MondayPast
8 June 2026 — 13 items
Public Accounts Committee: Sizewell C
The Public Accounts Committee will scrutinise the Sizewell C nuclear power station project through oral evidence. Sizewell C is a major infrastructure investment by the government and French energy company EDF to build a new nuclear reactor on the Suffolk coast. The PAC will examine the project's costs, financial viability, and value for money to taxpayers, given the scheme has faced significant delays and cost overruns since its inception.
Home Office (including Topical Questions)
Routine oral questions to the Home Office, the department responsible for policing, border control, immigration, and domestic security. MPs will pose questions on current Home Office priorities and challenges, with topical questions allowing MPs to raise urgent matters of the moment. This is standard parliamentary scrutiny of a major department.
E-petition 752673 relating to the timely progress of bills through Parliament:
This Westminster Hall debate, sponsored by Lewis Atkinson MP, examines why bills move slowly through Parliament. The e-petition raises concerns about the pace at which legislation progresses through the Commons, suggesting either that the legislative timetable is poorly managed or that procedural barriers delay bills unnecessarily. The debate will explore whether changes to parliamentary process could speed up passage of bills without compromising scrutiny.
Second Delegated Legislation Committee: The draft combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026
This is a statutory instrument amending the rules for mayoral elections in combined authorities. The order sets out procedural and electoral changes for how these authorities conduct mayoral ballots, likely covering matters such as candidacy rules, voting procedures, or the scope of combined authorities holding mayoral elections. The committee will scrutinise the draft order before it can be made law.
First Delegated Legislation Committee: The draft REACH (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2026
Parliament's Delegated Legislation Committee will scrutinise the draft REACH (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2026. REACH is the EU chemical safety framework that the UK retained after Brexit. This second amendment updates rules governing the registration, evaluation, authorisation, and restriction of chemicals used in manufacturing and commerce. The debate will examine whether the changes adequately protect public health and the environment while remaining proportionate for UK businesses.
Environmental Audit Committee
This is a procedural motion to appoint or reappoint members to the Environmental Audit Committee, a select committee responsible for scrutinising environmental policy and holding the government to account on climate, nature, and sustainability issues. The motion, sponsored by Labour MP Jessica Morden, will be debated in the main chamber on 8 June 2026.
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology if she will make a statement on the Government’s new policy announcements regarding children’s online safety, social media and smartphones
A Liberal Democrat MP is calling on the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology to explain the government's new policy announcements on protecting children from online harms. This urgent question seeks clarity on what specific measures Labour plans to introduce around children's social media use, smartphone access, and online safety—a topic that has gained prominence amid concerns about mental health impacts on young people and the role of tech platforms in facilitating harm.
Government regulation of maternity nurses, nannies and the infant sleep industry
An adjournment debate called by Connor Rand (Labour MP for Altrincham and Sale West) on whether the government should regulate maternity nurses, nannies, and the infant sleep industry. The debate will examine the case for bringing these childcare and infant-care roles under statutory regulation, quality standards, and oversight, rather than leaving them largely to market forces and private arrangement.
Committee of the whole House of the Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill (day one)
Parliament will begin detailed line-by-line scrutiny of the Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill in committee stage on 8 June 2026. This is the first of what will likely be multiple days of debate as MPs examine every clause, amendment, and schedule of a bill that would bring Britain's steel sector into state ownership. The proceedings will determine whether the legislation can proceed to its final reading.
Business of the House (Private Members’ Bills)
Sir Alan Campbell is tabling a motion on the business of the House relating to Private Members' Bills — the backbench legislation slot. This is a procedural item governing how and when non-government bills get debated in the Commons. The motion likely addresses scheduling, time allocation, or the framework for private members to introduce legislation.
Backbench Business Committee
The Backbench Business Committee is a procedural motion to confirm its membership or governance arrangements. The Committee of Selection, chaired by Jessica Morden, manages the business of backbench MPs who are not frontbench members of government or opposition. This motion formally ratifies the Committee's composition and operating mandate, allowing it to continue scheduling debates and matters of interest to non-frontbench members.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement on the performance of the water sector
Labour MP Clive Lewis has tabled an urgent question calling on the Environment Secretary to explain water sector performance. The question signals concern about a major infrastructure sector affecting millions of households, likely touching on service quality, environmental compliance, leakage, bills, or recent regulatory action.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs if she will make a statement on the humanitarian situation in Cuba, following the US naval and financial blockade
Jeremy Corbyn has tabled an urgent question asking the Foreign Secretary to make a statement on the humanitarian crisis in Cuba, attributed to the decades-long US naval blockade and financial sanctions. The question seeks to draw government attention to the effects of these measures on Cuban civilians and to establish the UK's position on this longstanding geopolitical dispute.