ThursdayUpcoming
2 July 2026 — 11 items
Public Accounts Committee: Financial sustainability of the British Council
The Public Accounts Committee will examine the British Council's financial sustainability and long-term viability. The hearing will scrutinise the organisation's finances, funding model, and ability to deliver its cultural and educational mission while remaining solvent. This matters because the British Council is the UK's primary international cultural and educational body, and any financial distress could impair Britain's soft power abroad.
Business and Trade (including Topical Questions)
This is a quarterly oral question session where MPs quiz the Business and Trade Secretary on departmental priorities and current issues. The session will cover the full remit of the department—from trade negotiations and business support to export promotion and industrial strategy—and will include topical questions on urgent matters MPs wish to raise. The government will defend its record on jobs, investment, and competitiveness.
Health Bill: Further to consider the Bill
MPs will continue detailed scrutiny of the Health Bill in General Committee, examining specific clauses and amendments. This is the second or further consideration phase, where the bill's provisions on NHS organisation, service delivery, and health system reform will be debated line by line before it returns to the full Commons for final approval.
Reducing levels of premature deaths from heart disease and stroke
A Westminster Hall debate on reducing premature deaths from heart disease and stroke, sponsored by Labour MP Paul Foster of South Ribble. The debate will examine causes of early mortality from cardiovascular disease and explore policy options to prevent these deaths through prevention, early intervention, and treatment improvements.
Health Bill: Further to consider the Bill
The Commons will continue detailed scrutiny of the Health Bill in general committee, examining clause by clause. This is the second or later session considering the bill, allowing MPs to debate amendments, probe government policy, and test the legislation's practical effect on the NHS and health services.
Government plans to tackle air pollution
Barry Gardiner will use a Westminster Hall debate to press the government on its strategy for reducing air pollution across the UK. Air pollution remains a leading environmental health risk, causing thousands of premature deaths annually and requiring co-ordinated action on emissions from transport, industry, and heating. The debate will scrutinise the government's plans, timescales, and resources to meet air quality targets.
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office contracts awarded to Siren Associates Ltd
Richard Tice (Reform UK) has requested an adjournment debate on contracts awarded by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office to Siren Associates Ltd. The debate will examine how these contracts were awarded, the value and scope of the work, and whether the procurement process followed proper procedures and offered value for money to taxpayers.
Commonhold and leasehold reform and the regulation of property managing agents
Two separate debates on backbench business. The first addresses commonhold and leasehold reform, including how property managing agents are regulated—issues affecting millions of leaseholders burdened by high ground rents, service charges, and poor agent conduct. The second turns to access to further education, exploring barriers to post-16 learning and training. Both tap into cost-of-living and opportunity concerns.
Access to further education
A backbench debate on access to further education, sponsored by Reform UK MP Sarah Pochin. The debate will examine barriers to further education entry and progression, likely covering issues such as funding, course availability, support for disadvantaged learners, and alignment between further education provision and labour market needs.
Business Questions to the Leader of the House
MPs table questions to the Leader of the House of Commons about the government's legislative agenda, scheduling priorities, and parliamentary business. These are routine procedural questions that allow backbenchers to probe the government's plans, air local concerns indirectly, and hold ministers to account on how time is allocated in the Chamber. The questions typically range across multiple policy areas depending on what MPs choose to raise.
Debate on a Motion relating to the National Audit Office
The Commons will debate a motion concerning the National Audit Office, the independent body responsible for auditing government spending and reporting to Parliament on value for money across the public sector. The debate provides an opportunity to scrutinise the NAO's work, its effectiveness in holding government to account, and any issues affecting its operations or independence.