26-30 October 2026

Seven things to look out for this week:

1. Budget day: will the Chancellor give MPs room to challenge his plans?

2. Courts and Tribunals Bill reaches the Lords – with unfinished Commons business

3. Health Bill: Will peers insist that patient-data safeguards be written into primary legislation?

4. Malvern Hills Bill: A private bill stranded between sessions

5. Three bishops enter the Lords: How many reserved seats does the Church of England have in Parliament?

6. Conversion Practices Bill: Joint Committee begins the first pre-legislative scrutiny inquiry this session

7. Who guards the constitution when personal restraint is no longer enough?

plus the week ahead, day by day