Questions and statements: At 14:30, Work and Pensions Ministers will respond to MPs’ questions. Topics include: disability benefits and support; the welfare system and unemployment; support for young people in employment, education or training; employment rights and economic growth; and pensions and financial support for the elderly.

Any Urgent Questions or Ministerial Statements will follow.

Main business: Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Remaining Stages, Day 1).

Like last week’s Employment Rights Bill, this bill has been allocated two days for its Report Stage. The Government alone has proposed 158 amendments and new clauses, adding to those tabled by opposition parties. A supplementary programme motion sets out the structure of the debate. Amendments, new clauses and new schedules will be considered today, in relation to Part 1 of the Bill, and on day two in relation to Parts 2 and 3 of the Bill. An hour at the end of day two will then be dedicated to Third Reading of the Bill.

• House of Commons Library briefing

The Government’s amendments to the Bill are largely technical and clarificatory, but some would make important policy additions to the Bill.

• Care leavers and looked-after children: A ‘corporate parenting duty’ will be imposed on relevant authorities – Government departments, Ofsted, schools, academies, colleges, NHS bodies, the Care Quality Commission and the Youth Justice Board. This will require them to assess available services for, seek to provide opportunities for, and be alert to matters that could affect the wellbeing of looked-after children and care leavers, including by collaborating with other relevant authorities and local councils.

• Children not in school: Provisions that previously applied only in England will now extend to Wales.

The Conservative Party has proposed several dozen amendments, including measures to require Chief Medical Officers to publish guidance for parents and carers on children’s use of mobile phones and social media; extend freedoms over pay and conditions to local authority-maintained schools; and to allow schools to mandate more than three branded uniform items. Among Labour backbench amendments, one tabled by Jessica Asato – seeking to abolish the common-law defence of “reasonable punishment” for corporal punishment of a child – has gained some support from her parliamentary colleagues. For a full list of amendments, see the latest amendment paper in the amendment paper section of the Bill’s publications page.

Select Committee nominations: Four motions on the Order Paper propose adjustments to Select Committee memberships following the recent appointment of more Parliamentary Private Secretaries.

Adjournment: The Liberal Democrat MP Josh Babarinde has the adjournment debate on domestic abuse offences.

Westminster Hall: MPs will debate e-petition 700765, which calls on the Government to introduce a compensation scheme for WASPI women affected by increases to the state pension age. With nearly 160,000 signatures, the petition has gained significant public support following the Government’s announcement in December that they would not compensate those affected. A short backbench debate on 15 January in Westminster Hall saw such high demand that MPs were asked to limit their speeches to just two minutes. Now, a further debate is required as the petition has surpassed the 100,000-signature threshold, triggering automatic consideration in Parliament. The Liberal Democrat MP Dr Roz Savage will lead the debate on behalf of the Petitions Committee.

• House of Commons Library briefing

Legislative committees:

• There are no Public Bill Committees meeting today and only one Delegated Legislation Committee which will consider the draft Online Procedure Rules (Specified Proceedings) Regulations 2025.

Oral questions: Peers will begin the day by questioning Ministers for 40 minutes, on whether the Government provides support or advice to overseas companies who have set up a UK-registered subsidiary in order to bid for public sector work; accelerating the construction of primary health care facilities to assist patients moving from hospital to community care; the work of the Media Freedom Coalition in protecting journalistic freedom; and implementation of a strategy to prevent violence against women and girls.

Main business:

• The House will be asked to approve three draft Statutory Instruments which have already been debated in Committee:

  • Statutory Neonatal Care Pay (General) Regulations 2025

  • Neonatal Care Leave and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2025

  • Flood Reinsurance (Amendment) Regulations 2025

• Mortgage Prisoners Inquiry Bill (Committee Stage): This Private Member’s Bill, sponsored by Liberal Democrat Peer and former Chair of the Hansard Society, Lord Sharkey, aims to establish an inquiry into the events surrounding the creation of “mortgage prisoners.” These are homeowners – around 195,000 in total – who have been trapped with their existing mortgage lenders since the financial crash 17 years ago, unable to switch to better deals such as fixed-rate mortgages. As a result, they continue to pay interest rates roughly four percentage points higher than standard market rates. At the end of the Second Reading debate, the Government signalled its opposition to the Bill, making it unlikely that it will progress beyond its Lords stages.

  • House of Lords Library briefing

• Football Governance Bill (Report Stage, Day 2 of 2). This Government Bill seeks to establish an Independent Football Regulator tasked with overseeing financial sustainability in football clubs and across the leagues. The Government suffered no defeats on the first day of Report Stage, although four amendments were pushed to a division. Seven groups of amendments remain to be considered.

  • House of Lords Library briefing

• Debate on the Bill will be interrupted at around 19:30 by a one-hour Question for Short Debate (QSD) during what is known as ‘dinner break business’. The QSD will be “policy with regard to the Ukraine war following the new policy of the government of the USA” and will be led by Crossbench Peer Lord Skidelsky.

  • House of Lords Library briefing

Grand Committee: Peers will debate five draft Statutory Instruments:

• Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025

• National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Regulations 2025

• Immigration (Biometric Information etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2025

• Online Procedure Rules (Specified Proceedings) Regulations 2025

• Civil Proceedings and Magistrates’ Courts Fees (Amendment) Order 2025

The House of Lords Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee has drawn the special attention of the House to the third instrument – concerning Immigration (biometric information). The regulations include a number of measures to support the move to electronic visas (eVisas) and contactless border technology to facilitate the use of biometric information – facial images and fingerprints – to enter the UK without presenting a passport. The Committee’s report raises a number of questions that it suggests Peers should ask Ministers about the regulations including how the Government proposes the system will operate for Irish citizens.

Highlights include:

House of Commons

• Foreign Affairs Committee (13:30): Dr Michela Wrong, a journalist and campaigner, and Richard Moncrieff of the International Crisis Group, will give evidence on the situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

• Public Accounts Committee (15:30): The Domestic Abuse Commissioner, Women’s Aid, an academic, the Permanent Secretary at the Home Office and other senior civil servants will give evidence on tackling violence against women and girls (VAWG). The session builds on a National Audit Office report published in January which concluded that “the Home Office is not currently leading an effective cross-government response” and “has a limited understanding of the extent of resources devoted to addressing VAWG across government and the impact this is having.”

House of Lords

• Home-based Working Committee (14:15): Economists, academics and a representative from the Office of National Statistics will give evidence on the effects and future development of remote and hybrid working in the UK.

• Autism Act 2009 Committee (15:05): Representatives from the National Autistic Society and Black SEN Mamas will give evidence to this post-legislative inquiry into the effectiveness of the Autism Act 2009.

• UK Engagement with Space Committee (15:35): Consultants and representatives from Thales and Airbus will provide evidence on UK space policy.

Joint

• National Security Strategy (16:30): The Minister for Security, Dan Jarvis MP, and the Minister for the Future Digital Economy and Online Safety, Baroness Jones of Whitchurch, accompanied by officials, will give evidence to the Committee’s inquiry on defending democracy. The Committee is currently in dispute with the Government about the accountability of new National Security Adviser Jonathan Powell. As we discussed on a recent episode of our Parliament Matters podcast, traditionally the National Security Advisor appears before the Committee, but the Government insists that, as Powell is a special advisor (SpAd) rather than a civil servant, he will not do so. The Committee may take the opportunity to raise the matter during the course of the meeting.

A full list of select committee hearings can be found on the What’s On section of the Parliament website.

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Questions and statements: At 11:30, Ministers from the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero will face questions from MPs. Topics include the shutdown of the radio teleswitch service and its implications, the Warm Homes plan to improve energy efficiency and affordability, decarbonisation of the electricity grid, the impact of changes to the Mineworkers Pension Scheme on living standards, clean power targets by 2030, and the role of nuclear energy in the energy strategy.

Any Urgent Questions or Ministerial Statements will follow.

Ten Minute Rule Motion: The Labour MP Rachel Taylor who is chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Freight and Logistics, will seek leave to introduce a Ten Minute Rule Bill titled the Freight Crime Bill. This would make provision for the recording and investigation of freight crime. See our Hansard Society guide for more information about the parliamentary procedure for Ten Minute Rule Bills.

Main business: Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Remaining Stages, Day 2).Today’s debate will focus on amendments, new clauses and new schedules relating to Parts 2 and 3 of the Bill. (For further information see the entry for the Bill in Monday’s Commons business above.) After amendments and new clauses have been dispensed with, the House will debate the Bill’s Third Reading for one hour. Assuming the Bill passes this hurdle, it will be sent to the House of Lords for further consideration by Peers.

Adjournment: Jim Shannon MP of the Democratic Unionist Party has the adjournment debate on the potential merits of making St Patrick’s Day (17 March) a UK bank holiday. Currently it is a bank holiday only in Northern Ireland.

Westminster Hall: There are five debates, on:

• free school meals (House of Commons Library briefing / POSTnote (Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology))

• step-free access at stations;

• role of shipyards in economic growth (House of Commons Library briefing)

• support for people with ADHD (POSTnote); and

• military collaboration with Israel (House of Commons Library briefing).

Legislative committees:

• The Public Bill Committee for the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill resumes its scrutiny of the Private Member’s Bill to facilitate assisted dying.

• Other Commons Public Bill Committees meet today to consider the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill and the Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill.

• There are no Delegated Legislation Committees meeting today.

Oral questions: Peers will begin the day by questioning Ministers for 40 minutes, on the success of the Soft Drinks Industry Levy; the role of Great British Railways in resolving industrial action; discussions with the Scottish Government about the extension of new nuclear power generation to Scotland; and the implications of tariffs imposed by the United States of America on EU goods for trade in Northern Ireland.

Main business: Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill (Report Stage). This Bill, which has already been considered by MPs, will provide for the reduction of business rates for retail and hospitality properties and remove the charitable rate relief from private schools. Amendments tabled to date include proposals to extend the lower level of business rates to hospitals, medical schools and businesses in the manufacturing industry, and to require the Government to assess the impact of the provisions on businesses.

• House of Lords Library briefing

Grand Committee: No business has been scheduled for Grand Committee.

Highlights include:

House of Commons

• Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee (10:00): Rushanara Ali MP, the Minister for Homelessness and Democracy at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, will give evidence as part of the Committee’s review of the 2024 general election. She will be accompanied by Stuart Ison, the Ministry’s Director for Elections.

• Treasury Committee (10:00): Professor Niamh Moloney will be subject to a pre-appointment hearing for membership of the Prudential Regulation Committee.

• Education Committee (10:00): Janet Daby MP, Minister for Children and Families, will give evidence on children’s social care.

• Defence Committee (10:30): Alistair Carns MP, Minister for Veterans and People, will give evidence with the Chief of the General Staff, the First Sea Lord and the Air Chief Marshal as the Committee follows up on progress made in response to its earlier inquiry into Women in the Armed Forces.

• Standards Committee (11:00): Daniel Greenberg, the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, will be questioned about MPs’ outside employment and interests.

• Foreign Affairs Committee (10:30): Professor Michael Clarke, Visiting Professor of Defence Studies at King’s College London, and Jonathan McClory of Sanctuary Counsel and the creator of The Soft Power 30, a global ranking of country reputation, will give evidence on the extent and effectiveness of the UK’s soft power.

• Home Affairs Committee (14:30): The Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration and researchers from several think tanks will give evidence on asylum accommodation.

• Justice Committee (14:30): Sir Geoffrey Vos, Master of the Rolls and Head of Civil Justice in England and Wales, and Lord Justice Colin Birss, Deputy Head of Civil Justice, will give evidence on the work of the County Court.

• Business and Trade Committee (14:30): Senior representatives from Tata Steel, the Steel Council, British Steel and the Community trade union will be questioned on industrial strategy. It is likely that the issue of US tariffs will be raised. Executives from BAE Systems, Babcock International, Airbus UK, Flare Bright and AstraZeneca plc will give evidence after them.

House of Lords

• Industry and Regulators Committee (10:30): Representatives from Ofgem will be questioned about the energy grid and grid connections.

• Justice and Home Affairs Committee (10:30): Representatives of XConversation, a community interest company that works to support rehabilitation in the justice system, and the charity Women in Prison will give evidence on prison culture.

A full list of select committee hearings can be found on the What’s On section of the Parliament website.

Details of Wednesday’s business can be found below.

Questions and statements: At 11:30, Women and Equalities Ministers will face questions from MPs. Topics cover the impact of the upcoming health and disability green paper on disabled people’s finances, improving air travel accessibility for people with disabilities, ending discrimination against ethnic minority people, tackling violence against women and girls, and addressing women’s health inequalities.

Prime Minister’s Questions: At 12:00, Sir Keir Starmer will face the Leader of the Opposition, Kemi Badenoch, at PMQs.

Any Urgent Questions or Ministerial Statements will follow.

Ten Minute Rule Motion: Liberal Democrat MP Alistair Carmichael will seek to introduce a Ten Minute Rule Bill titled the Food Products (Market Regulation and Public Procurement) Bill. Commonly referred to as the “Food Supply Chain Fairness Bill”, this legislation seeks to ensure fairer prices for farmers and food producers by requiring coordination between the Groceries Code Adjudicator and the Agricultural Supply Chain Adjudicator, and promoting greater public procurement of locally produced food. See our Hansard Society guide for more information about the parliamentary procedure for Ten Minute Rule Bills.

Main business: National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill (Commons Consideration of Lords Amendments (CCLA)). The Bill implements the increases in rates of, and decreases in thresholds for, employers’ National Insurance contributions (NICs) announced in the Autumn Budget. Amendments proposed by Conservative, Liberal Democrat and Crossbench Peers were agreed by the House of Lords to:

• exempt health and social care employers from the increase in rates and decrease in thresholds;

• exempt charities with a revenue under £1 million from the increase in rates and decrease in thresholds;

• exempt employers who provide transport to children with special educational needs and disabilities from the increase in rates and decrease in thresholds;

• maintain the National Insurance threshold at its current level for employers with fewer than 25 staff;

• increase the allowance for employers in the early-years sector from £10,500 to £20,000; and

• require the Government to conduct a review of the impact of the Act on certain specified sectors within six months of the Act’s passage.

The Government has tabled motions to reject (disagree with) all the Lords amendments.

• For the latest amendment papers see the relevant section on the Bill’s publications page.

• House of Commons Library briefing

Opposition Day (1st Allotted Day, Second Part): Debate on a motion in the name of the Leader of the Opposition, subject to be announced.

Adjournment: Jonathan Brash, Labour MP for Hartlepool, has the adjournment debate on council tax reform.

Westminster Hall: There are five debates, on:

• improving transport connectivity in the North West (House of Commons Library briefing);

• defence industries in the West Midlands;

• miscarriage of justice compensation (House of Commons Library briefing);

• supported internship provision; and

• Down’s syndrome.

Legislative committees:

• The Public Bill Committee scrutinising the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill will continue with sittings in the morning and afternoon.

• Two Delegated Legislation Committees meet, to consider the draft Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2025 and the draft Electronic Communications (Networks and Services) (Designated Vendor Directions) (Penalties) Order 2025.

Oral questions: Peers will begin the day by questioning Ministers for 40 minutes, on increased access to child trust fund accounts for young people who have not yet claimed their deposit; the safety of commercial vehicles sold in the UK; and improving collaboration between integrated care boards and housing providers to address barriers to safe housing and support timely hospital discharge. The topic of a fourth question will be decided by a ballot drawn at lunchtime on Monday 17 March.

Main business:

• Church of Scotland (Lord High Commissioner) Bill (Second Reading). The Bill will end the ban on Roman Catholics being appointed to be the King’s representative as Lord High Commissioner to the annual General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, enabling the intended appointee, Lady Elish Angiolini, a Catholic, to be appointed to the post, as discussed in a previous Bulletin. The Bill was fast-tracked through all of its Commons stages in a single day; however, a business motion to set aside Standing Orders in the House of Lords to facilitate the same has not been tabled to date.

  • House of Lords Library briefing

• Finance Bill (Second Reading and all remaining stages). This Bill gives statutory effect to the tax changes announced in the Autumn Budget. Control of taxation can be exercised only by the House of Commons. As Erskine May makes clear, the role of the House of Lords in respect of finance is “to agree, and not to initiate or amend.” There is a Second Reading stage on the Finance Bill in the House of Lords, but there is no Committee stage (in procedural terms the stage is ‘negatived’). Report stage and Third Reading are thus formalities (substantive proceedings cannot be held if there have been no amendments in Committee).

  • Hansard Society guide to the Finance Bill

  • House of Lords Library briefing

• Motion to approve the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme Regulations 2025. These regulations grant the Infected Blood Compensation Authority the necessary powers to begin processing claims and making payments to eligible individuals affected by the infected blood scandal. The Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (SLSC) has drawn the regulations to the House’s attention. While acknowledging the Government’s commitment to delivering compensation swiftly, the Committee has called for greater flexibility – particularly for affected carers in meeting evidential requirements – and clearer guidance on the order in which individuals will be invited to apply. Liberal Democrat Peer Baroness Brinton has tabled a ‘regret’ motion – a motion expressing concern about the regulations without blocking their passage. She argues that the regulations deviate from both the recommendations of the Infected Blood Inquiry Report and the Government’s own response, echoing several of the SLSC’s key concerns.

Grand Committee: Armed Forces Commissioner Bill (Committee Stage, Day 1 of 3). This Bill will establish an independent Armed Forces Commissioner, abolish the Office of the Service Complaints Ombudsman and transfer its functions to the new Commissioner, as described more fully in a previous Bulletin. The Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee has drawn attention to a concern about how the term “relevant family members” of armed forces members is defined in the Bill for the purpose of the Armed Forces Commissioner’s functions. Amendments tabled for consideration in Committee include proposals to create a new whistleblowing duty for the Commissioner, to ensure service personnel can raise concerns anonymously, to extend the maximum length of the Commissioner’s term of office, and to require the appointment of the Commissioner to be approved by both Houses of Parliament.

• The Government says its proposal is inspired by the German Parliamentary Commissioner for the Armed Forces. The Hansard Society looked at how the roles compare in an episode of our Parliament Matters podcast earlier this year.

• House of Lords Library briefing

• For the latest amendment papers see the relevant section on the Bill’s publications page.

Highlights include:

House of Commons

• Health and Social Care Committee (9:30): Representatives from Age UK and academic researchers will give evidence to the inquiry on reforming adult social care and the cost of inaction.

• Treasury Committee (14:15): Ric Lewis, the preferred candidate as the next Chair of the Crown Estate, will be questioned at his pre-appointment hearing.

• Business and Trade Sub-Committee on Economic Security. Arms and Export Controls (14:30): Tax expert Dan Neidle, representatives from Transparency International and the Dark Money files, and from law firm Kingsley Napley LLP will give evidence on economic crime. The Chief Executive and Director of Intelligence and Law Enforcement at Companies House will be questioned afterwards.

• Energy Security and Net Zero Committee (15:00): Martin Lewis, founder of MoneySavingExpert, will give evidence on back-billing by energy companies, followed by representatives from Ofgem and then by Miatta Fahnbulleh MP, the Minster for Energy Consumers, with officials from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.

House of Lords

• International Relations and Defence Committee (10:30): Journalists Anton La Guardia, Diplomatic Editor at The Economist, and Gerard Baker, Editor-at-Large at The Wall Street Journal, will share their insights about the UK’s future relationship with the United States.

• Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee (10:45): Barrister George Peretz KC, Roderick Crawford of Policy Exchange, and Dr Clare Rice of the University of Edinburgh will be questioned on how Northern Ireland’s voice might be strengthened in the context of the Windsor Framework.

A full list of select committee hearings can be found on the What’s On section of the Parliament website.

Questions and statements: At 9:30, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Ministers will face questions from MPs. Topics include tackling fly-tipping, encouraging water companies to invest in reducing sewage discharge, improving flood defences, and the impact of changes to agricultural and business property reliefs on farmers.

At 10:10, the Solicitor General will also face questions from MPs. Topics include ensuring the effective prosecution of serious and violent crime, increasing prosecution rates for cases of violence against women and girls, the use of technology to improve efficiency in the criminal justice system, and prosecuting individuals who commit environmental crimes.

Any Urgent Questions will follow.

The Leader of the House of Commons, Lucy Powell, will present her weekly Business Statement, setting out the business in the House for the next couple of weeks. Any other Ministerial Statements will follow.

Backbench business: There will be two debates nominated by the Backbench Business Committee:

• A debate on knife crime amongst children and young people – led by Conservative MP Ben Obese-Jecty. In his application to the Backbench Business Committee he made clear his belief that “a very honest, very frank and very robust discussion about knife crime” is needed, particularly to think about why so many children find it so easy to carry and use a knife. He noted that zombie knives account for only about 3.6% of fatal incidents while more accessible kitchen knives account for over 50% of fatalities. “As a Parliament, we need to come together to really understand what is driving this and what has changed,” he said. (House of Commons Library briefing / statistics)

• A debate on coastal communities – led by the Liberal Democrat MP Steff Aquarone. As he pointed out in his application to the Backbench Business Committee, 192 of the 650 MPs in the House represent coastal communities, comprising about 12 million people across the UK. Issues such as higher levels of deprivation and lower employment growth, health inequalities, substandard housing, support for leisure and tourism, and coastal erosion are all matters that he indicated might be covered in the debate. (House of Commons Library briefing)

Adjournment: Reform UK’s Richard Tice, the MP for Boston and Skegness, has the adjournment debate on face-to-face GP appointments.

Westminster Hall: There are two debates today, on:

• British Sign Language Week (House of Commons Library briefing); and

• Government support for the tourism industry (House of Commons Library briefing).

Legislative committees:

• Public Bill Committees: Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill; Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill; and the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill.

• There are no Delegated Legislation Committees.

Oral questions: Peers will begin the day by questioning Ministers for 40 minutes, on the impact of working from home on the productivity of the public sector; giving schools the capacity to make assessments of commonly-occurring special educational needs; and the impact of the United States of America’s withdrawal from the World Health Organisation on the global treatment of HIV/AIDS. The topic of a fourth question will be decided by a ballot drawn at lunchtime on Tuesday 18 March.

Main business: There will be three backbench debates:

• on the 75th anniversary of the European Convention on Human Rights – led by Crossbench Peer, Lord Alton of Liverpool. The Council of Europe’s first convention was adopted in Rome in November 1950 and entered into force in 1953. The UK was among the first countries to ratify it in 1951. It is now incorporated into UK law through the Human Rights Act 1998. (House of Lords Library briefing)

• a Question for Short Debate (QSD), time-limited to one hour, on steps the Government have taken to examine the impact of COVID-19 restrictions on people’s ongoing bereavement – led by the Lord Bishop of London, Dame Sarah Mullally.

• on the Crown Court criminal case backlog, and the impact of delays on reliability of evidence, experience of victims and fairness of proceedings for defendants – led by Crossbench Peer Lord Carlile of Berriew, a barrister, former MP and former Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation. (House of Lords Library briefing)

Grand Committee: Holocaust Memorial Bill (Committee Stage, Day 3). Progress on this Bill, which is needed to allow the construction of a new Holocaust memorial and education centre in Victoria Tower Gardens near Parliament, has been slower than the Government anticipated. The Whips had expected the Committee Stage to be completed in two days, aiming to clear six of the 11 amendment groups on the first day alone. However, only two groups were addressed. This slow pace continued on the second day, with just two more groups considered instead of the intended six. As a result, after two days of debate, only four amendment groups have been dealt with, leaving seven still to be discussed.

• House of Lords Library briefing

Two Select Committees are scheduled to meet:

House of Commons

• Public Accounts Committee (10:00): Senior officials from the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero will be questioned about the decommissioning of the Sellafield nuclear site which closed in 2003. A National Audit Office report last year raised concerns about the worsening condition of key assets, the absence of comprehensive measures to tackle progress in risk reduction, and persistent delays and cover overruns in delivering large projects.

House of Lords

• Social Mobility Policy Committee (10:05): Vice-chancellors and academic researchers from six universities will share their insights on social mobility.

A full list of select committee hearings can be found on the What’s On section of the Parliament website.

The House will not be sitting.

The House will not be sitting.

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