12-16 October 2026

Parliament returns from conference recess to face questions about its own effectiveness: is the written questions system overloaded, can MPs work safely, and will rushed scrutiny leave court and Troubles reforms inadequately tested? A debate on rejoining the EU will test the Government’s new stance, while peers probe the future of the Chagos Agreement. Also ahead: AI regulation, the race to progress Private Members’ Bills, more arrivals in the House of Lords, and a delegation from the Foreign Affairs Committee of the German Bundestag arrives for a joint session with its Westminster counterpart.