Commons - Main Chamber Sir Keir Starmer
Prime Minister's Question Time is the weekly session in which the Prime Minister answers questions from Members of Parliament, typically on topics of current political importance. Sir Keir Starmer, as Prime Minister, will field questions on government policy and performance. This is a routine parliamentary procedure held most weeks the Commons is sitting.
Women and Equalities Committee: Beyond participation: Routes into sport for girls and women
The Women and Equalities Committee is taking oral evidence on barriers preventing girls and women from accessing and progressing in sport. The inquiry examines not just participation rates but the practical pathways that would help more women and girls take up sport and develop into coaches, officials, and athletes. This matters because despite decades of investment, women remain significantly underrepresented across competitive sport, grassroots provision, and sports leadership.
Treasury Committee: Defence spending and finance
The Treasury Committee will hear oral evidence on how defence spending relates to Britain's broader fiscal position. The session will explore the financial implications of defence commitments, likely covering budget allocations, spending efficiency, and how defence fits within the government's overall economic strategy.
Environmental Audit Committee: Extreme weather: heat
The Environmental Audit Committee is holding oral evidence sessions on extreme heat weather. This inquiry will examine the causes, impacts, and policy responses to heat extremes—including risks to public health, infrastructure resilience, and adaptation measures. The committee will hear from expert witnesses to inform its findings and recommendations.
Improving the UK visa system
A Westminster Hall debate on improving the UK visa system, sponsored by Conservative MP Blake Stephenson. The debate will examine how the visa regime functions, potential inefficiencies, and what reforms might make it work better for applicants, employers, and the Home Office. No specific legislative proposal is attached to this debate.
Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee: The draft Control of Trade in Endangered Species (Amendment and Revocation) Regulations 2026
Parliament will review proposed changes to the rules governing trade in endangered species, including amendments and revocations to existing regulations. This committee debate examines how UK wildlife protections will be updated, likely reflecting post-Brexit changes to how Britain implements international conservation agreements independently of EU frameworks.
Procedure Committee: Written Parliamentary Questions
The Procedure Committee will hear oral evidence on Written Parliamentary Questions (WPQs)—the formal mechanism by which MPs submit questions to government ministers for written answers. This session examines how the WPQ system functions, its effectiveness, and whether procedural reforms are needed to improve transparency, response times, or access for backbench MPs.
Role of rail freight in the transport network
This Westminster Hall debate examines the role of rail freight in the UK transport network. The discussion will explore how freight moved by rail can support the wider economy, reduce road congestion, and lower carbon emissions compared to road haulage. The debate considers what barriers exist to greater use of rail freight and what policy or investment changes might help.
Government support for seasonal hospitality businesses in coastal areas
This Westminster Hall debate examines government support for seasonal hospitality businesses operating in coastal areas. Joe Robertson, MP for Isle of Wight East, is raising the particular financial challenges these businesses face—volatile demand, limited trading seasons, and cash-flow pressures—to press the government for tailored support measures. The debate will explore whether current economic support schemes adequately address the distinct needs of seaside tourism-dependent enterprises.
Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee: The draft Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) Regulations 2026
Parliament is reviewing proposed amendments to money laundering and terrorist financing regulations scheduled for 2026. The committee will scrutinise changes to the legal framework that banks, financial firms, and other businesses use to detect and prevent financial crime and the movement of funds linked to terrorism. These are technical regulations made under existing legislation rather than a new bill.
Sixth Delegated Legislation Committee: The draft Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (Amendment) Regulations 2026
Parliament's Sixth Delegated Legislation Committee will scrutinise proposed amendments to the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986. The regulations update rules governing animal research in laboratories, including standards for animal welfare, licensing requirements, and oversight of experiments. This is a statutory review to ensure the 40-year-old framework remains fit for modern scientific practice.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs if she will make a statement on the Israeli Defence Forces’ operations in Lebanon
An urgent question from Liberal Democrat MP Monica Harding asking the Foreign Secretary to make a statement on Israeli Defence Forces operations in Lebanon. The question seeks government clarity on UK policy toward the military situation and its implications for the region.
General Debate on the Government’s response to the House’s humble Address of 4 February 2026
This is a general debate on the Government's formal response to Parliament's humble Address from February 2026. A humble Address is a ceremonial motion in which the Commons instructs the Crown on a matter of national concern; the Government then provides a written response. This debate allows MPs to scrutinise that response and discuss the underlying issues that prompted the Address. The specific subject of the February 2026 Address is not detailed in the business papers, so the focus will depend on what MPs raised at that time.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement on the disruption of water supplies to areas served by South East water during the Whitsun recess
An urgent question to the Environment Secretary about water supply failures affecting South East Water customers during the Whitsun recess. The question seeks clarification on what caused the disruption, how it was handled during the parliamentary break, and what steps the government is taking to prevent future incidents.
Commemorations for the centenary of the General Strike
An adjournment debate on commemorating the centenary of the 1926 General Strike, sponsored by Labour MP Laurence Turner. The debate will examine how Parliament and the nation should mark this pivotal moment in British labour history, when a nine-day nationwide strike saw workers across industries collectively withdraw labour in solidarity with coal miners facing wage cuts.
Remaining stages of the Railways Bill
The Commons will complete the remaining parliamentary stages of the Railways Bill on 3 June 2026. This legislation sets the framework for rail service delivery, likely covering franchise arrangements, Network Rail's role, passenger rights, and workforce matters. The bill progresses through report stage and third reading, giving MPs final opportunity to amend and vote on the measures before the bill moves to the House of Lords.